The Business lexicon is littered with sports metaphors like “The Ball’s In Their Court”, “Full Court Press”, and “Slam Dunk.” But Cicely’s guest this week literally combines his experience as a basketball coach to help people take their careers to the next level. His name is Michael Burt. Coach Burt has been called “America’s Coach,” and offers the unique blend of a former championship basketball coach mixed with a deep methodology of inner-engineering people to produce at a higher level in the business world. In part one, Coach Burt talks about how his coaching career started at the age of 15, why Stephen R. Covey inspired his leadership journey, and how he helps teams activate their “prey drive.”

Episode 14 | Part Two: Sophie Beren
In the conclusion of Cicely’s talk with Sophie Beren, the founder of The Conversationalist, Sophie discusses how she connects with people in her non-partisan community, and she shares some advice for bridging the communication gap been leadership and Gen Z. About Sophie Beren: Sophie is a unifier from Wichita, Kansas. She is the Founder and