Paying It Forward with Maggie McGuire: An Inspiring Vision Rooted in Values
November 21, 2011
Hosted by Kate Ebner
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Episode Description
Big vision. Big life. Big inspiration. What's a former teacher doing producing award-winning digital media experiences for kids and families and live action TV shows? Meet Maggie McGuire, Vice President, eScholastic, Kids and Parent Channels Online. Renowned for her energy, passion, creativity and her phenomenal record of developing learning products for the technologically savvy kids of today and their parents, Maggie McGuire knows how to inspire a love of learning. Join Host Kate Ebner to find out what Maggie means when she advises us to "Choose happiness every day" and “Do what you love.” Learn Maggie's "pay it forward" approach to work, raising a family, and her life -- a values-based philosophy that inspires the people around her to think bigger, bolder and braver. Maggie will let us in on her personal vision for herself and her family -- a vision that guides and shapes her life and career.
Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life
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Top leadership coach and change guru Kate Ebner teaches leaders in business, education, government and non-profits how to create compelling and inspiring visions that lead to extraordinary results and outcomes. Each week on “Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life,” Kate introduces you to the amazing visionaries who are shaping our future. She’ll show you how to create your own motivating leadership vision – and how to make it real. Discover the simple, yet powerful steps that add up to a great vision and an extraordinary life. Explore how real visionaries are using vision to drive exceptional results. Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life features guests who open our eyes to new possibilities and whose stories inspire. Tune in and learn how and why to create your own vision. Join Kate for practical tips, wisdom, and knowledge that will take your leadership and your life to a new level.
Kate Ebner
Top leadership coach Kate Ebner invites people to be visionary. Founder of The Nebo Company, a leadership consultancy based in Washington, D.C., Kate teaches leaders how to use vision as a powerful and practical tool for manifesting the important changes they want to see. Kate works with senior executives and teams at Fortune 500 corporations, non-profits, social entrepreneurs and government agencies who are leading significant change, helping them to thrive in their careers and find greater fulfillment and satisfaction in life.
Kate specializes not only in how to create, live and lead from vision, but also how to make it real through effective implementation. She gained more than two decades of firsthand experience in envisioning, leading and implementing major change while serving as a dean at Middlebury College and as senior vice president of an international strategy consulting firm. Her own journey from executive to master coach is a story of vision and personal transformation. As faculty and co-director of Georgetown University's Leadership Coaching program, Kate authored of "Coaching for Leverage,” a chapter in On Becoming a Leadership Coach. Kate Ebner is frequently quoted in publications and speaks at conferences about leadership, vision, and empowerment.
