Work From The Inside Out

Mike Roderick has always been interested in solving problems and looking at things differently. His elementary school teachers said he had an overactive imagination, creating entire worlds out of a box of crayons. 

Once he got to high school, Mike took a more entrepreneurial approach as he was often initiating and pulling things together. For instance, he noticed that the English department had far less funding that the sports department had, so he came up with the idea to have a battle of the bands’ fundraiser for his school’s English department, and filled the entire auditorium. Mike jokes that it's the night he beat George Lucas. The actual date for the Battle of the Bands had been set for when Return of the Jedi was being released. So they changed the date and then the movie theaters changed the date again. The school went ahead with the battle of the bands. Mike packed the auditorium, raising a lot of money for the English department.

Today, Mike Roderick is the CEO of Small Pond Enterprises. Small pond enterprises is a consulting company and educational resource for solopreneurs, entrepreneurs, and intrepreneurs who want to accelerate the success of their business. Mike's unique methodology comes from his own experience of going from being a high school English teacher to a Broadway producer in under two years.

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, Mike Roderick shares his career trajectory:

• Mike hosts the podcast, Access to Anyone, which shows how you can get to know anyone you want in business and life using time tested relationship-building principles.
• He raised big dollars for Broadway productions while teaching high school English.

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• Website



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Bill Flynn is not your ordinary author, speaker, coach, and student. As a kid, Bill Flynn wanted to be a professional ice hockey player. He played in college during his freshman year and some of his teammates even went on to the NHL, but at the end of the year, Bill felt that his love for the game had dwindled. He traded his time on the ice for a job at a pizza restaurant where he worked for several years, gaining increased responsibilities and developing a great work ethic. It was fun, but not his life’s work.

Upon graduation, Bill landed a sales role at a computer products company and then, as he puts it, he got lucky. He went to work for a company called Dragon Systems which developed voice-activated software.  Bill said it was the most rewarding job he ever had as a salesperson because they actually changed the lives of their customers, people with disabilities. 

After his time at Dragon, Bill got into the world of startups.  He worked for 10 different tech startups over the next 25 years serving in a variety of roles all the way up to CEO and President. Today, he is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, coach, and student.  

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, Bill Flynn shares his career trajectory:

• His book Further, Faster, The Vital Few Steps That Take The Guesswork Out Of Growth is hot off the presses. 
• Bill’s mission is to help growth-oriented leaders focus on the few things that truly matter to them, their customers, and team members.



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Today, I am the interviewee. Executive Coach Anne Sugar graciously offered to interview me on Work From The Inside Out. You may recall that Anne was my guest a few episodes ago and at that time we decided it would be fun for her to turn the tables on me. As with many adventures, I stepped into the unknown, trusting Anne to take the ball and run with it. I hope you will listen and enjoy it!

In this episode I share my experience of being a podcaster and soon-to-be author:

• "Here's an AHA. In my earlier career, I was deeply unhappy in some of my past jobs, and I found my way to something that I love to do, coaching. I assumed I was going to interview people who had experienced similar misery and found their way to happiness as I did. Not necessarily true. While there are other people out there like me, those are generally not the people who have become my podcast guests."
• "I'm always appreciative when my guests are willing to go a little deeper and share how the impact of a significant life event spurred them towards some meaningful action."
• My book (untitled) is about the stories and themes of my podcast guests who have navigated a variety of career and professional transitions. The purpose of the book is to inspire the reader to engage in their own transition, if they so choose, by reflecting on the stories and assimilating the lessons learned through the themes threaded throughout the book.



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Tony Martignetti believes there are great meaning and value in getting uncomfortable. No, he is not sadistic. In fact, Tony is one of the kindest, most engaging people you will ever meet.

He is a leadership coach who specializes in working with leaders and their teams to navigate through change and unlock their true potential. This often requires that they experience some discomfort in order to gain the clarity they need to make well-informed decisions, improve their skills, and ultimately increase their impact. 

Prior to becoming a coach, Tony was a finance and strategy professional in some of the world's leading life sciences companies. Along the way, he also managed a few small businesses and ran a financial consulting company. 

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, Tony shares his career trajectory:

• Throughout his career, Tony gained lessons not only as a leader, but also working with high performing leaders across multiple organizations. 
• It is his passion for helping people that fueled his inspiration to form his company, Inspired Purpose Coaching.
• Tony is known for supporting leaders in finding clarity so that they are energized, unstoppable and lead with a strong presence. He believes that when leaders unlock their potential and lead from a place of inspired purpose, their positive impact is amplified. 
• Over the course of his career, Tony traversed the paths between full-time employment and self-employment, making his way to his own company where he is today.

Learn more about Tony Martignetti :

• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Website

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At 13 years old, Norman Wolfe celebrated his Bar Mitzvah and simultaneously was inspired to pursue a career dream. It’s not quite what you might think… he didn’t aspire to study Torah and become a Rabbi. Norman decided he wanted to join the Air Force and become a pilot.     

His Uncle, who had been a Colonel in the Air Force, gave him his wings for his Bar Mitzvah and it meant the world to him. Norman wanted to follow in his uncle’s footsteps and become a pilot in the service, but unfortunately he did not qualify due to poor eyesight.  

What followed was a career path that began in the aeronautical engineering industry, taking many twists and turns, guided by opportunities and an inner voice that Norman listened to closely. He has maintained a deep curiosity in everything he has done from his career at Hewlett Packard to running his own consulting company and authoring a book.  

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, Norman shares his career trajectory:

• He has led companies large and small, and been a public company director and has over 30 years of consulting and mentoring leaders in a wide range of industries. 
• Norman is the author of The Living Organization, an application of the core principles of how the world works to how organizations and individuals can create extraordinary impact. 
• He is a leading voice in bringing about a transformation of the core paradigm of business. 

Learn more about Norman Wolfe:

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• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Website



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Femily Howe, MA is a consultant who speaks at and advises Silicon Valley and other male-majority companies and teams, like law, finance, and engineering – on gender, equity, and building an ally culture to help them advance womxn, foster inclusion of all kinds and reduce workplace bias. In 2018, Femily founded the American Association of Corporate Gender Strategists to address a growing demand for rigor and best practices in the field. That same year, she launched San Francisco's Executive Womxn's forum at the Commonwealth Club. Femily serves on the board of Inforum, the innovation lab for the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum.

With a Masters in Gender/Cultural Studies, Femily started her career working in the Women Studies Program at MIT, primarily as an administrator. Later, she worked in public relations, communications, and then landed in consulting with a large management consulting firm. That experience compelled her to work full time in alignment with her feminist values and start her own consulting firm where she is today.

In this episode we discuss:

• How Femily connected with someone at a garage sale to find one of the best jobs of her life. 
• How important networking and making personal connections are to growing a career. 
• Femily was an Administrator in the MIT Women’s Studies program. She was able to thrive in that role because everyone treated her as a valued member of the team. 
• She understands the knowledge and confidence gaps between men and women, the systemic consequences of gender bias, and the importance for women to continue moving forward. 
• Femily has learned that if she wants to add a new skill to her resume, one option is to volunteer her time in an organization where she can develop the skill. 
• How a lot of women focus on the glass ceiling but she believes it is more important to focus on the first promotion, from worker to manager, because that is where most women get stuck. 

Learn more about Femily:

• Femily on LinkedIn and Instagram 
• www.femilyonthego.com
• corporategender.org

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Stephen Shapiro is the author of the new book “Invisible Solutions: 25 Lenses that Reframe and Help Solve Difficult Business Problems”. For over 20 years, Stephen has presented his provocative strategies on innovation to audiences in 50 countries. During his 15 year tenure with the consulting firm, Accenture, he led a 20,000 person innovation practice. He is the author of six books, and the creator of “Personality Poker: The Playing Card Tool for Driving High-Performance Teamwork and Innovation”, a card game that has been used around the world to create high performing innovation teams. In 2015, he was inducted into the speaker Hall of Fame. In 2017, he was a regular judge and mentor on the TLC innovation reality television show, Girl Starter.

Stephen started his career as an industrial engineer building computers and found the work to be routine. He realized early on that he was not a ‘cubicle guy’. He joined one of the world’s largest consulting firms, Accenture, by leveraging his engineering background to help companies develop more efficient processes and new products. When he discovered that companies were laying off thousands of people in the name of progress, he wanted no part of that. He took a leave of absence to reflect and returned to Accenture six months later with some fresh ideas to help companies grow. After 15 years with the firm, he decided to build his own brand, which includes authoring 6 books, speaking worldwide, online learning and innovation consulting. 

In this episode we discuss:

• How Stephen became disillusioned when he realized that his work as a consultant to help companies’ optimize their business processes enabled them to reduce their workforces. 
• He likes to help his clients stay relevant by helping them create products, services, and business models that are relevant to companies, consumers, and their clients. 
• Stephen shares how most of his business comes through credible referrals and clients who have worked with him. 
• How he set the intention to write his first book and had it become real almost 5 years to the day after he set it.
• Stephen shares how he prefers to divot instead of pivot and by doing so, deepens the way he delivers his content. 
• The value he places on meeting people where they are.

Links

• Stephen Shapiro on LinkedIn and Twitter. 
• www.stephenshapiro.com
• www.innovationintervention.com

 Other Resources:

• “Invisible Solutions: 25 Lenses that Reframe and Help Solve Difficult Business Problems” by Stephen Shapiro
• “Best Practices Are Stupid: 40 Ways to Out-Innovate the Competition” by Stephen Shapiro
• “Personality Poker: The Playing Card Tool for Driving High-Performance Teamwork and Innovation” by Stephen Shapiro
• “Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution” by Dr. Michael Hammer
• Learn more about Stephen Shapiro’s Personality Poker game. 
• Learn more about the National Speakers Association

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Steve Kahan is the Chief Marketing Officer at Thycotic Software Ltd, which is the 7th startup that he has worked with. Steve inspires teens and their organizations to take on the impossible and succeed. He has just written a book published by Wiley and audible and available on Amazon.com called Be a Startup Superstar: Ignite Your Career Working at a Tech Startup. The book teaches those graduating college and young professionals how to earn a great living doing what they love by igniting their career at a tech startup.

Steve started as a communications major in college and his first job out of school was in a large insurance company processing claims. At the time, he thought he was ready to set the world on fire. Within a fairly short period, he realized he was a more entrepreneurial spirit and found his way into the world of startup companies. Since then, he has successfully helped to grow six startup companies from early-stage development to going public or being sold, resulting in more than $3 billion in shareholder value. He generously shares his story and all that he learned over the last 30 years. Today, he is the CMO of Thycotic Software Ltd, his 7th startup company.

In this episode we discuss:

• Steve’s parents encouraged him to go to college and get a steady job so he did. When he graduated, he got a job processing insurance claims. 
• How he got the “startup bug” and has now facilitated the growth of 7 startups. 
• Steve has specific criteria and questions he asks when considering a new startup.
• He emphasizes the importance of going deep on one specific skill set before building a general and wide-range skill set. 
• Steve discusses his understanding of what determines success.
• He makes it a practice to express gratitude as often as possible.  

Links

• Steven Kahan on LinkedIn and Twitter. 
•  www.beastartupsuperstar.com

Other Resources:

• “Be a Startup Superstar: Ignite Your Career Working at a Tech Startup” by Steve Kahan
• Learn more about Jack Welch. 

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Alan Samuel Cohen is an experienced executive and team coach and corporate instructor with over a decade of experience coaching leaders and teams at companies including MetLife American Express, Skadden, Arps, Tiffany's, NBC and countless PR and marketing agencies. He is also a TEDx speaker and has written books on authentic connection in a digital age, and how to manage conflict and difficult conversations in the workplace. Prior to becoming a coach, he worked in PR, marketing and human resources for over 25 years, most notably as the Director of Marketing for Scholastic, where he led the team that was responsible for launching the Harry Potter book series, and as Director of Communications for the Broadway League, where he publicized the Tony Awards.

Even as a kid, Alan always wanted to be a publicist. How does a child know about PR work? Growing up in New York City, his father worked as a publicist for ABC television. He was surrounded by all the 8x10 glossies of his TV heroes and all he saw was the glamour of the profession. After college, Alan became a successful publicist, working in TV and eventually in publishing where he worked publicizing the Harry Potter book series. It doesn’t get better than that. As the publishing field changed, Alan made some moves into marketing and communications. Then the financial crisis of 2008 hit. Alan completed his coaching training at the same time and started his coaching business, building upon his insights and experiences as an executive.

In this episode we discuss:

• How Alan currently runs his own business as an executive and team coach, and corporate instructor, coaching leaders and teams at companies like MetLife, American Express, Skadden, Arps, Tiffany’s, NBC, and countless other PR and marketing agencies. 
• Alan ran the publicity team for the Harry Potter books and describes it as a shining moment for him. 
• He delivered his first TEDx talk in October 2019 at the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, called “The Magical Power of Shared Purpose.”
• Alan has authored two books, The Connection Challenge: How Executives Create Power and Possibility in the Age of Distraction and Those Difficult Talks for PR Pros.

Links

• Alan Samuel Cohen on LinkedIn and Twitter. 
• www.alansamuelcohen.com

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James Richardson is the founder of Premium Growth Solutions, a strategic planning consultancy for early-stage consumer-packaged-goods brands. As a professionally trained cultural anthropologist turned business strategist, he has helped more than 75 CPG brands with their strategic planning, including brands owned by Coca-Cola Venturing and Emerging Brands, The Hershey Company, General Mills, Kraft Foods, ConAgra Brands, and Frito-Lay as well as emerging brands such as Once Upon a Farm, Mother Kombucha, Bobby Sue’s Nuts, Rebel Creamery, Zaca recovery, and others. He also hosts his own podcast—Startup Confidential. His thoughts appear regularly in industry publications such as Foodnavigator.

As a kid, James aspired to become a college professor, as he puts it, a Professor of Something. And so he did. His career journey started on the academic path as a cultural anthropologist, studying the analysis of value systems, symbol systems, and how those do or do not get enacted in different cultures. He specialized in Southeast Asia and lived in India for three years where he studied and witnessed their caste system. It took nine years to get a Ph.D. in anthropology, and after all of that, he made the difficult choice to leave the academic track to work in the private sector. Fortunately, he joined a small startup company that needed someone with his credentials to work with consumer packaged goods product brands. He spent 17 years with them and today runs his own consulting business and recently published his book, Ramping Your Brand.

In this episode we discuss:

• How James spent 9 years achieving his Ph.D. in anthropology, including three years in India and two near-death experiences.
• He dreamed of being a professor as a child. Toward the end of his degree program, he realized he had become disenchanted with the academic path. 
• James then spent significant time investigating the options available for Ph.D. anthropologists in the private sector.
• Fortunately, he identified a startup company, The Hartman Group. They needed someone with his credentials to work with consumer packaged goods (CPG) product brands. 
• As James grew with The Hartman Group over 17 years, he went from Senior Analyst and then finished there as a Vice President of the company. 
• He has helped more than 75 CPG brands with their strategic planning. 
• Today James runs Premium Growth Solutions and recently published his book, “Ramping Your Brand, How To Ride The CPG Growth Curve.” 

Links

• James Richardson on LinkedIn. 
• https://www.premiumgrowthsolutions.com/



Books mentioned in this episode:

• “Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It” by Chris Voss

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