Living Corporate

Zach makes a few quick announcements on this special Monday upload. Click the links in the show notes to sign up for our first live interactive weekly webinar The Access Point and to donate to our Kickstarter! The Access Point kicks off tomorrow night, September 15th, at 7:00 PM CST. Click here to sign up for The Access Point! Our first live interactive weekly webinar takes place September 15th at...

On the final installment of The Link Up with Latesha, our incredible host Latesha Byrd, founder and CEO of Byrd Career Consulting, takes a deep dive into exploring racism in the workplace. She shares some of the racist experiences she's had throughout her career, outlines action items to take if you find yourself in a toxic work environment, and more. We'd like to extend our deepest gratitude to L...

On the eighty-second entry of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield talks about adding your business to your resume or LinkedIn profile. However, there's no "right way" to do this - but there are several things that you should consider. Adding your business can have major pros and cons, so if you're unsure, seek some guidance from a resume writer or career coach. Tristan also plugs our...

Zach chats with award-winning marketing professional and author Frederick Joseph about marketing, white supremacy, and capitalism in this wide-ranging interview. Frederick speaks a bit about the nuances of white supremacy, particularly its function in the space that he inhabits, touches on his upcoming book The Black Friend, and so much more. Click the links in the show notes to connect with Frede...

On the nineteenth entry of our See It to Be It podcast series, Amy C. Waninger speaks with Sha'Ron James, an insurance professional with nearly two decades of experience providing forward thinking, strategic and regulatory advice to clients on a number of business and economic development matters. Sha'Ron talks a bit about her unique role as an insurance regulator, her career journey up to this po...

On the eighty-first installment of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield talks about starting a new job remotely. Since COVID-19 has started many of us began working from home. With more and more companies deciding their workforce will be working from home for the foreseeable future, many new hires will be starting jobs remotely as well. Check out the five tips Tristan suggests to star...

Zach speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones about the state-sanctioned shooting of Jacob Blake, her personal career journey from the high school newspaper to The New York Times, the opposition she's experienced as director of The 1619 Project, and so much more. Click the links in the show notes to find out more about Nikole and The 1619 Project!  Connect with Nikole on Lin...

Zach chats with Kanika Tolver, founder and CEO of Career Rehab LLC and author of Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work, on this special Saturday episode themed around rehabbing your career. A senior project manager with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Kanika is no ordinary "social-preneur" - she's a rebel entrepreneur and certified professional coach, a serial...

On the eightieth entry of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield discusses one of the critical components of your LinkedIn profile and building your professional brand - your LinkedIn headline. Check out the full tip to find out how to create a headline that will catch the eyes of recruiters, hiring managers, or even potential clients! Connect with Tristan on LinkedIn, IG, FB, and Twitt...

Zach has the honor of chatting with Virginia Democratic Delegate Lashrecse Aird in a wide-ranging interview about the Biden/Harris ticket, voting rights, and COVID-19. Listen to the full show to find out the greatest challenges Lashrecse has faced being both the youngest woman ever elected to the Virginia House of Delegates and a Black woman! She also implores everyone listening to vote, paying pa...

On the eighteenth installment of our See It to Be It podcast series, Amy C. Waninger speaks with Lawanda "Elle Michell" Hall, an engaging global Risk Management & Insurance professional with experience in diverse industries. She speaks about how she got started doing this work, who her target client is right now as a coach, and shares what it is she can help people do to manage the risk that comes...

On the seventy-ninth installment of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield brings us another career tip, this time talking about when to take jobs off your resume. Remember, there's no one right way to write a resume, but the purpose of one is to show the employer how you can help them solve their problem. Drop your attachment to certain parts of experience if they don't fit with where...

Zach sits down with Bloomberg LP's American Head of Diversity & Inclusion Chris Michel to discuss this moment of racial reckoning we find ourselves in following the tragic murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others. Chris shares how his personal planning and goals have been impacted coming into a new organization as an executive, talks a bit about what he's excited to achiev...

Zach chats with Dr. Lily Jampol on this special Saturday episode themed around allyship and privilege. She and Zach discuss the diversity, equity and inclusion space at length, and Dr. Jampol shares her perspective on both where the industry is going and what the next step is to really take it to the next level. Check the links in the show notes to check out the work of several prominent Black aut...

On the seventy-eighth entry of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield continues to talk about your LinkedIn connections list, this time spotlighting the importance of knowing exactly who you're connected to on the platform. You can't properly leverage your network if you don't know who you're connected to, so take some time to reacquaint yourself with your connections list so you can ma...

Zach and Mary-Frances Winters, the founder and CEO of The Winters Group, Inc., sit back down together to have another conversation, this time themed around the concept of Black fragility. Mary-Frances talks a bit about her upcoming book, Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit, and summarizes what we're going through right now from her perspective as a Black woman and leader in...

On the thirty-first entry of The Link Up with Latesha, our incredible host Latesha Byrd, founder and CEO of Byrd Career Consulting, puts the finishing touches on the salary negotiation conversation she started two weeks ago. This half of the episode focuses on different aspects of salary negotiation, particularly compensation packages. Take advantage of Latesha's advice and get what you deserve! Y...

On the seventy-seventh installment of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield emphasizes the importance of cleaning and building up your LinkedIn connections list. Remember, LinkedIn is all about being seen by the right people, but you can't do that if your connections list is filled with inactive profiles and people who have nothing to do with where you're trying to go! Connect with Tri...

Zach sits down with comedian Roy Wood Jr. to discuss Black comedy and the impact of the coronavirus on our working routines. They talk about their shared experiences as Black fathers, and Roy explains some of the difficulties he experiences working from home in the wake of COVID-19. This episode is explicit, so listener discretion is advised! Connect with Roy on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Yo...

Zach sits down with Ken Miller, CEO of Nasco Healthcare, and they talk about being an executive while Black, COVID-19, and advice around navigating corporate America on this special Monday episode. Connect with Ken on LinkedIn. Donate to the Justice for Breonna Taylor GoFundMe by clicking here. Find out how the CDC suggests you wash your hands by clicking here. Help food banks respond to COVID-19....

On the seventeenth entry of our See It to Be It podcast series, Amy C. Waninger speaks with Simone Morris, an award-winning career/inclusion strategist and owner of Simone Morris Enterprises, a certified woman and minority-owned professional services firm with a focus on providing career expertise as well as solutions for inclusive leadership. Simone shares what developed her appetite and passion...

On the seventy-sixth entry of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield shares one way you can reduce your competition when applying online. Remember, the name of the game when it comes to your job search is standing out. If you can’t do it through networking right now, utilize this tip! It's just just one of the small things you can tweak that can impact your job search. Connect with Tris...

Zach and professor, political analyst, and public speaker Dr. Jason Johnson engage in an extremely timely discussion centered around black politics, Trump, and the mainstream media. Dr. Johnson is a contributor at MSNBC and has appeared as a commentator locally, nationally and internationally, appearing frequently on CNN, Fox Business News, and more. He talks a bit about what it has looked like fo...

On the thirtieth installment of The Link Up with Latesha, our incredible host Latesha Byrd, founder and CEO of Byrd Career Consulting, touches on a very important subject, particularly ahead of Black Women's Equal Pay Day (Aug 13) - salary negotiation. In this first installment of a two-part series, she focuses on why you should never accept the first offer you get, how to come prepared to the dis...

On the seventy-fifth installment of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield discusses some shifts we might want to make in our networking strategies. Most of us have heard that networking is the key to getting the jobs we want, but the large majority of us have not had much success in the networking department. If we make a few shifts in how we network, it could be more fruitful for us a...