"What's your story?" - Host Ron Caughlin

What's Your Story Podcast: Season #2 Episode 5 with Gerry Smith, CEO of Densify.  Densify provides a Cloud & Container Resource Management Platform that leverages our patented machine-learning analytics engine to make cloud and container instances self-aware of their precise resource requirements and to automate the resource management process.  Gerry started his career as a consulting engineer and soon after took the plunge into the world of high-tech start-ups with two other co-founders as the CEO of Changepoint for 12 years.  After selling the company he partnered with Riyaz and Andrew to start Densify.

Gerry takes us through a great story of the past year and how his company has adapted and evolved through the pandemic culturally.  Lots of great lessons for other CEO's in this podcast. 

What's Your Story Podcast:  Episode #4 - Graham Robertson - Beloved Brand - CEO & Founder. Graham is a seasoned marketer and brand strategist working for many top package goods companies.  He is now in his second career and has a new passion for sharing every marketing secret I learned in driving profitable marketing and brand plans for J&J, General Mills, Coke, and Pfizer.  Graham started Beloved Brands to help brands find growth by building brands that consumers love. I know I can make brand leaders smarter so they can reach their full potential.

Graham talks about the new normal and how to help your company through the next stage of this pandemic.

Mike Grier joins in this What's Your Story podcast.  Mike is the Commercial Director for Bermuda Press Holdings Ltd, Rotal Gazette.  Mike is a Content Marketing Specialist supporting brand communities in their quest to re-imagine the brand conversation.  Unpacking the insights and activities from customer and product life cycles, to support campaign and program objectives.

Mike leads us in an interesting conversation and how Covid has changed the business landscape in Bermuda and offers some great lessons you can take back on and reflect for your own organization.

In this 2nd episode of the season, we have Gregg Burkhalter - The LinkedIn Guy talk to us about the importance of personal branding and LinkedIn.  We also touch on how LinkedIn has really changed during the pandemic.  Gregg gives his perspective on what leaders can do to help organizations grow after Covid and also some of the key mistakes made online during Covid on LinkedIn.

Gregg also discusses the importance of workplace balance during Covid and how leaders must be flexible with the workforce.  A really good discussion from a real expert in personal branding and LinkedIn.  

Back for a second season, the "What's Your Story Podcast".  This episode is with Lou Quattro, our co-guest host, and focuses on a sound structure we will be using to interview our guests.  Engaging and fun as always with some great tips and insights for senior executives.

Roger is an energetic, inspired, results-oriented sales and business developer, building a comprehensive knowledge of sales coaching through his many roles in retail, distribution, vendor, and direct sales and has been privileged to champion the success of hundreds of independent business owners to their greatest potential.  For 15 years Roger worked as business counsel to over 600 sales leaders, ensuring the independent sales professionals had the tools, mentorship, knowledge, and support to succeed. He was instrumental in empowering others to embrace change and persevere through diverse challenges. Roger is passionate about developing individuals towards greater professional and personal success.

In this What's Your Story podcast we discuss how people are adapting to the pandemic and also Roger gives some great tips on how to succeed during this difficult time.  A great listen!

In this "What's Your Story?" podcast,  we have a very special guest from my old stomping ground Calgary.  Mary Moran the CEO & President of Calgary Economic Development.  Mary tells a great story of how she and her team helped organizations in Calagary adapt to the new normal and thrive.  Mary explains how Calgary is a technological hub with an abundance of young talent in the digital field.  She also explains how the Calgary Economic Development partnered with industry to help grow the jobs and the economy.  A thriving city that ready to take on the challenges with a downswing in the economy due to COVID-19..

According to Mary, "Calgary's economy is going to start roaring back to life next year, but not before the city posts a dismal 10.1 percent GDP contraction for 2020 as the pandemic and the energy sector slump continue to take their toll".

Calgary's economy was put through the wringer in 2020 with the pandemic, she feels the city's fortunes will start to turn around in the new year.

A great listen from a strong leader!

Margo Malowney is our 16th guest on the What's Your Story podcast.  Margo is a seasoned marketer and former Olympian.  She has been using her drive for high performance combined with marketing and corporate communication skills to help drive or support growth, improvement, and change.

Her early experience as a pioneer in a new Olympic sport lent itself easily to later helping CEO’s and business leaders lead organizations through growth, transformation, acquisitions, and innovation.  She is passionate about building, solving, growing, and improving – "I am looking to use my experience and skills to help another like-minded organization grow and scale. I am especially interested in helping organizations who are near the beginning of their journeys toward incorporating sustainability and corporate responsibility objectives into long-term operational vision."

Margo gives some great advice to all marketers and leaders in this podcast .... a great listen for all.

This podcast focussed on the pandemic and how the Travel Tourism community and has responded during this very difficult time.  Beth Potter, President of TIAO, and Cyrus Copper, Professor & Program Coordinator at Centennial College—President & Founder at Cobalt Hospitality Group engaged us with a fascinating and discussion of how to respond during the new normal and also what to look out for in the coming months.

A great listen and please share with all your colleagues, the advice is invaluable!

In this segment, I interview Maura Joy Lustig.  Maura is a special life coach that combines holistic coaching methods with Art.  Maura believes that each of us has a special gift within us that deserves to shine and we discover that gift and realize what's truly possible for us, we have the ability to create our best life.  Using her signature 7 step process, “Converting Chaos to Clarity” she supports women in transforming into their own extraordinary essence.
Maura takes us down the path of discovery about our true passions and asks us to really focus on this during the pandemic to keep our mental health in order.

Welcome back, everyone! In today's episode, We have Monica Pasinato-Forchielli, President of One Wellness Group.
Monica tells us about her story and experience with the Pandemic and how deeply her business has been affected by it.
Being a wellness group that provides services such as Spa and Massage treatments, and has direct contact with customers, they had no choice but to shut down their business.
Monica shares her actions as a true leader and her version of "the new normal" and the challenges they faced and will face in the future.

Tune in to our new episode!

On our new episode, we have traveled across borders and we have one of our most positive, energetic, and enthusiastic guests, Catherine Ann with us from southern US, Texas!

Catherine Ann is a business strategist coach and uses Linkedin strategy to help her clients make money within 60 days of completing their profile!
She has the most positive perspective about the pandemic and believes everyone should not be " pivoting" to doing something new and instead, they have to "shift" to new ways of getting things done. for example, shifting from going to work to online meetings...
She explains that the pandemic has highlighted the problems people had in their personal and professional lives before the pandemic started and the real struggle now is trying to resolve those issues!

Tune in for a completely different and amazing episode!

On our new exciting episode of "what's your Story?" we had a very insightful conversation with Anna Tavares- Director of Strategy at Vendasta.  Vendasta provides digital solutions to local businesses and during the pandemic, their goal was to provide their customers with 3 main services:  

1. Provide the ability to work remote 2.Local business online toolkit 3. An online academy to learn about marketing. Don't miss this episode if you are a business owner/ marketing agency/ marketer/ student and want to hear more about these services and what the FUTURE of business looks like. At the end of this episode, I sure learned a lot about what my clients needed and took the required actions! 

Welcome to our new episode! This episode is going to be an intense one! Today we have with us our co-host Lou Quattro and our guest Sergio Frias, President & CEO of the federation of Brazilian-Canadian businesses, and Chief customer experience officer at The Chartered Institute of Marketing Management of Ontario (CIMMO). 

Sergio talks about how the world today is a world with more choices for customers and fewer choices for businesses and small businesses are failing because of not being able to deliver those choices. 

He emphasizes the word “Flexibility” which means: To be able to deliver choice, deliver customer experience, and still make money.

Enjoy this unique episode.

This episode is all about human connection and offering help... We have a very distinguished guest today, Dr. Youssef Youssef.  The President and Vice-Chair at The Chartered Institute of Marketing Management of Ontario (cimmo) and Program Coordinator and Professor, Bachelor of Commerce, Marketing Degree at Humber College.  Today we continue our discussion in this normal and how it has affected small businesses more than big businesses. 

95% of Canadian businesses are small businesses and unfortunately, they are the ones that are struggling the most due to lack of strategy, board members, advisors, etc. Dr.Youseff emphasizes on how big companies and marketing firms should come together and offer their expertise to help these businesses as much as possible. He also talks about the desperate need for LEADERSHIP from within companies during this difficult time in order to connect with your company's employees and customers and try to understand their problems and worries. Because we are all in this together...

Thank you for your thoughtful approach Dr.Youseff.

Welcome to our new episode! On our new exciting episode, we have Jason Hunt co-founder and CMO of Merged Media Ltd. His company provides marketing and advertisement solutions for its clients. 

Other than the businesses that have suffered from the pandemic, Jason focuses on the ones that are thriving because of it, and one of them is E-commerce. From having virtual confreres to house parties, to promoting your small business, going "online" might become the new normal after the pandemic.

Jason also shares a few tips on the Dos and Don'ts of managing the social media accounts of your business and what should businesses be preparing for after the pandemic.

It was great having you with us.

What's Your Story Podcast:  Episode #3 - Shane Skillen - President Hotspex Research.  Shane bring some real insight to the this new normal from actual research done in the field.  A great discussion and focus and mental illness and a lifeline offered during these times.  

What's Your Story Podcast:  Episode #4  with David Kincaid CEO, Level 5 Strategy.  David share a passionate view of the pademic and guides us through a journey of how brands can think and shift their focus from a consumer perspective to different values and attributes.  This is based on the what the consumer thinks is important right now and the normal rules don't apply any longer.  Welcome David.

This is the What's your story podcast.  In this episode we engage in a powerful discussion with Desmond Edwards, the VP Marketing Nandos N.A. . We continue our discussion on the new normal and how Nandos has adapted to the pandemic with strong leadership and smart  business decisions.  This does come a faint of heart with them shutting down 27 locations and learning how to respond with a caring approach with their franchisees and employees during this strange period of time.  We also shift the discussion over to the George Floyd situation and get perspective from Desmond as African Canadian business leader, an incredibly power talk you won't want to miss.

The "What's your story" podcast is a series of real stories than engage the senses.  People and brands all have a story to tell that make them unique and interesting.