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When Cathy McCafferty-Smith was 5 years old, her kindergarten teacher told her mother, “I would feel comfortable leaving Cathy in charge of the class if I had to leave the room.” She was passionate about becoming a teacher but like many people as she became an adult, her life went in different directions. Her first career was motherhood. Cathy started college in her late twenties and by 39, she had earned 3 degrees.

Over 25 years Cathy worked in education, healthcare, manufacturing, and banking. She has served in human resources and as a leadership development and organizational change consultant. At the individual leadership development level, she focuses on building influential leaders by identifying strengths, talents, values, motivators, personal leadership styles, and uncovering one's own blind spots. At the organizational level, she co-designs and facilitates talent acquisition programs, employee team engagement programs, and leadership action learning programs to assist in solving real-time organizational problems.

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

• Cathy started her own consulting business but in order to stabilize it, she held a part-time role for several years while “netgiving” her way toward a fully sustainable business. Netgiving is her definition for making connections while being of service. 
• She collaboratively co-designed multiple award-winning leadership development, action learning succession programs with senior executive leaders.
• Cathy authored and co-published a National Medical Journal article on behavioral interviewing systems for organizations in 2017. 
• She will soon be publishing her first book, “Career Map, Discovering Your Unique Purpose”

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Jeffrey Madoff is the founder of Madoff productions based in New York City. His company produces branded film and video content for major brands such as Ralph Lauren, Radio City Music Hall, Harvard School of Public Health, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Madoff is an adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design and authored a book about his class entitled Creative Careers: Making a Living with Your Ideas.

Jeff Madoff began his career as a fashion designer, then switched careers to film and video production. He has since expanded his reach to include teaching, book and playwriting, and theatrical producing. He has written and is producing a play, “Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical” based on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend, Lloyd Price, which will premiere in February 2022 at the People’s Light Theater in Malvern, PA.

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Jeff and his career journey:

• Jeff learned early in his career that perseverance was key to getting the full experience of all that he did academically, professionally, and personally.
• He was named one of the top 10 US designers before he switched to filmmaking.
• Jeff majored in Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin and was on the wrestling team, all of which he says prepared him for life in the film business.
• For his class at Parsons, he invites highly accomplished professional guest speakers to share their journeys with students. Guests have included Daymond John, Karlie Kloss, Tim Ferriss, Randi Zuckerberg, Dylan Lauren, and Joy-Ann Reid.
• Jeff’s documentary films about philanthropist Brooke Astor and iconic dancer Martha Graham have been well received by the press, including the New York Times.

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John Neral has lived many lives. After a 16 year career as a middle school mathematics teacher, he leveraged his background to work as a state educational assessment specialist and the training and staffing director for an educational nonprofit. Today he leads John Neral Coaching LLC, an organizational coaching and public speaking firm. He is also the author of the new book, SHOW UP, Six Strategies to Lead a More Energetic and Impactful Career. John reawakens, energizes galvanizes, and innovates the mind think of employees, corporations, associations, and people.

But wait folks… there’s so much more.

A professional bowler, John won the Professional Bowlers Association, Regional Title in 2010. 

He is a game show fan and has appeared on episodes of the Game Show Network’s Chain Reaction and Make My Day. 

John is a former church organ prodigy.

He is also an avid traveler having sojourned to five of the seven continents.

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more as John generously shares not only his career but also his personal journey:

• John grew up in a strict Catholic family.
• When he was 10 years old, his sister, as a new high school graduate, announced she was pregnant. Needless to say, this did not sit well with the family. 
• A few years later John realized that he was gay but did not come out until he was 26. Two years later he told his family and they disowned him. They did not speak for two years.
• John points to this period in his life as offering him huge learning both in life and career as he navigated all kinds of relationships and how to communicate within them.
• When John’s mother was diagnosed with cancer, she reached out to him and they reconciled.

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‘They’ say that most people will have at least two careers over the course of their lifetime. Holly Hester-Reilly is no exception. She retired from her first career as a competitive figure skater at 17 years of age. 

Holly pursued her dream to conduct drug development research by studying chemical engineering. Earning her master’s degree and on the path to a Ph.D., she was published in scientific journals, began teaching chemistry labs at a local college, and coached figure skating to make ends meet. Aiming to earn a Ph.D. she failed her qualifying exams, not once, but twice. She knew her discipline well but suffered from panic attacks that interfered with her focus. 

She aimed for environmental engineering roles from there landing a job with the City of New York which lasted two years. It was not a culture fit for her. In her spare time, nights, and weekends, she worked for a tech startup and landed a full-time role with a company as their fourth employee, leveraging her background in chemical engineering.

Today, Holly is the founder and CEO of H2R Product Science, a product management coaching and consulting firm that teaches the science of high growth and product development. 

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Holly’s career story:

• Holly is a former Columbia University Research Scientist and has led over a dozen digital product initiatives at startups, high growth companies, and enterprises like MediaMath, Shutterstock, the Lean Startup Company, Unilever, Capital One, and WeightWatchers.
• She is also the host of the Product Science podcast.
• Holly teaches public and private workshops and has spoken about building high growth products at the Lean Startup Summit Europe, Product Tank NYC, Parsons School of Design, and the Products School.

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Mary Van der Wiel helps people recognize who they are so that others can. With a knack for intuitively knowing how to scope out the landscape for her clients, she's always on the lookout for the invisible clues they might be missing.

For her, the intersection of neuroscience, creativity, and innovation is always the most fascinating. Van consults, speaks, and takes her signature NY Brand Lab workshops across the USA, Latin America, and Australia. 

Currently working and living in Mexico, she's recently launched her Black Line Crazy limited edition collection of wearable art and homewares. 

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Van’s career story:

• Van was the Chief Creative Officer and founder of an award-winning branding and design agency with offices in New York and Sydney. She sold her agency in 2005.
• She was dubbed a brand psychologist by Time Inc. Magazines when her agency launched People Weekly in the Australian market.  
• A weekly contributor to Dan Schwabel's Personal Branding Blog. she's written for entrepreneur.com, been quoted and featured in Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Reuters, The Australian Financial Review, Investor's Business Daily, and American Express OPEN Forum.

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At 14 years old, Jayne Mattson’s father gave her a copy of Dale Carnegie’s book “How To Win Friends and Influence People,” telling her, “you can choose your own destiny.” He was her biggest champion. His encouragement meant the world to Jayne, especially since she and her five siblings had lost their mother the year before. 

Jayne pursued a career in the medical device industry as a quality assurance documentation systems engineer, staying with the same company for 23 years. When an opportunity for a layoff package arose, she grabbed it. Jayne reinvented herself to step into work that she truly loved, which included managing and developing people.  

Today, Jayne is an author, consultant, and speaker on career management, relationship building, and confidence development. She inspires professionals to take charge of their lives, develop professional relationships, and build sustainable confidence for career and life success. 

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Jayne’s career story:

• Jayne authored the book, You, You, Me You: The Art of Talking to People, Networking, and Building Relationships.
• She is a frequent writer and contributor to CareerBuilder, Monster.com, CIO, Mashable.com, the Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.
• Jayne conducts seminars and webinars on conveying confidence presenting your best self, finding your voice, and developing relationships for career success.
• She holds a master's degree in management from Lesley University, a Bachelor's in human resources from Northeastern University, and certification from Dale Carnegie based on his principles and how to win friends and influence people.

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Ashwin Krishnan describes his beginnings as a “typical Indian immigrant story”. He is an Engineer who became an Engineering Manager, growing restless and segueing into Product Management then rising to VP and SVP. While Ashwin was innovating and experimenting, he realized how constrained he felt by the insular mindset of his industry and the narrow definition of his job. He finally admitted to himself that he was dissatisfied.

Then, Ashwin did something unusual for a man in his position: He stopped and examined his life and talents to identify what was fulfilling and had purpose. He discovered that he enjoyed storytelling to promote understanding and loved mentoring people to become the best version of themselves. Ashwin also realized that he was still passionate about the tech industry, particularly the issues surrounding privacy and ethics.

Today, Ashwin serves as the COO of UberKnowledge, bringing cybersecurity awareness and training to demographics that are underrepresented in the industry. He writes articles and blog posts using analogy to simplify technology trends and complex topics like AI and IoT. Ashwin hosts podcasts with CISOs and industry experts in order to bridge the chasm between security vendors and customers so that real problems can be solved to make the world a safer place. 

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Ashwin’s career story:

• Ashwin’s purpose is to empathize, educate, and empower in tech ethics and most of all, human goodness.
• He speaks at meetings on the need for a sharper focus on ethics in the tech industry.
• Ashwin hosts the Undercover Leaders podcast, in which he showcases the human beings who do the extraordinary every single day, yet without recognition. He digs deep into why they do what they do and explores how they stay motivated.

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Magda Khalifa is a first-generation American, US Army combat veteran, business owner, speaker, and best selling author of her memoir, American Dream, Discipline, Resilience, Endurance, Adaptability, and Mentorship to Succeed and Win in Life. After witnessing the attacks in New York City on September 11, 2001, she left her comfortable, white-collar professional life behind to join the military. After two tours in Iraq, Magda struggled with transition and health issues. 

Magda succeeded in turning her life around and shares her success path through “The Freedom Triangle”, her 3-step framework: inventory your life, key in on what is missing, and pull up the anchors that are holding you back, enabling you to grow from limited to LIMITLESS. Magda continues to inspire and guide people by speaking about her unique story, perspective, and example of no excuses, all in tenacity and grit. 

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

• Magda talks about how she felt like a completely different person upon returning from Iraq; rather than her usual outgoing self, she was lethargic, reclusive, anxious, and depressed.
• She felt so lost, yet began to feel better as she became involved in a few nonprofit organizations that served veterans, where she learned she was not alone and could find a sense of purpose through service to others.
• Magda has launched the first combat veteran-owned fragrance line, Triangle Fragrance, featuring confidence for women and victory for men. Ironically, when she was 9 years old, Magda sold Avon products door-to-door and continued to do so into her teens. How enterprising! I still recall the jingle… ding dong, Avon calling!

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Listen, subscribe and read show notes at www.tammygoolerloeb.com/podcasts/ - episode 088

Mark Hayward describes himself as a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset and that is exactly who he is. With a background in economics, policy, and government, he started his career in public service economic affairs policy for the central government. Mark became restless in that environment and moved into the world of consulting and business. 

With the help of a mentor coach, he has grown to add value to his corporate work by developing a few side hustles. In addition to his day job, Mark is the host of the Absolute Business Mindset podcast. He also invests in real estate and started a business coaching practice which he hopes to expand in the future.

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

• Today, Mark lives in London, England, and works for KPMG UK as a consultant.
• He has experience in software sales and account management, product development, and implementation.
• Mark also maintains a small business coaching practice.
• In addition to hosting his podcast, he developed and offers a course on podcasting aspiring hosts. 

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“Are you doing what you're passionate about? If you know the answer is no. You're obligated to do something about that. Because you're not meant to be miserable. That's not why you're here,” says Claire Chandler, president and founder of Talent Boost.

Claire Chandler leverages over 25 years of experience in business leadership, human resources, and communications to boost leadership alignment and effectiveness in a wide range of organizations. She has extensive experience in organizational effectiveness, executive coaching, leadership development, communication strategy, employment branding, succession management, employee onboarding and engagement, talent, infrastructure, and strategic planning. 

After many years of climbing the corporate ladder to the c-suite and then surviving a cancer diagnosis, Claire decided to take the next step to establish her own business, Talent Boost.

She helps growing organizations align their leadership around a unifying vision that attracts and retains the right talent to accomplish their mission. 

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

• Claire is the author of The Whirlpool Effect, Inspire the FLOW that Boosts Company Performance.
• She holds a certificate in Strategic HR leadership from Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations, a master's degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a bachelor's degree from Fairfield University.
• Claire has decades of experience in production, communications, customer service, and human resources in the global environmental and energy resources industries.

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