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Welcome to the Evolve Leadership podcast. Our guest is Rahim Fazal. He is the founder of SV Academy and an accomplished entrepreneur who has co-founded multiple startups and gained recognition as a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree. His revolutionary education and employment platform aims to equip individuals with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel in the tech industry. Rahim possesses a deep passion for democratizing access to opportunities and has dedicated his career to empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds, propelling them into the tech workforce. [7:00] What does the experience of working at the four companies plus time at Oracle look or feel like, briefly?My journey can be summarized as a progression from seeking external approval to finding approval within myself. In my first company, despite a challenging background, I hustled and achieved success, which had a profound impact on my life. With my second business, I experienced recognition and lived a glamorous lifestyle, akin to what I

This show is for you, the top-performing leaders. You are the founder, executive, or entrepreneur who faces unique challenges in an ever-shifting leadership landscape. This show is about how to rest, chill, and create margin, space, and a better sense of well-being. Consistent bedtime routine - The term recreation is about creating ourselves despite the responsibilities and workload but recharging and turning out from unnecessary stress and all the negative stuff. How we should rest and go even faster in the future is essential. Some think, “If I don’t do anything, I’m worthless.” But it is ok for you to have some time to lie down. You should permit yourself to relax. After having a quality rest, you can have a series of good ideas and possibilities coming to your mind. Therefore, rest a while and recreate yourself. Rest is productive. It’s like a bow and arrow; when you pull the needle and strain it, you may feel like you are going backward. But relaxation will launch you forward with much more velocity the

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This podcast is targeting high performing leaders like you to achieve your goals successfully without being stagnant in your current position. The expectation of the show is to create a clear and honest conversation by interviewing the individuals who have a fascinating perspective on how they approach their leadership. The previous show which focused on the business world and was hosted by Angus Nelson has been rebranded to the “Evolve Leadership” program, hosted by both Angus Nelson and Timm McLagan. There are a number of different issues which need to be addressed and tackled within the leadership world today.Leadership can be a lonely place. Your team cannot understand the problems you have, your neighbors don't know the pressure you are holding, your family cannot have the conversations you need to move you ahead. The more successful you are, more isolated you can become. This program was created to support great leaders, like you, with real conversations that will matter to your business and lives. This

Allen Gannet is the founder and CEO of Trackmaven, a company that works with large brands to help them uncover the meaning, revealed by patterns, in their marketing data. In working with major brands like Microsoft, Marriott, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Home Depot, Gannett noticed a significant pattern: most marketers, event well-known ones, weren’t hitting their goals. While their ad campaigns demonstrated creative thinking, their commercial success often fell short. He asked himself, could there be a method to combining creative and commercial success? FREE Creative video shared on the show:  https://angusnelson.com/creativity (angusnelson.com/creativity) In This Episode, You’ll Discover: What is the method of creative greats The power of structure Why education has actually stifled our creativity The FOUR Laws to creativity How “Creative Genius” is a social phenomenon The importance of timing Campus Network vs. Facebook How so many of the greats are copycats and much more! Links

Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and New York Times best-selling author. She’s built a reputation as a fresh, modern voice in the business world by pairing her scientific grounding in human behavior with a pragmatic approach to solving problems. Over her 15-plus-year career, she’s helped thousands of professionals—from Fortune 500 executives to early stage entrepreneurs—improve their self-awareness and success. She has contributed to The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, and CNBC, and her work has been featured in Forbes, Fox Business, and Fast Company, as well as peer-reviewed journals. She has been named a “Top 100 Thought Leader” by Trust Across America, a “Leader to Watch” by the American Management Association, and one of Denver Business Journal’s “40 Under 40.” Her 2014 TEDxMileHigh talk has been viewed more than one million times. On this show we discuss great leaders like Ford Motor Company’s Alan Mulally and Apple’s Angela Ahrendts. In This

Jen Sincero didn’t always have money. Yet, now she’s a #1 NY Times Bestselling Author of “You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life”. After all of the success of that book, we get to discuss her follow up book, “You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth” And while you might think this book is about 401k’s and mutual funds, it’s actually about far deeper, transformational realities. She’s spoken on stages all over the world and has coached full-on super heroes, helping her clients build their dream businesses, become NY Times Bestselling authors, navigate million dollar business deals, find their soul mates and forgive their bitchy mothers who they now realize were doing the best they could. Jen has run her business from all corners of the globe and is really sick of writing in the third person. On this show we talk about healing your relationship with money, believing that money is for “me”, and making the

Are you facing difficulty right now? Challenges in your relationships, marriage or parenting? Maybe your management or leadership? Or maybe, it’s not even having a job at all? Every one of us have seasons in life where circumstance seem too hard; the voices get too loud; and the self-doubt feels paralyzing… these are the times where you perceive that the thing you’re facing is bigger than you. This is your giant. In this episode, I candidly share with you what I’ve faced and how I’ve overcome… and continue to battle when necessary. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: What will you choose to do in influencing your tomorrow… today? How I fell flat on my face trying to start at coaching business The trials of entrepreneurship The gift of T.O.D.A.Y. Why there’s always a giant to kill before you go to the next level Greatness is on the other side of inconvenience. In order to achieve anything, you must first overcome something. and more! Links and Resources Men

Perri Chase had wealth, has lost wealth… now, she’s a Transformational Coach who knows that what “got you this far, won’t get you the whole way”. She specializes in working with clients who want to unlock that next level of possibility, energy and break the “old pattern” operating systems we all carry through life. Perri works with people who want to have a large impact on humanity through building and leading companies and being in service to others. She has a deep personal practice in all the methods she uses with clients, and has coaches and teachers that support her so that she can support you. Prior, Perri had a long career in the talent space as an Executive Recruiter working with financial institutions in New York, Europe and Asia.  She also spent time as the founder of two startups, Unroll.me (acquired by Rakuten) and Archively.  More recently she has successfully worked with startups on strategic positions like VP of Engineering, VP of Data Science, and VP o

Emotions are an incredibly powerful part of our humanity. They can move you to phenomenal heights of achievement or draw you into self-destructive behaviors. What if you could turn those negative emotions around? So many people simply yield to these fear-filled compulsions by default… when they don’t have to. You can, instead, use proven, intentional techniques to redirect your focus and mindset. On this show I discuss my own vulnerability and how you are not alone in your struggle. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Our cruise with Regent Cruise Lines Why you’re not alone in your struggle Facing your own fears and insecurities The stress of the entrepreneur Becoming intentional grow, self-care Three ways to overcome negative emotions Action, Focus, & Speech Motion influences emotion Overcoming imposter syndrome Feeling is healing Master your emotions and more! Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: https://www.rssc.com/ (Regent Cruise Lines) Podcast with h

Dave Sanderson was the last person off of the plane, US Airways Flight 1549, or “The Miracle on the Hudson.” Within only a few moments in the air, two engines went dead and Captain Sully glided into the Hudson River on January 15, 2009. The movie Sully, starring Tom Hanks, is about this story. Dave was the last passenger off the back of the plane on that fateful day, he was largely responsible for the well-being and safety of others, risking his own life in frigid water to help other passengers off the plane. Despite the hazards to himself, Sanderson thought only of helping others and emerged from the wreckage with a mission: to encourage others to do the right thing. That experience profoundly changed his life and today he travels the globe sharing his inspirational and motivational leadership messages to help people make a difference in how they do business and live their lives. On this show we discuss entrepreneurship, teamwork, and his newest book, Moments Matter. In This Episode, You’ll Discove

Bryce Prescott knows that the rules of success are more than principles of business, but executing through the challenges, trials, and emotions. In late 2014, Mr. Prescott started what became The Rules of Success Podcast as an outlet to share his perspective about life and all of it’s challenges and blessings. The show focuses on the areas of health, spirituality, relationships and business. The purpose is to provide the listener a fast track to both enjoy quicker success and to avoid unnecessary pitfalls. The success he has enjoyed has come with it’s fair share of failure and embarrassment, and it is the polarity of his experiences that is the basis for his refreshing take on balance, success and true achievement. On this show we discuss persevering through business challenges, mindset, and healthy living.   In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Being the right person at the right time, at the right place Maintaining an abundant mindset Why you don’t have to have all of the answers Maste

Jonathan Fields has cracked the code on living a good life. He’s a dad, husband, serial entrepreneur, growth strategist and award-winning author, Jonathan Fields inspires possibility. He currently runs mission-driven media and education venture, Good Life Project®, where he and his team lead a global community in the quest to live more meaningful, connected and vital lives. You can find him regularly featured in the media, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, FastCompany, Inc., and thousands of other places that sound cool, but don’t impress his daughter all that much. On this show we discuss talking about living a life of intention with vitality, contribution, and connection. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Vitality: optimizing your physical and mental well-being Contribution: the way you bring your gifts to the world Connection: the in-between of you and everyone else The power to choose our response Your state of mind and state of being have no separation, consta

Dana Oliver used emotionally intelligent leadership at Medtronic to grow his business unit from $100million to $2billion in annual revenues. Sometimes, leadership looks like a self-advancing bully. Other times, leadership is an empowering opportunity for ownership and investment. As the Senior Director of Research & Development at Medtronic, Dana wrote a book, “Mantra Design”, revealing the secrets for profitable and lasting innovation, including how to identify your customer’s unmet needs and how to expedite new product development. He provides an easy to understand methodology in the form of 14 quick, digestible mantras that highlight the power of true innovation. On this show, we discuss the powers of innovation, customer service, and emotionally intelligent leadership. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Who do you want to be? Who is your customer? Three kinds of technology for innovation: Customer focused, Technology focused, or hap-hazard Starbucks and Victoria’s Secret created

Matt Miller started a business and became an entrepreneur out of necessity. His finances weren’t matching his family’s needs and the economy wasn’t pushing business forward. In over the span of a week, four children knocked on his door selling things to raise money for their schools… Matt got an idea. His business Today, Matt and his team provide passive fundraising for over 2000 schools in over 23 states. Selling spirit stickers through vending machines, his company is supporting school needs while providing a living for his family. On this show, we discuss the challenges of building a business, getting a coach, and challenging your own limiting beliefs. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: When the economy changed, I had to change Helping schools raise money to support school activities through selling spirit stickers Getting into schools were challenging until we got into an education tradeshow Learning how to shift to a Franchise model helped The speed of the group is set by the speed of the le

While my family visited the island of Oahu, an old friend that was in my youth group 25 years ago invited me on to speak to the 307th Expeditionary Signal Battalion. I absolutely agreed to present and instead of talking about leadership or technology or any of the things I speak about professionally.. I spoke about some really uncommon topics for the military, because I felt it necessary to help them connect with their mindset and soul. It was so warmly received, I was given permission to share it publicly… and that’s what we’re going to do today. I’m sharing with you, the recording of that speech with soldiers of the US Army base in Hawaii. Not only did it impact them, I believe it will be encouraging to you too. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Angus’ story of failure and self-sabotage Manhood Matrix Realizing you’re not along in your situation The power of sharing with someone else and more! Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: https://www.facebook.com/307ESB/ (307t

Jeff Brown has been practicing excellence and consistency for the past 29 years behind a microphone; first as an award-winning broadcaster and now as a successful podcaster, business and podcast coach, and speaker. Since July 2013, Jeff has served as host of the Read to Lead Podcast, a three-time Best Business Podcast nominee, featuring interviews with today’s best business book authors including, Seth Godin, John Maxwell, Gary Vaynerchuk, Simon Sinek, Chris Brogan, Brian Tracy, Dan Miller, and over 100 more. Jeff and his work have been featured in Inc. and Entrepreneur, the blogs of Seth Godin, Chris Brogan, Jeff Goins and Social Media Explorer, as well as publications like The Nashville Business Journal, The Tennessean, and over 100 other blogs and podcasts. On this show we discuss the power of reading, lifelong learning, and planning your next career before you need to. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Learning to read a book a week Jeff’s story of becoming a podcaster Getting laid off

Chris Marlow, in 2007, met a starving young orphan living in an abandoned gas station in Zimbabwe. That encounter compelled him to start Help One Now and dedicate his life to seeking justice by empowering leaders and organizing tribes to launch global movements that do good. On this show we discuss making small actions to create huge impact in eliminating global poverty. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: The world needs all of us do small things Success is great, but success that makes a difference in the world is better How do we tackle big issues without losing ourselves in the mass need The business community is so important to dealing with extreme poverty We can’t simply throw money at problems, we must be strategic Investing in local, high-capacity leaders is what brings change and more! Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE (Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs) Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisMarlow (@ChrisMarlow) http:/

Kevin Roberts is, personally, experiencing a fail of his own creation. Recently, he did an interview for Business Insider and, unfortunately, was quoted saying some very irresponsible comments regarding gender equality in the advertising industry. This fail has cost him his roles as Chairman Saatchi & Saatchi, and Head Coach Publicis Groupe. This interview was recorded before his career went sideways and I wrestled with publishing this show. In fact, I did reach out to his team to offer an opportunity for Kevin to share his side of the story.  Unfortunately, they did not reply. Regardless, I believe the content shared in this conversation is still packed with valuable content. I ask that you provide a level of grace to this man for a mistake he’s made and trust that this was a lesson for him to learn and grow… we all deserve that. On this show, we discuss Kevin’s new book, 64 Shots, the rapid changes in today’s world, and approaching it differently and positively. In This Epis

  Michael Bungay Stanier states that leadership is often missing the coaching opportunities that truly make managing easier and leading more empowering. In his new book, The Coaching Habit, Michael gives super practical direction on how to  effectively interact with your team. Our guest is the founder and Senior Partner of Box of Crayons, a company that helps people and organizations all over the world do less Good Work and more Great Work. Box of Crayons is best known for its coaching programs that give busy managers the tools to coach in 10 minutes or less. On this show we discuss gaining more time, leading well, and empowering you employees… all by instilling a smart coaching habits. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Being more coach-like in your leadership Why your should stay curious a little longer before rushing to solve issues Be lazy, be curious, and be often Your advice monster needs to back down Being more coach-like in your leadership Why your should stay curious a littl