Perspectives by Essence Learning Video Podcast

Episode 35: Learning from Lessons within Leadership

Join Essence Learning’s Kanetra Hights in a candid conversation with senior leaders, Valerie Wilson, James Jacobs, and Phyllis Williams as they share the many lessons they have learned throughout their professional careers.
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Episode 34: Pursuing Leadership - How to Go After the Roles You Want!

As the workforce continues to transition, younger generations are increasingly moving into senior executive leadership roles that Baby Boomers once occupied for decades. These newly opened senior positions have made for a more aggressive hiring pool as younger employees go after the roles they want.
In this episode, join panelists Bryan McWhorter, Katrina Freeman, and Kanetra Hights as they share their career perspectives with Essence Learning CEO, Valerie Wilson and give listeners insight on not only how to go after the role they want, but why they are pursuing it.
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Episode 33: The Impact of Young Leaders in the Workplace

As the workforce continues to transition, younger generations are increasingly moving into leadership roles that older generations once occupied for decades. With this shift comes a “new way of doing business” for some organizations. Join Essence Learning’s Phyllis Williams as she sits with a panel of executives to discuss this current move and its effect on the workplace.
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Episode 32: Book Highlight - ”There’s A Snake On My Head”

At some point in the journey of leadership, fear, worry, and anxiety are a reality. Whether a result of workplace tension, layoffs, turn-overs, personal trauma, professional insecurities, or profit loss, successful leaders learn how to manage these challenges while effectively managing their teams. Essence Learning’s Phyllis Williams invites Mindy G. Spigel, author of “There’s A Snake On My Head” to share effective strategies to minimize these distresses in leadership.
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Episode 31: The Execute Leader - Part Two

During this 30-minute podcast, Essence Learning CEO, Valerie J. Wilson sits with Executive Coach and Leadership Expert, Drew T. Jackson to discuss the keys to successful executive leadership.
 
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Episode 30: The Executive Leader - Part One

During this 20-minute episode, Essence Learning’s Kanetra Hights welcomes Drew T. Jackson to “Perspectives” to share his professional journey and new book “The Executive Leaders Handbook – A Guide for the Daily Challenges of Leadership”. As an Executive Coach and Leadership Expert, Drew has serviced companies such as Chick-fil-A, Lennox, Pinnacle Bank, and Habitat for Humanity, offering his keys to successful leadership.
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Episode 29: Teaching and Leading - Equity in Education

Are all school systems treated equal? For this podcast, let’s use the working definition for “Equitable Education” as ‘the pursuit of creating an educational system that caters to students of all kinds and develops their educational experience accordingly.’ This means that no matter what a student’s background, language, race, economic profile, gender, learning capability, disability or family history, each student has the opportunity to get the support and resources they need to achieve their educational goals.
Join Essence Learning, CEO Valerie J. Wilson as she sits with Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, Dr. Mary Duhart-Toppen, Director of K-12 & Justice, John Jacobs, Equity Advocate, Tait D. Brooks to discuss ‘Equity in Education’. We will also gain perspectives of staff diversity, federal policies, and funding within the education system.
 
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Episode 28: Millennials Impact in the Workplace

There is power in a diverse workforce. This 30-minute podcast focuses on the characteristics and formative life experiences of the five generations that are currently active in the workplace – specifically the Millennial generation and their impact in the workforce as the largest age group in the US Labor Force. Join Essence Learning, Kanetra Hights, and executive leaders Tait D. Brooks, Kati Uminski, and John Troy Jacobs as they discuss how the Millennial's presence has shifted the workplace culture.
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