Stop Being the Best Kept Secret (R)

Tune into my conversation with Dr. Ron Stotts, an Executive Coach focused on empowering leaders and helping them reach a state of higher consciousness. We talk about why Empathy and Emotional Intelligence are key aspects of good leadership and how it starts with expanding your self-awareness. Dr. Stotts talks about the goal of integrated whole brain thinking which will empower leaders to rediscover hidden parts of themselves and teach them to have compassion. In turn, this fosters leadership built on empathy and high emotional intelligence which directly translates to more productive teams and overall better organizations. We discuss how generational differences play a role in leadership style and how we can deal with resistance to change. Listen to the end for a great tip on how we can start our journey. Be sure to check out Dr. Stotts' website for more information on how to connect with him.

Listen in on my discussion with Dee-Dee Stout, an Author, Professor, Clinician, and Harm Reduction Expert. She has almost 40 years of experience helping people with addictions and we chat about what the Harm Reduction framework is, why we must move away from the disease model of addiction, and the importance of destigmatizing those who use substances. We touch on how the language we use impacts our perspective and why words matter. We talk about the reasons for the need to legalize cannabis. And we focus on hope for change through small steps, and how we must recognize that life is full of mountains and valleys; it's about finding that balance. Be sure to check out her website, and book, "Coming to Harm Reduction Kicking & Screaming" which will be coming out with a 2nd edition soon.

Join in on my conversation with Wendy Sellers, The HR Lady®, as we talk all things HR. Like me, Wendy is a veteran of the industry with over 25+ years of experience in HR and 11 years working as a consultant. HR is a dynamic field, and as it is ever-evolving, professionals must be ready and willing to adapt to change - which is why it may not be right for everyone. We discuss how the pandemic has changed HR and how companies need to care about and invest in their employees if they want to retain them and have a positive work culture. We also touch on the issue of degrees and memberships (SHRM included). Keep up to date with Wendy on LinkedIn and stay tuned for a new affordable subscription program coming soon!

Join me in this episode as I chat with DeWayne Allen, a Black executive working in the engineering and business space for over 25 years. We talk about how there are not a lot of people who look like us in STEM or at executive levels within organizations, which makes it harder to foster diverse talent. This is why mentorship, sponsorship, and having coaches is so important to help build that talent pipeline. As executives in this space, we want to show up for others, help them determine their purpose, and teach the importance of investing in ourselves. Please connect with DeWayne over on LinkedIn, reach out to him through his website, check out his podcast, and subscribe to his newsletter.

Tune into today's podcast episode as I discuss the importance of boosting Black home ownership with Daniel Smith, Founder & CEO of Keepingly, a platform focused on home ownership sustainability and building generational wealth. We talk about how we can leave the world a better place for the next generations to come. We touch on why it can be hard for Black companies to get funding and the historic excuses we hear. We talk about why we need to hold organizations accountable for the change they said they'd make and calling out those who do performative work. We must unlearn what we have learned about ourselves. We need to be loud and share our voices!

Tune into today's episode for an incredible conversation about the importance of coaching and leadership development with Aiko Bethea, founder of RARE Coaching & Consulting. Aiko focuses on helping people connect their work and personal selves by identifying your values so you can choose to work at an organization that aligns with what you want. We talk about the shifting expectations around work across generations and why it is so vital to have more diversity and representation in the executive coaching field. We chat about the experiences of being first gen and how toxic productivity and perfectionism can burn you out. Make sure to follow Aiko on Instagram @rare_coach and subscribe to her LinkedIn newsletter "Street Lights".

Tune into this incredibly important conversation with Ernest Crim III, a public teacher, speaker, and advocate focusing on cultural empowerment and educating everyone on Black history. We need to fully understand how to bridge the cultural gap between students and teachers and unpack the biases we may have around Black culture. We talk about the importance of Black Male representation in the education space and how our goal should be to communicate better with each other, regardless of our differences. Ernest shares why we should be reading Black literature and the impact writing has on our culture. Check out his website at ernestcrim.com and find him on social media @mrcrim3.

Listen in on this insightful conversation with Alison Hall, a Divorce and Business Coach primarily working with women to help them through divorce, both financially and emotionally. She is the Founder of The Boldest Me® and Mind Money Divorce® where she coaches women who are facing major life changes, such as divorce, career change, or starting a business, with the goal of empowering them to reinvent themselves and pursue their personal and professional goals with confidence and clarity. She discusses the need for supportive partners, dealing with an identity crisis, how differences in wage affect heterosexual couples, difficulties faced by single parents and much more. Make sure to listen to her top financial tips for women in relationships. Remember to advocate for yourself! If you have any questions, you can reach Alison at: [email protected].

Tune into this incredible conversation with Kim P, a passionate Anti-Racism Educator, DEI facilitator, and disruptor. She talks about the importance role white folks have as allies to BIPOC individuals, especially during these times of turmoil and uncertainty. We discuss the responsibility of an ally and why acknowledgment is key in order for folks to take accountability for creating such a society. The goal is not to feel guilty, it is to understand that we are all human. Whether or not you are impacted by racism, the truth is that it exists and you can choose to care about it. This is the work we need to do for our future generations.

Join in on an invigorating discussion with Paul Ladipo, DEIA advocate, LinkedIn content creator, CEO of Critical Conversations Consulting, and professional Status Quo Disruptor. We talk about the importance of DEIB work, why it matters, and what it means for everyone. We discuss our hopes to build a better future for the next generation and how we need to learn to understand by practicing emotional intelligence and maturity. Let's keep having these conversations! Follow Paul on LinkedIn and turn on your notifications so as not to miss a post!

Tune in as I speak with Dr. Thelá R. Thatch, an HR strategist and Equity instigator, about the state of DEIB in the workplace today. So many DEI professionals are leaving their roles, especially Female and Black executives. This is a serious issue and cannot be ignored. Listen to us chat about what it is like being a Black Woman in corporate America and check out Dr. Thatch's latest book, "The Diversity Dilemma: A Survivor’s Guide for Diversity and Inclusion Good Doers" for further discussion on this topic.

Tune in for today's episode as I talk with career ownership coach Anna Brambilla about how people can get help in their career transitions and explore the possibility of franchise business ownership. Many of us experience battered career syndrome and become frustrated with corporate America. If this sounds like you, then maybe becoming a franchisee would work for you! Please check out Anna's Linkedin and reach out to book an intro call with her...and most importantly, it's free!

Please tune into part 2 of my interview with Joan Trumpauer Mulholland & Loki Mulholland. We discuss how things have changed from the 60s to now, how we can actively engage in a nonviolent way when people make discriminatory comments, what the impact of overturning Roe v. Wade and affirmative action will be on civil rights, and why voting matters! Be sure to check out the video on my YouTube channel and see how you can support and get involved with the Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation! Also check out the book, Get Back to the Counter!

As we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January & Black History Month in February, I couldn't think of a better way to observe them than by interviewing the incomparable Joan Trumpauer Mulholland. If you don't know who she is...just Google her!! You've probably seen her mugshot or the picture of her sitting at a lunch counter sit-in protest at 19 years old in your history books or most Civil Rights documentaries about the Freedom Riders. I was so honored and humbled when she and her son, Loki Mulholland agreed to sit down with me for a 2-part interview. We started off by having Ms. Joan walk me through her Civil Rights experience as a White woman born and raised in the South who felt a personal calling to be a part of the change in dismantling discrimination and racism. I don't usually do video interviews for my podcast...but Ms. Joan's interview was too special not to be honored and memorialized virtually! So please check out the episode on my YouTube channel as well! As she shares in her interview, this country is going backwards and it's very concerning that all of the work of the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s is under attack again. Make sure to tune in next week for Part 2!

Listen in to my conversation with Nicole Michelle Durio, CPA, who has more than 25 years of experience in accounting, financial reporting, advisory services, business consulting, CFO services and internal and external auditing. Nicole has mentored over 250 women to six-figure income status and she is on track to propel 25 women to seven-figure incomes in the next five years. We talk about entrepreneurship, finding meaning and intention in your work, and leaving the corporate world. She drops tidbits of wisdom about owning your worth, creating your success, and living in the present.

Join in on my discussion with Tiffany as we talk about imposter syndrome, knowing your worth and value, and how the leadership landscape is shifting. Tiffany Houser is passionate about people and transformation. As an executive & leadership coach, entrepreneur, and a woman of color, Tiffany knows firsthand about the roller coaster ride of self-worth. As the founder of EVOLVE, Tiffany coaches senior leaders who are ready to experience powerful breakthroughs around their self-worth, authentic leadership style, vision, and purpose. Tiffany created Self Worth Advantage® based on her work with her leaders who experience feeling like an imposter. Self Worth Advantage® is a framework and approach that uncovers what’s compromising your self-worth to support you transforming it back into confidence and trust. Tiffany's coaching creates massive clarity and confidence by reassuring leaders they're not the only senior leader in a top role or founder experiencing this, and equips them with tools to unpack and transform their self-worth to leave the imposter behind for good.

Today we have two special guests, Beth Hilbing and Dianne Gubin, the founders of C-Sweet, the premier global community for female executives. They have a network of over 15,000 executive women across the country with a focus on Fortune 1000, middle-market, and fast growth companies. Their mission is to foster and renew executive level relationships for women across sectors for business development, brand acceleration, partnerships and expanded career paths. C-Sweet produces more than 50 live and virtual events every year, including Women on Boards, educational networking programs, workshops, panels, and more. To learn more, head to c-sweet.org.

Join me as I chat with Sabine Gedeon, Executive Career & Leadership Strategist for Women & Emerging Leaders, about the shifting workforce as we emerge from the pandemic and how we can learn to elevate our leadership bench. Listen in as we discuss how the different generations are changing the way we view leadership and work in general, and how we need to adapt to this new world of hybrid and remote work. Sabine will be speaking at Linkedin's Talent Connect in New York on October 2nd so be sure to join if you can! Also, please check out her new book "LeadHership Reloaded: Reimagining, Redefining, & Rehumanizing Leadership" on Amazon!

Welcome to season 3 of Stop Being the Best Kept Secret (R)! On today's episode, I chat with Ulrike Seminati, a communication and leadership expert based in Zurich, Switzerland, who helps leaders realize their full potential. Tune in as we discuss the changing workplace dynamics from Gen X bosses, to new Millennial and Gen Z employees, and the impacts of COVID on remote work culture. We talk about how this has influenced the way leaders show up in their organizations and how we can show up as our truest, authentic selves to succeed.

It is crucial to help support female leaders on their road to success. Join in as we speak with Michelle Harris, Founder & CEO of Bosstrack, a company focused on supporting and developing women leaders. She shares her company's wide range of programs and how important it is to put yourself first in order to succeed in the leadership competition of the workplace.

As a professional women, we can struggle to unlock our full potential, embrace our talent and advance in the workplace. Listen in as Lisa L. Baker, founder of Ascentim LLC, discusses her expertise as an executive coach. Lisa helps high-achieving professional women who feel undervalued in their careers own their power, communicate their worth with confidence, and crush barriers to achieve the promotions and pay they deserve.

In this episode we are learning about perspectives of DEIB on an international scale in Scotland. Tune in to Danae Shell, Co-Founder & CEO of Valla, a new platform for getting your employment issues, ranging from harassment to discrimination, taken care of. Valla helps people resolve their employment issue themselves without spending thousands on a lawyer, especially when they cannot afford to. Danae shares her experience aiding discriminatory cases and the state of DEIB overseas.

It can be challenging to balance being a woman in tech and being a mother. Tune in to Elena Elkina, Co-Founder & Partner at Aleada Consulting, a certified WMBE based in Silicon Valley that advises clients on privacy, data protection, and information security issues. Elena shares her experience as a mother in the Tech industry and her incredible journey of growth.

Religion is a much less-discussed aspect of DEIB, however it is just as important to discuss it as it is ties into discussions of race, gender and intersectionality. Listen in to this powerful discussion with Rahimeh Ramezany, a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Intercultural Consultant, Trainer, Speaker, & Content Creator who is an expert on Muslim Inclusion and the Founder of Rahimeh Ramezany Consulting, as she discusses her lived experience as a Muslim living in America and how we all need to bring further awareness to the importance of including Religion in our DEIB efforts.

It is important to understand the significance of creating your own personal brand and how this connects to your success in the workplace. Tune in as Chellie Phillips, Career Brand Strategist and Founder of Successfully Ever After, discusses how vital building a personal brand is and the struggles different kinds of people may face when doing so.

Is 'diverse' hiring still a priority? Do recruiters need to look proactively? Listen in as Luke Doubler, Founder & President of RecruiterCentral, shares how recruiting has shifted over the course of the Pandemic and what organizations can do to draw top talent in today's climate.

Hear directly from Veronica Kirin, Serial Entrepreneur & Empire-building Coach! As one of the first women in tech, Veronica Kirin's path was not easy. Through trials and obstacles, she successfully sold her tech start-up and found key gaps in how the industry manages its processes. Low morale! Burn out! Loss of engagement! Today, she strategizes with tech small businesses and teaches them how to scale their business into an empire...all in a 10-hour work week!

With the recent SCOTUS ruling, Dr. Tana M. Session sat down with Founder & CEO of Collective – A DEI Lab, Kellie Wagner, to discuss what comes after the overturning of Roe v Wade for practitioners in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging. What comes next for organizations in supporting employees in this new landscape?

Bringing an Engineering brain to the question "how do we make our career a good fit for us", Lindsay Gordon shares secrets on how to make your next career move, particularly as someone with the perspective of Big Tech.

What is the future of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)? In this episode, Dr. Cadet and Dr. Session discuss some of the common anecdotes seen in the work of DEI. Will this make a difference & will companies still focus on this business effort?

For whatever reason, your current strategy for your personal or career development isn't working! Listen in on how Founder & CEO, Michelle Diamond, of Elevate Diamond Strategy helps executives (+ aspiring executives) on how they can make their next big career move

We are facing unprecedented times and events will impact each of us differently. Learn the strategies we ALL need to practice daily to help us tap into our happiness - even during trying times.

Don't limit yourself by the narrow scope of your current reality!

Breaking down the 6 basic fears as described by Napolean Hill in "Think & Grow Rich"

What's a grudge worth to you?

What is the REAL meaning of "procrastination?" Get ready to be astounded!

I share my experience in Corporate America when viewed as a "threat" to my non-Latino white female counterparts.

Black women, skin color & good hair

Don't be fooled!

In honor of my Feb. 18, 2022 birthday tradition, I am sharing my Top 5 Lessons Learned since the pandemic of 2020.

Here is your opportunity to listen in on a candid conversation I had with a group of White women to help them understand how to become an ally in the Black community.

Setting healthy boundaries is the first step to TRUE self-care.

I'm BACK!! After a Spring/Summer hiatus, my new episode is now available!

Here's my take on the new NYC new Human Rights Law (February 2019) regarding discrimination against natural hairstyles in the workplace.

It's time to get clear and get out of your own way!!!

Why do we need an official "Face Your Fears" Day each year???