Everything Speaks

Prior to starting her own company, Emilie Aries experienced a personal and professional low. She was tired, exhausted and felt unfulfilled by her work. Spurred into action by the potential for something better, Emilie founded Bossed Up, a nationwide training company that helps woman navigate career transition with a special eye towards burnout and crafting a happy, healthy and sustainable career path. Today, Emilie sits down with Lee to talk about the easiest path to success.

Lee sits down with Caitlin Scott, a senior communications counselor at Full Court Press Communications. Caitlin has a background in traditional #PR, but moved to her current position at Full Court to work with foundations, #non-profits, start ups and other mission based organizations to help them achieve #socialchange. She feels fortunate to have found a #career that blends her love of politics, communications and PR and encourages others to do the same.

Lee sits down with Tricia Denci. As a senior in College Tricia signed on to be a part time #intern at Double Forte. Skip ahead five years and now Tricia is an account manager, focusing on #PR related to #wine and artisan food. Tricia talks to Lee about how she has moved up the ranks at Double Forte and why she recently decided to move to New York City.

Amy Vernetti is the director of #leadership #recruiting at Moonshots where she recruits and hires executives for Google's the next generation of big ideas - projects like driverless vehicles, drones and balloon powered internet. Amy joins Lee to give insight about how young people can create an interesting #narrative about themselves and shares best practices for getting hired.

Lee sits down with Shawn Murphy, the CEO and Founder of Switch and Shift, a consultancy firm dedicated to developing positive #business and #leadership practices. Shawn is also the author of The Optimistic Workplace, a book that teaches you how to cultivate a positive work environment. Shawn talks to Lee about #millennials, and why he believes they approach their careers with a different mindset.

Mara Kolesas has a very diverse work background having been a University professor, United Nations consultant and strategic planner for equity diversity at UC Berkeley. Today she's a professional #stylist, #fashion consultant and founder of Good Fit Style and she joins Everything Speaks to talk about her belief that how you dress says something about who you are.

Lee sits down with John Bragle, Director of Choirs and Instructor of voice at the Interlochen Arts Academy. As an educator he works with students to fine tune their #performance #art. With that experience, John knows a lot about #millennials and the next generation of young people who were raised in a world of text messages and emoticons. What does #professionalism mean to a millennial?

Lee Caraher sits down with Emily Drewry, a freelance writer and #socialmedia editor at Forbes Magazine. As a #millennial and recent college grad, Emily reflects on her experience transitioning from Northwestern University to the workplace, elaborating on the five things no one tells you about your first job.

Lee Caraher sits down with Joe Kowalke, a Director at Double Forte, to talk about meeting participation, and what it means for your #career. Whether you're meeting with a client, having an internal brainstorm, or giving a presentation, everything from body language to tone of voice, affects the meeting. So remember to slant - sit up, lean forward, ask questions, nod and talk.

Kimberly Strenk is the founder and president of Five Two SQ Integrated #PR, a firm that works with premium specialty brands in the areas of food, fashion and beauty. In this episode of Everything Speaks she maps out her #career path, discussing how she helps #businesses find their own unique voice, and in the second half of the interview she dives into the details of her renowned internship program.