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Welcome to episode 17 of Future Driven! This week, Adam spoke to Marla Williams, a successful life, career, and business coach, radio host, and author with an impressive background in strategy and HR.
Marla became an HR manager 6 months out of college and later founded the HR department for the startup company Genie Industries, which was recently acquired by a Fortune 500 company. She has been consulting and coaching under her own brand for more than a decade and recently released The Being Zone, a book about dealing with stress and avoiding burnout both as the head of a business and as an individual.
Future Driven is hosted by Adam Kopp, CEO and founder of the strategic marketing agency, Madak. In each episode, Adam talks to an industry professional about their career, leadership style, and goals for the future.
0:53: Adam introduces Marla Williams, whom he worked with during the launch of Madak.
2:30: Give us a background of your career — what journey did you take to get where you are today?
3:50: “I don’t see what is, but what can be.”
4:50: Marla talks about burnout.
7:50: All about creating the culture at Genie Industries.
10:10: Turnover in business has a lot to do with trust issues.
12:00: Adam asks what the lead-up was for Marla’s book The Being Zone.
16:15: Is there anybody that you’ve had a unique experience with recently? What type of business owners are you working with now?
17:15: “We’re born with natural intuition, we just tend to go head-based as we grow up.”
19:48: Adam talks about how a good morning routine, including meditating, journaling, and exercising has helped improve his business and his life in general.
22:30: Marla and Adam discuss the importance of having good systems and processes in place both in business and in life.
27:08: “When you do things that are around your passion, it’s hard not to be ‘filled up’ every day, even when you’re stressed.”
28:25: What’s next for you after the release of The Being Zone?
31:20: Adam briefly explains how having more time due to COVID helped him simplify his life.
This week, we heard from Marla Williams, a woman with many titles. As an innovative and effective life and business coach with valuable experience in HR and business strategy, she knows exactly what it feels like to be burnt out, and her new book The Being Zone is all about living your life the best way you can. Marla is currently creating burnout training courses and programs, and may write more groundbreaking books in the future.
Welcome to episode 17 of Future Driven! This week, Adam spoke to Marla Williams, a successful life, career, and business coach, radio host, and author with an impressive background in strategy and HR.
Marla became an HR manager 6 months out of college and later founded the HR department for the startup company Genie Industries, which was recently acquired by a Fortune 500 company. She has been consulting and coaching under her own brand for more than a decade and recently released The Being Zone, a book about dealing with stress and avoiding burnout both as the head of a business and as an individual.
Future Driven is hosted by Adam Kopp, CEO and founder of the strategic marketing agency, Madak. In each episode, Adam talks to an industry professional about their career, leadership style, and goals for the future.
0:53: Adam introduces Marla Williams, whom he worked with during the launch of Madak.
2:30: Give us a background of your career — what journey did you take to get where you are today?
3:50: “I don’t see what is, but what can be.”
4:50: Marla talks about burnout.
7:50: All about creating the culture at Genie Industries.
10:10: Turnover in business has a lot to do with trust issues.
12:00: Adam asks what the lead-up was for Marla’s book The Being Zone.
16:15: Is there anybody that you’ve had a unique experience with recently? What type of business owners are you working with now?
17:15: “We’re born with natural intuition, we just tend to go head-based as we grow up.”
19:48: Adam talks about how a good morning routine, including meditating, journaling, and exercising has helped improve his business and his life in general.
22:30: Marla and Adam discuss the importance of having good systems and processes in place both in business and in life.
27:08: “When you do things that are around your passion, it’s hard not to be ‘filled up’ every day, even when you’re stressed.”
28:25: What’s next for you after the release of The Being Zone?
31:20: Adam briefly explains how having more time due to COVID helped him simplify his life.
This week, we heard from Marla Williams, a woman with many titles. As an innovative and effective life and business coach with valuable experience in HR and business strategy, she knows exactly what it feels like to be burnt out, and her new book The Being Zone is all about living your life the best way you can. Marla is currently creating burnout training courses and programs, and may write more groundbreaking books in the future.
