Next Level Tips with Olympian Lina Taylor Lina Taylor

As an award-winning marketing and communications leader, Holly Humphrey had put her talents to work for some of the biggest companies in the world. But in late 2019, Holly decided to reassess and make the leap to start her own brand communications firm, HH Communications. In this interview, Holly talks with Lina Taylor about what it takes to make that jump!

With 20 years of experience working alongside global C-suite executives, she has managed strategic corporate sponsorships and brand programs for the Rio 2016 Olympics, Aspen Ideas Festival, International Women's Forum, Women Athletes Business Network, Great Places to Work Institute, World Bank Private Sector Leaders Forum and many others.

Her communications leadership and management roles in both the public and private sector include Americas Brand & External Communications Leader for EY (Ernst & Young), Americas Talent Communications Leader for EY, Public Information Officer for the City of New York Department of Homeless Services, and multiple positions at leading PR firms in both Atlanta and New York City.

Holly has also provided marketing and communications support for multiple nonprofit organizations. She has traveled extensively around the world for both work and pleasure.

At the intersection of science, business, and elite sports, two-time Olympian Lina Taylor helps leaders and teams create a culture of resilience, opportunities, and success. Learn more at LinaTaylor.com


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With a powerful forward written by Marshall Goldsmith, Dr. Oleg Konovalov's book The Vision Code, demystifies the role of vision as a fundamental part of long-term success. In this episode of Next Level Tips, Dr. Konovalov and Lina talk about the difference between having a dream and having a vision, how to be prepared to stand up for your vision, even in the face of doubts, fears, and nay-sayers. In his book, The Vision Code, Dr. Konovalov writes from his own experiences of re-defining the circumstances of his upbringing, that "Vision is a decision to live differently, with greater purpose." He's assembled the thoughts of some of the greatest leaders of today on the role of vision in success and I highly recommend his work to anyone on the path to mastery.

Here's more on Dr. Oleg Konovalov:

Dr. Oleg Konovalov is a global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach.

Oleg is named among the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50. He is on Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership, has been recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360, is #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50) and has been named as one of the Top 10 Most Inspiring Global Thought Leaders.

Having been named as ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership’ by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg Konovalov is helping companies to create and execute their vision, maintain a strong productive corporate culture and achieve superior business performance.

He is the author of The Vision Code (2021), LEADEROLOGY (2019), Corporate Superpower (2018), Organisational Anatomy (2016), and Hidden Russia (2014).

His research identifies entrepreneurs’ and managers’ strategic needs in the areas of leadership. Oleg help leaders to become the masters of the future and achieve new levels of success.

Oleg received his doctoral degree from the Durham University Business School. He is a visiting lecturer at a number of business schools, a Forbes contributor, and a high in demand speaker at major conferences around the world.


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Shawna Fisher is the Chief Financial Officer of HelpScout. She is an executive with two decades of progressive leadership experience within both venture backed technology companies and mature corporate environments. Her story begins with a defining moment, right out of college when she's interviewing to work for one of the Big Four accounting firms. Enjoy the interview and visit LinaTaylor.com for more.


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Diaz Nesamoney is founder and CEO of Jivox - a company delivering a technology platform for personalized digital marketing. He has had two prior successful ventures. He was previously co-founder, President and Chief Operating Officer at Informatica (NASDAQ:INFA), which he took from a startup to a publicly traded company in 1999 Informatica pioneered data integration software as a category and is now the market leader with over $2 billion in revenue and a $6 billion market cap. Before founding Jivox, he founded Celequest and served as its CEO until early 2007, when the company was acquired by Cognos/IBM. Celequest introduced the market's first Business Intelligence appliance, a disruptive innovation that led to its acquisition.

In 2020, Diaz was selected by The Software Report as one of the Top 50 SaaS CEOs. Diaz is a member of the Council of Global Advisors at the Yale University, School of Management and has been a board member for over 11 years, of the American India Foundation, a leading international development organization charged with the mission of accelerating social and economic change in India.

Diaz holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in India and is the holder of eight technology patents. Diaz is also author of the first book on Personalized Digital Advertising.

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What you'll hear in this conversation, is some great advice about the mindset you need to have in order to spot the opportunities around you that will take you to your dreams. The roads may be unconventional and less travelled but that is exactly what is needed sometimes to make the biggest breakthroughs.

Dr. Tara Ruttley has spent her career at NASA in Human Exploration, where adaptability is everything. She is also a neuroscientist and knows that the brain literally changes for the better when we have a new experience. We live in a limitless universe with seven different continents, nearly 200 different countries, more than 7 billion people, thousands of cultures, and hundreds of thousands of unique experiences, but mostly we stick to our daily routines. Yet even the tiniest bit of exploration (even in our own offices!) can make us better able to adapt to change, overcome fear and adversity, and improve creativity. Find out more about Dr. Tara Ruttley here: http://tararuttley.com/ 


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Morgan Brown is the Vice President of Growth Marketing for Shopify and the author of Hacking Growth: How Today’s Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success. Morgan has spent his career helping companies of all sizes grow at the intersection of digital marketing and product development. He lives in the Laguna Beach area with his wife, Erika, three children and two small, loud dogs:)

Listen for the invaluable tips Morgan gives on how to take your career to the next level and the skills you need to be in the driver seat.

From marine biology to odd jobs in tech to now driving growth for world giants like Shopify and Facebook, Morgan Brown takes us on a fascinating journey of finding your “True North” and what it takes to succeed in the fast-moving world of tech.

I hope you enjoy this episode of Next Level Tips with Morgan Brown. Learn more at LinaTaylor.com


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