Secret Sauce Marketing Tastings

A trail blazer. A changemaker. A progressive leader. These and so many other descriptors and accolades may characterize our recent podcast guest Jacqueline Wales.   As Founder of Transformational Strategies for Success, Jacqueline helps high-achieving individuals take greater ownership and authority over their professional lives, and to find greater fulfillment in their personal lives.   In our lively discussion, Jacqueline outlined numerous pragmatic strategies for embracing uncertainty, re-claiming one’s confidence, effectively navigating through fears of all sorts, and so much more.   Listen in for powerful insights and tips to a more fulfilling work life and peaceful and enriched life, in general.  

What do your clothes say about you? Before a word is spoken, what you wear and how you show up  communicates to those around you insights into your personality, your life station and preferences.  Listen in for a fascinating conversation with GoGoGracious President Janet Valenza to learn how to integrate a simply  smart style into a post-Covid world, where we can go from comfy to camera to client with ease.

Francine represents the best in all of us. As Owner and Executive Director of Hannah’s House, Francine carries out her purpose-filled life by manifesting her mission, every day. Hannah’s House, a shelter for homeless women and children, is a safe space for women who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. Guiding them from brokenness to wholeness, Hannah and her team provide the love, support and services to change the trajectory in the lives of their women clients so that their goals and dreams are achieved. Listen in to be inspired and uplifted by Francine’s empowering story.

What do your clothes say about you? Before a word is spoken, what you wear and how you show up  communicates to those around you insights into your personality, your life station and preferences.  Listen in for a fascinating conversation with GoGoGracious President Janet Valenza to learn how to integrate a simply  smart style into a post-Covid world, where we can go from comfy to camera to client with ease.

Now, more than ever, leadership teams must be aligned in their goals and values to continue to move in the same direction, in a meaningful way. Designing and delivering leadership programs that transform managers into the best bosses ever and executives into inspirational role models that can scale and grow the company is what my colleague and friend Patty Beach, inclusive leadership evolutionist and author of the bestselling book: The Art of Alignment: A Practical Guide for Inclusive Leadership focuses her business LeadershipSmarts on. Listen in as Patty and I discuss the changing workplace and why creating inclusive environments where all voices are heard and decisive actions are taken to move new ideas forward is the quickest path to growth and prosperity. As a special gift to CHANGEMAKERS podcast listeners, Patty has curated an Alignment toolkit package that includes an executive summary and PDF copy of her book The Art of Alignment A Practical Guide for Inclusive Leadership along with other helpful tools and resources. Access them here: leadershipsmarts.com/changemakers. (https://www.leadershipsmarts.com/changemakers)

Creating culturally conscious and civil workplaces ranks among one of the greatest priorities for many forward-thinking CEOs. Helping clients build diverse and inclusive work environments is what Sejal Thakkar is passionate about and excels at. Listen in as Sejal and I discuss how educating and training employees to create positive workplace cultures can be a bottom-line benefit for companies worldwide.

Thriving in a meaningful career as a clinical psychologist, Sunni Lampasso knew she could help people make positive change in their lives. And, she did. Yet, after several decades in private practice, Sunni was called to pivot her mission from serving others in a positive psychology role to that of executive coach wherein her mission broadened.  Listen in as Sunni and I discuss the role of positive changemaking in all our lives, the sneaky triggers that can trip us up and how to truly create the life and career of your dreams.

While in-person networking and large professional conferences may be a distance memory, at least for now, relational sales are so critical in the professional services space. In short, you cannot build a prosperous service business without meaningful relationship building. Full stop. So, in a mid-pandemic world full of zoom screens, how does that happen?  Enter sales leadership expert Chris Larcade whom has spent his career in sales with organizations such as ABC Network, ESPN, FX, FXX, Freeform, and National Geographic brands on driving sales growth. Listen in as Chris and I discuss the tools and best practices of how to build and grow a prosperous business in our current environment. Listen into our lively discussion on how to boost your online profile, gain a following and boost your business via gesturing.

You have a built out LinkedIn profile (that’s not a copy/paste of your website profile). You even post content on occasion. Yet, when others share content, you do nothing, take no action whatsoever. Or, maybe you click a button to “Like” or “Celebrate”. To unlock the true value of LinkedIn’s power, you must ENGAGE beyond the “easy click”…if you ‘Like’ content that is shared with you, post a quick comment to articulate why this content resonated with you. LinkedIn expert and coach (and author of “LinkedIn Marketing Techniques for Law & Professional Practices”) Marc Halpert and I sat down for our third episode in a series to discuss the role and imperative of “gesturing”.  Listen into our lively discussion on how to boost your online profile, gain a following and boost your business via gesturing.

   In the second episode of a series, Marc and I discuss the many ways that LinkedIn users can easily leverage the social media platform in a meaningful way to build and grow their online networks and communities. Never more than today is LinkedIn so relevant and timely on which to build a robust professional network and a prosperous business.

   In good and not so good times, connecting with others to foster relationships is always important…for our businesses, job and lives. No one I’ve ever met does it quite so effortlessly as Marc Halpert. As a multipreneur and man who wears many hats, Marc is in constant in service to connecting people for the greatest good of all.  Listen in as I interview super energetic LinkedIn branding expert Marc Halpert to be entertained and learn how to leverage digital tools to drive positive change in your business, job and overall life.

After years of practicing law, Robyn Goldenberg found her passion is running businesses to help fellow entrepreneurs to realize their dreams by taking care of the “back room operations” so they may focus on their substantive expertise. Allowing business owners to do what they do best affords Robyn the opportunity to do what she does best and that is to create systems, processes, advising on best practices in technological solutions and overall operations. Listen in to learn how Robyn has taken her legal background and transformed it into a rewarding and freedom-finding business she can call her own.

Aspiring a legal career, Alicia checked all the right boxes for a high-achieving woman professional to reach what others would perceive to be the top rung of the professional ladder. What they didn't see, however, was the long hours, stress and anxiety that comes with the life of a practicing lawyer. Then, Alicia's body rebelled and took her life into another direction. Listen in to this powerful story of how Alicia's long journey opened an unexpected door and how she has now turned her pain into a great purpose of helping others. 

As the daughter of a criminal defense lawyer, Elena Deutsch grew up with a birds-eye view of the practice of law. Working in her Dad’s office, she considered following in his footsteps but ultimately her professional journey led her into public health, training and coaching. In her work, Elena met one woman lawyer after another who expressed their dismay and dissatisfaction with their firm and/or the practice of law yet felt stuck and unsure of where to turn. Eventually, Elena launched a new business, WILL (Women Interested in Leaving (big) Law) was born. Listen in as Elena shares her story of helping women who suffer to discover what else they could do, believe they can, and go for it. A most uplifting and inspiring show.

Four Seasons, Nordstrom, Disney. What do they have in common? Unparalleled service. In the digital age of of connection, client service has never been more important, especially because as consumers (of everything), we have so many choices. Tune in to learn Philadelphia-based law firm Chief Client Officer Cole Silver's version of client service and how to convert your clients to promoters, to grow a prosperous business. How are you delivering on the Rainmaker Roadmap version of extraordinary service? 

With an early love of theatre and acting, Catherine thought she was headed to Broadway yet somehow landed in the country's legal services marketplace as a super innovator. Listen in as we discuss the path Catherine has taken to become a successful serial entrepreneur, educator and consultant and, in doing so, learned the indubitable lessons of guiding and giving to others that has proven transformational for all. 

With an early love of theatre and acting, Catherine thought she was headed to Broadway yet somehow landed in the country's legal services marketplace as a super innovator. Listen in as we discuss the path Catherine has taken to become a successful serial entrepreneur, educator and consultant and, in doing so, learned the indubitable lessons of guiding and giving to others that has proven transformational for all. 

With an early love of theatre and acting, Catherine thought she was headed to Broadway yet somehow landed in the country's legal services marketplace as a super innovator. Listen in as we discuss the path Catherine has taken to become a successful serial entrepreneur, educator and consultant and, in doing so, learned the indubitable lessons of guiding and giving to others that has proven transformational for all. 

Born on her parents' bed, lawyer and serial entrepreneur Nicole Auerbach approaches her professional journey with gusto and forward motion in much the same way. She has had the "Big Law" experience, founded and co-founded two thriving law businesses and is excited to see what's next. Join us to learn a few of the learnings Nicole has leveraged to propel her forward and her best professional advice to her younger self. You do not want to miss this episode for a glimpse into how one powerful woman has created the career of her dreams. 

What makes our hearts sing, professionally, likely is linked to an early curiosity, an interest that we develop a fire for. That is the case for attorney Ross Goren in his pursuit of addressing daily problem solving to help his corporate clients. Join us for a fabulous discussion on the importance of identifying our passion, following it for a more success and fulfilling professional journey.