Stop Being the Best Kept Secret (R)
”Stop Being the Best Kept Secret (R)” is a podcast hosted by Dr. Tana M. Session, a world renowned diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) expert. With her extensive experience as a human resources executive and strategic consultant, she provides a unique and one-of-a-kind perspective on how DEIB should be woven into the framework of all organizations. She speaks with leaders from various industries on the importance of DEIB and the challenges and difficulties of implementation, and provides valuable insight into how and why DEIB affects each and everyone of us.
Episodes
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Join in on my discussion with Tiffany as we talk about imposter syndrome, knowing your worth and value, and how the leadership landscape is shifting.
Tiffany Houser is passionate about people and transformation. As an executive & leadership coach, entrepreneur, and a woman of color, Tiffany knows firsthand about the roller coaster ride of self-worth. As the founder of EVOLVE, Tiffany coaches senior leaders who are ready to experience powerful breakthroughs around their self-worth, authentic leadership style, vision, and purpose.
Tiffany created Self Worth Advantage® based on her work with her leaders who experience feeling like an imposter. Self Worth Advantage® is a framework and approach that uncovers what’s compromising your self-worth to support you transforming it back into confidence and trust. Tiffany's coaching creates massive clarity and confidence by reassuring leaders they're not the only senior leader in a top role or founder experiencing this, and equips them with tools to unpack and transform their self-worth to leave the imposter behind for good.
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Building a Professional Network with Beth Hilbing & Dianne Gubin
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Today we have two special guests, Beth Hilbing and Dianne Gubin, the founders of C-Sweet, the premier global community for female executives. They have a network of over 15,000 executive women across the country with a focus on Fortune 1000, middle-market, and fast growth companies. Their mission is to foster and renew executive level relationships for women across sectors for business development, brand acceleration, partnerships and expanded career paths. C-Sweet produces more than 50 live and virtual events every year, including Women on Boards, educational networking programs, workshops, panels, and more. To learn more, head to c-sweet.org.
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Join me as I chat with Sabine Gedeon, Executive Career & Leadership Strategist for Women & Emerging Leaders, about the shifting workforce as we emerge from the pandemic and how we can learn to elevate our leadership bench. Listen in as we discuss how the different generations are changing the way we view leadership and work in general, and how we need to adapt to this new world of hybrid and remote work.
Sabine will be speaking at Linkedin's Talent Connect in New York on October 2nd so be sure to join if you can! Also, please check out her new book "LeadHership Reloaded: Reimagining, Redefining, & Rehumanizing Leadership" on Amazon!
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
How to Become the Best Leader You Can Be with Ulrike Seminati
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Welcome to season 3 of Stop Being the Best Kept Secret (R)!
On today's episode, I chat with Ulrike Seminati, a communication and leadership expert based in Zurich, Switzerland, who helps leaders realize their full potential. Tune in as we discuss the changing workplace dynamics from Gen X bosses, to new Millennial and Gen Z employees, and the impacts of COVID on remote work culture. We talk about how this has influenced the way leaders show up in their organizations and how we can show up as our truest, authentic selves to succeed.
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Advancing Female Leaders with Michelle Harris
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
It is crucial to help support female leaders on their road to success. Join in as we speak with Michelle Harris, Founder & CEO of Bosstrack, a company focused on supporting and developing women leaders. She shares her company's wide range of programs and how important it is to put yourself first in order to succeed in the leadership competition of the workplace.
Friday Jan 27, 2023
How to Own Your Power in the Workplace with Lisa L. Baker
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
As a professional women, we can struggle to unlock our full potential, embrace our talent and advance in the workplace. Listen in as Lisa L. Baker, founder of Ascentim LLC, discusses her expertise as an executive coach. Lisa helps high-achieving professional women who feel undervalued in their careers own their power, communicate their worth with confidence, and crush barriers to achieve the promotions and pay they deserve.
Friday Dec 30, 2022
The Other Side of Justice with Danae Shell
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
In this episode we are learning about perspectives of DEIB on an international scale in Scotland. Tune in to Danae Shell, Co-Founder & CEO of Valla, a new platform for getting your employment issues, ranging from harassment to discrimination, taken care of. Valla helps people resolve their employment issue themselves without spending thousands on a lawyer, especially when they cannot afford to. Danae shares her experience aiding discriminatory cases and the state of DEIB overseas.
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Existing as a Women in the Tech Space with Elena Elkina
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 25, 2022
It can be challenging to balance being a woman in tech and being a mother. Tune in to Elena Elkina, Co-Founder & Partner at Aleada Consulting, a certified WMBE based in Silicon Valley that advises clients on privacy, data protection, and information security issues. Elena shares her experience as a mother in the Tech industry and her incredible journey of growth.
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Religion as an Aspect of DEIB with Rahimeh Ramezany
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Religion is a much less-discussed aspect of DEIB, however it is just as important to discuss it as it is ties into discussions of race, gender and intersectionality. Listen in to this powerful discussion with Rahimeh Ramezany, a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Intercultural Consultant, Trainer, Speaker, & Content Creator who is an expert on Muslim Inclusion and the Founder of Rahimeh Ramezany Consulting, as she discusses her lived experience as a Muslim living in America and how we all need to bring further awareness to the importance of including Religion in our DEIB efforts.
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Why Personal Branding is Important with Chellie Phillips
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Friday Sep 30, 2022
It is important to understand the significance of creating your own personal brand and how this connects to your success in the workplace. Tune in as Chellie Phillips, Career Brand Strategist and Founder of Successfully Ever After, discusses how vital building a personal brand is and the struggles different kinds of people may face when doing so.

Dr. Tana M. Session
Strategist | Speaker | Consultant
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Dr. Tana M. Session is an award-winning Consultant, International Speaker, Executive-level Performance Coach, Best-selling Author, recognized Inclusion, Diversity & Multigenerational Thought Leader and Media Contributor. Dr. Session was recently recognized as a “Top Company Culture Consultant” by Fond.co, “Top Employer Branding Expert” by Eightfold.ai, and a Huffington Post “Top Female Expert to Follow.” Dr. Session is the official LinkedIn Learning expert for Diversity & Inclusion in recruiting and interviewing and was also recognized by Forbes as a “Next 1000” and a “Top Diversity & Inclusion Business Leader,” and a “DEI Champion” by the National Diversity Council. Additionally, her business was recognized by Design Rush as a "Top 5 California Business Consulting Firm" and a "Top 10 California HR Outsourcing Company," and CORE Magazine/USA Today recognized her as "CORE 100 Most Influential Blacks Today."
As an Organizational Development Strategist, Dr. Session partners with multiple clients across various industries to help assess their individual company cultures and develop transformational workplace strategies to increase employee retention and engagement with a focus on inclusion, diversity, equality & belonging. As a corporate trainer and performance coach, Dr. Session provides actionable tools & strategies catered to each organization to help both leaders AND employees excel in the workplace. Her unique skill is making people MORE of who they already ARE!
Dr. Tana M. Session holds the PHR, GPHR and SHRM-SCP certifications as well as multiple ICF-approved performance coaching certifications.
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