In this episode, Tia speaks with Stacey Fisher Rosenthal, owner and President of Fisher Travel Enterprises, who pilots a 24/7 ultra-luxury operation and leads by example. How does an ultra-luxury, travel membership company stay afloat during a world pandemic? Stacey and her dedicated team of 33 have found new ways to personally reach out and deliver over the top experiences to their clients at home.

As an expert in the Science of Happiness and founder of WOHASU®, Karen Guggenheim doesn’t focus on the events that occur throughout our lives, but rather how we frame those events and the decisions we make around them. Through personal tragedy and now COVID-19, Karen teaches how to reframe a negative experience into an opportunity. She believes, the biggest component of happiness is resilience.

After 13 years of working in entertainment marketing for some of Hollywood’s biggest films and TV shows, Tracy Raferty, Founder of Knockout LA, launched an all-encompassing mindfulness studio with the intention of connecting with her local community and making people feel good physically, emotionally, and spiritually. The key to building her business? Tracy said, she listened to her gut and let things unfold organically. Secondly, Tracy said treat your employees how you treat your customers. That’s how you brand and a community around it.

In this episode, Tia speaks with Darren Green, Senior Vice President of LA Tourism. His everyday work is driven by his passion for the city of Los Angeles and contribution to the organization's bodacious goal of brining 50 million visitors to the city. As an executive in the hospitality community that has been hit hard during COVID, Darren leans on 20+ years of experience and exercises patience to put new challenges in the right perspective and remain positive. Ultimately, his success comes from creating his own happiness in the workplace. As a leader, he emanates a unified vision and goal: “It’s about supporting one another, not individual achievement. It’s about the achievement of the team and the organization as a whole.”

In this episode, Tia speaks with Dan Waite, Vice President People Operations for SH Hotels and Resorts. As COVID has impacted the hospitality industry, Dan discusses how realigning with company values and culture has allowed him to provide guidance and support to his employees on the front line in the SH Hotels and Resorts umbrella. While conducting business with love and focusing on employees, Dan shares his wisdom of how he and his company work to understand their employee’s passion and drive by “lighting a fire within” and creating a company culture of support and resources during these trying times.

In this episode, Tia speaks with Carey Davidson, Founder and CEO of Tournesol Wellness, Tournesol Kids, and author of the book The Five Archetypes. Carey shares tips on how to stop perpetuating uncomfortable habits and relationships in the workplace, by becoming self-aware with your surroundings inside and outside of work. By focusing on self-improvement, this holistic approach will help leaders begin to understand themselves and those they work with and how individuals will nurture one another in their work relationships. Carey’s work with the five archetypes and insight from experience in the wellness field.

Today Tia speaks with Deirdra (DJ) Ryan, Head of Sales at Ace Hotel Group. She leads sales teams all over the globe and shares how to build a successful sales team. She looks for passion, optimism, and energy embedded in people’s DNA. It’s something you can’t teach.

Today Tia speaks with Angela Baker, Director of Human Resources at AEG who claims she built her entire career on simply being a nosey person and liking to know what makes people tick. Angela shares a wealth of knowledge on how she brings her best self to work every day and attracts top talent through focusing on the positive and leading a department that puts people first. Through a sea of administrative work, especially during COVID, her main objective remains to cultivate employee engagement and make a positive impact on people’s lives.

Google, Slack, Facebook and Amazon all announced that employees had the option to work from home through the end of 2020. In doing this, they gave their employees autonomy and showed that they trust their employees which both positively impact work outcomes. Additionally, through this work model, cross-team and cross-functional collaboration has been observed.

During times of uncertainty, the challenges you are facing can seem overwhelming. To cope with this, you can create a coping toolbox to help you navigate these times. These tools include acceptance, practicing movement and relaxation techniques, and using the coping scale to check in on yourself.