Episodes

AMA (Ask Me Anything) interview with Bianca J Jackson, a seasoned consultant turned career coach and LinkedIn strategist. In today’s interview, Bianca shares her career journey IT consulting, side hustles, and how she transitioned into entrepreneurship. She also breaks down how she got started with LinkedIN, including how she grew her following on LinkedIN to over 20, 000 followers. We’re doing an AMA interview. AMA is when I have a chance to connect with former or seasoned consultant and they ...

Quick Wins interview with Ernest Barbaric, a seasoned consultant, digital marketer, and veteran podcaster. Ernest shares his career journey, how he adapted through volatile market swings, and how he got started with podcasting. Ernest shares perspectives on the state of podcasting as channel, common pitfalls, and what to consider if you want to start your own podcast show. Ernest also discusses the upcoming PodSummit, a one day event in Western Canada where you will get a chance to connect with...

We’re going to be doing a Quick Wins interview. Quick Wins is when I have the opportunity to connect with individuals discussing products, ideas or services to help round out your consulting toolkit. Our guest is David JP Fisher. He is a consultant,

Quick Wins interview with powerful couple, entrepreneurs, & co-authors Ajit Nawalkha and Neeta Bhushan. Ajit is the Founder of Evercoach, a coaching/training company, and Neeta is the Founder of The Global Grit Institute.

“Anybody listening to this show has the chance to create something incredible. Has the chance to be something incredible.” AMA interview with Mitch Russo, an experienced business strategist, implementation consultant, and serial entrepreneur,

Quick Wins interview with Alicia Ingram, book editor and ghostwriter, discusses how consultants and aspiring authors thinking about writing a book can begin the process even with a busy, demanding work schedule. Alicia shares tips and strategies on the book editing process, how to decide whether to self-publish vs. going through a traditional publishing house, while Christie shares examples of her journey authoring her first book while working a full time consulting job. Listen to the Episode ...

Quick wins interview with Patrick Curtis, a former investment banker and now the Founder/CEO of WallStreetOasis.com (WSO). In this interview, Patrick shares his career journey and how he got exposure to consulting in his college years, as well as how he made the leap into entrepreneurship. Patrick also shares the founding story of his popular website and its emerging, highly engaged consulting community. WSO now offers consulting industry reports, a user-driven data collection effort that offer...

“Knowing what is the water cooler conversation like [is important]. You might not learn it immediately, but you have got to pay to attention it.” Quick Wins interview with Dr. Froswa Booker-Drew, a senior executive in the public sector, seasoned consultant, and author of 2 books, Ready for a Revolution: 30 Days to Jolt Your Life and Rules of Engagement: Making Connections. In this interview, Dr. Booker-Drew shares her own career journey and then breaks down what a toxic work cultures and how to...

"I think one of the crucial components of [disruptive technologies] is the people. Ultimately it is the people who drive things forward and make critical decisions using the data." - Quick Wins interview with Biren Gandhi,

AMA (Ask Me Anything) interview with Loren Weisman, a musician turned accidental business consultant. Loren is a brand precision marketing strategist, speaker, author and host of Wait What Really OK” is A Methodical, Comical & Informational Podcast.

There’s nothing more formative, than being on the other side of somebody who is relying on your advice, your expertise, or your views to run their business. AMA (Ask Me Anything) interview with Ron Carucci is the managing partner of Navalent, a best selling author, and TEDx speaker. In this interview, Ron shares his career journey, highlights differences between internal and external consulting, and provides his definition of a great consultant. We also discuss the challenges of transformationa...

AMA (Ask Me Anything) interview with Tanya Stevenson, a seasoned independent consultant, author, and Founder of Stand Up & Deliver Consultancy based in Canada. In this interview, Tanya shares her career journey as well as how she has been able to ada...

AMA (Ask Me Anything) with Bryan Falchuk, best-selling author, key level senior executive, Inc. Magazine contributor, and former MBB consultant. In this interview, Bryan shares his perspectives on what makes a great consultant and highlights defining moments in his own career journey. We also discuss Bryan’s concepts on the creative escape and the importance of a side hustle, his “must have-must not have” concept on decision making, and how he prioritized his own health and family life to lose ...

“Once we have the choice, we see alternatives and we see outcomes. Just realize that we always have this power of choice.” AMA (Ask Me Anything) interview with Jack HM Wong, a former Big 4 consultant and now an entrepreneur with his own consulting firm and author of Cracking the Entrepreneur Code based in Singapore. In this interview, Jack shares his career journey, providing candid advice and inspiring stories on his road to consulting greatness. Jack discusses how he made the leap into the w...

Quick Wins interview with bestselling author and Intuitive Advisor Lynn Robinson, one of the nation’s leading speakers on the hot topic of developing and trusting our intuition. She teaches how to tap into the power of your “Inner GPS” Her clients consistently praise her uncanny intuitive insights as “spot on,” resulting in personal clarity, creative solutions and overall business success. Lynn has authored seven books on intuition that have been published in over 15 languages. “Make today the ...

Quick Wins episode with Jenny Rae La Roux, former MBB consultant and now the Managing Director of ManagementConsulted.com, the largest website globally for the management consultant community. - “Great consultants are fantastic listeners,

AMA (Ask Me Anything) interview with Michael Beddows, a seasoned consultant, serial entrepreneur, and founder of the IT Consulting Group & Enterprising Group. - “Good consultants deliver value, but great consultants teach their clients how to deliver ...

AMA (Ask Me Anything) episode with Michelle Florendo, a former consultant, a decisions analysis expert & career coach for Type A professionals. A Stanford University graduate with a degree in decision engineering & analysis,

AMA (Ask Me Anything) interview with Naresh Vissa, a digital marketing millennial consultant, CEO of Krish Media & Marketing, and a best-selling author of Fifty Shades of Marketing: Whip Your Business into Shape & Dominate Your Competition and Podc...

Crossroads episode with Dustin, a defense industry professional with less than 5 years of work experience, is seeking a pathway into management consulting. Dustin and Christie discuss ways to reinvent and curate a personal brand that would be attractive to consulting firms, including how to identify experience gaps. Listen to the Episode Here: We will be doing a crossroads interview. If you are new to the show, crossroads is where you have an opportunity to connect with a person that is decid...

In this Quick Wins episode, we discuss the importance of your image in consulting with personal image stylist Elsa Isaac. Whether you realize it or not, scientific studies have shown that you are being judged by how you dress, especially in the workplace, which could impact your credibility, promotions, project opportunities, and raises/bonuses. Style image is an important component of your brand and because it is such a personal choice, it is not always openly discussed, making it sometimes th...

In this Where are They Now? episode, Christie interviews Jonathan, now a Senior Vice President at a global marketing firm and a former consulting colleague with the brand of a rockstar. Jonathan shares stories of his career journey and how he transitioned from the media & entertainment industry into consulting and back into the music industry. Jonathan also discusses a myriad of topics including: * Moving from Virginia to NYC to Los Angeles and living differences between the various cities. *...

Quick Wins interview with Ed Lively and Stephanie Cole of the International Institute for Learning (IIL), seasoned project managers discuss the importance of consultants need to have strong project management skills. In this episode – Christie, Ed, and Stephanie have a roundtable discussion walking through key techniques along the phases of a typical project lifecycle – initiate, plan, execute, monitor/control, and close. Episode also covers International Project Management Day coming up in Nov...

In this MECE Mentoring Moment interlude, Christie provides answers for some of the commonly asked questions about the MECE Muse Unplugged podcast show. Listen to the Episode Here: The MECE Muse Unplugged pop-up podcast is a variety show where I get a chance to connect with all types of people and do interviews, storytelling, and provide career advice for any newbie consultant or aspiring consultants and help them along their journey to greatness. What’s interesting is that the podcast was insp...