Ilana Golan - Leap Academy | Career Reinvention

The Bold Career Risks Behind Melissa Arnoldi’s Extraordinary Rise at AT&T

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Ambitious professionals: Melissa Arnoldi, EVP at AT&T Business, on bold leaps, staying curious, and how senior leaders really make decisions. Melissa leads 17,000 people and a $25 billion portfolio at AT&T. She took a title step down to join from Accenture, then led an international business across 11 countries without the expected background.

Topics: Coming up... · How to stay relevant when AI is reshaping every job · How Melissa teaches 17,000 people to fail fast and adapt · What people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s should do when AI threatens their career · From Memphis to Accenture: who Melissa was before the C-suite · The biggest lessons from 12 years at Accenture

The Painful Childhood Behind Forbes Riley’s $2.5B Communications Empire

177 views · 1w ago · 54:44

Communication skills and sales pitching: Dr. Forbes Riley explains how a painful, isolated childhood gave her the instincts behind $2.5 billion in sales. Fitted with braces, headgear, and a tongue thruster for eight years, Forbes had no friends and communicated by writing and pointing. Television became her only window to human connection, and that solitary study built a pitch instinct she later carried into nearly 200 infomercials.

Topics: Coming up... · Growing up unable to speak: eight years of isolation · What silence taught Forbes about the power of words · The audition that launched a $2.5 billion sales career · Losing her father and the lesson his garage left behind · How her father's death fueled a mission to help inventors pitch

Adapt & Experiment for Growth. Transformational Keynote for Corporate, Teams and Individuals.

87 views · 3w ago · 4:20

When Do You Know It’s Time for Your Next Leap| Stacy Brown-Philpot

78 views · 3w ago · 1:05:52

Founders and executives: Stacy Brown-Philpot traces her path from Detroit to Google, TaskRabbit CEO, and a $172M debut venture fund. Stacy spent nearly a decade at Google, growing from a 14-person team to leading over 1,000 people in India. She later became CEO of TaskRabbit and sold it to IKEA after launching it into four new countries.

Topics: Coming up... · Growing up in Detroit; the values that shaped Stacy · What childhood lessons does Stacy carry into her career today? · From Detroit to the Ivy League; Stacy's culture shock at Penn · The path from Wharton to Goldman Sachs to Google · How do you grow as a leader when your team scales from 14 to 200?