Werk Stories

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Werk Stories episodes

August 14, 2024 ImmiGRIT: Ukeme's Werk Story
Ukeme Awakessien Jeter is multi-hyphenate turned mayor of Upper Arlington, Ohio, the first city council member of color in the town's history. She shares how her career trajectory was shaped by her immigration to the U.S. from from Nigeria. Check out her book ImmiGRIT: How Immigrant Leadership Drives Business Success.

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32 min
August 07, 2024 Unmuting Your Intuition w/ Mory Fontanez
Mory Fontanez is an author, intuitive life & leadership coach, podcast host and founder of Eight22 Group, a transformation consultancy. She's helping us tap into our intuitions to become better leaders.
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40 min
April 10, 2024 Bully-Proof: Joi’s Werk Story
Season Six Finale: Werk Stories host, Joi, gives her interviewer chair to podcast producer and season 2 guest Adell Coleman. Joi tells the story about how the toxic workplace that inspired this podcast tried to silence her for the very last time. Check out Season 1, Episode 1 for the first part of this story.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-tried-it-jois-werk-story/id1585508287?i=1000535376359

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1 hr 7 min
April 03, 2024 Never Felt Safe: Ndidi's Werk Story
Ndidi's werk story is happening live! This special education teacher has not been given the support to succeed and it's all coming to a head.
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35 min
March 27, 2024 A Black Belt in Change: Sheila's Werk Story
Sheila's career path was not a straight line. Hear about how her risk-taking has led her to the career and life that she wanted.
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34 min
March 20, 2024 Your Livelihood Or Your Life: Monica's Werk Story
Dr. Monica Cox, professor and "equity angel" shares her experience in higher education and how toxic work environments require us to make a decision about who we want to be and what we want for our life.
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30 min
March 13, 2024 Finding Your Secret Sauce: Acing the Interview w/ Susana Briscoe Alba
Six-figure career coach, Susana Briscoe Alba, talks about how her own work experiences led her to helping others develop their careers. Check out her upcoming professional development summit HERE
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31 min
March 06, 2024 Saving Yourself First: Jojo's Werk Story
In this episode we hear from Jojo, a Dallas nurse who continued in the industry after Covid while, nationally, hospitals saw a shortage of healthcare workers. She talks about the many reasons nurses quit their often toxic work environments and what motivated her to stay.
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32 min
February 28, 2024 You Can't Fix Corrupt: Rachel's Werk Story
Rachel recalls her days doing nonprofit work and how her trauma in those environments led her to work for herself.
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34 min
February 21, 2024 Are the kids okay? Am I? : Mackenzie’s Werk Story
Mackenzie shares her experience as a middle school teacher and her eventual transition into education tech, what she misses and what she doesn't.
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32 min

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Werk Stories is a place for women of color to share their experiences in the work place. We’re talking bias, equal pay, bad bosses, racist hiring practices, crazy things your coworkers have done and…