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The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends

Interviews with successful leaders and company founders sharing stories of their career journey, great leadership, and not-so-great. It will help you become a better leader while poking fun at all the crazy shit that happens in corporate America. Hosted by Jeff Pelaccio who has over 40 years of leadership experience for every t-shirt size company - Small (4 employees) to XL (over 1 million employees). Listen, learn, and laugh each week to learn from great leaders from all walks of life.

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01:07:25

Amy Bradshaw, The Creative CFO - How To Be a Leader...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/07/24

Amy Bradshaw recently joined Capitol Bridge, LLC, and is the company’s Chief Financial Officer. In her role. Amy is responsible for scaling the organization’s financial and accounting infrastructure to support the growth of the overall company. Before joining Capitol Bridge, Amy worked with technology and services companies to evolve the accounting and finance functions. She has experience building strong teams and implementing new systems and processes to enable growth. Amy is a strong leader

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01:18:13

Mark Mears, Purposeful Growth Revolutionary - From...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/07/17

Mark Mears is a #1 Best Selling author, keynote speaker, consultant, and visionary business leader. He has a significant track record of building shareholder value—driving innovation and profitable growth among world-class, high-profile brands such as PepsiCo/Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, Frito-Lay, JCPenney, NBCUniversal, and The Cheesecake Factory. Today, Mark serves as Chief Growth Officer for LEAF Growth Ventures, LLC—a consulting firm inspiring individuals, teams, and organizations to find purpose

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01:09:38

Valerie Jennings, Social Media Pioneer - Being a 24...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/07/10

Valerie Jennings is CEO of Jennings Social Media & MarTech (JSMM - https://jsmmtech.com.), which she founded in 2003 and has grown into a highly competitive Martech agency. The agency specializes in paid media, SEO, content strategy, and influencer marketing, working with clients in the automotive industry, transportation, logistics, healthcare, beauty, financial services, travel and tourism, technology, and home services. She presented at the 2023 Midwest Digital Marketing Conference

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01:02:45

Lisa Seim, The Wall Street Connector - Being on a...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/07/03

Lisa Seim has traded and sold treasury products for various financial institutions in Austria, Germany, and NYC in the mid-80s and 90s. In July 2011, she realized the markets were lost and stuck between the new regulatory mandates of Dodd-Frank regulatory reform and coming to terms with the fact that legacy technologies had little capacity to handle the new regulatory environment. Transparency and managing risk became at the top of everyone’s list. Lisa decided to establish Strategic Exchanges to

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01:03:25

Lori Saitz, Being Zen in a Chaotic World -Why You...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/06/26

Lori Saitz is the founder and CEO of Zen Rabbit and host of the podcast “Fine is a 4-Letter Word.” An award-winning author, speaker, and broadcaster, Lori is on a mission to teach the world to be calm and grounded no matter what’s going on. High achievers come to her because they have a strong drive to be productive, but at the end of the day never feel accomplished enough. As a nationally recognized gratitude and meditation expert, Lori guides those entrepreneurs and business leaders from

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56:59

Megan Galloway, Corporate Learning Innovator -...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/06/19

Megan Galloway is on a mission to make our workplace a more authentic and human place for current and future generations to thrive. She works with Campfire (https://www.getcampfire.com/) to help managers be the best versions of themselves through innovative, community-based learning. She's spent over a decade building learning and development programs from the ground up for companies that have never had them before, including one recognized as a top global learning program. She lives in Kansas City

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45:23

Dan Hurst (Part I), Award Winning Media Talent...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/06/12

When Dan Hurst (www.DanHurst.com) was born in Texas, his parents moved. To Honduras. They thought he wouldn't find them. He grew up speaking Spanish. Well, “grew up” might be stretching it a bit. When he was 14 years old he got his first job in radio. The radio station changed its locks on him. His parents sent him to reform school. He got kicked out. He finally graduated from High School although the principal "forgot" to call his name at graduation. He spent 13 of the best years of his life in

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53:07

Dan Hurst (Part II), Award Winning Media Talent...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/06/12

When Dan Hurst (www.DanHurst.com) was born in Texas, his parents moved. To Honduras. They thought he wouldn't find them. He grew up speaking Spanish. Well, “grew up” might be stretching it a bit. When he was 14 years old he got his first job in radio. The radio station changed its locks on him. His parents sent him to reform school. He got kicked out. He finally graduated from High School although the principal "forgot" to call his name at graduation. He spent 13 of the best years of his life in

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47:41

Cody Isabel, Neuroscientist, and Start-Up Founder -...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/06/05

Cody Isabel is a brain researcher, entrepreneur, and the CEO & Co-Founder of Mind Brain and Body Lab (https://www.mindbrainbodylab.com/) which focuses on bringing successful treatment outcomes to those healing from CPTSD & anxiety caused by traumas like emotional abuse, and burnout, or after a breakup/divorce. They use AI algorithms to analyze the biometric & behavioral data to aid in the treatments we provide our clients. Their mission is to provide better ways to objectively measure, diagnose, and

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44:27

Komal Kaur, The 18-year-old Not-for-Profit Founder -...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/05/29

Komalpreet “Komal” Kaur is the 18-year-old founder of Eye of An Immigrant (https://www.eyeofanimmigrant.org/ ), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to sharing the stories of the immigrant journey and to providing resources and funds for immigrants to gain a legal pathway to citizenship. Komal is a freshman at the University of Kansas majoring in Political Science and Business Administration with a minor in Intelligence and National Security Studies on the pre-law track in the Honors

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01:07:42

Michael Smith, Award-Winning CIO - Wanting to be on...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/05/22

Michael Smith is a 25+ year veteran of the IT industry. Michael has led several complex digital and operational transformations for various companies during his career. Most recently, he led an end-to-end business and digital transformation for a national healthcare association. His efforts were recognized as recently as 2020, being named one of the 100 most innovative CIOs globally. Furthermore, his teams have been identified as some of the most innovative in the industry, including being

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54:37

Frank Bonura, The Ultimate Connector and Executive...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/05/15

Frank Bonura started as an information technology recruiter in 1979 with a focus on the contract‐for‐hire methodology. Pursuing his passion for executive recruiting he launched Alternative Search in 1984 focusing on information technology and C-level search engagements. In 1987, Frank gained a reputation for connecting people regardless of their personal or professional stations in life. By the end of the decade, he came to be known as “The Connector”. Business owners/leaders who recognize that

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56:14

Scott Burditt, Strategic Growth Advisor - Lessons...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/05/08

Scott Burditt (linkedin.com/in/scottburditt) is genuinely interested in learning about others and loves nothing more than listening to customers tell their stories of "jobs" they are trying to get done unsuccessfully. For two decades, Scott has used those moments of customer frustration to fuel business growth by creating solutions and leading anywhere from 50 to 1,000 associates in delivering these solutions to the market through sales, marketing, and customer experience. He has changed the

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58:03

Nick Giuliani, KC’s Biggest Advocate - Being a...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/05/01

Nick Giuliani is currently the Director of Sales at Dynamic Logistix. Nick has spent most of his career in the logistics and supply chain industry, with the last eight years focused on software sales and leadership. Before joining the workforce, Nick graduated from Pittsburg State University in 2009 with a degree in Marketing and played on the baseball team. Since joining his current company Dynamic Logistix in 2018, the company has gone from 28 employees and 23 million in revenue to over 120 people

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52:25

Danny Bader, Inspirational Speaker/Life Coach - Being...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/04/24

Danny Bader (www.dannybader.com) is a best-selling author and sought-after speaker whose life was transformed after he died when 8,000 volts of electricity ripped through him…then, he came back to life, from a place where he connected with “something bigger than us.” He uses his experience to lead people to create more perspective, joy, and a love that replaces weariness with inspiration, drives vision, and creates momentum for people in all areas of their lives. Danny has been inspiring the

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35:02

Steve McClain (Part I), The Servant Leader - How...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/04/17

Steve McClain’s career includes more than 30 years of diverse experience in marketing and strategy development for large corporations, as well as entrepreneurial startups. His career has been focused on consumer marketing and business development for top brands like Sprint, Ford, ADP, and USAA. Steve joined Unbound (https://www.unbound.org/) an international nonprofit organization, based in the Kansas City area, as the Chief Marketing Officer, where he leads a team of marketers, business

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30:34

Steve McClain (Part II), The Servant Leader -...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/04/17

Steve McClain’s career includes more than 30 years of diverse experience in marketing and strategy development for large corporations, as well as entrepreneurial startups. His career has been focused on consumer marketing and business development for top brands like Sprint, Ford, ADP, and USAA. Steve joined Unbound (https://www.unbound.org/) an international nonprofit organization, based in the Kansas City area, as the Chief Marketing Officer, where he leads a team of marketers, business

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28:05

Brandon Calloway (Part I), The Not-for-Profit...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/04/10

Brandon Calloway is the CEO and co-founder of Generating Income For Tomorrow (GIFT - https://www.kansascitygift.org/). As someone who grew up in the urban core of Kansas City, he has long been committed to finding ways to create transformative change in the areas of the city that needs it most, for the residents that reside there. Brandon has spent the last 10 years of his career in the business and nonprofit sectors, and he uses the combined experiences of those two worlds to drive the work

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40:01

Brandon Calloway (Part II), The Not-for-Profit...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/04/10

Brandon Calloway is the CEO and co-founder of Generating Income For Tomorrow (GIFT - https://www.kansascitygift.org/). As someone who grew up in the urban core of Kansas City, he has long been committed to finding ways to create transformative change in the areas of the city that needs it most, for the residents that reside there. Brandon has spent the last 10 years of his career in the business and nonprofit sectors, and he uses the combined experiences of those two worlds to drive the work

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26:41

Teresa Carey (Part I), The Consummate Professional -...

The Corporate Couch: Work Stories I Only Tell My Friends ·

2023/04/03

eresa Carey has more than 25 years of experience as a professional leadership coach and facilitator. Before launching PerformancePointe, Inc (www.performancepointe.com/), she held positions for the world’s second-largest document technology company in sales, professional development, and sales leadership. She was also instrumental in helping take two other companies from start-ups to rapid growth before exiting. As a coach and strategist, Teresa has led individual and organizational change in

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