Work From The Inside Out

Anne Sugar is an executive coach and speaker who has advised top leaders at companies including TripAdvisor, Sanofi Genzyme, and Havas. Anne serves as an executive coach for Harvard Business School Executive Education and has guest lectured at MIT. She is also a contributor to Harvard Business Review and Inc.

Prior to becoming an executive coach 15 years ago, Anne served as a senior leader in the advertising industry, where she oversaw a team of 75 employees as SVP of Media at Digitas. She managed media planning for Fortune 500 clients including General Motors, Federal Express, and Delta. She draws on her extensive management experience, as well as her in-depth training in coaching methodology to advise senior executives and high performers transitioning into leadership roles.

In this episode we discuss:

• How Anne’s leadership and career transformation journey started by taking a few risks. 
• Her view that serendipity played a key role in the success of her early career days. 
• Anne’s understanding of how her core values have provided guidance through her career transitions.
• For almost 20 years, Anne worked as a leader in the advertising industry, which included working on the launch of Apple computers, and how she then recognized when it was time for her to transition her career in new directions. 
• The throughlines through Anne’s career include her need for creativity and continuous learning. 
• Anne believes it is not necessary to make a large shift in your life in order to experience success or fulfillment. Instead, it is often about making a few very small shifts. She ends the show asking listeners to consider one small thing you can do right now to make a small shift in your life. 

Links

• Anne Sugar on LinkedIn and Twitter. 
• www.annesugar.com



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Gina Warner is the President and CEO of the National Afterschool Association. Before joining NAA, she served as the Executive Director of the Partnership for Youth Development in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she helped existing and new after school programs as they sought to serve children and families in post-Katrina New Orleans. Gina is also devoted to issues of women’s leadership and female empowerment. She has transformed that passion into establishing the Badass Women’s Book Club, an international resource for book discussions, online coaching and personal development resources. She loves to challenge women to live their best badass lives through book discussions, online coaching, and personal development resources.

Gina started her career as a special education teacher. Two years later, she went to law school and took that experience to do policy work for a US Senator in Washington, DC. From there, she moved to New Orleans, Louisiana and worked as a lobbyist. Then, Hurricane Katrina hit the region. Shortly thereafter, she was hired to serve as the Executive Director of the Partnership for Youth Development. While there, Gina helped existing and new after school programs as they sought to reach and serve children and families in post-Katrina New Orleans.

In this episode we discuss:

• Gina’s education and career journey that allowed her the opportunity for many life-changing experiences.
• Her belief in the importance of teaching young people, and especially young women, the vast array of career choices they have so they can realize their calling.
• Gina values experiences that have kept her mind open to new professional and personal opportunities.
• Her experience in surviving Hurricane Katrina and how that propelled her into running a youth development intermediary.
• Gina’s struggle with Imposter Syndrome after having been through an amazing leadership program, and how she bought a book in the airport on her way home that transformed her life.
• How she launched the Badass Women’s Book Club and its growth in the last two years.

Links:

• Gina Warner on LinkedIn and Instagram
• www.badasswomensbookclub.com/
• National Afterschool Association

Books mentioned in this episode:

• “You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life” by Jen Sincero



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Scott Miller is a 23-year associate of the FranklinCovey organization and serves as their Executive Vice President of Thought Leadership. Scott hosts multiple podcasts including FranklinCovey’s On Leadership and Great Life, Great Career. Additionally, Scott is the author of Management Mess to Leadership Success: 30 Challenges to Become the Leader You Would Follow. Scott authors a weekly leadership column for Inc.com and is a frequent contributor to podcasts and webinars. Previously, Scott worked for the Disney Development Company and grew up in Central Florida. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with his wife and three sons.

Scott started his career working for the Disney company and is the first person to tell you that he got fired. He sees that as a big learning experience amongst many in his career and claims that for every failure, he has learned what not to do going forward. For the past 23 years, he has worked in 7 different roles within the FranklinCovey organization, growing and developing his leadership talents as he helped others to hone their skills as well. Scott is a look-forward kind of person and points to his family and faith as the strongholds of his character. He recently co-authored a new book, Everyone Deserves a Great Manager: The Six Critical Practices for Leading a Team, published by Simon Schuster in October 2019.

In this episode we discuss:

• Scott was fired from Disney and then hired by FranklinCovey, where he’s worked for the last 23 years. He shares openly because he believes it is important for people to be open and honest about their journey and any setbacks faced along the way. 
• How friending-up has helped him immensely in his career and life overall.
• Scott has worked hard to build his brand around generously giving back. 
• He believes that the people who are successful in life want to give back more as they grow more. 
• Scott’s favorite book on leadership and why he loves it. 

Links

• Scott Miller on LinkedIn and Twitter
• www.managementmess.com

Books mentioned in this episode:

• “Management Mess to Leadership Success: 30 Challenges to Become the Leader You Would Follow” by Scott Miller
• “On Leadership, Starting With Trust, An Interview” by Scott Miller
• “Everyone Deserves a Great Manager: The 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team” by Scott Miller, Todd Davis, and Victoria Roos Olsson
• “Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter” by Liz Wiseman
• “Dig Your Well Before You’re Thirsty: The Only Networking Book You’ll Ever Need” by Harvey McKay

Other Resources:

• Learn more about Nely Galan
• Learn more about Seth Godin
• Learn more about Daniel Pink
• Learn more about Liz Wiseman
• Learn more about Karen Dillon

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Lisa Linfield is a personal finance expert, keynote speaker, course creator and host of her podcast, Working Women's Wealth. Lisa, a Board Certified Financial Planner, is the CEO of a wealth and investment management business, Southern Pride Wealth. She has two honors degrees, one in Financial Planning, and has studied at Oxford, Insead, and London Business School. She has over 20 years of financial services experience in the UK and South Africa. She's been featured in Forbes, Thrive Global, Contemporary Business, Investing for Life and other podcasts. Lisa's goal is to teach 1 million women about money, how to make money, invest it and protect it. To that end, she has established her podcast which alternates weekly between featuring women who've achieved personally and professionally, and solo episodes in which she teaches to engage, equip, and empower her listeners.

Lisa started her career as a physical therapist following the advice of many influential, well-intentioned adults who told her that going to medical school was a solid path to pursue. After a few short years in the field, she listened to her inner voice and moved towards the business world into an entry-level role in financial services, specifically banking. She was on the team that opened one of the first digital banks in the world. Several years into a successful career in banking, Lisa fulfilled a lifelong goal to attend Oxford and earned a degree in Divinity because she wanted to be able to study and live as a student in a way she had not been able to previously. She then returned to financial services, got married, started a family, and a few years ago, started her own personal financial advising business.  

In this episode we discuss:

• Lisa’s scholarship and opportunity to become a physical therapist in South Africa, during a time when there was a power struggle in the country. 
• How higher education works in South Africa.
• Her realization that transition is challenging due to her concern about not meeting her family’s expectations and wondering if she was giving up an incredible career. 
• Lisa grew up in a business-oriented household and how that informed her transition into the business world.
• Lisa’s realization that “sometimes you choose transitions in life and sometimes life chooses transitions for you.” 
• How she found her career and life happiness when she discovered work that gave her both passion and purpose.

Links

• Lisa Linfield on LinkedIn and Twitter
• https://www.facebook.com/WorkingWomensWealth/

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Shane Feldman is the founder and CEO of Count Me In. He is the visionary behind the world's largest millennial led movement inspiring youth to be positive change agents. Over the past decade, Count Me In has initiated 10’s of thousands of projects worldwide, contributing a value of over $2.6 billion to the global economy through service. Shane has been featured by Larry King, Dr. Oz, Forbes, People Magazine, and his documentary TV series from A&E follows his community-building work. Shane has spoken to audiences around the world, and he has been recognized by the White House and the United Nations for his achievements in community leadership.

Shane shares his journey as it begins in high school when he started in a new school, feeling alone and unhappy. He tried to convince his guidance counselor to transfer him to a different school and the counselor encouraged him to get involved with a variety of activities before he gave up on the school. As he puts it, Count Me In, was born out of his high school locker as a community-building activity between his high school and a few other schools. It took off in ways he never imagined, and he has grown it for the past 11 years into the international youth community-building organization it is today.

In this episode we discuss:

• The story behind how Shane’s company was born out of his locker when he was in high school.
• How he became a CEO at 19 and his belief in being a learning leader as CEO and how he believes that makes him approachable. 
• The experience Shane had when he needed to get unplugged. He visited Southeast Asia and in Vietnam, he found a sense of community that he knew he needed to apply to his life and his company. 
• Shane’s belief in the importance of connection and building a sense of community, no matter what job, career, or industry you are in.
• How he leads from the inside out. 

Links:

• Shane Feldman on LinkedIn and Twitter. 
• www.shanefeldman.com
• https://www.cmimovement.com/

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Kathleen Metcalf is the president of Atlas real estate coaching and training, a company specializing in professional development and systems for real estate administrators and team leaders. She has served as the bridge between real estate agents and their assistants for over 12 years. This is Kathleen’s 17th year in the real estate industry. She started as a real estate assistant in 2002 to a Top Producing agent with over $100 million in sales volume. Then she became an agent herself in San Francisco. Kathleen had a real estate assistant recruiting and coaching business for six years prior to joining Atlas.

Kathleen started her career in the retail clothing store industry and proved herself, consistently getting promoted over eight years, reaching a senior-level role. Her successful career came to a halt when her alcohol addiction became a hindrance to her job performance. She generously shares her story of success, hard work, failures, perseverance, addiction, bankruptcy, sobriety, and recovery. Today, she has been in recovery for over 17 years and successfully working with real estate professionals to help them grow and develop in the field.

In this episode we discuss:

• Kathleen’s childhood including her career aspirations being influenced by the Mary Tyler Moore show.
• How she went to college to become a teacher but quickly changed to major in business.
• Kathleen’s career in the retail clothing industry that progressed through the years because of her willingness to work hard and her curiosity.
• Her experience with alcoholism and resulting hardships that forced a completely different path, one she is so thankful for.
• How she rose out of the depths, like a phoenix, and got into the real estate industry.
• The different experiences Kathleen had that allowed her to travel and move from the west coast to the east coast.

Links:

• Kathleen Metcalf on LinkedIn and Twitter.
• www.kathleenmetcalf.com
• https://www.atlasrealestatecoaching.com/



Books mentioned in this episode:

• “The Unplanned Career: How to Turn Curiosity Into Opportunity” by Kathleen Mitchell
• “It’s Your Money: Achieving Financial Wellbeing” by Karen McCall

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Jay Vogt is the founder of Peoplesworth, an organizational development practice that works with mission-driven organizations, which started in 1982. Jay has worked with nonprofits in healthcare, education, human services, arts, culture, the environment, and more. He has worked with fast-growth companies in the organic food world like Stonyfield Yogurt, and Applegate. Jay is a master facilitator of meetings and retreats and specializes in leading large group meetings of 35 to 350 participants. A published author, Jay’s TEDx talk on the art of facilitation, “Changing the Way the World Meets” has been viewed nearly 100,000 times.

Unlike most people who transition to an entrepreneurial career path, Jay made this move at a younger age, 27 years and he has never looked back. That’s not to say that it’s been a smooth, confident ride all these years. He made choices along the way as to how he would manage his practice, choosing to only engage local clients so that he could be home at the dinner table every night, calling it his “country doctor” model. This choice challenged him to redefine his concept of success and design a life that would make him feel more alive. This included, for example, taking several sabbaticals in which he chose experiences over income, risking the stability of his client relationships. Surprisingly, his clients found his choices appealing and engaging.

In this episode we discuss:

• The learning and growth journey Jay took to move from working at a university extension service to launching his own practice.
• Jay experienced significant mindset shifts that enabled him to embrace his most meaningful career path while also overcoming significant fears.
• The values that Jay adhered to and which helped him, including this quote: “chance favors a prepared mind.”
• The “mortgage money” work he did while he was building his practice.
• Jay’s fundamental operating principle, genuinely caring about the worth of people.
• The life hack Jay learned for accomplishing most of what he would like to do in life, without having to make huge life or career shifts.

Links:

• Jay Vogt on LinkedIn and Twitter.
• www.peoplesworth.com
• www.homesanmiguel.com
• www.essentialworth.com
• Jay’s TEDxTalk – The Art of Facilitation: Changing the Way the World Meets

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