Who Ya Know Show

In this episode, we invite Heather Monahan. She is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and founder of Boss In Heels. Having successfully climbed the corporate ladder for nearly 20 years, Heather Monahan is one of the few women to break the glass ceiling and claim her spot in the C-suite. As a Chief Revenue Officer in Media, Heather Monahan is a Glass Ceiling Award winner, named one of the most Influential Women in Radio in 2017, and Thrive Global named her a Limit Breaking Female Founder in 2018.  

Heather’s new book Confidence Creator shot to #1 on Amazon’s Business Biographies and Business Motivation lists the first week it debuted on Amazon. Heather is a confidence expert and is currently working with Fortune 500 companies and professional sports to develop confidence in the workplace and on the court. She’s also a member of Florida International University’s Advisory Council to further serve as a mentor and leader in the South Florida Community.

What you will learn:

- The flip side of gender inequality

- Heather’s experience of working with a female CEO

- How did Heather bounce back after getting the ax

- Her 5-step plan to create confidence

- What employers look for while hiring

- Similarity between sales and job search

- Heather’s recommendations for the best sales resources 

- How to present your career gaps confidently

- What you know or who you know

- The importance of showing up for other people

Mic Drop Moments

🎤Heather at (06:22) - I did something super smart which a lot of people told me was a terrible idea and it was a great idea. I posted online, “I have just been fired. And if I have ever helped you in 14 years, I would love to hear from you today.” And that post went viral. And it opened so many opportunities for me, so many doors.

🎤Heather at (10:45) - I’m done with allowing others to treat me poorly.

🎤Heather at (11:58) - That’s how I ended up on the Steve Harvey Show. The executive producer wouldn’t call me back and I was frustrated. I’m like, I’m sending a life-size cut-out, and I send a note that says, “I know it’s fun hanging with me in the office but it’s way more fun when the real me comes in.”

🎤Heather at (14:30) - People do business with the people they know, like, and trust.

🎤Heather at (16:50) - Everyone is in sales, and you know that right?

🎤Heather at (17:00) - I was a VP of sales. Clearly, I was in sales. But then I wrote a book. And guess what happens when you write a book? Nothing, unless you sell it.

🎤Heather at (17:24) - In every exchange, someone is sold. Will it be you or will it be the other person?

🎤Heather at (17:28) - I devoted my life to be that person who is doing the selling and I encourage you to do the same.

🎤Trevor at (18:46) - Why don’t we actually give a damn?

🎤Heather at (21:28) - If this guy isn’t gonna understand that I need to take care of a sick family member, that's not my guy anyways.

🎤Heather at (23:17) - No matter what city I would go to, I didn’t go back to the hotel, or gym, and go to bed early. I would book a dinner with someone because I want to hear about their life. I want to understand them.

🎤Heather at (23:40) - Whenever you can show up for other people, you’re gonna get huge gains and rewards from them.

🎤Trevor at (24:54) - Shame on you!

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Get in touch with Heather:👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/theheathermonahan/

Get in touch with Trevor Houston:👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston/

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Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com

In this episode, we invite Tracy Timm, She is the Founder of The Nth Degree® Career Academy, the proven career clarity system that helps high-potential professionals discover, define, and drive careers they love. She has a degree in behavioral psychology from Yale University and studied design thinking with the founder of the d.school at Stanford University. Timm, now living her dream as a sought-after career clarity expert, organizational advisor, speaker, and author, leads you through The Nth Degree® process: a proven, step-by-step strategy to achieve total career clarity.

What you will learn:

- Most important step while starting a career search

- How to find clarity before career search

- What to consider while switching careers

- Now, nature and nurture

- How to get the job that you want

- Creating your personal brand

- Aligning your value statement with your company

Mic Drop Moments

🎤Tracy at (04:20) - I think the number one thing that people skip over is gaining clarity first into exactly what they’re searching for and why which will then guide the rest of their search.

🎤Tracy at (11:58) - When there are more people applying for the same amount of jobs, the clearest voice, the one who makes the best argument for their value-add in that position is going to rise above the ‘noise’ of everybody else.

🎤Tracy at (12:20) - If you’re speaking to everybody, you’re speaking to nobody.

🎤Tracy at (16:45) - When they come knocking about well you don’t have any experience in the nonprofit industry, why would we pick you over somebody who is been in the industry for 10, 20, 30 years? Well, he can go to bat with all these data points that we had prepared that come from his experience that make him relevant in this new space, even though they’re not in that space.

🎤Trevor at (20:05) - Five winners!

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Get in touch with Tracy:

👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracytimm/

Get in touch with Trevor Houston:

👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston/

Get to know all things Who Ya Know:

👉 https://linktr.ee/whoyaknow

Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. We can help you assess your situation and guide you through this transition. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com/

In this episode, we invite Reno Perry. He is the ​Founder & CEO of Wiseful, a career advancement platform that helps professionals land their dream job and advance their careers. Before starting Wiseful, Reno worked at companies like BetterUp and LinkedIn where he helped coach professionals to success and connected thousands of job seekers to amazing job opportunities. He's also an avid LinkedIn user and has advised entry-level professionals to C-suite executives on how they can leverage LinkedIn to network, build their professional brand, and find a job they'll love.

What you will learn:

- Unconventional networking strategies for jobseekers

- The power of LinkedIn

- How engagement happened before Wiseful

- The biggest mistakes that job seekers are making

- Reno’s career advancement platform: Wiseful

Mic Drop Moments

🎤Reno at (06:46) - When I have worked with clients, who have gotten the attention of powerful hiring managers or influential connections at companies, they’re doing things that you probably wouldn’t think of. Sending video messages through email, sending audio messages through LinkedIn. Believe it or not, those have worked really well.

🎤Trevor at (09:18) - You need to go out there and actually be an active member of LinkedIn. Not inactive.

🎤Reno at (18:15) - We’re gonna give you three months of access to the Wiseful Platform, so that you can get free coaching with any of the experts we have at the top companies, for the next three months. So, congratulations!

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Get in touch with Reno:

👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/renoperry/

Get in touch with Trevor Houston:

👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston/

Get to know all things Who Ya Know:

👉 https://linktr.ee/whoyaknow

Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. We can help you assess your situation and guide you through this transition. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com/

In this episode, we invite Alexia Ferrari. She is a Talent Development and Communications Professional, who has spent the past 10+ years specializing in Corporate Strategic Communication, Human Capital, & Program Management. Her passion for developing corporate talent led her to create leadership development programming for the Department of the Navy. Alexia is best known for helping employees and clients develop professional brands to become invaluable assets to their respective organizations, creating the career of their dreams.

What you will learn:

- Branding your resume to land your dream job

- Alexia’s 5 Branding Ingredients

- Finding your X factor

- Working with an entrepreneurial mindset

- Giveaway: A brand makeover by Alexia

Mic Drop Moments

🎤Alexia at (05:40)- The first thing the project manager sees, or the one that’s going to hire you, the hiring manager sees, when they’re looking over that resume, you’re not gonna get passed up.

🎤Alexia at (14:22) - The fourth one is adaptability!

🎤Trevor at (17:40) - What she is saying is connecting with that. And that’s why you get to see that ball of energy come out of me every day. That’s how I wanna give you some of that currency what she is talking about. I just love it, love it.

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Get in touch with Alexia:

👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexiaferrari/

Get in touch with Trevor Houston:

👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston/

Get to know all things Who Ya Know:

👉 https://linktr.ee/whoyaknow

Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. We can help you assess your situation and guide you through this transition. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com/

In this episode, we invite Samuel Assael. Samuel is the Head of Consumer Markets for the Home Loans Division for Union Bank. He oversees all fee income loan origination initiatives, drives financial literacy in underserved communities, manages product growth, monitors profitability, and is constantly hiring new talent to the staff (in both Sales and Operations).

What you will learn:

- Samuel’s career and background

- His experience in the mortgage industry

- What makes the Union Bank unique

- Operations of Union Bank before COVID

- The work-from-home way of jobs

- Financial literacy initiatives for underserved communities

- Programs for people with low-income

Mic Drop Moments

🎤Samuel at (05:53) - I can’t wait. I’m so excited for the day when I get to get back on the road and my commitment is I’m going to see every single person we have brought on face-to-face as soon as we relieve our travel requirements. And I can’t wait.

🎤Samuel at (12:18) - He took action. And he converted his passion into action. And that’s all you have to do. Pick up the phone. Pick up the phone and make a phone call.

🎤Samuel at (18:21) - If you haven’t experienced adversity, you aren’t working hard enough.

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Get in touch with Samuel:

👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/sdsam/

Get in touch with Trevor Houston:

👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston/

Get to know all things Who Ya Know:

👉 https://linktr.ee/whoyaknow

Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. We can help you assess your situation and guide you through this transition. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com/

In this episode, we invite Kathy Hunt. Kathy is the Business Manager of Renaissance Executive Forums Dallas. She runs the business so Robert can meet with clients and lead the monthly CEO Group meetings. Her goal is to add Forum Group Leaders in 2021 & is tuning the processes and documentation system to bring on more employees.

What you will learn:

- What is Transition Point

- The growth of DFW Technologies Prayer Breakfast

- Success stories from the Prayer Breakfast

- Source of resources for communities

- Kathy’s career in dentistry and the switch

- Kathy and Robert’s vision for their company

- Their uplifting words for jobseekers

Mic Drop Moments

🎤Kathy at (19:48) - It’s hard. We fight it. We are trying to be busy looking at how dare you take a moment. But in that stillness is when you can hear.

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Get in touch with Kathy:

👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathyhuntceo/

Get in touch with Trevor Houston:

👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston/

Get to know all things Who Ya Know:

👉 https://linktr.ee/whoyaknow

Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. We can help you assess your situation and guide you through this transition. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com/

In this episode, we invite Robert Hunt. Robert is the owner of Renaissance Executive Forums, a volunteer with the DFW Technology Prayer Breakfast, and a friend of the Who You Know Network. He joins us again to share his journey in 2020 to let go of things and trust GOD, in exchange for amazing peace and joy despite the challenges of 2020.

What you will learn:

- Robert’s definition of complete obedience

- Transformation in Robert's life and family

- Changes in Robert’s business after being debt-free

- The 10 million dollar mindset

- DFW Technology Prayer Breakfast

Mic Drop Moments

🎤Robert at (02:48) - We have gotten so comfortable with kind of having God our way that he has to slide in our plan, or he is not a good guy.

🎤Robert at (06:56) - I believe God can’t put something in a hand that’s full.

🎤Trevor at (15:02) - That’s 10 million dollar mindset!

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Get in touch with Robert:

👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberthuntceo/

Get in touch with Trevor Houston:

👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston/

Get to know all things Who Ya Know:

👉 https://linktr.ee/whoyaknow

Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. We can help you assess your situation and guide you through this transition. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com/

In this episode, we invite David Keesee. David is a retired professional baseball player turned business and sales. He is now a High-Performance Coach that has coached and trained over 30,000 students to create the income and life they desire.

What you will learn:

- David’s book: Find A Way

- How to create content consistently

- Networking tips and strategies for cold outreach

- David’s three-step plan for networking

- The best way to connect with David

Mic Drop Moments

🎤David at (02:28) - If you get fired from a gig, or you’re in between jobs, that can actually be a gift for you.

🎤David at (06:30) - I would rather the habit start than the quantity.

🎤David at (09:43) - As they are speaking, I’m thinking how can I contribute, how can I support, how can I uplift, who should I connect them with, what advice can I give them, and talk about this.

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Get in touch with David:

👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidkeesee/

Get in touch with Trevor Houston:

👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston/

Get to know all things Who Ya Know:

👉 https://linktr.ee/whoyaknow

Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. We can help you assess your situation and guide you through this transition. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com/

In this episode, we invite David Keesee. David is a retired professional baseball player turned business and sales. He is now a High-Performance Coach that has coached and trained over 30,000 students to create the income and life they desire.

What you will learn:

- How David coached 30,000 students

- What everyone doesn’t know about David

- How did David get into baseball

- David’s injury and its impact on his career

- Being bold and fearless

- David’s brand: Find A Way

- How David differentiates professional and amateur

- David’s book and its giveaway

Mic Drop Moments

🎤David at (03:18) - You’re not gonna feel a thing. You’re going to go into a coma. You’re going to heal in the coma and then I’m going to wake you up when everything’s off.

🎤David at (08:18) - As I walk onto the bus, the manager Al goes, “I told you, he would show up. You owe me five dollars.” They had a bet going on. And he goes, “Welcome to the team, son. Here is the contract.”

🎤Foster at (15:43) - Oh the system doesn’t work, then why do you keep playing in the system?

🎤Mark at (18:24) - They are not getting permission to win, they’re getting permission to lose. They have permission to lose and they use that way too often.

🎤Trevor at (19:45) - The words on your resume, really that’s your value? No!

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Get in touch with David:

👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidkeesee/

Get in touch with Trevor Houston:

👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston/

Get to know all things Who Ya Know:

👉 https://linktr.ee/whoyaknow

Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. We can help you assess your situation and guide you through this transition. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com/

About The Guest(s):
Melissa Walker is an HR consultant and executive and professional coach with an MBA in organizational behavior. She specializes in working with teams and organizations to improve their people processes.

Summary:
Melissa Walker joins the show to discuss how hiring managers can make the hiring process easier for job seekers. She emphasizes the importance of hiring managers understanding that job seekers are also evaluating the company during the interview process. Melissa suggests that hiring managers should get involved in job search groups and network to find great talent. She also advises hiring managers to provide detailed information about the role they are hiring for and to give feedback to candidates, both to improve the recruitment process and to help candidates improve for future interviews.

Key Takeaways:

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