career guidance

Chancellor is the author of 14 Days in Beijing, an unforgettable tale of his experience being locked up abroad in China. He is also an educator, coach, and entrepreneur.

After playing football in college, Chancellor found himself struggling to find a career in the corporate world and discovered an opportunity to go abroad to teach English. So, he packed everything up and moved to China to start his teaching career. However, after 6 months of being in Beijing, he found himself in a Beijing prison for 14 days before getting deported. 

In this episode, we learn about how he was able to turn his life experiences into a successful career.

You can find Chancellor’s book and his information here: https://linktree.com/korleh

Thanks @podpros for the introduction! #podmatch

Zarin is a cyber security threat intelligence analyst at a banking institution. She started her career working for the state of Florida as an Economic Self Sufficiency Specialist. After the position was eliminated, she found herself struggling with finding a job because of her disabilities. 

After several years of job searching and getting a cyber security certificate, she found a disability advocacy organization (https://disabilityin.org/) that helped her communicate her skills to land her first cyber security job at a bank. 

Zarin is also a volunteer and advocate for diversity and inclusion in the workplace especially around raising awareness for disabilities in the workplace. As someone who has a disability she is a champion for herself and others in the workplace.

Here are some resources that she suggests for persons with disabilities when it comes to job searching support: https://disabilityin.org/

Never Discount Your Personal Experiences | The Antropologic Roots in Technology and the Future of Careers

Mike Bechtel is the Chief Futurist at Deloitte and an Adjunct Professor of Corporate Innovation at Notre Dame. 

Mike is also an alumnus of Notre Dame where he graduated with an Anthropology degree and a minor in Economics. In his earlier career, he started as a consultant in the professional services industry. Following his initial stint in consulting, he became a venture capitalist for nearly a decade before venturing back into the consulting industry to become Deloitte’s Chief Futurist.

To follow Mike and his futurist team’s insights into tech and innovations trends, you can follow his LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikebechtel/ 

Or, you can find more detailed information and reports at Deloitte’s tech trends page here: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/tech-trends.html

Lois Letchford is a literacy problem solver who focuses on supporting children with dyslexia. She started her career as a physical education educator but she eventually became an educator focused on solving dyslexia problems after her son was diagnosed with learning disabilities and struggled in school. From there, Lois has made it her mission to spread awareness and help other parents who have kids with literacy challenges.

If you’d like to learn more about the topic or about the career field, you can find Lois at https://www.loisletchford.com/ 

Thanks @podpros for the introduction! #podmatch

Camille is the co-founder of FELOH and an entrepreneur in residence at JumpStart, Inc. Following graduate school, she started her career in corporate america as a policy analyst in the healthcare insurance industry. 

After several years of working a corporate career, Camille decided to take the leap and start building FELOH, a beauty technology company that she had formulated while in graduate school. Since then, she’s been pursuing her entrepreneurial career full time and hasn’t looked back! 

For those interested in learning more about entrepreneurship or have any questions for Camille, you can contact her at info@mentoraccess.com

Shellee Howard is the founder and CEO of College Ready. Shellee knew early in her life that she wanted to be an entrepreneur because of her parents and also selling products at her mom’s salon. Following high school, she decided to go to college and fumbled her way through multiple degree programs eventually landing in communications. However, due to her desire to ultimately pursue a business career, she worked hard during college to communicate her value in the business community and was able to get a job as a territory manager at Procter & Gamble. 

After spending 8 years at P&G, Shelle decided to go back to her roots and began her journey as an entrepreneur. As her son was applying to college, Shellee developed a program that helped her son graduate Harvard without any school debt. Although Shellee never thought she would do this as a business, she quickly found herself constantly being asked by other parents how she was able to help her son. From there, College Ready was born.

If you have any questions for Shelle, you can find her at the following locations:

Free Book: https://freebook.collegereadyplan.com/

Website: https://collegereadyplan.com/ 

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Stephanie Lemek is the founder of a HR and talent consulting practice. She started her career as an HR generalist following her undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Stephanie spent much of her career within the construction and real estate industry and has a big passion in promoting the career field because they are lucrative careers that are often overlooked and gated. 

In this episode, Stephanie walks us through her career and the opportunities that are available within the construction industry and the trades. She also had experience at a real estate startup. Following the pandemic years, Stephanie decided to take a leap and made the decision to help other companies with their HR challenges due to her passion for helping people.

If you have any questions for Stephanie, you can contact her in the following ways:

Website: https://www.stephanielemek.com/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanielemek/ 

Resources:

https://www.shrm.org/ 

https://www.troophr.com/

https://amplifytalent.com/ 

Shira Ali is the founder and CEO of a property management company and the host of the Manage Your Property With Ease Podcast. After 20 years in the real estate industry, she is now focused on helping other professionals discover their career path. 

Shira started her career in multi-family property management after getting her real estate license. After spending 8 years in the multi-family properties sector, Shira felt she had accomplished everything she could in that world and decided to transition into commercial real estate. 

If you have any questions for Shira, you can reach her at the following:

Podcast: https://www.reichics.com/podcast 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shira-ali-cpm%C2%AE-arm%C2%AE-ram-396b87190/ 

Email: shira@shiraaliandassoc.com 

Resources:

IREM: https://www.irem.org/ 

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Liliana Petrova is the founder and CEO of The Petrova Experience. It is a consulting firm that helps businesses with customer experiences. She was born and raised in Bulgaria where she initially grew up specializing in learning languages where she learned Russian, French, and English in high school. 

During her college years, she participated in a student exchange program in the United States and decided to apply to a school in New York. After graduating from college, she was able to work in the banking industry during the formative years of her young professional experience. 

After graduating from her MBA program, she decided to take a pay cut and work at JetBlue. During this experience, she was able to rotate through different business functions and learn details about operating a major business. At JetBlue, she was eventually given the opportunity to help redesign terminal 5 at JFK airport where she leveraged all her professional experiences to implement a design that focused on improving customer experiences.

If you’d like to learn more about Liliana and her company, you can reach her at the following locations:

Website: https://thepetrovaexperience.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilianapetrova/

Melissa Loggins is the owner of Music Authority. It is a music retail space that offers music education and is also a music store. The company empowers musicians to reach beyond their potential through dedicated instruction, world-class facilities, music equipment sales, rental and repair; to formation of rock bands that are booked at real gigs and events to building confidence through family, expert and peer support networks and monthly community-service projects.

Melissa Loggins studied music in college and immediately went into the music retail industry following graduation. After several years, she was offered a position to help open a new store and, with that opportunity, she was able to end up acquiring the store with her husband and has been running the school for nearly two decades!

You can find Melissa Loggins at the following locations:

Website: www.musicauthorityinc.com

Email: melissaloggins@att.net

YouTube: musicauthorityga, @musicauthority2

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Antonio McFadden is a loving/handsome husband, father and tech professional originally from Chicago, but currently living in LA. He has over 12+ years of industry experience currently working at Google as a Product Strategy Lead with experience in programmatic sales,  analytics, campaign management and product strategy across DSP, Agency, Client and Publisher centric roles. In addition to his core role, Antonio has been a chapter lead of the Black Googler Network for the last 6 years across both the Chicago and LA Google offices. Lastly, Antonio's biggest passion and life purpose is helping others so mentorship and giving back is core to who he is as a person.

It takes an inspired leader to cultivate a positive and high-performing team culture.

Rebecca Panico, senior director of global media strategy and planning at Hilton, is an incredibly talented leader known for developing high-performing teams. She is responsible for leading the global media strategy for Hilton’s enterprise and 18 trading brands. 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• How Agency life prepared her for the Brand side of the business
• Why cultivating culture is at the center of her leadership style
• Her approach to removing barriers and creating the capacity for her teams to achieve
• What she looks for when interviewing talent
• How she keeps her career fresh

Show Guest: 

As Senior Director of Global Media Strategy & Planning at Hilton, Rebecca Panico is responsible for leading the global media strategy for Hilton’s enterprise and 18 trading brands. 

Rebecca and her team are focused on building insight-driven, integrated media strategies that build brands and drive business results. 

Rebecca is a seasoned marketer with 20+ years of experience building global brands and driving performance through high-impact, omnichannel mass media across the customer journey. 

Before Hilton, Rebecca oversaw mass media strategy for Capital One, where she led several key media initiatives across the company's B2B and Consumer Bank lines of business, including the national media rollout of their digital direct bank. 

A graduate of Wagner College with a degree in Marketing, Rebecca lives in Purcellville, VA, also known as VA’s wine country, with her husband and daughter. She is an avid traveler, baker, and self-proclaimed karaoke master. Follow her on LinkedIn HERE

Jill Griffin is committed to making workplaces more successful for everyone through leadership training and development, team dynamics workshops, and employee well-being programs. Her executive coaching, workshop facilitation, and innovative thinking have driven multi-million-dollar revenues for top agencies, startups, and renowned brands. Collaborating with individuals, teams, and organizations, Jill fosters high-performance and inclusive cultures while facilitating organizational growth.

Visit JillGriffinCoaching.com for more details on:

• Book a 1:1 Career Strategy and Executive Coaching HERE
• Gallup CliftonStrengths Corporate Workshops to build a strengths-based culture
• Team Dynamics training to increase retention, communication, goal setting, and effective decision-making
• Keynote Speaking
• Grab a personal Resume Refresh with Jill Griffin HERE

Follow @jillGriffinOffical on Instagram for daily inspiration
Connect with and follow Jill on LinkedIn

If you are in sales and want to break into sales leadership, this is the episode for you. Join me this week as I talk with Corporate Sales Leadership Trainer Rebecca Gebhardt about how she moved from the sales leaderboard to leadership and is now training corporate leaders on sales leadership. 

In this episode, we also talk about how she: 

• Realized her signs of burnout and what she did next
• Acknowledged what she doesn’t enjoy, even if it’s not a popular opinion 
• Figured out her strengths and how she leveraged them 
• Believes you can’t skip steps, but you can accelerate them
• Built her own sales leadership identity
• Created sustainable success
• Taps into her instinct and keeps her career fresh

Discussed on the show:
Burnout: the secret to unlocking the stress cycle
Kolbe Assessment
Gallup CliftonStrengths Assessment

Show Guest:
Rebecca Gebhardt is a best-selling author of Beyond the Board: How To Achieve Your Vision Board Goals in a Fulfilling and Sustainable Way. She specializes in guiding emerging sales leaders through the transition from the sales leaderboard to the leadership while helping corporate sales leadership teams strengthen their leadership pipelines. She’s a corporate sales leadership trainer who has created tremendous success with 20+ years of experience. She has led sales teams that have generated over $50 million in revenue. 

Where to find Rebecca Gebhardt
Website
Instagram
LinkedIn
Leaderboard to Leadership Accelerator 

Jill Griffin is committed to making workplaces more successful for everyone through leadership training and development, team dynamics workshops, and employee well-being programs. Her executive coaching, workshop facilitation, and innovative thinking have driven multi-million-dollar revenues for top agencies, startups, and renowned brands. Collaborating with individuals, teams, and organizations, Jill fosters high-performance and inclusive cultures while facilitating organizational growth.

Visit JillGriffinCoaching.com for more details on:

• Book a 1:1 Career Strategy and Executive Coaching HERE
• Gallup CliftonStrengths Corporate Workshops to build a strengths-based culture
• Team Dynamics training to increase retention, communication, goal setting, and effective decision-making
• Keynote Speaking
• Grab a personal Resume Refresh with Jill Griffin HERE

Follow @jillGriffinOffical on Instagram for daily inspiration
Connect with and follow Jill on LinkedIn

The idea of employee wellness is not new and it's currently $8 billion industry. But is it working?  I believe workplace well-being and extends to career well-being because my well-being has to extend and carry me beyond my current workplace so I can show up and create value in the world. In this episode, we'll discuss:

• What is career well-being and why it’s more important than the trendy 'Workplace Well-Being.'
• How to create and maximize your career wellbeing
• How career well-being is connected to burnout - and how to reduce it
• The difference between workplace climate and workplace culture
• Tips for checking the health of your workplace culture

Mentioned on the show: 

Podcast Episode: Company Culture Part 1: How to identify a positive company culture

Podcast Episode: Company Culture Part 2: How to identify a positive company culture

Podcast Episode: Why Celebration is Key to Your Success

Follow @jillGriffinOffical on Instagram daily inspiration. 

Visit JillGriffinCoaching.com for free content and strategies to refresh your career.

Jill Griffin is committed to making workplaces more successful for everyone through leadership training and development, team dynamics workshops, and employee well-being programs. Her executive coaching, workshop facilitation, and innovative thinking have driven multi-million-dollar revenues for top agencies, startups, and renowned brands. Collaborating with individuals, teams, and organizations, Jill fosters high-performance and inclusive cultures while facilitating organizational growth.

Visit JillGriffinCoaching.com for more details on:

• Book a 1:1 Career Strategy and Executive Coaching HERE
• Gallup CliftonStrengths Corporate Workshops to build a strengths-based culture
• Team Dynamics training to increase retention, communication, goal setting, and effective decision-making
• Keynote Speaking
• Grab a personal Resume Refresh with Jill Griffin HERE

Follow @jillGriffinOffical on Instagram for daily inspiration
Connect with and follow Jill on LinkedIn

So many of us think it’s our boss’s job to manage us. I’d offer your success lies in managing them and learning this skill is crucial to your professional success. 

In this episode we’ll discuss: 

• Why managing up is a pivotal career move
• How to improve the way you manage your boss 
• How to partner with your boss and her boss
• Tips for navigating your own mind drama when managing your boss

Mentioned on the show: 

Follow @jillGriffinOfficial on Instagram daily inspiration. 

Visit JillGriffinCoaching.com for free content and strategies to refresh your career.

Jill Griffin is committed to making workplaces more successful for everyone through leadership training and development, team dynamics workshops, and employee well-being programs. Her executive coaching, workshop facilitation, and innovative thinking have driven multi-million-dollar revenues for top agencies, startups, and renowned brands. Collaborating with individuals, teams, and organizations, Jill fosters high-performance and inclusive cultures while facilitating organizational growth.

Visit JillGriffinCoaching.com for more details on:

• Book a 1:1 Career Strategy and Executive Coaching HERE
• Gallup CliftonStrengths Corporate Workshops to build a strengths-based culture
• Team Dynamics training to increase retention, communication, goal setting, and effective decision-making
• Keynote Speaking
• Grab a personal Resume Refresh with Jill Griffin HERE

Follow @jillGriffinOffical on Instagram for daily inspiration
Connect with and follow Jill on LinkedIn

So many of us think it’s our boss’s job to manage us. I’d offer your success lies in managing them, and learning this skill is crucial to your professional success. 

In this episode, we’ll discuss: 

• Why managing up is a pivotal career move
• How to improve the way you manage your boss 
• How to partner with your boss and her boss
• Tips for navigating your mind drama when managing your boss

Mentioned on the show: 

Amplify Your Strengths Group Coaching Program

Grab a Strengths & Strategy Session HERE. 

Get my Top 10 Pro Tips to Stand Out on LinkedIn HERE

Check out my Recent Article on FastCompany.com: 4 Ways to Fight Ageism in Your Job Search

Follow @jillGriffinOffical on Instagram for daily inspiration. 

Visit JillGriffinCoaching.com for more details on my private and group coaching programs.

Jill Griffin is committed to making workplaces more successful for everyone through leadership training and development, team dynamics workshops, and employee well-being programs. Her executive coaching, workshop facilitation, and innovative thinking have driven multi-million-dollar revenues for top agencies, startups, and renowned brands. Collaborating with individuals, teams, and organizations, Jill fosters high-performance and inclusive cultures while facilitating organizational growth.

Visit JillGriffinCoaching.com for more details on:

• Book a 1:1 Career Strategy and Executive Coaching HERE
• Gallup CliftonStrengths Corporate Workshops to build a strengths-based culture
• Team Dynamics training to increase retention, communication, goal setting, and effective decision-making
• Keynote Speaking
• Grab a personal Resume Refresh with Jill Griffin HERE

Follow @jillGriffinOffical on Instagram for daily inspiration
Connect with and follow Jill on LinkedIn

The idea of employee wellness is not new and it's currently $8 billion industry. But is it working?  I believe workplace wellbeing and extends to career wellbeing because my wellbeing has to extend and carry me beyond my current workplace so I can show up and create value in the world. In this episode, we'll discuss:

• What is career wellbeing and why it’s more important than the trendy 'Workplace Wellbeing'
• How to create and maximize your career wellbeing
• How career wellbeing is connected to burnout - and how to reduce it
• The difference between workplace climate and workplace culture
• Tips for checking the health of your workplace culture

Mentioned on the show: 

Get on the list for the Amplify Your Strengths Group Coaching Program

Podcast Episode: Company Culture Part 1: How to identify a positive company culture

Podcast Episode: Company Culture Part 2: How to identify a positive company culture

Podcast Episode: Why Celebration is Key to Your Success

Follow @jillGriffinOffical on Instagram daily inspiration. 

Visit JillGriffinCoaching.com for free content and strategies to refresh your career.

Jill Griffin is committed to making workplaces more successful for everyone through leadership training and development, team dynamics workshops, and employee well-being programs. Her executive coaching, workshop facilitation, and innovative thinking have driven multi-million-dollar revenues for top agencies, startups, and renowned brands. Collaborating with individuals, teams, and organizations, Jill fosters high-performance and inclusive cultures while facilitating organizational growth.

Visit JillGriffinCoaching.com for more details on:

• Book a 1:1 Career Strategy and Executive Coaching HERE
• Gallup CliftonStrengths Corporate Workshops to build a strengths-based culture
• Team Dynamics training to increase retention, communication, goal setting, and effective decision-making
• Keynote Speaking
• Grab a personal Resume Refresh with Jill Griffin HERE

Follow @jillGriffinOffical on Instagram for daily inspiration
Connect with and follow Jill on LinkedIn

So many of us think it’s our boss’s job to manage us. I’d offer your success lies in managing them and learning this skill is crucial to your professional success. 

In this episode we’ll discuss: 

• Why managing up is a pivotal career move
• How to improve the way you manage your boss 
• How to partner with your boss and her boss
• Tips for navigating your own mind drama when managing your boss

Mentioned on the show: 

Amplify Your Strengths Group Coaching Program

Follow @jillGriffinOfficial on Instagram daily inspiration. 

Visit JillGriffinCoaching.com for free content and strategies to refresh your career.

Jill Griffin is committed to making workplaces more successful for everyone through leadership training and development, team dynamics workshops, and employee well-being programs. Her executive coaching, workshop facilitation, and innovative thinking have driven multi-million-dollar revenues for top agencies, startups, and renowned brands. Collaborating with individuals, teams, and organizations, Jill fosters high-performance and inclusive cultures while facilitating organizational growth.

Visit JillGriffinCoaching.com for more details on:

• Book a 1:1 Career Strategy and Executive Coaching HERE
• Gallup CliftonStrengths Corporate Workshops to build a strengths-based culture
• Team Dynamics training to increase retention, communication, goal setting, and effective decision-making
• Keynote Speaking
• Grab a personal Resume Refresh with Jill Griffin HERE

Follow @jillGriffinOffical on Instagram for daily inspiration
Connect with and follow Jill on LinkedIn

What does it mean to future proof your career and company? As humans, we are naturally inclined to deal with the most immediate and pressing of needs. But, according to Maulik Parekh, for leaders and CEOs, future proofing careers and businesses means having to focus on imperative factors like embracing artificial intelligence, digital transformation and the gig economy. 

Maulik Parekh was inspired to write his book, Futureproof Your Career And Company, after realizing the extent to which everyone was focused on surviving the pandemic vs looking long-term. So many leaders took their eyes off the horizon, forgetting the growing trends of artificial intelligence, digital natives, and the gig economy. 

The business landscape has changed, and it continues to change. So, as a business leader, if you don’t prepare for them, you may come to experience a different kind of pandemic in the next 10 years. 

Businesses that have managed to embrace the internet have undoubtedly emerged victorious during this pandemic. But some still fight this need for digital transformation, especially when they start to think that it's about buying the latest and the greatest technology out there, and then putting it into their legacy system - which isn't the case. 

 In fact, digital transformation isn't mainly about technology. It's about knowing your end goal. This means using the available technology to: 
1. Improve your customer experience 
2. Improve your employee experience 
3. Transform your business model 

 The companies who look at these in the long-term will be the winners. Focus on improving customer and employee experience, analyzing your business model, and seeing if it needs a revamp.

With the current reality of the pandemic, there’s never been a better time to future proof your career and business. 

 Find out more about Maulik Parekh and his book at https://www.maulikparekh.com/ You can also follow him on: 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iammaulikparekh/?originalSubdomain=sg 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammaulikparekh/?hl=en 

 Timestamps: 
 00:39 – The best time to future proof your career and business 
 01:50 – Fighting change vs riding change 
 04:10 – What true digital transformation means 
 05:25 – Why are companies struggling with digital transformation? 
 07:35 – Blended working and work from home set up 
 10:34 – Advice to compani

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Peter Boolkah (AKA The Transition Guy) is the World’s #1 Business Transition Coach whose main passion in life is to work with talented and high performing business owners who are in the process of creating exciting, high growth businesses.

Peter helps you to navigate and transition through the crucial growth pains that all growing businesses experience making it as painless and exciting as possible.

It is important to remember that businesses do not just grow and develop on their own, it is up to us and our teams to make this happen by making every day purposeful.

As businesses grow some parts of the journey will be easier than others and most owners do not have all the answers. Starting a business is one of the most exciting things we get to do and we all have aspirations of achieving great things. In fact Peter is yet to meet someone who started a business with the intention of failing.

Peter’s ultimate life goal is to inspire and empower over 100,000 Entrepreneurs to create long term thriving businesses resulting in the creation of 1,000,000 jobs.

So if you are scaling up your business, you’re in a bu...

In this episode of Blooming Boomers, Anna and Mirella speak with Keith Goodwin, a career advisor at the local YWCA. Keith talks about employment for those 55 and up and what programs like his can offer.
Keith also recounts his journey through life and how he has successfully re-invented himself a few times. It's never too late for any of us.

For those considering working longer, and needing support, motivation, do check for programs and resources in your community: YWCA, YMCA, libraries, colleges and also any government programs are good sources.
As Keith mentioned, ageism does exist, but equally there are also opportunities.


We look forward to your input.
Feel free to drop us a line at: bbteam@thebloomingboomers.com
www.thebloomingboomers.com 

And if you'd like to share your story, hobbies, insights, experiences, ... let us know and we'll be happy to consider you as our guest on our podcast and/or YouTube channel.