Welcome to a whole new year and another truly impactful episode of The Seismic Shift. We’re starting off 2025 strong, talking with serial healthcare entrepreneur, Chantell Preston, all about how to actually achieve that always-elusive work-life integration. Let’s dive in!

Chantell has been starting her own companies since she was 27 years-old, and in that time she’s learned a thing or two about what it takes to find fulfillment both at work and at home through building connection with the entirety of your employee—not just their work identity or ability to produce results. During her candid conversation with Michelle, Chantell vulnerably shares her own story of finding a work-life integration that fulfilled her, plus the two also talk females in leadership, how they would define personal success, and their best advice for managing your time and priorities in a way that’s life-giving, not draining.

Chantell’s is a story that will empower you to get up and make your goals happen! Don’t miss this incredible kickoff to a whole new year on The Seismic Shift!

Learn more about Chantell and her podcast, Get Real, Get Results here: https://chantellpreston.com/.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Embracing Imposter Syndrome
01:20 Chantell's Entrepreneurial Journey
05:51 Seismic Shifts in Leadership
12:44 Creating Cultures of Connection
18:19 Lessons Learned from Stumbles
21:35 Empowering Female Leaders
24:41 Defining Personal Success
28:40 Managing Time and Priorities

Special thanks to our friend Brian Wayy for the theme music this season!
Track Title: My Hearts On Fire

How do we find that fire in our belly to do something truly revolutionary with our lives? Silicon Valley disruptor and current CEO of Corent Technology, Feyzi Fatehi, knows a thing or two when it comes to answering that question. For today’s episode of The Seismic Shift, Michelle sits down with Feyzi to take a look at his meteoric rise through some of the world’s top technology companies—outlining the biggest lessons he’s learned along the way.

From spearheading Hewlett-Packard’s global alliances in his 20s to getting his MBA from Stanford and going on to lead from the C-suite, Feyzi has had a front row seat to the seismic shifts happening in Silicon Valley over the last few decades. Together he and Michelle discuss the evolution of leadership practices in the tech industry, the motivation behind Feyzi’s book—Democratizing SaaS, and his best advice for finding that fire in your belly to do great things with your life and talents.

Don’t miss this inspiring conversation!

Purchase Democratizing SaaS here: https://www.corenttech.com/democratizing-saas-testimonials.html.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Transforming Questions for Better Understanding
01:50 Feyzi Fatehi: A Journey of Meaning and Curiosity
06:09 Cultural Shifts in Silicon Valley Leadership
11:49 From Transactional to Inspirational Leadership
18:03 Democratizing SaaS: A Vision for the Future
24:14 Finding Your Fire: Tips for Success

Special thanks to our friend Brian Wayy for the theme music this season!
Track Title: My Hearts On Fire

As leaders, it’s essential that we master the art of the delicate conversation to foster connection among the people we lead. But delicate conversations are just that … delicate, and it’s tempting to put them off. Today on The Seismic Shift, Michelle sits down with the world’s no. 1 startup coach, Alisa Cohn, to dive into how to have those delicate conversations we all dread, and how to have them well.

To open the episode, Michelle invites Alisa to share her incredible story of reinventing her career at 27 years-old and becoming one of the world’s most sought-after startup coaches. Michelle then pulls from the scripts Alisa outlines in her bestselling book, and together the two illustrate for us how to have some of the delicate conversations many leaders face. From delivering bad news to your staff to walking an employee through why you don’t believe they’re ready for a promotion right now, Alisa shows us how to have these delicate conversations in a way that builds trust and connection. Michelle and Alisa’s conversation concludes with Alisa sharing her insights into how managers can better connect with their employees, even in an increasingly remote work space.

Don’t miss this incredible episode of The Seismic Shift!

Check out Alisa’s book, From Start-Up to Grown-Up here: https://www.alisacohn.com/start-up/.

Chapters

00:00 The Importance of Vulnerability in Connection
02:09 Alisa Cohn's Journey to Coaching
04:51 Seismic Shifts in the Workplace
07:32 Building Connection in a Hybrid World
10:24 Navigating Delicate Conversations
20:07 Communicating Bad News Effectively
23:26 Creating a Culture of Connection

Special thanks to our friend Brian Wayy for the theme music this season!
Track Title: My Hearts On Fire