The Power of Owning Your Career Podcast

In this week's episode of The Power of Owning Your Career Podcast, Simone interviews Danielle Hansen. Danielle is the CEO of Strategic Training Endeavors. She says her formula for owning her career is embracing any opportunity that presents itself. Embrace job and education opportunities and see it as an opportunity to move forward. She says figure out how to step up and try something new. Move past fear and anxiety knowing you have the value and drive to succeed.

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Women's History Feature:

Serial Entrepreneur Samantha Williams is this week's guest on The Power of Owning Your Career Podcast. Sammi talks about gaining the courage to assume the driver's seat in her career. She reminisces on her journey in Corporate America with a side hustle. Despite non-believers, Sammi's drive allowed her to embrace her passions and become a full time serial entrepreneur with three businesses. Listen to this week's episode and get your dose of career empowerment.

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About Samantha Williams:

Samantha (Sammi) Williams, M.S., is a content strategist with over twenty years of writing experience. She founded the content development firm, Sam's Word, LLC in 2015, with the goal of alleviating the writing burden of others. Writing has been a natural passion for Sammi, and she leverages those skills through the facilitation of business development, social media, marketing, and communication workshops. When Sammi is not providing training to other businesses, she assists businesses with content development, editing, proofreading, copywriting, and more.

Women's History Feature - Sand Symes

Sand Symes is a modern medicine woman, coach, spiritual teacher, shamanic practitioner, and intuitive healing guide. She is also the Founder of Rise as She - a global community of Awakened womxn. Sand sits down with Simone and talks about the journey to finding her voice and highlights how one discussion that burst her career dreams set her on a new course that instill a strong determination to support and guide others in their careers. You don't want to miss all the gems from this week's episode.

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Women's History Feature - Andrea Sengara

Andrea Sengara, VP of Marketing at Campari is this week's guest on the Power of Owning Your Career Podcast. Andrea takes us on her career journey and tells us why she said no to her dream job. Learn how she continues to win her career and get your weekly dose of career empowerment. You don't want to miss all the gems from this week's episode.

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More About Andrea:

Andrea Sengara is a seasoned global marketing leader. She has more than two decades of experience within the beverage alcohol industry, including over a decade implementing innovative strategies in senior leadership roles across Diageo, Combs Enterprises, and most recently Moet Hennessey LVMH.

Sengara oversees all facets of marketing for Campari Group's premium portfolio of brands, such as Aperol®, Campari®, SKYY Vodka®, Espolòn Tequila®, Grand Marnier® and Wild Turkey® – from groundbreaking innovation to digital transformation. In an industry where brands are inherently social, Sengara will explore what experiences and consumer engagement looks like in a post-COVID environment – identifying new opportunities to help consumers discover and experience Campari America's portfolio of brands.

Women's History Feature - Stephanie Simoni

Award Winning Anchor and Reporter, Stephanie Simoni is this week's guest on the Power of Owning Your Career Podcast. Stephanie sits down with Simone and talks about her journey and how being steadfast on her career goal served her well. She talks about knowing when to say no, knowing when to say goodbye to family for new opportunities, and managing motherhood successfully. You don't want to miss all the gems from this week's episode.

More About Stephanie:

Stephanie Simoni joined News 8 as a reporter, returning home to her native New England, in June of 2012.

Simoni has covered stories ranging from Savannah's mayoral delegation in China, to fatal flash flooding at an Arkansas campground. Since returning to the Northeast, she was on the scene during Hurricane Sandy, the Sandy Hook school shooting, and the Bridgeport train collision.

Simoni was an award-winning reporter and morning anchor for Little Rock's KATV. While at WJCL, she established the first consumer beat in Savannah, GA. Stephanie even covered the Women's NCAA tournament, while interning for WTOP, a Washington, D.C. radio station.

In this bonus episode of The Power of Owning Your Career Podcast, Simone interviews Bridgett McGowen-Hawkins, Compiler and Editor of Upward: Leadership Lessons of Women on the Rise. Bridgett and Simone discuss how this new book came about and how they collaborated together to create a historical contribution to celebrate Women's History Month. The book officially launches on March 8, 2021.

Learn more about the Upward Book Project at www.theupwardbook.com.

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In this week's episode of The Power of Owning Your Career, Simone interviews Sales Guru Heidi Solomon-Orlick who takes us back to her start at Saks Fifth Avenue. She opens up about the necessity for courage, standing in your truth, and embracing pivots as she shares her journey the driver's seat. Heidi says we must find our career super power and start using it. Listen as she shares her formula for owning her career. Be empowered to take responsibility for your career.

👉🏾To reach Heidi, connect with her on LinkedIn.

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More About Heidi:

Heidi Solomon-Orlick is an accomplished BPO industry veteran with over 30 years' experience in global sales and executive leadership. She currently serves as Vice President of Global Sales for VXI Global Solutions, a $600 million multi-national outsourcing company. Heidi is Founder and CEO of GirlzWhoSell, a company committed to closing the gender gap in B2B sales and to building the largest pipeline of future female sales talent. Heidi is also the Founder of the Women's Impact Network, an organization addressing the unique needs of women over fifty and tackling ageism in the workplace. Heidi is a venture investor in women, minority and LGBTQI owned businesses, is a SheEO Activator, Chief Story Teller for the podcast Making of HERstory and a frequent industry keynote speaker. She is an avid champion for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Black History Month Feature - Dr. Fred McKinney

In this week's episode of The Power of Owning Your Career, Simone interviews the Carlton Highsmith Chair for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Quinnipiac University, Dr. Fred McKinney, who shares his inspirational career story. He says he got the entrepreneurial bug at a young age. Listen as he shares his formula for owning his career. Be empowered as we celebrate black history in the making.

Tips from Dr. Fred: 👉🏾Own Your Career (Be Responsible) 👉🏾Give Help To Others 👉🏾Say Yes To Opportunities 👉🏾Learn from setbacks

Plus, some black history nuggets.

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More About Dr. Fred:

Dr. Fred McKinney is the Carlton Highsmith Chair for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Director of the People's United Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the Quinnipiac University School of Business. At Quinnipiac, Dr. McKinney is responsible for teaching entrepreneurship and being a catalyst for entrepreneurship on campus with students, teachers, staff, and the business community.

From 1983-1987, Dr. McKinney taught health economics, statistics, and microeconomics as a tenure-track assistant professor at Brandeis University's Heller School for Advanced Studies in Social Policy. In 1987, he became a full-time assistant professor at the University of Connecticut, School of Business. At UConn, Dr. McKinney taught managerial economics, forecasting, and healthcare economics in the MBA and Executive MBA programs. During his academic career, Dr. McKinney also pursued entrepreneurship. He started a successful wholesale gourmet coffee company in New Haven, CT, as well as a second company based on his own U.S. patent for a system of dispensing whole bean coffee in a retail environment.

In 2001, Dr. McKinney became president and chief executive officer of the Connecticut Minority Supplier Development Council (CMSDC), one of the smaller regional affiliates of the National Minority Supplier Development Council. Dr. McKinney and his team built the CMSDC into one of the largest councils in the network. During his tenure, the CMSDC became the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council. While at CMSDC, Dr. McKinney executed two non-profit acquisitions, raised millions of dollars in public and private foundation support, and grew the Council's staff from three to 16 full-time employees. He left CMSDC to serve as managing director of minority business programs at the Tuck School of Business.

Dr. McKinney has served in leadership positions for numerous boards, including Gateway Community College Foundation, Yale New Haven Health Care's Bridgeport Hospital, The American Automobile Association of Connecticut, Habitat for Humanity, The Community's Bank, and The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Community Advisory Committee.

Dr. McKinney earned a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. in economics from Yale Graduate School of Economics. While pursuing his Ph.D., Dr. McKinney spent two summers at the Rand Corporation on domestic economic policy and one year on the White House Council of Economic Advisers.

Black History Month Feature

In this week's episode of The Power of Owning Your Career, Simone interviews Media Monetization Mentor, Political Commentator, and Race & Gender Empowerment Expert. Dr. Avis shares her inspirational career story highlighting how a sabbatical changed her career trajectory. She says we must break out of our career boxes and follow our hearts. Listen as she shares her formula for owning her career. Be empowered as we celebrate black history in the making.

Dr. Avis mentioned these resources:👇🏾👇🏾

👉🏾Sell or Be Sold by Grant Cardone

👉🏾How Exceptional Black Women Lead by Avis Jones-DeWeever, PhD

👉🏾To reach Dr Avis, visit http://avisjonesdeweever.com/ or https://mediamonetizationmentor.com

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More About Dr. Avis:

Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever, is an Award-Winning Author, International Speaker, Political Commentator, and Race & Gender Empowerment Expert. As a serial entrepreneur, Dr. Avis serves as the Founding President of the Washington DC Boutique Consulting Firm, Incite Unlimited, along with The Exceptional Leadership Institute and World Changers Media, LLC, Dr. Avis' organizations offer leadership, diversity & inclusion, and media training along with communications strategy development and the implementation of impactful research. Her clients include major corporations, non-profit organizations and governmental entities based both domestically and abroad. Dr. Avis formerly served as the youngest ever Executive Director of the National Council of Negro Women, a historic membership organization touching the lives of over four million women of African descent worldwide. She's had the honor of being the Keynote Speaker to President Obama's Inaugural President of the United States' Young African Leaders Summit and was a Featured Speaker before the World Bank. Currently, Dr. Avis regularly conducts workshops and trainings on women's empowerment, political representation and power, and entrepreneurial success on behalf of U.S. Embassies across the globe.

Denise Canady is the Chief Compliance Officer at Marrakech, Inc. She is this week's guest on The Power of Owning Your Career Podcast. She says she navigated her way from single mother on welfare to an Executive role. Listen as Denise says we must:

👉🏾Find our value sweet spot and provide it

👉🏾See ourselves in future roles and plan our paths accordingly

👉🏾Pay attention to role descriptions and be strategic about growing our skills

👉🏾Have a trusted advisory board where we can gain guidance on career moves

👉🏾Be courageous in using our voice to create change

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More About Denise:

Denise Canady is the Chief Compliance Officer with Marrakech Inc. She began her career with Marrakech as a student at the Academy for Human Service Training. After completing the 16-week comprehensive training program, Denise began working part-time as a program counselor and was steadily promoted during her 24-year tenure. She serves on several internal and external committees and advisory councils, namely, Marrakech's Safety, Staff Recognition, Outcomes Steering, Charting the Life Course Trajectory Committees, as well as Marrakech's Multicultural Advisory Council. Her external committee involvement includes the initial licensing and legislation and regulations sub-committees through the State of Connecticut. Denise also serves on the board of directors for United Investment, LLC and Elephant in the Room Boxing Gym. Denise is currently pursuing a degree in Nursing.