Living Corporate

Zach has the pleasure of sitting down with Mandy Price, co-founder and CEO of Kanarys, to have a conversation centered around the concepts of dissidence and technology. They take a deep dive into both, spotlighting what has changed in part due to recent tragic events, and Mandy talks a bit about the genesis of Kanarys and what initially got her into this line of work. Connect with Mandy on LinkedI...

On the sixteenth installment of our See It to Be It podcast series, Amy C. Waninger speaks with Lisa M. Johnson, an internationally experienced human resources professional who has worked with leaders from numerous industries in the public and private sectors with more than 25 years of proven experience as a human resources generalist. She graciously shares her career journey with us, talks about...

On the seventy-fourth entry of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield talks about two huge mistakes you may be making in your job search. He emphasizes the effectiveness of getting as specific as possible with the type of roles you’d like to land and implores potential job seekers to focus more of their energy on building a curated network and engaging with them.  Connect with Tristan o...

Zach sits down with Dr. Tammy Hodo to take a deep dive into critical race theory. Dr. Hodo also talks a bit about All Things Diverse LLC, her educational consulting company that works with organizations to optimize employee productivity through recognizing the value of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Click the links below to check out her website and more! Connect with Dr. Hodo on LinkedIn and T...

On the twenty-ninth entry of The Link Up with Latesha, our incredible host Latesha Byrd, founder and CEO of Byrd Career Consulting, shares some tips with us on what we should be looking for when we choose our career coach, questions that we should ask as we're making this decision and more. Remember, hiring a career coach is an investment, so make sure you perform your due diligence throughout the...

On the seventy-third installment of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield graciously shares an offer to help you practice your interviewing skills for free. He's teamed up with AAA's The Auto Club Group to provide FREE 30 to 45-minute VIRTUAL mock interviews for up to 50 people from July 13th through July 17th. If you haven't interviewed in a while, need to work on your interview skill...

Zach sits down with activist Tema Okun, author of "The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching About Race And Racism To People Who Don't Want To Know," to have a chat geared around white supremacy culture at work. She and Zach take a deep dive into a piece she wrote on the subject, dissecting several of the named characteristics present in the document. Check out the show notes to reference the piece and...

On the fifteenth entry of our See It to Be It podcast series, Amy C. Waninger speaks with Rose Zilinskas, a results-generating personal lines underwriting professional with experience in positions of increasing levels of responsibility. They talk about her introduction to the insurance industry, what kind of degree is best suited for pursuing a career in underwriting, and the importance of self-ad...

On the seventy-second entry of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield talks about how to correct some of the common outreach mistakes you might be making. With unemployment levels being so high the market is quite competitive, so networking is an even more vital part of your job search. Watch out for these mistakes and make some adjustments in your outreach to increase your chances of a...

Zach has the honor of speaking with Dr. Caitlin Rosenthal, an Assistant Professor at University of California, Berkeley and author of 2018's "Accounting for Slavery," in an episode themed around organizational models and white supremacy. She and Zach touch on everything from violence and technology to reparations to the problems with the "business case for diversity." Check the show notes to conne...

On the twenty-eighth installment of The Link Up with Latesha, our incredible host Latesha Byrd, founder of Byrd Career Consulting, touches on the concepts of life design and positioning, and she offers up several pieces of advice to help you prepare and train for your next season. She also talks a bit about her free webinar coming up on June 29th entitled "Black Women Breaking the Black Ceiling at...

On the seventy-first entry of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield explains how to effectively negotiate your worth. Don't regret taking a role and not asking for what you are worth! If a company wants to hire you to boost their diversity profile, don't feel bad about it. Leverage their white guilt and make the situation work for you. Negotiate your worth, gain those skills, and posit...

Zach welcomes Dr. Janice Gassam, Ph. D. back to the podcast to talk about the concept of centering Black experiences. She and Zach discuss the tremendous impact of enduring continuous emotional labor and implore any and all aspiring allies and/or white executives to compensate Black people when they're asked to speak about their feelings, and Dr. Gassam also shares a bit about both her podcast and...

On the fourteenth entry of our See It to Be It podcast series, Amy C. Waninger speaks with Vonda Page, an organizational change leader at PayPal, about her entrance into the tech space and her experience being the only in many job settings, and Vonda talks to the fact that even individuals without a STEM background have spaces for them in technology. Check the links in the show notes to connect wi...

On the seventieth installment of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield talks about advocating for yourself in the workplace. With everything going on in the world, many professionals are trying to find a way to make their voice heard, whether it be on the discomfort returning to the office during COVID-19 or challenging systemic issues linked to racism. It’s difficult to speak up, espe...

Zach has the honor of speaking with Dr. Jonathan Metzl, a psychiatrist and author of "Dying of Whiteness," about the concept of just that. Dr. Metzl shares a bit about his professional training, he and Zach delve into why he chose that title for his latest book, and they confront a couple criminally unjust ways in which black and brown people are classified in relation to their white counterparts....

On the twenty-seventh entry of The Link Up with Latesha, our incredible host Latesha Byrd, founder of Byrd Career Consulting, provides some guidance on how you can really navigate the workplace politics and the antics and the performative allyship right now. Check the show notes to put your name on the waiting list for Latesha's Career Chasers Members Club, and don't forget to read her piece on Me...

On the sixty-ninth entry of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield discusses the impact of authenticity during your job search and career. A 2016 study published in the Administrative Science Quarterly showed that 25% of Black candidates received interview callbacks if their resumes were scrubbed of racial cues whereas only 10% of Black candidates got calls when they left ethnic details...

Zach has the honor of sitting down to chat with award-winning journalist and author Pamela Newkirk to discuss the historical failure of diversity and inclusion. They talk a bit about her 2019 work "Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business," and Pamela explains how and why transparent metrics across the board are the first step to actively addressing any diversity problem. S...

Zach has the honor of welcoming Howard Bryant back to the podcast on this special Saturday episode. He and Howard touch on several elements of our current civil rights protest, and Howard graciously explains why he disagrees with the sentiment that white folks are just now really understanding and seeing the evils of racism. Check the links in the show notes for ways to pledge your support! *This...

On the sixty-eighth installment of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield talks about why you need to keep an eye on statements made (or not made) by your current employers and any potential employer you are considering. As Tristan says, "It’s necessary for our sanity and well-being that we position ourselves in spaces where we are welcomed, appreciated, and allowed to show up as our tr...

Zach has the honor of sitting down to chat with Mary-Frances Winters, the founder and CEO of The Winters Group, Inc., about black equity and power. Mary-Frances shares some of the top things she believes that majority leadership groups are doing today that undermine their own workplace equity efforts and explains her perspective on why chief inclusion/people/culture officers are typically white fo...

Our very own Zach Nunn steps in for Latesha and Amy today and delivers a powerful statement regarding the recent deaths that we've been forced to engage and encounter. He also implores white diversity, equity and inclusion leaders to ask how they can decenter themselves in their own efforts, stating definitively that "You should not be the face of your diversity, equity and inclusion work." Sign t...

On the sixty-seventh entry of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield talks about how you’re waiting too late to start your job search. For those of you saying you’re going to wait for the coronavirus pandemic to blow over, Tristan would strongly recommend you reconsider that strategy - listen to the full tip to find out why, and if you’re ready to get all your ducks in a row, land three...

Zach has the honor of having a conversation with Dr. Erin L. Thomas, Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Upwork, about organizational equity during the COVID-19 pandemic. She graciously shares some advice regarding what organizations can do during this time to at the very least reduce harm for their black and brown employees and talks a bit about how her perspective and focuses at work hav...