Category Archives: PEOPLE
Episode 048: A Beautiful Death, with End-of-Life Coach, Maureen Kures, RN (46:28)
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Maureen Kures spent 35 years as an oncology, hospice, and ICU nurse. This specialized work has given Maureen a unique perspective on life and death. She has seen first-hand the devastation that can happen when families aren’t prepared for death. So she decided to devote herself full time to helping families to prepare more proactively, and cope more positively with the transition of a loved one.
Episode 047: How to Develop Thick Skin and Mental Toughness
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One of my observations of our current society is that we have lost the sense of thick skin that I feel we used to have. There is such a heightened sense of political correctness and hypersensitivity, that we have created “safe spaces” and have new labels like “micro-aggression” to insulate us from what someone would have called “direct communication” just 5 or 10 years ago.
Episode 046: Built to Suck – An Interview with 5-time Best-selling Author, Joseph Jaffe
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Joseph Jaffe is a serial entrepreneur, master provocateur, innovator, and author of 5 best-selling books including his latest, “Built to Suck”. He has been featured on CBS, ABC, Bloomberg, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, Fortune, Newsweek, and many others. Joseph says that every company and even every industry sucks and is destined to fall. He says that the key to success is to SUCK LESS. He has a solution, but for those who are smart enough to listen.
Episode 045: The talent war with Ex-Navy Seal, Mike Sarraille
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Mike Sarraille is an Ex-Navy Seal. George Randle is a Ex- US Army Officer. Together they are on a mission to take on one of today’s most critical issues in the workplace – the assessment, selection, development – and deployment of Talent. Drawing on decades of experience in the special forces and working with elite organizations, they outline the problem in their new book “The Talent War”. Mike and George say that many organizations are already losing this war, and as a result they are not only losing their best people, but losing competitive advantage, market share, and ultimately are in danger of going out of business. But they also say there is a solution for those who are willing to listen.
Advice for Starting a Career in Business if you Have a Disability
This article is presented in partnership with Linda Chase, the Founder of AbleHire.org, whose mission is to help people with disabilities build rewarding, successful careers. AbleHire.org offers great resources for those with disabilities looking to advance their career and work life.
For young adults with disabilities, getting a degree in business could open up several career path options. Not only would you gain the skills necessary to launch your own business one day, but it would also help set you up to find your first job. Use this guide to discover how to leverage your skills to get an internship and start your career. For advice and consulting on how to start your own business, connect with Mark Botros for help.
Episode 043: Leadership Masterclass with Col. Tom Connally (USMC-Ret.) (59:55)
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Col. Tom Connally, is a retired United States Marine Corps officer; He’s the Founder and President of Connally Consulting; and the author of the breakthrough leadership book, “Becoming a Leader – A Roadmap for my Daughter and the Aspiring Leader”. In this episode he teaches us everything we need to know about being an effective and successful leader.