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As Laura Rotter graduated college with an English Literature degree in the mid-1980s, the U.S. was in an economic recession. It wasn’t the best time to find employment and yet she was fortunate to land a role as editor of a business industry newsletter which opened her up to the business world. Laura was always naturally curious and found herself fascinated about different industries and how they work. She thought it was a lot of fun.

From editing business publications, Laura moved into banking on Wall Street and spent the next decade switching jobs every 18 months to 2 years. It was both an exciting, and interesting time in which she doubled her income. Then life changed. Laura married, started a family, moved to the suburbs and while she loved her work, she noticed there were shifts in the industry. By the last ten of her 30 years on Wall Street, she found that she was working with colleagues who did not share her life views nor her politics and it wasn't that interesting anymore. Laura evaluated her options drawing from other areas of her life that were meaningful to her and became a certified yoga and mindfulness meditation instructor. Laura considered rabbinical school.  

Laura realized that abundance wasn't just about accumulating more wealth, but about employing her wealth to do the things she most valued. Her mindset changed from “I must use my life to make money,” to “I can use my money to make a life”. 

Laura founded True Abundance Advisors, a fiduciary, fee-only financial planning firm. She's passionate about sharing her financial planning process, which guides her clients toward decisions that integrate the attainment of both financial security AND life satisfaction.

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Laura’s journey:

• Laura works with her clients to get clarity about what money, values, and security mean to them and guides them to decisions that will fit a sustainable financial plan.
• She helps individuals and couples across the U.S. through an integrated process that emphasizes financial security while also making satisfying life decisions.

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When Jennifer Nash was just 3 years old, she took classical ballet classes and piano lessons. She studied piano through high school and dreamt of attending Julliard to study classical piano. But her Dad wanted her to have ‘more practical skills’ to lean on, so she went to college and studied liberal arts. She triple majored in French, German and International Business, spending one of her undergraduate years in Germany. The bug bit Jennifer. She was wildly curious about what made people tick, how they made choices and took different actions. 

After graduation, Jennifer went to work in the business world and soon felt like a round peg trying to fit into a square hole. She had this background that was rich in the arts and languages which gave her a unique way of looking at things. Jennifer was drawn to understanding people’s motivations and behaviors rather than operations or bottom line metrics. She decided to go to business school to expand her knowledge and found a discipline that was a good fit for her called management in organizations. It was primarily focused on the people side of business.

Today, Jennifer Nash is an executive coach, consultant, advisor, author, and speaker. Her experience as both an executive and as a coach of high-performing leaders led her to create a heart-centered, relationship-based, and client-focused practice that helps executives get better at the human element of business. 

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Jennifer’s journey:

• Prior to launching Jennifer Nash Coaching & Consulting, Jennifer held executive and leadership roles at Deloitte Consulting LLP, Ford Motor Company, Kelly Services and Electronic Data Systems throughout her 25-year career. 
• Jennifer frequently contributes to Harvard Business Review Ascend and serves as an Executive, Leadership and Career Coach for the University of Michigan.
• Her forthcoming 2021 book is entitled Leading with Heart: The Human Element of Business™

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self-sufficient to find success. After living in a place she couldn’t call home, Cassandra had two options: stay miserable, or figure out how to create the life she knew she wanted. At 16, this motivation helped her leave a home stricken with verbal and physical abuse. 

After college and many years in a successful corporate career, she decided to pursue her own entrepreneurial interests. 

I thought that doing things all by myself was the right choice, the safe choice. Then, I found out that what had “worked” for so long, wasn’t actually working. I was in an infinite loop of uncertainty, unhappiness, and stress. I needed to find my purpose; something to bring back my long-forgotten spark. I decided to seek my calling outside of my corporate career.

Cassandra learned how trauma and unhealed wounds manifested and affected her choices and behaviors; showing up as self-sabotage, doubt, and perfectionism. She discovered that trauma needs to be leveraged to achieve a more balanced life. This enabled Cassandra to create a new level of income, impact, and fulfillment while finding peace of mind.

Today, Cassandra Shuck is an Entrepreneurial Guide and Intuitive Business Coach. She has created and grown several successful businesses, including Tola Marketing + Creative and Milkin’ Cookie. She is also a birth doula and yoga instructor.

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Cassandra’s journey:

• Through her experience as a birth doula and yoga instructor, she realized that her true passion was to empower women in the most meaningful moments of their lives. 
• Cassandra works with female entrepreneurs and takes them from feeling like prisoners of their fate, exhausted, and self-doubting their capacity to confident, healthier, and more impactful versions of themselves. 

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As a young child, Michael Zipursky recalls being surrounded by many different types of people, languages, and cultures. His family moved from Toronto to Israel when he was 2. They lived there for 4 years and then returned to Canada, this time to Vancouver, and again, he remembers being amongst people from different cultures and speaking many languages. So while it felt normal to a degree, Michael also felt like an outsider.

He didn't speak English and worked hard to learn the language. Within himself, an early mindset was sparked that he needed to compete in order to stand out and prove himself. Michael channeled most of that by engaging in several team sports and martial arts. Fortunately, he was very skilled in them, but they also taught him that when you set your mind to something, as long as you're truly committed to it, there's no reason why you can't achieve it. 

In college, Michael majored in Pacific Rim Business Studies, but he was unhappy about the restrictions within the curriculum and managed to negotiate his requirements so that he could take the courses he felt would better prepare him to do business in that region of the world. A very determined student and aspiring entrepreneur, Michael started a business while on a semester in Japan during his junior year, and the rest as they say… is history.

Today, Michael is the CEO of Consulting Success. He has partnered with his cousin Sam Zipursky to create several businesses since they were teenagers. They’ve advised businesses in North & South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East in over 30 industries. They are dedicated to teaching consultants the strategies of what works in the world of consulting.

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Michael’s journey: 

• Michael is the author of 5 books including Profitable Relations: How to Dramatically Increase Your Profits By Giving Customers What They Really Want, the Consulting Success System: How to Become a Successful Consultant, and ACT NOW: How successful consultants thrive during chaos and uncertainty. 
• He's helped 400+ consultants globally in over 75 Industries, multiply their revenues.

Learn more and connect with Michael here:

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• Facebook: Consulting Success Official
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Happy Thanksgiving to my U.S. subscribers! While it may seem like a stretch to celebrate a holiday this year, I have spoken with many people who are clear about what they are grateful for. Chris Palmore is one of them and he has dedicated his life to the expression of gratitude.

Chris Palmore has learned that gratitude is a powerful remedy for all the negativity that we encounter in this world. Giving gratitude opens people up to a better attitude, a more generous heart, and a greater ability to connect with others. As a result, Chris has built a network, started the podcast, GratitudeSpace Radio, and creates Gratitude PopUp events that compliment any party, convention, concert, sporting event, or place of business, anywhere people gather.

This began one day when Chris listened to actor and podcast host Adam Carolla’s show. Adam was talking about his disdain for participation trophies. You know, those are the ones you get just for showing up. It triggered something deep within Chris and he started to think about how he had never adequately expressed his appreciation to his Mom for all that she had done for him in his 35 years of life. So he wrote her an extensive thank you letter and posted it on her Facebook page. It was not a moment too soon because his Mom had a recurrence of breast cancer shortly thereafter and sadly, she passed away 4 months later. 

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Chris’ journey:

• Chris is a Gratitude Conductor, Coach, Creator, and Author. He is the Founder of Gratitudespace and the Host of Gratitudespace Radio.  
• He has a Media And Performing Arts Degree and a minor in Video and Broadcasting from Savannah College of Art and Design and is a proud member of The International Alliance of Theater and Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.). 
• On his 36th birthday, Chris wrote a special letter to his Dad and has pledged to express his love more often than he has in the past.

Chris has just published an anthology of gratitude letters that he compiled and curated from his extensive network, Dear Gratitude: An Anthology.

Learn more and connect with Chris here:

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Chris would love to gift you a taste of his new book “Dear Gratitude: An Anthology". That can be found here:

https://www.gratitudespace.com/thankyou/. The book will be available on Amazon, Thursday, November 26.



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Woo Hoooo! Episode 100 of the Work From The Inside Out podcast is here! This is a proud moment for me. I was joined for this special episode by my dear friend and podcast “twin”, Jenny Lisk. Two years ago, Jenny and I each launched our podcasts on the same day. We are each still going strong, whereas most podcasts stop broadcasting after 12 episodes.

I am fascinated by serendipitous connections, and ‘small world stories’ that turn the direction of our lives. Case in point: Had Jenny not needed project management certification hours in her previous job, it is unlikely that our paths would have crossed. To earn her hours, she listened to a podcast with consultant, coach, and author Dorie Clark. She then decided to enroll in Dorie’s How To Become A Recognized Expert course, which entitled her to become a member of the “REx” community, a group in which I was a member. The rest, as ‘they say’ is history…

Jenny Lisk is the host of the Widowed Parent podcast and author of Future Widow: Losing My Husband, Saving My Family, Finding My Voice (1-5-21). Jenny’s mission is to offer support, information, and resources to widowed parents, grieving children and the allies in their lives.

Currently, Jenny and I are book accountability buddies supporting each other as authors of our own books. We meet weekly via Zoom to discuss everything about the book writing and publishing process. It continues to be a rich and rewarding journey for both of us.

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about my path as a podcast host, coach, entrepreneur and soon-to-be published author:

• My book focuses on the key themes and principles gleaned from the stories of my podcast guests’ and my 20 years as a Career Coach to illustrate the best avenues for people to navigate their way through the trials and tribulations of professional transitions.
• Jenny and I have participated in several mastermind groups together, following each other’s paths to content creation and discovering their voices to reach their audiences to make a difference in people’s lives.



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As a kid in Phoenix, Arizona, Lizabeth Wesely-Casella did not dream about what she wanted to be when she grew up. In high school, while her friends were taking the SAT’s to apply for college, she was busy working as a hostess in a restaurant. Lizabeth simply believed that people work from the ground up, as this was what her family modeled for her. She was aware of the difference between her path and that of her friends, but she felt that her early career choices were relatable. 

In her early 30’s, Lizabeth attended college after a solid career in administrative services and financial operations in a few industries. By that time, she had relocated to Washington D.C. as she wanted to be closer to policymakers who were developing the regulations that impacted some of the industries she had worked in.

Once she graduated from school, Lizabeth went the entrepreneurial route and in 2011 she launched her current company, L-12 Services, LLC, a firm specializing in internal communications, training, and executive virtual assistance. She provides lean process design skills to identify where businesses can overcome challenges related to scaling process breakdown workflow management and culture. 

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Lizabeth’s journey:

• Lizabeth organized a process and communication change coalition for First Lady Michelle Obama's signature program Let's Move in 2014. 
• She is the advisory board chair for the Association of Virtual Assistants and a member of the Mental Health Advisory Council.

“Practicing patience and gratitude are the best practices that I try and engage in every day. I make it a point to start out my day realizing what I'm grateful for and I end my day with a list of some things I can improve.” -- Lizabeth Wesely-Casella

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For 15 years, Demetria Henderson worked as a contractor doing statistical programming for various companies. She studied math in college, but it felt that she wasn’t quite connected to what she was doing. Her work met some of her needs. She could pay her bills and bought her first home, but in the back of her mind, she thought she’d like to get a Ph.D.

“You're working with folks, and seeing all these dynamics with people, how they're engaging and interacting with one another. And, being that black woman, you start to see things and I’m thinking, there has to be a better way. That always stayed with me through my entire time in corporate America.” 

Demetria’s pathway to her Ph.D. was a ‘two steps forward one step backward’ scenario. She applied to Ph.D. programs initially and didn’t get in, admitting that she “didn’t know what the heck she was doing”. Five years later, she tried again but this time did her homework to position herself for a positive result, first applying for a master’s degree in organizational behavior so that when it came time to apply for a Ph.D., she would be a qualified applicant.

Today, Demetria advocates for equal access to opportunity and fair treatment for all in the workplace. As a consultant, she works with organizations to help them in creating and maintaining workplace cultures, in which all employees feel included and have a sense of belonging.

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Demetria’s journey:

• Demetria was 42 when she started her Ph.D. program in Business Management.
• She is also a Certified Professional Coach.
• Demetria works with mid-career professionals who are tired of being marginalized in the workplace and can grab a seat at the table without feeling like a sell-out so that they feel empowered and respected while making a meaningful impact.
• Demetria is a professor in organizational behavior at James Madison University’s business school in Virginia.

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Dr. Tanvi Gautam asks key questions: Are you working on your job or on your career? Are you playing at intersections or not? She says if you're not playing at intersections, you will be made redundant soon. The jobs that will get eliminated are single-domain jobs, which, don't need intersectionality. You can add value when you play at intersections. Dr. Gautam walks her talk. She earned her Ph.D. from the Business School at the University of Pittsburgh in the areas of Organizational Behavior, Human Resources, and Information Systems.

Dr. Gautam is the founder-director of the transformational global women and leadership program at Singapore Management University. Her clients have included senior leaders from Merck, Microsoft, Medtronic, National Healthcare Group (Singapore), Mastercard, and KPMG, amongst others. She is also a corporate storytelling & narrative coach helping leaders use the power of narrative for digital transformation, employer branding, culture change, and sales. Her case studies on Human Resources transformation are used internationally by business schools. She was on the faculty at the University of Richmond in the Master of Human Resource Management (for executives) in the area of Technology and HR and taught in the Ph.D. program at Virginia Commonwealth University.

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Dr. Gautam’s journey:

• Dr. Gautam is the author of the best-selling book, The Spark lies within: And other secrets of women leading inspired and authentic lives
• She is a regular visitor to the C-suite is a multi-award winning keynote speaker and consultant on transformational leadership in the age of disruption. 
• Her insights on the future of work have been featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes.com, Wall Street Journal, Mint, The Business Times & Economic Times.
• She often serves as a jury on prestigious HR awards such as the Linkedin conscious business leader awards; Britcham diversity and inclusion awards. 
• Noted internationally as a top 10 HR influencer on social media, she was named by the Workforce magazine (USA) to the ‘Game Changer’ awards list. 
• Before starting her own consulting practice Dr. Gautam worked with Arthur Andersen and Tata Consultancy Services.

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Leslie Zane began her career at blue-chip companies, where she witnessed the success of marketing initiatives as hit or miss. Her ideas about marketing differed from conventional wisdom and weren't always welcome inside the organization. She felt strongly that branding should be more than just pretty pictures and clever ad campaigns.

So Leslie struck out on her own and founded Triggers® with the express mission of consistently increasing revenue for her clients. Over the past 25 years, her company has a track record of growth through its unique expertise in changing brand preference at the instinctual level.

The vast majority of decisions people make, whether in the grocery store aisle, on Amazon, or at the voting booth, are instinctive. Leslie has uncovered what lies inside the mental shortcuts people use to make those decisions: networks of associations and memories. She calls these the Brand Connectome. These networks are malleable. People can be influenced to change their minds. Leslie’s work demonstrates how and the results are visible.

She applies these same instinctual lessons to some of the most crucial, systemic issues of our time and helps companies understand the roots of unconscious bias. She is also working with social organizations to tackle racism.

For my subscribers only, you can download a free gift: Leslie’s 5 New Rules of Marketing.

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Leslie’s journey:

• Nicknamed Miss Question by her business school classmates, Leslie’s endless intellectual curiosity fueled her search for the elusive key to changing customer behavior.
• She has been published in the Harvard Business Review, Knowledge@Wharton, MIT Sloan Review, Forbes, Ad Age, CMO.com, Barrons, and her recent perspectives on driving business growth during COVID were just published in Newsweek.

Learn more and connect with Leslie here:

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• Get your giveaway HERE: https://lesliezane.com/work/



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