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Heartbeat For Hire with Lyndsay Dowd

The Heartbeat for Hire Podcast was created to inspire leaders on how to get through the most difficult of circumstances. I feature CEOs, Olympians, Professional Athletes, Authors, Disruptors, Emmy Winning Journalists and more as they share their stories of resilience with my lens on leadership and culture. My guests share their vulnerability and lessons learned so those of you who have never had a good leader can see the possible in the way they lead. My goal is to transform leadership as we know it and this podcast features the best of the best in showing you the way.

Latest Episodes:

133: HR's Layoff Playbook with Maggie Brady | Lyndsay Dowd Jan 14, 2025

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Maggie Brady is a progressive leader with 20 years of global HR leadership experience spanning Fortune 500, private equity, and venture capital backed companies. She started her career journey at Arthur Andersen as part of their Change Enablement consulting practice and then pivoted to HR, earning her stripes as a graduate of GE's HR Leadership Program. Since then, Maggie has gained experience leading all aspects of the HR/People function globally at companies such as HD Supply, Fiserv and Convoy. After an unexpected and unpaid sabbatical from her last company, Maggie thrives as VP of HR and Talent at White Cap, the leading North American distributor of construction products and equipment to over 10,000 professional contractors. Maggie is a happily retired collegiate swimmer and a fellow Swiftie. Her goal that she started in 2024 and continues today is to fall in love with her life! To know more about Maggie visit her LinkedIn: @maggiebrady1

132: How to Rise Through The Struggle with Rashmi Airan Jan 08, 2025

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Rashmi Airan is a captivating and motivational speaker, consultant, and catalyst for transformation with a mission to foster organizational cultures centered around authenticity. Her powerful story transcends the pitfalls of making a life-altering decision; it's a tale of leadership, core values, and decision-making, capable of creating a safe haven for courageous and often challenging conversations. As a first-generation immigrant of Indian descent raised with lofty expectations, Rashmi excelled as a lawyer, graduating with honors from Columbia Law School. After gaining experience at major corporations, she embarked on an independent law practice in Miami. During the housing boom, she developed an ethical blind spot collaborating with a real estate developer engaged in questionable practices. Driven by her desire for success to provide for her children, Rashmi refrained from questioning her client's actions despite her inner voice urging caution. This led to a federal prison sentence for bank fraud. During her six months in federal prison, Rashmi found inner peace and self-forgiveness. This humbling yet invaluable experience made her realize that while living with remorse is one thing, allowing it to define one's identity is another. Now a "recovering lawyer and investment banker," female leader, and community entrepreneur, Rashmi is an internationally recognized keynote speaker and TEDx presenter. With over thirty years of real-world experience in finance, business and law, Rashmi Airan intimately understands the complexities modern leaders face. Her expertise is bolstered by years of research in behavioral psychology and collaborations with renowned global brands like Coca-Cola, Cardinal Health, Merck, Comcast, Sotheby's, and Hershey's. Deloitte has recognized the transformative power and relatability of Rashmi's journey, which spans from an Ivy League education to federal prison.

131: Chasing Big Dreams, Life and Leadership Lessons with Ryan Lavarnway Jan 01, 2025

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Ryan Lavarnway, a former Major League Baseball catcher, is now a sought-after leadership coach and keynote speaker. With a 15-year MLB career that included winning the 2013 World Series with the Boston Red Sox, Ryan also represented Israel in the World Baseball Classic and Olympics. A Yale standout, he set records and earned MVP honors internationally. Today, Ryan inspires audiences with his dynamic approach to unlocking leadership potential and fostering a winning mindset.

To know more about Ryan visit his socials:

Instagram: @rlavarnway

Linkedin: @ryanlavarnway

130: Leadership Lessons from Hollywood with Greg Berlanti Dec 25, 2024

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WGA, DGA, GOLDEN GLOBE nominee, and Emmy Governors award recipient, Greg Berlanti is the force behind some of the most creative and acclaimed works in film and television. He began his career in TV as a staff writer on the hit show Dawson's Creek, becoming an executive producer and showrunner of the series after only one year on staff. Since then, Berlanti has served as a creator or executive producer on over 45 television shows including such beloved hits as You, Everwood, Brothers & Sisters, Arrow, The Flash, Riverdale, All American, Found, The Flight Attendant and many others. Berlanti Productions has had as many as 15 shows on the air at one time — a record-breaking number of shows to air at one time for a tv producer and creator. He made his film directorial debut in 2000 with The Broken Hearts Club and has since directed several projects including the critically acclaimed film, Love, Simon. Berlanti has also produced numerous feature films including My Policeman, Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed, Free Guy, and Red, White and Royal Blue. Berlanti's most recent directorial project, Apple Original Films' Fly Me To The Moon starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, was released in theaters July 2024. Berlanti was included in Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2020, received the PGA's Norman Lear Achievement Award and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2022 for his work in television. He founded the Berlanti Family Foundation which has raised millions of dollars for charities, non-profits, and cancer research. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his husband and two children. To know more about Greg visit his instagram: @gberlanti

129: From the top to the bottom and back with Damion Lupo Dec 18, 2024

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Damion Lupo is a seasoned entrepreneur who has launched and grown over 70 companies from $0 to $100 million throughout a remarkable 25-year journey. In addition to being a prolific author with 12 published books, Damion is celebrated for his extraordinary achievements in building multiple companies from the ground up, many of which have reached seven, eight, and even nine-figure valuations. Despite a significant setback that saw him lose a $20 million portfolio at the age of 30, Damion's resilience and determination led him to not only overcome homelessness but also rebuild his wealth beyond 9-figures. Today, he is a driving force in transforming the retirement landscape with his groundbreaking retirement plan system and revolutionizing the home and apartment construction industry through his pioneering work with Frametec. To know more about Damion visit his website:

www.turnkeyretirement.com

128: The Thought Leadership Leader with Denise Brosseau Dec 11, 2024

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Denise Brosseau has the unlikely expertise of being a thought leader…about thought leadership. She is the bestselling author of Ready to Be a Thought Leader? (Wiley) and the CEO of the Thought Leadership Lab, where she works with executives and their teams on their journey from leader to thought leader. Her clients have included executives at Genentech, PayPal, eBay and many other Fortune 500 companies. Denise began her own 'accidental' thought leadership journey as the founding CEO of the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE), the first trade association for women building venture fundable businesses. She grew FWE to 7 cities across the US and she also co-founded Springboard, the first venture capital conference for women entrepreneurs which has since led to over $39 billion in funding for women founded and led businesses. For this work, she was recognized as a Champion of Change by the White House. Today, Denise is an international keynote speaker and workshop leader and her LinkedIn Learning courses on thought leadership have been viewed by more than 200,000 people around the world. She also founded and runs a diverse community for women authors. Denise began her career in the technology industry where she led product teams at Kensington, Motorola and Broderbund Software. She received her MBA from Stanford Business School and her BA from Wellesley College. To know more about Denise visit her website:

www.thoughtleadershiplab.com

127: Wonderhell to Wonderful with Laura Gassner Otting Dec 04, 2024

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Laura's secret superpower is seeing your greatness and reflecting it back on you, so that you can get "unstuck" — and achieve extraordinary results. A regular contributor to Good Morning America, the TODAY Show, Harvard Business Review, and Oprah Daily, Laura is the Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of three books, Wonderhell, Limitless, and Mission-Driven. Laura's 30-year resume is defined by her entrepreneurial edge. She served as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton's White House, helping shape AmeriCorps; left a leadership role at respected national search firm to expand a tech start-up; and founded, ran, and sold her own global search firm, partnering with the full gamut of mission driven corporate and nonprofit executives. Laura is turned on by the audacity of The Big Idea and that larger-than-life goal you just can't seem to shake. She's an instigator, motivator, and provocateur, and she's never met a revolution she didn't like. Just ask her enduringly patient husband, two almost-grown sons, and two troublesome pups with whom she lives outside of Boston, MA. To learn more about Laura, go to her website:

www.lauragassnerotting.com

126: Lead with lives on the line with Rebecca Fitzsimmons Nov 27, 2024

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Rebecca is the founder of Tactical Harmony, an online business dedicated to mentoring ambitious professionals and businesses on holistic leadership and mindset strategies. She is also the host of the "Tactical Harmony" podcast, in which she shares game-changing, transformative tactics supporting her community to gracefully navigate their career and homelife, while enjoying freedom, abundance and bliss. Over the last two decades, Rebecca served as an NCIS Special Agent and as a senior leader at a technology company. Throughout her global experience living and working around the world, 9+ years of which were in the leadership ranks, Rebecca saw first-hand how holistic leadership was the answer to every challenge. And now, it is Rebecca's mission and pledge to share these lessons and blessings with the world.

To learn more about Rebecca, go to her website: www.tacticalharmony.com

125: One Happy Camper (and CEO) with Dan Konigsberg Nov 20, 2024

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Dan's journey is a testament to the power of passion and entrepreneurship. Growing up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, he spent his summers at Camp Takajo in Maine, where he developed a deep love for the camp experience. Little did he know that his hobby of creating a Dave Matthews Band Tour Archive website in high school would lay the foundation for his future career. In 2001, while still a college student at Emory University, Dan's ingenuity led him to create a system to streamline Camp Takajo's staff hiring process. This project evolved into CampMinder, a company that now serves nearly 1,000 of the world's best summer camps. Dan's unique blend of computer science knowledge and economic understanding has been instrumental in CampMinder's success. His leadership style, deeply rooted in Takajo's Arch Ideals, emphasizes people-first principles and creating a supportive work environment. Beyond his professional achievements, Dan is a devoted family man, living in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and 9-year-old twins. He's an avid guitarist, songwriter, and ski enthusiast. To learn more about Dan, go to his website: www.campminder.com

124: Who's Your Momma? with Megan Reilly Nov 13, 2024

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Megan Reilly started as an entrepreneur at age 19 and over the last two decades has built an international franchise, started a top 12 podcast and ignited crowds all around the country as a keynote speaker. A 2012 Shark Tank Alum, Megan and her former business partner received multiple offers from Sharks yet decided to grow their business on their own. As owner and COO of Tippi Toes, Inc, Megan helped grow the company from a part time business to 70 franchises over 23 years. During her tenure Megan wrote children's music albums that reached number 1 on iTunes chart. In August 2024 Megan successfully exited her company. Megan is the creator and host of one of the Top 12 Parenting Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Who Is Your Momma Podcast, where she speaks to the mothers of some of the world's most successful CEOs, athletes, and entertainers. Megan worked as an expert mentor for Jesse Itzler's elite coaching program, Elite365. Megan is a Top Voice on LinkedIn and engages regularly with thousands of followers on the platform. Megan speaks to organizations all across the country sharing the lessons she has learned from more than 20 years as a thriving entrepreneur. Megan and her husband Chris have been married since 2007 and have three daughters. Visit Megan's website, https://www.megan-reilly.com/ Follow Megan on LinkedIn along more than 20,000 others - https://www.linkedin.com/in/meganlreilly-speaker Megan on IG https://www.instagram.com/meganlreilly/?hl=en Listen to Who Is Your Momma on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6er3DfXbIQOSQXIBJAXnVF?si=y-BJ1ehnQS-JgIAUzFAFRg

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