C-CRETS

For Mental Health Awareness Month, Keith and Ricky will explore this taboo topic in the Black community by speaking to 3 Black women who will share external factors, workplace issues, and family experiences that impacted their mental health as well as the stigma around addressing mental health in the Black community. Keith and Ricky will provide some receipts on mental health and the black community. And the episode will close out with C-CRETS from their guests on mental health resources and how to deal with mental health challenges.

Are you wondering why you may be stuck in some dead-end job? It may be because you are too focused on activity and not impact. In this episode, Keith and Ricky will define activity vs. impact, share some of our personal experiences, and talk about some of the potential negative outcomes of focusing on completing tasks but not the impact of what you are working on.

They will provide some receipts on why impact matters and close out with 4 C-CRETS on how to pivot from a task master to an impactful leader.

At some point in our careers, we've had to work for a difficult boss, and it sucks. In this episode, Keith and Ricky will define types of bad or difficult bosses, share stories about dealing with difficult bosses, and talk about some of the potential negative outcomes of working with a bad or difficult boss. As usual, they will provide some receipts on the impact of bad and good bosses, and close out with 5 C-CRETS on how to deal with a bad or difficult boss.

When all of the social unrest of the past 15 months, white manager are finding themselves in a moral dilemma with “Doing the Right Thing vs. choosing their loyalties with doing the White Thing!" In this episode, Keith and Ricky talk about what’s going on in the world today and why it seems like a fight of right vs. white. They stories that they’ve faced during their careers when confronted with doing the right thing or the white thing. The duo provide receipts on the impact of not leaning into doing the right thing and how to combat bias in the workplace and close out with a double of C-CRETS for employees and employers on how to do the right thing.

My boss is talking to me about a stretch assignment. It would be a great opportunity, but I’m not sure if I am ready. I would like to get your advice on whether or not I should take the role. In this episode, Keith and Ricky define what a stretch assignment or job looks like and share examples of types of stretch roles and our experiences when they received stretch roles. They will bring those receipts on why stretch roles matter in getting to the top, and close out with 4 C-CRETS on how to secure a stretch role and determine if a stretch assignment is good for you.

It takes more to getting to the top than just technical skills. One nebulous factor is executive presence. What is executive presence? In this episode, Keith and Ricky will define executive presence, and share some of their personal stories of good and bad examples of executive presence. They will bring those receipts on why executive presence matters in getting to the top.

And close out with 5 C-CRETS on how to develop and enhance your executive pres

In this episode, Keith and Ricky break bread with author of "Allies and Advocates, Amber Cabral, where she speaks about performative allyship, skin color, white privilege and white fragility. KP & PR bring a couple RECEIPTS about why corporate allyship is so important. And the podcast closes out with Amber sharing C-CRETS from her book regarding the 6 Steps to Being a Better Ally and a timely C-CRET for black women trying to find their voice.

Keith and Ricky continue their conversation with former Black Panther Party leader, Elaine Brown. In this episode, Elaine will talk about her non-profit, Oakland and the World Enterprises, and how it helps empower formally incarcerated folks start their own businesses. She will also discuss what it was like as a women in the Black Panther Party, and conclude with her views on white fragility. Keith and Ricky will close out the episode with a look at events in our nation during the height of the Black Panther Party and how they were interpreted depending on one's lived experience and backgrounds.

It’s important to understand history and how it impacts underrepresented employees if we really want to make systemic change. In this episode, we will speak with Elaine Brown, former leader of the Black Panther Party and a historic voice in the black liberation movement. Elaine Brown will share her story, provide a look back at the Civil Rights Movement and what were the influences for her involvement with the Black Panther Party, and hear her thoughts on the Black Lives Matter Movement. So enjoy part 1 of our conversation with Elaine Brown!

Theresa Robinson is "disruptive inclusionist" and was featured last year in the Forbes list of “7 Anti-Racism Educators Your Company Needs Now.” In this episode, we will speak about the importance of finding your voice as an underrepresented professional and discuss Theresa's passion behind her most recent book, “Blaxhaustion, Karens & Other Threats to Black Lives and Well-Being”. As always, we will bring you some RECEIPTS and close out with 2 C-CRETS from Theresa on how folks can be better allies and how Black women can release their voices to advocate for themselves.