
Episode 40: Andy Storch – How new habits can transform your life and career
Beyond 6 Seconds: Neurodiversity stories from neurodivergent people
12/10/18
•31m
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Andy Storch is a consultant, coach and facilitator who helps his clients turn strategy into action. Andy works with companies to accelerate leadership development, strategy alignment, business acumen and sales training. He also coaches individuals to help them improve their performance and achieve their goals, so they can do the best work of their lives. Additionally, Andy hosts two podcasts: The Entrepreneur Hot Seat (now called The Andy Storch Show), where he has interviewed over 100 CEOs and entrepreneurs, and the Talent Development Hot Seat, where he interviews interesting talent development leaders about their experience.
In this episode, Andy shares how the book "Miracle Morning" by Hal Elrod inspired him to transform his life and career by building six habits for success: meditation, exercise, writing, reading, affirmations and visualizations. He also talks about the impact that hosting podcasts and attending conferences have had on growing his career and developing new business relationships.
Connect with Andy on LinkedIn and visit www.andystorch.com to learn more about his work and podcasts.
Additional information from Andy Storch's bio:
Andy has taught strategy, sales, leadership, finance, and business acumen to business leaders all over the world and has started or worked for multiple start-up companies. Some of Andy's past clients have included Salesforce.com, NOV, Oracle, Google, Box, Toyota, Genentech, State Farm, Red Bull, Deloitte, EY, KPMG, HP, Sony, Bechtel, Cisco as well as small business and startup CEOs looking to grow their businesses.
Andy has worked with leaders across almost every industry—from software to insurance—and has seen the difference that experiential learning, practice, coaching, and accountability can make in improving overall performance.
Andy holds an MBA from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business where he served as President of the MBA program in 2008 and a BS in Information Sciences from the University of Florida.
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Episode 39: Erica Stanford – Cryptocurrency Simplified
December 3, 2018
•25m
Erica Stanford got into the field of cryptocurrency as an investor in early 2017. She is now the co-founder of cryptocurrencysimplified.com - a project aiming to make crypto and blockchain be better understood and adopted by the mainstream public.
On this episode, Erica discusses how she educated herself about blockchain technology and became fascinated by its current impact and potential to transform society and empower individuals in almost every industry worldwide. Inspired by the trial and error of her own learning experiences, she built an unbiased, reliable web resource to help people learn about blockchain and cryptocurrency that will include how-to guides and translate the technology into simple English. Erica also shares advice on how crypto investors can protect themselves against scams, hackers and fraud.
Learn more about Erica's work at www.cryptocurrencysimplified.com or via email at erica@cryptocurrencysimplified.com .
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In this episode, Beyond 6 Seconds host Carolyn Kiel is interviewed by her guest, Valerie Gordon, a 10-time Emmy award-winning television producer and owner of the career and communication strategy firm, Commander-in-She.
Carolyn talks about a time in her career when she felt stuck and what she did to get unstuck, then Valerie & Carolyn share practical tips and advice for getting unstuck, including how to:
- Take the time to identify what it is you like to do
- Use conflict and dissatisfaction to your advantage
- Expand your network
- Establish a cast of supporting characters
- Try new things
- Make space for creativity
If you're feeling stuck in your career, then you definitely want to listen to this entire episode!
Valerie offers workshops and webinars that teach the storytelling skills necessary to help high-achieving women ascend the leadership ladder. You can learn more about her work at www.Commander-in-She.com , connect with her on LinkedIn and follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @CommanderInShe.
About Valerie Gordon:
Valerie Gordon is a 10-time Emmy award-winning television producer with more than two decades of experience creating and overseeing feature stories for ESPN, HBO Sports and CBS News, among other networks. Now the founder and president of Commander-in-She, LLC, a communications and career strategy firm, Valerie combines her background in storytelling with her passion for the important conversations and skills women need to harness the power of their stories.
Valerie offers keynote presentations, group workshops, team building and individual strategizing to demonstrate the role storytelling plays in our daily lives and subsequent success. She has worked with corporations and professional organizations such as Aetna, Mass Mutual, the YES Network, Untapped Potential, Women in Cable Telecommunications, Women in Sports and Events and American Women in Sports Media.
Valerie's introspective introductory workshop, "What's Your Story? Storytelling Secrets for Success" allows participants to consider the components of their personal stories – character, plot and narrative point of view – and emerge with greater authorship of their current and future chapters. Story techniques are the thread for specific presentation topics including personal branding, negotiation and conflict resolution, goal-setting, communication skills and work-life balance.
Valerie's feature work has been seen on CBS News "The Early Show" (2004-2008), NBC's "Weekend Today" (2002-2003), and HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" (1998-2002), among other assignments. She was a member of the Olympic profiles unit for both the Centennial Olympics in Atlanta (NBC, 1996) and the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan (CBS, 1998). From 2008 to 2016, Valerie was a Coordinating Producer of ESPN's acclaimed Feature Unit, supervising hundreds of features for studio shows, live events and special projects including SC Featured for SportsCenter and My Wish, ESPN's collaboration with Make-a-Wish to grant sports-themed wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses. From 2016-2017, Valerie helmed Mike & Mike, ESPN's long-running multi-platform morning show on ESPN Radio and ESPN2.
From 2014-2016, Valerie served as co-leader of ESPN Women, ESPN's largest employee resource group, creating and overseeing professional development conferences serving hundreds of employees including "Leading at all Levels" (2014) and "Aspire/Inspire" (2015). For her efforts as a catalyst for other women in the industry, she was honored at the 2015 WICT New England's Evening of Excellence with the Touchstone award (2015).
In addition to her 10 Sports Emmy awards, Valerie is a 3-time Edward R. Murrow award recipient and 5-time NY Festival award-winner for both TV and radio and has been recognized with an NABJ Salute to Excellence and a Telly award.
A graduate of the University of Michigan, Valerie uses her life outside of work as a wife, mother, novice weightlifter and an occasional adventure race runner as inspiration for other relatable speaking and writing topics. She blogs at www.Commander-in-She.com. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @CommanderInShe.
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