What can second acts, professional reinventions, and Broadway teach you about uncovering the best in other people?

Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Alisa Cohn - Startup Mastermind, Networking Guru, Kettlebell Queen.

Timestamps:
5:21​ - "There's no canoeing in math camp."
8:50​ - "When we know our lines, and we know what we're doing, then we can improvise and be open and flexible to what's going on."
14:25​ - "At the end of the day, your job and goal is to think rationally and calmly to make good decisions as quickly as you can."
17:21​ - "When you're the CEO, you actually don't get a choice. You have to show up as the leader the way a leader is supposed to show up."
23:39​ - Stop giving State of the Union Addresses.
28:04​ - I wonder if maybe CPAs aren't boring people, they're just bored of being CPAs.
31:18​ - Why startups?
34:49​ - "I said, 'No. I'm going to become a coach now.'"
36:00​ - How did you get your first client? And more importantly, how did you get your second client?
42:23​ - "You need to shake up the dynamic and find people who can give you a fresh perspective."
47:21​ - Always bet on youth.
51:00​ - What's the best way to re-start your coaching business?
54:32​ - "Your fee is fear plus 10%."

Named the Top Startup Coach in the World at the Thinkers50/Marshall Goldsmith Global Coaches Awards in London, Alisa Cohn has been coaching startup founders to grow into world-class CEOs for nearly 20 years. A one-time startup CFO, Alisa has worked with startups such as Venmo, Etsy, The Wirecutter, Mack Weldon, and Tory Burch. She has also coached CEOs and C-Suite executives at enterprise clients such as  Dell, Hitachi, Sony, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Bloomberg, The New York Times, and Calvin Klein.