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The only podcast you need to listen to sharpen your business acumen. Learn the ways of massive value creation: Grow beyond measure, make more money and lead a meaningful life.
The only podcast you need to listen to sharpen your business acumen. Learn the ways of massive value creation: Grow beyond measure, make more money and lead a meaningful life.
Aleena Taufiq is a Data Scientist at the Global Network & Technology and the Founder/Executive Director of Geared Up, a nonprofit organization that brings engineering enrichment programs to underprivileged schools across the country. Aleena started with Verizon as a campus hire in 2018, and has worked on a variety of projects within VBG. In January 2020, Aleena received the VBG All In Award. In May 2018, Aleena graduated from Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, TX with Bachelor's degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics. She also recently graduated with her Master's Degree in Systems Engineering from SMU in May 2019. At SMU, she was involved in biomedical engineering research for UT Southwestern Medical Center, served as a senator in the Student Government and worked as a tour guide for the engineering school. In her free time, Aleena loves giving back to the community. In 2016, Aleena founded Geared Up, an engineering program for disadvantaged students. It initially began as a local after-school program at one school in Dallas, but she had the opportunity to expand Geared Up to eight schools across the nation in low-income areas as well as in military-based communities. Aleena is continuing to work on her initiative, and she hopes to help provide equal STEM education to students all over the world. She recently transformed this program into an official non-profit organization. Aleena is very passionate about Geared Up, so if you ever want to learn more about it, don't hesitate to reach out!
You only need one person to believe in you and that person can be you!
As the founder and leader of the growing Hestia Realtors, Principal Broker and Commercial Director Maria Fernanda Delgado is bringing 18 years of hands-on skills in the real estate arena. She is currently serving as President of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) Washington DC Chapter. In this interview, Maria tells us about graduating with her Masters in Computer Science from American University on her last month of pregnancy with her first child, her career as an IT project manager and pivotal career change that made her a successful business owner today. Moreover, her decision to move into real estate business was concurrent to her divorce and responsibility to raise three kids as a single mom.
"Everyday at 6pm I was with my kids, from 6-8pm, it was their time consistently for the last 18 years"
Mladen Maksic is a SEO consultant and CEO at Play Media. He has worked with numerous clients from startups to Fortune 500 companies, from Procter & Gamble to Royal Dutch Shell, creating marketing strategies and helping them take their businesses to the top of Google for most competitive keywords.
Anar Umurzak, Director and a Trainer at GOPM startup consultancy firm in Greater Washington Area, with over 13 years of professional PM experience in various organizations such as Accenture, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and GOPM consultancy. Presidential Scholar of the Republic of Kazakhstan, who graduated with MS in PM from The George Washington University, PMP and PRINCE2 Practitioner. Currently, she focuses on helping executives and PMs create winning harmonious teams and increase productivity through improving morale. She is also a host of podcast "Open School of Business", where she interviews prominent figures in business and entrepreneurship.
“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.” – Leo F. Buscaglia. I used to worry about productivity and time management until I realized it was holding me back, instead I started making sure everything I do is strategic and impactful to maximize my time and enjoy the process. So I created a new approach I call "Marie Kondo" your to do list. In a nutshell, it's about making a strategic plan that will require 20% of your time but will bring you 80% of your biggest results. 1) Make an exhaustive list of all of your activities 2) Categorize them into daily, weekly, monthly3) Find that are strategic, schedule focused 2 hour blocks everyday during your most productive hours to complete these tasks4) Find tasks that can be delegated:- If someone can do a better job than you- If paying someone is cheaper than your own hourly rate- If the task is not important and someone can take over this task- Share household chords with your family members5) Find time wasters and toss them outImportant: activities that bring you joy and let you gain more energy ARE also strategic, mine include weekly active quality time, movie nights with family, monthly outings with friends, working out twice per week.6) Once you delete real time wasters, you can FOCUS your time on the most strategic items
Dr. Axel Meierhoefer is the founder and CEO of Ideal Wealth Grower and Axel Meierhoefer Consulting LLC, author of THE SHIFT IN COACHING DYNAMICS. There is a common assumption in business that a person with an exceptional skill could be developed into a leader who could show others how to be successful and skilled. What is often forgotten is that people and leadership skills are very different from practical skills in business. The field of coaching is a natural extension of our human need for cooperation. This book takes a closer look at the relationship between an external business coach and the person receiving the coaching. "As a retired Air Force officer, I started my first company in 2005, focusing on consulting, employee skill development and program management. These areas remain in place these days and have grown internationally. I have always had a love for education and helping people help themselves become successful. As a business owner, I began thinking about applying profits towards retirement and research clearly indicated that owning real assets would be the best way. It’s also the path that the government supports the most. This has led to the development of a residential real estate investment portfolio currently worth about $1.5 Million. It’s still growing, and many lessons I learned are now available for me to teach, coach and mentor people. On my journey, I have made many relationships, learned about the pitfalls of purchases, and made good and bad decisions that ultimately resulted in reaching economic independence. I would love to share my expertise with your audience so they can do the same."
"Start by being a leader of your life"
Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva helps people & organizations turn change & disruptions into an opportunity - and a source of real competitive advantage - again and again. As a consultant, Nadya has helped such organizations as The Coca-Cola Company, ERG, Kohler, L'Oreal, IBM, CISCO, Erste Bank, Henkel, Knauf Insulation & many others to reinvent their products, processes, & leadership practices. As an educator, Nadya personally contributed to the development of more than 10,000 executives from over 60 countries & 20 industries. For nearly 10 years, Nadya taught courses in leadership, strategy & sustainability at IEDC- Bled School of Management, an executive education center based in the Slovene Alps, where she also served as the Coca-Cola Chaired Professor of Sustainable Development. In addition to IEDC, Nadya has been teaching in business schools around the world, including Case's Weatherhead School of Management (USA), IPADE Business School (Mexico), and CEDEP (France), where she also contributes to the Academic Committee of the school.
We have to reinvent or we will be reinvented out of our business
1. How Reinvention methodology can turn change into opportunity for people and organizations
2. What is Nadya's philosophy on balancing life and work as a working mother and a joint business owner with her husband
3. How you can join the network of Chief Reinvention Officers and start helping your company and your clients
1. Andy Kaufman (People and Projects) 2. Elise Stevens (Fix My Project Chaos and Age Defying Careers) 3. Joe Pusz (Project Management Office Hours) 4. Kate Anderson (Project Management Happy Hour) maybe you could alternate in representing the podcast? 5. Kim Essendrup (Project Management Happy Hour) 6. Kendall Lott (The PM Point of View)
1. Individual podcast information, target audience, number of listens or downloads so far, unique value proposition, how many years you have been doing it, business model, monetization strategies
2. What were the early day challenges and how have you overcome them?
3. What are the current challenges and new developments in your podcast?
4. What do you see as an ideal future for your podcast?
Kimi Hirotsu Ziemski is a project management facilitator and a coach at KSP Partnership. Leadership driven project management is the focus of Kimi’s career and success. She has published several books on "Women in Leadership" and "Impact of Culture on Teams' Productivity". She has also contributed to the 4th edition of Project Management Body of Knowledge(PMI). Using tools from multiple project management approaches, her enthusiasm for learning led her to an interesting discovery. The most effective project managers are effective because of how they lead the teams and work within their stakeholder communities. This means being invested in and focused on the leadership aspect of the efforts enhances the team’s management of the technical aspects of getting projects to the finish line.
1. What it takes to achieve success as a business owner after leaving a corporate career behind
2. Why leadership is so important in project management world and how women are succeeding in this area of expertise
3. What questions do you need to ask yourself before investing into a business idea
James Mulvany, Dr. Liesl Riddle, Belinda Kendall
"You have to stay consistent"
1. Common traits that have contributed to most popular podcasts
2. Recent developments that are changing the landscape for podcasters
3. What have inspired Dr. Liesl Riddle to start a podcast at GW’s School of Business?
4. What techniques are used to create engaging conversations and grow the audience of the podcast?
Mrs. Anar Umurzakova, Director and a Trainer at GOPM startup consultancy firm in Greater Washington Area, with over 13 years of professional PM experience in various organizations such as Accenture, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and GOPM consultancy. Presidential Scholar of the Republic of Kazakhstan, who graduated with MS in PM from The George Washington University, PMP and PRINCE2 Practitioner. Currently, she focuses on helping executives and PMs create winning harmonious teams and increase productivity through improving morale. She is also a host of podcast "Open School of Business", where she interviews prominent figures in business and entrepreneurship. "A lot of people told me that I ask good questions and sometimes even could be like an interrogator ( which hopefully isn't as scary for the speakers, but definitely, very interesting for the audience, because sometimes we do discuss the things that are essential to a story, but could be a little uncomfortable)" For a 50$ Amazon card sweepstakes, please go to www.openschoolofbusiness.com and register your email with the Leaders Group for a chance to win an Amazon card (worth of 50$)
I'm a curious mind whose favorite thing in the world is to ask questions that help me fully understand. With each episode we will uncover trends that you can use to build an algorithm to your own success.
Anar Umurzakova
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