Conversations with Trellis

Join host Trellis Usher as she takes you inside the conversation on the black tech ecosystem in Atlanta! Trellis will also discuss her thoughts on the arrest of two African-American men at a Starbucks in Philadelphia last week and what CEO Kevin Johnson and other executives need to do to improve inclusion and the customer experience in their companies.

 

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During this time of year, many people are focused on spring cleaning their physical homes. We also apply that technique as part of the Blueprint framework. Cleaning up, clearing out, letting go, purging, detoxing are all techniques to take a look at your life and determine what is useful and what is waste. Once you've taken that important step you can be more intentional about how to get rid of the waste so that you can focus on the things that matter.

During this month, we will take a walk inside The Blueprint framework to do some clean-up on a few key rooms:

The Home Office  - Career & BusinessThe Bedroom & Bathroom - Self-care & EmotionsThe Kitchen - Diet & NutritionThe Safe - Personal Finances

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During this time of year, many people are focused on spring cleaning their physical homes. We also apply that technique as part of the Blueprint framework. Cleaning up, clearing out, letting go, purging, detoxing are all techniques to take a look at your life and determine what is useful and what is waste. Once you've taken that important step you can be more intentional about how to get rid of the waste so that you can focus on the things that matter.

During this month, we will take a walk inside The Blueprint framework to do some clean-up on a few key rooms:

The Home Office  - Career & Business

Our special guest today will be Erin White, CEO and MastHER Strategist of Hexagon Outsourcing Group.

She spent eight years at Coca-Cola Enterprises. As an HR professional she coached, developed and guided some of the highest-level leaders in the organization. At Coke, Erin was an intrapreneur, innovating new ways of working and building internal centers of excellence from the ground up. As well as improving upon existing structures and processes to stay on trend or ahead of the curve.

Prior to her career in Human Resources, Ms. White was a hospitality professional whose career started out in New York City at the Waldorf-Astoria and culminated as an entrepreneur in Johannesburg, South Africa. In South Africa, she was the Managing Partner for an eight-bedroom guesthouse that catered to global business travelers, dignitaries, and vacationers.

Erin holds a Bachelors of Business Administration in Hospitality Management from Howard University as well as an M.B.A in Human and Organizational Performance with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship from The Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.

Trellis will chat with entrepreneurs Kari Davis and Kevin Anthony Johnson who transitioned out of successful "corporate" careers to start ventures of their own. They will discuss why they felt this was the right or more authentic choice for them, their rationales regarding the kind of business they would start as well as the timing. The show wouldn't be complete if we also didn't dive into mis-steps, detours and lessons learned.

While entrepreneurship is on the rise, especially for women, it still requires some planning if you have that option. In her capacity as a coach, Trellis helps corporate leaders transition into ventures of their own without damaging their professional reputations. Join her and her guests and gain the valuable insights that you need if you're working on your own transition strategy.

BluePrint host Trellis Usher provides you with a little inspiration to stay encouraged when things don't go according to plan.

Join me for my interview with fitness and nutrition coach Marquese Martin-Hayes on how to take control of your health. In honor of Men's Health Awareness Month, Marquese Martin-Hayes, a Raw Nutrition coach and Endurance runner, will share a few of his personal secrets for good health. You'll learn some things that will not only keep you healthy, but restore your body and reignite your youth! If you implement the things he shares, you can avoid the "blue pill" and walk into your next physical with confidence.

Ladies this show can also help you give the man in your life the gifts of health and wellness so listn in!  

Don't miss this important show.  If you're serious about taking better care of yourself, this will be just the motivation that you need.

Join Trellis Usher, BluePrint host, as she talks to Atlanta’s own Spoken Word and Literary Artist, Jon Goode.  Jon will talk to us about living authentically and on purpose. He will share with us how he’s navigated the various components of his life that have allowed him to pursue his passions and how he's made tough choices to step out of the expectations of others to create a life that fits who he is.

Jon will also share what’s going on with his new play, when and where we can expect to see it.

Jon is an Emmy Nominated writer and the winner of the 2006 Promax Gold for best copyright North America. His work has been featured in CNN's Black In America, HBO's Def Poetry, BET's Lyric Cafe, TVOne's Verses and Flow, in commercials and interstitials for TVLand/Nick @ Nite and in radio commercials for McDonalds. Jon has done print work for Nike and Rolling Out Urban Style Weekly. He has also recently written promos in association with 20th Century Fox Films. Jon has toured the country extensively with his work and received rave reviews from the litany of venues, festivals, colleges and universities he's appeared at. He has shared the stage with: Mos Def, Kanye West, Alicia Keys, Common, Jamie Foxx, Musiq Soul Child, Will Downing, Ledisi, The Last Poets, Amiri Baraka, and a host of other amazing poets, comedians and entertainers.

LISTENER ONLY SHOW:  Listen as BluePrint host Trellis Usher provides you with words of motivation, inspiration and encouragement to help you get your week off to a great start!

This weekly podcast will become part of your Sunday routine to reflect, plan and ignite your spirit to live the life of your dreams.

 

 

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Listen as BluePrint creator and host Trellis Usher answers a key question regarding authenticity and relationships.  Based on nearly two decades of study, work and life experiences, Trellis shares her thougths and insights on how to find in yourself what you crave in another person.

Throughout Trellis' corporate career, she has studied human behavior, personality, motivation, engagement, leadership, how people learn and the role the brain plays in how we see and respond to the world.  All of that, in addition to her "scary accurate intution" as her close friends describe it, allows her to connect to what her coaching clients need to hear and how they need to hear it.

You'll want to listen to this over and over again and send it to everyone you know!

Join me and Speaker, Author, Trainer and Coach Ernest Phillips as we discuss the Princess Warrior Syndrome.  The Princess Warrior Syndrome Phillips says is seen in "women who have experienced negative and hurtful relationships and have learned to respond in a war-like fashion.  They bring their war skills into choosing men, seeing them as the enemy, even in healthy relationships."   These women often don't realize they are damaging their relationships and they continue an endless repetition of bad relationships.

If you're interested in learning more or gaining valuable advice for your relationship woes, you don't want to miss this show.  Ernest Phillips, President of  TUG Coaching & Training, is an expert in relationship building. His work improves the client’s ability to interact with others in all situations from corporate to newlyweds.  Ernest helps his clients improve on fundamentals such as Boundaries, Conflict Management, and Communicating with Purpose to make them more effective than ever before.