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Welcome to the Emerging Leader Podcast, presented by your Salem Area Chamber of Commerce. This podcast is a celebration of the potential in Salem, Oregon. Building a better community means having leaders who know how to impact and understand the value of investing in their community. During each episode, your host Jacob Espinoza speaks to the best a brightest minds in your community. Tune in each Monday for a new episode.
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Talking Sales and Resilience with Jacqueline Osborne of DPI Staffing
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On the Salem Emerging Leader Podcast this week, we talk with Jacqueline Osborne of DPI Staffing. Jacqueline breaks down her perspective on sales, being resilient, and how DPI Staffing is helping the community. Connect with Jacqueline on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-osborne907/ Subscribe to the Emerging Leader Newsletter: https:/…
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How to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone and Start Networking in Your Community
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It is absolutely incredible meeting people in our city who are young, humble, hard-working, and smart. Synthia Padron fits all four of these categories. On today's episode, Synthia shares with us why she is motivated and the goals she is focused on crushing. One secret Synthia has learned: The power of stepping out of your comfort zone. Enjoy. Conn…
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Thanks to social media, challenges are now a mainstay of fitness and self-improvement culture. Influencers across different platforms are following and promoting a range of “X-day challenges” aimed at drastically improving some aspect of your life throughout the challenge. The 75 Hard program has recently gained popularity as a combined fitness, nu…
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Salem lost one of its most outstanding community members this weekend. Known as a giving and compassionate man, Gerry had an incredible impact on the world around him, especially on the people he connected with here in Salem. "Following a long and fruitful life nearly a century-long, Gerry Frank has departed. He gifted us with a legacy of matchless…
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You Asked For an Emerging Leader Calendar and We Listened
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You've asked for a place to know what is going on. And we freaking delivered. Can't wait for you all to know about all the opportunities to connect with your fellow Emerging Leaders. Want to get connected? These links are your best friends: Salem Emerging Leaders Newsletter: https://salemchamber.org/emergingleaders/ Calendar of Events: https://sale…
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Public Service Announcement: You Need to Get Passionate About Local Politics
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Decisions made by your local politicians directly impact your life and ability to access needed public services. It's unfortunate that so few people are actually involved in or aware of decisions made by their local officials. The time is now to get involved, and our very own Zachary Sielicky will tell you why. Sign up for our Salem Emerging Leader…
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Broken down to the simplest form, marketing your business means creating awareness and controlling the narrative of your company. Simple idea, but very tough to execute. Tori Van Cleave is marketing managers for Mountain West Investment Corp. In this episode she breaks down how to set your marketing focuses and how small businesses can market effec…
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What happens when a corporation tells you to change your name: The Chubby Bao Story
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Sara Ngo stopped by the Salem Emerging Leader podcast to talk about opening a restaurant in 2020. In addition to all of the stresses of opening a restaurant, they had the additional complexities or closures, constantly changing mandates, and the horrific Oregon forest fires, Sara's restaurant also received a cease and desist letter from a major cor…
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With Garrett Cudahey is a Government Portfolio Advisor. This episode is an incredible listen. This is a rare opportunity to hear how our community is impacted by global issues affecting the economy. Garrett discusses how Covid has impacted consumer behavior and inflation. We also get into his perspective on the future of Crypto and Web3. Enjoy this…
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Wanna Learn How Inclusion Really Happens?
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Kasha Coombs is a Community Mindset Consultant with Mountain West Investment Corp. She is an incredible member of Salem's community and is focuses her work on helping leaders in Salem find their purpose, understand the value they bring and create inclusive environments. In this podcast, we talk about getting out of our comfort zone, understanding o…
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How to Build Your First Team and Navigate Trends in the Current Workforce
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Thank you, Ryan Gelbrich, for stopping by the Chamber Office to talk about how the professional dress code evolves with today's workforce AND how to build your first team. Expanding from a solo entrepreneur to a boss takes a lot of confidence and hard work. Today's podcast will help set you up to take the jump. Ryan is an incredible member of our c…
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Are Economists Optimistic About Salem's Future?
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Salem Economic Program Manager Seth Lenaerts stopped by the Chamber to talk about what he focuses on in his role to help Salem's business community thrive. The city of Salem will potentially look much different in the next 5-10 years, and Seth's team plays a key role in making this happen. If you are interested in the future of Salem, Oregon, Seth …
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Your Health is Your Wealth with Jonathan Castro Monroy
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First of all, thank you so much for checking out the podcast. It's growing every week, which means you share it with friends. Zach and I appreciated it so much! Next, be sure to get your tickets for the Salem Emerging Leaders Summit on 2/2/22! This is going to be a huge deal, and tickets are extremely limited. Go get yours here>> https://salemchamb…
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Salem Listed As Lowest Standard of Living for College Graduates
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NPR recently released an article about a report that listed Salem as one of the five places with the lowest standard of living for college graduates. The analysis focused on buying power and earning opportunity than almost anywhere in the nation for various demographics. Zachary Sielicky and Jacob Espinoza discussed what they found when analysing t…
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Episode 4: The Secret to Creating Changes that Last With Devon Grogans
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Happy New Year, Everyone! It's the time for reflection and change. For many, this comes in the form of the "New Year, New Me" mentality and New Year's Resolutions... A lot of time, this means making changes that are not sustainable and don't give us the changes we want. This is frustrating, demotivating, and leads to people quitting. To help you av…
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Episode 3: How the Best Workforces in Oregon Retain Talent
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On Monday, December 13th, the Salem Chamber welcomed four distinguished panelists from some of the best businesses to work in Oregon. Their conversation focused on how to recruit and retain talent within their respective workforces. Our panel included Peter Harris, County Manager at Ticor Title, Tina Irvine, owner/managing partner at Express Employ…
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Episode 2: Leadership Salem With Jennifer Martin and Angela Williams
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Leadership Salem is the Program for Salem’s Top Emerging Leaders It has one goal, preparing motivated individuals to serve in impactful leadership roles throughout our community. Jennifer Martin is the Principal Broker with First Commercial Real Estate. Angela Williams is the Development Director with Huggins Insurance. Both are incredible members …
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The first episode of the emerging leader podcast, and we have is Josh Kay as our first guest. This is a big deal. Josh Kay--managing broker and owner of First Commercial Real Estate--has remained highly engaged and involved with the Salem community over the last ten years. In today’s episode, Josh talks about the value of mentors, goals, relationsh…
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