Winning Season

Winning Season

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Winning Season episodes

  • The Dos and Don'ts of Mentorship

    The Do's and Don'ts of Mentorship

    January is national mentor month. If you've been a mentor or mentee, you know how the importance of this relationship. 

    Each year, I speak with dozens of women in leadership roles who express that they haven't connected with a mentor and are looking for a mentor. In this episode, our host Jacqueline shares quick dos and don'ts to establish a mentor relationship. 


    Download the companion PDF for this episode at www.zerogap.co

    15 min
  • Sneak Peak into 2022: How Your Leadership Works

    In this episode of the winning season podcast host, Jacqueline Twillie shares with the listeners:

    • Her top 3 books of 2022
    • A values assignment to help you deepen your understanding of leadership works for you 
    • and The power of reflection to accelerate the alignment of your goals. 

      • Let us know what your top 3 books are for 2022! 

      12 min
    • BONUS: National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality
      In this bonus episode of the Winning Season Podcast, Host: Jacqueline Twillies shares highlights from the National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality. This episode was designed to answer listener questions about this strategy and to highlight issues related to: 
      Salary History Bans
      Pay Transparency
      NDAs and Forced Arbitration
      Gender Data Gaps
      Included are key stats include: "Estimates show that closing gender gaps in the workforce would add between $12 and $28 trillion in global GDP over a decade and addressing the gendered economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic alone would generate up to $13 trillion in global GDP by 2030. "
      Link to strategy https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/National-Strategy-on-Gender-Equity-and-Equality.pdf
      16 min
    • Kartisia "KC" Esco Head Athletic Trainer
      Kartisia "KC" Esco is the Head Athletic Trainer and Health
      Science Instructor at Warren Easton Charter High School.
      As a Health Science Instructor, she is responsible for
      educating the students in the medical field through
      courses including Introduction of Health Occupations,
      Medical Terminology, Emergency Medical Responder, and
      Sports Medicine. In her role, she helps the students by
      being a liaison, connecting the students with mentors and
      opportunities that would better prepare the students for
      the work force. In addition to being a teacher within the
      department, she is also responsible for the development of
      the program, as she conducted the research and help build
      the medical track. She also assisted Youth Force NOLA
      and their development of the medical track of the New
      Orleans Career Center, which provides opportunities to
      students throughout the city.
      As an athletic trainer, she is responsible for the prevention
      and care of injuries with the athletes of Easton, including
      10 sports and 4 ancillary groups (marching units).
      She is also the sponsor of the Athletic Training Student
      Aides (ATSA). As the sponsor, she has grown the
      organization from 9 students to 28 and have developed
      policies, procedures, and training to help better prepare the
      students for successful work in the realm of sport
      medicine.
      KC desires to see the expansion of the medical field,
      especially Athletic Training. For this, her ultimate goal is to
      provide access to similar experience she received from her
      alma mater by starting accredited athletic training
      programs at universities that services minorities. She
      believes that more opportunities should be given to people
      of diverse backgrounds,
      36 min
    • Meet Cosmetic Chemist, Manessa Lormejuste

      Welcome to the Winning Season Podcast with this week’s featured guest Manessa Lormejuste. Manessa is a cosmetic chemist who graduated from Rutgers University in May 2017 and worked at Loreal USA for three years formulating hair color products.

      In this episode, Manessa talks about her blog, her latest reflection on three years at L’oreal, and her advice on furthering your career.

      Manessa dedicates her blog “Ness Knows” to sharing resume tips, reviews on skincare, travel tricks, and more essential lifestyle tips. In her latest blog post, she discusses the importunacy of self-advocacy, taking risks, networking across not just up, to thy self be true, and paying it forward. In this week’s episode, Manessa details the importance of each of these attitudes and how it has shaped her and her career.

      She also touches on the importance of her mentors, the female empowerment she’s experienced at Loreal, and the tough conversations her close group had when George Floyd was killed in May 2020.

      So tune in to this week’s episode of the Winning Season Podcast to hear more details about “Nessa Knows,” Manessa’s journey, and ways to change your perspective.

      You can reach Manessa at https://nessknows.com/home or on Instagram at nessa_lo. You can purchase her “Ultimate Travel Packing Guide” at nessknows.com, and for a limited time, you can get yours for only $10.

      “I’m low-key a nerd, but I’m like super girly. But I didn’t have anyone that looked like me…So I make a note to share my story, especially with younger students, because I don’t want them to feel like there’s only one option. ”  --Manessa Lormejuste

      Top Takeaways:

      • Manessa describes herself as a girly nerd and describes her journey from realizing her desire to be a chemist combined with her feminine personality.
      • Her hair color experience at Loreal reveals some of the products she’s worked on and how she started as a L’oreal baby.
      • She advocated for herself and took a risk to apply for a skincare position through the help of networking.
      • Manessa has started valuing self-advocacy in her career and realizing that one conversation to speak up for herself will be difficult but not be the hardest thing.
      • Networking is not just about talking to the biggest and best person in the room, but it is about getting to know the people around you that later could help you. You never know where someone will end up and how that relationship could benefit you in the long run.
      • If you want to learn or do more, you are in charge of your career and taking the risk to have a new opportunity. If you don’t ask, you are guaranteed not to do what you want.
      • You are in the driver’s seat in your career, and advocating yourself is not too bold when you know your worth.
      • Paying it forward to younger women to show them more options in life and careers. You never know how it could change someone’s life.
      • The women in color think tank at L’oreal are a close-knit group that supports one another, is transparent with one another, and have tough conversations when necessary.
      • If she can do it, you can do it.
      • When seated at the table, use your voice to speak up for others.


        • **** This is a rebroadcast episode of the Winning Season Podcast ****

        38 min
      • Social Engineer for Change: Charmika Placide
        Today’s episode meets at the intersection of Tech, Public Health, and Legislation. Our guest is Charmika Placide. Charmika Annatisha Placide currently serves as an IT Business Systems Analyst and Public Health Consultant to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Charmika is tasked with ensuring oversight and governance to over 30 public health IT systems.
        Prior to this role Charmika worked as a Public Health Analyst and Consultant to CDC. As a consultant she completed The 2019 CDC Field Epidemiology Manual, a tool used globally for epidemics. Prior to her work at CDC, Charmika was an IT Project Coordinator with McKesson where she helped implement the first cloud e-procurement system throughout the enterprise. Leveraging her business and analytical skills to solve complex problems, often collaborating across functional areas. Entrepreneurial minded she managed her own contract with a nonprofit for women and children who were victims of sexual abuse; managing web traffic, social media and volunteer logistics, as well as creating inter-office systems.
        In her spare time, Charmika volunteers with Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) Georgia chapter to advocate for people with disabilities. Recently, Charmika served as a panelist at CCFA’s inaugural women’s education event to discuss health equity and advocacy.
        Ms. Placide has held positions with community organizations nationally and locally as a fellow, advisor, and committee member geared specifically towards inclusion to build pipelines for people of color. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Managerial Sciences from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.
        Charmika is passionate about helping her community and loves working at the intersection of public health, technology and legislation to provide a greater impact.
        Connect with Charmika Placide on LinkedIn and Instagram @Mika_Inspires
        36 min
      • From setback to winning season success with Karla Pámanes

        In this episode of the Winning Season Podcast, Karla Pámanes shares her journey to success with host, Jacqueline V. Twillie

        About our guest:

        Karla is an award-winning designer, branding expert, and mentor. She has designed for brands including BRIT + CO, Discovery, HGTV, Food Network, Facebook, Yale, and more. Her specialty is helping elevate brands through well-crafted design.


        When she’s not pushing pixels left and right or on a client call, you can find her making arts and crafts with her son and sharing them on Instagram or catching up on a crime show with her husband.
        ​
        Karla loves cats, children’s picture books, word search puzzles, and carbs in all their shapes and forms. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and best friend of 20 years, Angel; her pizza-obsessed son, Lennon; their Maine Coon cat, Rita; and their six-toed cat, Maxwell C. Teodoro.


        In this episode, you'll hear about:

        * Karla's process for design

        * The powerful question she uses before creating 

        * How family dynamics influenced her to bet on herself

        * And much more!


        Resources from this episode:

        * Karla's Website https://www.karlapamanes.com

        * Karla's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/karla.pamanes

        * Karla's email address [email protected]

        * Creative Market as a resource to find unique typography/fonts


         High Vibrational Beauty: Recipes & Rituals for Radical Self Care by Morisse, Cindy Diprima https://amzn.to/3AqDgz

        23 min
      • Women Who Are Successfully Leading
        What does success mean to you, part 3! The NYT Best-Seller inspired this episode of the Winning Season podcast by Grace Booney: In The Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs https://amzn.to/3zZ4AVl
        Is success subjective? Jacqueline wants to hear from you drop her a not on LinkedIn. 
        What does success mean to you?
        This episode is brought to you by ZeroGap.co
        12 min
      • Success has very little to do with other people’s expectations!
        What does success mean to you, part 2! The NYT Best-Seller inspired this episode of the Winning Season podcast by Grace Booney: In The Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs https://amzn.to/3zZ4AVl
        Is success subjective? Jacqueline wants to hear from you drop her a not on LinkedIn. 
        What does success mean to you?
        This episode is brought to you by ZeroGap.co
        12 min

      About Winning Season

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      Winning Season is the go-to podcast for mid-career professionals who want strategy, not just a pep talk. Every episode hands you something you can use Monday morning a way to negotiate, to be heard in the room, to reset when the plan falls apart.