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Special Guest - Lucas O'Ryan - LGBTQ Educator! Hire Him to Educate your Company     Lucas is back on the show!  He was one of the most downloaded podcasts in Season 1!  Today Lucas brings us guidance on the dos and don't's on how to treat LGBTQ people in the workplace, what you can't do! What you can't ask!  How do we help all people feel included?  Lucas will talk about h...

From a Staffing/Talent Aquisition professional perspective, we get 100s of resumes a day.  For those candidates that don't get calls; many times they blame the staffing professional rather than themselves.  If they are lucky enough to get a call, if they don't get the job they blame the process, the market, the hiring people.  This episode is focused on what job seekers really need to kn...

Special Guest - Sal Brucato    Season 1 Bad Bosses was the most downloaded episode of the season.  After many emails and requests, Bad Bosses 2 has arrived.  Sal Brucato is a VP of Operations with over 30 years of leadership and management experience.  He has seen, heard, and done it all.  Join us today as we talk about the good and the bad of leadership and how we can drive a better culture. Brin...

Special Guest Jeff Ruby       Jeff brings 30 years of leadership and coaching experience providing tools, strategies, and step-by-step exercises from RedRock Leadership training programs used by hundreds of companies worldwide.  Just because you are part of leadership doesn't mean you are a leader. Redefine what it means to be a leader with Jeff Ruby's authentic and insightful keys to co...

Special Guest Chris Milot      Chris Milot has a very diverse background in Military, Government, Education, and Corporate America.  He has had the opportunity to see how D&I transcends all industries, environments, and organizational cultures.  He spent the last 25 years driving Learning and Organizational Development programs, change management, and instructional design & analysis. Chris...

Special Guest Nicholas Hinrichsen     Today's guest is Nicholas Hinrichsen, who got his MBA at Stanford in 2013 and started a company after graduating. Nicholas went through the startup accelerator YCombinator in 2014, raised $10M in Venture capital, and sold his business to Carvana in 2017. At Carvana, Nicholas ran a team of 160 people. He was in charge of his team when COVID hit in March, a...

Special Guest Benjamin Preston       Benjamin Preston LLC provides businesses with marketing, strategy, and management consulting services. With experience in a range of industries and clients ranging from startups to billion-dollar businesses, Benjamin Preston's strategic approach to business will help your business scale quickly and efficiently. Benjamin Preston also wrote, "Harness Yo...

Special Guest Natalie Roesler   Passionate people leader with over 18 years’ experience in technical and managerial roles. Results-oriented and successful through building cross-functional teams in alignment with organizational strategy. Leadership style is based on high-performance team building by eliminating negatives, setting high expectations, assuming positive intent, and building mutual tru...

Special Guest Wes Shorter - Leader in the Manufacturing Industry     Throughout our life we are consistently influenced by the environments we are surrounded by. From an early age through adulthood, bias is imbedded into our everyday lives and unconsciously effect every decision we make in life. While unconscious bias can be hard to identify, they often times can influence decision creating a fine...

Special Guest - De-Dee Loftin Davis    Diversity and Inclusion programs are prevalent all over the World.  Fortune 500 companies often times have entire divisions that focus on these initiatives.  But is it enough? Should there be Racial Awareness and Prevention Programs / Initiatives separate from Diversity and Inclusion?  De-Dee has a unique background with experience on both sides. She has been...

Special Guest: Dolores Neira           Dolores is a small business owner with POA for over 20 years. She recently began the process to "level-up" her small business and finally decided to finally write a book that can help leaders who will be challenged to manage a whole new normal for returning staff.   She has always had a heart to mentor women through some of the most challenging time...

Special Guest: Joy Rain        As a nationally recognized expert and speaker on diversity and inclusion, Joy drives planning and implementation that integrates accountability and inspires individual action. Joy’s uses her gentle strength to lead people to their learning edge which results in elevating an organization’s inclusive culture and elevating individual knowledge and leadership skills. As...

Special Guest: Ben Baker and Claire Chandler        Ben and Claire's joins the show to talk about their new book "Leading Beyond a Crisis."     Crises happen. While the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has impacted the entire world, it is not the first crisis leaders have had to face, nor will it be the last. True leaders know how to stay focused on "what's next," so they ca...

Special Guest: Mark Benton       Mark Benton has been in HR for over 25 years and brings an amazing background out of McKesson, PepsiCo, and Accenture.  He talks about being a purposeful leader and how we can impact change in the conversation to drive change. His focus on creating a sense of belonging and a safe place for all people makes us realize that it does not stop once a person joins a comp...

Special Guest: David Hauser author of Tump on Leadership    David is a Human Resources Executive, consultant, and researcher with over 20 years of experience in the field. He concentrates on incorporating principles of culture, leadership, and organizational development to improve business strategies and, ultimately, performance. Also, he has a Ph. D. in leadership and is passionate about making l...

Special Guest: Erika Shorter      Erika brings an amazing and unique background being a Diversity Female, ex-Military Veteran, that looks at Diversity as an individual situation within every single company. Erika brings 21 years of D&I experience in the military, government agency, and private sectors and paints a unique picture that we often do not think about.     Podcast Notes: How do gover...

Special Guest: Ira Wolfe     An accomplished speaker and author of Recruiting in the Age of Googlization , Ira has been a leader in pre-hire and leadership assessments, recruitment marketing, and workforce trends for 25 years. He puts forth the passion and mindset required for the convergence between people and technology. Today he joins the podcast to talk about how staffing and hiring have chang...

Special Guest: Jodi Davidson, Sodexo       Jodi has spent the last 17 years with Sodexo in the D&I arena. She has seen how D&I evolve, especially as the digital era and social media have become bigger and more prevalent in society. She also has a great understanding of the constant and rapid change within the D&I space and the need not always to be looking at changing your programs, bu...

Special Guest: Robin Barbacane      Robin brings a diverse background over a 30-year career working for some of multiple Fortune 100 Companies.  During her time at E&Y, She was part of the Global Diversity and Inclusiveness Talent Team.  Today, she offers us a new look at D&I at E&Y and how other companies can pivot to a better understanding of people and driving a new culture of accep...

Special Guest – Mita Mallick         Mita Mallick has spent over 15 years as a storyteller. Leading iconic brands like AVEENO, AVON Color Cosmetics, Chapstick, Vaseline, Suave, and Dove. Throughout her career, she has fought hard to ensure people like her are included. Ensuring black and brown people were represented in campaigns. Ensuring products Unilever created were for all skin tones. Ensurin...

Special Guest - Jen Thornton         Jennifer has developed her expertise in Talent Strategy & Leadership Professional Development over her exciting 20+ year career as an HR Professional. She's led international teams across Greater China, Mexico, the U.K., and the U.S. to expand into new markets, managing franchise retailers and developing key strategic partnerships - all while exceeding...

Special Guest: Tim Spiker   Tim Spiker is the founder of The Aperio and the Who* Not What Principle, a profound research-based truth that has powered 15 years of leadership development success. Tim's book, The Only Leaders Worth* Following, reveals that 77% of leadership effectiveness comes from who a leader is and not what they do. Using this principle, Tim helps people become, be, and stay...

Special Guest - Christine Bélanger     Christine has been an advocate of awareness for neurodiverse people for many years. She brings a wealth of knowledge on Tourette syndrome and many other Neurodivergent related diagnoses to the forefront of what we need to know to help drive a culture change in the workplace.  Today she brings her life story to empower us to realize the value in people. Extern...

Special Guest - Jimmie Hancock    Jimmie has been working in HR for over 27 years.  While working in HR, he has been involved in many different types of workplace environments and has lead organizations through many challenges.  His goal is to foster a positive, safe, and growth-minded work environment for all people. Today we talk about creating a positive work environment free of negativity and...

Special Guest - Flo LaBrado       With 22 Years of experience working with a Fortune 500 Company, Flo LaBrado has had a tremendous amount of exposure to the interworkings on the creation of programs initiatives and how you create equity within the workplace for all people.  She brings a new perspective of going beyond just a D&I program but creating valued equity opportunities for people from...