Wonder Woman in Business, Judy Hoberman

Judy Hoberman

Walking on the Glass Floor and

SELLING IN A SKIRT

Judy Hoberman, President of Walking on the Glass Floor and Selling In A Skirt- International Speaker, Trainer, Coach, Author and Mentor. Her 30 years in business has given her both the knowledge and sense of humor about how men and women sell, work and live differently will enlighten you in learning how both genders can support each other’s successes in a more productive way.

Her audiences, from 10 to 10,000 are engaged with details wrapped in memorable      stories that are easily implemented that same day. In 2016 she was a TEDx speaker talking about pre-judging people, something we all do without even thinking. She is the author of “Selling In A Skirt”, “Famous Isn’t Enough”, “Pure Wealth” and newest book, “Walking on the Glass Floor”. A complete training program rounds out the training and development of women in leadership and the men that champion them. As her book was coming off the printing press, Judy completed a program from Cornell University's College of Business in Women in Leadership and a second program for Women in Entrepreneurship.

She was named as a “Woman to Watch” for International Women’s Day 2019 from Thrive Global.

Judy’s mission…to help One Woman A Day by following an important philosophy-“Women want to be treated equally, not identically” ™

Judy says, “Family first”! Below are pictures of her books and her family.

CLICK LINK BELOW to view Judy’s TEDx Talk

Enjoy the podcast.

Judy Hoberman

Contact Judy:

"Women Want To Be Treated Equally...Not Identically"™

TEDx Speaker https://youtu.be/Kgk-3QEM6tw 

Women to Watch 2019 https://bit.ly/2u2tp26

C-Suite Radio https://bit.ly/33xjtgI

Email: judy@sellinginaskirt.com

Phone: 203-605-3635

www.sellinginaskirt.com

www.walkingontheglassfloor.com

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Wonder Woman in Business, Stephanie Kusibab

Stephanie Kusibab

Stephanie Kusibab is a strategy consultant with more than twenty years’ experience assisting client organizations with strategic planning, mission and vision creation, market analysis, leadership development and identification of new business opportunities. Her broad business experience and perspective help her to quickly understand and assess a situation and identify growth opportunities across any industry or profession. As a skilled facilitator she leads high-stakes conversations and training that resets expectations and establishes ground rules for ongoing success of leadership teams and boards of directors. Stephanie also helps organizational leaders guide their teams during uncertain times with leadership, change management and strategy coaching and serves as a sounding board and unbiased observer to help identify opportunities for improved performance.

Stephanie owns and manages Essentiam, a strategy consultancy serving both non-profit and for-profit organizations and their leaders.

Prior to starting her own firm, Stephanie applied her core competencies as a primary driver in the ongoing growth of numerous SmithBucklin association management clients, including in staff roles for the Legal Marketing Association (LMA), the Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA), Palo Alto Networks’ User Group (Fuel), and the Battery Council International (BCI). As a consultant and strategic advisor at SmithBucklin, Stephanie contributed to strategy and change management initiatives for client organizations across a wide variety of industries and professions, including healthcare, accreditation, technology, telecommunications, building products, retail, hospitality, professional services, manufacturing and transportation.

On safari with family

Made a new friend while on safari

At the World Series with son

Enjoy the podcast.

Stephanie Kusibab

Contact Stephanie:

Stephanie Kusibab

Principal Consultant

312.343.0074

Strategy|Governance|Leadership|Growth

www.EssentiamStrategy.com

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Wonder Woman in Business, Shannon Knuth

Shannon Knuth

SVP, Marketing and Content Management

Shannon Knuth is a designer, communicator, tech enthusiast, brand creator, art director, project manager, and graphic storyteller – a true professional generalist who eats and breathes marketing.

Marketing is a vital service line for many industries, and the demand for visualization and communication in how and where we work is higher than ever. Navigating through today’s ever-changing work experience and environment faces unmatched competition for the awareness bandwidth of our intended audiences.

Always mindful of this, Shannon is continuously on the lookout for strategic ways to infuse best practices both within and outside her organization. Because her experience and passion lie within design, tech, and communications, she is passionate about leading challenging projects that facilitate growth on the industry level. 

Baby wrangling my daughter - the juggle is REAL being a working mom.

Photo of my partial marketing team at a big media event celebrating our sponsorship with the US Sailing Team.

On set (The San Francisco Bay) directing an on- water video shoot of the US Sailing Team for an artistic large format display at 100 First Street.

The loves of my life. My husband, Rick, and my daughter, Charlotte (10 months).

Enjoy the podcast.

Shannon Knuth

CONTACT SHANNON:

SHANNON KNUTH

Senior Vice President, Marketing and Content Management

KILROY REALTY CORPORATION
100 First Street, Suite 250 | San Francisco, CA 94105

415.778.7779   DIRECT
415.866.0922   MOBILE
sknuth@kilroyrealty.com
www.kilroyrealty.com

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CLICK IMAGE BELOW: Kilroy Realty’s on-water video shoot of the US Sailing Team for an artistic large format display at 100 First Street in San Francisco, CA.

About Kilroy Realty Corporation

Kilroy Realty Corporation (KRC), a publicly traded real estate investment trust and member of the S&P MidCap 400 Index, is one of the West Coast’s premier landlords. The company has over 70 years of experience developing, acquiring and managing office and mixed-use real estate assets. 

Kilroy Realty is deeply aware that its organization thrives when the communities it serves also thrive. Their corporate giving program reflects a core belief that strong communities, growing industries, and a healthy planet are critical for a bright future. The corporation also prides itself on its commitment to programs and organizations that promote these ideals, including sustainability initiatives, community wellbeing, education, diversity, and innovation.

Kilroy Realty’s Sustainability Program incorporates environmental, social, and governance aspects of its operations. Its corporate social programs, which span three interacting divisions, include Human Capital Development, with one of those three pillars being diversity. Kilroy’s Human Capital Development goals are focused on enhancing employee growth, satisfaction, and wellness while maintaining a diverse and thriving culture: 57% of Kilroy’s workforce is female, with almost one-third of women in leadership roles; and nearly 40% is non-white.

Wonder Woman in Business, Nassim Abdi

Nassim Abdi

CEO of StoryBolt

Nassim Abdi, Co-Founder and CEO of StoryBolt

Nassim Abdi is an entrepreneur and educator, dedicated to using the medium of documentary film to raise awareness of critical global issues. As the co-founder of StoryBolt, she set out to provide corporate and academic institutions with access to short documentary films from across the world: the platform offers on-demand streaming of over 2,800 short films from 112 countries, tackling subjects including mental health, gender equality, food security, and wartime trauma. Most importantly, StoryBolt connects audiences with the filmmakers themselves, initiating vital conversations through live Q&A sessions.

The key insights which shaped StoryBolt’s business model were drawn from Nassim’s personal experience. Born and raised in Iran, she studied journalism at the University of Tehran and starred in an internationally acclaimed film, Secret Ballot (Sony Pictures, 2001), which won the Special Director's Award and the UNICEF Award at the Venice Film Festival. Shortly after the film’s release, Nassim moved to the US as a graduate student, where she was invited to several Q&A sessions related to the film; at the same time, she was studying educational leadership and went on to do a Ph.D. in International Education Policy at the University of Maryland (UMD). She subsequently pursued a career in higher education, teaching courses on women's studies, alternative education and transnational feminism, at universities including UMD, Purdue University-Fort Wayne and Worcester State University.

Nassim has always been driven by a core belief that education is the most powerful force to change the world. Nonetheless, she realized that she needed to innovate a new method of teaching to help audiences engage with stories outside their experience. As a young teacher, Nassim faced the difficulties of conveying the impact of war to American students. When the class failed to connect with her own experience during the Iran-Iraq war, she tried another tactic: screening a short documentary film and inviting the filmmaker for a Q&A session. The reaction from the students was radically different; from that moment on, Nassim resolved to use film as a tool to foster cultural awareness and empathy.

Together with her co-founders, she gathered a team of dedicated individuals and launched StoryBolt in 2017. As the company enters its next phase of development, Nassim has become a major spokesperson for the use of social documentaries in education: she is an accomplished public speaker, and has presented at conferences and screenings throughout the US. She has been interviewed on public radio (WBEZ), and is a regular speaker at events run by the Comparative and International Education Society. Based in Chicago, she is a key figure in the city’s film and entrepreneurship scene, and she is committed to helping young people to flourish; she serves as a mentor for the city’s Big Brothers Big Sisters initiative, and is a keen supporter of Launch X, Northwestern University’s young entrepreneurs’ program.

StoryBolt started as a resource for academic institutions, but has since expanded to become a powerful tool for corporations to educate and engage their employees. As the CEO of a thriving tech company, Nassim has seen her career take many forms: journalism, acting, teaching, and entrepreneurship. Her vocation, however, remains resolutely the same: to give a voice to underrepresented communities, and to promote radical global change through the power of visual storytelling.

Click below to see film clip:

Enjoy the podcast.

Nassim Abdi

Nassim Abdi

Co-founder, CEO

Pronouns: (she/her/hers) (What's this?)

301-741-6630 | nassim@storybolt.com    

www.storybolt.com
(rebranded from docademia.com)

“There’s only one thing on the planet that is obsessed with growth for growth’s sake — and that is cancer.”~Simon Sinek

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Wonder Woman in Business, Sarah Cheek, R.N.

Sarah Cheek

Sarah Cheek is a certified Lean Leader. Since 2009, she has led multiple organizations in full scale adoptions of Lean Management. Sarah has facilitated hundreds of people in Kaizen (aka rapid improvement) workshops, and she has trained all levels of staff ranging from executives to front line employees in Lean Management. 

Sarah was born with a desire to help and serve. She naturally found herself drawn towards a career in healthcare. After earning her degree in nursing, she jumped into the deep end in the Intensive Care Unit at UCLA Medical Center. What better environment to serve humanity than when patients and families are in their most powerless and vulnerable state? Sarah was honored to be in their service.

During her first year in the Bay Area, Sarah was fortunate enough to be selected to participate in the inaugural Lean activity at the hospital where she worked. Sarah immediately witnessed and experienced the value of this management method. Lean gave the front line staff (the true experts) a voice to advocate for improvements to better serve the patients. She was hooked.

After that first Lean workshop, Sarah served as a Lean Champion in her department and since has held director positions leading entire organizations through Lean Transformations. She has taken the principles and tools and applied them across a variety of venues from corporations to small businesses and now into people’s lives.

Visit website for more: www.leanintoliving.com

The principles of Lean are intuitive and adaptable into any environment looking to improve the quality of an experience by improving efficiency through eliminating waste. The customer or end user wins by having a stellar experience; the employee or service provider wins because they were able to deliver the product of service with ease; and the business or home wins in having happy customers, cost reduction due to increased efficiency, and loyal and fulfilled employees.

As a working mother of two energetic boys, Sarah recognized the need to apply these principles to her home life in hopes to create more quality time with them and less mom guilt. She struggled in juggling; managing a household, making meals, cleaning the house, spending time with her kids, getting homework done, connecting with her husband, getting  a moment of alone time.

Sarah realized that she wasn't the mom or woman she wanted to be. Something had to give! This way of living was not sustainable. There had to be a better way of "doing" life. Turns out there was!

Sarah started applying the Lean tools that she'd been studying and implementing, over the prior 7 years, to her home life and BAM! Life instantly changed! Her perspectives and attitudes shifted to ease and relief in each of the areas as she applied the Lean principles. Sarah found she had more time and less stress. She created systems to support living better. Her first achievement was that she gained back 2 hours a week by just improving her laundry process; no added resources or money spent.

Sarah's desire is to share these adapted tools with the world and give people their time back to engage and live more deliberately. Lean Into Living provides the tools to raise consciousness in every home by bringing more ease and grace to living and experiencing life.

Enjoy the podcast.

Sarah Cheek, R.N.

Connect with Sarah:

Website: www.leanintoliving.com

Instagram: @leanintoliving

Facebook: Lean Into Living

Email: Sarah@leanintoliving.com

Wonder Woman in Business, Dr. Dena Samuels

Dena Samuels, Ph.D.

Dena Samuels, Ph.D., serves as a mindfulness-based diversity, equity, and inclusion author, speaker, leadership trainer, and consultant. As an award-winning tenured professor, Dr. Samuels taught at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs for 20 years while consulting nationally and internationally. She now consults full-time on mindful, inclusive leadership development. Her passions include inspiring people to raise their personal and social awareness to live more fulfilling, connected, and meaningful lives; and assisting organizations, campuses, and corporations in building more diverse, equitable, and inclusive cultures.

At heart, I am an educator with a passion for increasing your connection and sense of belonging in the world. I am also a springboard to help you reach your own and your organization’s inspired potential.

Dr. Samuels’ latest book, The Mindfulness Effect: an unexpected path to healing, connection, & social justice (Night River Press, 2018) offers 25 mindfulness practices and activities for health/wellness, self-empowerment, culturally inclusive leadership, social and environmental justice. The book has an accompanying journal/workbook, and she teaches an online course that guides readers through each chapter. Her previous book, The Culturally Inclusive Educator: Preparing for a Multicultural World (Teachers College Press, 2014) provides specific strategies for building cultural inclusion both personally and institutionally.

Enjoy the podcast.

Dena Samuels, Ph.D.

Contact Dr. Samuels:

Dena R Samuels, Ph.D., RYT
Dena Samuels Consulting: http://www.denasamuels.com/
Mindfulness-Based Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Author, Speaker, Leadership Trainer & Transformation Coach

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Ph: 719.661.6544
Denver, CO

To make an appointment with Dr. Samuels, please click here

Dena Samuels Consulting and link to www.denasamuels.com

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