In this episode of Wise Up! I talk to Calvin Cooper, category creator and virtuous disruptor and all-around wise dude about taking the helm and creating opportunities for everyone to own a stake in their communities and their lives. He’s launched RENTERSHIP to do just that, and Fast Company featured this new groundbreaking idea in the real estate and homeownership space. We get into Aristotelian ethics, what our founding fathers wanted for us, and what it means to be connected to the land and community. Calvin has a lot to teach us about how to lead and do principle-driven work. We’re going to see more of Calvin in the future.

Calvin Cooper is the co-founder and CEO of Rhove, a fintech company founded on the belief that everyone has the right to invest in their home. Rhove expands access and opportunity for everyone to own in their community.

Prior to founding Rhove, Calvin was a Director and Venture Partner at an early stage venture capital firm located in the Midwest. Calvin is active in community and entrepreneur support organizations. He serves on the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center YEx Advisory Board. In 2017, the Columbus City Council and the Create Columbus Commission recognized Calvin with the Visionary Award, and he was also listed in the 40 Under 40 Class of 2017 by Columbus Business First. Calvin earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Capital University in Financial Economics.

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In this episode of Wise Up! we talk to Katie Huey about the perception of grief in society and what employers can do to help people who are experiencing grief. Millions of people have lost their jobs, people have lost loved ones due to COVID, and the unimaginable loss and pain and anguish from the death of George Floyd and countless others. It’s time for us to understand and operate from a place of knowledge about grief and its role in our lives.

Katie Huey is a writer, marketer, and administrator. She believes in the power of story and the beauty found in sharing personal experience. Her writing has appeared in Invoke Magazine, Conscious Company Magazine, and Hello Humans. You can follow more of her story on her blog 52 Beautiful Things.

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Holly Lang’s mission is to eradicate the toll that poverty has on health. Her goal with Fair Play is to help control health care spending while improving accessibility and quality, achieving health equity for all community members at a reasonable cost to payors, including the patients and providers. She firmly believes we can do this.

She says: Fair Play exists for my family, and for everyone who struggles to access needed care – struggles that shouldn’t still happen in the modern, innovative world in which we live. But through collaboration, research and direct services, we hope to help create sustainable solutions that advance us past the daily, harsh reality that too many of our communities face. We can create that win-win that we all need.

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On April 10th, 2020 Julio Vincent Gambuto posted an essay on Medium that soared through the internet lighting hearts and minds ablaze. “You’re not crazy my friends” he said. With a truth-telling only reserved for the deepest and most profound ideas, “Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting” was a warning and a call to arms to save the American psyche during the height of the pandemic. With over 25 million views around the world, this essay spoke to many of the fears and feelings we all had and it also invigorated our collective need to activate our awareness of how we’ve been living our lives and in what ways our lives have been hijacked.

In this special extended interview, Julio and I talk about the backstory for the essay and its core ideas. We also discuss the follow up essay “The Gaslighting of American Has Begun”, and what we need to pay closer attention to in order to truly live.

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When Tina Greenbaum speaks, all your cares melt away. She’s an expert at mind body connection and helping leaders handle pressure. If you want to know what to do when the going gets tough, this episode is for you.

Tina Greenbaum works with executives who want to increase their performance level in high stakes, high-pressure situations. An Optimal Performance Specialist and Sports Psychology Consultant, Tina’s signature program, Mastery Under Pressure empowers leaders and their teams using cutting-edge technology, neuroscience, energy psychology, sports psychology and current learning theory. In addition to her Mastery Under Pressure team program, Tina also works with CEOs and senior-level management as a confidential ‘Thera-Coach’ on a one-to-one basis. Her expertise in guiding executives through their psychological and personal issues helps her clients cope with the demands that their personal struggles place on them as they strive to be atop their sector. As she likes to say, “The only thing standing between you and your goals is…you.”

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Theresa Rose is a walking exclamation point, a swiss army knife of morale boosting with a big dose of business sense. On this episode of Wise Up! With Cristina Theresa teaches us how to connect ourselves with our business, how to amplify our genius, and we are in a Great What Is. We’re also treated to a few laughs as Theresa is expanding her repertoire in stand-up comedy.

Theresa Rose is the Vice President of Thought Leadership for the C-Suite Network, award-winning author, stand-up comedian, and inspirational presence on the stage, the page, the podcast, and the screen. Her latest book, Mindful Performance: How to Powerfully Impact Profitability, Productivity, and Purpose, is a practical how-to guide on showing up more fully and delivering more powerfully at work, at home, and all day long. For more information, visit TheresaRose.com.

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Arjun Sen, what’s important warrior, teaches us that big things come in humble packages, that you can be a leader and make family your number one priority, and lessons from generations past.

Arjun Sen, CEO has led the ZenMango team to make big impacts on major Restaurant, Service, Retail, Non-Profit and Sports brands worldwide, both in the B2C and B2B2C space. He is a former Fortune 500 executive. At Papa John’s, he led the 3,000-restaurant chain to 4-years of record growth. He is an acclaimed Brand Whisperer and one of the top growth drivers in the Brand and Customer Experience space. Blaine Hurst, Former President and CEO of Panera Bread, called him, “One of the most ‘marketing-Intelligent’ minds in the business today.” He is a celebrated author and highly sought-after international keynote speaker who speaks on Secrets to Win Big.

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Rochelle Lierz is the President of Consilio and one of those leaders that’s a people’s champion. On this episode of Wise Up! With Cristina Rochelle teaches us where confidence comes from and the importance of graceful exits.

Rochelle is an Executive Coach, Gallup Certified StrengthsFinder Coach & Trainer, and Transformation Leader. Rochelle helps identify the real challenges – in individuals, teams, and companies. She partners with clients to develop strategic plans, where people become the leaders they want to be. Her passion is to build team bonds by finding the things that glue them together. The connection this creates allows the team to achieve their desired outcomes. “I believe in finding the root cause. If you pause to ask good questions, it will uncover the solution and you will then be able to create the energetic and productive culture you want.” Rochelle’s Education: BS in Business Administration with emphases in Technology, Family business and Sociology from Oregon State University; Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach; Seth Godin’s altMBA; Mediation.

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On this episode of Wise Up! With Cristina, business builder bad*** Jeff Loehr teaches us how we typically view uncertainty and how to reframe it so that we can forge ahead amidst ambiguity (and it’s not get “more centered” or “more present”).

Jeff has been building businesses and advising CEO’s for over twenty years. He has helped some of the largest companies in the world to reinvent themselves and some of the smallest startups to invent themselves for the first time. He thinks the point of business is to help humans live better lives. His mission is to help entrepreneurs and business owners live extraordinary lives by creating businesses that powers that life rather than sucking the energy out of it. In addition to running his coaching practice he is also a managing director of the Westchester Angels an early-stage investment group.

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Productivity and Happiness in One Company

Mark my words, you’re going to see Brandon Durbin on a top CEO list some day. An outrageously successful CEO with a heart of gold, Brandon teaches us that you can run a company with high profile Fortune 100 clients and still be productive by prioritizing culture, compassion, community and communication.

Brandon Durbin is the Founder & CEO of Akava; a Silicon Valley software engineering consultancy who helps start-ups and enterprises such as Disney, Oracle, Lbrands, Cisco and Uber build innovative cloud, devops, web and mobile solutions. In his role, he oversees growth, culture, sales, ops and experiences while ensuring company-wide success. Prior to founding Akava, Brandon was in the consulting space for the last decade working for niche system integrators as well as Forrester Research. He volunteers as a mentor for BUILD.org and loves traveling while indulging in local cultures and cuisines.

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