The Emerging Leaders Podcast // Fischer Homes

As an entrepreneur, former executive, husband, and father of three, Cory Carlson understands the pressures working parents face. He is passionate about helping business leaders win both at work and home.

Twenty years in corporate America gave Cory amazing opportunities as he worked his way up to the executive level. But he also saw brokenness: work without purpose, strained marriages, and absentee parents. Business leaders especially were often not living life to the fullest. When Cory discovered coaching, it helped him become a better leader, husband, and father. So he left his corporate career to help other leaders achieve a healthier work-life balance. Currently, Cory lives in Cincinnati with his awesome wife and three amazing children.

Cory has a Civil Engineer degree from University of Missouri and a MBA from Rockhurst University.

Cory is the author of Win at Home First, an inspirational guide to work-life balance. His book was Amazon #1 New Release in 3 Categories and listed in FORBES as ‘7 Books Everyone On Your Team Should Read’.

Follow Cory on social media (@carlsoncory) and www.corymcarlson.com.

Timestamps:

• 4:18 - Work Life Balance vs Seasonal Recalibration
• 5:40 - Introduction and work history
• 9:15 - Ebb and flow of work and life
• 11:50 - What does Recalibration look like?
• 14:00 - Define what rest looks like for you
• 15:50 - What if my work doesn’t slow down
• 18:10 - Speed up by slowing down
• 20:00 - Blocking time to move the needle
• 23:00 - Competing Home and Work priorities
• 31:50 - Bag O’ Questions
• 34:10 - Connecting with Cory Carlson

Amanda Bluso is a Production Process Manager in our Columbus Division here at Fischer Homes, and in this episode, we talk about:

• Amanda’s Career Story, and how she went from being a College Recruit to a Sales Counselor to an Elite Coach to becoming a Production Process Manager
• We also had our first ever listener question, submitted by Amie Cipolla from the Indianapolis Division about the crossover from Operations and Sales
• How leaders need to embody the integrity of the organization and invest in their team

Timestamps:

• 2:16 - Amanda’s career story
• 9:23 - “People can be so impatient!”
• 11:00 - The Elite Coach role
• 17:05 - Jon Jasper, “Become the obvious choice”
• 21:08 - First ever listener question - Amie Cipolla
• 25:40 - The challenges of the sales role
• 30:18 - Bag O’ Questions
• 34:16 - Key Takeaways

Rachael Abramson is the Information Systems Project Manager here at Fischer Homes, and in this episode we talk about:

• Leaders need to have balance of Heart and Head
• Taking on projects and roles that move you closer to the balanced middle of Heart and Head
• How any movement with your career is good movement

Timestamps:

• 2:38 - Introduction and Work History
• 6:08 - How do you know something isn’t a fit?
• 8:20 - Leveraging technology to support relationships
• 9:00 - Changing roles from Head to Heart
• 11:00 - It’s ok to change your mind on long-term goals
• 13:33 - Design approach to business objectives
• 15: 32 - The challenge of Heart or Head in isolation
• 18:00 - Heart and Head Application
• 21:00 - Fear of lateral movements
• 22:53 - What is surprising about your role
• 25:50 - Let silence be your reward
• 28:35 - Bag O’ Questions

This is a special episode of the Emerging Leaders Podcast. It’s Part 5 of a series where I chat with the 2020 Fischer Homes award winners. In each episode, I will help you get to know each of them a little bit and learn more about what made them so successful in 2020.
In today’s episode, I spoke to James Allen, Sales Counselor from the Cincinnati Division, 2020’s Overall Sales Counselor of the Year. James is one of our most tenured associates having been a Sales Counselor for over 27 years with Fischer Homes, and he had an incredible sales year in 2020 selling 64 homes totaling up to $29.5 million. In this podcast we talk about:

• James’s career story starting in the military, to IT in corporate America, and then to Sales Counselor at Fischer Homes for 27 years
• How James maintains a positive mental attitude and overcomes negativity
• How James systematically approaches his work and personal development

Timestamps:

• 3:15 - James’ career story
• 11:08 - Commitment is the key to success
• 19:36 - The importance of trust
• 22:45 - “Put them in control”
• 26:15 - Learn new tools; put them to work
• 27:23 - James career mentors
• 30:07 - Bag O’ Questions
• 35:09 - Key Takeaways

Tarina is the Director of Internal Operations here at Fischer Homes, and in this episode we talk about:

• How Tarina started her 30 year career here at Fischer Homes as the receptionist, and she went on to hold 9 different positions.
• We also talk about how she advanced her career when there was no career path laid out before her.
• How she writes what she calls her personal strategic plan every year by setting big, ambitious goal.

Timestamps:

• 3:18 - Tarina's work history and career path
• 10:48 - Advancing your career when there is no ladder
• 12:49 - Taking a step back to advance your career
• 15:47 - Finding your passion
• 19:40 - The moment when you want to retire at Fischer Homes
• 20:54 - Showing your passion for the organization
• 22:44 - Tarina's Personal Strategic Plan
• 27:39 - Advice to start your career
• 28:54 - Who made you who you are?
• 30:19 - Bag O' Questions
• 34:10 - Key Takeaways