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Episode 030 : Louise Pearl
Louise Pearl is a savvy Canadian entrepreneur, a race car driver, and a woman who knows how to turn her problems and passion into a thriving business. On this episode, Louise explains that all her life she has loved good food, so it was a shock when 13 years ago she was diagnosed with celiac… Read More
Episode 029 : Staying Engaged w/ Tom Hodson
On this episode, guest host Tom Hodson talks with career coach Bev Jones about what it actually takes to feel jazzed about the work you are doing. Tom and Bev explore the elements of an engaging work life, like a sense of purpose, tasks and activities that are satisfying, and opportunities to talk and do… Read More
Episode 028 : Shoreen Maghame
Shoreen Maghame knows how to help people communicate in effective, strategic ways. She began her professional life as a broadcast and print journalist, and at a young age she found herself with a front row seat at the O.J. Simpson trial. Shoreen’s experience reporting on high profile stories was the foundation of her current role… Read More
Episode 027 : Geoff Dabelko, A Career in Environmental Peacebuilding
Professor Geoff Dabelko recently was awarded the prestigious Al-Moumin Award for Environmental Peacebuilding. Throughout his groundbreaking career, Geoff has been showing security and environmental groups how their objectives are often the same. On this episode, he explains how tensions over shared or limited resources can be an opportunity for promoting peace and collaboration, rather than… Read More
Episode 023 : A Life of Hospitality w/ Klaus Peters
The Foster Harris House is a lovely little inn, in the Virginia wine country. For the new owner, Klaus Peters, running the House is a post-retirement labor of love. Before his “boring” short-lived retirement, Klaus enjoyed a distinguished career managing top hotels, like the Watergate. But Klaus started his career in hospitality at the bottom,… Read More
Episode 022 : Unconventional Job Hunting Strategies w/Austin Belcak
Austin Belcak loves his job in New York City at Microsoft, where he manages digital advertising projects. But what’s attracting more public attention is his side gig as a job search expert. What Austin does through his firm, Cultivate Culture, is help recent grads to use “unconventional strategies” to snag jobs at leading tech companies… Read More
Episode 021 : Yvette McGee Brown
Yvette McGee Brown was the first African American woman Justice on The Ohio Supreme Court. Today, after years in public service, Justice Brown is a prominent attorney in private practice at the firm Jones Day, in Columbus, Ohio. But her path to success wasn’t always easy. Little Yvette was born Ohio to a single, teenaged… Read More
Episode 019 : Navigating A Transition In Your Work Life w/ Tom Hodson
The nitty gritty of managing a career shift is the focus of today’s episode. Instead of interviewing a guest, Bev will talk with her colleague, Tom Hodson, about ways to navigate a transition in your work life. The two will discuss strategies and insights from Bev’s book, “Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a CEO… Read More
Episode 018 : Eva Moskowitz, Educational Reform Advocate
Eva Moskowitz is a pioneering and sometimes controversial figure in urban politics and American education. And she is well known as the founder of Success Academy Charter Schools, a network of more than 40 high performing schools in New York City. On today’s episode, we will hear about her new book, “The Education of Eva… Read More
Episode 017 : ESPN’s Mark Wright
ESPN’s Mark Wright is a journalist whose dynamic career not only allows him to closely follow the sports that he loves, but also provides him with an opportunity to explore issues that he cares about deeply. After a long career in print and then digital journalism, today Mark creates projects for The Undefeated. That is… Read More