Wish I Knew . . .

Career Background

• Troy University 
  • Journalism and Public Relations 
• News Writer @ Troy Progress
• Features editor @ Troy Messenger
• Freelance Writer and Photographer
• South Alabama Cooperative 
  • Marketing and member Services / Communications 
  • Over 21 years 
• Author of 3 books 
  • When in Doubt, Delete It
  • Get Noticed / Get Hired
  • Culture Secret 

Highlights

• Great first job working with his dad in a beauty shop
• Early receipt for chocolate milk and grilled cheese
• Being in the Electric Co-Op world for 25 years
• Has her own business
• Working with sorority young ladies
• Releasing her 3rd book in late April 2023 
  • Cultures in organizations and the Value culture 
• Won a competition in 7th Grade and earned $15
• Radio News / Weekly newspaper (doing everything) / Daily Paper features editor
• Being famous in her hometown
• Adding behavior to Values
• Meeting Laura the PR person at the Electric Co-Op
• Doing anything on the Co-Op job, I mean anything
• Don't ever throw an opportunity away
• Great advice - I'm gonna stay out of your way to get the job done
• Has written 3 books inside of 4 years
• Getting the "Stet" comment
• Being a good journalist "Learn how to listen"
• Best career decision - leaving the bad boss

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Career Background

• Troy University 
  • Journalism and Public Relations 
• News Writer @ Troy Progress
• Features editor @ Troy Messenger
• Freelance Writer and Photographer
• South Alabama Cooperative 
  • Marketing and member Services / Communications 
  • Over 21 years 
• Author of 3 books 
  • When in Doubt, Delete It
  • Get Noticed / Get Hired
  • Culture Secret 

Highlights

• Great first job working with his dad in a beauty shop
• Early receipt for chocolate milk and grilled cheese
• Being in the Electric Co-Op world for 25 years
• Has her own business
• Working with sorority young ladies
• Releasing her 3rd book in late April 2023 
  • Cultures in organizations and the Value culture 
• Won a competition in 7th Grade and earned $15
• Radio News / Weekly newspaper (doing everything) / Daily Paper features editor
• Being famous in her hometown
• Adding behavior to Values
• Meeting Laura the PR person at the Electric Co-Op
• Doing anything on the Co-Op job, I mean anything
• Don't ever throw an opportunity away
• Great advice - I'm gonna stay out of your way to get the job done
• Has written 3 books inside of 4 years
• Getting the "Stet" comment
• Being a good journalist "Learn how to listen"
• Best career decision - leaving the bad boss

Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]!

 Career Background

• College career he attended 
  • Purdue University for Mechanical Engineering 
  • Michigan State for his MBA 
  • University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business 
• As you will here his career has been one of leadership through change with some great opportunities
• Most recently he is at Butler University
   
  • Executive Director focusing on organizational learning and professional development 

Highlights:

• Mechanical engineering at Purdue
• Meeting his match in college
• Getting bored in a narrow focused job
• Learning the importance of sales early on
• Taking advice on going to Michigan State
• Filling the void with the MBA program
• Hybrid Electric vehicle contest
• "So what is the goal of this competition?"
• Increasing his negotiation skills
• "Tell me about the vehicle"
• Getting bored vs. getting stretched
• Some spirited conversations
• Being recruited by Bright Point
• Having an entrepreneurial spirit
• Refurbished phones and computers, being early to the game
• Keeping in touch with your network
• Filled the vacuum when it was needed
• Seeing the pattern before it shows itself
• Northern Michigan

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 Career Background

• College career he attended 
  • Purdue University for Mechanical Engineering 
  • Michigan State for his MBA 
  • University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business 
• As you will here his career has been one of leadership through change with some great opportunities
• Most recently he is at Butler University
   
  • Executive Director focusing on organizational learning and professional development 

Highlights:

• Mechanical engineering at Purdue
• Meeting his match in college
• Getting bored in a narrow focused job
• Learning the importance of sales early on
• Taking advice on going to Michigan State
• Filling the void with the MBA program
• Hybrid Electric vehicle contest
• "So what is the goal of this competition?"
• Increasing his negotiation skills
• "Tell me about the vehicle"
• Getting bored vs. getting stretched
• Some spirited conversations
• Being recruited by Bright Point
• Having an entrepreneurial spirit
• Refurbished phones and computers, being early to the game
• Keeping in touch with your network
• Filled the vacuum when it was needed
• Seeing the pattern before it shows itself
• Northern Michigan

Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]!

Leslie's Resources For You: 

- To learn her work, visit www.riselean.com

- To learn about how to overcome food obsession, visit  http://www.riselean.com/food-obsession

- To learn about executive weight loss coaching, visit  https://www.riselean.com/executive-weight-loss-coach/

- To learn about her proprietary methodology Lean Instinct Formula™:  https://www.riselean.com/lean-instinct-formula/

- To join her free masterclass The 5 Winning Keys To Unlimited Food Freedom While Gaining A Head-Turning Body, visit: www.riselean.training/r/c

Career Highlights

• Attended Bard College in NY 
  • Fascinating story on how she chose this college 
• Worked at 
  • PwC in China and New York
  • HR Officer at Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Also worked in Human Resources at Fiat Group

Highlights

• First job and getting taken down to the local police office in China
• Being a weight loss Executive coach
• Dreaming of going to university in the US
• Getting inspiration from her Aunt
• Discovering Financial aid for international students
• Persistence in applying to US Universities
• Being made an example in front of the other students
• The cultural divide and barriers encountered
• Cultural shock in Shanghai for a Chinese girl
• Losing clarity over time while working
• Being authentic to yourself
• Finding her entrepreneurial self
• Who you get advice from is extremely important
• Too many Weirdo's here, I need to move on
• Really proud of being a calming influencer

You can also follow her on Tiktok (www.tiktok.com/@riselean) and LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslielchen/), and follow her Facebook Page ( https://www.facebook.com/RiseLeanCoaching)"

Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]!

Leslie's Resources For You: 

- To learn her work, visit www.riselean.com

- To learn about how to overcome food obsession, visit  http://www.riselean.com/food-obsession

- To learn about executive weight loss coaching, visit  https://www.riselean.com/executive-weight-loss-coach/

- To learn about her proprietary methodology Lean Instinct Formula™:  https://www.riselean.com/lean-instinct-formula/

- To join her free masterclass The 5 Winning Keys To Unlimited Food Freedom While Gaining A Head-Turning Body, visit: www.riselean.training/r/c

Career Highlights

• Attended Bard College in NY 
  • Fascinating story on how she chose this college 
• Worked at 
  • PwC in China and New York
  • HR Officer at Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Also worked in Human Resources at Fiat Group

Highlights

• First job and getting taken down to the local police office in China
• Being a weight loss Executive coach
• Dreaming of going to university in the US
• Getting inspiration from her Aunt
• Discovering Financial aid for international students
• Persistence in applying to US Universities
• Being made an example in front of the other students
• The cultural divide and barriers encountered
• Cultural shock in Shanghai for a Chinese girl
• Losing clarity over time while working
• Being authentic to yourself
• Finding her entrepreneurial self
• Who you get advice from is extremely important
• Too many Weirdo's here, I need to move on
• Really proud of being a calming influencer

You can also follow her on Tiktok (www.tiktok.com/@riselean) and LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslielchen/), and follow her Facebook Page ( https://www.facebook.com/RiseLeanCoaching)"

Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]!

Highlights
Still on the books for his first job which only had 4 shifts / Music is in his blood - Wanting to be in an 80's glam band in 2008 /  Not going to Uni just after High school / Getting the itch to discover America / Spending 90 days to discover all parts of the US / Seeking out unique experiences / Call center highlighted his resiliency and drive / Getting lost and trying to figure it out / The $50k personal loan was a life changer / Getting into Berkeley with "The Extremist" by Joe Satriani / Best time of his life was at Berkeley / "Start a Band" Brad Paisley with Keith Urban / Getting a job at Berkeley answering phones / Chandler McLeod gig and being first in and last out / Not tapping out until the debt was paid off / The realization he found in Nashville / The impact of a great man named Clinton

 Career Background:

• Specialized in workforce strategy
• Currently a consultant @ EY in Melbourne
• Spent just under 3 years at Telstra
• Chandler Macleod group
• National Australia Bank

Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]!

Highlights
Still on the books for his first job which only had 4 shifts / Music is in his blood - Wanting to be in an 80's glam band in 2008 /  Not going to Uni just after High school / Getting the itch to discover America / Spending 90 days to discover all parts of the US / Seeking out unique experiences / Call center highlighted his resiliency and drive / Getting lost and trying to figure it out / The $50k personal loan was a life changer / Getting into Berkeley with "The Extremist" by Joe Satriani / Best time of his life was at Berkeley / "Start a Band" Brad Paisley with Keith Urban / Getting a job at Berkeley answering phones / Chandler McLeod gig and being first in and last out / Not tapping out until the debt was paid off / The realization he found in Nashville / The impact of a great man named Clinton

 Career Background:

• Specialized in workforce strategy
• Currently a consultant @ EY in Melbourne
• Spent just under 3 years at Telstra
• Chandler Macleod group
• National Australia Bank

Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]!

Career Background:

• Best selling author of her book "The Cancer Channel"
• COO for a start up in SF Adentro
• Ebay for over 14 years
• Consultant at Accenture
• Started her career at Chubb in LA and spent time in NYC

Educated at
 - Occidental College

• Cornell for the MBA
• Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa culinary institute 

Highlights

• what to do during "down time" her YMCA Gig
• Having PhD Parents and loving learning
• Talking her way into numerous jobs
• What is this Management Consulting all about
• MBA at Cornell and NO interest in Wall Street
• Cross country move with Accenture and Ebay
• Going it alone without mentors on some heavy decisions
• Suffering from the Princess Complex
• The impact of her parents
• Drive across America
• The power of the Sabbaticals
• Culinary School on a Sabbatical
• Being a learner
• Train ride from New York city to Albany
• Writing her first book
• After quitting no looking for a job for 2 months
• High sense of urgency and drive
• Backing a colleague into a corner
• Giving more grace AND space
• When the student is ready the teacher appears
• If you treated your friends like you treat yourself, you wouldn't have any friends
• Falling in love with reading again
• Why Not?
• Brian Stevenson Conversation

Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]!

Career Background:

• Best selling author of her book "The Cancer Channel"
• COO for a start up in SF Adentro
• Ebay for over 14 years
• Consultant at Accenture
• Started her career at Chubb in LA and spent time in NYC

Educated at
 - Occidental College

• Cornell for the MBA
• Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa culinary institute 

Highlights

• what to do during "down time" her YMCA Gig
• Having PhD Parents and loving learning
• Talking her way into numerous jobs
• What is this Management Consulting all about
• MBA at Cornell and NO interest in Wall Street
• Cross country move with Accenture and Ebay
• Going it alone without mentors on some heavy decisions
• Suffering from the Princess Complex
• The impact of her parents
• Drive across America
• The power of the Sabbaticals
• Culinary School on a Sabbatical
• Being a learner
• Train ride from New York city to Albany
• Writing her first book
• After quitting no looking for a job for 2 months
• High sense of urgency and drive
• Backing a colleague into a corner
• Giving more grace AND space
• When the student is ready the teacher appears
• If you treated your friends like you treat yourself, you wouldn't have any friends
• Falling in love with reading again
• Why Not?
• Brian Stevenson Conversation

Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]!