The People First Podcast

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Nancy Weston, a recent retiree from the American Red Cross about people-based vs. results-based cultures. Devin and Nancy open with a discussion about Nancy’s background and her realization of the favor towards a results-based culture. Drawing on her experiences, Devin and Nancy then discuss the actions that she took in order to establish a people-first culture in her professional and personal life, as well as the concept of “discretionary effort”. The conversation wraps up with advice to listeners about establishing people-first cultures in their own working worlds.

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Jon Sousa chats with Christian Jones and Chastity Escalante, co-founders of Professional Young Things about being a professional and entrepreneur in 2021. Jon, Christian, and Chastity open up with a discussion about being a professional in 2021, and just how much that has changed in the past year and a half. They continue with a chat around entrepreneurship, and how just like being a professional, how much that has changed as well. The conversation wraps up with advice to listeners about improving their personal brand.

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On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Sweetie Browne, Chief of Staff for IoT Sales at Cisco about building your tribe. Devin and Sweetie open with a discussion about defining what exactly is meant by “finding your tribe” and how Sweetie found her own in her life. Devin and Sweetie continue with a discussion around exactly what Sweetie has done to bring the tribe mentality into her personal and professional life today. Devin and Sweetie wrap up with advice to listeners about starting their own tribe.

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Em Radkowski, VP of Global GTM Operations at DataRobot, and a fierce advocate for the LGBTQIA community about work-life balance, and more specifically, the idea of having a “work self” and a “life self”. Devin and Em open with a discussion about Em’s background and the interesting concept of having two separate work and life identities. Devin and Em continue talking some of the things that Em did after her personal discoveries and how it has shown up in her personal and professional life. They then wrap up with a chat about some recommended resources and advice if the conversation resonated with listeners today.

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Jon Sousa chats with Stetson Olaye, an Operations Engineer at Canoe Ventures and a member of the PFP leadership team about following passions. Jon and Stetson open with a discussion about Stetson’s personal passion for real estate, and how he is working on it day-to-day. Jon and Stetson continue talking about furthering ones learning as it relates to your passion and not being afraid to fail. Jon and Stetson wrap up with a discussion around following multiple passions and trusting your process.

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Jon Sousa flys solo and recaps Season 2 of the People First Podcast. Jon highlights a few episodes that were both impactful to him and act as a good starting point for people who may be stumbling upon the podcast for the first time. Jon wraps up by briefly talking about the plans for Season 3 of the podcast.

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Jon Sousa chats with Olivia Sousa, a sixth-grade math and science teacher about teaching with empathy and grace. Jon and Olivia open with a discussion about challenges that Olivia faced during the teach/learn from home period and how she overcame them. Jon and Olivia continue talking about how Olivia has taught with empathy and grace during the past year and a half and how she is teaching her students how to recognize and manage their emotions. Jon and Olivia wrap up with some advice for parents as their children return to school this fall.

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Dexter Evans, a library sales rep, co-author, and entrepreneur about recognizing doors of opportunity. Devin and Dexter open with a discussion about a personal story around how a leader helped Dexter identify various doors to opportunity. Devin and Dexter continue talking about the idea of paying it forward, and how each of them is doing that in their personal and professional life. Devin and Dexter wrap up with a discussion around one’s obligation to open doors to opportunity for others.

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Jeff Boynton, an enterprise software sales veteran and newest member of the People First Professionals’ about PFP’s new project, the betterMEnt book club. Devin and Jeff talk about the inception of Jeff’s idea/passion for creating a book club, and discuss Jeff’s lifelong passion for self-improvement, specifically through reading. Devin and Jeff continue talking about the correlation between one’s reading frequency and their emotional intelligence and how it has personally shown up in Jeff’s life. Devin and Jeff wrap up with a discussion around the specifics of the betterMEnt book club and how listeners can get involved, should they so chose.

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Jamelyn Banuelos, Director of Philanthropy at People First Professionals and a Customer Success Leader at AppDynamics about all things self-awareness. Devin and Jamelyn talk about Jamelyn’s moment that self-awareness came to the forefront of her own life, and the things that she has uncovered about self-awareness in her personal and professional life throughout her ongoing EQ journey. Devin and Jamelyn continue with a discussion around how experience, power, and title can lead to a self-awareness trap. Devin and Jamelyn wrap up with a discussion around self-care's relation to self-awareness and some tips and tricks for those looking to improve their own self-awareness, including a challenge to you the listener!