What's Next! with Tiffani Bova

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    This week I’m reflecting on a conversation with Heather Monahan that I think is valuable to everyone, no exceptions! Heather is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and founder of Boss In Heels. As a Chief Revenue Officer in Media, Heather Monahan is a Glass Ceiling Award winner, named one of the most Influential Women in Radio in 2017, and Thrive Global named her a Limit Breaking Female Founder in 2018. Heather is a confidence expert and her book Confidence Creator shot to #1 on Amazon’s Business Biographies and Business Motivation list the first week it debuted on Amazon, and her show “Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan” can be found on Apple podcasts.    THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone who wants to reach his or her full potential and needs that important confidence boost!    TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… take ownership of your mental platform and be intentional about the tape you run repeatedly in your head. Confidence is the key to unlocking your full potential, and that confident mindset starts with you. It starts by developing that confidence skill through discipline and frequency. When that confidence muscle is strong, scary does not mean freeze, it means go faster. So, take action! Major action is the catalyst that accelerates the confidence growth cycle. There are many paths to confidence, but not all the steps along those paths are created equal, and the bigger the risk, the bigger the confidence reward. Stop letting self-limiting beliefs and fear tell you you’re stuck. No excuses. Just take action!    WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… Heather has no shortage of passion for building confidence, taking risks, “firing your villains,” and making the big decisions that will lead you where you need to be and doing what you love!    Running Time: 30:03     Subscribe on iTunes    Find Tiffani Online: LinkedIn Facebook X    Find Heather Online: LinkedIn    Heather’s Book:  Creating Confidence

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    This week, I have two amazing guests on the show. The first is Bob Moesta. He is a founder, maker, innovator, speaker, and professor. He is the president and founder of the Rewired Group, as well as an adjunct lecturer at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern and a research fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute. But what I love most about him is he co-created the famous Jobs to Be Done theory, which I use in almost every keynote I have. Alongside Bob, and not to be outshined by any stretch, is Michael Horn who strives to create a world in which all individuals can build their passions, fulfill their potential, and live a life of purpose. He is the co-founder of and a distinguished fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute, a nonprofit think tank. He also teaches at Harvard Graduate School of Education.    THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR…anyone navigating career decisions, seeking purpose, or looking for strategies to make meaningful progress in their work.   TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE…making career moves isn’t just about finding the next big opportunity—it’s about aligning your work with your values, energy, and aspirations. In this conversation, Bob and Michael discuss how to evaluate your current situation, identify opportunities for growth, and take steps toward a more fulfilling career.    KEY TAKEAWAYS: Align your career with what energizes and fulfills you. Evaluate your current role to identify opportunities for growth. Instead of making a person fit the work, make the work fit a person’s strengths.   Thoughtful career moves start with clarity about your values and goals.   WHAT I LOVE MOST…Bob and Michael’s insight that career fulfillment doesn’t always mean a big leap—it can come from small, intentional changes that better align your work with your strengths and aspirations.   Running Time: 31:03   Subscribe on iTunes   Find Tiffani Online: LinkedIn Facebook X   Find Michael Online: LinkedIn   Find Bob Online: LinkedIn   Michael and Bob’s Book:  Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career   Job Moves Assessment

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.     This week I am excited to replay a conversation I had with the innovative Tom Stockham. Tom is a passionate champion of disruptive technologies who began his career as an associate at BCG, immersed in the shift to “big-box” retail. He later served as president of Ticketmaster.com, where he helped lead the transition to online ticketing. Then, as CEO of Ancestry.com, he built one of the Internet’s first online content subscription businesses. Today, as CEO of ExpertVoice, Tom leads the company in pioneering a new influencer-marketing category that’s transforming commerce. He’s devoted to the mission of creating a better buying experience for brands, retailers, and consumers through a large network of authentic influential experts who make trusted recommendations.     THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… passionate disrupters, innovators, and those interested in learning more about influencer marketing.    TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… brands should always put trust at the center of their organization and make a concerted effort to build it up over time. Increasingly, the sources brands are and should be using to do this are Influencers. It’s time to shift the balance and shift resources from speaking on your own behalf as a brand to finding trusted figures that can recommend your brand and speak on your behalf in a trusted way. If you are going to do this well, you need to think about who is going to be best to speak on your behalf, how you are going to get them to do so and be more articulate about your brand, and where that influence is going to take hold such that it is beneficial to your brand.     WHAT I LOVE MOST… talking to an innovator who has been involved with so many major industry transitions. Now he’s driving the conversation around Influencer marketing, and he feels that this is the next great frontier.    Running time: 34:26    Subscribe on iTunes     Find Tiffani Online: LinkedIn Facebook X   Find Tom Online: LinkedIn  ExpertVoice  

Mike Maples Jr. is a co-founding partner at Floodgate and a recognized venture capitalist, celebrated for his sharp insights into successful startups. In this discussion, he reveals why 80% of startups falter and the importance of breaking patterns to secure success. He emphasizes that great startups prioritize choices over comparisons and highlights the role of early believers in innovation. Mike advocates for bold experiments and the need for an entrepreneurial mindset to drive creativity and risk-taking in business.

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. In this LinkedIn Live, I had the wonderful honor of welcoming my dear friend, Seth Godin, who I met in 2001 through his book Purple Cow, which is one of my all-time favorite books. Along the way, Seth has always been a great supporter of me and my career. Today, I’m eager to discuss Seth’s latest book, This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans.   THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR…anyone who wants a fresh perspective on leadership and strategy.     TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE…strategy isn’t a lofty document or annual exercise. It’s a compass guiding every decision you make. Seth challenges the conventional idea of strategy as static and instead frames it as a dynamic, iterative process of becoming. He shares nuggets of wisdom from his new book, which he says is a love letter for the people he cares about.    KEY TAKEAWAYS… Fear is often the thing that holds people back from making bold decisions. False proxies, like easy-to-measure but irrelevant metrics, can misguide your focus. The best leaders inspire action by focusing on the “why” behind their strategies.   WHAT I LOVE MOST…Seth’s thoughts on practical empathy. He says it’s easy to become attached to something because you’ve worked hard on it. Practical empathy is understanding your audience and imagining what they need, even if that means reinventing your offerings. It’s a call to lead with both courage and care.    Running Time: 29:45   Subscribe on iTunes   Find Tiffani Online: LinkedIn Facebook X   Find Seth Online: Website  LinkedIn    Seth’s Book:  The Corporate Startup  

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.     As we approach the end of the year, I’m pausing to look back and celebrate all of the wonderful guests that I had the honor of speaking to on the show. And based on your feedback, many of these guests resonated with you as well so we’re giving you another chance to revisit the stories, insights, and lessons you loved most in 2024!    This week I'm excited to highlight an episode with Scott Edinger.     Scott is a consultant for leading business growth and is trusted by clients in the Fortune 50 and across the globe. He has worked with CEOs and senior leaders to develop pragmatic strategies and execute approaches to drive top and bottom-line results. He's written three books. His latest, The Growth Leader, is out now and is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller. He creates positive change for clients and is recognized as an expert in the intersection of leadership, strategy, and sales.    THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone who wants to learn how to close the gap between the C-Suite and the sales team to create profitable growth.     TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… sales teams are often divorced from talks about strategy, yet the sales process is where strategy is executed. It’s where everything comes to life. In fact, interactions with salespeople drive 25-53% of decisions! In this episode, Scott discusses why it’s so critical to not treat sales as an afterthought and how to effectively include it in planning.        WHAT I LOVE MOST… it’s the responsibility of a leader to inspire every level of the organization, yes sales, but also product developers, marketers, finance, legal, and customer service teams, to understand the value they bring to the customer.     Running Time: 29:18     Subscribe on iTunes    Find Tiffani Online:  Facebook  Twitter  LinkedIn     Find Scott Online:  Website   LinkedIn    Scott’s Book:   The Growth Leader 

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.     As we approach the end of the year, I’m pausing to look back and celebrate all of the wonderful guests that I had the honor of speaking to on the show. And based on your feedback, many of these guests resonated with you as well so we’re giving you another chance to revisit the stories, insights, and lessons you loved most in 2024!    This week I'm excited to highlight an episode with Michael Bungay Stanier, otherwise known as MBS.    Despite being virtual friends for a long time, we only had the chance to meet in person this year at the Thinkers50 event, where Michael won a coaching award. If you’ve never met, I’m so delighted to introduce you to Michael. He’s best known for his book The Coaching Habit, which is the bestselling book on coaching this century and is considered a classic by none other than Seth Godin. His most recent book is How to Work with (Almost) Anyone.  He founded Box of Crayons, a learning and development company that has trained hundreds of thousands of managers to be more coach-like in organizations, from Microsoft to Gucci. His TEDx Talk has been viewed by more than a million people.   THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone who wants to approach professional relationships more actively and intentionally.     TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… sometimes work relationships have great chemistry - you get along with your manager or team and are excited about working together. Although it’s an ideal situation, that’s rarely the case. In this episode, Michael shares his strategies for building the best possible relationships with the people you work with.      WHAT I LOVE MOST… taking a step back to learn about how we and the people around us work so that together we can amplify the best of who we are and avoid the worst of who we are.    Running Time: 30:49     Subscribe on iTunes    Find Tiffani Online:  Facebook  X  LinkedIn     Find Michael Online:  Website   LinkedIn Instagram   Michael’s Book:  How to Work with (Almost) Anyone 

This conversation features Terri Sjodin, the Principal and founder of Sjodin Communications, known for her expertise in persuasive presentation skills and her bestselling books. She shares insights on common pitfalls in presentation skills and the importance of self-awareness. Terri emphasizes mastering the elevator pitch and discusses the balance between creativity and information. The episode dives into the complexities of in-person versus virtual presentations, highlighting strategies for connection and engagement that can elevate any professional's impact.

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    This week, I’m welcoming back for a second time Terence Mauri, a global expert on the future of leadership, AI, and disruption, and really, the intersection of those three things. As the founder of the Hack Future Lab, he spearheaded a movement for leaders to find the upside of disruption and rethink leadership for a post-AI world. He has a new book out called The Upside of Disruption: The Path to Leading and Thriving in the Unknown.    THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone navigating change in work or life who wants to lead with direction.   TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… we’ve all heard the saying, “The only constant in life is change,” and most of us would agree, considering the changes we’ve seen even just in the past several years. How do you approach leadership and innovation in times of change? Terence Mauri challenges us to think beyond incremental change and embrace bold, transformative thinking. In this episode, he discusses how leaders can stay future-ready and thrive in the face of uncertainty.    KEY TAKEAWAYS… We’re hardwired to have a "yes, but" mindset which tends to be very reductionist. When you practice a "yes, and" mindset, you open yourself up to opportunities. Move from KPIs (key performance indicators) to KBIs (key behavior indicators). Prioritizing subtraction is one of the finest forms of learning.  Combat "bore-out" by aligning work with purpose and creating a culture of engagement.   WHAT I LOVE MOST… Terence reframes disruption as an opportunity when so many see it as an obstacle. He encourages listeners to lean into change with curiosity.   Running Time: 25:56   Subscribe on iTunes   Find Tiffani Online: LinkedIn Facebook X   Find Terence Online: Website  LinkedIn    Terence’s Book:  The Upside of Disruption: The Path to Leading and Thriving in the Unknown  

David Edelman, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and co-author of the bestselling book "Personalized: Customer Strategy in the Age of AI," shares his expertise on effective personalization. He delves into the Five Promises of Personalization and how AI can transform customer experiences. Edelman highlights challenges companies face, such as measuring ROI and aligning executive compensation with performance metrics. He emphasizes the need for collective responsibility in customer experience and provides actionable insights for organizations of all sizes.