Your Workplace Survival Guide: Ep.1 The Tools You Need
S4:Ep 16
This is the 1st episode of a 5 episode series.
In this episode, I break down the arsenal of tools you need as a foundation for surviving the workplace.
#CandidCareerCoach
If My Open Letter Made You Mad…..
S4:Ep 15
In this episode, I follow up on the open letters I wrote on LinkedIn and I spill the tea. Yes, I did! Because it needs to be confronted and called out.
COVID-19 Remix: For Colored Girls with Questionable Tone When The Email Is Too Much
COVID-19 Remix
Because we are emailing a whole hell of a lot in these Rona Times…. I thought it was appropriate to revisit this episode.
From S3:Ep 34 For Colored Girls Who Have Questionable Tone When the Email Is Too Much
In this episode, I talk about one of the greatest challenges and banes of our existence as black women in corporate America…. Tone In Email.
Triggered w/ Tiffany Samuels – COVID-19 WFH Edition
S4:Ep 9
In this episode, I catch up with my b-school bestie, Tiffany Samuels, while we bask in all the glory of working at home during a Global Pandemic. This was supposed to be uplifting but… CoronaVirus! I was clearly on 10 in this episode.
Navigating Your Career Amid Coronavirus w/Alexandrea Davis
S4:Ep 8
In this episode, I chat with one of my MBA besties about how we are thinking through our careers during #ThatRona.
Tired and Strugglin’: A FARE Update
S4 Update
I’m seven episodes into 2020 and I’m struggling. This isn’t a normal episode. In this episode, I get honest about what is going on with me and what I’m learning– in my new gig, in producing this podcast, and in life in general.
Don’t Sleep On Lean In! w/ Raena and Pam from LeanIn.Org
S4:Ep 6
In this episode, I talk with the good folks at LeanIn.Org. Raena Saddler, VP of People & Managing Director and Pamela Nonga Ngue, Senior Communications Specialist at LeanIn.Org share with me all the resources they have for Corporate Warriors like you!
Are You Prepared For Sponsorship? The Career Big Game!
S4:Ep 5
In this episode, building from last week’s episode, we focus on getting ready for sponsorship. Before we start targeting potential leaders in the organization, we some work to do on ourselves first. Once we have prepped, we give ourselves a better chance to ask for sponsorship. We talk about building your narrative, understanding your organization, and how NOT to ask for sponsorship.
New Year! New Decade! New Season!
S4:Ep 1
Happy New Year!!! In this episode, Felicia breaks down what to expect this season. We have a new FOCUS and framework to create content to help you obtain your best possible outcome, Inside and Outside the Workplace.
Holiday Rewind: Tips From An MBA Rock Star
Holiday Rewind S3:Ep 50
Regardless if you have listened to S3: Episode 39 or not, you gotta check out all the nuggets my mentee dropped in this episode. As 2019 is coming to an end, take time out to listen and take notes as you prep for an awesome 2020!
Career Housekeeping: Your End of Year To-Do List
S3: Ep 48
In this episode, I talk about the three things you should do as we wind down the end of 2019 and prepare for the beginning of a new decade.
Stop Saying,” I Want A Promotion!” Do This Instead.
S3:Ep 47
In this episode, I explain why verbally asking for a promotion is the fastest way of not getting promoted. Instead, I talk about how you set yourself up to earn your next promotion, all without announcing, “I Want A Promotion.”
STOP Being Mad, START Taking Up For Yourself, CONTINUE the Black Girl Magic
S3:Ep 46
In this episode, I discuss two points of frustration at work: 1. BS that we find ourselves unnecessarily involved in, and 2. Being treated with disrespect. I give you some things to think about and language to help you focus on your priorities and professionally defend yourself without being labeled defensive or angry black woman.
Season 2 Remix: MBA or Nah?
S3: Ep 43
I’m still trying to get settled in a new city and a new job….So….
This episode is a remix of season 2, episode 8 where I discuss the real reason why I got my MBA, I share the Good, Bad, and Ugly of this MBA game, and give you things to think about for your own MBA journey.
Suffering From Burnout? Take off for Hooky Day! w/ Erayna Sargent & Kortney Carr
S3:Ep 41
In this episode, Felicia’s good friend and B-School classmate Erayna Sargent Takes Over the Podcast with a passionate message about why you need to take care of yourself and start with taking off for Hooky Day, October 22, 2019!
Setting Yourself Up For Success: Take 2
S3:Ep 40
In this episode, I catch up with one of my favorite mentees. You may remember her from S2 Episode 9. A little over a year ago, she has started a new job, relocated across a number of states only to be set up for failure. Now, she tells us what has happened since then and what she is up to now. It’s amazing what a difference a year can make.
How This MBA Rock Star Connects the Dots of Success
S3:Ep 39
In this episode, I chat with one of my favorite Mentees turned Mentor. In four short years, she has built an amazingly supported career at her current company. Today, she shares how she has connected the dots of corporate success, allowing her to build a great reputation, solid sponsor relationships and gain the label of high performing/high potential talent. Although I would love to tell you who she is and where she works, it’s more important to deliver these career nuggets without pause or hesitation.
Interning While Black with My Little Cousin
S3:Ep 38
In this episode, I have the opportunity to sit down with my little cousin (he’s 20 now but he will always be my favorite 9-year-old with a bow tie) and talk with him about his summer internship experience with a global investment firm. It is the classic okie-doke set up for failure. Let this be a lesson to you. You can interview well, gain the opportunity, get set up to fail… only to be told that you aren’t good enough. Don’t believe the hype.
Freedom by FIRE with Ericka Grant
S3:Ep 37
In this episode, Ericka Grant shares how she amassed a net worth of $1.4 Million using what she has learned from the FIRE Movement. We want all us to be financially free from the corporate plantation.
Are You Ready For The Next Recession?
S3:Ep 36
In this episode, I discuss what we can do now to prepare ourselves for the next recession that President Agent Orange Twitter Fingers is speeding up 280 Characters at a time.
I share:
What steps you need to take to keep your current job. Spoiler: It all starts with your ATTITUDE!
How to evaluate and understand the value your role has to the organization in the context of an economic downturn.
Why you might want to get a new job NOW
How I’m trying to take advantage of the pending recession.
