Welcome to ManageMint Made Easy formerly Let's Take This Offline: The Podcast for Everyday Leaders where we explore what it takes to be a dialed in and inclusive leader in today's changing workplace. We are on a mission to help everyday leaders live well and lead well through conversations that feel like the meeting after the meeting!
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Welcome to the Dialogue Lab Podcast, an interview show dedicated to helping you thrive as you make your impact. Every episode, I host conversations with social change leaders about how we can thrive in this work, so our movements thrive too. We talk about how burn-out culture shows up in social change spaces, and explore what it takes to stay engaged and effective over the long haul. I offer you these conversations as an antidote to burnout culture in the social change sector. Join me every ...
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Faux Vulnerability and the Seduction of Intellectualism feat. Rochelle Sodipo
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In This Episode . . . We’re not playing nice in this one, friend! This episode features the creatively talented Rochelle Sodipo, Creative Director at Roseredd. In it, we discuss the widespread practice of faux vulnerability, the art of intellectualizing, and how you can start bringing out your own authentically vulnerable creativity. Meet Rochelle …
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The Politics of Community feat. Liz Miranda
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In This Episode . . . We are featuring the wonderfully regal Liz Miranda, State Representative 5th Suffolk District, MA House of Representatives. In it, Miranda shares her journey about being an immigrant in the United States, how the killing of her brother shaped her career, and the importance of being an effective political leader in underreprese…
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Cutting Through The Chaos feat. Lenita Dunlap
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In This Episode . . . This episode features the brilliant Lenita Dunlap, Principal at Not Just Fundraising, as she discusses what it means to cut through the chaos. Lenita tells us what led her to provide trauma-informed care, the world of nonprofits, and her mission to provide access to mental health and equitable education for marginalized commun…
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What Adoption Taught Me about Leadership feat. Christal M. Cherry
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In This Episode . . . The talented principal and CEO at The Board Pro, Christal Cherry shares with us the struggles she faced in her dating life, the challenges she faced when she decided to adopt at 45, and how her little boy has not only made her a better person but has taught her to be a better leader. Meet Christal Cherry: Christal’s Social Mon…
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Reaching for Authenticity feat. Aiko Bethea
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In This Episode . . . We are featuring award-winning speaker Aiko Bethea, the Founder of RARE Coaching & Consulting. In the episode, Aiko addresses the hard questions. How are you showing up for your team as a conscious leader? While creating a diverse team is great, Aiko discusses why creating a culture that amplifies and encourages diversity is e…
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In This Episode . . . We are featuring the amazing Danielle Henry, the Senior PM / OD Consultant at Great Dane 921 LLC. We're taking on the topic of Cultural EQ, a topic that’s been dominating boardroom conversations in the workplace: emotional intelligence in ourselves and the people on our teams. Danielle doesn’t hold back as she tells us all abo…
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Leading with Joy feat. Jarius McNair Edens
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In This Episode . . . We are featuring the ever-empowering Jarius McNair Edens. Jarius is a Holistic Personal Growth & Leadership Trainer at The Kreative Lounge & Social Kollective. Kishshana and Jarius chat about what it means to lead with joy. As leaders, we have to know that if we can come to the table, to the meeting, to our team with that joy …
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Our Obsession with Credentials feat. Jillian "Mama J" Love
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In This Episode . . . Kishshana and Mama J discuss our obsession with credentials and the importance of developing a liberatory mindset so you can break out of the confining boxes you’ve put yourself in and unlock new levels of potential. Mama J is on a quest for love and revolution, acknowledging and accepting the lifelong evolution of unbecomin…
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Is Work Making You ill? feat. Katrina Strohl
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In This Episode . . . This episode features the always-inspiring Katrina Strohl, Psychological Safety Consultant and host of podcast Absolutely Not! Kishshana and Katrina discuss how a toxic work environment led Katrina to decide to take her own life and how that experience kickstarted their journey toward advocating for mental health and encouragi…
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Management Made Easy (formerly Let’s Take This Offline): Season 3 Trailer
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What's Up Friends! We are back for Season 3 of Let’s Take This Offline, the podcast for everyday leaders. Join me back in the studio for some of the best conversations with experts on leadership, management, wellness, DEI, and topics about how we live our lives, what matters to us and our families and about the work we do, and why we do it! The Roo…
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Summer Well Series: Can Leaders Be Vulnerable?
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In This Episode . . . Kishshana zeros in on faux vulnerability versus real vulnerability and how that works for you as a leader. How do vulnerabilities from your life or previous work experiences carry over into your current work and your leadership? They show up in you being closed off, not allowing people and coworkers to get to know you, strivin…
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Summer Well Series: Create Your Leadership Roadmap
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In this Episode . . . Kishshana points out that you all carry a leadership role in some aspect of your life whether in your career, in your faith-based organization, social organizations, or as a leader at home. She suggests contemplating what you need in a leadership roadmap for yourself, to set your leadership foundation, in order to figure out h…
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Welcome Fab Friends! Kishshana continues with the Summer Well Series and in this episode, she checks in on your wellness and well-being and what that really means for you as a leader right now in your work and in your life. Her mission is to make sure that you are leading a life you love, that you have a career you love and that you are healthy AF!…
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In This Episode . . . Kishshana talks about all things planning and pausing. She shares her experience with planning in her career and professional life as well as in her personal life. Are you getting caught up in the cycle of planning or are you putting off taking a pause? Since Season 2, Kishshana has dug in to really learn about herself and und…
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Summer Well Series: Grow Where You are Watered
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Welcome Back Fab Friends! For this summer mini series Grow Where You are Watered, Kishshana talks about what she’s been doing, seeing, and experiencing since ending Season 2 of Let’s Take This Offline. The Rooted Collaborative For those of you listening in for the first time, Kishshana founded The Rooted Collaborative, a community and organization …
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In this wrap-up of Season 2, Kishshana breaks down some of the lessons she learned within this past season about herself and about what it means to be a strong leader. We have to swallow our pride and ask for help when needed. Stay tuned for Season 3! Support the show (buymeacoffee.com/takethisoffline)…
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What If It's Not Enough? The Comparison Trap feat. Taneshia Nash Laird
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Hey Fab Crew!!! We are back and almost wrapping up the season with another great episode! In this episode, Kishshana sits with organizational leader and community developer Taneshia Nash Laird to discuss something that is almost human nature but can be so destructive to our growth & mental stability and that is comparing ourselves to others and the…
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Hey Fab Crew!!! IT'S KISHSHANA'S BIRTHDAY!!!!! Another trip around the sun marks not only a new year but a new outlook on how to approach the year ahead. It's different from the New Year's saying - "New Year, New Me!" Let's look at it through the lenses of "New Year, BETTER ME"... It's a great time to sit back and really reflect on what worked and …
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Serve or Getting Served? Customer Service Orientation feat. Briana McKenzie
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Hey Fab Crew! So glad to have you back for another episode of Let's Take This Offline! In this episode, Kishshana sits down with a long-time friend and customer service expert, Briana McKenzie. This conversation is eye-opening and can help you get your service mind right if you want your business to thrive. Having a Customer Service Orientation min…
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How parenting today informs your leadership feat. Jelaine Palmer-Janvier Lewis
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Hey Fab Crew! In this episode, Kishshana sits down with her cousin and parenting coach Jelaine to discuss how our parenting styles show up in our work life and how to separate the two to live a well-balanced life. Known as The Liberation Educator Born in Miami but a true child of the islands, Jelaine is a first-generation immigrant woman who has ce…
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How Doubt Can Boost Your leadership feat. Marc Pitman
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In this episode, Kishshana sits down with executive coach and published author Marc A. Pitman for a great conversation about what it means to understand the stories we tell ourselves that do not reflect our management styles. They also talk about taking control of how we understand our mission within organizational leadership. Marc's Bio: Concord L…
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Leadership Possible feat. Larnell Vickers, Career Possibility Coach
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You guys are going to love this episode! Kishshana sits down with one of her amazing friends and experienced executive coach, Larnell Vickers. They get down to the nitty gritty on what it means to look further than what's in front of you or even what's on your resume. Learning the possibilities starts with a pause, take a moment, pivot, and move in…
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Weaknesses or Strengths? Exploring Strengths based Leadership feat. Damali Smith Tolson
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On this episode, Kishshana sits down with certified Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach., Damali Smith Tolson. We get to the nitty gritty on how can we make our strengths work for us in the corporate sector. Learn more about the CliftonStrengths at Gallup.com. Damali’s Bio: Damali Smith Tolson is the Director of Student Life at Baruch College, where she …
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Can I Just Be Basic? feat. Maria Dautruche
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Hey Fab Crew, In this episode, Kishshana sits down with a longtime friend and amazing spirit, Maria Smith Dautruche to discuss the idea of just "being basic" as a Black woman. Listen, friends, this episode will have you laughing so hard your sides will hurt. Be sure to stick around until the end for this week's Kish Tip (Vitamin K)!!! Maria's Bio: …
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No Second Guessing, You Are Enough feat. Ify Walker, Ofor
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This conversation takes place on a Zoom call for the Rooted Collaborative Retreat for successful women in leadership and business. In this conversation, Kishshana is joined by a long-time friend and inspiration, Ify Walker. Get your pen and notepad and take some notes! There are some gems shared by Ify that take authenticity to a whole new level. I…
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