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The POZCAST: Decoding Success with Adam Posner

Career & Life Journeys: Hosted by Adam Posner, he interviews top experts, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders from the world of Entrepreneurship, Talent Acquisition, Personal Growth, and other world-class amazing humans to decode their success via their insights into their own career journeys and personal growth.

The goal of #thePOZcast is to showcase amazing humans who share their stories to inspire you to harness your inner tenacity to drive your life and career forward.

Adam Posner is the Founder and Managing Director @ NHP Talent Group- a boutique NYC-based staffing agency with expertise in marketing, media and advertising.

Copyright: © Adam Posner

Latest Episodes:

Lisa Carmen Wang: Building the Bad Bitch Empire Dec 15, 2023

Show notes

2:49 - First early Lesson in Gymnastics

5:28 - Tenacity to change destiny since childhood

6:38 - Fear of losing/never being enough

9:24 - Push from the parents

11:11 - Misconception about the Gymnastic world

12:30 - Not made into Olympics

14:35 - How Lisa came out of the dark place

16:33 - The Yale Competition

17:12 - Social life of a Gymnast

18:45 - First taste of Entrepreneurship

19:55 - Getting hired

22:08 - Putting experience to value

24:25 - Experience in China

28:01 - Food-X - late-night delivery startup business

29:24 - Know your strengths and weaknesses

30:03 - Origin of She-works

30:55 - Point of differentiation between organization

32:08 - She-work negotiation with Republic

33:25 - Good girl Brainwashing (Bad Bitch Empire)

37:33 - Advice to a father for raising a daughter

38:56 - What did Lisa learn about herself during writing the book

42:30 - Audience of the book

43:54 - Working with larger organizations

44:41 - The most important female Role Model

45:44 - Top 3 Dream guests for Lisa's Podcast

46:25 - The single greatest piece of advice

47:52 - Lisa's North Star

Love, Law, and Life: A Deep Dive into 14 Years of Marriage with Ilona Posner #thePOZcast 300th Episode Special Dec 08, 2023

Show notes

1:50 - 300th Guest "Ilona Babinsky Posner"

2:17 - Professional Introduction

3:17 - Ilona's Childhood/Background

4:02 - Early memories of the old world

4:55 - Ilona's Parents then and now

7:29 - First meetup with Ilona's Grandma

9:09 - The "Immigrant guilt"

10:48 - Ilona's Career Story

13:50 - Why did Ilona choose Commercial Real Estate

15:21 - Key learning from time at Silverman

17:40 - First sign of toxicity in a firm

19:11 - Thought process during the low time

21:22 - Parents' support

21:59 - Ilona's present best workplace

23:15 - Mismanagement of expectations

24:00 - Initiatives taken by Ilona at her workplace

25:46 - A new line - Business development

28:20 - Ilona's Promotion

29:30 - Parents' reaction to promotion news

30:43 - Ilona's New name for Equity

32:33 - Adam & Ilona's Love story

34:06 - First Sushi date

36:33 - How both clicked and made it exclusive

41:50 - Define values from the start

42:30 - First apartment - Early challenges

42:59 - The day Ilona and Adam moved in together

44:57 - Adam loves to Surprise

47:14 - Becoming parents

48:40 - Moving to the suburbs

49:39 - Difficult period - Lots of missed pregnancies

54:57 - Nina's Superpower

55:54 - Oliver is a Romeo

56:40 - What makes Adam and Ilona great parents?

59:17 - The hardest part of living with Adam

1:00:48 - The toughest part of living with Ilona

1:02:32 - Be intimate often

1:03:39 - Communicate Excessively

1:04:17 - Lifting each other up!

1:04:32 - Be honest, esp when it is hard

1:04:46 - Be a good leader and a follower

1:05:41 - Forgive mistakes fast

1:06:48 - Holding each other to a higher standard

1:07:21 - Make your marriage the highest priority

1:09:13 - Ilona's wish for Adam heading to 2024

1:11:08 - Adam's wish for Ilona

1:12:42 - The Single greatest piece of advice

1:13:30 - Ilona's North Star

Chris Mueller: The Man Behind The POZcast Success Dec 06, 2023

Show notes

Before I get to episode 300, we must pause at E299 1/2 for a great conversation with the man behind #thePOZcast, my producer, Chris Mueller. Chris has been by my side since October 2020, starting as my research producer and taking over all audio and video production. His pre-show research has elevated my show to incredible heights of deep research that has led to very insightful questions and conversations. We have traveled together to live shoots in Miami and Indianapolis and have been on great adventures. I genuinely appreciate Chris and am confident you will love this candid conversation about our experiences together over the past 3 years. I sincerely appreciate Chris and look forward to working with him for a long time. Enjoy this BTS look into #thePOZcast! To learn more about Chris' services, please check out https://www.thefringelabel.com/ #thePOZcast is brought to you by our friends at Interseller – the prospecting + outreach platform of recruiters and sellers. Check out a free demo today! https://bit.ly/2Fbm/BZ Thanks for listening, and please follow us on Insta @NHPTalent and X @AdamJPosner.

Christina Tosi: Desserts are Self-Care. Founder of Milk Bar Dec 01, 2023

Show notes

2:50 - New York in its true essence

4:31 - Start of Passion with Grandmother's baking

7:25 - Childhood memories

9:05 - Bag of sugar baby Memory

12:18 - Experiences with kids growing up

13:30 - Live in the moment

15:00 - Break the rules/Be a Candy Monster

16:22 - Desert is Self care

16:42 - College Education

17:10 - Decision to switch to baking career

19:27 - Getting into a Culinary School

20:48 - Hard Challenging Moments

22:14 - Hot take on time with Anthony

24:14 - How to face things as a Pastry Chef

26:47 - WD50 Anniversary - an Adventure

28:54 - Last memorable bite

29:53 - You are not your Boss!

31:37 - Urgency is a secret ingredient

34:26 - Early Challenges on the way

35:10- Identify the superpower of your team members

35:48 - Advice to Leaders

38:09 - Origin of Crackpie and Rebranding

41:32 - Key part = Destruction

43:51 - Measuring the impact of happiness

46:43 - Hardest part of Leadership

48:49 - Next on the Horizon

50:32 - Fan Questions time

51:53 - Single Greatest piece of advice

52:40 - Christina's North Star

Craig Fisher: How to Grow a Business with Kindness & Empathy Nov 24, 2023

Show notes

2:20 - Introduction

3:36 - Impetus behind writing the book

5:20 - Process of compilation/The Aha moment

6:44 - Change in talent over the last 3 years

8:30 - Bandwagon of "EasyApply"

10:59 - Keeping the Friction Low / Qualifying questions

12:35 - The dilemma of ATS

15:07 - Thoughts on different hiring tools

17:11 - Market the need

18:13 - Different points of view / The decisive factor

20:07 - The elephant in the room - The AI

21:20 - Levels and components of AI

23:02 - Learn and invest in technology

24:56 - Danger of Automated Marketing

27:28 - The candidate experience

29:34 - A recipe for disaster

31:03 - Use of HR Metrics

33:48 - Quality to hire Metric / Upgrading a team

35:12 - Document the process

35:53 - Future of Career Skill Identity

38:18 - Open-ended Interview Questions

39:07 - Train the HR team

41:23 - Train HR to be more empathetic

43:50 - Protect the talent / No-show job

46:15 - Thoughts on Remote/hybrid/onsite

48:07 - The effect of a creative space

51:05 - Employer brand being critical to consumer brand

52:52 - Attracting talent (The good, the bad, the ugly)

55:20 - 5-1 give to ask content ratio

56:01 - Employee retention & engagement

57:22 - Audience of the book

Naveen Jain: Immigrant & Now Billionaire, On Bettering The World One Company at a Time Nov 17, 2023

Show notes

2:24 - Growing up in the early 60's

3:31 - Parent's upbringing

4:30 - Self-Love

4:56 - Naveen falling in love with himself (for the first time)

5:50 - The butterfly effect

7:26 - Early business influences / pull toward technology and innovation

9:05 - Vision of Bill Gates (before and after joining Microsoft)

11:04 - Bill Gates as a manager, people leader

13:54 - What is money to you?

15:39 - Motivation to move on/self-innovate

17:52 - Decision to leave Microsoft

19:23 - Netscape IPO

27:03 - Having a clear vision

28:48 - Number 1 predictor of success

29:58 - The Crystal ball

38:50 - Hot take on electric cars

40:05 - Future is Energy

41:20 - Understanding Viome

47:47 - Identification of disease/function

50:44 - Pushback to this technology

51:42 - Determine character and value during the interview

53:22 - How to remove bias

54:00 - Passion is for lovers

55:27 - The Single greatest piece of advice

56:05 - Naveen Jain's North star

BEST OF: E200: Emeka Nnaka: An Advocate for Hope- His Journey Nov 15, 2023

Show notes

1:25 – Sports Weekend (End of January)
2:51 – Prediction for Next Week (Football)
3:45 – Adam and Emeka meetup
5:22 – Emeka before injury
8:26 – The incident/accident
11:40 – Family/friends during diagnosis
12:50 – Rehab and Body State now
14:13 – Deep Dark Thoughts
16:39 – The Hard Time ‘ Losing Relationship’
17:16 – Lack of Support
22:56 – What is Life?
26:49 – Moment of Sunshine
31:01 – Going back to school
26:14 – Direction and Purpose
39:22 – The Ellen Show
44:09 – What’s on the Horizon
46:56 – Single Greatest Piece of advice
48:56 – Emeka’s North Star

Cathy Hackl: Who is The Godmother of the Metaverse? Nov 10, 2023

Show notes

2:03 - Most Impressive thing from opening night in Las Vegas

4:42 - The Art side

5:41 - Artist to see in the sphere

6:20 - Young Cathy's dreams

7:26 - Where did the confidence come from?

8:53 - Instilling confidence/skills in kids

10:03 - Ability to empower the kids / keeping the balance

12:35 - Trajectory of non-linear career

15:35 - Engagement of Human and Technology

17:46 - Explain AI to 74-year-old Mom

18:47 - Recent Alpha things heard from kids

20:42 - What is scary about this technology

22:24 - The Ray-Ban glasses/information control

23:48 - Opportunity or ready to move

25:58 - Challenging moment of being a woman in the tech industry

28:45 - Advice to 11 yrs old, aspiring to be in tech

29:14 - Spatial computing

31:30 - AI taking all over the jobs

32:44 - The Killer App

34:37 - The Dream Brand to work with

35:31 - The biggest hurdle to take on

36:11 - Single Greatest piece of advice

37:36 - Cathy's North Star

BEST OF: Grant Cardone: Stripped of Everything on Undercover Billionaire- Founder of the 10X Movement, CEO @ Cardone Capital (#131) Nov 08, 2023

Show notes

1:58 – First Day of Shooting
3:08 – Feeling after getting off the plane
4:11 – From Everything to Nothing
4:44 – The Thing that was missed the most
5:40 – 10 Million Dollar Business
6:08 – All about Flex
7:20 – Appreciate most after the show
8:05 – Being a Girl-Dad
8:42 – Takeaway Lessons for Daughter
9:24 – What people don’t know about Grant?
11:23 – Never Waste a Hater
13:20 – Golden Secret to Successful Marriage
15:54 – Greatest Piece of Advice
16:41 – Grant’s North Star

Reno Perry: Helping People Land a Job They Love Nov 03, 2023

Show notes

3:13 - Empathy and Understanding of People

4:02 - Upbringing and background

5:36 - First one to go to college

6:42 - Value of college education

8:38 - Availability of alternative paths

9:52 - Competitive advantage vs. real-life experience

10:39 - First Corporate Job

12:12 - Breaking down the concept of "Managing Up"

14:02 - Opportunity at Linkedin

16:45 - Value of Cold Email / Outreach

18:34 - The rIght people for the right thing

20:44 - Depth of personalization

22:01 - Culture and the vibe back in 2014/15

24:00 - Left Linkedin (2018)

24:27 - Content Creation on Linkedin

27:33 - Content Engagement / Quality of Content

29:34 - Impetus to leave the corporate world

31:48 - The big struggle

34:59 - Hypothesis on Job Boards

36:30 - Cause of migration of talent

37:17 - Definition of a community

38:24 - Negative and Positive aspects of the title' Influencer'

41:37 - Best Creators on the platform

43:35 - Advice for best utilization of the platform for job search

45:20 - Change one thing with a Magic Wand

49:29 - Biggest challenge heading to 2024

51:01 - The single greatest piece of advice

52:37 - Reno Perry's North Star

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