No BS Guide for Professionals

Today we’re talking to Tara Williams, founder of Dreamland Baby. We want to know what got her motivated to start her company, the good, bad, and ugly shit that came with making their vision a reality.  In addition, we also talk about her experience pitching her company on the popular show Shark Tank!  Check out her company @ dreamlandbabyco.com and check out the video link below for her successful deal on the show. Shark Tank Deal w/ Lori: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLix_oRiYag Lastly, use the code NOBS15 for 15% of sitewide at www.dreamlandbabyco.com. Their weighted baby blankets are amazing!

We’re starting off our series in the same way we just ended our Career Development series, talking to badass women who know what’s up.  Today we’re talking to Nishita Deka, co-founder of Sonera Magnetics.  We want to know what got her motivated to start their companies and all the good, bad, and ugly shit that came with making their vision a reality.

In today’s episode, we are closing out the series with a hot topic - Women in the workplace. We are going to dig into the challenges, the successes, and the sometimes painful truth of being a woman in today’s workforce. To help us shed some light on the topic we have two very special guests - Amanda Healy, head of Internet of Things Marketing Leader at Cisco, and Cat Pierson, Product Manager at Manifold.

Today, we are taking a different angle and talking to a coach. A career coach to be exact. We will learn about career coaching, how it works, and why it matters from tenured life coach Elaine Davis of YouMakeitHappen.com

Last week we spoke with Amanda Healy about the practice of Personal Branding.  Today, we're speaking with a long-time friend of the podcast, Bill Connolly, on how to execute your Personal Brand by Advocating Yourself.

Today on the No BS Guide to Professionals Christen and I begin our series on Career Development with a lesson on Personal Branding from a nationwide speaker and expert, Amanda Healy.  Amanda is the Head of Brand Marketing of IOT as Cisco, and she’ll be teaching us why and how each of us should be developing our Personal Brand successfully.

Great news for our listeners! 

It's always a good thing to have a mentor in your professional career and to reciprocate for those looking to be mentored.  On this episode we spoke with Don Graumann, an experienced leader and mentor of 25+ years in Data Technology.  We talk about mentoring, leadership, and his newly publish book, Strategic Pause: Stop. Think. Lead.

This week we continue our Career Development series and discuss the importance of Growth in the Workplace with Austen Chen of Orihon.  

Last episode we continued our series of Playbook Scenarios as Christen advised everyone on how to create and execute a Playbook for Positioning.  Today we conclude our Playbook Scenario series on a crucial topic: New Product Launch.  To help us wrap it all up, we welcome back a friend of the podcast, Saadi Muslu.  We’ll discuss what you should be thinking about when you’re trying to launch a new product and how to execute successfully.