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Continuously Building Your Cultural Intelligence and Incorporating Feedback with Lola Adeyemo
In this episode, Lola discusses the challenges of integrating your background into your career and how it can affect communication and leadership skills.
This episode covers:
Why communication is important in how...
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Putting your happiness first, relationship building is the new networking, and being inquisitive through every step in the journey with Keith Dunnell
In this episode, Lola speaks with Keith Dunnell, a senior executive with experience building businesses and transforming organizations into higher-profit ventures. With an entrepreneurial spirit and mindset, Keith has...
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Prioritizing Your Skills in Interviews - Strategies for the interview process and how to reclaim your cultural background to highlight your unique skill set with Lola Adeyemo
In this episode, Lola discusses the steps you can take before, during, and after accepting a new role and how you can prioritize not only your unique skills but highlight your cultural background and leverage it to...
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Becoming a leader in your industry, finding an “assortment” of mentors, and networking as a skill with Tari Suprato
In this episode, Lola speaks with Tari Suprapto, Ph.D., RTTP is a seasoned technology commercialization professional in the life sciences. She is currently the Director for Search & Evaluation for Western US and...
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Highlighting your “Transferable Skills” - Strategies to move jobs and change roles that are not in direct alignment with your college degree or past experience with Lola Adeyemo
In this episode, Lola discusses how you can highlight your transferable skills and show your value - not just your past job experience - by focusing on key qualities that help you have a competitive advantage in any...
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Leveraging and owning your voice to advance in your career, investing in your growth, and the importance of communication with Dr. Zippy Alba
In this episode, we talk to Dr. Zippy Abla, a pioneering catalyst for transformation, armed with an Ed.D in Leadership and certified as a Life and Master coach. Her unwavering commitment is to empower women, enabling...
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New episodes are back & a look at highlighting leaders in STEM on this season of Thriving in Intersectionality with Lola Adeyemo
In this episode, Lola digs into what you can expect from this season of the podcast and…
The evolution of the podcast and how it impacted this season's topics and guests
What STEM jobs are and how this industry is...
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Moving to the United States in high school, becoming a first-generation “knowledge” worker, and overcoming barriers as an immigrant in a system not built for you with Iky Chan
In this episode, we talk to Iky Chan, the Chief Presentation Office and Founder of IKY Studios. Iky is also a minimalistic cartoonist, corporate comedic speaker, and mindset coach. Iky’s mission is to help people...
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Finding your career focus, the benefits of an entrepreneurial mindset, and making it easy for people to help you with Aisha Suleiman
In this episode, we talk to Aisha Suleiman, an award-winning diversity and inclusion leader, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker. Her company, The Inclusive Culture, helps organizations thrive by building a sense of...
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Career Planning Tools: Visioning and SMART Goals with Lola Adeyemo
In this episode, Lola talks about visioning exercises and SMART goals as well as:
The intention behind goals as someone with multiple intersectional identities
Using visioning to help you clarify and guide your next...
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Founding the Immigrant Academy, balancing a 9-5 while being an entrepreneur, and tricks to adapt to a new work environment quickly with Anjali Nair
In this episode, we talk to Anjali Nair, the founder of The Immigrant Academy - a skill development and mentoring platform to help you restart your career in North America and help you in every phase of your immigrant...
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Learning to ask for help, leaning on virtual networking, and tips for thriving as an introvert at work with Isabel Ruiz
In this episode, we talk to Isabel Ruiz, who manages an internal community for a Product and Content team at the cloud-based software company Mews.
Isabel has over 9 years of experience working with industry leaders...
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