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Strategic Advisor | CEO Coach | Founder & Former CEO, Simplicity Consulting | Author +…
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A Series A startup founder told me recently: "Our messaging is solid. We just need help scaling sales." Here's what I found in 20 minutes of…
A Series A startup founder told me recently: "Our messaging is solid. We just need help scaling sales." Here's what I found in 20 minutes of…
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Last week's Marketers That Matter® Forum was top-notch and highly rated! Thank you Chris Koehler and the team at Twilio for hosting and thank you…
Last week's Marketers That Matter® Forum was top-notch and highly rated! Thank you Chris Koehler and the team at Twilio for hosting and thank you…
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Our President’s Club is about recognizing the people who consistently deliver and push the business forward. The time together matters just as much…
Our President’s Club is about recognizing the people who consistently deliver and push the business forward. The time together matters just as much…
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Experience
Education
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California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
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Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi International Sorority, Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity
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Work, Your Way: Reinvent yourself, create the life you want and thrive as a consultant
HarperCollins Leadership
See publicationA Definitive Guide for Beginner and Experienced Consultants
Work, Your Way is equal parts actionable and inspirational. As Lisa Hufford teaches readers how to successfully step off the corporate career ladder and transition to doing the work they love, on their terms. Grounded in Lisa’s experience trading a high-powered corporate career for the freedom and flexibility of consulting, building an award-winning consultancy, and helping thousands of professionals make the same switch, this book…A Definitive Guide for Beginner and Experienced Consultants
Work, Your Way is equal parts actionable and inspirational. As Lisa Hufford teaches readers how to successfully step off the corporate career ladder and transition to doing the work they love, on their terms. Grounded in Lisa’s experience trading a high-powered corporate career for the freedom and flexibility of consulting, building an award-winning consultancy, and helping thousands of professionals make the same switch, this book enables professionals to redesign their lives and create opportunity in the future of work. -
How to effectively manage your job search during the coronavirus pandemic
Forbes
See publicationI [virtually] sat down with Forbes contributor, Kathy Caprino, to help job seekers navigate their search during these uncertain times.
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How modern managers engage outside experts
Staffing.com by Toptal
See publicationThe future of work is NOW. I wrote this article for staffing.com to help managers build a total talent strategy to get results faster.
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Navigating the Talent Shift: How to Build On-Demand Teams That Drive Innovation, Control Costs, and Get Results
Palgrave
See publicationBy 2020, 40 percent of the workforce won’t want to be your employee. That means managers and executives have to forget the traditional methods to acquire talent and revise the perception that “talent” is only full-time employees.
Navigating the Talent Shift, introduces you to SPEED: a fast and flexible talent strategy that shows you how to access the 65 million people that make up the on-demand, specialized talent pool. This book explains how to:
Stop spending months searching…By 2020, 40 percent of the workforce won’t want to be your employee. That means managers and executives have to forget the traditional methods to acquire talent and revise the perception that “talent” is only full-time employees.
Navigating the Talent Shift, introduces you to SPEED: a fast and flexible talent strategy that shows you how to access the 65 million people that make up the on-demand, specialized talent pool. This book explains how to:
Stop spending months searching for talent
Have a team of on-demand talent at your fingertips
Exponentially expand your talent pool
Test ideas and change direction fast to stay competitive and drive innovation
Reduce severance and layoffs
Bring a fresh perspective with strategic doers on your team
Do more with less
Navigating the Talent Shift will show you and your team how to tap into an on-demand workforce, while providing you with the talent you need to be nimble and successful
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Personal Brand Playbook: Five Steps to Ignite Your Personal Brand
See publicationIn five simple steps, Be You: Five Steps to Ignite Your Personal Brand leads you to discover how you SHOW UP and reminds you to own the unique gifts and skills that make you YOU! The book is a great tool for teams to learn each other’s strengths and passions and for people experiencing new beginnings like career transitions (in or out of the workforce), retirement, and graduation.
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[In progress] I’m currently writing my third book—an inspiring how-to guide for professionals looking to make the leap from corporate to consulting
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Courses
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Consultant Action Plan Workshop
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Create your Personal Brand in 5 easy steps
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Honors & Awards
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5x INC. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Company
Inc.
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Certified WBENC Women’s Business Enterprise
Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)
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Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Winning Woman
Ernst & Young (EY)
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INC.’s Top 10 Female Entrepreneurs
Inc.
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PSBJ Eastside’s Fastest Growing Private Companies
Puget Sound Business Journal
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PSBJ Small Business Hero
Puget Sound Business Journal
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PSBJ Small Business Hero
Puget Sound Business Journal
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PSBJ Top 10 Largest Women-Owned Businesses
Puget Sound Business Journal
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PSBJ Washington’s Best Workplaces
Puget Sound Business Journal
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Seattle Business Tech Impact Award
Seattle Business Magazine
Organizations
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Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Dean's Advisory Board Member
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Hopelink
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Cal Poly Center for Innovation & Entrepreneur (CIE)
Founding Member
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Alpha Phi Foundation
Sponsor/Supporter
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Bellevue Lifespring
Donor-Adopt a Family & Table Captain at Benefit Luncheon
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Microsoft Alumni Network
Member and Speaker
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UW Bothell Business School
Dean's Advisory Board Member
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Womens Business Enterprise National Council
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Boys & Girls Club Kirkland
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YWCA
Vounteer- Table Captain
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Young Presidents Organization (YPO)
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Committee of 200 (C200)
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Bellevue College
Adjunct Professor
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