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Why this entrepreneur chose to bet on herself and follow her passion with Gwenna Kadima
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This week’s guest, Gwenna Kadima, shares how and why she decided to bet on herself and make the transition from a corporate job to the life of an entrepreneur. We talk about how her corporate life and experiences have informed the direction of her new business and how she gained the courage to take the necessary steps to make her dreams of becoming an entrepreneur a reality.
Gwenna is an award-winning, Toronto-based BIPOC Career Activator and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Consultant empowering marginalized individuals to achieve their highest professional potential through targeted macro and micro-interventions.
Gwenna catalyzes equity at the individual level as a BIPOC Career Activator offering seminars, workshops, coaching, and other culturally relevant career development services to BIPOC students and professionals.
Simultaneously, Gwenna addresses systemic workplace barriers as a DEI Consultant developing and executing intentional DEI strategies and programming. Her areas of expertise are sustainable Employee Resource Group (ERG) enablement and inclusive employee experience design.
In this episode, we talk about:
- How her upbringing, experiences and passion ultimately pushed her to start building her own business
- The importance of her role as a BIPOC Career Activator & DEI Consultant
- The challenges and wins she has faced along the way; AND
- Her vision for the future of her company and sector at-large
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