Lori Brown is thriving! You will be motivated to stretch yourself, learn more, listen better and maybe even accept official coaching. She recently worked to become a Certified ICF Coach, and one of the greatest learnings was to be a better listener. As we prepare for the #SilverPsunami, as Dr. Cynthia McCloud coined it, we must all pass along knowledge to the next generation.

Lori is a Certified Coach and she serves on the following four boards, using her talents and time to improve the food industry and the world around her.

The Illuminators
Pacific Harbors Council, Scouting America
Navigators Lighthouse Foundation
Washington Food Industry Association

You will enjoy meeting Lori, and hearing about the learnings from her mentors, on this podcast.

Mentors
Nick Nickitas
Mark Arrington
John Nato

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When you think of someone who networks and builds relationships in the grocery industry, you have to think of Sarah May. She will give a couple tips on how to be successful in building authentic relationships.

Hot trends, proud moments and a few laughs are all included in this podcast.

VP of Sales at Smart.Market

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Enid Barrillas is a second generation, Puerto Rican grocer who pursued a master's degree, a Mechanical Engineering degree and has six children. She provides great insight in this interview on how she uses the insight from one of her mentors to remain calm, organized and in control.

One take away she gives in this podcast is that you need to be a team player both at work and at home. We love sharing the stories of women like Enid.

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Beverly has an exciting full circle career journey in associational management and lobbying. On this podcast she shares key motivational sayings that have guided her decisions and how important it is for all of us to pay attention to local and state legislative decisions.

After this podcast you may want to spend a day shadowing Beverly to learn more about lobbying. What a great resource Beverly is to connect to your state associations.

Don't miss this episode and opportunity to meet someone who has an impact on the entire food industry through her work.

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The Food Industry Association Executives [FIAE] is a national professional association representing local, state and regional food association executives since 1927, who in turn represent over 95 percent of the grocery retail industry.

FIAE's mission is to provide a forum for professional growth of the members' employees and to serve as a vehicle for the interchange of ideas and advancement of the food industry agenda.

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Every business owner knows the value of the Human Resources Department. Merry Bhattacharjee, Vice President Human Resources at DUMAC Business Systems, Inc. shares ways she shows up to best reflect her personal brand and the company brand each day.

She wants women to remember they are GOOD ENOUGH and are adding value. Enjoy hearing from a Vice President HR who is fun and funny!

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Amy McClellan takes us through her lifetime journey in the grocery industry from bagging groceries to becoming the Executive Vice President of Sales and Chief Customer Office of SpartanNash. Amy believes the industry has a history for building leaders and teaching life skills.

In this episode, Amy gives thanks for the privilege of being essential, discusses the value of a family meal and gives a few shout outs to, not only mentors she has had, but also to other women on her teams that are and will continue to do great things.

Learn more about another humble female leader in the grocery industry and be sure to reach out and connect with the women you get to know through the podcast.

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Meagan is a self proclaimed data nerd and she loves how the data is used in the independent grocery industry, and how it can and will be used in the future.
In this interview, Meagan shares leadership lessons, the trends she expects and one of the best pieces of advice a previous manager gave her, "Other people's perceptions is reality."
Tune into hear Vice President of Retail & Distributor Growth for SPINS discuss how her life has truly gone from Farm to Table!

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In an interview that spans the topics of time blocking, to employee satisfaction, to data and the user experience, to her greatest leadership learnings, Katie Hotze, the founder and CEO of Grocery Shopii shares valuable insight and tips for managers of people and leaders of organizations.

She often gets asked, how do you do it all and she has a few answers that may surprise you OR encourage you to take the step too.

Go ahead and block some time for this insightful interview.
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