Living Corporate

On the twenty-third installment of The Link Up with Latesha, our incredible host Latesha Byrd, founder of Byrd Career Consulting, talks about how to deal with your co-workers and bosses as you work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also stresses the importance of setting boundaries to help ensure you get your work done and maintain your peace. Listen to the full episode to find out why s...

On the fifty-eighth entry of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield shares some helpful advice with us to help pivot our job searches during the pandemic. With COVID-19 changing the way that we do pretty much everything, that means that we are constantly having to shift and adjust right now. One of the major areas impacted will be your job search, so let’s jump into a few tips on how to...

Zach sits down with former StubHub and Facebook alum Bärí A. Williams to chat about intersectional identities. Bärí also talks about her upcoming book "Diversity in the Workplace: Eye-Opening Interviews to Jumpstart Conversations about Identity, Privilege, and Bias" dropping March 31st. She shares what inspired her to write it and talks a bit about the challenge she faced in efficiently categorizi...

On the ninth installment of our See It to Be It podcast series, Amy C. Waninger sits down to chat with Kelly Charles-Collins, who is an attorney and HR legal expert. Kelly talks a bit about how she became an attorney and what about the job appealed to her, shares a few tips for anyone wanting to be a lawyer, and lists a handful of bar associations that seek to help people of color feel supported a...

Sheneisha chats with Deidre Wright about working remotely in the wake of the coronavirus, and Zach and Ade discuss how they've been handling the pandemic while celebrating Living Corporate's two-hundreth episode. Latesha follows up at the tail end of the show to talk about how your job search will be impacted by COVID-19 and shares which industries are getting hit the worst by these complications....

On the fifty-seventh entry of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield is back to help us maximize our productivity if we're working from home. COVID-19 has flipped the way we work on its on head. Many places are shutting down and the majority of those that aren’t closing are moving to a work from home model, and transitioning to working from home can prove to be a much more difficult tas...

Zach chats with Brittany J. Harris, the Vice President of Learning & Innovation at The Winters Group, and they take a deep dive into the concept of decolonization. In her role, Brittany is responsible for curating and facilitating learning experiences that shift perspectives, change hearts, and empower action in service of equity, justice, and inclusion. She talks about the role that power plays i...

On the twenty-second entry of The Link Up with Latesha, our incredible host Latesha Byrd, founder of Byrd Career Consulting, discusses how to approach virtual interviews. In the wake of the coronavirus companies will be moving to 100% virtual interviews, so it's imperative for any of us seeking a new job or opportunity to begin preparing for our eventual interview taking place over video. She shar...

On the fifth-sixth installment of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield addresses a handful of work-related issues we should think about as we combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. He implores us to discuss corporate emergency policies with our employers, check our sick and paid off time totals, and wash our hands frequently. Make sure you listen to the full show to hear the rest...

Zach chats with Ruchika Tulshyan, award-winning author & CEO and founder of Candour, about equity's place in the future of work. Ruchika explains to us what it is about the diversity, equity and inclusion space that had her commit so much of her life to it, and she ties her breadth of experience back to her childhood in Singapore, where she grew up with people of all different nationalities, cultu...

On the eighth installment of our See It to Be It series, our amazing host Amy C. Waninger sits down to chat with Uso Sayers, CISA, an IT Audit Professional with over 14 years of public accounting experience who currently works as a managing director at Johnson Lambert LLP. Uso graciously shares a bit about how she got involved in public accounting and what about it appealed to her, and she names a...

On the fifty-fifth entry of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield talks about why you should think of yourself as a product throughout your job search. He explains how the process that companies use when marketing their products to us is no different from the job search process and stresses the importance of building your own unique career value propositions showcasing how you are the...

Zach speaks with Dr. Brian Williams, an accomplished surgeon and highly sought-after public speaker who shares his insights on racial trauma, resilience, and social justice. Thrust into the national spotlight in July 2016, Dr. Williams became a voice for racial reconciliation after a Dallas sniper shot 12 police officers at an anti-police brutality protest. At a press conference days after the tra...

In this bonus episode, Zach chats with Amanda Edwards, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, about her journey in electoral politics and the importance of voting ahead of Super Tuesday. Connect with Amanda on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and check out her website by clicking here. Visit our website.

On the twenty-first installment of The Link Up with Latesha, our incredible host Latesha Byrd, founder of Byrd Career Consulting, picks up where she left off when it comes to discussing the six I's of transformation. Remember, the first three I's were intentionality, initiative, and investment in improvement. Listen to the full episode to hear what the final three I's are! She also talks a bit abo...

On the fifty-fourth installment of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield adds on to last week’s tip by discussing the types of people you’ll encounter when you're reaching out for informational interviews and how you want to approach them. He lists the three kinds you'll generally run into and offers up a couple great pieces of advice, such as to ensure that at least 50% of the words i...

Zach welcomes Dr. Oni Blackstock, the assistant commissioner for the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control for the NYC Health Department, to the podcast to discuss a wide variety of topics, ranging from her unique career journey to dismantling white supremacist constructs, and she graciously offers a couple points of recommendation regarding how to get started when it comes to advocating for y...

Zach welcomes Texas State Senator Royce West, D-Dallas, to the podcast in this very special episode! Senator West discusses why he thinks Texas is ready to shift blue and what makes him the right choice to accelerate that process, and he also shares what he believes needs to happen for the next generation to have any reasonable chance of inclusion in this new economy. Additionally, he stresses the...

On the fifty-third entry of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield discusses how you can find contacts to request informational interviews so you can hopefully land that referral. Remember, 80% of recruiters and hiring managers agree that referrals are the best way to find a qualified candidate - but what happens when you don't have a connection at the company or companies that you want...

Zach has the honor of speaking with Howard Bryant, an award-winning author and senior writer at ESPN, about what prompted him to write his latest book, Full Dissidence, and how he landed on the title, and Howard also talks a bit about some of the differences between power and money. Howard also touches on his coverage of Colin Kaepernick's workout, and he graciously shares his concerns about the d...

On the twentieth entry of The Link Up with Latesha, our incredible host Latesha Byrd, founder of Byrd Career Consulting, discusses the first three I's of transformation - intentionality, initiative, and investment in improvement. She also talks a bit about how success can be scary and how to combat that fear. Learn more about Latesha on the BCC website or connect with her through her socials! Link...

On the fifty-second installment of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield talks to us about why we need more than just a resume when we're looking to make moves in our career. While technology has made certain portions of job searching easier, it has also significantly increased the competition and thereby our ability to stand out. That means that we have to go beyond simply applying on...

Zach has the pleasure of chatting with FranklinCovey's Pamela Fuller in this episode themed around the topics of engagement and inclusion. She shares with us why she thinks that we're often talking about unconscious bias rather than just bias, and she also gives us a practical example of what it means to tie inclusion to performance. Listen to the full show to hear Pamela's definition of employee...

Ade and Zach sit down and have an entertaining discussion geared around Black History Month, and they both share their experiences in being frustrated by an employer's mismanagement of the celebration. Ade also talks a little bit about the body butter company she started, and she and Zach spend some time reflecting on how far Living Corporate has come since its launch in early 2018. Thank you all...

On the fifty-first entry of Tristan's Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield calls out three mistakes we might be making while applying for jobs. Remember, there’s no one right way to land a job, but there are plenty of ways to make sure the process to land one is much more effective and efficient for us. Connect with Tristan on LinkedIn, IG, FB, and Twitter! Visit our website!