Breakfast Leadership Show

Interview with Sonny Sultani

Website:  https://sonnysultani.com/
Social Media: @SonnySultani
About Sonny:
Digital Marketer with over a decade of experience in PPC Management.Services Include: PPC Management, LinkedIn Lead Generation, and Conversion Rate Optimization.Industries Served: Healthcare, Manufacturing, AEC, OEM, Professional Services, and In-Home ServicesWhy Me:1. Business Experience: Former CEO at a startup that grew and was acquired. I understand budgeting and the importance of every dollar spent.2. Cost-Conscious: I understand not everyone has massive budgets to work with, I believe in doing more with less and can work on smaller budgets.3. Communication: Ability to speak about the numbers/metrics that matter in a way that is easily digestible.4. Goal-Oriented: Act as a member of the team (rather than a consultant) and strive to hit customer acquisition goals given the money spent. 
 

O in Burnout Stands For Offside

Next up in the Burnout acronym is the letter O for offside.
I'm a huge sports fan. I wasn't very good at it playing. I played basketball and baseball as a kid, but my asthma and body size as a youth was a barrier (self-imposed) to pursue a career in sports.
I could have made changes. I could have taken better care of myself as a child. I could have chosen to be a little bit more athletic and practice. Yes, A.I., I said practice. We're talking about practice.
You can improve yourself and you can actually stay in the game and be in balance. When you're burned out in the game of life. You're offside. You're out of bounds. You're not doing the things that you need to do because you're too busy fighting this burned out state. Your body is in a constant state of flux, pedal to the floor constantly, which has your body's using all its energy to repair the damage that burnout causes.
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Interview with Michele L. Sullivan

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Feeling different can be commonplace among kids and today’s digital age certainly isn’t helping. But, what’s important, is the choice that our kids make to let their differences dictate their lives or take advantage of those differences to find success.
 
Michele L. Sullivan knows this all too well. Michelle was born with a rare form of dwarfism, and realized that she had three choices to make at an early age:
 
She could tailor her differences into something more suitable for the world.
She could hide from the world and live on the fringe.
Or, she could embrace her differences, turn them into assets, and come to recognize that there was a strength within them that could help others.
Michele chose to embrace her differences, which led her to become the first female president of the Caterpillar Foundation, a TEDWomen speaker with 1.6 million views and a prominent philanthropist. In her new motivational book, Looking Up: How a Different Perspective Turns Obstacles Into Advantages released on February 25, 2020 (HarperCollins Leadership), she outlines her story and roadmap for kids to turn their differences into strengths. The book has received high praise and endorsements from Sheryl Sandberg, Bono, and Michael Bloomberg.
We've all had moments when we felt like we didn't belong. But for Michele, who was born with a rare form of dwarfism, fitting in was never an option. Michele's acceptance of not filling anyone's shoes but her own led her to become a force to be reckoned with in corporate philanthropy. Standing at just four feet tall, and perpetually looking up, Michele transformed her perceived disability into an advantage—using it as fuel, a source of insight, and a relentless drive that allowed her to establish an extraordinary career. Her passion took her from the Oval Office alongside President Barack Obama to the halls of one the biggest philanthropy powerhouses in the U.S., the Caterpillar Foundation—where she would ultimately become the first female President— to the villages of Uganda where she sought to eradicate poverty.
Michele's book:  Looking Up:  https://amzn.to/2zeVUjd
Michele's website:  https://www.michelelsullivan.com/about
 

Interview with Glain Roberts McCabe

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During the period of isolation and uncertainty, we need strong leaders more than ever—but where can you turn for leadership training, council, and help at this time? You need a Grassroots Leadership Revolution! 
 
Glain Roberts-McCabe, founder and president of the award-winning The Roundtable, has spent decades helping groups of ambitious leaders in organizations come together, raise their game and take control of their careers. In The Grassroots Leadership Revolution, she shares the same methods she uses with clients including PepsiCo Foods Canada, CAA Club Group, the Toronto International Film Festival and others, so that you can create a community of leaders and build a trusted tribe to support you on your journey.
 
This book has been endorsed by Dan Pontefract, bestselling author of Open to Think and The Purpose Effect, and Marshall Goldsmith, Thinkers 50 #1 Executive Coach and New York Times #1–bestselling author of Triggers, Mojo, and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There.
 
Some topics Glain highlights in this book,  to the current "new normal" include:
 
- What works and doesn't work when it comes to community building over Zoom: "Happy Hours" aren't enough—community happens when people can be vulnerable and support one another. 
- How The Roundtable runs its own virtual leadership coaching teams, and how to do this successfully
- Why people are bringing emotions to work right now—and why that's a good thing
- Forced into virtual meetings, organizations are realizing that they don't have to have people in the same room to develop leaders
 
Book The Grassroots Leadership Revolution:  https://amzn.to/2AdEbcd
 
Website:  https://goroundtable.com/

N in Burnout Stands For Neglect

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Next up in the burnout acronym is the letter N for neglect. You're neglecting your self-care. When we are entering that burnout arena, oh a reminder: burnout doesn't happen overnight, it takes time. When we enter that burnout arena, one of the first things that happens is we start neglecting our self-care.
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Interview with Alex Rawlings

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Alex is the founder and managing partner of Raw Selection, an executive search and selection firm which works exclusively with Private Equity firms securing talent for both the firm themselves and their executives in their portfolio companies.
 
Alex has plenty of experience in building and leading teams of driven, passionate people, and has a particular interest in how leadership in the workplace can make or break a company. Alex studies management and leadership and always has a book usually 2 on the go.
 
Because of this, Alex focuses on curating a culture of openness and honesty at Raw Selection, which sees all employees as equally valued and included in the company. His studies of Google, Microsoft and other large and small companies have enabled him to build a solid platform of which to grow his knowledge and Raw Selection.
 
As a passionate individual Alex always welcomes a discussion on anything management, leadership or business in general, please feel free to reach out to him at Alex.Rawlings@Raw-Selection.com or connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexrawlings/

Interview with Diane Mulcahy

https://www.dianemulcahy.com/
 
Diana's profile:
I work as an Advisor for a limited number of Fortune 500 companies, startups, and family offices. A sampling of my work is below. I also take on occasional short-term and high impact consulting projects. 
 Serve as an Advisor for a seed-funded startup focused on leveraging blockchain technology in the Gig Economy
On the Board of Advisors for an award-winning agtech startup that brings the Gig Economy to farmers
Developed a product strategy for a Fortune 500 insurance company interested in offering targeted insurance products to independent workers
Worked with the innovation team of a large financial services firm to identify opportunities to develop financial products and services for independent workers
Helped a single family office evaluate their private equity portfolio and prepare for a secondary sale
For a large financial services firm, led an executive strategy session to create a plan for recruiting and managing independent workers
Spent a year working closely with a Gig Economy platform to create a public policy and advocacy strategy supporting their independent workers

Interview with Shelley Paxton

Shelley Paxton spent 26 years as a highly regarded marketing and advertising executive stewarding some of the world’s most iconic brands like Harley-Davidson, Visa, McDonald’s, and AOL. In 2016 she walked away from the corporate world to nurture her soul and discover her purpose. She christened herself Chief Soul Officer and called the journey her Soulbbatical. It did more than change her life, it became her calling. 
In 2018, Shelley opened the doors of her own company with the mission to liberate the souls of leaders and organizations, by inspiring them to realize their greatest purpose and potential. Shelley’s intention is to help her clients discover, as she did, a way of being that is aligned with their authentic self (soul) and deeply rooted in a commitment to living and leading courageously. As a certified professional coach, she works with individuals, entrepreneurs, and executives at Fortune 100 companies like Lowe’s, Inc. and Mars, Inc. 
Prior to becoming a proud corporate refugee, Shelley was Vice President, Global Marketing + Brand, at Harley-Davidson. She was essentially the Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for leading all brand and marketing activity around the world. In her 6+ year tenure, she led significant growth and transformation with her signature authenticity and courage. And she did it rocking leather, jeans, and boots in the Boardroom. 
Shelley has always been a rebel soul with a nomadic spirit. She’s a self-proclaimed Global Citizen having lived in places as diverse as Istanbul, Shanghai, and New York City, and she has traveled to 66 countries and counting, quite a few of them on a motorcycle. (Oh, and she pierced her nose at age 42.) 
Shelley holds a marketing degree from Boston College. More recently, true to her soul’s purpose, she graduated from iPEC, one of the premier, ICF-accredited coaching certification programs in the country. She’s a member of 4PC, Rich Litvin’s exclusive community for extraordinary leaders and coaches, and has also been selected to train with Brené Brown on her Dare to Lead work in September 2019. 
Some additional fun facts: Shelley is a Second City Improv graduate, total book geek, amateur photographer, and avid supporter of the arts. She most recently sat on the Board of Trustees of the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design as well as the Milwaukee Repertory Theater.
 
Website:  https://soulbbatical.com/
Book:  https://amzn.to/2Yd8R5I