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
17 hours ago
Why Black History Matters with Ernest Crim III
17 hours ago
17 hours ago
Tune into this incredibly important conversation with Ernest Crim III, a public teacher, speaker, and advocate focusing on cultural empowerment and educating everyone on Black history. We need to fully understand how to bridge the cultural gap between students and teachers and unpack the biases we may have around Black culture. We talk about the importance of Black Male representation in the education space and how our goal should be to communicate better with each other, regardless of our differences. Ernest shares why we should be reading Black literature and the impact writing has on our culture. Check out his website at ernestcrim.com and find him on social media @mrcrim3.
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Listen in on this insightful conversation with Alison Hall, a Divorce and Business Coach primarily working with women to help them through divorce, both financially and emotionally. She is the Founder of The Boldest Me® and Mind Money Divorce® where she coaches women who are facing major life changes, such as divorce, career change, or starting a business, with the goal of empowering them to reinvent themselves and pursue their personal and professional goals with confidence and clarity. She discusses the need for supportive partners, dealing with an identity crisis, how differences in wage affect heterosexual couples, difficulties faced by single parents and much more. Make sure to listen to her top financial tips for women in relationships. Remember to advocate for yourself!
If you have any questions, you can reach Alison at: alison@mindmoneydivorce.com.
Friday May 31, 2024
How White People Can Be Allies with Kim P
Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
Tune into this incredible conversation with Kim P, a passionate Anti-Racism Educator, DEI facilitator, and disruptor. She talks about the importance role white folks have as allies to BIPOC individuals, especially during these times of turmoil and uncertainty. We discuss the responsibility of an ally and why acknowledgment is key in order for folks to take accountability for creating such a society. The goal is not to feel guilty, it is to understand that we are all human. Whether or not you are impacted by racism, the truth is that it exists and you can choose to care about it. This is the work we need to do for our future generations.
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Join in on an invigorating discussion with Paul Ladipo, DEIA advocate, LinkedIn content creator, CEO of Critical Conversations Consulting, and professional Status Quo Disruptor. We talk about the importance of DEIB work, why it matters, and what it means for everyone. We discuss our hopes to build a better future for the next generation and how we need to learn to understand by practicing emotional intelligence and maturity. Let's keep having these conversations! Follow Paul on LinkedIn and turn on your notifications so as not to miss a post!
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Being a Black Woman in Corporate America with Dr. Thelá R. Thatch
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Tune in as I speak with Dr. Thelá R. Thatch, an HR strategist and Equity instigator, about the state of DEIB in the workplace today. So many DEI professionals are leaving their roles, especially Female and Black executives. This is a serious issue and cannot be ignored. Listen to us chat about what it is like being a Black Woman in corporate America and check out Dr. Thatch's latest book, "The Diversity Dilemma: A Survivor’s Guide for Diversity and Inclusion Good Doers" for further discussion on this topic.
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Discussing the Franchising Business with Anna Brambilla
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Tune in for today's episode as I talk with career ownership coach Anna Brambilla about how people can get help in their career transitions and explore the possibility of franchise business ownership. Many of us experience battered career syndrome and become frustrated with corporate America. If this sounds like you, then maybe becoming a franchisee would work for you! Please check out Anna's Linkedin and reach out to book an intro call with her...and most importantly, it's free!
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Please tune into part 2 of my interview with Joan Trumpauer Mulholland & Loki Mulholland. We discuss how things have changed from the 60s to now, how we can actively engage in a nonviolent way when people make discriminatory comments, what the impact of overturning Roe v. Wade and affirmative action will be on civil rights, and why voting matters!
Be sure to check out the video on my YouTube channel and see how you can support and get involved with the Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation!
Also check out the book, Get Back to the Counter!
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
As we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January & Black History Month in February, I couldn't think of a better way to observe them than by interviewing the incomparable Joan Trumpauer Mulholland. If you don't know who she is...just Google her!! You've probably seen her mugshot or the picture of her sitting at a lunch counter sit-in protest at 19 years old in your history books or most Civil Rights documentaries about the Freedom Riders.
I was so honored and humbled when she and her son, Loki Mulholland agreed to sit down with me for a 2-part interview. We started off by having Ms. Joan walk me through her Civil Rights experience as a White woman born and raised in the South who felt a personal calling to be a part of the change in dismantling discrimination and racism. I don't usually do video interviews for my podcast...but Ms. Joan's interview was too special not to be honored and memorialized virtually! So please check out the episode on my YouTube channel as well!
As she shares in her interview, this country is going backwards and it's very concerning that all of the work of the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s is under attack again.
Make sure to tune in next week for Part 2!
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Finding Intention in Your Work with Nicole Durio
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Listen in to my conversation with Nicole Michelle Durio, CPA, who has more than 25 years of experience in accounting, financial reporting, advisory services, business consulting, CFO services and internal and external auditing.
Nicole has mentored over 250 women to six-figure income status and she is on track to propel 25 women to seven-figure incomes in the next five years. We talk about entrepreneurship, finding meaning and intention in your work, and leaving the corporate world. She drops tidbits of wisdom about owning your worth, creating your success, and living in the present.
Friday Nov 24, 2023
How to Evolve as a Leader with Tiffany Houser
Friday Nov 24, 2023
Friday Nov 24, 2023
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.
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Dr. Tana M. Session
Strategist | Speaker | Consultant
tanamsession.com
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.
Stay up to date with Dr. Tana M. Session by connecting on LinkedIn.