Show notes Camille Crofton Cherry
This was a great conversation over a nice bottle of wine. The conversation starts out a little stiff frankly which is funny since Camille and I have known one another for quite some time. However, after the first break, it really opens up around the 30 minute mark and we have a great discussion about women in the workplace, especially in a male dominated industry like the maritime industry.
Camille is a third generation family member at Crofton Industries https://www.crofton.com
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Camille mentioned a lot of books she likes including:
The Coaching Habit by Michael-Bungay-Stanier (20:00) https://amzn.to/2XDY02H
Radical Candor by Kim Scott (59:13) https://amzn.to/2DvI1Mp
And for light beach reading she recommended:
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman 1:04:52 https://amzn.to/2DtOO9qand The Alice Network by Kate Quinn 1:05 https://amzn.to/2GzkRW2
We discussed The Complement Sandwich which Camille also referred to as a Shit Sandwich and which I was unfamiliar with. 52:50 I found this interesting article about it here. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/creative-leadership/201808/no-one-wants-eat-your-compliment-sandwich
I struggled to find a citation to the concept that if someone is arguing with you they respect you which we discussed at 58:25. However I did find that the quote “Everyone you meet is an expert in something you are not” or at least a variant thereof (1:12:30) is attributed to Bill Nye of “Science Guy” fame. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/651871-everyone-you-will-ever-meet-knows-something-you-don-t
For those of you who did not understand the reference to Monica Padman of Airchair Expert fame and fortune (1:15:00) You can learn about her here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3974945/
Camille apparently performed the Star Spangled Banner in front of numerous crowds including at the Norfolk Tides minor league baseball team.
She also performed at the a minor league soccer team that was the Virginia Beach Mariners, who shut down in 2007. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Beach_Mariners
and at the Richmond Vultures Roller Hockey, which was a major league roller hockey team (who knew) that played until 1998. http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/virginia-vultures-8845.html
Oh and as a final note, I tried and tried to find a video of Camille on The Next Big Star, the Ed McMahon talent show (1:18:00) but I just couldn’t. However, I did find this article so we know she is legit: https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20000721-2000-07-21-0007210037-story.html