Is It Crazy?

Eleonora Valenti

Stories of crazy ideas turned into Career and Life success. Every guest on this show had an idea someone called crazy. They did it anyway. Is It Crazy? is where they share the fear, the leap, and every career rule they broke to get there. Because the crazy idea isn't just about the career. It's about finally living a life that's actually yours. Hosted by Eleonora Valenti — executive coach, former Nike and Mindvalley, and someone who leaped too. What if the idea you've been calling crazy is the one worth betting on?

Episodios

  1. How to Become Ready for the Next Big Role (Even When You Don't Feel It) with Silvia D’Anna

    hace 1 d

    How to Become Ready for the Next Big Role (Even When You Don't Feel It) with Silvia D’Anna

    "Whatever you do for yourself is never crazy enough." That's what Silvia said in our conversation, and knowing her, she really embodies that motto. She has a very inspiring career spanning BCG, Nike, and now she's VP Sports, Kids and Underwear at Best Secret, the role she says that “ticks all the boxes of what I was looking for”. How did she build a career like this? What people might not know behind the scenes (and what you'll hear in the conversation) is that she didn't get this far by accident, she's very intentional with her choices and stays open to grow.  For example she decided to go back to university 2 years ago. That's right, mid-career and as a Director. What you'll hear: How do you become ready for a bigger role when part of you still doesn't feel ready?What do you do when your career looks right on paper but something quietly doesn't add up?Is it crazy to add a full-time degree on top of a full-time leadership job, for no one but yourself?How to recognize your inner knowing and intuition?What if success was never the job title, but the person you become getting there?Some of my favorite lines in the conversation: "It's your responsibility to go get them" (the opportunities to grow)"You have full power to make your own journey and create your own destiny"Want to follow Silvia's journey or reach out directly? Find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silviadanna/ If this conversation sparked something and you're ready to explore your own crazy idea with expert guidance and a community who gets it, go to https://humancareers.com/podcast and join our next free Turning Point Lab.

    44 min
  2. From Hyper-Growth Startups to Fractional Leader, with Hugo Pereira

    18 jun

    From Hyper-Growth Startups to Fractional Leader, with Hugo Pereira

    I met Hugo when he became President of AIESEC International. To me he was this distant, inspiring figure at first, the person everyone in the room was watching. Years later we both ended up in Amsterdam and he became a friend whose career choices I kept learning from. Hugo calls himself a growth catalyst.  Today he wears 3 hats: a fractional growth and marketing leader for deep-tech and scale-ups, a builder, and a father who decided presence was non-negotiable.  He scaled EVBox from 10 to 700 people and past 100 million in revenue. He failed at two startups before that. And last year, in the same 12 months he had his second daughter, he exited his own startup and wrote a book. Talking about crazy! What you'll hear: Who are you without the job title?What do you do when the role everyone respects is already starting to feel like the wrong fit?Is it crazy to do the work nobody's paying you for, because you believe it actually matters?How do you balance ambition with presence after you become a parent?What if you didn't have to leave your job to start the thing on the side?Check his book if want to learn from his experience leading teams and culture at hyper-growth >> Teams in Hell: How to End Bad Management. Want to follow Hugo's work or reach out directly? Find him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugosbpereira If this conversation sparked something and you're ready to explore your own crazy idea with expert guidance and a community who gets it, go to https://humancareers.com/podcast and join our next free Turning Point Lab.

    51 min

Información

Stories of crazy ideas turned into Career and Life success. Every guest on this show had an idea someone called crazy. They did it anyway. Is It Crazy? is where they share the fear, the leap, and every career rule they broke to get there. Because the crazy idea isn't just about the career. It's about finally living a life that's actually yours. Hosted by Eleonora Valenti — executive coach, former Nike and Mindvalley, and someone who leaped too. What if the idea you've been calling crazy is the one worth betting on?