Yalonda Brown is a seasoned professional with 20 years of experience in both the private and public sectors. She serves as the president of diversity initiatives for Engage Mentoring and leads an expansion of diversity-focused mentoring and leadership programs for companies, universities, and nonprofits.


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Website: https://engagementoring.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yalonda-brown-msol-cyc-p-315bb723/


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131. The Importance of Mentorship to Organizations and DE+I (feat. Yalonda Brown)

People are at the center of every business--or at least they should be. "Bringing the Human back to Human Resources" is a podcast hosted by Traci Chernoff, a Senior Director of Employee Engagement, who has spent 10 years in critical HR leadership roles. Traci explores the delicate balance between people and business and destigmatizes what it means to be in "Human Resources". Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hrtraci/support

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In this explicit, shocking, and insane episode, your HR nightmare story submissions are read - plus, I share a few of my own!  Thanks to all who submitted stories :)
 
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176. Replay Series: Ep. 104 - Fornication in the Fitting Room: Sharing your HR Nightmare Stories

Carrington Smith Trabue, known as "Carrie" to her friends and colleagues, is the founder and President of Carrington Legal Search and best-selling author of "Blooming." A lawyer by training, Carrington left her litigation practice in 2000 to pursue her passion for connecting people. 
 
Over the last twenty years, Carrington has become the trusted search partner to a host of Fortune 500 companies, venture-backed start-ups, and AMLAW 100 law firms. Her executive search experience focuses primarily on legal and compliance searches in the financial services and technology verticals, but at the request of her clients, has expanded to include searches for other executive roles. Her law firm partner search experience includes office openings, expansions, groups, and individual partner moves.
 
Carrington has interviewed thousands of executives routinely asking them: "We all have moments in life that define us. Please tell me about a moment that shaped you and how it did." During the pandemic, Carrington authored "Blooming" as her answer to this question and her effort to help anyone who is struggling in life or career. 
 
Connect with Carrie:
Carrington-Smith.com
carringtonlegal.com⁠
https://www.linkedin.com/in/carriesmithtrabue/
Instagram: @carringtonatx
 
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175. Celebrating Your Uniqueness and Embracing Your Past: Insights from Carrington Smith Trebu

Dr. Brad Harris joins the podcast to discuss having a growth mindset, ditching imposter syndrome, and how to find an organization that is closely aligned to the values we hold as individuals.  
  
Dr. Brad Harris, Ph.D. is a Professor of Management and Human Resources at HEC Paris and a co-founder of People Leader Accelerator. He has co-authored two books, 3D Team Leadership: A New Approach for Complex Teams (Stanford, 2017) and Scaling for Success: People Priorities People Priorities for High Growth Organizations (Columbia, 2021). His research has been published in leading academic journals and cited in popular outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, CNBC, Inc.com, and Fast Company. Brad holds a Ph.D. from Texas A&M; University and previously taught at the University of Illinois and Texas Christian University. Brad has won multiple teaching awards for his work in leadership development, including an international recognition from Poets and Quants.  
  
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174. Replay Series: Ep. 105 - What's the Key to a Growth Mindset and Aligned Values? It Depends. (feat. Dr. Brad Harris)

Gianna is the Co-Founder and Practice Leader at Vita Assure, a Canadian brokerage firm that specializes in employee benefits for small and medium-sized enterprises in Quebec and Ontario.
 
Vita Assure works with all insurance providers, including Canada Life, Manulife Financial, Sun Life Financial, and many more,to offer thousands of their clients’ employees the best group insurance, group retirement, employee wellness, and other non-traditional employee benefits at a lower cost.
 
Canada's workplaces are undergoing enormous transformation, and as a result, businesses must make significant employee benefit adjustments.
 
Gianna has 20 years of experience working with the payroll, HR, and finance departments to create employee benefit plans that take into account the changing demands of the workforce.
 
In the past, she developed an accelerated curriculum for insurance professionals seeking certification in group insurance and published 360 Degrees of Group Insurance, a training guide on industry best practices.
 
Connect with Gianna:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/giannaricciardi/
https://www.vitaassure.com/#benefits


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173. Creating a Competitive Advantage through Modern Benefits (feat. Gianna Ricciardi)

This week, Clark aka HRShark joins me for a discussion on how he got to where he is today in his "9-5" and on social media. Clark is widely popular on TikTok and Instagram because of his Evil HR impersonations, sharing tips for advancing in your career, and for making us all laugh about the realities of our jobs. 
  
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131. The Importance of Mentorship to Organizations and DE+I (feat. Yalonda Brown)

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