SkillPath Presents: Career Strategies for Working Women

Guest Anne Bonney returns to the podcast to wrap up season 3. In this episode, she shares how you define and establish goals, overcome obstacles and challenges that can setback your process, and make a plan for achieving your dreams.

On this episode, career mentor Toni Patterson joins host Michele Markey to share her tips for successfully changing careers (even in completely unrelated industries) without taking a pay cut or demotion.

Entrepreneur and leadership coach Alicia Dunams stops into the study with host Michele Markey to discuss how to build a brand that represents you.

What skills do you need to build your network? On this episode, SkillPath’s Vice President of Corporate Communications, Kara Cowie, joins host Michele Markey in the studio to share tips on developing skills to grow your network and embracing the challenges presented by networking.

What does a wellness program look like that results in physically, emotionally, socially and financially fit employees? Aja James and Mallory Jansen, entrepreneurs in the health and wellness industry, join host Michele Markey in the studio to share their perspectives on how their clients incorporate wellness into their lives and businesses, and how they are helping people achieve and maintain fit, fun and balanced lives.

Small business owner Cherron Castillo joined host Michele Markey to talk about making the transition from employee to business owner, what she’s learned from launching her business, and how she’s relied on mentors to be successful.

SkillPath Chief Learning Officer, Dave Fogelman, and unconscious bias expert, Ken Nicely, join host Michele Markey in an eye-opening discussion of the negative role unconscious bias can have on a company’s drive for diversity and inclusion, recruiting and hiring top talent and its overall culture.

Host Michele Markey discusses the problem of Imposter Syndrome with a roundtable of women who have seen and dealt with its negative effects and the consequences it could have had on their careers.

Trainer Jeanne d’Orleans brings her experience of being HR Director for two 1,500-employee companies to discuss one of the hottest topics in business today – putting a stop to sexual harassment and discrimination. Jeanne believes effective and constant training of all employees is the key to making a seismic impact in stopping the epidemic of harassment in today’s workplace.

Former U.S. Air Force officer and current trainer, Crystal Jonas stopped by the podcast studio to offer leadership insights gained during her years of service. Crystal and podcast host, Michele Markey, discuss the challenges women often face in the workplace when establishing themselves as a leader – especially in male-dominated industries – and how to overcome them.