May 23, 2022
Pamela Slim is an award-winning author, business coach and speaker. She spent the first 10 years of her business as a consultant to large companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Charles Schwab and Cisco Systems, where she worked with thousands of executives, managers and employees. In 2016, she co-founded The Main Street Learning Lab with her husband Darryl, where she works with business owners to remove obstacles to small business success and test and try new business ideas. In 2005, Pam started the Escape from Cubicle Nation blog, which is now one of the top career and business blogs on the web. Through her blog, Pam has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs to start successful businesses. Her first book Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur was released in the Spring of 2009 and won Best Small Business/Entrepreneur Book of 2009 by 800 CEO Read. Pam’s book Body of Work gives a fresh perspective on the skills required in the new world of work for people in all work modes, from corporate to non-profit to small business. Pam’s latest book, The Widest Net, delivers a method for building an engaged and mutually beneficial network. The Widest Net won Best Business Book of 2021 in the category of Sales & Marketing by Porchlight Books. Pam is frequently quoted as an expert in publications such as BusinessWeek, The New York Times, Money Magazine and Psychology Today. Read the show notes here: https://bwmissions.com/one-away-podcast/