Terry Hill shares her journey from HR professional to C-suite executive, revealing how she learned the "fine art of approximation" after watching male colleagues confidently present rough estimates while she felt compelled to provide decimal-point precision.

• Early career path from retail to American Express to Nationwide Insurance
• Moving from HR into business leadership and the challenges of that transition
• The importance of building strong peer relationships across organizations
• Learning that authenticity is more valuable than trying to fit an executive stereotype
• Managing down versus managing up as a leadership philosophy
• Making tough business decisions with values-based principles
• Creating goals that prioritize people even during difficult business transitions
• The value of having a trusted chief of staff who can provide honest feedback
• Common executive challenges around communication and difficult conversations
• The permanent state of uncertainty in today's business environment
• Advice to take more vacation and build confidence earlier in your career

If you're interested in executive coaching, Terry now works with clients to increase self-awareness and improve leadership effectiveness through mostly referral-based relationships.

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Troy Johnson, co-founder of Slalom Consulting, shares the power of gratitude and how simple moments of appreciation can transform our outlook in both work and life. From his beginnings in Iowa to building a global consulting powerhouse, Troy reveals how authentic connection with people has been the cornerstone of his leadership philosophy and Slalom's phenomenal growth.

• Troy's journey from small-town Iowa to co-founding what would become an 11,000-person global consulting firm
• The serendipitous failed sales call that turned into a 30-year career when Troy met Slalom's founder Brad Jackson
• How Troy transformed traditional recruiting by focusing on relationships first and hiring as a natural byproduct
• The creation of "Slalom buzz" through personal connections rather than traditional marketing
• Troy's evolution as a leader, including the pivotal moment when he overcame his biases against "fluffy" leadership training
• The power of personal mantras like "Everything always works out" and "What's the worst that could happen?"
• Why gratitude remains one of the most powerful tools for transforming our mindset and relationships
• The importance of getting out in the world and making in-person connections in an increasingly digital age

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What happens when a natural-born entrepreneur with a "Pied Piper" gift for leading others transitions into corporate America? In this episode of Your Seat at the Table, hosts Mike Maddock and John Tobin talk with serial entrepreneur and technology visionary Marty Renkis.

Marty shares his incredible journey from lemonade stands and selling scrap paper as a kid to founding multiple successful tech companies — including TrainerSoft (sold to Outstart) and Smartvue (acquired by Johnson Controls). He opens up about the exhilarating highs and gut-wrenching lows of startup life, the difficult decisions that shaped his path, and the lessons learned about trust, humility, and teamwork.

Now an executive at a Fortune 150 company, Marty reflects on what it really means to lead at scale: shifting from lone visionary to empowering teams, embracing patience, and learning to whisper ideas instead of shouting them.

About the guest:
Marty Renkis is a serial entrepreneur, innovator, and executive at Johnson Controls. He has led groundbreaking work in e-learning, cloud video surveillance, and smart building technologies — holding a robust patent portfolio and scaling businesses to global impact.

About the hosts:
Mike Maddock is the founder of Flourish Advisory Boards, a public speaker, and a serial entrepreneur known for helping leaders turn big ideas into reality.

John Tobin is the co-founder and Executive President of Slalom Consulting, a global consulting firm helping organizations tackle their most ambitious projects and build cultures of trust and innovation.

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