Let‘s Talk HR - Humanizing the Conversation

Let’s Talk HR has been an amazing journey. A special thanks to all my audience for joining me on this journey and supporting me. We are ending this, the same way we started, with a good friend and fellow podcaster Robb Conlon, Owner/Founder of Westport Studio. Join us for an great conversation about Robb’s journey into entrepreneurship and close the book on Lets Talk HR. But don’t be to disappointed, because this girl is not going anywhere, coming January 2024 we are launching Love Your Sales – The podcast that will be breaking down all the sales tips, tricks and objections that stand in your way to the golden, YES. Contact Robb – Website - https://www.westportstudiosllc.com/ E-mail - westportstudiosllc@gmail.com Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann. Lovely. Let's get this conversation started. Rob. Thank you for joining me today. This is absolutely awesome. Robb Conlon 01:15 It is a bit of a full circle moment here, which is fun, and I always love those. Leighann Lovely 01:19 Yes. So for my audience, I have Robb Conlon joining me today. It is bittersweet as I am announcing that this is going to be the final episode of Let's Talk HR humanizing the conversation. And for those of you who have been on this journey with me, two years ago, I launched bloodstock HR, and Rob Conlon, who has over the years now, I think about four years, three, three and a half, four, somewhere in there. He actually helped me launch this podcast by joining me on my first ever episode, to interview me on why I wanted to launch this podcast. He has been a great friend, he has been somebody had gone to for advice on how to even do a podcast. And it's just been such an amazing journey to, I guess, get advice from you and watch you on your entrepreneur journey. And so I'm so thrilled that you've agreed to join me today and to talk to me about this Robb Conlon 02:30 completely my friend. And it's one of those things where I can't believe it's been two years since we kick this thing off. And now we're, we're closing it up. It's like, wow, that kind of was a snap. You know, I Leighann Lovely 02:43 know, when I look back at you know, originally launching this, and I get I'm getting goosebumps, because of you know the story behind why I originally wanted to launch let's take, or let's talk HR. And now the reason that I'm decided to sunset it, which makes sense for my own personal journey. It truly is bittersweet, but it has served its purpose. But you yourself, have also since we met had a podcast that you invited me to come on. And sunsetted that podcast, started a new podcast, started a business. So let's talk about it. Robb Conlon 03:34 Sure. Well, you mentioned that, you know, sunsetting a podcast No, originally you and I met when I had you as a guest on recruiting hell, which was my podcast that I made during the pandemic, to help the world get back to work. And I thought, okay, I can go be a content creator and things like that. Welcome. Everybody did that. Let's get one of the unintended consequences of starting that show was we actually helped a lot of folks get some jobs, we found over 1 million, sorry, one and a half million dollars in Job salaries and benefits for people. Plus it got me plugged...

Jill Lublin, an international speaker and author with expertise in publicity, networking, kindness, and referrals. Jill, a best-selling author of four books, including "Profit of Kindness," shares her passion for real-world publicity, emphasizing the importance of visibility and credibility for businesses. Learn about Jill’s latest book Guerrilla Publicity and the misconception that publicity is only for celebrities. What an amazing conversation with Jill! Contact – Jill Website - https://jilllublin.com/ Free Gift - publicitycrashcourse.com/freegift and jilllublin.com Website - http://PublicityCrashCourse.com Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann lovely. Let's get this conversation started. I have an amazing guest today. Jill Lublin is an international speaker on the topics of publicity, networking, kindness and referrals. She is the author of four best-selling books including get noticed get referrals and co-author of guerrilla publicity and networking magic. Her latest book profit of kindness went number one in four categories. Jill is a master strategist on how to position your business for more profitability and more visibility in the marketplace. She is CEO of strategic consulting firm, and it has 25 years of experience working with over 1000 people plus national and international media, Jill teaches a virtual publicity bootcamp and consults and speaks all over the world. She has spoken on many stages with luminaries such as Tony Robbins, Jill also leads a conscious kindness community, visit the link below in the show notes to get your free gift. Or you can go to Jill lubalin.com. Jill, I am so excited for you to join me today. Jill Lublin 02:25 I'm thrilled to be here, Leighann and thank you so much for having me. Why don't you start out by telling me and the audience a little bit about yourself? Well, I know you did this great intro for me. And I would tell you, you know, my some of my proudest accomplishments are my books for them. In certainly helping so many literally 1000s of small business owners get more publicity. And I look at it as spreading your light to the world, your gift to the world. And so that's exciting. And I run a conscious kindness community. And those are the things I'm I'm happy about and proud of. And, you know, like everyone, I've had many steps along the way, some switchbacks, some fall downs, you know, and most importantly, doing what I love and loving what I do now. And that's awesome. I love that phrase, loving what he or say that again, loving what I do, and doing what I love, that's, I absolutely love that. Because what if you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life. And that, you know, I recently went to an event and the speaker spoke about finding your true purpose and being able to match that purpose. You know, align that with your life. And if you can truly identify what your purpose is, then, you know, you everything else kind of falls into place. And it's, it's completely true. So, absolutely love that. So you are a best-selling off author for books for books. You're a speaker, you're a teacher, let's talk about it. Jill Lublin 04:02 So, you know, the thing that I'm big on has is helping people get real world publicity because...

Maria Kellis shares her insights on the significance of HR and the often-overlooked value it brings to companies. Drawing from her diverse background as an MIT graduate, international speaker, bestselling author, and business professional. Maria emphasizes the integral role HR plays in fostering employee engagement, motivation, and overall company success. She advocates for a non-judgmental approach to understanding individuals within a team, highlighting the importance of emotional and human support alongside business considerations. Throughout the conversation, Maria emphasizes the need for balance, self-leadership, and a holistic view of human potential in the evolving landscape of leadership and AI integration. Contact Maria Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariakellis/ Website – https://mariakellis.com/ Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann Lovely. Let's get this conversation started. Maria Kellis is a sought after leadership coach, intuitive business consultant, inspirational speaker and best selling author. With experience that spans multiple continents. Maria's journey is one of resilience, passion and a dedication to elevate individuals and organizations in their pinnacle, an MIT graduate, she seamlessly merges her business acumen and spiritual insight to offer transformative strategies, particularly in transmuting adversity into triumph. Maria firmly believes in the transformative power of inner work to facilitate external success. Maria, thank you so much for joining me today. I am very excited to talk with you. Maria Kellis 01:57 Thank you for having me. Leighann Lovely 01:59 So why don't you start off by telling my art or the audience, a little bit about yourself, and you know who you are? Maria Kellis 02:11 Absolutely. And to start with, I'm excited to be here, I feel that the conversation around HR is incredibly important. Because HR tends to have a bad rap. It's almost that they're the people that everybody says, Who cares about HR, or they're like, oh, we'll just use HR is like, it's a thing. And we forget the value that HR has in our lives in our companies, I believe that our companies are stronger, because of our human potential. In fact, a company can go down, because the employees are not working to sustain the company and the company can survive or thrive, because the employees care. And HR plays a central role in that. So I might my background is that I used to be an engineer, I graduated from MIT then I was in business. I actually graduated from Stanford School of Business. And at MIT. So I used to be in startups have always been startups, and we've always had hire people. And that's when my respect for hires came in. Because I realized that we, in the beginning, we always talked about the A players, and how to hire those. And I realize it's not just a player's team, everybody has a role. And it's not about looking at somebody as an individual, but looking at the team as a whole, that makes a difference in the company. So I have had my own personal journey that got me to be who I am today. And this journey has been, I'm gonna say difficult. In 2004, ended up being in a wheelchair. And I had to learn how to walk again, which is not exactly as easy as it...

Join me for and amazing conversation with William Vanderbloemen We discuss the importance of being able to articulate yourself during an interview. It's not about just saying what you think the interviewer wants to hear; it's about being genuine and demonstrating how your unique experiences and qualities align with the position and company culture. Having a level of self-awareness can set you apart from other candidates and help you make a meaningful connection with the interviewer. Contact – William Website - https://www.vanderbloemen.com/ Amazon – Be The Unicorn – By Wiliam Vanderbloemen Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann Lovely. Leighann Lovely 01:07 Let's get this conversation started. I'm very excited to speak with William Vanderbloemen, CEO and founder of Vanderbloemen search group, a top executive search firm. In his upcoming book be the unicorn 12 data driven habits that separate the best leaders from the rest. William reveals how job seekers, employees, hiring managers and company leaders everywhere can stand out from their peers and become irreplaceable. Building the careers they've always wanted. William, thank you for joining me. I am very excited to have you here today. William Vanderbloemen 01:48 Leighann it's, it's it's a fun thing to get to be with you. I appreciate you taking time and go packers. Yeah, Leighann Lovely 01:56 Go Packers. So William, why don't you start off by telling me a little bit about yourself. William Vanderbloemen 02:02 Oh, this sounds like a job interview, Leighann Leighann Lovely 02:06 I know, I know people are I actually had one of my guests say you can't ask me that question. And I'm like, well, then how do I start? Like, do I introduce you, do you? And I'm like, Fine. I won't. We'll we'll just jump into the first question. But I'm sorry, you gotta answer. Let William Vanderbloemen 02:22 Let me give you let me give you the Podcast Answer. And then if you want, I can give you the oh, if I get asked that in a job interview. Here's how i How's that? Yep. Okay. So I have the privilege of serving a company that I started. We're an executive search firm, we help teams that are values driven, find their top talent. So it started as an idea of helping churches find their pastor, I think you're in Milwaukee. So like, Elmbrook Church, which would be a church that is fairly well known in town, that'd be but then also grew to schools. What's the charter school, they're in Milwaukee. That's so good. St. Augustine Academy, okay, we so we help them. And that's, you know, not necessarily faith based, but it's values driven nonprofits that are trying to find their C suite. And then to some extent, I don't know how to say this. But like, the Chick fil A is of the world, the companies that are small businesses, large businesses that are family run, and they have a very particular set of values that drive that family. And they want a search firm that's going to hire based on value and cultural fit as much as competency. Does that make sense? Leighann Lovely 03:34 Yes and finding cultural fit, you know, saying it like, and again, I work in this space, saying, hey, I really like to find somebody who's a cultural fit. It's one thing to say it,...

Discover how to approach office confrontations and harness healthy debate to propel your team forward. Our latest episode with leadership consultant Dotty Posto who helps leaders overcome the "Curse of Chordal Hypocrisy". Don't miss it! Contact Dotty Website – https://inplainsightinc.com/ E-mail - dotty@inplainsightinc.com Leighann Lovely: [00:00:00] HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked, practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. Inclusion and diversity are common phrases, but often misunderstood. Generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job. And how companies can create an environment to allow [00:01:00] them to do both. Because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann Lovely. Let's get this conversation started. Dottie Posto, CEO and founder of In Plain Sight, a leadership consulting and coaching firm. How often in your organization do you think people are holding back what they really think or agreeing with a project or an idea when they really don't agree? They're not saying what they really think. They're not saying what they really want to say, generally out of fear or out of loyalty. Yet outside the room, they agree with a person, they discount an idea, they discredit a leader or demean a team member. This is what Dotty calls the Curse of Chordal Hypocrisy. It robs companies of creativity, productivity, [00:02:00] and ultimately profits. Dotty specializes in guiding leaders and teams in building trust, cultivating healthy debate, and ultimately establishing a culture of accountability and outstanding results. In addition, Dotty specializes in coaching those leaders or team members who are Quite frankly, a real jerk. In other words, when your MVP is an ASS, these folks who rob your organization of innovation, engagement, opportunity, and ultimately revenue, Dottie guides these leaders to become the leader everyone wants to work with. Welcome Dottie. I am so excited to have you join me today. Dotty Posto: I'm excited to be here. I think it's going to be fun. Leighann Lovely: Yes. So why don't you start off by telling the audience a little bit about who you are and what you do? Dotty Posto: Sure. I am a leadership [00:03:00] consultant and coach. And what I tell people is, you know, when you have that person in your office, either usually leader, but sometimes, you know, one of those office members, who's just a jerk, you know, yeah. Yeah. So I specialize, I work with all sorts of leaders and teams and do leadership development and team development, but I do specialize with the leaders who've gotten Does not play well with others a few too many times on their report card. A friend of mine, Pat helped me coin the, the tagline for my business as when your MVP is an ASS. That's where I come in and help that leader become the leader everyone wants to work for. Leighann Lovely: That's awesome. Because there are some really brilliant people out there just don't get it that they're great at their job. But when it comes to actually leading [00:04:00] the team or communicating or having emotional It's just not, it's just not what, it's just not their strong point. Dotty Posto: Yeah. I like to call it emotional fluency. Okay. I haven't heard that. Yeah. It's where, you know, under being able to be fluent, first of all, with all your own emotions. And then to be able to, I think the intelligence comes, you know, knowing there's a certain level of being intelligent, I can be intelligent about something, but not fluent and being fluent, emotional fluency is being able to ride all of...

Adam Gellert serial entrepreneur and lifer in the staffing industry joins me for a very enlighten conversation about the future of staffing and the workforce as we know it. Adam now the Founder and CEO of HireHippo and The Linkus Group Inc. permanent placement firms that take a different approach to hiring individuals. As he has moved through his career, he saw gaps in the market and have shifted to fill those gaps. Now offering a network of top talent of passive candidates, eliminating resume reviews and focusing on skills and culture. Join this amazing conversation with a forward-thinking entrepreneur. Contact Adam - LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamgellert/ Websites – Recruiteradam.com hiredhippo.ai linkushr.com Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann lovely. Let's get this conversation started. Leighann Lovely 01:09 Adam Gellert is on a mission to build the greatest marketplace of pre vetted diverse high potential candidates and companies, reshaping the job application process with candidate experience and helping companies hire their most passionate teammates from one to 250. He eats, sleeps and breathes recruitment. He can talk for hours about anything to do with growth of an organization from a people standpoint, attraction, retention, culture fit alignment and best practices in the modern world. He's an entrepreneur at heart currently on a mission to reshape recruitment and change the candidate experience. Founder and CEO at hire hippo, a hiring marketplace connecting pre vetted high potential diverse candidates and companies based on mutual interest like a dating app and saying goodbye to resumes. He noticed a gap in the industry as a founder of Linksys group, a recruitment firm supporting startups and SMBs in Canada and US. His typical clients is under 50 people. He started the company with the intent to disrupt the recruitment industry. And they are doing just that he has a fantastic team. And they work very hard to build championship teams for their clients that can sustain a winning outlook again and again since 2002. He has been instrumental in building teams both at the corporate and recruitment agency levels. He is known for building strong relationships with clients as an honest, driven and progressive individual with major organizations across Canada and the United States. With a passion for delivering cost savings and efficient business results. He took the next step in offering clients an alternative to traditional hiring. He's active in the tech startup and small business community co created the talent help list co created the disrupt HR Vaughn and previous chair, hR p a PD dinner committee, their leading KPI, it's their reoccurring clients a testament to the value they bring. I am very excited to talk to Adam, a serial entrepreneur. Adam, welcome. I am excited to talk with you today. Thank you for joining me. Adam Gellert 03:36 Thank you very much for having me. Appreciate being here. Leighann Lovely 03:40 Yeah. So why don't you start off and, you know, tell everybody a little bit, you know, a little background about who you are and what you do. Adam Gellert 03:48 Yeah, so I'm Adam Gellert, the founder of the linkage group, and higher tempo....

This brilliant guest has been recognized as top 30 under 30 and is a linked in top marketing, career management and HR voice with 12,000 plus followers reaching 2 million across 70 countries. Join this amazing conversation about, about a what candidates want and how we can improve candidate experience. Contact – Matt LinkedIN - linkedin.com/in/matt-parkin Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann lovely. Let's get this conversation started. My guest today, Matt Parkins, has been recognized as a top 30 under 30 and is a linked in top marketing, career management and HR voice with 12,000 plus followers reaching 2 million across 70 countries. He helps entrepreneurs and executives tell their story to grow their personal brands on LinkedIn and coaches ambitious professionals to reach their full potential. Matt is actively involved in the community as an entrepreneur mentor for the City of Toronto Small Business Center, and several university entrepreneur programs. His HR thought leadership has been featured in publications such as LinkedIn news and HR dot coms, talent acquisition, talent management and human experience excellence publications. Matt, thank you so much for joining me this morning. I am excited to talk with you. Matt Parkin 02:08 Thanks. Hi, Leighann. Leighann Lovely 02:09 So why don't you start off by telling the audience a little bit about yourself? Matt Parkin 02:14 Yeah, so I broke into the HR space a few years ago, working in the HR consulting space, got to work on a lot of cool projects related to learning and development and equity, diversity and inclusion, as well as org design. But while I was there, I came across a cool HR technology startup, and thought it'd be cool to break into the HR technology space to continue helping HR leaders fall from the biggest challenges of today, specifically related to talent acquisition and recruiting. I know when I was a job seeker, I got very frustrated by the job application process. And having been a hiring manager and gone through hundreds and hundreds of resumes, I know how painful it is to go through that process. And so coming to work at a startup that is adjusting and changing the talent acquisition process to improve the candidate experience for candidates and make it more efficient for employers. Something that was really exciting for me, over the last couple of years, I've had thought leadership featured in hr.com. And been contributing and advising several different companies as well as industry association. So super passionate about the space and happy to connect today to share some learnings and research findings on how folks can improve the candidate experience and employer branding. Leighann Lovely 03:32 That's awesome. And I love that you just mentioned that as the hiring manager. And as candidates, you know, we're frustrated with that. So pulling those two things together. You know, really, you're coming from, you know, point of view where you've had hands on experience with that. So you're able to now, you know, be an aside of really being a consultant to say, Okay, well, I experienced this and if I experienced this, that means that hundreds of 1000s of other people have to have experienced this and it is...

Michele Price is a brilliant multi-faceted women with a keen ability to understand humans and help them better understand themselves. As a Lifelong entrepreneur with over 35 years of experience in leadership. As a leadership advisor and communication strategist for CEO’s, senior leaders and business owners. She is a master at asking the right question to bring out the right information at the right time to help leaders grow. Join us for a great and insightful conversation. Contact Michele – LinkedIN - linkedin.com/in/micheleprice Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann. Lovely. Let's get this conversation started. Today we are talking with Michelle price, a lifelong entrepreneur who has held all types of leadership roles, CEOs, CMOs ce o 's, in six plus different businesses across multiple industries over 35 years, and who now serves as a leadership advisor and a communication strategist for CEOs, senior leaders and business owners. As a human behaviorist, she brings you a unique lens to developing your leadership skills. Michelle, thank you so much for joining me today. I am excited to talk with you. Michele Price 01:50 Thank you for having me. I'm glad to be here. Leighann Lovely 01:52 So why don't you start off by telling my audience and the audience a little bit about yourself and what you do? Michele Price 02:00 Well, so for label wise, I'm a leadership advisor and a communication strategist. And that all comes from having a 40 year arc in business across multiple roles. So entrepreneurs, CEO, CFO CMO, and as I've sat in each one of those decision making roles, it allowed me to acquire a really deep well of knowledge. Over the years with each business, because I've had six plus businesses over that 40 year art, that's now become a beautiful bevy of wisdom to tap into. And because below was a 70s, when I started, I've seen a lot of change in history, and have a lot of lived experience as a woman in business. And one of the things that happened to me when I was in my 50s was, I said, God, I wish I had known this, this and this in my earlier years. And so as I was contemplating what I wanted to shift into, and out of, you know, I wanted to close down my marketing agency, being a fractional chief marketing officer, because marketing is 24/7. I don't care how you try to play the hours is 24/7. And I didn't want to be doing that kind of lifestyle into my 60s. And so, as I'm contemplating, you know, where do I go with this phase and cycle of my life, knowing that, no matter how old I get, my brain has always been this as even when I was a little girl, it's taken all of the actions over time for me to see origins of where my brain was always thinking in the course of business. And so when I was contemplating what does that change need to look like? I had those kind of conversations with myself. I was like, alright, what would I like to have known that was younger? And how can I help other women, no matter which phase of growth they're in, so that they can achieve what they want to achieve. Without all the resistance that can come along with having either one, their own conditioning, you know, things they've been conditioned by family or society or to the oppressive kind of conditioning that...

Dr. Delaine Fowler a business owner, forward thinker and keynote speaker who works to actively help prevent injury before it happens. This is one great conversation with Delaine to learn how she works with organizations to educate them about how the body moves and what can be adjusted to prevent injury. She is a wildly brilliant women and this is a conversation that you don’t want to miss. Contact - accelerate-pt.com Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann Lovely. Let's get this conversation started. Dr. Delaine Fowler is a recognized expert in Work Health Connections, a physical therapist specializing in workplace injury. Delaine has helped 1000s of patients on their road to physical recovery. After years of treating people in her office, she could not help think there was a better way to help people before their problem ended up in surgery. After watching surgeons Chase pain from one body part to another and employees waiting for the doctors to ask the same question she realized this was not going to happen. She decided to start collaborating with companies to find out if changing the way people work might stop employees from what would in many cases be a lifetime of pain and suffering. Due to multiple surgeries only chasing symptoms she quickly discovered treating employees as individual athletes and applying her skill sets in care and coaching had a profoundly positive impact on employees based in the companies today she dedicates her focus toward preventing the strains stress and injury that cost companies millions Delaine company serves 10,000 employees by placing physical therapy and certified athletic trainers where they're needed most the workplace. Her clients include major brands like Aldi, gelled one and Dillard. Delaine is a popular keynote speaker and workplace safety thought leader known for her practical approach and industry shaping insight. Delaine thank you so much for joining me today. I'm excited to have this conversation. Family. And I'm excited to be here. Dr. Delaine Fowler 02:49 Thanks for having me. Leighann Lovely 02:50 Yeah. So why don't you start off by telling us a little bit about yourself and what you do? Dr. Delaine Fowler 02:54 Sure. My name is Delaine Fowler, I'm a physical therapist by trade. I fell in Super luckily, early on in my career into helping employees be well and feel well. So I was I got frustrated in my PT clinic, because I was seeing all these employees at the same jobs, getting the same kind of injuries and then having the same surgeries. And so one day, just a few months into my practice, I started calling companies and asking them like, Hey, can I come and look at these jobs, like super curious about what people do, and just had an opportunity to start watching how people work and what people actually do, which is really incredible. To watch how people work and how things are made and how things get done and how food gets to our table. It's just a blessing to us. And a miracle honestly, that we can all come together to make make the world go round. So that so I have been an injury prevention specialist. As a physical therapist for 19 years. I have my own practice. And we now help Bistro, I started out with my little office 15 years ago,...

With 30 years in corporate helping fortune 500 companies grow their brands Sara Hanaway took the leap into entrepreneurship. Now as a speaker, coach and consultant she focuses on helping people and teams embrace change improve resilience and navigate through chaos. As someone that has experience personal and professional change, Sara knows all to well to help others navigate this. Tune in as this is a conversation that you don’t want to miss. Contact -Sara Hanaway LinkedIN – linkedin.com/in/sarajhanaway Website - sarahanaway.com E-mail - sara@sarahanaway.com Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann Lovely. Let's get this conversation started. From the day she died to being let go from her 22 year career at Harley Davidson to having to shut down the iconic ever rude engine brand. Our guest Sara Hanaway knows a thing or two about change customer experience leadership. Sarah has helped a fortune 500 companies grow and expand their brand planned large scale events and launched too many products and programs to count. After almost 30 years in corporate world, Sara decided after taking many deep breaths and creating way too many pros and cons lists to take a leap and leave to start her own speaking and coaching business. Sarah is passionate about shifting the conversation that businesses can make employees wellbeing a priority while at the same time producing results. She loves helping her clients and audience realize the power that they have within themselves to push through discomfort and fear to get the change they desire and excel in life and business. While she loves what she does. When she's not speaking or working with clients. She can be found writing, running, cooking, breaking out in a dance party or in her favorite role, which is being an aunt. Please welcome this awesome guest Sara Hanaway. Sara, welcome. I'm so excited to have this conversation. Sara Hanaway 02:38 Thank you, Leighann. I'm really excited to be here with you today. Leighann Lovely 02:41 Your bio, you know, obviously is like starts off with a bang. And so I'm sure that there's plenty of people who, you know, listen to that, you know, I died. That's a That's a crazy statement to hear. So I'm really excited to have you tell us a little bit about yourself. And your story. Like, I got to know. Sara Hanaway 03:05 Yeah, it's, um, it's a pinch. It's how I start all of my presentations. When I speak to teams and organizations, I actually tell the full story of how I died. I'll give you a slight synopsis today, because it really is the foundation for everything that I use in my life and business. And so 25 years ago, a truck came into my lane. And basically the accident reconstructionist said, If my car would have been over a fraction or a millimeter, the truck would have went right over me and I wouldn't be here. So I was stopped on a guardrail. It took them about two and a half hours to get me out. They had to bring the jaws of life I went to a local hospital where they then flight for life me to freighter, which is a big hospital here in Milwaukee. And I was there and this is where it gets fuzzy. I was in ICU for at least a week, but it might have been 10 days I can't remember. I was intubated. I broke all my ribs on...

Lisa Carlin is a Strategic Execution Specialists whom works within organizations to help mentor her clients through transformational change. She has a 96% success rate with the clients that she works with. She has a global reach with the clients that she works with and has a true desire and passion to help those that she works with. Lisa has an amazing background and understanding for people, this is a great addition to Let’s Talk HR. Contact Lisa – LinkedIN - linkedin.com/in/lisacarlin Website – futurebuildersgroup.com Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann Lovely. Let's get this conversation started. Lisa Carlin is a strategic execution specialists and co founder of future builders group, a network of organizational development specialists. Lisa started her career with McKinsey and a center since 1999. She has worked directly with prestigious global clients to Australian corporations, global and high tech ventures. She works with leaders to turbocharge their transformation, projects and change. Lisa has an impressive track record, having successfully delivered and mentored clients through over 50 transformation programs. With an outstanding 96% success rate, far surpassing the average success rate reported in research, her passion now lies in scaling up implementation success, which led her to establish a membership Academy for professionals to implement business culture and digital transformation. Lisa also volunteers as the chair of an education not for profit organization. Lisa, thank you so much for joining me today. This is such a treat. Lisa Carlin 02:25 Thank you, Leighann, for having me here. I'm really excited to chat to you today. Leighann Lovely 02:29 So you are coming to me from a 15 hour difference in in time because you are halfway around the world writes, why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself where you're from and what you do. Lisa Carlin 02:45 Sure Leighann Aussies, like to like to joke with the with the eanx that were in the future, we're ahead. Because it's, it's Thursday morning here when it's a Wednesday afternoon for you. And so. So, there you go. So I actually started out in Cape Town, South Africa. So at the bottom of southernmost tip of Africa, that's where I grew up. And I grew up in the apartheid era. And that has actually sort of framed that guilt that's associated with being a white, South African and apartheid age, has actually framed who I am, and and what I do. So because I was part of a in my teenage years, and then through to university, part of a multicultural organization. And we used to, you know, for me, it's all about the respect of people. And that's what we didn't have in society in respect of different people. And then that organization was banned by their Patek government when they declared a state of emergency on anything that they're considered disruptive to the regime. And so that whole experience of, you know, I remember going to university and, and opening up the newsletter. And one of my colleagues, Paul, who was one of our friends in the in the group was arrested. And at the time you were arrested without a trial. And without any, you could be detained indefinitely. And we never found out what happened to him. And to this...

After learning so much in her amazing career at CVS Health through managing and hiring others Jennifer pivoted her career. Jennifer Chavez advocate of women, especially veteran women, owns her own recruitment firm where she helps them transition from military life to civilian life by finding positions at companies that are veteran-ready. This is an amazing story and an amazing women. Contact Jennifer – Phone Number - 623-387-8995 E-mail - jchavez@grnmoonvalley.com Website – grnmoonvalley.com/ Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann lovely. Let's get this conversation started. I have a great guest joining me today Jennifer Chavez. Jennifer is the president and Managing Director of Global recruiters network of Moonee Valley. Global recruiters of Moon Valley's expertise includes recruitment of executive and professionals across the United States in the our B M, healthcare services and Senior Living industries in management, financial operations, sales and project management roles as well as expertise in public speaking, consulting, and training services. As a senior health executive at CVS Health for more than 23 years across multiple sectors of the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry. She was responsible for leading client teams of all sizes and achieved significant success through developing and sourcing high performing talent. Serving as a volunteer Jennifer founded the Phoenix chapter of Next up formerly network of Executive Women, led their logistics team and recruited and developed volunteers for the last 10 years. Jennifer also grew up working in the restaurant business and is the wife of a chef. She is also the granddaughter, daughter, niece and mother of military veterans, and has served as a champion for attracting hiring and retaining women and veterans throughout her career. As a result of her work across these disciplines, Jennifer understands how critical matching exceptional talent to amazing employers is. Her goal is to leverage her knowledge, expertise and deep network to help candidates and companies achieve similar success with creating and retaining high performing teams. Whether you're a company that needs help finding the right person for a tough to fill role, or you're a candidate looking to find the right home, GRN Moon valleys is a maker of matches TM across the expertise to make a meaningful and lasting talent connection. GRN Moon Valley is a maker of matches. TM has the expertise to make a meaningful and lasting talent connection. Jennifer, welcome to the show. I'm excited to have you. Jennifer Chavez 03:30 Thanks so much, man. I appreciate you having me. Leighann Lovely 03:32 Yeah, so why don't we jump right in? Why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself? Jennifer Chavez 03:36 Sure, absolutely. So first of all, kind of start with one of the unique things about me. And that's that I'm a second generation Phoenix native. And I actually have two boys that are third generation natives. So they're 17 and 24. They keep me busy. My husband who is a chef. I've been married to almost 30 years, and we're huge foodies. So that's something we like to do in our spare time. And he's originally from California. So we've have a place in the California mountains and...

Planning an event is hard, they are meant to be fun, educational, festive, and so many other things. What we don’t think about, is that planning an event is not just about all the detail of who will speak, how many chairs you need, it is also about how to keep your attendees as safe as possible if and when things come up. This week's guest shines a light on what an event hall is responsible for and what the host is responsible for. Tune in, because I was shocked! Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both, because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann Lovely, let's get this conversation started. I have Sarah Davis joining us today. She is the CEO of event safety plus, where they focus in mitigating safety concerns before they happen at events and ensuring a proper response should they occur. They work with people to organize events, large and small, determine risk factors and create easy to execute safety plans. This is going to be an awesome opportunity to learn about how to make sure that the events that we all put on are safe and have the great plans that need to be put in place are in place. So I'm excited to jump into this conversation with her today. Sarah, thank you so much for joining me today. Sarah Davis 02:01 It is wonderful to be here. Thank you for having me. Leighann Lovely 02:03 So you, you have such an amazing, interesting business. So I'm excited to talk with you. Why don't you start off by telling us a little bit about yourself? Sarah Davis 02:16 Sure. So I am the CEO of event safety plus, and we work with event planners, anyone planning an event to mitigate safety concerns before they happen. And create safety plans for those events are goals that everyone should be able to attend things safely. But me personally, I live outside of Chicago, I lived here since before COVID. So I haven't really explored much, which is funny. But we'll we'll do that eventually right born and raised in Michigan. And we started this company about a year ago now because we were at an event where an active shooter happened, it was a parade and with our background, my partner and I our background in emergency services and emergency management, we saw some things that with a little bit of extra planning could have been way different and less impactful on the community. And we we knew that we could make a difference. And we knew we can make a change with those things. So we started the company. Leighann Lovely 03:24 So and first. Wow. I mean for being at an event. That's such a scary, I mean, even even being blocks away and hearing that you're hearing gunshots or hearing any type of it's just such an amazing ly amazingly terrifying. situation I've been, and I was in my home when this happened, but when gunshots ring out and you just immediately you know that that fear factor because you have no idea where it's coming from where it's pointed. So, I mean, first of all, that's it's amazing that that idea, you know, at that point came up for you. And to that you've you've taken on, you know, a position, an opportunity to say, hey, let's create something that can actually help mitigate, you know, risk in situations like this. And I'm assuming that this is not or that there is not a whole ton of companies out there that do what you do. Sarah...

Andrea Herran is an amazing business owner, that works to simply HR for her clients so they can say focused on what matters to them, their business. Join us as we talk about how much human resources has changed and continues to evolve as a profession. Contact Andrea LinkedIn – linkedin.com/in/focushr Website – http://FocusHR.biz Phone number – (773)531-8199 Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann lovely. Let's get this conversation started. Andrea Herran is the Founder and CEO of Focus HR. Andrea developed a passion for Human Resources and Leadership from the beginning of her career. One thing she noticed in her corporate leadership roles was that she could really you see the good, bad and the ugly from her managers and employees. Overcoming the bad and ugly was a challenge she would take on, and discovering how to take the good to great, made a lasting impression on Andrea. She brings those insights to her audiences, her clients, and her own team each day. Andrea has over 30 years of professional HR experience. Early in her career she was fortunate enough to work both inside and outside the USA, in four different countries the US, Argentina, Mexico and South Africa. She enjoys sharing her business strategies, adventures, and experiences with audiences around the globe. Andrea is a sought-after international speaker, top HR, Leadership and growth consultant, and exceptional author. After 30 years of helping businesses grow, and expand their teams successfully, she is now renowned for her ability to bring out the excellence in every team. With degrees in business and psychology and vast experience working with companies with less than 100 employees. Andrea has worked with teams in the United States, Mexico, and South America and much more. “Your company will grow as fast as you and your people do. To create a competitive advantage, invest in your people now” says Herran. She and her team help companies build a culture-driven company that the best and brightest want to be a part of and stay in forever. Andrea’s forthcoming book is called The People Success Code for CEO’s: 9 Secrets to rapid growth, a winning culture, and uncomplicating the people side of business. Welcome Andrea, I am so excited to have you join me today. Andrea Herran 03:21 Well, thank you for having me. I'm excited. Yeah. Leighann Lovely 03:23 Why don't you start off by telling everyone a little bit about yourself and your background? Andrea Herran 03:29 Oh, sure. I'm Andrea Herran owner of Focus HR, I have been doing human resources now for 35 years. Leighann Lovely 03:42 You don't look old enough to have been doing human resources for 35 years. By the way. Andrea Herran 03:47 Thank you so much. I love that. I'm a mom of two teenage boys. So that keeps me young. I started focus HR about 17 years ago. And for work life balance. That was my main thing you know, and I wanted to keep doing human resources. And as I've grown and added to my team, for me, it's been really important that my team also has that work life balance, and it's worked out. Great. So as you can tell, I do run my company based on my values and so forth. I also recommend that to all businesses to do that because it makes life a lot...

Join Wendy Terwelp and me as we dive into the world of AI and how it can be used as a tool to create resumes, but only a tool. Wendy celebrating her 25th year in business has seen a lot change over the years and continues to help her clients level up and find their personal brand. She also explains some of the challenges that come with using AI but also the great benefits if used as a tool and not the end all. This is a great conversation with a Brilliant Author, Executive Speaker, Speaker and so much more! Contact Wendy LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/wendyterwelp Website - https://knocks.com/ Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann Lovely. Let's get this conversation started. Wendy Terwelp founded Opportunity Knocks of Wisconsin LLC, a boutique career development firm, in 1998. She writes, speaks, consults, and coaches on personal branding, networking, social media, career development, and employee attraction and retention. Winner of the 2022 BBB Torch Award for Ethics, Terwelp’s work was also recognized in Inc.’s “Top 10 Helps for Your Career,” ATD’s “Best on Career Development,” and she was named in the Top 15 Career Masterminds. Dubbed a “LinkedIn Guru” by The Washington Post, her advice is quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Chicago Tribune, The Business Journal, CTDO magazine, ABC, NBC, FOX, and other media. Her books include: “Rock Your Network® for Job Seekers,” “Rock Your Job Search,” and ATD’s award-winning “Jumpstart Your Job Search and Get Hired Faster.” Terwelp served in community and professional leadership roles including Judging the 2023 BBB Spark Awards; Chairing PD Charitable Fund Board’s Premier Awards Event; Officer on Wisconsin Association of Staffing Services Board; Co-Chairing the Career Development Track for ATD’s International Conference & Expo. Terwelp holds a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace certification, six career industry certifications, and a degree in Mass Communication / Journalism. Wendy, I am so excited to have you. This is actually a treat because you and I have spoken on a podcast before actually in a previous podcast life of mine. So welcome. Wendy Terwelp 03:08 Thank you. I'm glad to be back. It's exciting. Leighann Lovely 03:12 Yes. So why don't you start out by telling everybody a little bit about yourself? Well, my name Wendy Terwelp 03:18 Well, my name is Wendy Terwelp, and I founded a company called Opportunity Knocks of Wisconsin LLC. It's a boutique career development firm. And I founded this in 1998. So it's year 25. For me. I'm excited about that I write speak, consult. And coach on personal branding, networking, social media, career development. And lately, employee attraction and retention. Since the pandemic, that's been a key factor of my business talks now is all about how do we attract better fit employees? How do we keep our employees that we have, and so on. So that's really where my emphasis has lied when I when I have been doing my career coaching and talks. When I work with individuals, I typically work on career advancement strategies, personal branding, and also of course, how to find jobs. So even though there's a huge demand for people, they still need to know...

Trauma comes in many forms and affects everyone differently. This guest knows all too well what trauma can do. Michelle Vande Hey now a coach and educator, helping others be trauma-informed and making sure to take care of themselves before burning out from over giving. Michelle is a strong and brilliant woman, join the conversation! Contact Michelle LinkedIn - lightoflovecoaching.com E-mail – michelle@lightoflovecoaching.com Website - lightoflovecoaching.com Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann Lovely. Let's get this conversation started. Today I have a very authentic and amazing guest joining me. Michelle Vande Hey. After the death of her son James, Michelle battled depression, anxiety and PTSD. Her relationship with her loving daughter was torn apart. She was binge eating to numb the pain and felt completely lost with where she was and where she was going. Michelle found herself again, with a holistic approach to healing alongside professional help and a meaningful connection built in a community with folks that were able to help her know her worth. This led her on an unexpected path where she now helps founders and nonprofits to recover from or prevent burnout from over giving and compassion fatigue, so they can create long lasting sustainable impact with their organization without losing themselves. Michelle founded light of love coaching in February of 2020, and is a trauma informed certified holistic life coach. Her mission is to create a welcoming community of folks that rediscover who they are by knowing their self worth and embracing their spiritual gifts so they can be empowered to influence change for themselves and others around the world. Together, they are co creating a more inclusive, peaceful and, and prosperous world. Michelle has been featured in brava magazine and is regularly a guest on podcast. When she is not coaching, speaking or facilitating. You can find Michelle making dance videos in her kitchen biking to Pilates getting lost in the world or running with the sunrise. welcome Michelle, I am so excited to have you join me today. Michelle Vande Hey 03:03 Well, thank you. Thank you for having me. Leighann Lovely 03:05 Why don't you start off by telling us a little bit about yourself and about your business? Michelle Vande Hey 03:10 Sure. So I live in the sock city Wisconsin area with my husband and daughter. And we've lived here for eight years now we live, lived in Madison for a while and then moved here for my husband's work. And I've worked from home most of my life. So I'm just mobile. And yeah, I'm a certified holistic life coach. And I do trauma informed work, and really passionate about helping leaders and founders of nonprofits and mission driven organizations to create sustainable impact and sustainable success without burning out a lot with focus on like over giving compassion, fatigue and vicarious trauma. And I utilize trauma sensitive yoga as well. To help with those things. Leighann Lovely 04:05 That's That's amazing. And I think that a lot of people nowadays suffer from over giving. I think that's especially in the nonprofit, I mean space. And that's, that's, that's absolutely amazing. And your your business, when you and I talked really...

Conversations that often get pushed off, are the ones that feel uncomfortable, whether that be because we have to give a bad performance review, break up with someone, or talk about our financial situation and retirement plan. This conversation is the latter and my guest Dan Stich, Founder and Investment Representative, specializes in helping people have uncomfortable conversations in a comfortable way in order to find a path forward. Pivoting from Healthcare Administration nearly 4 years ago Dan found his passion in helping educate businesses and individuals. Not only is he brilliant, he is wildly down to earth. Contact - Daniel Stich LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-stich-cpfa%C2%AE-609140b/ E-mail - danielstich@ffig.com Phone - 262-853-4541 Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann Lovely. Let's get this conversation started. I have an awesome guest on today Dan Stich, Dan was born and raised in Brookfield Wisconsin as the son of a solo practicing dentist and an educator. He grew up in healthcare and saw firsthand the peaks and valleys of running your own small business as well as garnered the passion to share knowledge and assist in educating individuals on difficult topics. Dan graduated from the University of Wisconsin lacrosse and attended Marquette University for graduate school. During his time at Marquette, he was drawn into the world of healthcare specifically managed care and started a career in healthcare administration. First, starting on the insurance side and moving to the provider side, Dan negotiated multimillion dollar contracts with some of the largest names in the Wisconsin healthcare industry. After over 13 years in the health care administration, Dan chose to shift his focus to financial planning, and has built a practice focused on working with small businesses pre retirement-age individuals, and medical professionals. He enjoys educating and presenting on all topics related to retirement planning, including Social Security timing, long-term care planning, retirement income planning, and financial basis. Dan earned his certified fiduciary plan advisor designation through the National Association of planned advisors, increasing his knowledge of qualified and nonqualified retirement plans for businesses. He has a passion for assisting business owners and offering their employees quality options for planning educating opportunities, as well as working with the owners for their succession plans. Dan is licensed to practice in multiple states including Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia and South Carolina. I'm excited to have this great conversation with a brilliant individual and someone who has become a friend. Dan Stich 03:08 Stich Financial Partners and Futurity First Securities America are separate entities. The information presented here today is not specific to any individual's personal circumstance, and is not intended to provide investment tax legal or retirement advice or recommendations. To the extent that material concerns tax matters. It's not intended to be written to be used or cannot be used by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed by the law. So the materials that were presented today are for...

Lori Goldstein has been an attorney for just short of 40 years, this offers her a unique perspective on how to serve her clients. She has an intimate understanding of both the employee side and the employer side and works to find a middle ground. This is an amazing conversation that dives into Metal health awareness in the workplace, non-competes and so much more. Join me for a great conversation with this brilliant women. Contact Lori Website - lorigoldsteinlaw.com Linkedin - linkedin.com/in/lori-goldstein-745a2812 Phone - 847-624-6640 Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann lovely. Let's get this conversation started. We have a great show for you today. I've got Lori Goldstein. She has been an employment lawyer since 1984. She has a unique business and perspective representing both business owners and employees through her solo practice after receiving her undergrad and law degree from the University of Illinois, Lori work as a management side employment and litigation attorney for two midsize Chicago law firms before starting her own firm in 2011. Her advice on workplace rights and issues ranged from discrimination, harassment and retaliation to equal pay leave of absence and wage hour matters. Lori also drafts negotiates and reviews contracts including employment, non-compete independent contractor and severance agreements, employer compliance audits and training including sexual harassment training. Now required for all Illinois employers plus administration claims and defense of charges of employment law violation are also a regular part of her practice. Lori also regularly represents and writes on employment law topics. Lori is practical and passionate about helping organizations and individuals achieve peaceful solutions to workplace issues, find closure and move forward. Giving back to the community is also very important to her. She's held several volunteer and nonprofit board positions including New Trier High School Board of Education Governing Board of the North southern Special Education District. Laurie serves as a board member at Career Resources Center in Lake Forest and currently serves as a board member and CO the liaison of Diversity Equity and Inclusion committee for EP wng professional women's network group and volunteer attorney with the lawyers for the creative arts. She is a member of the American Bar Association and Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois chapter of National Employment Law Association. Lori is always an active member of north north shore law and trusted advisors counsel. Laurie has been honored by several awards including Superlawyers, Illinois 2016 to 2023 Superlawyers Illinois 100 top lawyers and 2017, 19, 20, 22 and 23 and Super Lawyers, Illinois top 50 Women Lawyers in 2017, 2019 to 2023 rated superb by AVVO and distinguished by Martindale-Hubbell. This is sure to be an awesome conversation, so I can't wait to jump in. Welcome Lori. I'm so excited to have you join me today. Lori Goldstein 04:08 Thank you, Leighann. I'm so happy to be here. Thanks for the opportunity. Leighann Lovely 04:11 Yeah, so why don't you start out by telling the audience a little bit about yourself. And yeah, go from there. Lori Goldstein 04:18 Sure. So I'm an...

William Deck is a Success Mindset Coach, Keynote Speaker and so much more, by my account and conversation this is the person that you want to have in your circle. William takes real-world experience and understanding and helps people and businesses transform the way they see, feel, and understand the world. As he says in this interview and bio “People and businesses don’t need motivation, they need transformation” This is a conversation you will not want to miss! Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann Lovely. Let's get this conversation started. We have a great guest joining me today William Deck. William is an executive coach, corporate consultant and inspirational speaker that values integrity, transparency and accountability. With over 10 years of experience in workforce development, corporate training, and sales leadership, WM is committed to helping organizations and the teams therein identify and remove self-limiting beliefs that could impede their growth and long term success. For this reason, he understands that transformational change can only be achieved by identifying the root cause for personal and organizational dysfunction. Using real-world examples, William sheds light on the power of the subconscious mind and the value of developing one's mental fitness. He believes that through the proper use of one's thoughts, feelings and imagination, we can become the conscious creator of our lives circumstances. Therefore he understands and has proven that personal empowerment leads to organizational empowerment and success over time. William is passionate about sharing his message of self love and healing with the world, which is why his tagline states, people and organizations don't need motivation. They need transformation. In his free time, William enjoys yoga and traveling with his wife, Lauren, son, William and daughter, Sophia. William, I am so excited to have you come and join me and talk with me today. William Deck 02:44 I am too I know we recently had a meeting and I had amazing conversation. And I'm looking forward to a whole lot more today. And so ready to jump in? Leighann Lovely 02:54 Yeah. So why don't you start off by telling me and the audience a little bit about your background and yourself? William Deck 03:01 Sure, sure. So once again, my name is William deck, and I'm the founder and CEO of mind business LLC. And we're a coaching and consulting firm that's really focused in on mental fitness education. And what that really means is that we help organizations and the individuals they're in to remove their self sabotage barriers from a mental and emotional level. Because the keys to success are not visible. They're invisible principles and ideas and belief systems that manifest in our behaviors and disciplines that cause these good outcomes to happen. And we help organizations and once again, those people in the in the team members to actually see where they're getting in their own way, and how they can get out of their own way. Because ultimately, we have to make good decisions with clarity in order to be able to make a transformational change. We can't just Helter Skelter, you know, kind of find our way there just by floating around in that atmosphere. It's about...

Something that we often that we forget is that people do better, even thrive, in environments that they feel comfortable and welcome in. Jennifer Rundell reminded me of this, she taught me a couple of tricks for my own space and has great advice on how you can make employees more productive with a couple of simple changes. We all know that sitting all day is not good for you and sitting under bad lighting is even worse, but there is so much more that goes into creating a healthy environment. It is not enough just to eliminate the bad things we also have to focus on offering the healthy. Join me and Jennifer for a great conversation about how a couple of simple things can make all the difference. Contact Jennifer LinkedIN - linkedin.com/in/jennifer-rundell-7b904a19 Website - rundellredesign.com E-mail - info@rundellredesign.com Leighann Lovely 00:20 HR professionals, business owners and operations at all levels are struggling to figure out what needs to change. Our system has been shocked practices have been questioned, and conversations are finally happening. We all know there has been a huge shift in what people want. inclusion and diversity are common phrases. But often misunderstood generations are coming together more than ever on what's important. Mental health has been brought to the forefront of everyone's mind. Let's humanize these conversations. Let's talk about what's important for employees to be successful in life and at their job and how companies can create an environment to allow them to do both because successful people will make up a successful workforce. I'm Leighann lovely. Let's get this conversation started. Today I am joined by an amazing woman who has helped educate me on the importance of the environment we work, play and live in Jennifer Rudell of Rundell Redesign. She has always had a passion for design. From the time she was little she was rearranging spaces in order to create a more harmonious feel. While her friends were playing dress up with their Barbies, she was busy setting up the furniture and accessories in Barbies home so she would be ready to entertain when Ken and all of his friends stopped by for a visit. Fast forward a few years. After countless hours, helping friends family members and coworkers redesign their homes, businesses and special events. It was time to open up Rundell Redesign. Owning her own business has not only given her the freedom to help her clients reimagine their best lives by redesigning their work life and play. It has also allowed her to create spaces where her clients can give their clients a memorable experience from the moment they walk through the door when she is not rearranging furniture or checking out the latest deals and steals in the Milwaukee's fabulous resale shops. You can find her soaking up some fresh air and sunshine on or near the water sharing a few laughs until you cry moments with her family or singing loudly in the car along with her favorite radio station. Jennifer, welcome to the show. I'm excited to have you. Jennifer Rundell 02:43 Thank you, Leighann. It's a pleasure having the opportunity to chat with you. Leighann Lovely 02:46 So from all of the guests that I've had, you actually run a very unique, a unique business. But in talking with you, you kind of educated me as to why this conversation is very important. So why don't you start off by telling us what you do and a little bit about yourself? Jennifer Rundell 03:08 Okay, oh my gosh, boy, that's an open ended question. So my goal is I help people reimagine their best lives by redesigning where they work, live and play. So what in the world? Does that mean? People often ask me, okay, that's fine. But what does that mean? So I will go into a space and I will help design an optimal experience for your client. And sometimes your client is you. Leighann Lovely 03:39 Excellent. So tell me how that relates to our conversation today? And what that you know what that...