No More Mondays

Just in time for holidays: Give the gift of reading this year.  Join Angie Callen and Executive Producer, Jane Durkee, review their compilation of top books recommended in Season Two of No More Mondays.  There's a book on the list for all the growth-minded, action oriented readers in your life.  Enjoy!

You’re about to meet Vicki Moore. Vicki has taken risks and made big changes in her life – she’s re-created and rebranded herself multiple times.  After getting her MBA, Vicki spent eight years in the corporate world where she managed large-scale training and marketing projects, at which point she took a leap of faith and started her own business. That business grew from a one-woman show into a team that delivered online events across the U.S. for 10 years.  But Europe called. In 2014, Vicki handed over the keys to her successful business, loaded up three suitcases and moved to Europe. And now, in what I’m going to call Vicki #4, she’s building a new business focused on helping people do what she found the courage to do herself, make a bold move. 

Tim Gidado currently serves as a territory sales manager for 3M. Yes, that 3M – who makes everything from no-damage hook you hang on the wall to the industrial solutions Tim represents and sells into a variety of other big channels, like the aerospace industry. Finding your niche in this world isn’t always easy, let alone when your career has progressed through some of the largest companies on the planet, but today’s guest has definitely carved out his specialty.   With former big names under his belt, including Bose, Halliburton, and Corporate Office Depot, Tim is no stranger to being a big fish in a big fond, and I’m excited for him to share the secrets to his success.

As one of Denver’s prominent real estate agents, Meg Pitkin has made a name for herself smack-dab in the middle of Colorado’s booming housing market. Her entrepreneurial approach to real estate is impressive.  Meg has earned herself a top 5% ranking among real estate agents in Denver by leading with a “client-first” mindset. She’s a fellow small-town transplant originally from the cornfield outside of Chicago, and she’s one of my favorite people to “talk shop” with. We’re going to get into all kinds of fun things.

Welcome to a special re-release of a great NMM episode from Season 1. We love celebrating people, and that’s exactly why we’re relaunching Kelli Jones’s Original episode, Big Stories Make Headlines. Well, Kelli is doing just that! Kelli was recently named one of the 2021 Women of Influence by the Indianapolis Business Journal! We figured there’s no better way to support all the awesome work she’s doing while bringing even more visibility to this incredible achievement than to let you all hear from her once again!  We hope you enjoy this encore edition, featuring one of our favorite women of influence, Kelli Jones.

After moving from publishing to marketing leadership in nonprofit associations, Anna stepped out on her own and founded Three Story Strategies, LLC where she focuses on two things: organizing information and telling great stories. Anna started her career in textbook publishing before moving into the nonprofit industry where she evolved alongside the rise of digital media to become an expert in the art of informative and entertaining content writing, particularly for public health organizations.   

We’re going to learn from Vance Morris, who honed his perspective on business and approach to customer service during his days working for Disney.  Vance started his career as part of the opening team for Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club Resort in Orlando before moving through the ranks in restaurant management, customer service, and resort leadership. He channeled everything he learned during is tenure at Disney into consulting and entrepreneurial endeavors that have included everything from Legal Seafoods, NASA, The President, and the Smithsonian which spawned creation of Deliver Service Now, a coaching and consulting business aimed at helping clients build exceptional businesses through a focus on outstanding customer service.

We are very happy to introduce you to Irisha Steele! Irisha has cornered a unique industry – luxury spa and wellness. From the St. Regis to Wellness Retreats, the W Hotel in Boston, and now the Farmhouse Inn, Irisha has led award-winning programs at Wellness Centers across the country by focusing on something we could all use more of: positivity and peace – for both guests and her team!  She’s had some real dreams come true happen in recent years: from creating a movement in the Wellness industry (thanks to a dream, no less) to a feature in Vogue and a six month stint in Bali thanks to COVID, Irisha has been blessed with some big wins and amazing gifts – and she doesn’t take a single one of them for granted.

John Saunders, doesn’t know it yet, but he’s going to help debunk a million myths on success, failure, perfection, and that “age factor” so many people seem to use as an excuse to not do that “thing” they want to do. This something John focuses on as a coach and author of “The Optimizer”- and it’s also inherit in his professional background where he spent over 20 years as a wall street sales executive before stepping into his own business as a coach, consultant, and Forward Advisory Solutions.   

 We’re chatting with Akash Joshi. You’ve asked for inspiring career stories – and this is going to be one. Akash has racked up some credentials, as he’s worked for some very recognizable places, including TransAmerica and ACT – yep, the test every high school senior dreads. His roles in technology have included Business Analyst and Product ownership.   In the past few months, Akash had a major status quo change, networked like a champ, went on probably close to 50 interviews, got multiple job offers, and is now about to start the next great phase of his career.