Empowerment Minutes

Empowerment Minutes

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  • Leveraging Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace with Monica Hernandez

    Episode 87 of the empowerment minutes podcast is focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). To mark women's history month, our special guest Monica Hernandez shares her journey as a woman leader in stem and some challenges women leaders from minority populations face from stem backgrounds even though they have a seat at the table. Monica shares strategies leaders can use to be more intentional about DEI in the workplace. She also shares proven strategies leaders can use to ‘extend the ladder’ and be more inclusive in the workplace.

    32 min
  • How to Create Sustainable Success as a Leader with Amy Leong

    One thing that most leaders want is to be successful. Success means so many things to different people. As a leader, what does success mean to you? To be successful is one thing, is it sustainable? In this episode of the empowerment minutes podcast, our special guest Amy Leong shares some strategies to help leaders get unstuck and experience sustainable leadership. She shares a unique framework, the six dimensions of wellness, that leaders can leverage to succeed and thrive in the workplace.

    31 min
  • Success Strategies for Emerging Leaders in the Workplace with Tavara Johnson

    Episode 85 of the empowerment minutes podcast is focused on self-awareness and self-leadership. Our special guest, Tavara Johnson, leads this episode and shares some golden nuggets on leadership and emerging leaders. As an author on emerging leadership and the founder of an emerging leader’s magazine and radio show, Tavara shares many strategies that emerging leaders can use to succeed in the workplace. It all starts from within. She shares personal growth tips that emerging leaders can use to grow themselves in order to grow others.

     

    33 min
  • Free to Lead: Strategies to Empower You Lead Yourself and Your Team with Natalie Picket

    This episode of the empowerment minutes podcast is focused on leadership. Still celebrating women’s history month, this episode is the fourth episode of the series. Our incredible guest Natalie Pickett shares strategies for women to own it and lead freely. She shares more tips to empower women to give themselves the freedom to lead and lead by example. “True leadership has people follow when they have the freedom not to.”- James Collins.

    26 min
  • Cultivating JOY: A Pathway to Everyday Happiness with Joy Freeman

    Happy women’s history month once again. We have a women empowerment series this month on the empowerment minutes podcast. This is the third episode of the series, and this episode is focused on cultivating joy. Our special guest Joy Freeman, CEO and founder of Just Own Yours, distinguishes between Joy and happiness and shares the benefits and ways to cultivate joy at home and in the workplace. Joy also shares awareness and tips for any woman struggling with cultivating joy. She challenges women to accept and embrace joy and be intentional about joyful living at home and in the workplace. Joy also shares tips to empower women to be courageous, authentic, and intentional about owning their joy.

    27 min
  • Want to Be a Great Leader? Know Yourself and Lead Yourself First with Amy Nelson

    In honor of women’s history month and the international women’s day and week, the focus of the empowerment minutes podcast this month of March is on women empowerment. All the guests on the show this month are women leaders empowering other women. This week, two episodes of the empowerment minutes podcast are focused on self-awareness and self-leadership. This specific episode is led by a special guest, Amy Nelson who shares some golden nuggets on self-awareness and self-leadership. As women we feel many time’s we have to be the best we have to be and asking for help is a sign of weakness. She shares strategies on self-awareness and self-leadership. It’s important to learn to be aware of what we don’t know as women. Amy also shares on selfcare, self-talk, the power of mentorship and accountability for women empowerment. Amy also shares unique perspectives on reverse mentoring. As women we should be open to mentoring both ways. She shares on women empowerment and tips for women on a transition to empower them to move forward. 

    28 min
  • How to Cultivate Self-Awarenes and Thrive with Jenna Armato

    In honor of women’s history month and international women’s day and week, the focus of the empowerment minutes podcast this month, March, is on women's empowerment. All the guests on the show this month are women leaders empowering other women. This week's episode of the empowerment minutes podcast is focused on self-awareness. To grow personally and professionally, we need to be self-aware. In this episode, our special guest Jenna Armato shares what self-awareness is and key strategies to cultivate it and thrive at home in the workplace. She shares three unique questions to help you make the unconscious conscious and supercharge your momentum in the workplace. Jenna also shares tips for women who feel stuck to empower them to move forward. She also shares a unique perspective on women’s empowerment worth listening to.

    22 min
  • 5 Great Questions Every Leader or Manager Should Ask Their Direct Reports with Maurine Kwende

    A common myth about leadership is that leaders know everything and have the answers to all questions. Don’t fall for this myth and many others you may have heard. Whether you are new in the job or a seasoned leader, asking the right questions to your team is one of the keys to success. In this week's episode of the empowerment minutes podcast, I discuss the benefits of asking questions and 5 great questions a good leader should ask their direct reports. “Good leaders ask great questions that inspire others to dream more, think more, learn more, do more, and become more.” ― John C. Maxwell

    11 min
  • 5 Ways to Develop Your Leadership Confidence with Maurine Kwende

    How confident are you as a leader? Will your team describe you as a confident leader? From recent research, 50 percent of employees have confidence in the abilities of the leadership. One of the benefits of leadership confidence is trust. Confidence is one of the key traits of a leader. How can you gain confidence and be more effective as a leader? In this week's episode, I discuss 5 ways to develop your confidence as a leader and become more effective.

    9 min

About Empowerment Minutes

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Empowerment Minutes is a podcast for learning and development, leadership, and coaching professionals, hosted by Dr. Maurine Kwende. The podcast was launched in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to empower others—especially women—to find their voice and use it boldly. Each episode shares practical insights, tools, and nuggets of wisdom to help listeners grow, lead effectively, and make a greater impact in their work and organizations.