micheleheyward

Dear Corner Office’s Podcast

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Management and human resources professionals often wonder why diverse employees leave or what their workplace experiences are like. Dear Corner Office provides real-life experiences of women of color STEM professionals in corporate America.

Author

micheleheyward

Category

Business

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positivehireco.podbean.com

Latest episode

Jun 17, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 57: Utilizing Behavior Science Research To Improve Employee Perfor... 27.01.2025

Companies and organizations have been training Black and Hispanic people for roles in engineering, tech, financial services and other industries. Their goals were to diversify these fields. Yet, diversity has not improved significantly for most companies in these industries. During this session, Clarissa Silva shares why programs like these aren't impactful and what data employers should be tracki...

Episode 58: Dr. Asha Bailey - Our Kidney Health 27.01.2025

In this episode, we have a special discussion around National Minority Health Month with Dr. Asha Bailey. She’s a South Carolina native, a Clemson University graduate, as well as a graduate of this little medical school in Philadelphia. And she has been practicing nephrology for over 10 years now here, specifically in the state of South Carolina. 

Episode 59 : Barriers to Progress 27.01.2025

Much of the cultural changes, white management teams promised have stalled. During the next few discussions, Michele Heyward and other DEI professionals will discuss the actions and barriers white people in management roles need to do now to continue this work. After we're done celebrating Black History Month, International Women's Day, Women's History Month, Women's Equal Pay Day, etc., what's ne...

Episode 60 : The Intersectionality of Women's Identities Moving from Awaren... 27.01.2025

K.C. Atha is joining to discuss "The Intersectionality of Women's Identities." During this conversation, we'll discuss how organization's leadership teams can move from awareness to action.

Episode 61 : DEI and Black History w/ Luaskya Nonon 27.01.2025

Black history is American history. This episode goes beyond performative gestures and explores how Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) efforts can be authentically integrated into Black History Month observances and year-round practices. Join me and Luaskya Nonon, attorney and Certified Diversity Professional, as we dive into Black History impact and interconnectedness with DEI.

Episode 62 : White Supremacy & Nonprofit Industrial Complex 27.01.2025

Lauren Burke & I be chatting about the ways in which institutions uphold the very systems they purport to be against, how systems and policies can be shifted to create more actively anti-racist institutions, and what white nonprofits in particular need to be doing to ensure they more from complicity to co-conspirators. Lauren is a lawyer and social entrepreneur. She will be sharing about her o...

Episode 63 : Using Organization Level Data to Advance Gender Equity 27.01.2025

Businesses continue to state they are committed to creating more equitable and inclusive for women.  But does the data support their claims? Businesses that are committed to creating more equitable and inclusive organizational systems need to take a comprehensive view of their policies, practices and processes to evaluate where they're doing well and where they can make improvements to advance tow...

Episode 64 : Why White Leaders Should Go Beyond the New ISO D&I 27.01.2025

Imagine having a highly respected and regarded organization release a Diversity & Inclusion standard in the midst of a global pandemic, social justice movement and mass exodus of employees. Well that's what International Organization for Standardization, the world’s largest non-government organization for developing voluntary international business standards did in May 2021. It recently releas...

Episode 65 : Laying Off Employees with Dignity: A Guide to Professional Workplace Communication 27.01.2025

During this session, Melissa Ambers and I will discuss over and under communications impact in the workplace. With recent layoffs, communication has been one of the most talked about topics. We’ll share how to simplify communication while providing actionable steps you can take to improve communication in your organization. Co-host, Melissa Ambers, is an extraordinarily covert guru as a project ma...

Episode 66: Storytelling Metrics for Inclusion 27.01.2025

Deb Pagnotta and Soo Mentor will be speaking on Storytelling Metrics for Inclusion. Topic: Storytelling Metrics for Inclusion

Episode 67 : The Glass Cliff : The Corporation Setup For Underrepresented... 27.01.2025

The term "glass cliff" refers to a situation in which women and BIPOC employees are promoted to higher positions during times of crisis or duress, or during a recession when the chance of failure is more likely. Put simply, BIPOC and women in these situations are set up for failure. Speaker: Michele Heyward Topic: The Glass Cliff: The Corporate Setup For Underrepresented Women To Fail

Episode 68 : Building Strong Internal Mobility Operations As Part of Your... 27.01.2025

Speaker: Ranada Samuel Topic: Building Strong Internal Mobility Operations As Part of Your Talent Retention Strategy

Episode 69: The Correlation between Engagement and Retention 27.01.2025

Speaker: LaStarr Moore Topic: The Correlation between Engagement and Retention

Episode 70 : Using Data for Workforce Development 27.01.2025

Speaker: Ron Perkins Topic: Using Data for Workforce Development

Episode 71 : Building a Recruitment Process from Scratch 27.01.2025

Do you have a standard recruitment process that your talent acquisition team uses? How are you tracking your metrics for your talent development? Next, we'll go into the data side. We’ll start with gender equity in the workplace and what your organization is doing about it. Then we’re moving on to using people analytics. Learn how useful HR data can be in your organization. Join me as I interview...

Episode 72 : Meet the Speakers - Gil Cohen 27.01.2025

Come meet Gil Cohen one of our Fall 2022 summit speakers He has been helping organizations with Talent Management and Employee Experience for over 20 years. He has a passion for helping companies design employee experiences that improve both the outcomes of the organization and the lives of its employees. Gil’s combined background in psychology and business helps him understand both the individual...

Episode 73 : It's All About The Data 27.01.2025

We will discuss People Analytics with Angela Hurdle, Data Professional with more than 30 years in the industry. She discusses the challenges of the work and the impact that this type of work can have on organizations.

Episode 74 : Meet The Speakers - Angela Hurdle 27.01.2025

Have you met Angela Hurdle, one of our Fall 2022 People Analytics Summit Speakers? Angela is Business Intelligence, Analytics and Data Reporting Executive. She has proven experience leading successful data projects and diverse teams in various industries including Banking, Healthcare, Higher Education and Marketing. Angela is truly a data nerd educated with computer science and math with an expert...

Episode 75 : Creating a Career Pathing Program 27.01.2025

Is your organization focused on retaining your Black, Latino and Indigenous employees? So much focus has been placed on recruitment, until organizations seem surprised that an estimated 8 million Black employees and 11 million Hispanic employees quit their jobs in 2021. Employers can take action in changing attrition of their underrepresented talent.

Episode 77 : Importance of Humanizing Workplace Communication 27.01.2025

Join us for a thought-provoking webinar, "Importance of Humanizing Workplace Communication" where we will explore the significance of human-to-human connection in the modern workplace. The pandemic has transformed the perception of many essential jobs, which were previously considered low level, low skilled and thankless. The importance of humanizing workplace communication has never been more app...

Episode 19: Importance of D& Conversations During COVID-19 27.01.2025

Build more inclusive cultures via impactful conversations . Conversations are needed to build a culture of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity. An Inclusive company culture increases revenue by 19% and creates a more empathetic world.

Episode 18: Intentionally Inclusive Managment in A Pandemic 27.01.2025

Learn how leaders can live their commitment to equity and inclusion in the era of physical distancing.

Episode 17: When Intimate Partner Violence Comes to Work: Employer Considerations During COVID-19 27.01.2025

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health issue, affecting an estimated 1 in 3 women globally. Although intimate partner violence has historically been understood as an issue limited to “the home”, about 44% of professionals report being impacted by IPV in the workplace. Women of Color are among the lowest paid professionals, and experience disproportionately high rates of IPV, maki...

Episode 16: Let The Data Lead You: Demographics Don't Lie 27.01.2025

COVID19 has completely changed workplace culture. How can companies data to support their teams in this new era? Listen to Deldep's interview about #DiversityandInclusion and DATA on the Diversity Equity and Inclusion Virtual Summit. Deldelp Medina is well known in these tech streets! Born and raised in the Bay area it would make sense for her to be in tech. She shares her first time being introdu...

Episode 15: How AI Combats Racial Healthcare Disparities 27.01.2025

Today with me I have Mohammed Kamara and he is here to talk about disparities in healthcare when it comes to people of color  in communities of color. And it’s really important to talk about healthcare doing COVID-19 because we’re seeing huge disparities

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