Episode 90 - Calling out the Bullsh*t in DEI
Better Mental Health
by Marteka Swaby
1y ago
Calling out the Bullsh*t in DEI explores perspectives of this space. Consultants, quotas and performative tick box practices, including that terrible question to Ngozi Fulani – Where are you really from? And, ways people leaders can improve this space in 2023 Sammie Hawkins - Leadership coach, facilitator and writer | Calling bullsh*t on injustice I help people take back their power.  Erin Corine - The Identity & Belonging Coach, Performing Artist & Mama. Decolonizing Leadership. Chicago-Grown, Black Neurodivergent, Storyteller, Community Mama  3.40 - Calling out standalone r ..read more
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Episode 89 - Dealing with everyday racism
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by Marteka Swaby
1y ago
Dr Shungu Hilda M'gadzah Director & Lead Consultant Psychologist over 30 years experience with a Doctorate in EI. Working as a DEI coach at senior executives at board level.   Today we are exploring everyday racism and what that looks like in the community & workplace. Thinking about how the racism spectrum can help us map this out.   We will also go deeper to explore a 6 stage framework to tackle everyday racism. Understanding & dealing with everyday racism is also your recent book    1.50 - What makes the workplace lonely for diverse women? 3.30 - Interse ..read more
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Episode 88 - Kinship Summit
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by Marteka Swaby
2y ago
Yvonne Alston Chief Culture Architect, CEO & Founder of Indelible Impressions Consulting, LLC We are exploring leadership and the skills of great leaders to improve the experience of culture & belonging for bias correct, particulalry for women of colour in corporate.   2.36 - The great resignation - Is it a direct result of our mental wellbeing?   8.46 - Why does representation matter? What should leaders look like?   14.06 - Pioneers - How to accelerate without sacrificing your mental health?   21.52 - The qualities of good leaders to foster diversity coming out of ..read more
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Episode 87 - Why getting my name right matters?
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by Marteka Swaby
2y ago
We explore what is in a name and why it is important to get a name right? 4 Tips to stop you mispronouncing a name & how to recover if you do.   0.49 - Why getting my name right is important to me? 2.41 - Creating a culture of belonging 4.26 - What is in a name? 5.37- Equality Act & protected characteristics 6.33- Safe Spaces for diverse corporate women 7.32- Validating Perspectives 9.24 - Discrimination, Self estemm 10.20 - Adopting angelicised names 11.39 - What if you mispronounce a name? 12.41 - How can I pronounce names properly ..read more
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Episode 86 - My Roadmap to success 2022
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by Marteka Swaby
2y ago
My road to success has been paved with many obstacles, and this my friends, has all been part of the process. When I used to think of a leader, I didn’t see myself and neither did others! In 2022, my desire is to see more diverse women elevated into leadership roles and build a bigger sphere of influence in their industry, changing the idea of what leaders look like. I actually genuinely believe, successful people are not the ones who are more intelligent, but the ones who have a strategy to get there, a roadmap that will show the directions. 2.21 - My Road to success 4.08 - You can’t be ..read more
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Episode 85 - Faith & Financial Coaching
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by Marteka Swaby
2y ago
Lisa Y Jones is a Certified Financial Coach. We are exploring wealth, finances and building a wealth mindset. She paid off over 300k in 5 years with her husband and they are now teaching others the same principles of abundance. Lisa shares how they developed a step-by-step approach to eliminate debt and how faith based financial coaching completely changed their financial situation.  0.45 - What motivated you to tackle debt? 3.03 - Mental health, wellbeing & relationships 7.48 - The karmasutra vs toxic masculinity 10.34 - The wealth mindset - Diamonds or bricks  14.12 - It’s not ..read more
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Episode 84 - Black Women Raising Investment
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by Marteka Swaby
2y ago
Black Women & Leading Winning Series 8 Tobi Oredein started her career as a journalist. Founder of Black Ballard, leading media and data company with a community of over 70,000 black women. We are exploring raising investment as a black female entrepreneur. Tobi shares her strategies to raise investment successfully and some of her proudest moments creating legacy for the next generation.   0.57 - Tell us about your journey of entrepreneurship?    3.44 - Misrepresentation of black females, entrepreneurs (less than 1%) get investment- how has that impacted your ment ..read more
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Episode 83 - Black Muslim Female Entrepreneur
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by Marteka Swaby
2y ago
Cordelia Gaffer,  Author of DETACHED LOVE: Transforming Your Heart So That You Can Transform Your Mind. Creator of Replenish Me ™ Coach for courageous leaders, Co host of Unlearning labels podcast Exploring race, culture and identity to avoid victim mentality. Cordelia takes the main stage as a ’Small’ Black Muslim Female Entrepreneur in love and compassion. 0.55 - Choosing Humanity & Detached Love 2.26 - Releasing Victim Mentality - Replenish Me ™  5.57 - Culture, Religion & Race 7.16 - Black Muslim Female Entrepreneur 10.46 - Lifetime Of Anger 13.20 - Taking The Main S ..read more
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Episode 82 - Black Female Founders
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by Marteka Swaby
2y ago
Yinka Ewuola is a coach, consultant, strategist.v Former investment banker & Founding member of UK Black Tech Founder of Calla Success Systems helping busy, ambitious women to build thriving, profitable businesses.  Yinka Ewuola and I are sharing our experiences of entrepreneurship and exploring the labels & stereotypes of being a Black Female Founder to promote mental health & wellbeing. 0.59 - Describing & Defining Labels 4.56 - Giving Blackness A Meaning & Impact? 8.24 - Difference vs Disadvantages 10.19 - Representation of Black Females 15.49 - Self Limiting Belief ..read more
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Episode 81 - Black Women Leading & Winning Series 5
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by Marteka Swaby
3y ago
Michaela Jeffrey Morrison, Chief Executive Officer, Ascend Global Media. Founder of the Women in Technology World Series, a cutting-edge digital platform and conference portfolio dedicated to diversity and inclusion. She has directed numerous high profile conferences in Europe and The USA to promote diversity & inclusion of women in technology and is certainly a cheerleader for diversity in technology. 0.55 -  Diversity & Women in Technology 4.32 -  Becoming a Cheerleader 5.44 -  Overcoming Imposter Syndrome 7.57 -  Loneliness as a Black Female Founder 11.38 ..read more
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