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    Closed Door Conversations with Jena and Sue

    We understand the value of a good mentor. Our hope is to provide bite-sized content that resonates with anyone wanting to learn more about business, make a shift in their career, start their own business, or just tune in for a few laughs. Our purpose is to educate and inspire you through personal experiences, as well as other industry experts and their stories.
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    Sylvia Beirnes: Taking risks, finding your passion, and building a business

    Sylvia Beirnes: Taking risks, finding your passion, and building a business

    Sylvia Beirnes, a maritime made entrepreneur and co-creator of @CanadianContentStudios, joins us to talk about her career journey and how she knew she was born for the entertainment industry, her out-of-the-box ideas that stuck success, and what she's up to now. 
    Check out: www.canadiancontentstudios.com 

    All things recruitment and tips for your next interview

    All things recruitment and tips for your next interview

    On today's episode Scott McGaw joins us from Meridia Recruitment. Scott is a partner at Meridia with over 10 years of experience in the recruitment world. He's a natural problem solver, and focuses on building strong client and candidate relationships and has a track record of results that exceed expectations. Today he's talking about his experience in the industry, changes he's seen through a global pandemic, and tips for anyone who may be looking for a change in their career.

    https://www.kbrs.ca/people/scott-mcgaw

    Risk Taking with Jena and Sue

    Risk Taking with Jena and Sue

    On today's solo episode, we're talking about the importance of taking risks through your career. Whether it's starting a new job, launching a business, or perhaps leaving a job that wasn't quite right for you, we know that with every risk comes opportunity. Tune in to learn why its important to set your own definition of success, why its okay to shift priorities along the way, and why failing fast is key. 

    Brand Building with Sarah Krafman from Endy

    Brand Building with Sarah Krafman from Endy

    On today's episode, Sarah Krafman joins us to talk about building a successful brand. Sarah is the Senior Director of Brand Strategy and Communication at Endy. We'll be talking about how she started with the company, importance of brand, the power of influencer marketing, innovative thinking, and some exciting new products Endy has brought to homes across Canada. 

    Sarah Krafman: https://il.linkedin.com/in/sarah-j-krafman

    Endy: https://ca.endy.com/

    01 - Risk taking with Nancy Dibblee and Sarah Schlender

    01 - Risk taking with Nancy Dibblee and Sarah Schlender

    On today's episode Nancy Dibblee and Sarah Schlender join us to talk about their experience building both of their successful businesses in the real estate and home design space. They share their experience on taking risks, building a personal brand, working through the challenges of a global pandemic and balancing a career and motherhood. 

    Fine Interiors by Nancy: http://www.fineinteriors.ca 

    Sarah at Parachute Realty: http://parachuterealty.ca/index.php/realtor/sarah-schlender 

    Follow Nancy: https://www.instagram.com/fineinteriorsandco/ 

    Follow Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/fortheloveof_homes/ 

     

    Farewell To Season 1: Q&A and Everything We Learned About Starting A Podcast

    Farewell To Season 1: Q&A and Everything We Learned About Starting A Podcast

    Wow. Season one has come to an end! What a great ride. Thank you to everyone who kept up with us every Monday, we appreciate you all. On today’s episode, we wanted to answer your questions regarding tips for starting a business, how to stay inspired, and how COVID has made us all think a little differently. We also chat about some of the learnings we’ve had through this experience – the good, the bad, and the funny (really, you don’t want to miss these). We’ll be back in no time with season 2 where we have some exciting guests joining us for some closed door conversations. Buckle up!


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    Annual Planning: Benefits Of Having A Plan and Tips On How To Start One

    Annual Planning: Benefits Of Having A Plan and Tips On How To Start One

    It sounds simple - a plan for your business? Annually? Yes. Through our experience, having a strategic plan has helped us outline the long term strategy for the brands that we’ve worked with. On this episode, we’re diving into the importance of having an annual plan and strategic plan for your business, the benefits you’ll reap, how to measure and optimize as you go and why you’ll have less stress in your life. Whether you own your own business, are working in an organization, or are just looking to add a little more organization to your life, there is a takeaway for everyone.

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    Goal Setting, Hard Conversations, Working Smarter and Managing People with Phill Waisman

    Goal Setting, Hard Conversations, Working Smarter and Managing People with Phill Waisman

    Phill is back for another episode, but this time he’s in the guest spot. He talks to us about the importance of setting the right goals, leadership tips anyone can use, tips on how to set expectations and have hard conversations, how to work smarter, and why he’ll never work a 9-5.

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    Career Lessons Pt 2 with guest host Phill Waisman

    Career Lessons Pt 2 with guest host Phill Waisman

    On another episode of Closed Door Conversations (que the jingle), Phil Waisman is joining us as our guest host to talk about part two of the lessons we’ve learned through our career. We’re talking about the importance of knowing what you’re good at and working with people with different strengths, things to keep in mind when you’re transitioning to a new role, importance of being passionate about your work, how maturity has helped grow in our career, and more tips on leadership skills!

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    Local Love - Businesses We Love To Support

    Local Love - Businesses We Love To Support

    On Closed Door Conversations we talk a lot about the importance of creating an experience for your customer, and being thoughtful in your process. On today’s bonus episode we’re talking about some of the local businesses that we love and why. Not only do they have great products, but they create a simple process of their customers that creates a memorable (and sweet) experience.

    Career Lessons: Having Confidence, Staying Grounded In Facts, and Understanding That Not Everyone Will Appreciate Your Work

    Career Lessons: Having Confidence, Staying Grounded In Facts, and Understanding That Not Everyone Will Appreciate Your Work

    Closed Door Conversations is all about the really reals. On this episode, we’re bringing the unfiltered lessons we’ve learned through our career as we talk about why it's important to have confidence in yourself, stay grounded in facts, stay in your lane and understand that not everyone will appreciate your work. We often talk about the lessons we learned and how we’ve experienced them first-hand in the past, so tune in for story time.

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    The Gathering: Building A Cult Brand, A Strong Community and Creating Memorable Moments For Your Customers

    The Gathering: Building A Cult Brand, A Strong Community and Creating Memorable Moments For Your Customers

    Sue attended The Gathering, a virtual event to learn more about brand, marketing and business. We’re diving into the learnings from some of the strongest brands like Peleton, Netflix and Traeger Grills and discussing the importance of being transparent and authentic, creating impactful moments, being thoughtful through your media strategies and the power of building a community.

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    Mother’s Day Special: Lessons and Values That We Learned From Our Moms

    Mother’s Day Special: Lessons and Values That We Learned From Our Moms

    Mother’s Day – a little reminder to give thanks to the women who built us. Jena and Sue talk about lessons from their Moms through the years. They laugh, cry and most importantly provide lessons they learned, which sounds like a typical Monday episode. Tune in to hear some funny stories, values they’ve learned, why they love their moms so much and why you should never skip school.

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    Everything You Need To Know About Building A Brand with Dave Culligan

    Everything You Need To Know About Building A Brand with Dave Culligan

    Dave Culligan is an entrepreneur, content creator, creative thinker, and inspiring leader. As the founder of
    Threesixfive media, Dave tells us the story of starting his business and discovering a niche market, the
    importance of building a strong personal brand and how that can impact your business and why its important
    to be authentic and stay focused on your purpose.

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    Pop Culture Brands: Demonstrating The Importance Of Knowing Your Purpose and Staying True To Who Your Are

    Pop Culture Brands: Demonstrating The Importance Of Knowing Your Purpose and Staying True To Who Your Are

    Everyone’s heard of the Kardashian’s, but how did they become an international brand?
    And, Ryan Reynold’s is mostly known as an award-winning actor, but also happens to be one of the funniest, smartest and most strategic marketers today. On today’s episode, Jena and Sue are diving into the value of knowing your purpose, staying true to who you are, being relatable and authentic and connecting that to pop culture and other recent events.

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