Trill MBA Show - The Career Management Podcast for Black Women

Is Corporate America Using US? My #EssenceFest Recap

Two weeks ago, I was in New Orleans, Louisiana, living my best life with my cousins and friends, enjoying my friends work perks, and soaking in all the melanated joy of the 25th Annual Essence Festival.

In this episode, I’m going to share what I learned during my 4 days in Nawlins and give you some things to think about as we continue on our corporate journeys.

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Editing and Sound Design by Chris Mann of Podshaper

http://www.demetrialucas.com/about

https://blavity.com/why-my-black-is-beautiful-a-platform-powered-by-procter-gamble-is-on-a-mission-to-redefine-black

https://www.dictionary.com/e/definition-of-black/

https://youtu.be/xtPDOrpBhiA

https://www.ceoaction.com/

You Have To Manage Your Manager!

In this episode, I explain why you must manage your manager. Unfortunately, this task falls on you.  So today  I lay out why managing your manager is very important, how to determine the type of manager you have, and how to build a positive relationship with your manager, even if you don’t like her.

Remember, You got this…. now go forth and be great!!!

If you need some help, email me at [email protected].

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Sources:

Nine Types of Managers:

https://hbr.org/2015/01/what-everyone-should-know-about-managing-up

https://hbr.org/2005/01/managing-your-boss

https://www.themuse.com/advice/10-ways-to-get-your-boss-to-trust-you-completely

https://getlighthouse.com/blog/managing-up-advice-experienced-leaders/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-right-and-wrong-way-to-manage-up-at-the-office-1523366792

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understand-other-people/201304/eight-ways-manage-effectively

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rodgerdeanduncan/2018/05/26/why-managing-up-is-a-skillset-you-need/#76f62b1537fd

https://hbr.org/2014/12/overcoming-the-peter-principle :

Note in this article: In dealing with superiors, subordinates must navigate through a minefield of potential disasters by continually asking themselves six questions.

Mid-Year Check-In: How Are You Tracking On Your Objectives?

In this episode, we talk about what you need to do to set yourself up for success for the rest of the year.

We are past the halfway point for the year.  How are you tracking?  Are you going to hit your deliverables by the end of the year?  Are you working toward your next promotion?  How is that going?

Even if the first half hasn’t started out so well or gone as planned.  I have intentionally created 3 points of homework for you to implement this month.  My goal is that you go to work with intention and a plan to thrive!

Your Homework For July:

I expect that you will complete this, not for me, but for your career.  I’m just the messenger.  The ball is in your court.  I can only bring you to the water but I can’t make you drink it.

As always, if you need some help, email me at [email protected].

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Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number with Mrs. Adrienne.

We have successfully dealt with Sexism, Racism, Classism….  So what’s a little Ageism to US?

In this episode, one of my favorite coaching clients, Mrs. Adrienne, joins me for a conversation on Ageism.  Mrs. Adrienne is a phenomenal seasoned professional and mom to my favorite socialite twins in the whole wide world.  The coolest thing about this mother-daughter trio is that they all hold MBAs.

In 2018, Mrs. Adrienne found herself impacted by a huge corporate restructuring. She shares her story of being a seasoned professional back in a job market that isn’t the most appreciative of older workers.  You will leave this conversation inspired and limitless.

We talk about:

Share this episode with your aunties, moms, and grannies and keep all these tips in your back pocket…cause God willing you too will get “old.”

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Sound Clips:

Comedienne Tracie Walker

Lethal Weapon with Danny Glover and Mel Gibson

https://www.workandmoney.com/s/job-hunting-after-50-2e006189e00a45ab

https://www.themuse.com/advice/jobhunting-after-50-the-new-rules

https://www.topresume.com/career-advice/signs-of-ageism-in-the-workplace

Sis, It Might Be Time To Contact The EEOC with Anitra K. Brown, Esq.*

As Black Women, we find ourselves in some pretty rough and interesting situations at work. Most times we can use our resourcefulness to turn the situation around.

But what are we supposed to do when we can’t fix it and we find ourselves in a meeting with our manager and HR?

In this episode, we discuss what you need to do to protect yourself from the bad behavior of your coworkers and when it’s time for you to take yourself to the EEOC office and file a complaint.

Joining me today is EEOC expert and Bad Ass Sister Lawyer, Attorney Anitra K. Brown, Esq.  Anitra, a Southern California native, is the Assistant Director of Admissions for Howard University School of Law. She earned her Juris Doctorate from Campbell University Law School in Raleigh, NC in 2014. Prior to law school, she obtained a Master’s degree in Public Administration along with a Bachelor of Arts in French with a minor in English from Grambling State University.

Connect with Anitra:

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*Disclaimer – The materials in this episode are for informational purposes only and are not legal advice. You should not act or rely on any information from this episode without seeking advice from an attorney licensed to practice law in your jurisdiction. Neither the Trill MBA Show, Anitra K. Brown, nor use of information from this episode creates an attorney-client relationship.* 

Coaching Call Chronicles: How This Fortune 500 Treated A New MBA Grad Like Trash And Then Pushed Her Out

What would you do if you started a new job and you were being set up for complete failure?  Many of us don’t have fathers or mothers supplying a safe space to help us through challenging situations at work.

*TRIGGER WARNING*

In this episode, we hear a cautionary tale from an anonymous Corporate Warrior.  Documents were signed so we can only say so much but……

After graduating with her MBA from a top B-School, she joined a well known Fortune 500.  In one year, she found herself pushed right on out of the organization and living back at home.  What went wrong? What were the Red Flags?  We talk about it all in an interview you cannot afford to miss.

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Summer Internship Red Flags: Is This Company A Match or Nah?

It’s that time of year again….Summer Internships.  In Season 2 I did an episode called Secure The Internship Bag: Summer Schmoney Moves and a part 2 called Internship Midpoint: Summer Schmoney Moves Part 2.  In those episodes, I focused on very tactically tips for your whole summer.

In this episode, I want to focus on the signs you need to pay attention to as you complete your internship.  There are clear RED FLAGS, that will tell you that you need to run far away after your internship is over … even if you secure a full-time offer to join them after you graduate.  Some Bags Just Ain’t Worth It.

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Sound Credits:

Malcolm X Movie Clip

Editing and Sound Design by Chris Mann of Podshaper

I Am Not Your Negro: Respectability Politics w/ Zach Living Corporate Podcast (Part 2 Crossover Ep)

IT’S A CROSSOVER EPISODE Y’ALL  Listen to Part 1: Apple Podcast

In this episode, I have the honor and privilege of sitting down with Zach Nunn, co-host of the Living Corporate Podcast, to have an in-depth conversation about respectability politics, the origins of self-policing (spoiler alert: SLAVERY), how it manifest today in corporate America, and how you can identify and combat the coonery that may reside deep inside you.  It’s time to let our authentic selves be free!

About Zach Nunn

Living Corporate Podcast

Web: www.living-corporate.com

Social:

https://www.bupipedream.com/opinions/94369/the-problem-with-respectability-politics/

https://medium.com/@sheneversleeps/how-respectability-politics-stifle-black-self-expression-c162d9418ff

http://watercoolerconvos.com/2017/03/08/four-signs-that-you-might-subscribe-to-the-politics-of-respectability/

https://academic.oup.com/jcmc/article/23/3/163/4962541

Trinette Lindsey Real Estate Broker

Intimidating The Whites At Work? How You Can Address This Feedback

For all my Side Hustles, I had to take a bit of detour for the last episode of May.  I do have one more special episode for you to come in July.  Timing with the special guest didn’t work out…but keep rocking with me, I got you!  #WeAllWeGot

Happy Memorial Day!

In this episode, I address the very annoying, frustrating, and disheartening feedback that we are intimidating to our coworkers….specifically our white coworkers.  If you haven’t received this feedback, may you never, but just in case, keep the tips in this episode ready.

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How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Sound Credits:

Instrumental Knuck If You Buck by Crime Mob

Editing and Sound Design by Chris Mann of Podshaper

Trill Thoughts: What I Have Learned On My Career And Side Hustle Journey

For the month of May, episodes will feature amazing guests that are killing it in their careers and have executed passions outside of work to build Side Hustles, what I have learned about Career and Side Hustle and reasons you should have both.

In this episode, I share what I have learned since starting this podcast…which is my side hustle.  It has not been an easy road but it’s been a lot of growth, struggle, and accomplishments.

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No Balls Dropped: How One Corporate Warrior Is Successfully Juggling Career and Side Hustle with Erica Jones

You CAN Have Career, Side Hustle, and Family: Mother’s Day Inspiration with Timika Downes