Urban Girl Corporate World

How do you transition into a new career or role without starting from the bottom? In this episode of Urban Girl Corporate World , recorded live from RSA 2026 in San Francisco, Nicole breaks down what it actually takes to make a successful career transition without resetting your progress. Drawing from her 22-year career across Wall Street, global operations, and cybersecurity, she shares practical...

What does it actually take to get promoted? In this episode of Urban Girl Corporate World , Nicole Dove answers one of the most common questions she receives from professionals at every level: how to move to the next stage in your career. Drawing from her own experience across Wall Street, global operations, and cybersecurity, Nicole breaks down why strong performance alone is not enough and what...

How do you design and deliver a high-impact presentation that commands authority, captivates your audience, and lands seamlessly at every corporate level? In this live episode of Urban Girl Corporate World from Black Hat MEA in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Nicole breaks down her personal, field-tested strategy for crafting powerful presentations. You’ll learn: How to establish a clear presentation purpos...

What does it actually mean to find the right mentor? In this episode of Urban Girl Corporate World , Nicole Dove checks in from Bucharest, Romania, following her first international speaking engagement at the GoTech World Conference. Reflecting on a full-circle career moment, she shares insights on the long-term impact of relationships, reputation, and strong leadership. She then dives into one of...

In this Season 8 opener of Urban Girl Corporate World, Nicole checks in from Shanghai, China, to celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month and share high-impact global leadership reflections. You’ll learn: How to build trust and drive deep alignment across diverse international cultures What it takes to grow a business footprint while managing cross-border operations Lessons from authoring her upcom...

Nicole interviews Ashley, who she works with as an Executive Coach, and discusses their leadership philosophies on the final episode of season 7. *** Enjoyed this episode? Rate, review, and share with someone navigating their own journey in leadership. Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode!

In this episode of the Urban Girl Corporate World Podcast, Nicole sits down with Ervin McBride , a cybersecurity professional, mentor, and North Carolina A&T alum, to discuss his intentional journey into the tech world, the power of mentorship, and the importance of representation in cybersecurity. Ervin shares how intentional networking helped him break into cybersecurity and how internsh...

In this episode of Urban Girl Corporate World, Nicole sits down with Hatu Kanu, Technical Recruiter at Riot Games and founder of Power Pivots , to break down the key strategies for landing and excelling in a tech career. They dive into the biggest resume mistakes & Hatu shares interview best practices. They also discuss how to engage with recruiters the right way, why conferences should be use...

In this episode of Urban Girl Corporate World , host Nicole chats with Christina, Producer at Riot Games, about her incredible career journey—from facing constant rejection to finally landing a job offer that changed everything. Christina shares her experience relocating across the country to a place she’d never even visited, navigating the workforce as a neurodiverse professional, and tackling he...

In this episode of Urban Girl Corporate World , host Nicole sits down with Adrianna Seeny, Data Scientist, for a powerful conversation on confidence, resilience, and authenticity in the workplace. Adrianna shares her journey of securing a job after interviewing at AfroTech, the challenges of navigating corporate culture as a woman of color, and how she balances managing emotions while breaking ste...

In this episode of Urban Girl Corporate World , host Nicole sits down with Cameron Johnson, Cybersecurity Manager, to break down the strategies that drive success in cyber. They dive into the power of networking, the importance of trust between teammates, and the formula they used to make magic as colleagues. Cameron shares his approach to influencing engineers, navigating unclear paths into cyber...

Welcome to Season 7 of Urban Girl Corporate World! In the season opener, Nicole shares the inspiration for the new season, what listeners can expect and challenges us all to be clear on what it is that we are chasing. ***** Got questions you want Nicole to answer? Submit them to UrbanGirlCorporateWorld@gmail.com ***** Enjoying the podcast? Leave us a 5 star review! And be sure to like, subscribe a...

Live from Las Vegas, Nicole shares reflections from her first Customer Advisory Board meeting, her motivations for goals of board service, getting board training and meeting the CEO who told Google that $23B just wasn't enough. * Join the Urban Girl Corporate World "Winner's Circle" for exclusive access to insider events, training, podcast updates, newsletters and more. Register here . * Intereste...

Nicole chats with Jason Amos - PMO Leader & Real Estate Investor - who provides fresh, thoughtful perspectives on how to maximize earning potential, qualifying beliefs, the power of pace, investing strategies, leverage, real estate and his non-traditional thoughts on traditional work . Join the Urban Girl Corporate World "Winner's Circle" for exclusive access to insider events, training, podca...

On this week's episode, Nicole records from the expo floor at AfroTech in Houston. Tap in to hear about her talks, Riot's Pull Up & Play Game Night, concerts, conference events and much more. *** Join the Winner's Circle to get insider insights on winning at work and register for future link ups . *** Register at www. NicoleDove.com

This week Nicole interviews Devon Bryan, Global CISO of Carnival Corporation. They talk all things cybersecurity careers, the inspiration to start Cyversity, managing the cybersecurity of floating cities, and redefining ROI. To learn more about Cyversity and their programs, visit their website or LinkedIn page.

And we're back! Nicole kicks off Season 6 from Dublin, Ireland and shares what's been happening since the last episode including her partnership with LinkedIn Learning, what inspired her talk this week at the world's largest black tech conference - AfroTech, keynoting the CAU Hooding Ceremony, expanding her podcast portfolio and winning the 2024 Team8 CISO Village Award in Silicon Valley. Check ou...

Nicole interviews Ellen Bailey (VP of Diversity & Culture @ Harvard Business Publishing) about her journey to leadership, successfully shifting culture through strategy, challenges she's overcome along the way and how they are working together to bring Harvard Case Studies into HBCUs across the nation. 

Nicole & Libby Herman (Business Security Officer, ADP) discuss what it takes to be successful as a Business Information Security Officer, how the role is often misunderstood, strategies we’ve used to influence decision makers and advice we’d give to practitioners interested in the role.

Nicole and Chris Magno (Fortune 500 GM & Columbia University Professor) discuss a course he co-created on cognitive bias, roles that helped him build intellectual curiosity, leveraging storytelling to drive influence, overcoming leadership challenges, the secret sauce to building great teams, and what organizations get wrong with risk management. 

In the opener of Season 5, Nicole talks her new job, board seat appointment, her LinkedIn Learning course on Supply Chain Security, what she's speaking about at RSA and new updates for this season of the podcast. 

Nicole & Caroline Wong (Chief Strategy Officer, Cobalt.io) discuss her book, "Security Metrics, A Beginner's Guide", winning the EWF Woman of Influence Award, challenges she's overcome and her upcoming LinkedIn Learning course on the OWASP Top 10. You can find Caroline's book on Amazon here . 

Nicole interviews RInki Sethi, CISO @ Twitter, about lessons learned along her path to CISO, the power of assuming positive intent, how to change hearts and minds and what she's most proud of accomplishing. 

Nicole and Samara Williams, Manager of Threat Operations @ Cardinal Health, discuss meeting through #ShareTheMicInCyber, how threat intelligence makes cybersecurity sexy, Samara's Ted Talk and what influences her leadership style. Follow Samara on Twitter and tune into her TedTalk here . 

Nicole talks to Chris Hymes, (VP IT, Security & Privacy @ Riot Games) about his leadership philosophy, why security is more than preventing incidents, his proudest moments and wisdom gained from lessons learned.