In this episode Mark interviews Sarah McVanel, author, professional speaker, and owner of the boutique firm Greatness Magnified, about her latest book FLIP SIDE OF FAILING.
Prior to the interview, Mark shares a personal update (which includes being stuck in Oklahoma City for a couple of extra days due to tornado-rich storms) and also shares a word from this episode's sponsor Findaway Voices . .
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In their conversation, Sarah and Mark talk about:
Sarah's introduction to being a writer and a speaker when a work colleague that she adored decided to retire
How we (the corporate world) don't properly leverage recognition
Sarah's first book F.R.O.G. (Forever Recognize Others' Greatness) and the accompanying workbook that provided tools she co-authored with Brenda Zalter-Minden
How Sarah and Brenda collaborated on the books
Recognizing the two distinct author voices in their particular collaboration and how they leveraged that
The exploratory method that took two years for Sarah and Brenda to write their first book
How Home Depot was the first big corporate client to hire Sarah because they discovered her first book
A personal and professional turning-point moment involving Sarah's son, dealing with bullying, and cutting
Sarah's new book Flip Side of Failing and how she didn't plan on writing a book on failure
The common theme of the book that you can fail and still be great - and how failure can help us achieve greater success
How we have to have a failure-friendly mindset, and be in a context that accepts failure in order to elevate from failure
The acronym ACCEPT (Acquire / Choice / Connection / Expect / Progress / Transformation)
How Sarah launched the book exclusively at the Spark Women's Leadership Conference on May 16th prior to the book's global release on May 21st. Everyone at the conference gets a book, Sarah does a keynote, and there's a panel that Sarah moderates on the topic of failing
How you are going to show up if you believe in your new book and what it offers to readers
The importance of attaching your book launch to an event
After the interview Mark reflects on two things from the conversation with Sarah that were imporant to him. First, the importance of recognizing the greatness in others. And second, the concept Sarah mentioned that you don't always write the book you planned to write.
Mark then thanks Patrons of the show and reminds them of the additional audio content available to them (including a new answers to four questions post that went up earlier that same day) - he also riffs off of a couple of verbal errors he previously made.
Links of Interest
Sarah McVanel's Website Flip Side of Failing
Forever Recognize Others' Greatness
The FROG Effect Workbook
Sarah's Speaker Profile
Sarah's Video Resources
Findaway Voices EP 005 - Global Audiobook Opportunities for Authors
EP 022 - Finding my Way with Findaway
Patreon for Stark Reflections
CAPS - Canadian Association of Professional Speakers
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SARAH McVANEL helps individuals leverage the exponential power of recognition to retain top talent, fuel healthy teams and sustain healthy bottom lines. She speaks nationally on the topic, leads workshops, coaches leaders, and conducts organizational recognition program reviews. Sarah specializes in working with service-based organizations and “helping professionals.”
Sarah is a Certified Speaker Professional (CSP), Certified Senior Organizational Development Professional (CSODP), Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL), and president of the Toronto Chapter of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS). She has a BA in Psychology, MSc in Family Relations, and Diplomas in Human Resources and Healthcare Administration.
Sarah has over 18 years’ experience including at a senior leadership level and now owns boutique firm Greatness Magnified. She is an author of peer-reviewed journals, articles and four books.
The music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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