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Being Genuine, Authentic, and Transparent with Kathleen Sarpy—Episode 293 of The Action Catalyst Podcast
Category: Business
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2019-07-24 06:00:24
Description: For nearly 30 years, Kathleen Kenehan Sarpy has enjoyed a diverse career in public relations and marketing, working with the world’s most recognizable brands, as well as driven start-ups that share her spirit. With unrivaled energy, Kathleen expertly connects people, events, and ideas to generate maximum impact. A former senior leader at a top PR firm, Kathleen left “big agency” life behind in 2001 to launch her own shop alone in her suburban basement. Her goal: Offer world-class work without sacrificing kindness. Now, Kathleen manages more than 40 staffers in a downtown office overlooking the Chicago river, and she’s never lost sight of her five core values: kindness, creativity, passion, hustle, and integrity. Agency H5 has been recognized alongside the best firms in the country, winning National Small Agency of the Year and Best Place to Work by PR News multiple times. Her value-driven agency ranked #11 among Top Company Culture’s in America by Entrepreneur.com and was recognized in 2018 and 2019 as a Best Place to Work by Crain’s Chicago Business. Personally, Kathleen has been named PR Professional of the Year by PRSA Chicago and among Top Women in PR by PR News. She’s regularly featured as an expert voice on outlets like NBC (including “Today”), CBS Chicago, PR News and PR Week. Throughout her career, Kathleen has proudly supported local philanthropies including Breakthrough Urban Ministries, Enchanted Backpack, the Joffrey Ballet’s Women’s Board, Bright Pink, YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago and the United Way. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of a Purdue University, she founded the International Council of Purdue Women to engage and inspire 200,000 alumnae worldwide. Her biggest and proudest achievement to date is being a mom and currently resides in Wheaton, Illinois with her husband Chris and their 6 children. Show Highlights When I became a mother, my path changed. —Kathleen Sarpy Change is the one thing that's constant in life. It sounds like an oxymoron, but change is constant. It's how you anchor yourself that really matters. —Kathleen Sarpy Resilience is something I think a leader needs. Through a series of events, I was being taught to keep getting back up and dusting myself off. —Kathleen Sarpy When you're going through something hard, people often focus on the storm, but there's a reason for the rain. It's to create an opportunity for growth. —Kathleen Sarpy In order for the world to work, you can't always be a giver. You have to learn how to receive. —Kathleen Sarpy You can choose to be bitter about your circumstances or you can choose to be better. —Kathleen Sarpy Being transparent as a leader is important. —Kathleen Sarpy As a mother and a leader, it's important to show my truth so that when other people go through it, it's not as scary. —Kathleen Sarpy You can always look for something you can do to be more kind, have more transparency, or be more passionate in some way. Know you who are and find ways to be better at being you. —Kathleen Sarpy It is not about the things you have here on Earth, it's about the people you impact in some way. —Kathleen Sarpy Gratitude has been a focus I've really tried to practice. —Kathleen Sarpy You should be a sponge all the time. There are so many people who can teach you if you just listen. —Kathleen Sarpy If you set intentions out there and write them down, it appears the universe gives it back to you. It's also important to have hope. —Kathleen Sarpy Sometimes the dream you have for yourself is so much smaller than the dream that is set out for you. —Kathleen Sarpy Kathleen's final thoughts: You are your energy. We all go through things and if I was negative, I could find a lot of reasons to be bitter, depressed, etc. But I never lost faith that the sun would come out and I kept seeing days where the sun was brighter. Even when a hiccup occurs, and they will always occur, you have to have perspective that there will be jo...
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