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In this podcast episode, Michele Heyward discusses "Goal Digger Sunday," offering tips for achieving goals. She emphasizes the importance of accountability in reaching goals, sharing her experiences with multiple accountability partners. Michele explains how regular check-ins with these partners help her stay on track and outlines steps for creating effective accountability groups or masterminds, emphasizing the importance of commitment and reliability.

Michele Heyward, founder of Positive Hire, shares invaluable insights on mindset preparation for achieving your 2019 goals. In this fast-paced episode, Michele breaks down the key elements of mindset, emphasizing self-belief, visualization, and overcoming fear. She also offers a bonus tip on dealing with negativity and quitters. Tune in for a quick dose of motivation and get ready to conquer your goals in the new year!"

Day three focuses on goal-setting and overcoming procrastination. Michele emphasizes visualizing success and breaking big goals into manageable steps. She offers practical advice and invites viewers to join her for further guidance.

In this episode of #GoalDigger, I talked about FEAR. The number one killer of your dreams of your goals is your fear. Fear kills more dreams, more hopes, more aspirations than money, lack of know-how, and having the right connection that kills more dreams.

Join me in this episode as I discuss suggestions for looking at goals every day to stay focused and think about small steps towards reaching them.

In this episode, Michele Heyward emphasizes the importance of writing down goals for mental focus and accountability.

The session provides practical insights into effective goal-setting and actionable steps for success. Michele Heyward encourages viewers to embrace consistency and stay tuned for upcoming discussions on accountability.

Now, let's dive into a crucial topic: "Let them tell you no." Ever felt hesitant about applying for a job because you didn't meet all the requirements?

In this candid discussion, Nomble Lee shares how my career started organically, but over the years, it evolved into a deliberate pursuit of growth and impact. Join us on this insightful journey of self-discovery and empowerment.

Lisa Anderson is a dynamic leader with expertise in organizational development in union and non-union environments. Knowledgeable of labor and employment laws, regulatory agencies and issues, compensation and benefits administration, and professional development. Come and join us in this episode!

In this Women's History Month event, Michele Heyward and Monique, a founding member of "System" (Women of Color in the Water Industry), introduce Ashley Matthews, an engineering supervisor at the Philadelphia Water Department. Monique, a water resources engineer on maternity leave, is excited about her upcoming job at Jacobs. The event aims to highlight women of color making significant contributions in the water industry, with a focus on the Philadelphia area's challenges like CSOs (Combined Sewer Overflows) and GSI (Green Stormwater Infrastructure).

Michele Heyward, a woman of color and civil engineer, celebrates National STEM Day by promoting STEM fields, especially for women and people of color. She shares her experience in building the power grid and emphasizes the diverse applications of STEM in areas like packaging engineering, environmental engineering, and industrial engineering. Michele encourages hands-on activities to teach engineering concepts to children, citing the "egg drop" game. She also discusses the impact of movies and real-life experiences in helping young people understand STEM careers. Throughout the livestream, Michele engages with viewers, shares anecdotes, and highlights the pervasive influence of STEM in everyday life.

Michelle discusses the importance of creating and nurturing online communities and relationships. She shares her positive experiences with building genuine connections on Periscope, emphasizing that the community is not just about the broadcaster but the interactions among viewers. Michelle talks about the longevity of relationships formed online, citing examples of meeting people in person and continuing to collaborate and support each other. She also highlights the value of community engagement, where members can share insights, offer support, and even brainstorm together to solve business challenges.

In this Mentor Monday session, Michelle emphasizes the importance of creating a diverse career team for professional growth. She highlights five key members: Community (friends and family), Mentor (guide and supporter), Ally (provides inside information), Sponsor (advocate behind closed doors), and Counselor (coaches and advises). Michelle announces an upcoming event, Career Strategy Saturday, where she and Aaron Brada will address career questions and offer live engagement opportunities for participants.

Courtney has a civil engineer civil engineering degree from Clemson University. She was actually one of my mentees many years ago, at Clemson and she was one of the best mentees.

Tysha Tolbert is one of the Virtual Summit Speakers And what I love about her background is computer science, worked in corporate and is now running her own businesses. Not business. But this this says. So, so Ty, can you share a little bit with the audience, just something I don't know, something unique or different about you, but also just a little bit of what they can probably Google and find out on their own?

Today, our presenter is me. So I'm going to be sharing with you tips and ways to engage with executives. And I know this was a huge struggle for me early in my career. And I had a different outlook in a very short period of time. So I'm going to show you some tools that were available to available to me back in early 2000.

Black latinx and indigenous women, especially in stem, are the future of stem. They bring in different perspectives that lead to different solutions.

Find out how Brianne's curiosity about science and math and finally fell in love with engineering.

Michele's practical advice and unique techniques can help you boost your job search and make a successful career transition. Don't miss this insightful discussion, and remember to catch the replay for a 30-minute recap of the key takeaways.

In this episode we have Lynn Hurdle, she's going to be teaching us how to communicate as a leader, as a woman of color in the workplace.

Today I want to talk about keeping a positive mindset in a toxic workplace. If you have ever worked in a place where in it is truly, truly toxic, it is difficult for you to even one a walk through the door, much less not quit on the spot. I have so been there with you. So these are some some of the things I've done. These are some things that other professionals recommend.

In this session, you'll hear from Ms. Kaye Bealer. Ms. Bealer has over 20 years of experience in finance, accounting, and digital water, working alongside major municipal clients across the US. She has worked in finance, parks and recreation, general city administration, and utilities. Her expertise includes identifying funding sources, grant writing, and financial planning. As a versatile and visionary executive, she has managed dozens of projects drawing upon her expertise in all facets of executive leadership, strategy, and complex financial management.

Nicole Brown created SISTEM which is a unique and long-overdue network for women of color in water. The organization provides a safe space to discuss challenges and innovations, and to learn from each other. Viewers can expect to hear about the challenges and successes of being a woman of color in the water industry, as well as gain valuable knowledge on this important field. Join this SISTEM session to connect with inspiring women in the water industry and learn about the important work they are doing to improve our planet's most precious resource.

Erin Browder a leadership and organizational development consultant, discusses her background and expertise in working with human-serving organizations, particularly in education and nonprofit leadership. She shares her experience of transitioning between positions due to the nature of grant-funded projects and how she developed a career strategy to continually progress toward his goals.

In this episode, we talked about the importance of planning and setting goals for the future. One of the highlights is that a lack of planning often leads to wasted time and resources, and encourages listeners to think ahead and create a roadmap to achieve their objectives. The importance of being flexible and adaptable when plans inevitably change or unforeseen circumstances arise. Additionally, the benefits of seeking advice from mentors and experts in relevant fields improve one's planning and decision-making skills were discussed.

She is an IT professional, and her way into tech into STEM is a little bit different than what many of you may have done in your career. Her name is Daria Rosen and she is with us in this episode. She will be sharing her journey on how she got into IT.

Marissa Lee was one of our Virtual Summit Speakers know more about her fun sides and her HR background in this episode.

In this episode, talk about the struggle you can have sometimes with a mentor, and not the struggle being bad, but the struggle being you not being prepared, because I wasn't prepared. Find out the whole story...

In this episode, we're going to talk about how to prioritize your life and your business. When you're looking at what to prioritize in your life, in your business, and in your career, these are three things you need to think about...

In this episode, we have Lynn Hurdle as a speaker. We talked about Masterful Conflict Resolution For The Rising Executive. Listen to the full podcast and get learn more things about why is it important to understand how to best manage when you're a woman, you are under represented a woman of color.

What are the important areas in your career? What are you most good/expert at? But for, those who are scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians, you still have a place, a lane, where you're a subject matter expert. Let's find out in this episode.

In this episode we're talking about your career trajectory, and what direction you want to go in your career. The first thing I want you to think about is which career opportunities excite you and why.

You know where you want to go in your career but you need the support of management to get there. Is your current manager onboard? What do you need to do to find out if s/he is onboard? What do you say to your manager?

Now that you're meeting with your manager, what are the questions you should ask? Do you want to test the waters? Or do you want to start growing new skills?

What happens after the meeting you have with your manager, and it doesn't go in the direction you want to go? Find out as we dig in and talk about it in this episode!

There's so much information out there when it comes to the traits of a leader, the behavior of a leader, and creating becoming a leader in the workplace. In this episode, we talked about being a leader. As a leader, you're looking at the organization as a whole, you're looking at not only what is going on in your location, your team, your business unit, but the organization as a whole.

As your level of expertise has grown, as you have gained more experience in the workplace, in your field, and in various industries, it may have grown wider, How do you focus back on what you've achieved? Come join me in this episode and listen to how I ended up with what I have now and what I've achieved in 25 years. . .

Lee Anne is a Sales Director full time for a large manufacturing organization and also the Founder fo Crockett Consulting. Inspired to make a larger impact with women, Lee Anne combined her passions for leading, coaching, and professional development with her MBA in Entrepreneurship and launched her coaching practice.

Theola Debose is one of the speakers at the Women of Color STEM Virtual Summit2021 where the theme is The Power Of You. Theola DeBose is the founder and CEO of JSkills, the learning community and forthcoming tech platform for career changers that reframes their skills and matches them to new careers. Get to know her more in this podcast episode!

Join us in this episode, we have our Women of Color Virtual Summit Speaker Francesca Escoto. She is a serial entrepreneur who started her professional journey as an engineer, way back in another day. And started her first venture writing software to track the performance of aircraft engines, which was a great learning experience crashed and burned. Listen to this full episode to know more about her!

Mental health is critical right now especially for children. While parents are worrying so are their children. But what can parents do to help their children during these uncertain times? Christina Broderick is clinically trained Licensed Social Worker, a Psychotherapist and a Certified School Social Worker. She's worked in K-12 educational settings for nearly a decade. She is also the founder of  IgnitEDU.  It helps every student to learn, build and strengthen their mental health foundation within their education journey. When Christina started working with students, she realized there's a consistent gap that existed related to mental health. Christina established IgniteEdu which she's the founder that helps every student to learn, build, and strengthen their Mental Health Foundation within their education journey.

There are different types of sponsors. But I'm specifically talking about career sponsors, those people who help guide you through your career, and they make things a whole lot smoother, a whole lot easier.

What is a Sponsor? A sponsor truly does have power, authority, and respect from a lot of people. A sponsor's authority and power allow them to remove barriers. What now are the characteristics of a sponsor? Follow along as Michele discuss about A Sponsor's Characteristics in this episode.

In this episode you'll learn where to go and how to get to the people you'd like to network with for your career.

Networking in real life can be difficult. Being online is supposed to be easy and less stressful than going out to events. But it is NOT! Listen to "How To Network Virtually" in this 1 hour interactive webinar.

“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. Listen to this episode and get some Self-care tips.

Did you know 22% of resolutions fail after about a week? Yes a week! Then another 40% after a month, 50% after 3 months, and 60% after 6 months! This does Not have to be you! Why? Because you're in it to win it! Uhm...I know it's so difficult to get focused. But I got you! Learn 5 Steps To Creating Your Career Goals today.

In this episode, we talked about sponsors. Not a sponsorship for any event, but an actual career sponsor, someone who helps you in your career, somebody who helps guide you, so that you understand, or you can progress quicker in your career, or even just see progression in your career via a sponsor, and about the characteristics of a sponsor what they do for you and how you can go about finding a sponsor.

Dr. Shellae shared with us why she's studying what she's doing with the research, why she's doing the research, and then how we as black women can help her in helping ourselves. She is Somebody who's really working to change us as a people as women as a culture how we are often sidelined and not thought of or we are afterthought after things have been built out and created.

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