How Conference and Event Speaking Enhance Career - Caroline Giegerich

In Chapter 4 of 10 of her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, marketing innovator and digital strategist Caroline Giegerich furthers her career by participating in conference and event speaking opportunities. The experiences introduce Giegerich to industry peers and the conversation provides an educational and motivational experience Giegerich Giegerich is currently Director of Innovations at Initiative, where she brainstorms and executes cross-platform marketing strategies. She has worked in online marketing roles at both HBO and the Los Angeles Times. She holds a BA in Pre-Med Sciences and Philosophy from Brown University.

How Marketer Learns to Sell Brands Content Innovation - Caroline Giegerich

In Chapter 2 of 10 of her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, marketing innovator and digital strategist Caroline Giegerich learns to sell brands content ideas and innovation through her transition from HBO to advertising agency Initiative Worldwide. Coming from a content company, HBO, she learns to apply skills here to different content-based brands. She learns the importance of learning new markets, including consumer goods and automotive, to understand how brands operate and work. Giegerich is currently Director of Innovations at Initiative, where she brainstorms and executes cross-platform marketing strategies. She has worked in online marketing roles at both HBO and the Los Angeles Times. She holds a BA in Pre-Med Sciences and Philosophy from Brown University.

What Makes a Great Competitive Intelligence Program - Alan McNab

In Chapter 12 of 17 in his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, customer advocacy marketing executive Alan McNab highlights what differentiates a good competitive intelligence program from a great one. McNab cites freshness, noting the importance of keeping sales teams the most informed people in the industry. In addition to fresh information, McNab also notes the importance of implementing feedback processes and systems to gather on the ground feedback from sales teams. McNab holds a BSEE in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University and an MBA from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. He has worked in various technology marketing roles at Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, Motorola, and is now Vice President, Customer Advocacy at NCR based in Dublin.

How to Assess Trust and Establish Trustworthiness - Alan McNab

In Chapter 8 of 17 in his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, customer advocacy marketing executive Alan McNab shares how to assess trust and establish trustworthiness in business relationships. He highlights four key areas of assessing trust using four types of action: reliability, expertise, presence, and sincerity. He provides an example of how this framework operates by drawing on his experience working at Cisco. McNab holds a BSEE in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University and an MBA from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. He has worked in various technology marketing roles at Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, Motorola, and is now Vice President, Customer Advocacy at NCR based in Dublin.

How to Help Others Be More Emotionally Expressive - Garren Katz

In Chapter 10 of 13 in his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, executive and private life coach Garren Katz shares how he applies his emotional experiences to help others be more expressive. Being inquisitive, curious, and focused helps Katz create emotional connections with clients, friends, and family. Once he establishes comfort, Katz then can advise on issues of emotion. Garren is a graduate of Western Michigan University and coaches clients on areas such as entrepreneurship, relationships, and personal finances. Learn more about Garren at http://about.me/garrenkatz .

What Defines a Tastemaker - Phil McKenzie

In Chapter 4 of 12 in his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, media and publishing entrepreneur Phil McKenzie shares what separates tastemakers, trendsetters, and influencers from an average consumer or business. McKenzie notes how tastemakers, trendsetters, and influencers aspire to get in front of trends and apply passion and expertise to generate thought leadership. Phil McKenzie graduated from Howard University and earned an MBA from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business. Before starting FREE DMC and the Influencer Conference, McKenzie worked for eight years in sales and trading at Goldman Sachs.

How Teaching Skills Enable Sales Success - Geoff Hamm

In Chapter 11 of 16 of his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, online media sales executive Geoff Hamm shares the importance of developing industry expertise in sales. Over time, Hamm gains the industry knowledge to be a a thought leader and become a trusted education resource for his clients. As an industry resource, Hamm is then able to better communicate innovative new product potential. Hamm graduated from the University of Illinois - http://illinois.edu/ - and is now SVP of Sales at at Scribd http://www.scribd.com/ in Silicon Valley. Previously he held online sales management positions at Electronic Arts, Yahoo!, Orbitz, IAC, and Excite.

How to Use Creative Skills in Real Estate Development Job - Brett Goldman

In Chapter 1 of 10 in his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, real estate development acquisitions director Brett Goldman details how geography and spacial relations understanding impact a real estate development career. Spacial relations understanding and, more importantly, potential requires vision and a creative mindset to connect plan to project. Geography variables require research into how a development project- retail, residential, or commercial - will integrate into a neighborhood. Brett Goldman is a Real Estate Acquisitions Director at Triangle Equities - http://www.triangleequities.com/ - in New York City. Goldman holds a BA in General Studies from the University of Michigan - http://www.umich.edu/ - and a masters in real estate development from Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation - http://www.arch.columbia.edu/ View more at http://www.captureyourflag.com

How MBA Finance Skills Guide Real Estate Investment Career - Brett Goldman

In Chapter 4 of 10 in his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, real estate development acquisitions director Brett Goldman shares how developing a deep understanding of financial markets, including commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS), plays into his investment decisions. Brett Goldman is a Real Estate Acquisitions Director at Triangle Equities - http://www.triangleequities.com/ - in New York City. Goldman holds a BA in General Studies from the University of Michigan - http://www.umich.edu/ - and a masters in real estate development from Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation - http://www.arch.columbia.edu/ View more videos at http://www.captureyourflag.com

How Executive Uses Information Management to Keep Current - Brett Goldman

In Chapter 7 of 10 in his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, real estate development acquisitions director Brett Goldman shares how he categorizes, organizes, and consumes information to stay current in his industry. Goldman reads standard news, blogs, industry trade journals, and social media feeds to keep informed. He sets aside one day per weekend to catch up on what he missed each week to prepare for the next week. Brett Goldman is a Real Estate Acquisitions Director at Triangle Equities - http://www.triangleequities.com/ - in New York City. Goldman holds a BA in General Studies from the University of Michigan - http://www.umich.edu/ - and a masters in real estate development from Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation - http://www.arch.columbia.edu/ .

When to Settle Down and Establish Career Expertise - Gabrielle Lamourelle

In Chapter 20 of 21 in her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, global health consultant Gabrielle Lamourelle shares why after working abroad in Uganda and India for years she is settling down to work in the United States. Immersive international experiences working across cultures teach her the importance of establishing presence and building social science career expertise. She finds a prolonged commitment allows for a deeper understanding of a problem and identifying more effective ways to solve it. Ultimately, the abroad work experience teaches her the value of presence and refines her career focus. Lamourelle graduated with a BS in Sociology from University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. View more career learning and development knowledge videos at http://www.captureyourflag.com. Follow Capture Your Flag on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/captureyourflag. Follow Capture Your Flag on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/captureyourflag.

How Lion Field Work Informs Oxford PhD Research - Alayne Cotterill

In Chapter 12 of 13 in her 2010 interview with Capture Your Flag Host Erik Michielsen, wildlife biologist and Oxford University Lady Margaret Hall PhD candidate Alayne Cotterill shares how she applies field work studying lions to her doctorate research. Cotterill emphasizes the importance of using field research to ask the right questions when designing a PhD and following this up with the necessary academic training and field research. Learn more about Alayne's work at http://www.lionconservation.org. Learn more about Lady Margaret Hall at http://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/.

How Venture Capitalist Uses Finance Skills in Wildlife Conservation - Josep Oriol

In Chapter 10 of 11 in his 2010 interview with Capture Your Flag host Erik Michielsen, East African venture capitalist and conservation investor Josep Oriol details how he acts as an interpreter between a business culture and a wildlife conservation effort. Oriol recognizes an extractive nature of business not focused on environmental sustainability and the resulting conservationist mistrust of businesspeople. Oriol then uses his business skills, namely financial management tools, to help wildlife conservation efforts be more sustainable and economically viable.

How MBA Tools and Network Enable Career Development - Josep Oriol

In Chapter 3 of 11 in his 2010 interview with Capture Your Flag host Erik Michielsen, East African venture capitalist and conservation investor Josep Oriol shares how his MBA experience at the Duke University Fuqua School of Business has propelled his career. He cites two key enablers. First, the tool box he acquires through classes help him understand high level business fundamentals, including finance, operations, and marketing. Second, the business network he builds while at school proves helpful making connections to acquire necessary advice and contacts used in achieving goals.

How to Plan a Product Management Career - Ramsey Pryor

In Chapter 20 of 22 of his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, international Internet product management executive Ramsey Pryor provides a product management career development framework. Pryor lists three stages of product management. The first is a mainline product manager role that provides opportunity to give birth to a product, go to market, and learn from the experience. The second stage is a group product manager role that includes managing a product family, defining the company product approach, and managing a product manager team. The third is a company product executive role such as VP Product, that includes managing resources, budget, sales and marketing relationships at an executive-facing level. Within these three groups, Pryor highlights an additional division between new product managers, or trailblazers, and mature product managers, or optimizers. Pryor encourages product managers to get experience in both areas and develop a preference. Pryor earned an MBA from the University of Navarra IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain and a BA in Economics and Spanish from Northwestern University.

How a Reporter and Editor Working Relationship Develops - Yoav Gonen

Yoav Gonen returns to Capture Your Flag to build upon his 2009 interview with a 2010 conversation with host Erik Michielsen. In Chapter 11 of 17, Gonen, a New York Post education reporter shares how he progressively learned to identify and filter newsworthy story topics before presenting ideas to his editor. Different publications operate differently and Gonen, who came to the Post from the Staten Island Advance, struggles for nearly two years to find rhythm working with his editors. As an education reporter, Gonen finds he is not only responsible for finding stories but also for filtering stories down from informational items to more newsworthy items. Gonen earned his BA in English from the University of Michigan and his Masters in Journalism from New York University.

Jullien Gordon on How Aligning Mind With Time Turns Passions into Skills

In Chapter 14 of 14 of his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview, motivation teacher Jullien Gordon shares the importance of identifying skills and the accumulation of hours already invested. To crystallize a passion into a skill, defined as an experience or outcome you can replicate better than an average person, Gordon pushes coaching clients to invest time in building that experience. Gordon references author Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 Hour rule - known as "practice time" - detailed in his book "Outliers" as one way aligning one's mind with time turns passion into skills and competitive advantage. Gordon holds an MBA and Masters in Education from Stanford University and a BA from UCLA.

Transcript:

Erik Michielsen:  How do you coach others to align their mind with their time to put turn their passions into skills?

Jullien Gordon: Even though this isn’t Gladwell’s theory, it came up in his book “The Ten Thousand Hour Rule”.  I really get people to – The ten thousand hours is basically 20 hours a week, 50 weeks a year for 10 years.  So, whatever it is that you want to position yourself as an expert at, you have to set aside at least 20 hours a week for 50 weeks a year for 10 years to make that happen.  In reality because I think we’re always moving toward our purpose, whether we know it or not, the challenges that we are facing are only moving us toward our purpose, and the happiness that we’re experiencing is because we’re in line with our purpose. 

Many people already have thousands of hours accumulated, but they weren’t aware that they were actually developing some sort of skill.  You doing these interviews, you being on your forty-fifth interview over the past year, all of that is accumulation of hours toward some sort of skill set that you’re developing.  You might not even have the language around it yet – I know we talked about leadership skills and development – but we are always developing, developing, developing. So, it’s really about crystallizing your passion into a skill.  A skill is basically something that you can replicate more frequently than someone who isn’t as skilled.  So, the only reason that people are getting paid millions of dollars to play on the Yankees is because they can hit an 80 mph fast ball better than you and I can.  They can replicate that experience better than you and I can.  And that’s what a skill is, being able to replicate a particular experience or outcome better than the average person.

. 

Jullien Gordon on How Auschwitz Concentration Camp Story Inspires a Life of Purpose

In Chapter 4 of 14 of his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview, motivation teacher Jullien Gordon finds inspiration and purpose, his "why", by reading Viktor Frankl's book, "Man's Search for Meaning." Specifically, Frankl's quote, "Nietzsche's words 'He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how'" helps Gordon align his why, or purpose, when pursuing goals, no matter how challenging. The book chronicles Frankl's time as an inmate at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp during World War II and details his quest to find reason, or meaning, to live.

Transcript:

Erik Michielsen: How has Victor Frankl’s quote “A man who knows his why can bear almost any how” reflected in your own sense of purpose?

Jullien Gordon:  I read that book A Man’s Search for Meaning in high school, it was in a class called Living and Dying and that quote just stuck out to me [asks Andrew a question] So I read that quote… I read Man’s Search for Meaning in high school in a class called Living and Dying and that’s where that quote came from and so for me your Why is your purpose, right? And so when you are clear, crystal clear on what it is your purpose is no matter what obstacles stand in your way in terms of living in alignment with that, you can over come them and of course Man’s Search for Meaning was about being… stuck and trapped in Auschwitz and how his ‘why’, which was a love of his family, helped sustain him during that try, trying time and so when you are clear of your ‘why’ and your reasoning for being in your own self worth, no matter what obstacles come your way you actually over come them.