Atul Sood sat down for a job interview at McDonald’s and told the interviewer the truth.No, he hadn’t sold his company. He’d shut it down. Three months earlier his marriage of 11 years had ended, he’d been hospitalized for a mental health crisis, and the team he’d spent five years building told him he couldn’t
One of the biggest misconceptions about networking is that it’s about collecting contacts.My guest this week argues it’s about something much deeper: building genuine friendships.I sat down with business development executive Atul Sood to discuss how authentic relationships have shaped his entire career, from helping McDonald’s build technology partnerships to launching startups, navigating personal and
Image credit: tatkuptsova“The most sought-after quality in employees is creativity. The most rewarded trait is compliance.”I heard that line years ago and never tracked down who said it (if you know, let me know, because it was based on a study I’d love to read…). But I’ve been repeating it ever since, because in 30
credit to Sixteen Miles OutChristina Butler spent two weeks sitting two or three rows behind Jerry Sandusky.Every single day of that trial. Every witness, every cross-examination, start to finish. Hundreds of reporters covered the case. She’s the only reporter who was there for all of it.Christina spent twenty years as a TV reporter and anchor
What do live television news, improvisation, and organizational leadership have in common?Quite a bit, it turns out.In this episode, I sit down with communication expert and former TV news anchor Christina Butler to explore how confidence isn’t about being perfect—it’s about being prepared, adaptable, and willing to take the next step even when you don’t
Image credit: dmvasilenkoGallup’s numbers on workforce disengagement get passed around a lot. 69% of employees disengaged. $1.8 trillion in lost productivity. Leaders see those numbers and nod, because they’re living it.What the numbers don’t tell you is how it happened.How Teams Learn to Stay QuietIt’s easy to assume disengagement is something that arrives from outside.
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