Get Real. Get Loud. With Purpose.

Amber Griffiths

Get Real. Get Loud. With Purpose is a podcast dedicated to exploring the power of personal branding through life-inspiring, transformative experiences we all hold, and the impact they have on us in life and in business. powered by Call to Legend ®

  1. Oct 28

    Stacey Glenewinkel on Advocacy, Trust, and Leveling the Playing Field in Commercial Real Estate

    Stacey Glenewinkel spent 15 years on the inside of one of the world's biggest commercial real estate firms, learning exactly how the game is played, and exactly who it's played against. Then she flipped sides. Stacey is the founder of Magnolia Project Partners, and she's built her business around challenging one of the most accepted norms in her industry: the belief that the landlord holds all the power. In this conversation, she shares a real example from her own work, a routine lease review that uncovered something her client's landlord had no obligation to disclose, and that ended up saving her client nearly $4,700. We talk about where her convictions come from, a childhood watching her parents run a small business, a deep belief in looking out for the underdog, and the moment she decided to build something that stands in the gap for tenants instead of landlords. We get into why she defines success not by the size of the deal, but by whether her clients can finally exhale, knowing someone's actually watching their back. This is a conversation about power, information, and what it looks like to build a business advocating for the people the system wasn't built to protect. If you've ever signed a lease without fully understanding it, or you're about to, this one's for you. Connect with Stacey Glenewinkel and Magnolia Project Partners: https://magnoliaprojectpartners.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/staceyglenewinkel/

    Stacey Glenewinkel on Advocacy, Trust, and Leveling the Playing Field in Commercial Real Estate
  2. Oct 14

    Charity Andrews: Chaos Doesn't Have to Be the Cost of Growth

    What if the reason your business feels chaotic has nothing to do with the tools you're using, and everything to do with what's underneath them? Charity Andrews is the founder of Stellify, a Strategic Operations Consultant, and the self-proclaimed queen of productivity hacks. But don't let that fool you. This is not a conversation about software. This is a conversation about building the kind of foundation that lets every tool, every system, and every person on your team actually do their best work. In this episode, Charity breaks down why immediacy culture is lying to you. Why you are not behind just because a new AI model dropped last week. And why putting automation on top of bad process just makes the chaos faster. She also shares the story that started it all: a Whole Foods cashier, an abusive relationship, 150 PLU codes, and what happened when someone finally built a system that worked for the way her brain actually worked. We talk about psychological safety, neurodivergence, why the big formal software rollout almost never works, and how Charity's all-women team is quietly building something that goes way beyond operations consulting. Plus the layer cake metaphor that will change the way you think about AI forever. Data. Workflow. Automation. And AI? AI is the sprinkles. If you've been feeling like you're already behind before your day has even started, this episode is for you. www.stellify.info **Check out an organization Charity supports: www.komakcares.org - an all-volunteer Portland-area 501(c)(3) charity providing financial assistance to cancer patients who re unable to work during their treatment.

    Charity Andrews: Chaos Doesn't Have to Be the Cost of Growth
  3. Sep 30

    Fia Sylvan (she/her) - Author "Like a Redwood Seed, Stronger Than the Flames" Proves Impossible Odds Can Be Overcome

    Fia Sylvan writes under a pen name for a reason: protection, both for her and for the people whose lives are woven into her story. Fia is Latin, rooted in Sophia, meaning wisdom. Sylvan means of the woods. She chose both words on purpose. Fia is a new author, a healthcare professional, an animal rescuer, and a gardener who grows food alongside urban habitat on her small city lot. Her memoir, Like a Redwood Seed, Stronger Than the Flames, took over 20 years to write, not because the words were hard to find, but because some of the memories were too heavy to sit with long enough to put on the page. It covers 25 homes, 8 states, abuse, fundamentalism, homelessness, and a life that also included training Iditarod sled dogs, fighting wildfires, and working construction. In this conversation, Fia and Amber talk about what it means to hold both an ordinary life and an extraordinary one you survived, why black-and-white thinking fails the people caught inside broken systems, and why she chose the word "stubborn" over "resilient." Fia has already heard from a total stranger who tracked down her email just to say the book made her feel less alone. That is the whole point: proof that overcoming impossible odds is possible, and that you are not the only one who has lived through something like this. https://likearedwoodseed.godaddysites.com/ **Check out one of the organizations Fia supports: Cascading Wild - protecting endangered wildlife in the PNW https://www.cascadiawild.org/

    Fia Sylvan (she/her) - Author "Like a Redwood Seed, Stronger Than the Flames"  Proves Impossible Odds Can Be Overcome
  4. Sep 16

    Debbie Brannan - Why "People Are People First" Is the Leadership Philosophy Everyone Needs and Almost No One Practices

    What if the best leadership advice you ever get has nothing to do with a framework, and everything to do with whether you actually see the human in front of you? This week Amber sits down with Debbie Brannan, a certified leadership coach, speaker, and consultant with more than 25 years of experience helping people navigate growth, change, and what's next. Her approach is practical and deeply human, built on four words that guide everything she does: people are people first. Debbie works in what she calls "the messy space in between," where the old way of leading no longer fits and the new way hasn't quite shown up yet. It's where she helps people who feel stuck or uncertain shift their mindset, spot where they've been getting in their own way, and see possibilities they couldn't see before. That's where momentum starts. In this conversation: Debbie's "Curiosity Ruler" for measuring how deeply you're actually showing up for someone, why a leadership title and leadership behavior are two different things, and why comfort zones aren't comfortable, they're just familiar. People are people first. Leaders are human first. https://www.debbiebrannanconsulting.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/debrabrannan/ **Check out an organization Debbie supports, the work of Rooted Within Wellness. They support parents and caregivers for children with complex medical needs that are often unimaginable. Primarily women, they spend so much of their lives focused on someone else. I love that their work creates space for the caregiver to be cared for too. https://rootedwithinwellnessllc.org/

    Debbie Brannan - Why "People Are People First" Is the Leadership Philosophy Everyone Needs and Almost No One Practices

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