Hello, everybody what is up? It is February. I cannot believe it is already February. Oh 2023 Just yesterday it was 2000 I promise you it was my senior year in college. It was the year 2000. That nine nine and a 2000. Okay, I know I got a little excited. But I want to welcome each and every one of you to tonight's lace of communications. We are exc…

What is going on? Everybody? Thank you so much for joining joining us. So it's probably not as many of us who had RSVP because well, we want to do like, so I'm gonna go share that. And we're starting about 20 minutes later due to tech issues, but we will definitely, definitely get this party started. I have with me, because with me four lanes of co…

I want to welcome Christina, on to the virtual summit today, Christina, how are you doing? I am doing great. Michelle, I'm so excited. You're doing this. This is just, it's fantastic. Because you know, we need to come together and have these conversations so we can network, we can figure out what's working with other people who resources can be lik…

What is going on everybody? This is Michele Heyward. I'm really, really excited to be here with you. If you are new to me new to PositiveHire don't worry, we are going to get well acquainted with each other. We all know each other like weed next door neighbors in South Carolina where I am from, because I have with me tonight, Angela hurdle, who is …

Our next speaker who's actually part of the positive hire community. And when I say community, we have a community of women who are black, Latina and indigenous, who are experienced scientists, engineers and technology professionals. So, Angela is a business intelligence, analytics and data reporting executive with proving experience leading succes…

Hi thank you so much for joining us today I have with me, Gil Cohen. And he is one of the speakers at my Summit, which is actually next week. So, Gil, welcome. Thank you so much for joining me. How are you doing today? I'm doing great. How are you doing? I can use the map. But that's a whole other story is like the rant the weeks going into the las…

I'm really excited to introduce you to he comes from another country not too far away. His name is Gil Cohen. And he will be joining us. And I want to tell you a bit about Gil and his experience. And background is he's not HR, but he definitely definitely has rich experience working with other HR professionals and getting them up and ready to go. S…

Ron Perkins is currently a workforce development strategist and a native of Pittsburgh's historic Hill District. He has over 20 years of experience in retail, hospitality, and construction. He is a certified MBE masonry contractor and small business owner. Throughout his professional career, Ron has worked diligently to make the region a place for …

LaStarr is a graduate of Sacramento State with a Bachelor of Science degree in business with a concentration in entrepreneurship. She served as the social chair of the Sac State Honors Program honors committee. She'll be talking about Engagement and Retention in this podcast episode.By Michele Heyward

Next up is a fantastic speaker who is also here with me in the great state of South Carolina. So I am excited to introduce her to sub and some of you probably already know her, especially if you hang out on social media. Ranada Samuel is a human capital leader, focus on internal mobility and Diversity Equity inclusion. Her work revolves around the …

I'm excited to continue this conversation, and to continue talking about data, how to utilize it to retain and develop underrepresented employees. And in the coming in the previous two years, organizations, especially after the murder of George Floyd, have come forward to say, hey, we want to, we want to have more black employees, right? But what d…

Unlike diversity, inclusion initiatives lack sufficient metrics to support funding, renewal, and expansion. The use of science-based storytelling at the workplace provides new tools for measuring and improving the trust and empathy among coworkers, key to inclusion.We will look at key physiologic findings, tech-based measurement tools, and strategi…

In this session, Melissa Ambers and I discuss over and under communications impact in the workplace. With recent layoffs, communication is one of the most talked-about topics. We share how to simplify communication while providing actionable steps you can take to improve communication in your organization.Co-host, Melissa Ambers, is an extraordinar…

This is the dear corner office podcast or workplace leaders learn why Black Latinx and indigenous women, Lee, and how to get them back. I'm your host Michele Heyward do to me, you probably haven't heard her heard of this, heard me describe this before. But when it comes to racism and diversity, equity inclusion inside an organization, it often gets…

This is the dear corner office podcast or workplace leaders learn why Black Latinx and indigenous women, Lee, and how to get them back. I'm your host, Michele Heyward you are because we have Florrie coming up. And as you're doing the poll, I want to start introducing you to Florrie as well. And so Florrie is the founder of a fantastic nonprofit. An…

Nonprofits white leadership must move from torchbearer of white supremacy to its pallbearer. The current nonprofit structure is a white savior. Yet they don't support the BIPOC communities they are supposed to serve. Too often the people doing the actual work are BIPOC but the white leadership hold the power. What steps should be taken to dismantle…

Hello, everybody. Welcome to another episode of Dear corner office. I'm Michele Heyward. And I'm so happy to have you join us today we have a guest that is absolutely phenomenal. She has a different experience level coming through diversity, equity inclusion, and I'm so excited to introduce Luaskya Nonon to you Luaskya, Thank you so much for joinin…

Welcome, welcome, everybody. It is so great to have you here for another discussion asked, we talk about the intersectionality of Women's Identities. I have again, if you just following us, or you probably you may not know, KC Atha. If you've been following me for a couple years since 2020, you may remember we used to do these regularly on Thursday…

Thank you so much for joining us today. I am Michele Heyward, founder of positive hire where we connect black indigenous and Latin X women who are experienced scientists, engineers and technology professionals to management roles. Today, I'm absolutely excited to kick off this great series of conversations we were having called the equity pursuit. …

Michele: What Clarissa Silva and I are going to be talking about is a different perspective. We often hear and and I shared with her this article, and I have to step back and drop in a link, which was talking about how tech companies have been trying to fix people, but not itself. It talked about how the last 50 years tech companies have created tr…

Okay, so Laurel, can you share with everybody watching and listening a bit about your experience in HR? Because I really love what you've done? Yeah, well, you know, I always like to start by telling people, I'm not your traditional HR person. I consider myself a mutt, right? I started out in accounting in high tech. And then I did some auditing, I…

Next up is a great speaker named Marissa Lee, who's also an expert and authority in human resources. She is going to be sharing with us how she has used data in employee engagement. Because right before my internet dropped out, I was talking about employers shifting their employees lash in 2020. To their home. So working remote, and what did that l…

So next up, we have faith Eatman. Yes, I'm really excited about having faith to join us, because faith has done some phenomenal work. And what is even more fantastic about what faith has done is oh, how do I say? Had it not had this happen? I don't know, pre 2020 It would have been a whole other story. You're even shaking your head. How are you tod…

Michele: Welcome, everybody. Thank you so much for joining me today. It is another dei Thursday, but it is very special in several ways. Number one, number one, we have Mr. John Graham with us today. And I love John, let me say, first of all, he he calls me sister Heyward. Yes. But this is also the kickoff to open spaces system. Hey, sorry about th…

Michele Welcome, welcome everybody. This is Michele Heyward here, and today you are in for another great treat. I have sure Shehara Wooten here with me today, she's a Certified Financial Planner. And in a previous life, she was an engineer. So she might tie for people, we nerd a lot, right? She's still adieu to numbers. But today is really special …

Michele: Another fantastic speaker. Um, he has spent his career in HR as an executive working with some of the some of some well known companies and brands. But what I really like about Randy Yes, is how he breaks down the approach that HR should be taking when they decide or decide not to work with data in the workplace. So, Randy, come on up. How…

Michele: Welcome, welcome everybody. This is Michele Heyward, it is absolutely great to see each and every one of you today, we are going to have a fantastic day of four hours of talking about equitable workplace, workplace creating the future of work. I am the founder of early stage tech startup called positive hire. And part of what we do is util…

Michele: Hello, everybody, thank you so much for joining me today, I have a very special guest with us today, I have Clarissa silver, who is a behavioral scientist, we’re going to be talking about what employers need to know about their employees health, post COVID-19, we’ve always been focused on how do we get people safely back into the workplace…

Michele: Hello, everybody, thank you so much for joining me today we have a special guest. We have Jessica Walker, or Jessica, a walker with us because I finally figured out what job speak digital means. But anyway, Jessica is here with us to take today talking about maternal health, why it should matter. And I say that because I get the fortune of…

Michele: Hello, hello everybody. This is Michele Heyward. I am so happy to have you here with me today. We have a fantastic topic. And we have a fantabulous guest with us. Today we’re going to be talking about can women really show up authentically. And we have Ruth Joy Connell with us today, Ruth joy was sup How you doing? RJ: Hey, Michelle, thank…

Michele: This is the dear corner office podcast where workplace leaders learn why black Latinx and indigenous women lead and how to get them back. I’m your host, Michele Heyward. Welcome, everybody to the Dear Corner office Show. I’m Michele Heyward. And today we have a very, very special guest. with us. We have Donna Hicks, Mitchell. Hi, Donna, we…

Is it really equal pay day in March or April? What's really going on? In this episode, Michele discussed What is Black Women's Equal Pay Day, Why it matters, and How Employers can close this gap.By Michele Heyward

Michele: This is the dear corner office podcast where workplace leaders learn why black Latinx and indigenous women lead and how to get them back. I’m your host, Michele Heyward. Welcome, everybody to the dear corner office podcast today. I’m so excited to have with us, Lisa Anderson. Lisa has a tremendous career in HR. I can’t wait for all of you …

Ebony has been with Boston Scientific since 1997, where she's had a long career working primarily with the organization's promotional site for the past 23 years. Ebony's held many roles, and most recently served as a senior manager, diversity, equity inclusion for the past four years.By Michele Heyward

Michele: Welcome, everybody to another episode of dear corner office. I am so happy to have our special guest for today. Who is Ebony Travis, and your life Michele? Why she special y'all you don't even understand I love connecting with people. And and if you ever listening to my podcasts or live streams, you know, I'm all about really connecting wi…

Michele Heyward 0:01 Hello, everybody, thank you so much for joining us. We are here for another dei discussion. And I say we because I have KC Atha with me today. Hey, girl, hey, today is Latina Equal Pay Day, and we’re going to talk about it in a couple different lenses. If KC and I were having this discussion in the green room, like, why are we …

Michele Heyward 0:00 Software. Hello, everybody. Thank you so much for joining me. I am here tonight with Lisa Anderson. Hey, Lisa, LIsa 0:08 hey Michelle, how are you? Michele Heyward 0:12 I am good and yourself. LIsa 0:15 I'm doing great. Michele Heyward 0:16 Okay, so everybody, Lisa is a fantastic career coach. And she has many years, over 20 ye…

Michele: Welcome, everybody back for another edition Today we have with us one of one of my favorite people because I love other people from South Carolina, of course. But we have Valerie Ashford Brown, who is a transition coach and a change management consultant. Thank you so much, Valerie, for joining me today. Thank you for having me, Michelle. …

Michele: Welcome, everybody. Thank you so much for joining me today we have Tanya Gibson. She’s a VP in diversity, equity inclusion, or nonprofit. And I’m so happy to have her because we too often think of huge corporations or profits when it comes to di. But we have a nonprofit VP, who is here to share number one, what I really want to know, how d…

Michele: Welcome, everybody to another session and today with us. We have Jessica and Jess from the rise journey and you’re like Michelle, like Look, they’re j&j. They are a powerhouse. And you’re going to love them the way I do. So ladies, thank you so much for joining me today. Thanks. Hi. So my first question for you is why the title, the name, …

Michele: Hello, everybody, thank you so much for joining me for another edition of I don’t know this special special time you’re having here with a pandemic pandemic rather called COVID-19. With us today we have Melissa Dobbins, who is the founder of a great tech startup call career dot place where they’re combating bias in hiring. Thank you so muc…

Michele: What is up everybody? Thank you so much for joining us. This is Michele Heyward, with KC Atha here for your DEI Thursday. Today we are going to talk about Black Panther and five and five reasons why Black Panther is diversity, equity and inclusion. Your life. What in the world are you really talking about? Um, so we want to take a really a…

When where we’re trying to go and see what these holidays mean, it’s important to ask What’s truly the impact of all women, all colors, all genders, family structures, what impact does it have or didn’t have on their lives? Because too often they’re looking at white women. That’s truly where you want to focus to know where the change needs to happe…

"I have to go after every opportunity that is available to me or create my opportunity because I owe it to my family, my parents, my grandparents, everything that they went through to help me get to this point." Is this something you're carrying too? The thing though is that we still have some baggage in terms of what is possible for us. Join us in…

Michele: Welcome, everybody. Thank you for joining me for another session today with us. We have Lekisha Middleton, who is the founder of the good success network. Look, Keesha, thank you for joining. Lekisha: Thank you for having me, Michelle. Michele: So let me ask you, how did you or why did you rather create the good success network? And what i…

Social Justice and Economic Justice it’s about the money at hand or the opportunities at hand that ultimately get compromised for us along our way, and then how we get kicked out of systems to make us realize the true value of what we’ve accomplished. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/positivehireco/support…

A - An ally is AWARE of how society's patterns of dominance work. Allies know when they are in the dominant group in a given situation. An ally doesn't get stuck guilt, shame or blame. L - An ally LISTENS to understand how marginalized identities experience life without interrupting or questioning them. L - An ally keeps LEARNING about how group & …

If you want to survive and thrive in the post-pandemic world then your task during this prolonged uncertainty is to embrace communication practices that support your organization and community during and after this crisis. Communication can create psychological safety and reinforce trust or it can erode it. Keep your staff and community healthy; Re…

Michele: Hello, everybody, it is so great to be here with you today. I don’t know about you, but it’s been a very busy week. But I’m extremely happy to have with us the founder of a company called story boat. And I want to welcome Nassim, Abdi, with us today. How are you doing? Nassim: Hi, good morning. Michelle, thank you so much for having me on …

Michele: Welcome, everybody to another edition today we have Melanie, with us from breaker 28. And Melanie focuses on leadership leaders Creek ating, inclusive workplaces specifically for women of color. So I’m extremely excited to have us on here today. Melanie, how are you doing? Melanie: I’m doing well.Thank you for having me. Michele: Melanie, …