Sharon Orlopp's guest appearances

Sharon Orlopp

Arizona Originals

Inspirational Women

Judith Orloff

David Kolbe

Jonathan Keyser

Lora Shahine

JJ Virgin

John Jennings

Susan Wise Bauer

Laura Gassner Otting

Teri Secrest

Nora Gedgaudas

Melissa Hartwig

Joshua Becker

Nancy Pearl

Joel Grimes

Susie Herrick

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This week our guest is Sharon Orlopp - formerly the SVP of Human Resources and Global Chief Diversity Officer for WalMart.  Today, she is an author and continues her work as a leader in human resources for Core Scientific and Orangetheory Fitness.  We cover a range of issues from mentoring, to the role of diversity in innovation, to proactive goal setting, to the lessons she learned from her parents and how her experiences as a child set her on a path to leadership within one of the largest retailers in the world. She recently released "Standing Up After Saigon" which she co-wrote with Thuhang Tran.  The book tells Tran's story of resilience, courage and survival as she faced polio and life in Saigon after its fall in the Vietnam War...and Sharon shares more detail about the book and how it came about in our conversation. SELECT LINKS FROM THE PODCAST Standing Up After Saigon Granite Mountain Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park Blockchain Revolution The Story of Blockchain Truth Machine

This week our guest is Sharon Orlopp - formerly the SVP of Human Resources and Global Chief Diversity Officer for WalMart.  Today, she is an author and continues her work as a leader in human resources for Core Scientific and Orangetheory Fitness.  We cover a range of issues from mentoring, to the role of diversity in innovation, to proactive goal setting, to the lessons she learned from her parents and how her experiences as a child set her on a path to leadership within one of the largest retailers in the world. She recently released "<a href="http://www.standingupaftersaigon.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Standing Up After Saigon</a>" which she co-wrote with Thuhang Tran.  The book tells Tran's story of resilience, courage and survival as she faced polio and life in Saigon after its fall in the Vietnam War...and Sharon shares more detail about the book and how it came about in our conversation. SELECT LINKS FROM THE PODCAST <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1612549896/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=futida-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1612549896&amp;linkId=dacaba75a2bcad3ca11d312293c46536" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Standing Up After Saigon</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031630817X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=futida-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=031630817X&amp;linkId=8da19e30fff74105e801390822bd659c" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Granite Mountain</a> <a href="https://azstateparks.com/hotshots/explore/trails" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1101980141/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=futida-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1101980141&amp;linkId=587ee1f0718f95a122e21a6b6107da50" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Blockchain Revolution</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1732027307/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=futida-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1732027307&amp;linkId=81f767204dd1843a3fd9304aa505845d" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Story of Blockchain</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250114578/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=futida-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1250114578&amp;linkId=f0fddd8d707cfa8d049d8ce97a124d29" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Truth Machine</a>

Sharon Orlopp - Author, Orangetheory Fitness, Core Scientific

Thuhang Tran

In "Standing Up After Saigon", Sharon Orlopp documents the story of a young Vietnamese girl born during the Vietnam War, afflicted with polio at a young age, and there was no medical help available because of the communist takeover of the south. Thuhang Tran still had an amazing and hopeful outlook, spent her youth scooting across floors, but yet was determined to go to school. The family was finally able to emigrate to the US, to reunite with a father they thought had died at the end of the war. It's a powerful story of family, will, hope, and inspiration.  www.standingupaftersaigon.com

In "Standing Up After Saigon", Sharon Orlopp documents the story of a young Vietnamese girl born during the Vietnam War, afflicted with polio at a young age, and there was no medical help available because of the communist takeover of the south. Thuhang Tran still had an amazing and hopeful outlook, spent her youth scooting across floors, but yet was determined to go to school. The family was finally able to emigrate to the US, to reunite with a father they thought had died at the end of the war. It's a powerful story of family, will, hope, and inspiration. <a href="http://www.standingupaftersaigon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.standingupaftersaigon.com</a>

5-13-18: Sharon Orlopp, Thuhang Tran, www.standingupaftersaigon.com