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157. Joanne Lipman - What’s Next? A Reinvention Roadmap

“A key attribute of aha moments is that they feel right, they feel correct and they feel new…Some people say it's like a religious experience, it's been handed to you.”
“You can go forward. That's the key to post traumatic growth: you're moving forward.”
“Should you follow your gut feeling? The short answer is yes, in most cases…Gut feeling is actually based on information…you've already experienced in your life.”
Joanne Lipman is a pioneering journalist and the bestselling author of NEXT! The Power of Reinvention in Life and Work and the No. 1 bestseller THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID: What Men and Women Need to Know About Working Together. She has served as Editor-in-Chief of USA Today, USA Today Network, Conde Nast Portfolio, and The Wall Street Journal’s Weekend Journal, leading those organizations to six Pulitzer Prizes. She is also an on-air CNBC contributor and Yale University journalism lecturer.
Previously, Lipman was Chief Content Officer of Gannett, where she was Editor-in-Chief of its USA Today and the USA Today Network, encompassing the flagship publication plus 109 metro newspapers including the Detroit Free Press, the Des Moines Register, and the Arizona Republic. In that role, she oversaw more than 3,000 journalists and led the organization to three Pulitzer prizes.
Lipman began her career as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, ultimately rising to deputy managing editor – the first woman to attain that post – and supervising coverage that won three Pulitzer Prizes. While there she created Weekend Journal and Personal Journal, and oversaw creation of the Saturday edition. She subsequently was founding editor-in-chief of Conde Nast Portfolio magazine, which won Loeb and National Magazine Awards.
Lipman’s work has been published in numerous outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Time, Fortune, Newsweek and the Harvard Business Review. She has appeared as a television commentator on ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, and PBS, among others. She is a frequent public speaker, with engagements including the World Economic Forum in Davos, the United Nations, the Aspen Ideas Festival, TEDx, the International Lean In conference, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Milken Institute Global conference, and has worked with numerous companies on issues of gender equity, diversity and inclusion. She also is co-author, with Melanie Kupchynsky, of the acclaimed music memoir “Strings Attached.”
A winner of the Matrix Award for women in communications, Lipman was the inaugural Distinguished Journalism Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. She has served or is currently serving on boards including Yale University Council; the World Editors Forum; the Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy; the Yale Daily News; Spirited Media; the Yale Alumni Magazine (chair); the Knights chamber orchestra, and the advisory boards of Data.world, Breastcancer.org, The Wire China, and the Yale School of Music. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She and her husband live in New York City and are the parents of two adult children.
R.O.G. Takeaway Tips:
Embrace your reinvention roadmap: Search, Struggle, Stop, Solution
Use rejection as fuel. 
Change your location; change your life.
Take a break. Use the 90 minute rule.
One is when you do have a goal. Share your goal. 
Reach out to your weak and dormant ties.
Resources:
About Joanne Lipman
Next! by Joanne Lipman
That's What She Said by Joanne Lipman
Men aren't the enemy: Everything working women want you to know | Joanne Lipman | TEDxPenn
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How diverse is your network? N.D.I. Network Diversity Index
What is your Generosity Style?  Generosity Quiz
Credits:
Joanne Lipman, Sheep Jam Productions, Host Shannon Cassidy, Bridge Between, Inc.
Coming Next: Please join us next week, Episode 158, with Rich Jennings.

156. Daisy Auger-Domínguez - Leading with Humanity: Guide to Modern Management

“It really is about those micro moments that we experience every day. That's culture.”
“We have this collective exhaustion that we're also not talking about.”
Daisy Auger-Domínguez is an accomplished executive and dynamic leader widely recognized for her ability to lead organizational transformations on the leading edge of people and culture. A natural storyteller and team-builder with a purpose-driven mindset, Daisy launched her career at Moody's Investors Service. She subsequently held leadership roles at The Walt Disney Company, Google, Time Warner, and Viacom. Most recently, she served as Global Chief People Officer at Vice Media, overseeing and guiding the end-to-end employee experience, including DEI, ESG, and corporate facilities. Additionally, Daisy founded Auger-Domínguez Ventures, a workplace strategy consultancy.
Daisy's bold advocacy for inclusive, courageous, and competent management in the modern workplace positions her as a sought-after speaker and thought leader in management, leadership, diversity, equity and inclusion, workplace culture, and the future of work. Driven to build workplace cultures rooted in human-centered shared values and purpose — cultures that work for everyone while enhancing performance — Daisy authored Inclusion Revolution and has a forthcoming book titled From Burned Out to Lit Up: A Manager’s Guide. She has been featured in publications like Harvard Business Review and IDEAS.TED. Her contributions have earned her prestigious honors, including Brooklyn Community Service's Social Impact award, Hispanic Executive's Top 10 Leaders, People en Español's 25 Most Powerful Women, ADCOLOR Legend, Council of Urban Professionals Change Agent, Walter Kaitz Foundation Changemaker, and the New York City Council Leadership in Community Service Award.
Daisy serves on the boards of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and St. Ann's Warehouse, as well as the Board of Trustees of her alma mater, Bucknell University.
R.O.G. Takeaway Tips:
Silence shapes us, and hurts us.
Appreciate your mentors, sponsors and allies.
Build the bravery muscle.
Human centric leadership: safety, comfort, belonging.
Self-care is essential. Can’t fill up others with an empty cup. 
Send notes of inspiration.
Resources:
About Daisy Auger-Domínguez
Inclusion Revolution | Daisy Auger Domínguez | TEDxPearlStreet
"Getting Over Your Fear of Talking About Diversity" by Daisy Auger-Domínguez
"How to Proactively Defuse Tension on Your Team" by Daisy Auger-Domínguez 
How to Reinvent your Workplace Culture with Vice’s Daisy Auger-Dominguez
Leading With Empathy & Allyship EP4: Amplifying The Latinx Experience With Daisy Auger-Domínguez
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How diverse is your network? N.D.I. Network Diversity Index
What is your Generosity Style?  Generosity Quiz
Credits:
Daisy Auger-Domínguez, Sheep Jam Productions, Host Shannon Cassidy, Bridge Between, Inc.
Coming Next: Please join us next week, Episode 157, with Joanne Lipman.

155. Hannah Wunsch - Generosity in Healthcare: Learning from History

“This is very much an origin story for an entire specialty in medicine, critical care. …and to see how far we've come really does make one stop and appreciate what we take for granted a lot of the time, which is modern medical care.”
Hannah Wunsch is a critical care doctor and Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Born in Boston and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Hannah attended Harvard College, graduating with a BA in Biology. She attended Washington University School of Medicine and received a Master's Degree in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She completed an anesthesia residency and critical care fellowship at Columbia University. She was on faculty in the Department of Anesthesiology at Columbia and then at the University of Toronto where she held a Canada Research Chair, before moving to Weill Cornell Medicine in 2023.
Hannah holds research funding from the NIH, US Department of Defence and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Her work focuses on the delivery and outcomes of critical care using large databases. Her research has been published in The Lancet, JAMA, BMJ and many specialty journals.
Hannah is the author of the book The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care. Her writing has also appeared in The Globe & Mail, The Literary Review of Canada, McSweeney's, and other journals. She lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and the village of Woods Hole on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
R.O.G. Takeaway Tips:
Be willing to hear other opinions.
Have the courage to speak up.
Gain appreciation for your community - and contribute to it.
Check in with people. Support others. 
Equity, diversity and inclusion are critical.
Resources:
About Hannah Wunsch 
The Autumn Ghost with Hannah Wunsch
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How diverse is your network? N.D.I. Network Diversity Index
What is your Generosity Style?  Generosity Quiz
Credits:
Hannah Wunsch, Sheep Jam Productions, Host Shannon Cassidy, Bridge Between, Inc.
Coming Next: Please join us next week, Episode 156, with Daisy Auger-Domínguez.

154. Jill Bramble - 4-H | Head, Heart, Hands, Health

“All young people have potential. That they're not problems to be fixed. They all have potential, which is a different starting point.”
“4-H is the largest youth development organization in this country...I get a front row seat to seeing generosity every single day…our donors are investing millions into young people for their future…the half a million volunteers we have across this country that are giving their time to young people…4-H educators that are in every county that give tirelessly as mentors to young people.”
Jill Bramble is President and Chief Executive Officer at National 4-H Council, the nonprofit partner to Cooperative Extension’s 4-H program. An experienced nonprofit leader, she has dedicated more than 18 years of service to National 4-H Council, starting as a grant writer and rising through the ranks to join the executive leadership team in 2013.
A fourth generation 4-H’er from Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Jill knows firsthand the life-changing impact of 4-H programs and volunteers. A champion of young people and their ability to drive change, she is motivated every single day to pay it forward and ensure these same opportunities are available to all youth.  Jill has cultivated teams and organizations to grow the impact of their missions through sustainable, social impact investments. Prior to stepping into her role as CEO, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer focusing on the enterprise alignment of people, marketing, partnerships, and processes to drive revenue and ensure all young people have the opportunity to access 4‑H’s positive youth development programs.
As Council’s Chief Development Officer, she led a team of development professionals and oversaw a portfolio of corporate and foundation partnerships that raised more than $35 million annually to grow and support Cooperative Extension’s 4-H program.   Before joining National 4-H Council, Jill was a senior consultant for Just Cause Consulting where she led strategic planning and grant-writing for nonprofit organizations on the East Coast. Prior to her consulting work, Jill was the Income Development Director for the Mid-Atlantic Division of the American Cancer Society where she led fundraising and local board development in Maryland and Delaware.
Jill received a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Colorado and a Master of Science in Nonprofit Administration from the University of Maryland. Jill and her husband, Scott, have two children, Nick and Jordan.
R.O.G. Takeaway Tips:
Find your spark. 
Creating a culture of gratitude. Gratitude makes optimism sustainable.
Investing in young people and youth.  Walk alongside, believe in them and help them recover from their failure.
Give back to your community.
Make a difference in the lives of young people. Help them find their spark.
Resources:
4-H.org 
Clover
Find your local 4-H
Ag to Gen Z: Gen Z's Impact on Agriculture 
An Exciting New Chapter
The 4-H Pledge:
I pledge my head to clearer thinking,My heart to greater loyalty,My hands to larger service,and my health to better living,for my club, my community, my country, and my world.
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How diverse is your network? N.D.I. Network Diversity Index
What is your Generosity Style?  Generosity Quiz
Credits:
Jill Bramble, Sheep Jam Productions, Host Shannon Cassidy, Bridge Between, Inc.
Coming Next: Please join us next week, Episode 155, with Hannah Wunsch.

153. Lori LeBas - Kindness, Karma, Culture, Career

“You need to put boundaries in place. You need to live your life...If you don't ever see anything but the work that's in front of you, you lack the perspective to think bigger.”
As head of the business operations team for The Walt Disney Company’s Platform Distribution segment, Lori LeBas supports the development and distribution of products and services that create meaningful value for the company, its partners, and consumers. She is focused on the design and implementation of business processes for efficient management and operation of all media distribution including linear networks, SVOD/AVOD/TVOD, transactional, syndication, audio and direct-to-consumer products. LeBas also leads the creation of cross-functional business requirements for new products, as well as oversight of all post-sales processes for content distribution across all platforms.
LeBas was elevated to her current position of Executive Vice President in early 2022 after serving as Senior Vice President of Platform Distribution Operations since 2020. The Platform Distribution business unit within TWDC that manages all third-party media sales efforts for distribution and affiliate-related business operations for all of the Company's direct-to-consumer services and linear media networks and content sales agreements for General Entertainment, Studios and Sports.
Prior to her current role, LeBas led affiliate marketing and operations for the company’s affiliate sales and marketing division.  She was accountable for the marketing impact on the growth and success of the Disney and ESPN Media Networks businesses including cable networks, broadband, video on demand, pay per view and all emerging media businesses plus director to consumer platform partner marketing.  She also led technical and operational projects advancing the content distribution business and managing engagement across The Walt Disney Company and with distribution partners on product integration and existing service expansion including adoption and engagement of live streaming products, video on demand and newly developed products.
Previously, LeBas was Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Operations for the company’s sales and marketing division overseeing a global advertising sales operations team responsible for all post-sales processes for television, digital and magazine and oversight of the affiliate operations team responsible for all post-sales processes for content distribution for television and digital platforms.  She provided financial support and oversight for affiliate sales and marketing and ad sales and operational support for research and marketing.
LeBas joined ESPN in 2000 as Director, Affiliate Sales Development and Operations, responsible for, among other things, helping develop, pricing and packaging policies for ESPN’s domestic networks and overseeing ESPN relationships with distribution partners.  Prior to joining ESPN, LeBas held a variety of positions at SNET, lastly as President of SNET Personal Vision, Inc., the company’s cable subsidiary. She also held marketing positions at The Connecticut Ballet and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.
LeBas is a graduate of the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute and has successfully completed the CTAM Executive Development Program at Harvard University. She is an active mentor in many programs at TWDC and externally.  She has served on many Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Executive Councils and led culture development across TWDC.  She is a member of The WICT Network and formerly served as Executive Advisor for the The WICT Network New England Chapter and informal advisor for the Southern California Chapter. LeBas is also a supporter of the T. Howard Foundation and NAMIC.  She has served as Executive Champion for Employee Resources Groups across TWDC, supporting women, emerging leaders and the enabled community.  She currently serves as the vice president of the CTAM Foundation Board and is a CTAM National Board member. 
LeBas received her undergraduate degree in Economics and German from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. She is an avid traveler, certified yoga teacher and marathon runner.  She lives in Connecticut with her husband Sean and looks forward to frequent visits with her son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter in Stockholm, Sweden.
R.O.G. Takeaway Tips:
Appreciation for your roots.
Knowing yourself. 
Recognize your superpowers.
Ask, “What's the best thing that can happen?” instead of, “What’s the worst thing that can happen?”
Seek / Create a company culture where you can thrive.
Making a mosaic with the pieces of your life.
Put the puzzle pieces of your life together in a way that tells a story.
Resources:
Cablefax Most Powerful Women - Lori LeBas (FR)
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How diverse is your network? N.D.I. Network Diversity Index
What is your Generosity Style?  Generosity Quiz
Credits:
Lori LeBas, Sheep Jam Productions, Host Shannon Cassidy, Bridge Between, Inc.
Coming Next: Please join us next week, Episode 154, with Jill Bramble..

152. Bob Burg - Go-Giver

“Law number five is the law of receptivity. This says the key to effective giving is to stay open to receiving. And this means nothing more than understanding that, yeah, you breathe out. Okay, you also have to breathe in. It's not one or the other. It's both. Breathe out carbon dioxide, breathe in oxygen, breathe out, which is giving, breathe in, which is receiving.”
For over 30 years Bob Burg has been successfully showing entrepreneurs, leaders, and sales professionals how to communicate their value and accelerate their business growth.
Although for years he was best known for his sales classic, Endless Referrals, it’s his business parable, The Go-Giver, coauthored with John David Mann that has created a worldwide movement.
While part of a four-book series, The Go-Giver itself has sold more than one million copies and been translated into 30 languages. It was rated #10 on Inc. Magazine’s list of The Most Motivational Books Ever Written, and was on HubSpot’s 20 Most Highly Rated Sales Books of All Time.
Bob is founder of The Go-Giver Success Alliance, an online Mentorship Community for successful entrepreneurs, leaders, and sales professionals, and he publishes the very popular Daily Impact email.
He is an advocate, supporter, and defender of the Free Enterprise system, believing that the amount of money one makes is directly proportional to how many people they serve.
He is also an unapologetic animal fanatic and served on the Board of Directors of Furry Friends Adoption & Clinic in his town of Jupiter, Florida.
R.O.G. Takeaway Tips:
Constantly discover what another person would find valuable about being in relationship with you. 
Ask questions and listen.
Ask yourself, How can I be a value to this person in a way that they see it as being a value?
The Five Laws of Stratospheric Success:
The Law of Value – Your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than take in payment.
The Law of Compensation – Your income is determined by how many people you serve and how well you serve them.
The Law of Influence – Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people’s interests first.
The Law of Authenticity – The most valuable gift you have to offer is yourself.
The Law of Receptivity – The key to effective giving is to stay open to receiving
Resources:
Burg.com
Books https://burg.com/books/ 
Go-Giver Success Alliance https://gogiversuccessalliance.com/
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How diverse is your network? N.D.I. Network Diversity Index
What is your Generosity Style?  Generosity Quiz
Credits:
Bob Burg, Sheep Jam Productions, Host Shannon Cassidy, Bridge Between, Inc.
Coming Next: Please join us next week, Episode 153, with Lori LeBas..

151. Stephanie Mitchko - Mind Skills

“They want boundaries. They feel safe with boundaries. They understand where they end and you begin because of boundaries. People love to understand what is expected. Those are big-hearted boundaries.”
“The way you get to be grateful in the future is to say, ‘How can I help you?’ in the present.”
Stephanie Mitchko-Beale an Emmy Award winning C-Suite executive who thrives in the space between technology and business results. She is the recent EVP & CTO at Charter Communications. As a key spokesperson and sought-after presenter, Stephanie is dedicated to raising the consciousness of leaders for a more sustainable, equitable and prosperous future. A trailblazing technology executive who has achieved remarkable success in her field, and multiple Emmy awards and a groundbreaking tech patent to her name, she embodies the epitome of leadership in the tech industry.
Prior to Joining Charter Stephanie was CTO & COO of Cadent TV. Before joining Cadent Stephanie was the SVP of Video Infrastructure Software at Cablevision, responsible for the development of the innovative Multi-Room (cloud-based) DVR system and Video On Demand. 
With more than 25 years of experience, Mitchko is a technology, media, and advanced advertising maven with a solid record of pioneering evolutionary products.
Stephanie holds a Certificate from the SCTE-Tuck Executive Leadership Program at Dartmouth, a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from NYU-Poly in New York, teaches as a guest lecturer at NYU/Stern Graduate School and is a member of the NYU Poly Enterprise Learning Board.
During her spare time, Stephanie also loves to do glass mosaic art and woodworking. She is married to her wonderful husband, David, and is a mother of three adult children.
R.O.G. Takeaway Tips:
Establish clear boundaries.
Stop acting and doing. Stop. Unleash. Lead.
20% of your time block for “thinking time”
Ask, “How can I help?” Seek to be of service.
Resources:
www.Mindskillsthebook.com
Stephanie Mitchko on LinkedIn (in/stephanie-mitchko-beale-0047124)
Bridging Media, Technology, and Leadership with Stephanie Mitchko
Where to find R.O.G. Podcast:
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How diverse is your network? N.D.I. Network Diversity Index
What is your Generosity Style?  Generosity Quiz
Credits:
Stephanie Mitchko, Sheep Jam Productions, Host Shannon Cassidy, Bridge Between, Inc.
Coming Next: Please join us next week, Episode 152, with Bob Burg.

150. Zenita Henderson - Lead with Purpose

“You got to work the room, know who you're talking to, know what you're working with.”
“Let people know you did that work, but also take the temperature in the room..let your boss be proud of you, not scared of you.”
Zenita has a deep passion for technology and has over three decades in the cable industry with Jerrold/General Instrument, Motorola, ARRIS (now Commscope) and most recently as Vice President of marketing and business development at the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE®), a subsidiary of CableLabs®.  Zenita currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer at Segra+UPN, one of the nation’s largest fiber network companies that provides best in class broadband and security solutions Nationwide. Zenita has also served in a dual capacity recently as interim Chief Revenue Officer at Segra.
Zenita is an award-winning community and industry relations activist supporting education, arts, science, technology and math (STEM/STEAM) initiatives, healthcare, diversity and inclusion programs in the cable industry. In her spare time, Zenita puts her expert marketing and relationship building skills to work with several organizations including Women in Cable Telecommunications Greater Philadelphia as Executive Champion, and also serves on the board of the Blind Institute of Technology.  She previously served on the boards of the Montgomery County PA chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Greater Philadelphia & South Jersey chapter of Girls Inc, Beachglow: Concerts for Charity, Inc., One Diverse Industry and Inner Explorer.
In 2014, Zenita was inducted into the Cable TV Pioneers. WICT Greater Philadelphia honored Zenita with the 2015 Inspire Award. Zenita has been recognized multiple years since 2016 as one of Cablefax Most Powerful Women in Cable and Most Influential Minorities in Cable multiple years since 2014.
In 2019 Zenita was recognized as SCTE/WICT Woman in Technology, an annual award that lauds the achievements of one woman who demonstrates outstanding professional achievement and significantly contributes to the advancement of the cable telecommunications industry. Also that year she was recognized by WICT as a Woman to Watch in Technology, and one of the top 50 marketers in the world by Marketo, an Adobe Company as part of the #Fearless50, driving bold, fearless marketing and digital transformation. 
In 2020 Zenita was recognized by Cablefax as a Diversity Trailblazer. In 2021, Zenita’s team at SCTE was recognized by Cablefax as the 2021 First place winner for best Online Event, and third place winner for Best Media Relations to raise visibility of the SCTE brand. Zenita was recognized in the Profiles in Diversity Journal as one of 2023’s Women Worth Watching® in Leadership and an Industry Leader Top Women in Media by Cynopsis. Most recent, Zenita was recognized by CIO Look as one of the Top 10 Women Leading the MarTech Revolution and Hall of Fame honoree by One Diverse Industry.
R.O.G. Takeaway Tips:
Think about who you love and who loves you. Let that fuel your confidence. 
Be trustworthy.
Exceed expectations and take responsibility.
Know your worth.
Be confident, but humble.
Spend more time listening.
Resources:
Zenita Henderson on LinkedIn (in/zenitahenderson)
Zenita Henderson Cablefax Profile
Zenita Henderson: People on the Move
Wired for Success: The Chronicles of Zenita Henderson
About Segra
Segra Announces Executive Leadership Appointments
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How diverse is your network? N.D.I. Network Diversity Index
What is your Generosity Style?  Generosity Quiz
Credits:
Zenita Henderson, Sheep Jam Productions, Host Shannon Cassidy, Bridge Between, Inc.
Coming Next: Please join us next week, Episode 151, with Stephanie Mitchko-Beale.