Own Your Voice: Cultivating Voices of Impact

Own Your Voice: Cultivating Voices of Impact

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Own Your Voice: Cultivating Voices of Impact episodes

  • EP 39: Evolving Yourself + Your Personal Brand at Every Age

    Sahar Paz interviews Norma Kamali, fashion mogul, author, and a woman who proves you can evolve at any age.  This episode is a must for women in their 40’s and 50’s ready to own their voices. Walk away with these words of wisdom: 

    • Longevity and the power of possibilities in your 40’s. 
  • Questions you should ask yourself at 40, 45, and 50. 
  • Vitality, overcoming the feeling that it’s too late. 
  • Inspiration, and evolving at any age. 
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    Connect with Sahar Paz:  Instagram  |  LinkedIn

    Connect with Norma Kamali: Instagram  |  Facebook

    50 min
  • EP 38: Use Your Wardrobe to Reach Your Goals

    Sahar Paz interviews Wardrobe Stylist, Elsa Isaac about the power of getting dressed. Elsa has dressed celebrities, business moguls, to women in various leadership positions. In this episode we explore emerging from the cocoon of Covid why do we still need to dress for the job (or, the life) that we want, how to use your wardrobe as a powerful tool. 

    • After a year of being in loungewear, it's time to break out of the rut, learn why is it important to do so.
  • Learn how you can use your wardrobe to uplift yourself and your personal brand!
  • Learn how do we curate a wardrobe that is reflective of who you are NOW.
  • What is professional? How much of the patriarchy sets the tone for what is professional - let's talk about it!
  • Connect with Sahar Paz on Instagram + LinkedIn

    Connect with Elsa Isaac on Instagram 

     

    37 min
  • Ep 36: Courage, Core, and Overcoming Stereotypes

    In this episode of #OYVPodcast, Sahar Paz interviews Kimberly Lee Minor, CEO, and CMO of Bumbershoot, to get her to take on Diversity Equity and Inclusion, what personal branding has to do with DEI, and why we need to know who we are at the CORE.  Key takeaways are: 

    • Hello GenX! How leadership is changing, and how it’s not. 
  • Echo chambers on social media make conversations harder. 
  • Reframing hard conversations to honest conversations. 
  • Cognitive bias, what it has to do with you, your leadership, and your personal brand. 
  • MEET MY GUEST: 

    An award-winning executive with an impeccable record of building brands, finding the uncut diamonds, and creating product-based stories. Kimberly is a customer-focused brand advocate and marketer with expertise in building seamless, cross-functional life cycle product processes, digital to brick and mortar customer experiences, as well as recruitment, engagement, and retention enhancements. 

    Kimberly leveraged her years of leadership experience to create her company, Bumbershoot, a boutique consulting firm that provides cultural and market insights to help business leaders strategically reposition their cultures for collaboration and inclusivity to provide a welcoming and empowering community for career acceleration of women and people of color; creates content and builds networks for support, enrichment, and promotion of niche communities. 

    She is an empowering mentor and purpose-centric business leader. 

    Kimberly holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, and has completed coursework towards her MBA at Drexel University.  She holds an executive certificate in Leadership and Management from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. She and her husband have 2 sons and live in New Albany, OH.

    CONNECT WITH SAHAR + GUESTS

    @SaharPaz on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Clubhouse | Connect with Kimberly Lee Minor on Instagram and LinkedIn.

    40 min
  • Ep 35: Will Your Personal Brand Help You In Negotiations?

    In this episode of #OYVPodcast, Sahar Paz interviews Jackie Garcia  Executive Compensation Analyst to discuss leveraging your personal brand in negotiations, and how to discover new positions that have evolved from the pandemic. Episode 35  highlights include: 

    • The importance of Personal Branding from a compensation analyst perspective. 
  • Raising your value and finding your niche on LinkedIn. 
  • How to negotiate during a pandemic or down market.  
  • Tips for approaching salary negotiations. 
  • Words of Wisdom for future HR professionals
  • CONNECT WITH SAHAR AND JACKIE

    Jackie is an Executive Compensation Analyst at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. She is an accomplished corporate HR professional with extensive experience in strategic compensation, data analysis, M&A transactions, and developing/ implementing programs. She is a proponent of pay equity, negotiating for higher pay, and helping women know their worth.  

    In 2019, she founded Elevate Your Pay to help BIPOC women get paid what they deserve through pay equity, advocacy, education, and consulting. As a compensation professional, Jackie has seen the gender pay gap firsthand and is committed to sharing her knowledge to help women of color negotiate higher pay and close the gap.

    @SaharPaz on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Clubhouse | Connect with Jackie on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlgarcia2/

    24 min
  • Ep 34: Voice, Worth, and Raising Funds

    In this episode of #OYVPodcast, Sahar Paz interviews Olivia Owens, the Creator & General Manager of IFundWomen of Color to discuss your voice, your worth, and what it has to do with raising capital. episode 34 highlights include: 

    • Understanding your value internally before raising capital
  • Hype yourself up with your self-talk, read the “Untethered Soul”
  • Current status of funding for women of color
  • Your voice is your visibility
  • What your personal brand has to do with raising capital
  • Words of Wisdom from Miss Olivia Owens
  • @SaharPaz | @OliviaOwens | @ifundwomen 
  • MEET SAHAR’S GUEST: 

    Olivia Owens is the Creator & General Manager of IFundWomen of Color, the platform for women of color to raise capital through crowdfunding, grants, coaching, and the connections needed to launch and grow successful businesses. This funding ecosystem is designed to empower early-stage, women entrepreneurs and bridge the funding gap for women of color.

    Olivia was a founding team member of IFundWomen and managed Business Development and Partnerships. IFundWomen launched in 2016 and continues to help women raise millions of dollars in capital. Before launching IFundWomen of Color, Olivia’s leadership brokered critical partnerships to help scale the business (Unilever, Visa, adidas). She supported the creation of IFundWomen’s proprietary coaching program and helped build-out one of the nation’s largest connected communities of women business owners through the platform.

    Olivia previously held positions at Under Armour in People & Culture. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Maryland. 

    30 min
  • Ep 32: The Pillars of Personal Branding

    A new season of #OYVPodcast starts today dedicated to your personal brand in 2021. We kick off a collection of episodes with Sahar Paz talking to you about the pillars of personal branding in 2021, key takeaways for Episode 32 include: 

    • Pillar 1: Personal Branding is your approach. 
  • Pillar 2: How personal is your personal brand. 
  • Pillar 3: Making an impact, Diversity Equity Inclusion 
  • CONNECT WITH SAHAR 

    @SaharPaz on LinkedIn, Instagram and Clubhouse  

    19 min
  • Ep 33: Personal Branding From HR’s Perspective

    In this episode of #OYVPodcast, Sahar Paz interviews VP of Human Resources Elijah Bradshaw to get his take on personal branding, standing out on LinkedIn, and the importance of understanding emotions in the workplace. Key takeaways are: 

    • Personal Branding demystified from a human resource perspective. 
  • Getting clear on your lane of genius, from your bio to your CV. 
  • HR, company culture, and you. 
  • The importance of LinkedIn Recommendations.
  • How 2020 changed the recruiting talent landscape for hiring managers. 
  • The importance of Emotional Intelligence at the workplace. 
  • MEET OUR GUEST: 

    Elijah Bradshaw holds the Vice President of Human Resources position on Beeline's Human Resources team. As Vice President of Human Resources, Elijah Bradshaw is an essential member of Beeline's leadership. Elijah Bradshaw is entrusted with maintaining employees’ happiness, whether it be through perks, company outings, or benefits.

    CONNECT WITH SAHAR + GUESTS

    @SaharPaz on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Clubhouse | Connect with Elijah Bradshaw on LinkedIn.

    37 min
  • Ep 33: Personal Branding From HR’s Perspective

    In this episode of #OYVPodcast, Sahar Paz interviews VP of Human Resources Elijah Bradshaw to get his take on personal branding, standing out on LinkedIn, and the importance of understanding emotions in the workplace. Key takeaways are: 

    • Personal Branding demystified from a human resource perspective. 
  • Getting clear on your lane of genius, from your bio to your CV. 
  • HR, company culture, and you. 
  • The importance of LinkedIn Recommendations.
  • How 2020 changed the recruiting talent landscape for hiring managers. 
  • The importance of Emotional Intelligence at the workplace. 
  • MEET OUR GUEST: 

    Elijah Bradshaw holds the Vice President of Human Resources position on Beeline's Human Resources team. As Vice President of Human Resources, Elijah Bradshaw is an essential member of Beeline's leadership. Elijah Bradshaw is entrusted with maintaining employees’ happiness, whether it be through perks, company outings, or benefits.

    CONNECT WITH SAHAR + GUESTS

    @SaharPaz on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Clubhouse | Connect with Elijah Bradshaw on LinkedIn.

    37 min
  • Ep 32: Pillars of Personal Branding 2021

    A new season of #OYVPodcast starts today dedicated to your personal brand in 2021. We kick off a collection of episodes with Sahar Paz talking to you about the pillars of personal branding in 2021, key takeaways for Episode 32 include: 

    • Pillar 1: Personal Branding is your approach. 
  • Pillar 2: How personal is your personal brand. 
  • Pillar 3: Making an impact, Diversity Equity Inclusion 
  • CONNECT WITH SAHAR 

    @SaharPaz on LinkedIn, Instagram and Clubhouse  

    19 min

About Own Your Voice: Cultivating Voices of Impact

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All great leaders own their voice. This is something CEO and entrepreneur Sahar Paz knows all too well. With over 20 years experience coaching emotionally intelligent leaders, she's now bringing her…