Susan Freeman

February 5, 2020

Communications, Empathy, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Maria Ross

Susan Freeman

February 5, 2020

Communications, Empathy, Women Leaders

Maria Ross

Maria Ross, the founder of brand consultancy Red Slice, believes cash flow, creativity and compassion are not mutually exclusive. She advises entrepreneurs and fast-growth businesses on building irresistible brand stories to better connect with customers. Maria is the author of several books, including Branding Basics for Small Business and Rebooting My Brain and her new book is The Empathy Edge: Harnessing the Value of Compassion as an Engine for Success. She understands the power of empathy on the brand and personal levels: In 2008, shortly after launching her business, she suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm that almost killed her and inspired her memoir, Rebooting My Brain. Maria has spoken to audiences ranging from The New York Times to BlogHer and has appeared in numerous media outlets, including MSNBC, ABC News, Forbes.com and Entrepreneur. She also writes for many outlets, including columns on Entrepreneur.com and Huffington Post. Maria lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, young son, and precocious mutt.

Thanks for listening to us on Freeman Means Business “Wonder Women in Business” podcast! Empathy is not just good for society, it's great for business. Discover why cash flow, creativity, and compassion are NOT mutually exclusive, but actually co-exist beautifully for your organization's success!

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A few of the amazing women who have inspired Maria. Check them out here:

Dia Bondi: Ask Like an Auctioneer project
Leah Neaderthal: Smart Gets Paid
Melissa Cassera: OBSESSED online coaching course

Contact Maria:

Maria Ross
Speaker - Brand Strategist - Author, Red Slice

Website: www.red-slice.com

LinkedIn: in/mariajross

Twitter: redslice

IG: @redslicemaria

FB: /redslice

Available now for pre-order: THE EMPATHY EDGE: Harnessing the Value of Compassion as an Engine for Success (A Playbook for Brands, Leaders, and Teams) www.theempathyedge.com

Freeman Means Business

Susan Freeman

February 4, 2020

Podcasts, Women Leaders, STEM

Wonder Woman in Business, Lauren LaViola

Susan Freeman

February 4, 2020

Podcasts, Women Leaders, STEM

Lauren LaVioloa

Rock the Street Wall Street

Lauren LaViola started her professional journey in the Journalism world receiving her Bachelor of Science in Communication and Information at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville with a minor in Business Administration. She had a short stint in the Hospitality Industry before spreading her adventurous and inquisitive wings across the Atlantic. Lauren spent a year abroad in Spain teaching English to students aged 4 to 85 and returned to the US more self-aware and with a whole new outlook on life.

Lauren landed in Chicago where she received her Master of Science in Hospitality and Tourism Management, a Certificate in Executive Leadership, and a Certificate in Meeting and Event Management. In Chicago, she volunteered with numerous nonprofit organizations and it was her volunteer work that brought all of her skills, interests, and experiences full circle.

Lauren was the Executive Director of a national nonprofit called Children of Restaurant Employees (CORE) for 8 years and was honored to be the recipient of the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award. After growing CORE to the charity it is today, Lauren left the organization in the Fall of 2019 to follow her passion of empowering the next generation of women in her role as the COO of Rock The Street, Wall Street, a financial literacy program designed to inspire high school girls to pursue careers in finance.

As Lauren says, “The nonprofit world is where my passion presented itself loud and clear and now my career happens to be one of my favorite pastimes— helping others.”

Favorite Books:

Anything by Brene Brown - The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Braving the Wilderness...currently reading her book Dare to Lead

Contact Lauren:

Lauren LaViola

Chief Operating Officer
Rock The Street, Wall Street, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
Moving Girls Forward In The Field of Finance
(678) 637-6002 | www.rockthestreetwallstreet.com
Book a Call with me HERE!

Email: Lauren.l@rockthestreetwallstreet.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenlaviola/

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Susan Freeman

February 3, 2020

Health, Legal, Podcasts, Wellness, Books

Wonder Woman in Business, Nancy Tilton Hand

Susan Freeman

February 3, 2020

Health, Legal, Podcasts, Wellness, Books

Nancy Tilton Hand, JD is an author, trainer, coach, and speaker specializing in helping high achievers create strong and supportive social and professional networks. It is who you know, and Nancy’s passion is your success.

Nancy's expertise is built on over 30 years of experience and cutting-edge training in professional development, change management, and personal transformation. She uses proven strategies and systems that enable her clients to experience profound transformations, build solid business and social support systems, and lead more financially and personally rewarding lives.

Nancy’s latest project, an upcoming podcast “Friends on Hand”, explores the fine art of friendship and what it takes to craft strong connections in this world of digital disconnect.

Nancy’s books include:

Nancy's Book 1.jpg — Beyond Rainmaking

Rainmakers bring in money, land big clients, and find solutions for complex problems. They learn fast, negotiate well, and know everything and everyone important to their business. To get there, they learn to direct their minds and make good decisions - fast. They manage information so well that they have the extra time to keep up with current trends and cultivate contacts. Beyond Rainmaking contains over 20 effective, stand-alone techniques for taking in more and better information, managing data with less effort, and recalling it with greater accuracy. Get the advantage of learning smarter and faster than ever before. Get the advantage of:
Understanding memory and information overload
Focusing amid distractions
Being on your mental game - no matter what
Easily managing your emotions
Freedom from test and performance anxiety
Taking in more information with less time and effort
Enjoying the learning process

Buy the Book

Nancy Book 2.jpg — The Hands On Plan

Want to live more fully, joyfully, and successfully? With the right tools and mindset, you can start building that life right now.
Imagine...
*Feeling proud and fulfilled with all aspects of your life*
*Confidently embracing upcoming life events, projects, and new adventures.*
*Having a crystal-clear vision of what you want and a path to attaining it.*
Sound good? That's just a glimpse of the wonders of the Hands On Plan. You may live life without that crystal-clear vision of what you want. That makes it almost impossible to plan - leading to chaos, stress, and missed opportunities.
Take the guesswork out of your future.
The *Hands On Plan* is a system of crafting your life the way you want it to be. Discover a unique combination of powerful techniques to easily establish goals and create plans for your ideal outcomes. The power of profound personal change is truly at your fingertips and in your hands.
Experience consistent success in every area of life. From big goals, projects, exams, and presentations to relationships, health, vacations, and self-improvement - you make the plan.
You write the script.

Buy the Book

Contact Nancy:

LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/nancy-tilton-hand-3217066

Websites:

nancytiltonhand.com (Personal Website)
beyondrainmaking.com (Company Website)
negotiationninja.com (Company Website)

Email: nhtilton@gmail.com

Twitter: NancyTHand

Freeman Means Business

Susan Freeman

February 1, 2020

Legal, Women Leaders, Podcasts

Wonder Woman in Business, Olga Mack

Susan Freeman

February 1, 2020

Legal, Women Leaders, Podcasts

Olga V. Mack is the CEO of Parley Pro, a next-generation contract management company that has pioneered online negotiation technology. Olga embraces legal innovation and had dedicated her career to improving and shaping the future of law. She is convinced that the legal profession will emerge even stronger, more resilient, and more inclusive than before by embracing technology. She shares her views in her columns on the Above the Law, Bloomberg Law, Newsweek, and High Performance Counsel. Olga is also an award-winning general counsel, operations professional, startup advisor, public speaker, adjunct professor, and entrepreneur. Olga co-founded SunLaw, an organization dedicated to preparing women in-house attorneys to become general counsels and legal leaders, and WISE to help female law firm partners become rainmakers. She authored Get on Board: Earning Your Ticket to a Corporate Board Seat and Fundamentals of Smart Contract Security.

INSIGHT: Five D’s Will Determine How Well In-House Counsel Manage Contracts

…as seen in Bloomberg Law

Mack Book.jpg — Get on Board

by Olga V. Mack

Buy the Book

**A feminista who knows how to have fun with friends and family…**

Contact Olga:

Olga’s LinkedIn Profile

linkedin.com/in/olgamack

Olga’s Websites

olgamack.com (Personal Website)
womenserveonboards.com (Women Serve on Boards)

Olga’s Twitter Profile

OlgaVMack

Freeman Means Business

Susan Freeman

January 29, 2020

Podcasts, Strategy, Women Leaders, Story Telling

Wonder Woman in Business, Sarah Graves

Susan Freeman

January 29, 2020

Podcasts, Strategy, Women Leaders, Story Telling

Sarah Graves

Invite Change

Sarah Graves passionately and practically pursues the development of leaders through intentional, organic growth. She emboldens leaders to create an environment where management is expansive, willing to move with agility beyond comfort zones, and to champion the individual and collective genius within the organization. With teams in transition she inspires connection, realignment and forward progress within the awkward movements of the changing landscape. Her belief is that coaching is as essential an element for an organization as the product or service the company produces. “An employee who grows personally, grows professionally” and coaching seeds growth.

HER STORY

Working her way through college in the restaurant business, food and wine became her lifelong major. Sarah recruited, trained and coached teams opening restaurants in Portland, Laguna Beach to San Francisco, working with top chefs and designers such as Wolfgang Puck and Pat Kuleto.

She moved to her passion for wine in 1991, launching new wines and wineries for over a decade as Regional Manager at Kendall-Jackson. She was on the leadership team that took the brand direct in the state of California, a bold and innovative move. She was the Northern California sales manager and eventually returned to her roots in the Northwest in 2000. During her 13 years with the Jackson Family, she was a recruiter and trainer for merchandisers to VPs to increase sales, wine knowledge and competitive acumen. She delivered two workshops for work life balance called “Don’t Wait to Exhale” and “The Art of Listening”. She was gifted the knowledge of the importance of brand integrity by masters of the industry.

As VP of On-Premise Wine Sales at Young’s Market Company Oregon her team created and implemented incremental revenue year over year with programs such as Pinot Passion, Champagne Campaign, Banquet & Catering Initiative, Leave No Stone Unturned. Her experience in recruitment, training, preparation, strategy, has demonstrated consistently excellent results, top talent retention and job satisfaction. She celebrated and cultivated women employees and key accounts via “Women Who Love Wine” events, pairing women entrepreneurs, winery owners or winemakers and a health component whether a naturopath or nutritionist, launched an internal Toastmaster group and consistent 1:1 coaching.

Sarah studied motivation and human potential throughout her tenure eventually following her heart into becoming a fulltime professional coach. Since 2015, she has worked with executives, entrepreneurs, designers, millennial leaders, housewives, the underserved and the voiceless to live from wholeness to experience and create the life they desire and be a positive influence in the world.

She is currently the Chief Relationships Officer at inviteCHANGE, LLC, an organization that partners with individuals and enterprises across the globe for learning and development, professional coaching and coach-centered culture consulting so that they can engage boldly and be the cause of positive change in the world.

SARAH GRAVES, PCC

Chief Relationship Officer + Generative Wholeness Practitioner

W. invite CHANGE
E. sarah.graves@invitechange.com
P. 877-228-2622 Ext. 203

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SARAH’S WORLD:

Subscribe to invite CHANGE YouTube channel

LINKEDIN LIVE every Wednesday at 11 a PST/2p ET

May 2020 Where in the World is inviteCHANGE? Global webinars from iC Professional Coaches during International Coaching Week

July 20, 2020 Women in Wine: Fermenting Change in Oregon

SAVE THE DATE: September 9-11, 2020 inviteCHANGE conference Miami Beach, Fountainbleau: Thought Leaders from Around the World Actively Engaging with the Challenges of the Day

Freeman Means Business

Susan Freeman

January 28, 2020

Legal, Politics, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Chelsea Bonini

Susan Freeman

January 28, 2020

Legal, Politics, Women Leaders

Chelsea Bonini - HiRes-3.jpeg — Chelsea Bonini

KiskiLaw.com

Chelsea Bonini is a passionate advocate for education, housing, mental health awareness, disability rights and inclusive communities. Chelsea was a kindergarten and first grade teacher in the mid-90’s in the South San Francisco Unified School District and began practicing law in 2001. She now works both in-house and as outside general counsel with her firm, Kiski Law P.C., which she founded in 2010. Chelsea earned her dual B.S. in Elementary Education & Psychology from Russell Sage College in 1994, her J.D. from U.C. Hastings College of the Law in 2001, where she was elected to serve as Editor in Chief of her law journal, and she was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2001.

Chelsea served as a School Board Trustee for the San Mateo-Foster City School District from 2013-2017. She ran a close race for City Council in San Mateo in 2017, but was not successful.

She was then appointed by the San Mateo County Board of Education to serve on the Personnel Commission in 2018, where she currently serves as Chair and also serves on the Board of the California School Personnel Commissioner’s Association for Northern California.

In 2018, Chelsea co-founded snkids.org, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation dedicated to achieving equality for all children and adults with disabilities by and through trainings and tools to increase participation at all levels of democracy, including elected roles, to promote advocacy for shared knowledge of rights & responsibilities, equal systems of opportunity and justice, high expectations & accountability for success, and inclusionary communities. Snkids.org is changing its name to “Not Without Us” in 2020 to emphasize its goal of ensuring that persons with disabilities and their allies have seats at the tables where decisions are made.

Chelsea was appointed to serve on the San Mateo County Commission on Disabilities in 2019, where she currently serves as Chair of the Youth & Family Committee, and she is also an active member of the Disabilities Caucus of the California Democratic Party. Chelsea has been an elected Delegate to the California Democratic Party for Assembly District 22 since 2015, as the elected AD22 Executive Board Representative since 2017, most recently reelected to another term for both positions in 2019 to serve through 2020.

Chelsea has also served on the Executive Board and as Secretary of the Peninsula Democratic Coalition, the largest and oldest Democratic Club in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, since 2018, and she was appointed as a District 2 Alternate for the San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee in 2019, where she also serves as the Committee’s Clubs Liaison and as a member of the Bylaws Committee.

Chelsea grew up in Tahoe and San Francisco, and now lives in San Mateo with her husband and two sons (in middle & high school). She spends a lot of time watching her boys play basketball and baseball, and she has and continues to serve in a number of community leadership and volunteer capacities. Chelsea is also currently a candidate for the San Mateo County Board of Education, as the Board’s Area 4 Trustee. Her campaign is centered upon the notion that community allies and collaborative practices are essential components of school success – that we are Much Better Together. Chelsea hopes to win this seat on the Board of Education in the upcoming November 2020 Countywide election, challenging a longtime incumbent.