Contagious Culture

By Kyle S. King

The Contagious Culture Podcast with Kyle S. King explores how leaders, educators, and changemakers create environme

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November 20, 2025 #120 | The Silent Partner in Your Success: Janice M. Coleman on Self-Awareness, Congruency & Building a Career That Loves You Back
Janice M. Coleman joins The Contagious Culture Podcast for a transformative conversation about alignment, authenticity, and building a career that truly reflects who you are. With nearly three decades in Corporate America leading rooms, coaching teams, and elevating leaders, Janice opens up about her journey from IT into career coaching and leadership development. She breaks down the power of congruency, the danger of operating from a false sense of self, and how the lies we tell ourselves become liabilities that limit our potential. Growing up in a challenging environment shaped her relentless pursuit of excellence, and today she uses that same drive to help people discover who they are, what they’re gifted at, and how to step into careers they love, careers that also love them back.
Renowned as a keynote speaker and guided by mentors like Zig Ziglar, Janice is more than thought-provoking, she is action-provoking. She brings intelligence, compassion, and high standards of excellence into every space she enters, serving as the silent partner in the workplace who helps individuals and organizations align from the inside out. In this powerful episode, she unpacks the importance of self-awareness, the lifelong process of developing your gifts, and the freedom that comes from living and leading in full alignment. This is an essential listen for anyone seeking clarity, purpose, or a path toward the next level of their career.
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November 19, 2025 #119 | When 30,000 Kids Stay Home: The Fight for Safety, Schools, and Justice in Charlotte W/ Natalie Paramenter
In this powerful and timely episode, Kyle sits down with Natalie Paramenter, a fearless advocate for families and students in Charlotte, to unpack one of the most urgent crises the community has faced this year. With ICE presence disrupting neighborhoods and nearly 30,000 students absent from school in a single day, Natalie and Kyle dive into the real consequences families are navigating and why education must remain a protected right for every child.
They explore the current assault on Charlotte’s immigrant communities and how ICE activity is impacting school attendance, access, and family safety. The conversation moves into the heart and character of great schools, what it looks like to be a braver parent in moments of uncertainty, and why struggling before succeeding is such an important part of a child’s development. Throughout the episode, Natalie brings clarity and conviction to a moment when parents need both information and courage.
The two also dig into how everyone in the community can do their part. Natalie shares her mission-driven commitment to advocacy, fundraising, and amplifying the work that matters most. She talks about her 20–30 minute YouTube literacy sessions designed to help close the growing reading gap, and the work she does to help parents navigate school options so their children land in environments where they can truly thrive.
This conversation is raw, inspiring, and anchored in purpose. If you care about schools, families, justice, or the future of Charlotte’s children, this is an episode you don’t want to miss.
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46min
November 14, 2025 #118 | When Genius Meets Grace: The Redemption of Damon Watson
In this powerful episode of The Contagious Culture Podcast, Kyle King sits down with Damon Watson, a Harvard-educated attorney whose journey defies every expectation. Once on top of the world, Damon fell into addiction, lost his career, and found himself homeless and behind bars. But instead of letting his past define him, he rebuilt his life from the inside out—spiritually, mentally, and emotionally.
Today, Damon uses his story to mentor inmates, restore dignity to the forgotten, and remind the world that redemption is always possible. This conversation explores what it really means to start over, how shame can evolve into strength, and why grace is often the most contagious form of culture there is. If you’ve ever hit rock bottom or watched someone you love fight to rise again, this is the story you need to hear.
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November 14, 2025 #117 | The Climb, The Courage, The Exit: Building a Career That Serves You W/ Krista Bourne
What happens when you climb to the top of corporate America, only to realize you’re ready to redefine what success looks like?

In this episode, I sit down with Krista Bourne , a powerhouse leader who spent 25 years inside Verizon, rising from the mailroom to COO of its Consumer Group. She led 30,000 employees, served 110 million customers, and helped deliver over $100 billion in annual revenue.

But here’s what makes her story extraordinary, Krista walked away on her own terms.

Now, she’s helping high-achieving professionals gain clarity, build strategy, and lead with authenticity, without losing themselves in the process.

This conversation is about power, purpose, and permission, because you don’t need anyone else’s to design a career that aligns with who you are.
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1h 5min
November 13, 2025 #116 | How Great Fundraisers Build Trust and Transform Communities W/ Rachel Simon
What separates a good fundraiser from a truly transformative one? In this episode, Kyle sits down with Rachel Simon, MBA, MS, CFRE , a powerhouse in the world of community impact and philanthropy, to unpack how authentic relationships, deep trust, and shared purpose can turn fundraising into a movement for change.

Rachel shares her journey from early career challenges to leading record-breaking campaigns that didn’t just raise money, they rebuilt confidence, culture, and connection within entire communities. Together, she and Kyle explore what it really means to lead with empathy, create donor partnerships rooted in trust, and sustain generosity even in uncertain times.

If you’ve ever wondered how to inspire people to give, not out of obligation, but out of belief, this episode is your blueprint.
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46min
November 11, 2025 #115 | Building Resilient Women: Leadership, Sisterhood, + Self-Belief
In this episode of Contagious Culture, we sit down with Shantell Jeter, founder of You Got It Girl and Manager of Special Projects at Boston Public Schools. Shantell Jeter is a powerhouse educator, coach, and community builder dedicated to empowering young women to embrace their value, build confidence, and become resilient leaders. With over 300,000 Black women recently pushed out of the workforce due to federal budget cuts and the rollback of DEI initiatives, Shantell’s work has never been more urgent.
Through basketball, leadership programming, and a strong focus on sisterhood, she is creating spaces where girls can thrive academically, socially, and emotionally and learn that everything they need to succeed is already inside them. In this conversation, we explore the intersection of leadership, resilience, and self-belief, hear inspiring stories from the girls she mentors, and discuss how programs like You Got It Girl can change the trajectory for the next generation. Shantell also shares how educators and communities can continue supporting young women in a world that too often underestimates their potential. Tune in to learn actionable insights on how to nurture confidence, foster meaningful connections, and raise a generation of women who are ready to lead with courage and purpose.
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47min
November 10, 2025 #114 | The Power of One: Why You’re Not Making Progress (and How to Change that..)
In this live episode of The Contagious Culture Podcast, Kyle King dives deep into why you’re not making progress and how one decision, one risk, and one step can completely shift your momentum.

Kyle shares the behind-the-scenes story of how The Podcastathon and The Blueprint Conference came to life in just 11 days and what it really takes to turn vision into execution. If you’ve been waiting for the “right time” to start, this episode will challenge your comfort zone and give you a roadmap to move from stuck to unstoppable in just five days.
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33min
November 07, 2025 #113 | Turning Vision into Impact: Megan Schmitt King on Fundraising, Partnerships, and Nonprofit Success
In this episode, we sit down with Megan Schmitt King, Chief Development Officer at Camp Southern Ground and a seasoned expert in nonprofit growth and fundraising strategy. With a career spanning leadership roles at Team Red, White & Blue, Raiders Foundation, and National 4-H Council, Megan has mastered the art of turning vision into measurable impact.
We explore how to build lasting partnerships, activate powerful sponsorships, and lead with strategy in a rapidly changing philanthropic landscape. Megan also shares lessons learned from her work in corporate and nonprofit spaces, from navigating sponsorship challenges to leveraging data and storytelling to inspire donors.
Whether you’re a nonprofit leader, fundraiser, or changemaker, this conversation will equip you with actionable insights to strengthen your strategy, deepen relationships, and grow your impact.
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48min
November 06, 2025 #112 | First Impressions Matter: Behind the Scenes of a Client Intake Call
What does it really take to turn a first conversation into a million-dollar impact? In this episode, I take you inside a live client intake call with a mission-driven organization, unpacking the questions, insights, and strategies that set the stage for successful fundraising. You’ll see how our 4P Framework, Prepare, Prove, Partner, Propel, guides organizations to build their strategy, board, prospect list, and story, while connecting with donors who can make a real difference.
Whether you’re a leader, consultant, or entrepreneur, you’ll walk away with actionable tactics to make your first interactions count and start creating measurable impact from day one.
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40min
November 05, 2025 #111 | Making Strategy Stick: The Human Side of Change with Coretta Dixon
In this live episode of The Contagious Culture Podcast, Kyle King sits down with Coretta Dixon, Director of Organizational Effectiveness and Change Leadership, to explore how real transformation begins from within. Coretta has led large-scale initiatives across industries like education, finance, healthcare, and aviation, helping organizations build adaptive cultures, high-trust teams, and scalable people systems that truly perform.

Together, Kyle and Coretta dive into the intersection of leadership, culture, and change management. They unpack what it means to make strategy stick, not through top-down mandates, but through people-centered transformation that prioritizes safety, trust, and clarity.

Drawing from her experience leading a $130M modernization initiative and creating the first Change Management Office for a 5,000-employee organization, Coretta shares how sustainable change happens when leaders blend governance, coaching, and analytics to turn transformation into habit. If you believe leadership is contagious and culture is the engine that drives performance, this episode will give you the insight and inspiration to lead change that lasts.
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53min

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