Career Blindspot

"When people are more up front about all the help they get and credit it - it makes their journey seem more obtainable, relatable." - Katelyn Harris Lange

CBQ - What hands on COMMUNITY effort do you want to do MORE of personally?

Katelyn Harris-Lange knows B Corps, and so should you. By day she's an executive search advisor, and when she's not doing that she is a dynamic community connector working across sectors to amplify missions and invest in people.

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B Corp

"The thing about homelessness… you become invisible and you just learn how to survive." - Brent Downs

CBQ - "In the past what was your biggest barrier to employment?"

Brent Downs, Executive Director of St. Joseph the Worker joins us to share a perspective many of us may not consider. From being homeless to help others get back on their feet through empowerment through work.

sjwjobs.org

844-SJW-JOBS

"What the best way for someone to get a hold of you... do you even have a way... have you communicated that?" - JK

Of course ineffective communication is tiring and exhausting, but have you considered how much effort goes into effectively communicating in the MODERN era. An era where we have multiple platforms and tools to communicate on a daily basis.

Know your best way to communicate and be cognizant of the best way for others.

"What we haven't focused on is inclusion - feeling that you're valued, that your voice is heard, that the experience you bring because of your diversity, you can leverage those." - Victoria Williams

Victoria (Vickie) Williams is a Global Implementation Manager with American Express who's incredibly familiar and tactful on the topics of D&I (Diversity and Inclusion). Specifically, how there's still a lot of room to grow on doing the inclusivity part of leveraging diverse ideas in the workplace.

"I got awards, top 1% leader in the nation… because that leader allowed me to thrive." - Crystal Blackwell

CEO and founder, Crystal Blackwell works with organizations to identify the top talent of young (and remote) professionals. She all about holding leaders accountable and meeting people on their level, so they exceed your expectations.

Be warned, we use a lot of cake metaphors!

*REMOTE LEADERS - We barely touch on this topic, but if you like what you hear from Crystal considering reach out, in the Zoom era Crystal is ahead of the game!

https://crystalblackwell.com/

"I think we are severely underestimating the effort that it takes..."

Is EQ Worth it? I make the case for NO... It's a call back to my naive EQ post from back in March as things were heating up. I also touch on "Can DISC styles/personality CHANGE?". It's all connected by SIGNIFICANT EMOTIONAL EVENTS.

Is EQ worth it... for you?

"That uniform is a symbol of something awesome that you've signed up for... when's the last time you felt like that?"

- Victory McCraw

CBQ - Who do YOU know that would make a good police offer?

Victor McCraw, training consultant and long time public servant - public safety, law enforcement, and emergency medical response, joins today and gives a glimpse into the complex job that into being a PEACE officer. He takes us to through his WHY of becoming an Arizona Highway Patrolman, to training and other unique perspectives and insights to earning the uniform.

https://greenknight.llc/

"I'm an HR person who hates bureaucracy. " - Rhamy Alejeal

Rhamy Alejeal, People Processes CEO, challenges (in the nicest, funniest way possible) the stigma of HR and paints a picture of what it CAN BE. He really loves his craft of helping business take things to the next level leveraging people and process.

Check out his quick HR Audit, OnBoarding Checklist, and Exit Interview Guides.

Check out the People Processes Podcast!

"People who do not know themselves, often accept roles they don't actually want to do." - Juan Kingsbury, Talent Strategist

Have you ever thought, "Why can't they just do their job!?". Tune in for a quick 10m ep where I drop some insights bosses and HR dept won't tell you.

Shout out to Dwayne Johnson!

"If people really did want to do a lot of good at once... my company [Voyce Threads] is the perfect one to do!" - Drew Shaw

Founder and CEO of Voyce Threads, Drew Shaw joins us at a very unique time. As a start up founder, a black man during civil unrest, and actively giving back to the community, as he puts it, it covers a lot of things!

Oh and we even nerd about a bit about Marvel and representation in film!

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• @voycethreads (all social platforms)