Dov Pollack – Dov Pollack Executive Coaching

January 10, 2022January 11, 2022

Mike Dannheim, the Founder of Sensie: On The Power of Presence, New Technologies That Identify Stress and Build Resilience, and Giving Feelings a Seat at the Table

Mike Dannheim

Mike Dannheim is the Founder of Sensie, a health, wellness, and fitness company. Combining his roles as a wellness advocate and technology entrepreneur, Mike Dannheim created a holistic company that uses sensors in smartphones to diagnose any issues you might have. From there, users are offered coaching procedures to address them. Outside of Sensie, he continues to work as an Investor and Advisor at Rise Up Ventures and Raw Elements USA.

Mike has more than 10 years of experience with two venture capital-backed businesses, as well as some early work in private equity and investment banking. In addition to his entrepreneurship, he still finds time to serve as a yoga instructor.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:

What is Sensie and what is their mission?
Mike Dannheim’s experience with the conscious and the unconscious
The technology behind Sensie and how it helps people
Why it’s so important to listen to your body and take care of it
Being a better leader by changing your relationship with your feelings
Responding to your body’s feedback and dealing with anxiety
The importance of admitting your vulnerability in leadership

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Leaders often have the ability to push through adversity and accomplish what they envision. However, it’s not always healthy to put your body’s feedback on the backburner. There are plenty of examples of healthy bodily responses that shouldn’t be ignored because they’re indicating something important. To be the best leader you can be, you need to treat your mind as well as your body.

Mike Dannheim saw the need for a quick and simple solution to raising awareness for your body and mind. His technology uses the sensors found in smartphones to identify tension and give practical solutions to deal with a myriad of problems. It’s a helpful tool, but it plays into Mike’s greater mission towards overall health among leaders.

Dov Pollack sits down with Mike Dannheim, the Founder of Sensie, to talk about his vision for mindfulness and how he’s using technology to help. They go through the common problems with the conscious and subconscious parts of our minds and how to better listen to our own body’s feedback. They then talk about key principles in leaders such as admitting vulnerability, taking care of your physical health, and dealing with emotions.

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Founded by Dov Pollack, Next Wave Leadership is an executive coaching firm focused on helping CEOs, executives, and emerging leaders to deepen their executive presence, differentiate their voice, and embrace the plot and promise of their story.

To know more about what we can do to help you grow as a leader, visit our website at NextWaveLeadership.com or send us an email at dov@nextwaveleadership.com.

January 3, 2022January 3, 2022

Alexa Binns, a Partner at Halogen Ventures, On: The Two Sides of Venture Capital, Partnering With Founders To Build Their Culture, and Making Decisions With Imperfect Info

Alexa Binns

Alexa Binns is an investor with an eye for consumer trends and new technology. She is a Partner at Halogen Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund that focuses on women-led businesses. She has an extensive background in startups, working as a Sr. Associate at Maven Ventures and a Partner at Borden Binns. Her earlier work was in business development and digital media. She helped launch the Cheeky brand at Target and public health campaigns with MTV, Walgreens, and the NBA.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:

How Alexa Binns’ first job with Target guided her career
Knowing how to invest early with a little capital
What it’s like being a woman in the tech industry
Building a successful brand by using YouTube
The role of diversity and gender in work culture
Advice for young women getting into venture capital

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Venture capital is a field that requires an immense amount of leadership. It takes confidence, intelligence, and communication to turn investments into successful, profitable businesses. If done right, venture capital can be an incredibly beneficial proposition between the fund and the startup. Additionally, it can serve as an opportunity to invest in companies that may be overlooked. This has been the approach for Halogen Ventures.

Halogen is an early-stage venture capital fund that specifically helps women in the consumer technology industry. Not only does it promote diversity, but it’s proven to be a successful model for them. Alexa Binns is one of their partners, supporting startups on all fronts and helping them thrive in a crowded market. Now she explains just how she does it.

In this episode of Next Wave Leadership, Dov Pollack sits down with Alexa Binns, a Partner at Halogen Ventures, to discuss venture capital and how to promote diversity in the field. They talk about her work with Cheeky and Target and how it taught her how to invest in companies. They then touch on various topics such as YouTube, building a great workplace culture, and advice for women in venture capital.

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To know more about what we can do to help you grow as a leader, visit our website at NextWaveLeadership.com or send us an email at dov@nextwaveleadership.com.

December 27, 2021December 27, 2021

Katrina Noelle, President of KNow Research and Co-founder of Scoot Insights, On: Following Your Own Path, Authentic Curiosity, and Answering the Question – To Scale or Not To Scale Your Business

Katrina Noelle

Katrina Noelle is a speaker, mentor, and the President of KNow Research. It is a full-service consultancy that offers comprehensive research from a female-driven staff. She started the service in 2003 with a methodology that blends in-person research and mobile approaches.

More recently, Katrina co-founded Scoot Insights, which helps decision-makers choose the right direction. She is a mentor at WBENC and Women in Research, helping the next generation of women find their footing.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:

How Katrina Noelle started in marketing and why she didn’t stay there
The pervasive blind spots in the business world and how to make inclusive insights
The origins and values of KNow Research
Creating an honest and open environment for accurate research
Katrina’s lessons in leadership as a woman
Finding the intersection between stories and data
The boutique approach and handling the growth of a company
Why it’s so important to be authentically curious

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What does it mean to be insightful in the business world?

Every business collects and reviews data in the hopes of growing. It’s essential to be self-aware, both to double-down on strengths and to fix issues. The difficult part is accurately collecting those insights and knowing how to translate them into an actionable strategy. It’s easier said than done, but the difference it makes in your business can be night and day.

Katrina Noelle has spent her entire career in this field. Her business, KNow Research, uses its research design to find meaningful insights for clients. She has developed and honed her craft over the years and has learned some valuable lessons along the way. Now, she shares some of them with you.

Dov Pollack hosts Katrina Noelle, the Founder and President of KNow Research, on this episode of Next Wave Leadership to talk about the research process and her insights into being a leader. The two walk through the blind spots in the business world and how to cultivate authentic research from people. They then go into depth on other subjects such as genuine curiosity, knowing when to scale, and what Katrina learned from being a woman in business.

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To know more about what we can do to help you grow as a leader, visit our website at NextWaveLeadership.com or send us an email at dov@nextwaveleadership.com.

December 20, 2021December 20, 2021

Sandra Sokoloff, the SR. Director of Global Public Relations and Corporate Communications at Alvarez & Marsal: On The Art of Listening to What Is Not Being Said, Lessons Learned From Fashion Houses, and How There’s Always a Story Behind Everything

Sandra Sokoloff is an expert in communications and the Senior Director of Global Public Relations at Alvarez & Marsal (A&M). A&M is renowned for their work in performance and turnaround management for notable businesses. Specifically, she works hands-on with executives to further their goals and improve their place in the marketplace.

Sandra previously worked for the public relations firm Porter Novelli, leading their media relations team and working with businesses across multiple industries. She received her bachelor’s degree in history and economics from Rutgers University.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:

Sandra Sokoloff’s role at Alvarez & Marsal and how she helps build businesses
The power of storytelling in the business world
How can PR do more than put out fires?
Adapting your communication to your audience
Lessons that Sandra learned from covering fashion houses
How to support leadership from the outside

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Communication and presentation are crucial in leadership. The ability to convey a message and craft a story separates the great leaders from the rest—but it’s not always that easy. Sometimes, being too close to the company itself can make the overall messaging harder to shape. So, what do you do?

Someone from the outside can lend your strategy an informed, fresh perspective. Sandra Sokoloff is an experienced consultant who has helped firms and executives discover their message. She leads and develops campaigns utilizing social media, research, and design functions. If anyone knows how to advance a business through communication, it’s Sandra. How can you do the same?

Dov Pollack takes the time to interview Sandra Sokoloff, Senior Director of Global Public Relations at Alvarez & Marsal, to hear her thoughts on communication and PR in leadership. She talks about her background in fashion and history and how that influences her work today. They then dive into the different facets of PR, strategies for tailoring your communication depending on your audience, and the power of stories in business. Find out more by tuning in to this episode of the Next Wave Leadership Podcast!

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To know more about what we can do to help you grow as a leader, visit our website at NextWaveLeadership.com or send us an email at dov@nextwaveleadership.com.

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021

Bill Flanagan, President and Vice-Chancellor of University of Alberta: On The Power of Today’s Technology to Communicate and Create Change, Innovation in Higher Ed, and Harnessing the Wisdom of Crowds

Bill Flanagan

Bill Flanagan is an experienced leader in higher education, currently serving as the President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Alberta. He joined the university in 2020 and started a five-year plan of academic and administrative reconfiguration. He developed his expertise at Queen’s University Faculty of Law, where he worked for nearly 30 years. While there, he oversaw the creation of the faculty’s PhD program, several online degrees, and an expansion to their business law program. He is also well known for his work on HIV and AIDS research, continuing to serve as the Chair of the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research’s National Working Group.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:

The opportunity Bill Flanagan was given to restructure the University of Alberta
How Bill overcame challenges at the university and introduced change
Why centralizing services worked so well for the university
The positives and negatives of restructuring virtually
Adopting technology and diversity to fuel change
Thought exchange and how to hear everyone’s voice
How Twitter and thought exchange are on opposite ends of the spectrum
Bill shares where the University of Alberta is heading in the future

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Creating real, lasting change is difficult. Any leader will tell you that it’s easier said than done. So many leaders take roles with dreams and hopes of how they would change the system, but many ultimately settle for maintaining the status quo. Making an impact that matters takes determination, vision, and strategy. Few are able to pull it off, but the ones who can often come out on the other side as true leaders.

Bill Flanagan was charged with this task when he came to the University of Alberta. Faced with budget cuts and an institution set in their ways, Bill had to find a path to create real change from the ground up—during a pandemic, no less. His vision is slowly but surely coming to pass, and along the way, he’s learned lessons on how to do this successfully.

In this episode of the Next Wave Leadership Podcast, Dov Pollack sits down with Bill Flanagan, the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Alberta, to talk about using technology and communication to make lasting change. They talk about his approach, the new programs he created in his last position, and how to give a voice to everyone. They also discuss the challenges and benefits of virtual education. Stay tuned!

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To know more about what we can do to help you grow as a leader, visit our website at NextWaveLeadership.com or send us an email at dov@nextwaveleadership.com.