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A Gift of Cranes

A Gift of Cranes

by Paul Quinn | Jan 22, 2023 | Asking - Health, Asking - Relationships, Healthcare

Suffering the effects of a major illness can feel scary and isolating. Getting through it takes not only medical assistance but emotional support. In the story that follows, my friend David Fisk tells of four “asks” that loved ones made on his behalf...
Safe to Ask? A Chat with a Chief Nursing Officer

Safe to Ask? A Chat with a Chief Nursing Officer

by Paul Quinn | Sep 30, 2022 | Asking - Health, Asking - Leadership, Asking - Relationships, Asking - Workplace, Communication Skills, Healthcare, Work-Related Stress

Charity Cox-Hayden is chief nursing officer for Atlas Healthcare Partners, LLC, an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) development and management company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona with surgery centers in Phoenix, Tucson, and Northern Colorado. She and I recently...
Dinosaurs in the Shark Tank: Don and Val’s Big Ask

Dinosaurs in the Shark Tank: Don and Val’s Big Ask

by Paul Quinn | Sep 14, 2022 | Asking - Business, Asking - Empowerment, Asking - Entrepreneurs, Presentation Skills

In September 2020, Don Lessem and Valerie Jones drove from their home in Philadelphia to Las Vegas, where they walked onto the famously intimidating set of ABC’s Shark Tank to ask $500,000 for a 10% stake in Dino Don Inc., their $1.8M animatronic dinosaur...
From Red Carpet to Runway: Hollywood’s Janet Nepales

From Red Carpet to Runway: Hollywood’s Janet Nepales

by Paul Quinn | Aug 8, 2022 | Asking - Business, Asking - Cultural Attitudes

Award-winning journalist Janet Susan R. Nepales is the first Filipina member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) which votes on and presents the annual Golden Globe Awards. She was an executive co-producer of the Golden Globe Awards show (75th to...
Cynthia Barnes: Becoming 2x Confident, 2x Strong

Cynthia Barnes: Becoming 2x Confident, 2x Strong

by Paul Quinn | Jul 8, 2022 | Asking - Business, Asking - Empowerment, Asking - Sales

In this interview, award-winning sales influencer Cynthia Barnes shares her solid tips and strategies for asking for raises, referrals, and feedback, as well as her insights on why claiming your self-worth is like putting money in the bank. Though her professional...
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