Michael Scott shares the winding turns of his career journey, how his breadth of experiences drove constant personal growth, and how he’s now channeling his personal passion for books to create momentum for others on a global scale through Great Books + Great Minds.

This season is an exploration of how we can recognize what may be holding us back and navigate the paths to help propel us forward.

Learn about our plans for Strategic Momentum Season 7 and what I’ll be focusing on throughout 2022.

Both my team and myself — and just about everyone else — have been riding the waves of this very weird year, personally and professionally. So we wanted to sit down as a team to reflect on what it has meant for us to redefine success as progress and what we learned from our guests this season.

What does it look like to establish and lead a fluid organization in this new world of work? What does it take to pivot and adapt in real-time as the pace of change speeds up to an unprecedented degree? And how does this benefit companies and the people who work for them in the long run? Jennifer McDonald, Chief Client Officer of North America at VMLY&R, shares how an organization with hundreds of people responded to the unknowns of a global pandemic with unprecedented fluidity.

Alisa Cohn is an executive coach who’s been working with startup founders to grow into world-class CEOs for nearly 20 years. In this episode, she shares valuable leadership advice from her book so that founders can start to create that traction and progress from the inside out.

What does it look like to do something that you’ve never done before — that no one has ever done before? What does it mean to be a pioneer in this new world of work? What does it look like when you take responsibility for crafting a new role for yourself, both internally and externally? Hear all about it from Larisa Bolivar, a long-time social justice advocate and a pioneer in the cannabis industry.

Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation and The Side Hustle Show shares how we can leverage side gigs and an experimenter’s mindset to get unstuck and move forward with confidence.

Dorie Clark shares valuable insights and perspectives from her new book, "The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World.” And along the way, we hear about Dorie’s career mashup journey and how becoming a long-term thinker helped her get to where she is today.

Creating meaningful work-life fit in today's ever-changing world requires redefining success as progress. We’ve been thinking about this a lot, and it’s the concept driving the conversations behind season 6 of Strategic Momentum.

In this episode, Connie is joined by Strategic Momentum marketing manager Alexis Anthony and operations manager Alan Corcoran to revisit key takeaways from Season Five. They tie together the trends that emerged across the interviews and what they mean for the future of work in our new normal.

While brand development is commonplace in business, many people struggle to define their personal brand in a way that represents their authentic self and effectively differentiates them in the market. In this episode, David Knies, career brand strategist and Chief Growth officer at Boston-based design firm Essential, gives us insight and advice into what it takes to define who you really are, what you do and the unique value you truly bring.

Mark Metry, 22-year-old entrepreneur and author of Screw Being Shy: Learn How to Manage Social Anxiety and Be Yourself in Front of Anyone, shares his personal journey, the science behind social anxiety, advice for breaking through to meet your potential, and how to better understand those who may suffer from this social disorder.

Rick Lindquist, founder of LegUp Ventures has always believed that learning from failure is core to personal and professional growth. After serving as the CEO of Zane Benefits now People Keep for 10 years starting at the age of 22, he’s experienced what it means to truly fail fast and learn fast. In this episode Rick shares his perspective on what it means to learn from failure for you and your business and how to create that environment where this mindset and approach can thrive.

A panel of female executives and entrepreneurs discuss some of the biggest challenges facing women in the workforce today that keep them from reaching their full potential and share tips and advice for breaking through that inertia to change the unbalanced workforce dynamic.

Amanda Thomas is an entrepreneur, marketing leader, and host of a women’s empowerment podcast. She’s the Founder and President of Two Score, a boutique marketing firm that focuses exclusively on helping small to mid-sized credit unions grow and reach their full potential. 

In this episode Amanda shares perspectives on directing one’s career path in the direction you want to go as well as sharing the benefits of risk-taking, trusting your gut, and giving yourself permission to do everything you want to be doing.

Geoff Woods is Vice President of The ONE Thing, the training company behind the NY Times best-selling business book of the same name. In this episode, he shares his insights on what gets people stuck when it comes to time management, the lies of productivity many succumb to, and the valuable goal-setting processes that leads to doing more of what matters most.

Stephane Fitch, founder of FitchInk, shares how his journey to pursue a more authentic life led to him developing his own content development company and ultimately reaching his own  personal and professional potential.

Dana Cavalea spent 12 years with the New York Yankees Organization, including many years as the Director of Strength and Conditioning and Performance Enhancement. Today, Dana brings those same performance optimization techniques to business leaders, and we discuss the parallels between optimizing for sports and business.

Joanie Rufo, Founder of Initiate Consulting, shares why the key to effectively leading others is, first, learning to effectively lead yourself – a concept she calls Leading Self.