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The winds of change are blowing.  How will we take this opportunity to change the corporate workplace for the better?  I explore it in this episode of the Coaching Corner.

We have never seen a time such as this in our lifetime. What does it all mean? We are experiencing a pandemic, the bubbling over of systemic racism and massive worldwide protests and a catastrophic failure in leadership...all at once. What more can we take? I speak with @jarretthill ( https://www.instagram.com/jarretthill/) creator of the @fantipodcast ( https://www.instagram.com/fantipodcast/) an...

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Here we go again with names and hashtags. In times like these, you have to call your longtime girlfriend, because if the pandemic wasn't enough, they're killing black people again. Socamom and Socamom Summit founder, children's book author and Caribbean parenting expert Eva Greene Wilson, JD and I have a raw conversation about what it is like to be black in America, raise children, especially sons...

Here we go again with names and hashtags. In times like these, you have to call your longtime girlfriend, because if the pandemic wasn't enough, they're killing black people again. Socamom® and Socamom Summit founder, children's book author and Caribbean parenting expert Eva Greene Wilson, JD and I have a raw conversation about what it is like to be black in America, raise children, especially son...

When a global pandemic hits, things change, and they can for the better if you just put your mind to it.  Five of technology, business and opera's finest minds discuss how covid-19 will bend but not break because it is determine to lead with technology and not just use it as an "in the meantime" tool.  This fascinating discussion is applicable to any industry or business plotting what's next in th...

If you missed it, here’s your chance to listen to this walking encyclopedia, @henrylouisgates ( https://www.instagram.com/henrylouisgates/) . You’ll hear a covid-19 story that you haven’t heard before just as the show gets started. If you have watched @findingyourroots ( https://www.instagram.com/findingyourroots/) , you know how interesting and downright riveting he is. Imagine what it is like to...

If you missed it, here’s your chance to listen to this walking encyclopedia, @henrylouisgates ( https://www.instagram.com/henrylouisgates/) . You’ll hear a covid-19 story that you haven’t heard before just as the show gets started. If you have watched @findingyourroots ( https://www.instagram.com/findingyourroots/) , you know how interesting and downright riveting he is. Imagine what it is like to...

The Coaching Corner is going through some changes. Leaving Linkedin Live? You'll want to hear this! It seems appropriate, since the order of the day seems to be change on Planet Pandemic.  How are you getting ready?  We talk about Career Transitions.  Get ready.

There is power in the telling of a story. It’s even more powerful when it is personal and centers on culture. It’s the only kind of story @natashasalford ( https://www.instagram.com/natashasalford/) tells, for herself and for @thegrio ( https://www.instagram.com/thegrio/) . She is the People’s Journalist and the Millennial Executive and on Thursday’s show, we discuss everything from how covid-19 i...

SO MANY GEMS DROPPED! Did you know that Madam CJ Walker hosted one of her first Mary Kay-like conventions in 1917? Do you know what date that was in history? Just on the heels of the so-called “Spanish Flu” the only other pandemic in American history, and much like the #bossbabes ( https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/bossbabes/) of today, she had to weather the storm with her business during he...

YOU KNOW, I haven’t slown down since the slowdown. I canceled my daughter and my trip to Disney, but I never took the actual time off. I literally went into overdrive supporting people, their brands and their careers in light of Covid-19. But a conversation with my own mentor coach revealed that I needed some self care in a hurry. It seemed time to take a break, and while doing so, I’m reaching ba...

When Lamar Tyler sets his mind to something, it gets done, let me tell you! When I first met him and his lovely wife Ronnie, I was extremely impressed. Let me first say that the bloggers of today are not cut from the same cloth as the ones my teams first worked with in 2008...I’m talking about Lamar and Ronnie, Patrice Yursik, aka Afrobella, Luvvie Ajayi...I think you follow me. These bloggers wer...

We talk about this pandemic and how it is impacting you as a leader--of your home, of your work or your business.  This is heavy, everyone.  It's talk about it LIVE on The Culture Soup Podcast® On #LinkedInLIVE

We talk about this pandemic and how it is impacting you as a leader--of your home, of your work or your business.  This is heavy, everyone.  It's talk about it LIVE on The Culture Soup Podcast® On #LinkedInLIVE

To add insult to injury, college grads not only have their commencement ceremonies in limbo or delayed until the fall, but every senior year event has been cancelled.  Not only do they face being locked down at home or in their small apartments, that awesome job market these GenZers were told to look forward to is now up in smoke.  Now, they are entering a very crowded job market, with veterans an...

It has already started: the first wave of layoffs, furloughs and surplusses have happened and there is more to come. How do you look for a job in this environment? What industries are hiring? How can you prepare for inevitable change brought on by the pandemic. Ready to FINALLY get your LinkedIn presence tight? It’s time. Tune in to hear my friend Tristan Layfield as he returns to talk about caree...

When I asked Zara Green to come on the show, I had no clue that she had been exposed to COVID-19.  She is self quarantining with her husband, SVP of Digital at Black Enterprise, Alfred Edmond Jr.  She has a lot to say about how this crisis is impacting our relationships, every one of them.  Unless we understand our priorities and our temperament, our relationships are in trouble.  So what's your p...

I’m talking pandemics and mental health with America’s Psychologist, Dr. Jeff Gardere. We'll explore how to find peace in a time of uncertainty. We’ll talk telemedicine and how this new age of social distancing is forcing mental health professionals online and more. How about a little therapy on The Culture Soup Podcast®️.

There are people in your life that have such an amazing impact on you, that when it is happening you are aware, but as time passes and you look back, your mind is blown.

What happens when #EmployerBranding is crossed with #DEI? I'm not making a funny. It's the cocktail every company needs in order to get serious about their internal culture and brand. Straight. No chaser. Tomorrow, #TSCPCoachingCorner is back at a NEW TIME: catch me chatting it up with special guest John Graham Jr. who is an expert in the area of employer branding, culture and diversity, equity &...

What happens when #EmployerBranding is crossed with #DEI? I'm not making a funny. It's the cocktail every company needs in order to get serious about their internal culture and brand. Straight. No chaser. Tomorrow, #TSCPCoachingCorner is back at a NEW TIME: catch me chatting it up with special guest John Graham Jr. who is an expert in the area of employer branding, culture and diversity, equity &...

With midterms, media appearances, spring break and speaking opps upon me, we throw it back to episode 13 with Jason Caston, founder of Composio.co...a platform to make self publishing a cinch.  Many many gems dropped on this episode.  Take a listen.  See you LIVE on Linkedin next Tuesday!

She is the quiet storm behind some of the biggest multicultural integrated marketing and communications programs on the planet and what’s more she is my sisterfriend! She is an adjunct Professor at DePaul University and the creator and host of the @firstsoverforty ( https://www.instagram.com/firstsoverforty/) podcast and she is a storyteller #fortheculture ( https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/...

When a pregnancy emergency found her in NICU, Bella Vasta had an epiphany about her business, and it had to do with the relationships she was building in her Facebook Groups. Since then she has been making more than $10k a week with her programs by using a simple funnel model. Provide value, a little more value and a little more value then create loyal, raving, purchasing fans. It’s on the latest...