Spiraling Upward: The 5 Co-Creative Powers for Women on the Rise by Wendy Wallbridge

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Wendy Wallbridge. The original live interview was 6/05/15.

Women comprise 51 percent of the world’s population, make up over half the workforce, and control 85 percent of consumer decisions. Never before have women been so degreed or so represented as decision makers in all areas of influence. Why, then, do we still feel as if success eludes us? Why do we sometimes struggle to keep our drive alive? The linear, heads-down, forward-at-all-cost approach to success that has been forged by men will never take us to the heart of fulfillment. Women are not designed for the straight and narrow path. But until now there hasn’t been another choice.

Wendy Wallbridge, principal of On Your Mark Corporate Coaching & Consulting, Inc. is a pioneer in the coaching field and recognizes this unmet need of professional women for an alternative path to success. Spiraling Upward: The 5 Co-Creative Powers for Women on the Rise offers a cogent, step-by-step roadmap for professional women to unlock their power and achieve success on their own terms.

Her websites are http://www.wendywallbridge.com/ and http://www.onyourmarkcoach.com/

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Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong by Jessica Bacal

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Jessica Bacal. The original live interview was 11/13/15.

Today’s women are being told to “lean in,” to assert themselves, to ask for more, and to analyze their work/life balance. But despite all of this dialogue, there’s something that is not being addressed: advice on how to recover when you’ve stumbled.

Everyone makes mistakes, but for many women, acknowledging them can feel tantamount to career suicide. In Mistakes I Made at Work, I interview twenty-five high-achieving and influential women across a variety of fields—from writers to doctors to engineers.  They share their worst on-the-job moments, and how they used them as learning experiences to build successful and fascinating careers.

Jessica directs the Wurtele Center for Work & Life at Smith College, an independent women’s college in Massachusetts with students from every state and from 60 countries around the world.

Her website is www.jessbacal.com/

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Tapping the Wisdom That Surrounds You: Mentorship and Women by Elizabeth Ghaffari  (Women in the Boardroom Series-Part II)

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Elizabeth Ghaffari. The original live interview was 5/15/15.

Ms. Ghaffari's third book, Tapping the Wisdom that Surrounds You: Mentorship and Women reveals true stories by and about women mentors and mentees and their experiences from home, school, play, and work; examples from in the media, from politica, and in memoriam -- from women who are no longer with us. Ms. Ghaffari is president and chief executive officer at Technology Place Inc..

Champion Boards is a service of Technology Place Inc. fostering the design of great boards of directors through knowledge and information, with a special emphasis on the advancement of top level women in their pursuit of boards of director roles at major corporate and private entities.

Her website is http://www.technology-place.com/market/personnel.htm

To order the book click HERE

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald is interviewing Anne Kreamer. The original live interview was 09/16/11.

In her new book, It's Always Personal; Emotion in the New Workplace, Anne Kreamer explores the powerful and widely unexamined role that feelings play at work and how we can all start getting a lot more rational about emotion.

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald is interviewing negotiation expert Deborah Kolb. The original live interview was 2/24/12.
Dr. Kolb's book,  Her Place at the Table: A Woman's Guide to Negotiating the Five Challenges of Leadership Success is a practical guide for any woman dealing with a demanding role. Drawing on extensive interviews with women leaders, the authors isolate five key challenges: Intelligence; Backing; Resources; Buy-In; and Making a Difference. For each challenge, we offer tips on avoiding common traps. But knowing what tests to expect and the traps to avoid is not enough. You have to be equipped with the strategic moves that position you for success. The bottom line is that only you can negotiate the conditions for success - no one else will do it for you!
Dr. Kolb is an authority on gender issues in negotiation and leadership, especially how women can negotiate the conditions for their own success while contributing to the effectiveness of their organization. Dr. Kolb is Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor for Women and Leadership (Emerita) and Distinguished Research Fellow at the Center for Gender in Organizations at the Simmons School of Management. From 1991-1994, Kolb was Executive Director of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.
To order the book click HERE
Deborah's websites are http://www.simmons.edu/som/programs/undergraduate/faculty/kolb.php http://www.negotiatingwomen.com/about/about-debbie-kolb-phd/
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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews American leadership icon, Frances Hesselbein. The original live interview was 3/2/12.
Tracing her development as a leader, Frances Hesselbein reveals her remarkable personal story and the principles that have served and guided her well throughout her extraordinary life. Written in an intimate and compelling voice, this book delivers key leadership lessons applicable to leaders in every walk of life.   
    My Life in Leadership offers a look at what shaped Frances Hesselbein personally and as a leader, from her youth in the hills western Pennsylvania to her professional journey with the Girl Scouts of the USA where she went from troop leader to transformational CEO, to how Peter Drucker handpicked her to found and lead the Drucker Foundation, and how she later transitioned the Foundation to the Leader to Leader Institute. With excitement and humility, she relives the key moments that have shaped her life of leadership including the day she received the country’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Frances Hesselbein is editor-in-chief of Leader to Leader, founding president of the Drucker Foundation, is currently the president and CEO of the Leader to Leader Institute, and former chief executive of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.
To order the book click HERE
Frances’ website is http://www.hesselbeininstitute.org/about/fhbio.html
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Meetings Matter: 8 Powerful Strategies for Remarkable Conversations by Paul Axtell

This on demand audio is a part of the Game Changer Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Paul Axtell. The original live interview was 5/27/16.

Meetings have become a pain point for millions. Many see them as useless sessions that take time away from meaningful tasks. But one consultant with more than 30 years of experience has a different perspective: that meetings matter and they can be mastered.

In Meetings Matter, Paul Axtell emphasizes the importance of meetings, and he redesigns them using the vital foundation of conversation.

Paul Axtell provides consulting and personal effectiveness training to a wide variety of clients, from Fortune 500 companies and universities to nonprofit organizations and government agencies. A large focus of his work is how to run effective and productive meetings: to turn them from the calendar items that so many dread into useful, productive sessions with measurable results.

His website is http://paulaxtell.com/

To order the book click HERE

Paul Axtell has generously offered a copy of Meetings Matter as well as his other two books, to our listeners (while supplies last). To receive the book, contact him at paulaxtell@mac.com  or contact Margaret Kingsbury margaret@cavehenricks.com

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Selena Rezvani. The original live interview was 5/17/12.
In Pushback: How Smart Women Ask and Stand Up for What They Want, top leadership consultant Selena Rezvani argues that self-advocacy is critical to success. Yet women initiate negotiations four times less often than men, resulting in getting less of what they want—promotion opportunities, plum assignments, and higher pay. This book shines a light on the real rules of holding your own and pushing back for what is rightfully yours. Drawing on interviews with high-level leaders, Rezvani offers readers in the first half of their career the unedited truth about how women have asked their way to the top and triumphed—and how you can too.
Selena Rezvani is a recognized author, speaker, and consultant on women and leadership. She is the founder and president of Women’s Roadmap, a consulting firm whose goal is to propel more women into leadership positions and to help companies position an inclusive workplace as a competitive advantage.
Selena received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Social Work degrees from New York University, and has an MBA from Johns Hopkins, where she graduated first in her class.
Selena’s website is http://www.selenarezvani.com/
To order PUSHBACK click HERE
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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Joanna Barsh. The original live interview was 6/1/12.
Based on five years of proprietary research, How Remarkable Women Lead speaks to you as no other book has, with its hopeful outlook and unique ideas about success. It's the new "right stuff" of leadership, raising provocative issues such as whether feminine leadership traits (for women and men) are better suited for our fast-changing, hyper-competitive, and increasingly complex world.
The authors, McKinsey & Company consultants Joanna Barsh and Susie Cranston, establish the links between joy, happiness, and distinctive performance with the groundbreaking model of Centered Leadership.
The book's personal stories and related insights show you the magic that happens when you put the five elements of Centered Leadership–meaning, framing, connecting, engaging, and energizing–to work.
Joanna’s website is http://www.mckinsey.com/Client_Service/Organization/People/Joanna_Barsh
To order the book click HERE
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SAFETY NETworking: A Tale of Ten Truths of Executive Networking by Suzanne Garber

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Suzanne Garber. The original live interview was 4/3/15.

Based on 100+ C-level executive interviews who have been laid off, downsized or just plain fired, SAFETY NETwork intertwines professional defeat with hope, humor, and humanity. Current and future executives will want to utilize the tenets presented here to build your own professional safety net in order to avoid the pitfalls that will most likely besiege even the most distinguished of careers.

Suzanne Garber has been featured in the NY Times, USA Today, US News & World Report, and BusinessWeek, amongst others, and has spoken at dozens of international association conferences focusing on risk mitigation, disaster recovery, medical and security networks, and globalization. A dual US-EU citizen who has lived in 8 countries and traveled to 80 nations and all 7 continents, Suzanne holds a master's degree with honors from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA with honors in foreign languages from Rutgers University.

Her website is http://www.safetynetworkbook.com/

To order the book click HERE                  

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews marketing guru Maribeth Kuzmeski. The original live interview was 3/09/12.
While social media is doing much to change the marketing landscape, it doesn't mean you have to take an either/or approach between it and more traditional methods. ....And the Clients Went Wild! gives you the tools to take an eclectic approach to your marketing, and pick the best, most wildly successful marketing methods — traditional, online, or both — to win at achieving your marketing goals.
And the Clients Went Wild! is an essential marketing toolbox for fostering the fans whose word-of-mouth will drive your growth to exponential levels. Focusing on the practical—what's worked for a wide range of businesses—and employing an eclectic mix of methods, platforms, and technologies, this go-to guide shows you five key principles for cultivating passionate and vocal clients. Access a complete playbook of techniques and approaches for connecting with clients as well as a template to build your own successful strategy.
Maribeth Kuzmeski and her firm, Red Zone Marketing consult and speak for businesses from financial services firms to Fortune 500 corporations on strategic marketing planning and business growth. Maribeth has personally consulted with some of the world’s most successful CEO’s, entrepreneurs and professionals. An internationally recognized speaker, she shares the tactics that businesspeople use today to create more sustainable business relationships and sales and marketing successes.
Maribeth's Website is: http://www.redzonemarketing.com/
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Performance Breakthrough: A Radical Approach to Success at Work-Part II by Cathy Salit

This on demand audio is a part of The Game Changer series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Cathy Salit. The original live interview was 7/29/16.

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Cathy Salit. The original live interview was 6/17/16.

In Performance Breakthrough Cathy Salit presents the revolutionary approach to learning and growing that she and her company Performance of a Lifetime have been using for twenty years to help American Express, Nike, Pfizer, the United States Olympic Committee, PwC, 3M, and Chanel, among a Who’s Who of other brand name clients.

Salit’s core idea is that all humans have an innate ability to perform, pretend, and improvise. It’s what helps us develop as children and continue developing as adults. You may not have been on a stage since you played a tree in third grade, but the reality is that you’re performing all the time.

Performance Breakthrough shows how you can use ideas and techniques from theater and improvisation, along with the new science of performative psychology, to enhance your performance at work and “become who you are not yet.”

In addition to being the CEO and co-founder of Performance of a Lifetime,  Cathy Salit is an accomplished social entrepreneur, actress, director, improvisational comic and singer.

To order the book click HERE

Cathy's website is http://performanceofalifetime.com/

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald is interviewing sustainable success expert Kristin S. Kaufman. The original live interview was 2/17/12.
Is This Seat Taken? offers important lessons that force the typical executive, and indeed all of us, to ponder what it means to truly be present in the now, what we can learn from these incidental encounters, and how these random encounters can become a compass, pointing us on our own road to alignment, fulfillment, and success.
Kristin Kaufman is founder of Alignment, Inc.™, formed in 2007 to help individuals, corporations, boards of directors and non-profits find alignment within themselves and their organizations. Alignment, Inc. is a unique services organization that works with companies and individuals to create sustainable success individually and collectively.
To order the book click HERE
Kristin's website is http://www.alignmentinc.com/
and http://www.kristinkaufman.com/
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Performance Breakthrough: A Radical Approach to Success at Work by Cathy Salit

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Cathy Salit. The original live interview was 6/17/16.

In Performance Breakthrough Cathy Salit presents the revolutionary approach to learning and growing that she and her company Performance of a Lifetime have been using for twenty years to help American Express, Nike, Pfizer, the United States Olympic Committee, PwC, 3M, and Chanel, among a Who’s Who of other brand name clients.

Salit’s core idea is that all humans have an innate ability to perform, pretend, and improvise. It’s what helps us develop as children and continue developing as adults. You may not have been on a stage since you played a tree in third grade, but the reality is that you’re performing all the time.

Performance Breakthrough shows how you can use ideas and techniques from theater and improvisation, along with the new science of performative psychology, to enhance your performance at work and “become who you are not yet.”

In addition to being the CEO and co-founder of Performance of a Lifetime,  Cathy Salit is an accomplished social entrepreneur, actress, director, improvisational comic and singer.

To order the book click HERE

Cathy's website is http://performanceofalifetime.com/

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Feminist Icon Gloria Feldt. The original live interview was 6/15/12.
In No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power, Gloria Feldt asserts that that nobody is keeping women from parity—except themselves.
Through interviews, historical perspective, and anecdotes, No Excuses examines why barriers to equality still exist in American society. Feldt employs a no-nonsense, tough-love point of view to expose the internal and external roadblocks holding women back, but she doesn’t place blame; rather, she provides inspiration, hope, and courage as well as concrete ?power tools” the 9 ways, with one highlighted in each chapter to aid women in securing equality and justice for themselves.
Feldt concludes that the doors of opportunity are wide open, but too few women are leading the way to claim their power and reach parity with their male counterparts.
As an inspirational keynote speaker and workshop leader, Feldt shares the practical No Excuses 9 Ways “Power Tools” that you can use immediately at work, in politics or civic life, or at home.
"When we stand in power and walk with intention, we can lead and live without limits."
No Excuses is a timely and invaluable book that intends to help women equalize gender power in all aspects of their lives.
Gloria’s website is http://gloriafeldt.com/
To order Gloria’s book click HERE
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Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation by Linda Hill

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Linda Hill. The original live interview was 4/10/15.

At the heart of innovation is a paradox: you have to unleash the talents and passions of many people, yet you have to harness them into a work that is actually useful. Management professor Linda Hill offers three keys to overcoming this paradox and building a truly innovative organization. If you want a more innovative organization, you may need to change the way you lead.

Great leaders of innovation don’t fit the conventional mold of “good” leadership. They’re not visionaries who set direction and inspire others to follow. Instead, they create the context in which others are both willing and able to innovate. As one leader said, “My job is to set the stage, not to perform on it.”

This is the key insight gleaned by the authors of Collective Genius who, led by Harvard leadership scholar Linda Hill, spent a decade studying leaders of innovative firms in the US, Europe, India, and Asia, including such companies as Pixar, Google, Volkswagen, HCL Technologies, IBM, and the Sungjoo Group.

The website is http://collectivegeniusbook.com/

To order the book click HERE                  

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews process improvement expert Holly Green. The original live interview was 3/23/12.
Clinging to what has worked in the past puts the brakes on innovation. It also puts you out of touch with your customers’ changing needs — a dangerous circumstance in today’s highly volatile markets. If you’re trying to innovate but not having success, join us as strategist Holly Green tells us how to unlearn YOUR way to success by unlocking old ideas, attitudes, and assumptions.
Holly's book, More Than a Minute, provides a refreshing look at the original "secrets" of effective managers explored in The One Minute Manager more than 25 years ago. It offers up-to-date methods and practices to prompt the thinking required to address today's challenges.
Holly is the CEO and Managing Director of THE HUMAN FACTOR, Inc. Ms. Green has more than 20 years of executive level and operations experience in FORTUNE 100, entrepreneurial, and management consulting organizations. She was previously President of The Ken Blanchard Companies, a global consulting and training organization as well as LumMed, Inc. a biotech start up.
Holly’s websites are http://thehumanfactor.biz/ http://www.morethanaminute.com/morethanablog
To order Holly’s book click HERE
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One Less, One More: follow your heart. be happy. change slowly. by Robbie Vorhaus

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Robbie Vorhaus. The original live interview was 4/17/15.

A marriage in trouble, jeopardized health, and financial pressures culminated on vacation when his family asked: “Dad, are you really happy?” Realizing he was in peril of losing everything he held dear, Robbie courageously followed the advice he had given clients for decades: Follow your heart. Choose to be happy. And consciously make everything better than you found it. The result: Vorhaus closed his agency, moved his family to their small Sag Harbor home, started a leadership and crisis consultancy, and began anew.

Now transformed, healthy, happy, and celebrating a marriage of more than 25 years, Robbie drew on his life’s work and experience to write a column for his local newspaper, The Sag Harbor Express, outlining a step-by-step plan for following your heart and being happy, which, after going viral, became the basis for his next seven years writing, One Less. One More. – Follow Your Heart. Be Happy. Change Slowly.

Robbie is a frequent media contributor on crisis and reputation management, public opinion and current events, featured often on CNN, CNBC, ABC News, Fox News, and USA Today.

His website is http://vorhaus.com/

To order the book click HERE            

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Get Real and Stop Dieting - EGG FIT Interview w/Brett Blumenthal. This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group FIT Series. Chicke Fitzgerald is interviewing Brett Blumenthal. The original live interview was 6/7/10. .
Brett’s vision for Sheer Balance started when she realized that many of her friends and colleagues constantly struggled with finding balance in their every day hectic lives. They often didn’t have the time to dedicate to cooking and eating healthy, exercising, or taking time out for themselves. Further, she realized that many were frustrated by the overwhelming amount of information that was contradicting, unclear and misleading when it came to healthy living. As a result, Brett saw a need to provide women with the right tools and information to make living healthy easy and fun. To do so, Brett combined her 12+ year background in management consulting, where she led training strategy and development projects for Fortune 100 companies, and her passion for wellness, to ultimately start Sheer Balance.
Brett has been in the wellness industry for almost 20 years. Her passion for health and wellness began as a freshman at Cornell University, where she quickly realized that exercise and good nutrition were vital to releasing stress and maintaining balance.
 
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Creating Your Best Life - EGG interview w/Caroline Miller. Executive Girlfriends Group on demand audio Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald is interviewing Caroline Miller, the author of Creating Your Best Life. The original live interview was 5/21/10. .
Caroline Miller is the author of Creating Your Best Life. The topic is:   "LIFE BALANCE"..
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The Leadership Secrets of Oz: Strategies from Great and Powerful to Flying Monkeys – Unleash Some Magic in Your Management by BJ Gallagher.

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews BJ Gallagher. The original live interview was 4/28/17.

When Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion approached the great Wizard of Oz they assumed that their leader would wave his magic wand and solve their problems, leaving them off on their merry way. But that’s not how a leader inspires a team, and that’s not how a team finds success in the wonderful land of Oz. Instead, the Wizard guides them on their journey, reminding them of their own unique skills and abilities so they can accomplish their dreams.

These unique and easy-to-use tools lay the foundation for great teamwork and inspiring management. You’ll create a more effective workplace using the Wizard’s easy-to-follow leadership principles, inspiring and encouraging both leaders and team members alike.

BJ Gallagher is a Sociologist, best-selling author, dynamic workshop leader and charismatic keynote speaker.

BJ is the former manager of training and development for the Los Angeles Times, where she was responsible for management development, sales training, customer service seminars, diversity training, specialized programs for women, and the development of high potential managers.

Her website is http://www.bjgallagher.com/

To purchase the book click HERE

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist by Brad Feld

Get the inside scoop on what venture capitalists want to see in your startup.

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Brad Feld. The original live interview was 4/14/17.

Venture Deals provides entrepreneurs and startup owners with a definitive reference for understanding venture capital funding. More than an overview of the process, this book delves into the details of the term sheet, the players, the negotiations, the legalities, and more, including what not to do. This new third edition has been updated to reflect the new realities of today’s intricate startup environment: you’ll learn how the decisions are made, what every item on the term sheet means, what’s up for negotiation, and what’s not.

You’ll see the process through the eyes of the venture capitalist, the angel investor, the syndicate, and the lawyer, and develop a strategy that makes funding your company a win for all parties involved.

Brad Feld has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur since 1987. Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Intensity Ventures. Brad is also a co-founder of Techstars.

To order the book click HERE

Brad's websites are http://www.feld.com/ and http://www.foundrygroup.com/team/brad-feld/

Year By The Water by Sam Horn

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Sam Horn. The original live interview was on 3.31.17

What if you played hooky for a day?  What would you do?  Where would you go?

After her 20-something son told Sam Horn, “You’ve created a life where you can do anything you want and you’re not taking advantage of it,” she realized he was right and there was no present like the time – and no time like the present – to take her business on the road and combine her work and recreation in a YEAR BY THE WATER.

What she experienced along the way disrupted everything she thought she knew about responsibility and the value of  “hard work.”  Many of us are taking responsibility to an extreme by working ourselves to death and taking care of everyone else but our self.

The good news is, you don’t have to quit your job, win the lottery, take off on a road trip or walk away from your responsibilities to lead a life you love.  All you have to do is get crystal clear about what matters to YOU and start bringing more of that into your work, career, relationships and life.  

Sam is founder, and CEO of the INTRIGUE AGENCY- http://www.intrigueagency.com/ helps people create respectful, collaborative, compelling, one-of-a-kind communications and projects that scale their income and positive influence – for good.

Sam’s websites are  http://samhorn.com/, http://serendestiny.com/  and http://www.intrigueagency.com/

This show is a preview- Sam’s book will be published in 2018.

Influence Redefined: Be the Leader You Were Meant to Be, Monday to Monday by Stacey Hanke

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Stacey Hanke. The original live interview was 3/17/17.

Your team is only as strong as your influence, and many leaders today are mistaken about what it means to be influential. An outdated influence paradigm, along with technological devices and distractions, is making it increasingly challenging for leaders to reach those they need to influence in order to be successful. In fact, many leaders are unwillingly and unknowingly sabotaging themselves and their influence.

In her thought-provoking Influence Redefined, Stacey Hanke introduces her powerful Influence Model, a step-by-step method for improving communication and producing the ideal type of influence—one that moves people to action long after an interaction is over. She dispels the most common influence myths and instructs leaders on how to stop sabotaging themselves in order to leave a positive, lasting impression.

Stacey is an  Author, Communications & Influence Expert, Executive Coach & Mentor, Keynote Speaker,  New York Times, and  TEDx Emcee.

Stacey's website is http://staceyhankeinc.com/

To order the book click HERE

Slicing Pie: Funding Your Company Without Funds by Mike Moyer

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Mike Moyer. The original live interview was on 3.10.17.

Slicing Pie is not complicated. It is a simple formula based on the principle that a person’s % share of the equity should always be equal to that person’s share of the at-risk contributions.

At-risk contributions include time, money, ideas, relationships, supplies, equipment, facilities or anything else someone provides without full payment of it’s fair market value. Every day people contribute more and more to a company in hopes that it will someday generate a profit, go public or sell. Because contributions are constantly being made, the model is dynamic. It self-adjusts to stay fair.

Slicing Pie is used by entrepreneurs all over the world?. The books, videos and content provide detailed instructions on making the model work for your company. Slicing Pie is the fairest way to split equity on the planet!

Mike writes books, teaches business, invests in early-stage companies, and helps people make money.

His websites are mikemoyer.com / slicingpie.com  and pitch.ninja

To order the book click HERE

TEXAS TENACITY: A Call For Women To Direct Their Destiny by Susan Combs

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Susan Combs. The original live interview was on 2.24.17.

Susan Combs, perhaps best known for serving as Texas state comptroller from 2007 to 2015, has been called energetic, determined, and innovative. She draws on all these attributes in her new book TEXAS TENACITY: A Call For Women To Direct Their Destiny to encourage, motivate, and show women everywhere they should never give up. Women need to create and pursue their own goals and reality – whether at home or the C-Suite, at the seat of political power or in a socio-economically challenged community.

Part memoir, part manifesto for inspiring others, Combs shares the details of her life – the good, the bad, and the ugly – from family history and her upbringing to her escape from an abusive marriage, from her first jobs to political powerhouse, from rancher to author of TEXAS TENACITY to founder of Herdacity, an organization where the tagline is “Where Women Dare.”

“Let’s make up our collective minds that we aren’t going to sit here and be silent anymore,” Combs says. “We are going to grab our share of the spotlight, because we deserve it and because we are here and present and ready to be counted.”

 Her website is www.SusanCombs.com

To order the book click HERE

BUSINESS IS BUSINESS: Reality Checks for Family-Owned Companies by Kathy Kolbe

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Kathy Kolbe. The original live interview was 2/17/17.

According to Harvard Business School professor John Davis, family-owned businesses (FOBs) account for approximately 66 percent of all businesses around the world, yet they provide 70 to 90 percent of the global GDP or productive results. They are much more productive than publicly financed corporations and they are also more likely to donate time and talent to philanthropic activities.

In their new book, BUSINESS IS BUSINESS: Reality Checks for Family-Owned Companies, award-winning advisors Kathy Kolbe and Amy Bruske provide a common-sense roadmap through the complex terrain of family businesses.

Kathy Kolbe is the global leader in discovering and accessing the power of human instincts. She has done the brain research to prove the relevance of her Kolbe Theory of Conation to individual and organizational success. Kolbe was the first person to connect conative behavior to instinctive drives, which she postulated as the source of the patterns of mental energy commonly known as a person’s MO.

Amy Bruske is the president of Kolbe Corp and leads seminars for business leaders throughout the world. She was recently named Business Owner of the Year by the Phoenix chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO).

Their website is http://kolbe.com/

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All In: How Women Entrepreneurs Can Think Bigger, Build Sustainable Businesses, and Change the World by Stephanie Breedlove

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Stephanie Breedlove. The original live interview was 2/10/17.

Are you all in as an entrepreneur in business and in life?

Stephanie Breedlove took a leap of faith, left the corporate world, and answered the call of entrepreneurship. Over the next few years she built a thriving business while simultaneously raising two young children, eventually selling her start-up for more than $50 million. In All In: How Women Entrepreneurs Can Think Bigger, Build Sustainable Businesses, and Change the World, Breedlove fills a gap in the lack of role models as she outlines the hows and whys behind the decisions that led her towards success. Her inspiring message empowers readers to be all they are called to be, to set the bar higher, and to grow businesses with economic impact and power.

All In explores the current status of women in growth businesses, debunks myths surrounding entrepreneurship, and gives practical advice and support for women who want to start or grow their own businesses. Using research, case studies, and transparent insights from her own journey, Breedlove gives her readers the information and authentic guidance they need to take the leap and bravely make tough choices on the road to success.

Her website is stephaniebreedlove.com/

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21 Money Habits That Can Stabilize Your Business and Keep You Sane: A Guidebook by Nancy Rae Evans

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Nancy Rae Evans. The original live interview was on 2.03.17.

Are you stressed out by income fluctuations? Does keeping up with your bills feel like a game that’s stacked against you? If you’ve ever questioned your original decision to own a business, read this book! Making more money is rarely the solution to our money challenges. The only lasting solution comes from applying new habits for managing money. In 21 Money Habits That Can Stabilize Your Business and Keep You Sane, Nancy Rae Evans teaches us simple ways to get quick results, stabilize our cash flow, and protect ourselves for times when our income streams dry up.

Nancy Rae Evans, Founder of Embracing Money, has over twenty years of experience helping business owners improve their cash flow.

Her website is http://embracingmoney.com/

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Superbosses:How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent by Sydney Finkelstein

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Sydney Finkelstein. The original live interview was 1/27/17.

What do football coach Bill Walsh, restauranteur Alice Waters, television executive Lorne Michaels, technol­ogy CEO Larry Ellison, and fashion pioneer Ralph Lauren have in common? On the surface, not much, other than consistent success in their fields. But below the surface, they share a common approach to finding, nurturing, leading, and even letting go of great people. The way they deal with talent makes them not merely success stories, not merely organization builders, but what Sydney Finkelstein calls superbosses.

After ten years of research and more than two hundred interviews, Finkelstein—an acclaimed professor at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, speaker, and executive coach and consultant—discovered that superbosses exist in nearly every industry. If you study the top fifty leaders in any field, as many as one-third will have once worked for a superboss.

Sydney's website is www.superbosses.com/

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Finding the Wow: How Dreams Take Flight at Midlife by MJ Marggraff

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews MJ Marggraff. The original live interview was 1/20/17.

Are you going through your life on autopilot? Are you doing the day-to-day things that need to be done, but not doing what your heart is telling you to do? Finding the Wow is the uplifting story of a mom who realizes that she’s not happy, just busy. When MJ and her friends—the Chicks in Charge—fight to redefine their second acts, they discover their strengths as they face their individual challenges—a failing marriage, long-forgotten dreams, and illness. MJ shares her own moments, harrowing and wonderful, great and small, on her journey to becoming a pilot.

On these pages, you will find tales of humor, tragedy, excitement, disappointment, vulnerability, and the friendship of the invincible Chicks who battle obstacles, find courage, and triumph! Like the Chicks, you may find purpose in unexpected ways. But whatever your airplane is, fly it!

MJ Marggraff is a commercial pilot, author, and a project leader who has created a unique and new space experiment which is currently on the International Space Station.

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MJ's website is http://mjmarggraff.com/

Legacy of Wisdom by Gabrielle V. Taylor

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Gabrielle V. Taylor. The original live interview was 1/13/17.

Join the author on a journey into the development of wisdom, and the path of that legacy through generations, as seen through the lens of a profound relationship between a grandmother and granddaughter. Practical scientific research and multi-generational family stories come together to offer a complex look at what the word "wisdom" truly represents, how individuals develop it, and how we pass it on.

The world's greatest thinkers and the world's greatest grandmas are on the same page when it comes to the impact of applied wisdom in our lives. Those two worlds now come together in Legacy of Wisdom.

Gabrielle V. Taylor leads a strategic management consultancy based in Littleton, Colorado.

To order the book click HERE

Her website is http://www.gabriellevtaylor.com/

Elite Minds: How Winners Think Differently to Create a Competitive Edge and Maximize Success by Dr. Stan Beecham

This on demand audio is a part of the Game Changer Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Dr. Stan Beecham. The original live interview was 12/9/16.

Discover the winning secrets of the world’s most successful people.

As a top-level sport psychologist and performance consultant, Dr. Stan Beeham knows what it takes to succeed?on the playing field, in the board room, and in all aspects of life. This award-winning book takes you inside the minds of major-league athletes, Olympic medal winners, and world-class business leaders to reveal the key motivators and mental processes that drive people to victory.

Filled with power-boosting mental exercises, positive attitude adjusters, and inspiring true stories of individual success, the book provides all the tools you need to set your goals, sharpen your focus, and achieve your personal best. It’s like having your own private coach cheering you on every step of the way. If you can think it, you can do it?with the game-changing power of Elite Minds.

Dr. Stan Beecham is a sport psychologist and director and founding member of the Leadership Resource Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Since 1998, Beecham has been helping organizations maximize performance. Senior executives utilize Dr. Beecham’s expertise to guide them through the process of selecting and developing high performance teams.

The website is: http://www.drstanbeecham.com/

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Stretch: How to Future-Proof Yourself for Tomorrow’s Workplace by Barbara Mistick

This on demand audio is a part of the Game Changer Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Barbara Mistick. The original live interview was 12/2/16.

You know you can do more with your career. And the future is going to demand more of you. The problem is you are so busy keeping up with the day-to-day that you can’t prepare for tomorrow. This book gives you the confidence and knowledge you need to achieve your goals in an ever-changing world.

Karie Willyerd and Barbara Mistick—established experts and the collective winners of dozens of awards in the field of personal development and learning—offer evidence-based guidance on obtaining the skills you will need to thrive in tomorrow’s workplace. Built on solid, global research and dozens of personal interviews with people who have achieved new and inspiring goals, Stretch offers advice, valuable insights, anecdotes, and recommendations to make achieving your goals practical and within reach.

Currently Barbara is the president of Wilson College where she is also a tenured professor of business. She recently led the college through a change process to create the nation’s first loan buy-back program. Karie is a Workplace Futurist at SuccessFactors, an SAP human capital software company.

To buy to book click HERE

Their websites are http://www.wilson.edu/office-president http://tinyurl.com/z2zy7bu

Keep It Simple: Unclutter Your Mind to Uncomplicate Your Life by Joe Calloway

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Joe Calloway. The original live interview was 10/28/16.

“I’m making this way more complicated than it needs to be.”

Do you ever have that thought? We all do. We live in a world that becomes more complex everyday, and cluttered processes and complications are the enemies of control in your life and your business. But with simplification and focus as your pillars, Keep It Simple teaches you how to take charge of your goals and your life. By gaining clarity on what is truly most important, you can streamline your life, reduce stress, and achieve the personal and business results that you desire.

With over 30 years of experience as a consultant and coach to top performing businesses and individuals, Joe Calloway is an expert in how to focus and simplify. Simplicity is a choice that creates positive growth and change in your work, home, and day to day life. When you make things simple, you can move mountains.

Joe is Executive In Residence at Belmont University’s Center For Entrepreneurship, which has been named as a national Top 25 Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program by the Princeton Review (for five consecutive years). The program was featured by Fortune magazine as one of five schools to consider when studying entrepreneurship.

His website is http://joecalloway.com/

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Caring for Our Aging Parents: Lessons in Love, Loss and Letting Go by Michele Howe

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Michele Howe. The original live interview was 10/21/16.

In "Caring for Our Aging Parents," Michele Howe provides practical and necessary guidance to help readers navigate the uncertain and emotional territory of caring for elderly parents. This book addresses the mental and emotional aspects of growing older, and offers sound biblical advice on how to care for your loved ones with positivity and respect.

"Caring for Our Aging Parents" will guide adult individuals who are facing the obvious and subtle changes that take place as their parents age. It addresses a variety of mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual areas of decline. Readers will learn how to deal more effectively with their own emotional responses to these ever altering shifts in their parents personalities with good grace and by

utilizing sound biblical principles.

Michele Howe is a reviewer for Publishers Weekly, FaithfulReader.com, Retailers + Resources, Foreword Magazine, TeenReads.com, KidReads.com, among many others national and international publications. She has published over 2500 reviews/articles and has been featured on numerous radio shows across the country speaking on topics such as parenting and a diverse range of women’s health issues.

To order the book click HERE

Her website is http://www.michelehowe.wordpress.com/

GOOD AUTHORITY: How to Become the Leader Your Team is Waiting For by Jonathan Raymond

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Jonathan Raymond. The original live interview was 10/14/16.

Imagine a world where personal and professional growth are one thing, where improving your relationships and owning your strengths at work translate directly into the rest of your life.

In this provocative and timely new book, Jonathan brings together what he has learned over a twenty-year journey as an executive, entrepreneur, team leader and leadership trainer.

After twenty years of not being able to decide whether he was a business guy or a personal growth teacher, Jonathan stopped trying to figure it out.

He’s the owner at Refound, an advisory firm that shows leaders how to have a new kind of conversation at work, making the personal growth of each employee the starting point.

Creating a company culture like that is not a dream. Through personal stories and real-life conversations, Jonathan takes you into the room with managers and employees where real culture change happens, and shows you a new kind of employee mentoring where each person gets the real-time feedback, support, and clear boundaries we all need to get beyond the patterns that hold us back.

Jonathan’s website is http://goodauthoritybook.com/ 

and https://refound.com/

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Find Your Writing Voice: How to write more like your amazing self, for books, blog posts, and email by Chris Brogan

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Chris Brogan. The original live interview was 10/06/16.

Writing isn’t simply about the mechanics. Learn how to distill your unique writing voice for any of your projects, from sending an email to blogging to writing your own book. Come get practical and step-by-step action to take you from “want to” into the realm of “just did.”

Learn how to develop topics, how to be bolder in your writing, and how to say what you mean. This works for fiction as well as non fiction, so don’t give yourself that excuse, either.

Short, sweet, and to the point, this book is designed to give you new skills and get you back out there writing again. Written by the New York Times bestselling author of eight books (this is his ninth) and a internationally sought after blogger and keynote speaker.

Chris Brogan is CEO of Owner Media Group , providing business systems for personal leadership. He is also a highly sought after professional speaker and the New York Times bestselling author of eight books and counting. He’s working on a new book right now about what you can learn about business from video games. Chris has spoken for or consulted with the biggest brands you know, including Disney, Coke, Google, GM, Microsoft, Coldwell Banker, Titleist, Scotts, Humana Health, Cisco, Sony USA, and many more.

To order the book click HERE

Chris’ website is http://chrisbrogan.com/

The Author-to-Income Formula: How to Turn Your Book into a Money-Making Empire by Tamara Monosoff

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Tamara Monosoff. The original live interview was 9/30/16.

This is Book One in a two-book series. It is a content-rich, short-read that shows authors, experts and entrepreneurs how to build a high-profit business as an author.

It includes proven step-by-step strategies on how an author can stand out from the crowd, gain media attention, become an Amazon bestseller and generate multiple streams of income by leveraging his or her expertise and book.

The Author-to-Income Formula training shows authors, experts, and entrepreneurs how to build a high-profit business as an author.

Tamara is a #1 Amazon Bestselling Author. She has written seven business books for authors. She may be best known for founding, Mom Invented, a dynamic company with a dual mission to “Inspire, Inform & Boldly Promote Courageous Women in Business” and “Celebrate the Creativity of Moms by Launching Innovative Mom Invented® Products Around the World.”

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Tamara’s website is tamaramonosoff.com/

This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Joelle K. Jay. The original live interview was 9/9/16.

According to a recent study released by the Peterson Institute for International Economics and EY (formerly known as Ernst & Young), women in leadership positions are linked to stronger company profits.

THE NEW ADVANTAGE shows business leaders how to take advantage of the full richness of their talent pools to improve their business, develop effective leadership, and become best places to work. Based on interviews with more than a hundred senior executives – both men and women – Morgan and Jay describe ways of breaking through to new levels of leadership. The authors call these breakthroughs the advantages: powerful ways women lead the way toward a better future.

In many organizations, women are not advancing. Despite an appreciation for talent and diversity, the representation of women dwindles at each level of leadership, causing a loss of talent, a lack of balance on the leadership team, discouragement among women, attrition, and poor public perception.

Howard J. Morgan is a Managing Director of Leadership Research Institute and co-founder of 50 Top Coaches. He specializes in executive coaching as a strategic change management tool leading to improved customer/employee satisfaction and overall corporate performance.

Dr. Joelle Jay is a principal with the Leadership Research Institute, as well as an executive coach, keynote speaker, and author. Joelle specializes in the advancement of executive women.

To purchase the book click HERE

Joelle’s website is http://www.joellekjay.com/  

Howard’s website is http://www.howardjmorgan.com/