Joe English is a Yale graduate, Forbes 30 under 30 recipient and the founder of Hope In A Box, a non profit organization that works to provide classrooms with LGTBQ+ inclusive literature and resources. In this episode he shares the challenges and changes he has faced in his career and how he took small steps to deliver broad impact and cultivate inclusion in education.

Sabrina Woodworth is a Fortune 500 Project Manager, Career Strategy Coach, Bestselling Author and Founder of WorkLessons101. Sabrina’s path to creating her career mashup was one where she recognized the importance of setting a goal and mapping a way to achieve it. She was able to establish her career coaching and development business and write a book while parallel pathing her corporate job. In this episode, she shares how she built her compass to realize her own vision of career success.

Catharine Bowman is an accomplished medical researcher, board member, medical student, speaker and change agent. At 8 years old, she made a promise to her mother to develop one of the first pharmacological treatments for lymphedema. The search for a solution began by connecting the dots around the trends, challenges and opportunities. Compassion is what started her mission and it was a source of stability through her own constantly changing journey.

Team dynamics are crucial to the success of a business, and recent events have made this all the more relevant as businesses adapt and adjust to operating in the “new normal”. Jennifer Trzepacz is the Chief Operations Officer at Wildcat Venture Partners and in this episode she shares her perspective on what it takes to build and sustain effective teams in today’s modern work world.

With COVID-19 necessitating the rapid shift to working remotely, we felt it would be particularly relevant to share insights from a favorite past guest of ours — Michael Wilkinson — because our goal is always to help you navigate through the change we are all facing so you can create the right momentum to move forward.

Nearly everyone experiences the effects of office politics at some point in their careers—so what does it take to build that political know-how to help you get unstuck and thrive? In this episode, a panel of business leaders gives the lay of the land by exploring what office politics really means, the positive and negative sides of it all, and most importantly, what’s drives the political behavior at its core.

Bryan Stolle, serial entrepreneur and Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners shares his perspective on the perceptions and realities of entrepreneurship, the myths and misconceptions that are still prevalent, and what an aspiring or current entrepreneur needs to consider to create momentum for success.

Rick Lindquist, founder of LegUp Ventures has always believed that learning from failure is core to personal and professional growth. After serving as the CEO of Zane Benefits now People Keep for 10 years starting at the age of 22, he’s experienced what it means to truly fail fast and learn fast. In this episode Rick shares his perspective on what it means to learn from failure for you and your business and how to create that environment where this mindset and approach can thrive.

Julie Kantor, founder and CEO of Twomentor, has made it her mission to help people and the companies they work for create mentorship programs that deliver real value. She shares what it takes to drive that change, create impact and what needs to be done to sustain a prosperous and effective mentorship network.

Making that career transition is scary but if done correctly can enable you to find your unique voice and establish entirely new opportunities which can lead to building a business. So what are the steps to successfully change your career trajectory? Joe Saul-Sehy is the host of the #1 Financial advice podcast, The Stacking Benjamins. In this episode, Joe discusses the career pivots he went through to get him to where is today as well as tips and advice on how to navigate the fear to create a path of opportunity and success for yourself. 

This year, we’ve heard many different perspectives from a range of guests on how to break through the common challenges in business and career development today. In this Episode, Connie is joined by Alexis Anthony, Strategic Momentum’s marketing manager, to talk about their favorite moments on the podcast in 2019, and to share their own tips and advice for breaking through that inertia to reach your full growth potential.

Bryan de Lottinville is Founder and CEO of Benevity, a global leader in corporate social responsibility and employee engagement software. In this episode he discusses disrupting industry norms, and leveraging small individual actions to create better social and business outcomes.

The unfortunate reality is that most startups fail. So what’s the difference between those that fail and those that have made it? What’s the secret to success? Bruce Cleveland is a Founding Partner of Wildcat Venture Partners and author of the book Traversing the Traction Gap. What compelled Bruce to write his book was to answer that very question. In this episode, Bruce shares his valuable a framework that outlines the critical principles, milestones and metrics that are foundational to helping startups create the necessary momentum for success. 

A panel of female executives and entrepreneurs discuss some of the biggest challenges facing women in the workforce today that keep them from reaching their full potential and share tips and advice for breaking through that inertia to change the unbalanced workforce dynamic.

Amanda Thomas is an entrepreneur, marketing leader, and host of a women’s empowerment podcast. She’s the Founder and President of Two Score, a boutique marketing firm that focuses exclusively on helping small to mid-sized credit unions grow and reach their full potential. 

In this episode Amanda shares perspectives on directing one’s career path in the direction you want to go as well as sharing the benefits of risk-taking, trusting your gut, and giving yourself permission to do everything you want to be doing.

Geoff Woods is Vice President of The ONE Thing, the training company behind the NY Times best-selling business book of the same name. In this episode, he shares his insights on what gets people stuck when it comes to time management, the lies of productivity many succumb to, and the valuable goal-setting processes that leads to doing more of what matters most.

Michael Heinrich, CEO of Oh My Green, a concierge-style provider of healthy food and wellness services, shares what wellness really entails, what it takes to truly deliver on workplace wellness, and how to address the challenges that keep companies and the people who work for them from living blissfully.

Meghan French Dunbar, Co-founder and CEO of Conscious Company Media, shares the career journey that brought her to the Conscious Business world, as well as her perspective on what the Conscious Business movement is, what it takes to deliver sustainable benefits for people and the planet, as well as yourself - not just your business- all to help everyone move forward.

Yao Huang, Founder and Managing Partner of The Hatchery, believes in leveraging technological disruption and innovation to scale social impact. One of those areas is Virtual Reality (VR). In this episode, Yao shares how VR is redefining the way we learn for the better and the value of harnessing this form of learning by doing to propel businesses forward.

Cara Silletto, Chief Retention Officer at Crescendo Strategies, Today, Cara shares insights into the mindset differences of Millennials, Gen Xers and Baby Boomers and how to apply these important perspectives to effectively manage and retain your workforce -- because a sustainable and productive one can only be achieved when everyone has a common understanding of one another.