EPISODE · Apr 22, 2026 · 53 MIN
April 22, 2026 – Monday Confidence Project Geoffrey Howard and Mondays Amy Leneker
from School for Startups Radio · host Jim Beach
Geoffrey Howard – CEO of Money Confidence Project It’s estimated that employers are losing two hundred and fifty billion, that’s with a B, billion dollars a year in productivity due to employees and their financial stress, their financial anxiety. Geoffrey Howard is the CEO of Money Confidence Project. I’ve got extensive experience in the digital space with both ad-supported and subscription-based business models. I understand the value of creating recurring revenue streams, bundling product offerings, and maintaining long-lasting customer relationships. Over the course of my career, I’ve amassed and honed a vast arsenal of finance and administrative skills: Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Investor relations, M&A analysis, Controllership, Treasury / Cash Management, Financial Systems Implementation, Strategic Analysis, Business Modeling, Cost Analysis, Audit, Legal Compliance, Contract Negotiation and Drafting, Business Dissolution, People Management (HR), and Benefits Analysis. I’m especially skilled at building cross-functional relationships within the organization to improve and financial and operational performance. I am an effective presenter with the ability to translate and summarize accounting and financial data into something simple that everyone can understand. I’m not afraid to roll up my sleeves and be an individual contributor when necessary and my greatest satisfaction is knowing that I have helped others succeed. Amy Leneker – Author of Cheers to Monday: The Surprisingly Simple Method to Lead and Live with Less Stress and More Joy So for everyone who hates Mondays, we’re hating 2,109 days of our lives, which is just not what we wanna do. Amy Leneker is an optimistic, joy-seeking, recovering workaholic. She’s also a leadership consultant with over 25 years of leadership experience, including a decade in the C-suite, who has helped over 100,000 leaders, teams, and organizations (from Fortune 100 companies to the public sector) thrive at work through keynotes, coaching, and training, centered on less stress and more joy. A first-generation college student, Amy earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees while working full-time and later raising a family. She has studied leadership at Yale, neuroscience at the NeuroLeadership Institute, and stress resilience at Harvard Medical School. Amy has appeared in Forbes, Katie Couric Media, Inc., CEOWORLD Magazine, and other prestigious outlets. She is a regular contributor to Fast Company and the author of the national research study, The State of Stress and Joy at Work 2026. Cheers to Monday is her first book and was an instant national bestseller, debuting as the #1 bestselling business book on the USA Today bestseller list and in the top 10 on the Publisher’s Weekly bestseller list. She and her family make their home in the Pacific Northwest.
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