Designing Your Life (Melissa Cantrell) Building Leaders Radio Hour podcast

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Our fifth guest of the season on BLRH is Melissa Cantrell. Melissa currently serves as the president and CEO of CDH Partners. CDH Partners is an architectural firm that was founded in 1977 with a commitment to serve those who serve others.

With a family whose claim to fame is the geodesic dome and for female builders, Melissa grew up around architecture and being able to visualize designed spaces. A proud graduate of Georgia Tech, Melissa has followed a path she knew she would take since the age of 11. From humble beginnings, she now handles operations to establish short and long-term goals, plans and strategies, as well as resourcing, employee growth, and budgets for a nationally recognized architecture firm

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0:00 Intro

1:20 Melissa Introduction

4:20 Growing up

7:05 What I want to be when I grow up

15:41 Thinking critically and communicating effectively

17:11 Working twice as hard to be seen

18:18 Learning from others

21:32 Evolving leadership styles for an evolving workforce

27:22 Managing work from home

32:26 Starting each day

34:49 Power of Vulnerability

36:20 Overcoming the noise

43:26 Keys for emerging professionals

49:37 Gaining Traction

53:26 Episode recap

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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Melissa Introduction (00:01:20)

3. Growing up (00:04:20)

4. What I want to be when I grow up (00:07:05)

5. Thinking critically and communicating effectively (00:15:41)

6. Working twice as hard to be seen (00:17:11)

7. Learning from others (00:18:18)

8. Evolving leadership styles for an evolving workforce (00:21:32)

9. Managing work from home (00:27:22)

10. Starting each day (00:32:26)

11. Power of Vulnerability (00:34:49)

12. Overcoming the noise (00:36:20)

13. Keys for emerging professionals (00:43:26)

14. Gaining Traction (00:49:37)

15. Episode recap (00:53:26)

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