The Keys to the Office Podcast

By Kristina Butler

Welcome to The Keys to the Office podcast, your go-to source for career development insights tailored to BIPOC professionals. Join us as experienced leaders share practical tips, actionable advice, an... more

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April 11, 2023 Unlocking the Power of LinkedIn: How College Students Can Leverage Their Profiles to Land Their Dream Job
Are you a college student looking to land your dream job?
In today's competitive job market, having a strong online presence is essential. In this episode, we explore the power of LinkedIn for college students and how they can leverage their profiles to stand out in a crowded job market. We share practical tips and strategies for optimizing LinkedIn profiles, developing a compelling personal brand, and effectively networking with industry professionals. We also discuss the critical role of career services teams in colleges and universities in supporting students' career development and building a professional online presence.
Join us as we unlock the power of LinkedIn and help college students unleash their full potential.
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10min
February 14, 2023 Unlocking Success w/ MaBinti Yillah: Serial Entrepreneur and Mental Health Advocate
MaBinti Yillah, a serial entrepreneur and startup founder, is on a mission to improve access to mental health in the Muslim community, facing a formidable challenge of unqualified and culturally incompetent mental health providers and a lack of trust from an already marginalized community.

You will learn:
1. MaBinti Yillah's journey from working in government to becoming a serial entrepreneur, executive producer, and startup founder.
2. How influential fictional characters and real-life examples of black excellence have been on MaBinti Yillah's journey.
3. MaBinti Yillah's mission to improve access to mental health care in the Muslim community with her startup, Ziefah Health.
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59min
January 31, 2023 Dive Into Financial Services with Dana Wilson: Breaking Barriers & Building Teams
Against all odds, Dana Wilson, the CEO and founder of Chip, is determined to unapologetically break barriers, close the wealth gap and create real change by helping individuals build and scale their financial team.

You will learn:
1. Exploring Reinvention in the Financial Industry
2. Investigating How to Find Mentorship and A Tribe
3. Examining How Language and Access Affects Financial Opportunities.
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51min
January 10, 2023 Navigating Mentorship in Real Estate - Rashida Clarke's Journey from Community Organizer to Rock Star in the Industry
When Rashida Clarke, a Hampton native and full-time entrepreneur, decided she couldn't wait for someone else to recognize her potential, she jumped into the unpredictable world of real estate without a mentor, only to find that the odds were stacked against her success.

"I wanted to help people who knew that fast forward so many years, I'd end up helping people, but in a different capacity. Right. Like, not as a social worker, but still using that passion to help others."

Rashida Clarke is a Hampton native, full-time entrepreneur, and real estate rock star. She has an extensive background in community outreach and youth engagement, and has been a real estate agent for eight years.

Rashida Clarke is a Hampton native who decided to pursue a career in real estate after feeling unsatisfied with her job in community outreach and youth engagement. She took a chance on real estate, and has been successful in it for eight years, despite the high turnover rate. She emphasizes the importance of mentorship in the industry, and the need to find a brokerage with a rookie program to get the training and resources needed to succeed. She also explains the difference between a real estate agent, a broker, and a Realtor, and how a brokerage can create teams of agents. Despite the joys of the job, there are still obstacles to overcome.

In this episode, you will learn the following:
1. The importance of mentorship and how it can help prevent failure in the real estate industry.
2. The difference between real estate agent and Realtor, and what a brokerage is.
3. The obstacles to succeeding in the real estate industry, and why the turnover rate is so high.

Quotes:
"You don't have to jump head first into this space full time. Tiptoe into it on a part time basis."

"Do not believe everything you see on social media."

"You've got to have some marketing money. You got to have some money to pay your bills. You got some money to put gas in your car."

Rashida's Major Key:
Reach out to an agent wherever you are and have coffee with them or go have lunch. Ask them about their experience in the market and use that to make a more informed decision.

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Main Website: https://thekeystotheoffice.com/
Podcast Website: https://www.thekeystotheofficepodcast.com/

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CONTACT
For all business inquiries, please email: [email protected]
Phone Number: (804) 766-5768
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44min
December 06, 2022 Season 2 Shout-Outs and Season 3 Preview
I love these recap episodes because it's yet another opportunity to recognize each of you - the Keys family, my guests, and those who are simply curious about just what we talk about here. Thank you!

S2 E1: Marketing Career Chat with Latina Marketing Mompreneur, Tatiana Chamorro

S2 E2: Film Industry Career Chat with Pete Alcide

S2 E3: Nursing Career Chat with Legal Nurse Consultant/Nurse Practitioner, Tina Baxter

S2 E4: Attorney Career Chat with Victims Rights Attorney, Rachel W. Robinson, Esq.

S2 E5: Multi-Passionate Entrepreneur Chat with Damon "DaRil" Nailer

S2 E6: Nonprofit Career Chat with Sabrina Walker Hernandez

S2 E7: News Anchor Career Path Chat with Vanessa Echols

S2 E8: Sofiat Abdulrazaaq: From Tucker High to Tech CEO

S2 E9: From Financial Trauma to Financial Transformation: Tremaine Wills' Journey to Mind Over Money

S2 E10: The Journey to Career Joy with Mary Adeyemi

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Main Website: https://thekeystotheoffice.com/
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CONTACT
For all business inquiries, please email: [email protected]
Phone Number: (804) 766-5768
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18min
November 22, 2022The Journey to Career Joy with Mary Adeyemi
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In this episode, Kristina and Mary talked all things career progression as two industry sisters who support each other from a distance. Mary's work in the UK is aligned with the work Kristina does here in the US and the gems dropped in this episode help individuals at all stages of their career. Check out the full episode!

HIGHLIGHTS:
Mary Mosope Adeyemi is a passionate, people-oriented, and purpose-driven woman who successfully walks the tightrope of business and social pursuits. She is an award-winning investment professional with a long tenure working with global investment banks. Alongside her functional role, Mary has spent thousands of hours developing, executing, and managing talent recruitment and training programs, focusing on early career professionals. This passion for personal development and equitable career growth led her to found her social-first organization, viSHEbility, and write her debut book: Visible Strengths.

In this episode, you will learn the following:
How to combine multiple passions into one career

Why we need a variety of mentors and sponsors who may look and sound very different from us

The key steps to realizing the beauty of “career joy”

QUOTABLES:
“Mentors can look and sound very different. They don't have to always look like you. If they do, great, and you're able to get something out of them...fantastic. If they don't, that's okay, too. The fact is that as human beings we're more alike than we think actually and so the moment you can give space for people to contribute to your life and be open to receiving that then the more sort of places you can connect. I fundamentally believe in humanity and that people are constantly probably more looking for how to help rather than how to hurt.”

“Unfortunately, we’ve turned forming relationships (or networking) as a transaction, but it’s about finding points of connection.

“Finding career joy really is being in a place where you’re using what’s most natural to you to drive forward the agenda of your organization to contribute value in a way that is super tangible. But also to do that in a way that you are growing yourself and you’re also achieving your own goals.”

“Many of us are constantly living out somebody else’s life, unfortunately.”

MARY’S MAJOR KEY:
“Self-Awareness! Just know yourself and to thyself, be true.” Who are you and how are you going to show up as your full self at home and at work?

RESOURCES:
Check out her website at viSHEbility
Purchase Mary’s book, Visible Strengths, on Amazon!

Let’s Stay Connected!
Interested in working with me 1:1? Schedule your FREE Discovery Call today!

Main Website: https://thekeystotheoffice.com/
Podcast Website: https://www.thekeystotheofficepodcast.com/

Check out my favorite home office finds in my Amazon Storefront!

CONTACT
For all business inquiries, please email: [email protected]
Phone Number: (804) 766-5768
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1h
November 15, 2022 From Financial Trauma to Financial Transformation: Tremaine Wills' Journey to Mind Over Money
If you're feeling like your actions towards financial success are not working, then this episode is for you!

"If you're interested in financial services and you can identify a particular group that needs a particular solution, that could be your lane."

Tremaine Wills is an investment advisor, tax strategist, accountant, and owner of Mind Over Money. She is a Hampton University grad and a lover of black women doing great things.

This is Tremaine Wills' story...

Tremaine Wills grew up with a single mother and experienced a lot of financial trauma in her childhood. This trauma led to her self-sabotaging her own wealth and not believing that she could be wealthy herself. In 2014, she started coaching people on financial matters and helping them to overcome their own financial trauma. In 2020, she decided to open her own RIA and become a financial advisor. She has since been on a journey of shedding her old belief system and growing into her new role.

In this episode, you will learn the following:
1. The journey of self-transformation that an individual must go through in order to become a successful financial advisor
2. The importance of mindset in financial success
3. The impact that one's upbringing and experiences can have on their ability to give financial advice

Resources:
Mind Over Money - https://mindovermoney.net/
Connect with Tremaine on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tremainewills
Follow Tremaine on IG and Twitter - @tremainewills

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34min
November 08, 2022Sofiat Abdulrazaaq: From Tucker High to Tech CEO
In this podcast episode, Kristina interviews Sofiat (Sofie) Abdulrazaaq, the co-founder and CEO of Goodfynd, a payments platform for food trucks, helping foodies find their favorite food trucks while helping food truck owners (usually BIPOC immigrants) grow their business. Sofie is one of a small number of Black women founders who have raised over $1 million (in fact, she’s raised over $3 million), and she’s just getting started. What does it take to be a successful Black female CEO in the fintech industry? Get your notepads ready and check out the full episode!

"You have to be comfortable being yourself in spite of not seeing yourself."

HIGHLIGHTS:
Sofie is the CEO and co-founder of Gooodfynd, a fintech company that provides an app for food truck vendors and patrons. She is a lawyer by training and has used her skills to build a company that is focused on privacy and data security.

This is Sofie's story...

She is the CEO of a fintech company and her career path wasn't linear at all. She initially thought she was going to be a lawyer, but really found a love for fintech through her first job at Wells Fargo. She went to law school, but really leaned into classes that were about tech in the law, privacy in the law,

In this episode, you will learn the following:
1. How Sofie's education in the legal field has helped her in the fintech space
2. What it is like being a Black woman in the white male dominated fintech industry
3. The importance of mentorship, both at home and in the workplace, and the distinction between mentorship and sponsorship

QUOTABLES:
"I'm not going to be outworked. I'm not going to be outmaneuvered."
"I know I'm going to bring my A-game no matter what!"
"It doesn't matter that 99% of the people that are in this space don't look like me because I'm going to come to the table anyway."
"I'm not going to feel othered. I'm not going to feel less than."
"You can't reflect to me energy that I'm not giving you."
"It has been a welcomed experience because I welcome myself."
"We have to reframe the narrative and think about what makes us powerful and I do think that our family units is one of them."

SOFIE'S MAJOR KEYS:
You need to not only invest in the knowledge of your company, but you need to invest in understanding how to translate that into VC.
You do not want a yes from the wrong person! Every time you get a NO, think of that as a gift.
Go at it the Nike way - Just Do It! The best advice is not to take any advice. Be informed, but do not be obsessed with anyone's pathway.

RESOURCES:
Check out Goodfynd: https://www.goodfynd.com/
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November 01, 2022News Anchor Career Path Chat with Vanessa Echols
In today's episode, we talk to Vanessa Echols who spent 40 years as an award winning television news anchor and reporter. Unlike many, Vanessa knew early on that she was heading in this direction because of her love for reading the newspaper and watching the news at a young age. Vanessa has recently retired and become a published author! And guess what...one lucky listener will get a copy of her new book, We're In Heaven and I Have Some Questions. You have to listen to the entire episode to learn how!

HIGHLIGHTS
Her Education Journey: Vanessa stayed curious and enjoyed reading and writing. She took on many roles in high school that gave her exposure to skills needed in this career - she wrote for the school newspaper, she was a yearbook editor, and she did the morning announcements. As a Communications major at the University of Alabama, she worked at the campus television station thereby further building her resume with skills and experience. She knew her knowledge needed to be vast so she enrolled in multiple courses beyond her creative writing and communications curriculum.
Her Support System: Her parents were very supportive of all of her ideas and believed she could do anything she put her mind to.
Television Media Obstacles/Challenges: In the early 80s, she was the only black woman on the staff on air in her market. There was no access to mentors back then, either.
Mentorship/Networking: Don't be afraid to reach out to those you see in your area who you'd like to connect with. The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is also a great resource that provides the opportunity to find a mentor.
Her Cancer Battle: She will always be an advocate because the increased risk of dying from breast cancer as a Black woman. It presented an opportunity for her to show others just how deeply rooted her faith was.
VANESSA'S MAJOR KEYS
BE PREPARED - watch the newscast, read the newspaper, and news magazines
BE PERSISTENT - you might not get the first job you apply for
DON'T BE AFRAID TO FAIL - it can be scary, but do it scared

CONNECT WITH VANESSA
Website - https://www.vanessaecholswriter.com/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheVEchols
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vanessaechols/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VanessaEcholsWriter/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-echols-3136209/
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@vanessaecholswriter
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27min
October 25, 2022Nonprofit Career Chat with Sabrina Walker Hernandez
In this episode, Kristina sits down with Sabrina Walker Hernandez, a certified consultant, coach, facilitator, & bestselling author who helps nonprofits and small businesses build relationships that increase revenue. She shares the good, the bad, and the not-so-pleasant path to her success. She was strategic in her planning process as a mom and spouse with a defined window of time to complete her education. Check out the full episode for more!

"In anything in life, building relationships is the key." - Sabrina Walker Hernandez

HIGHLIGHTS:
Career Goals: As a child, Sabrina fell in line with what her family wanted her to be which was an attorney. It wasn't until her internship in her senior year that she discovered her interest in the nonprofit space.
Family Support: Her parents had a limited education background and they were devastated when she told them she wasn't going to law school. She explained her detailed plans to them and they shifted to supporting her goals...even though they weren't quite clear on what lied ahead for her.
Military Career: Sabrina shared her story about "running away from home" and joining the US Army, which eventually covered the full cost of her education - undergrad and grad school.
Education Journey: She earned college credit instead of monetary compensation for her internship. It exposed her to the legal community.
Her advice to college students: take an internship to build your network, clarify your career path, and learn critical soft skills. It's not just about the degree.
Mentorship: As she grew up, she was exposed to those in the military...not necessarily those who went to college. She naturally followed that path of those informal mentors in her community. Her first boss mentored her and it had a huge impact in her success. Sabrina mentors one person per year. FYI - be sure to listen to the entire episode to hear more about her application process. Beyond mentoring professionals, Sabrina works with local students in a program known as VAMOS. Learn more about it here.
SABRINA'S MAJOR KEY:
Build relationships with your college classmates. The network is critical. Who is the student next to you and who is in their network? Every opportunity is a networking opportunity.

CONNECT WITH SABRINA:
Website - https://supportingworldhope.com/
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30min

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How many episodes does The Keys to the Office Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.