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At two-foot-seven inches tall, Katherine Klimitas packs a punch of talent, energy and inspiration. Katherine was nominated for the 2019 Cinderella to CEO Awards for her inspirational life story.Katherine’s winning personality comes through in this interview with Cary Broussard, host of Cinderella to CEO On Air. Katherine works as a fine artist, jewelry maker and graphic designer. Rod Stewart became a high profile client of Katherine’s - engaging her to create and submit designs around the release of a new album. Katherine has a disability that has never allowed her to walk, run or move normally. She writes "I can't open a marker. I can't pour a glass of water. I often don't get the privilege of privacy. I need someone with me every second of my life. However, I learned that I could speak and that when I did, people not only listened but were also amazed. At age 30, Katherine is often mistaken for a baby because of her diminutive stature. A graduate of Loyola University, people assume that because Katherine i

Did you know the average American woman uses more than 12,000 tampons in her lifetime? That’s a lot of up-close-and-personal time to spend with a product! Have you ever wondered what these products are really made of? Big companies that sell traditional period products are not required by the government to disclose their full ingredient list. Formerly a global sales executive with Pepsico, Coca-Cola, Nestle and others, Thyme Sullivan believes you have a right to ask what’s in your products. Thyme is a finalist in the Cinderella to CEO Awards, nominated for her work in improving the environment. As Thyme puts it…”Tampons and pads should be free of dioxins, pesticides and toxins – period.” As the Cinderella to CEO Judges put it, Thyme’s energy and passion toward transforming the feminine hygiene product category deserves our full support. Thyme Sullivan started TOP (The Organic Project) to bring awareness to the overwhelming benefits of organic period products and how a small change can impact the world. TO

Helping others up the Ladder of Success is a core value of Cinderella to CEO on Air. Cinderella to CEO stories are not gender-specific. This podcast interviews leaders who have navigated their way to a palace of their dreams. Today, we have Kevin Detz. He is Chief Accounting Officer at Aimbridge Hospitality. We asked Kevin to speak with us because he champions women and men in his role at Aimbridge, encouraging them to be the best they can be - while challenging them to make Aimbridge the best company it can be along the way. What does it mean to champion women? How did he decide this was important? We'll find out....

Gretta Brooks, founder and chief executive officer of SalesBoost, LLC, has developed a SaaS-based sales training technology solution for hotels to improve performance and increase results. A long-time techie and hotel executive with a passion for mentoring others, Gretta combined her expertise and passion to develop and obtain the provisional patent for the first voice analysis training system software for the hospitality industry.Gretta has a Cinderella story, not to mention a fairy tale name. She’s a fan of the lessons of fairy tales and talks with Cinderella CEO On Air about her company, her love of mentoring and how using your voice can unlock the keys to the castle and boost your confidence, performance, and sales.Her web-based, on-demand sales development tool, SalesBoost, provides unlimited sales scenario simulation and immediate feedback to improve sales effectiveness. The training is self-paced and designed in a micro-learning format, a learning technique that delivers role-based content in short, ea

As the daughter of the R in H&R Block tax services, Barbara Stanny grew up relying on her father, then her husband, to manage her money. But a devastating financial crisis became a personal wake-up call. Her journey to financial enlightenment is inspiring and is the basis for her best-selling books, and our interview with her on Cinderella CEO On Air. She’s done hundreds of media interviews, including Time Magazine, The View, The New York Times, Forbes, MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, PBS and more. We’re so honored to have her on our program.Barbara’s message: “When you take charge of your money, you take control of your life.” You may have read her books Secrets of Six-Figure Women, Overcoming Under Earning, Prince Charming Isn’t Coming and her most recent Sacred Success. She’s written a total of six books on the topic of financial and personal empowerment. A highly entertaining and sought-after speaker, Barbara teaches women how to map out their financial futures and shares her secrets of personal empowerment.

I met Sean Magennis soon after I moved back to Dallas and began consulting with Earth Day Texas. Sean is a green energy entrepreneur from South Africa (with a great accent), and founder of Gateway Green Energy Holdings, LLC. In our interview, I spoke to Sean about his role as President and Chief Operating Officer of YPO (Young Presidents Organization). YPO has more than 24,000 members, in over 130 countries.Sean and I discuss that 50 percent of the YPO senior management team is comprised of women, and the majority of CEO members are men. He says today’s C-level executives have to be better communicators. Learning how to avoid ambiguity takes a high degree of self-awareness. He provides examples of how to ask questions to avoid the triggers that cause one to over-react or act negatively. He comments on why the brilliant and former CEO of UBER stepped in it because he didn’t have a trusted dialogue with all stakeholders. Learn how to ask people how you’re being perceived to “nip” communication problems “in th

We caught up with Jon Stein, the Founder and CEO of Betterment, Inc., in his New York office this summer. Jon launched Betterment to offer average investors access to first-rate, affordable financial advice. He talks about why he's okay with his team members bringing their kids to work, why books are important to him, who he admires in the financial world. and why being a trusted fiduciary advisor is his firm's purpose first and foremost.

Nora Moreno began her career in hospitality as a housekeeper. She gives us an inside account on what it's like to start from scratch, and love the journey along the way. She came from Mexico to the United States, and found her mentors and dream job at Aimbridge Hospitality. Today, she is Vice President of Human Resources for the largest 3rd party hotel management company in the country. Nora has a great voice, a special story and concrete advice on how to move up in an organization that you love.

Mike Lyons, actor and longtime hospitality and travel executive, talks about the trials and tribulations of this year's U.S. Presidential election with host Cary Broussard. Mike Lyons, popular Netflix hit House of Cards actor, discusses personal branding in politics. How personal branding and politics are intertwined and how we can develop our own brands.

Doug Rauch is our 10th Cinderella CEO podcast interview. The former president of Trader Joe's, now the CEO of the non-profit, Conscious Capitalism, Rauch also started a project called the Daily Table to bring fresh food to the inner cities. We interviewed Doug in Chicago at the National Conference of Conscious Capitalism. He shares his story of how he started with Trader Joe's, helped grow the grocery store chain, and gives advice on how to avoid "crapitalism!" We talk about how to excel as an entrepreneur, and why listeners may want to consider becoming "intrapreneurs" as an alternative. Doug talks making capitalism as a force for good, and why "Conscious Capitalism" caught his attention.(This is a re-edit of the first interview for better audio clarity).

Doug Rauch, the former president of Trader Joe's, now the CEO of the non-profit, Conscious Capitalism Rauch (he's also started a project called the Daily Table to bring fresh food to the inner cities). I interviewed Doug in Chicago, Illinois at the National Conference of Conscious Capitalism. He shares his story of how he started with Trader Joe's, and how he helped grow the grocery store chain. He gives advice on how to avoid "crapitalism," how to excel as an entrepreneur, and why listeners may want to consider becoming intrapreneurs within a company. And of course, he talks about Conscious Capitalism and how practicing its tenets are key to a company's success, and ideally making capitalism a force for good.

Lisa Earle McLeod, says that top performers want to improve their customers' lives. She's created a sales leadership consultancy based on the notion of "noble sales." Do you believe you have something valuable to sell? Lisa shares points like: 1. Don't feel sleazy if you're selling something you believe in that can help someone. Customers have free will to pick and choose. 2. It's your job to present your products, services, and yourself in the very best way. 3. Even Thomas Jefferson was in sales. He and others behind the Declaration of Independence had to convince their "constituents" that they had a very valuable idea. So how'd they do it? Listen to CinderellaCEO's interview with Lisa McLeod and learn how to improve your customers' lives.

Co-Chair of the International Conscious Capitalism Board, Doug Levy, author of Can't Buy Me Like, and founder of the 20-year old digital agency, MePlusYou, has found time to form a new start up called Tap Goods. I interviewed him a few weeks ago. He recommends reading these books, The Lean Start Up, Holacracy and of course Conscious Capitalism.

With all the talk in the press about companies adopting Holacracy, Cary Broussard explores why this unconventional practice is attracting some very successful companies and the Millennials who work for them. In her interview with Brian Robertson, founder and author of Holacracy:The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World, we hear what it actually looks like to work within the Holacracy system and if it "works." Brian Robertson is a seasoned entrepreneur and organization builder. Very likable and approachable, Brian calls himself a recovering CEO - a job he now helps free others from with Holacracy. Cary met Brian at the National Conference for Conscious Capitalism this year and Brian generously gave his time for an interview during the conference. The official Holacracy book comes out June 2, 2015. Online Holacracy webinars, introductory workshops Certification Trainings, Practitioner Trainings as well as Advanced Coach training and certification are all available. Go to www.holacracy.com for mor

Candice Quarles, CEO of 9HappyPeople Lifestyle brands, is a brilliant civic leader and new mom. She talks to Cinderella CEO On Air about how her entrepreneurial venture will improve communities. Formerly an executive with Deloitte Big Four Accounting firm, and the Urban League of Dallas, her Masters in Human Resources, has prepared her well for her most important job yet.A Kickstarter campaign ahead, each purchase from 9HappyPeople lifestyle fashion brand helps create jobs in local, under-served communities like East and South Dallas. 9HappyPeople has modern, trendy designs that share positive messages, and every piece is high quality, made with the finest materials.When you buy 9HappyPeople, you are helping to combat poverty, unemployment and underemployment in your city. When you buy 9HappyPeople, you feel good.

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Cinderella CEO on Air is a career podcast based on the international book, From Cinderella to CEO - How to Master the 10 Lessons of Fairy Tales to Transform Your Work Life. Cary Broussard, author of the book and host of the show interviews CEOs and executives about their Cinderella StoriesLisa A. Haude specializes in hospitality design. As president and owner of Paradigm Design Group, for the last 15 years, Lisa has worked with most of the major hotel brands throughout the world to create one-of-a-kind designs for them.Prior to starting her own firm, Lisa was affiliated with Deborah Lloyd Forest Associates, Bristol Hotels & Resorts, and Mitchell Carlson Stone, Inc. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Interior Design from Baylor University, and has served as Editorial Advisory of the NEWH Magazine, as well as various consultative roles for leading hospitality resources.Lisa and her business partner, who is also her husband live just north of Houston with their daughter Isabella. Between work and f

Lisbeth McNabb is the CEO and founder of DigiWorksCorp, the digital data science company, SaaS, software as a service, for retail and brand clients, and former CFO and Strategy Officer for Match.com. Her professional background includes 20+ years in scaling high growth innovation across sales and business development, operations, finance and business intelligence in corporate and business unit businesses at PepsiCo Frito-Lay, American Airlines, AT&T and Sodexo. She is former CEO and founder of the professional women’s digital platform, w2wlink. She received her B.S. at University of Nebraska and M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business, and recognized as Distinguished Alumnae by SMU Cox School of Business in 2011. She was honored in 2013 as a Digital Director 50, Financial Times Agenda Magazine, and in American City Business Journals with Top 25 Women in Business, 2011, Top 25 Women in Technology, 2014.

Cinderella CEO on Air is a career podcast based on the international book, From Cinderella to CEO - How to Master the 10 Lessons of Fairy Tales to Transform Your Work Life. Cary Broussard, author of the book and host of the show interviews CEOs

Cinderella CEO on Air is a career podcast based on the international book, From Cinderella to CEO - How to Master the 10 Lessons of Fairy Tales to Transform Your Work Life. Cary Broussard, author of the book and host of the show interviews CEOs and executives about their Cinderella Stories and how using the lessons of fairy tales have helped them successfully navigate business challenges. The guests come from a wide range of businesses and offer steps to develop a successful career. The podcasts offer anecdotes and stories that guide listeners, based on lessons of fairy tales. The podcasts have a fun tone and create memorable lessons that listeners at all levels of their career will enjoy.Producers Logan Rene' Broussard and Russ JohnsProduction Team: Sylvia Woloszyn, Anita Bell and Debby Englander

Cinderella CEO on Air is a career podcast based on the international book, From Cinderella to CEO - How to Master the 10 Lessons of Fairy Tales to Transform Your Work Life. Cary Broussard, author of the book and host of the show interviews CEOs and executives about their Cinderella Stories and how using the lessons of fairy tales have helped them successfully navigate business challenges. The guests come from a wide range of businesses and offer steps to develop a successful career. The podcasts offer anecdotes and stories that guide listeners, based on lessons of fairy tales. The podcasts have a fun tone and create memorable lessons that listeners at all levels of their career will enjoy.Producers Logan Rene' Broussard and Russ JohnsProduction Team: Sylvia Wolosyn, Anita Bell and Debby Englander