May 24, 2019
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
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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 important 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 few 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 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