#MORETHAN: A Podcast

In Part 2 of Knowing Your Worth, D. Keith Pigues shares his best strategies on understanding, quantifying and demanding your worth as an independent consultant or speaker. In this candid conversation, we talk having the courage to ask for your worth and finding peace with walking away when you and your clients don't see eye to eye on the value you bring. Join us for real talk on the different between value creation and value capture in this insightful follow-up to Knowing Your Worth.

D. Keith Pigues knows a lot about value propositions. In fact, he wrote the book on it - Winning with Customers: Do Your Customers Make More Money Doing Business With You? is a customer value playbook for B2B. In Part 1 of Knowing Your Worth, Keith shares his powerful insights on how to better understand and deliver against your customers' unique needs and establish yourself as a go-to partner in the process. 

In this episode, Celeste Watkins-Hayes - Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Northwestern University and author of Remaking A Life: How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality - shares what it means to shift from "dying from" to "living with" to "thriving despite" illness, trauma, and injustice. With poise and provocation, Dr. Watkins-Hayes masterfully shines a light on the universal truth that while our conditions may complicate life and living, they are no match for the human sprit. 

Christal Jackson, the Founder and CEO of Mosaic Genius and Head and Heart Philanthropy, shares her insight on how impact investing continues to evolve. Christal helps high net-worth individuals determine the most meaningful ways to engage in philanthropy and, along the way, she's developed an informed point of view about Black wealth - who has it, who doesn't, and how more people can participate in legacy building. Listen and learn!

Greg Jenkins, Service Disabled Veteran and Diversity and Inclusion consultant, trainer, facilitator and mentor, joins Tara Jaye Frank to talk about why he committed his post-military career to creating equal opportunity for others and speaks candidly about how he became a better leader by opening his mind - and heart - to a broader view of the world.

Adrion Porter, Founder of GenX Amplified and celebrated marketing executive, joins Tara Jaye Frank in a vulnerable conversation about the life of a GenXer -  from managing multiple home priorities to contemplating career pivots. Of course, these challenges are even more pronounced in today's age of COVID19, and punctuated by heightened conversations about racial injustice. The midlife malaise is real. How do we remain centered when everything is moving around us? How can we be there for others while staying true to ourselves? Let's find out together.

Nicole Price, CEO of Lively Paradox, is a leadership development consultant and a social justice warrior. Several years ago, she lost her mother in a drunk driving accident. Now, she helps turn other people's pain and pitfalls into professional purpose. Join me and Nicole for a vulnerable conversation about the day that changed her from the inside out, surviving unexpected loss, and how she learned to forgive the unforgivable. 

in this episode, Dr. Ericka Goodwin, double board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and bestselling author, speaker, and life coach, tells us all about her new book, Fix Your Fairytale: A Woman's Guide to a Great Life, Love, and Legacy. We discuss how, as little girls, we are taught to be good so we can grow up to get married and live the dream. But what happens when the dream doesn't unfold the way we hoped it would? Join us as Dr. Ericka explains how we can fall in love with the life we have by controlling what we can control (hint: ourselves!), cherishing who we are and pursuing our unique purposes. Let's reframe this fairytale together!

Susana Eshleman, President and CEO of Children international - a non-profit dedicated to eradicating poverty around the world, knows a lot about giving. In this heartfelt conversation with Tara Jaye Frank, she shares her personal inspiration, her journey to "The Presidency," what she has learned from the children her organization serves, and why she believes leaning into our shared humanity can save us all. 

Lindsey Roy, Chief Marketing Officer for Hallmark Cards, had her world turned upside down when a sunny day at the lake turned into a nightmare. Thrown headlong into a extended physical and emotional healing process, she was forced to find a new way to think about her life - as an executive, a mom and wife, and a woman who had always been fueled by optimism. In this episode, she shares how she built a bridge to a new norm and and why perspective is a powerful facilitator.