More Than Words Podcast

Coaching Our Future with Sophia Toh

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Meet Sophia Toh, the CEO of Illuminate U Coaching, LLC, a company dedicated to helping individuals thrive through executive coaching and inclusive leadership training.
Before embarking on her coaching journey, Sophia dedicated 20 years of her career to the corporate world. She held executive positions at Kraft Heinz and Procter & Gamble, where she managed the financial aspects of multi-billion-dollar brands. With expertise in Finance, Accounting, Strategy, and Organizational and People Development, During her tenure, Sophia served as the Chief Financial Officer of Walker and Company Brands, a P&G subsidiary, and as the Chief Financial Officer of a $5 Billion business unit and Vice President of Financial Transformation at Kraft Heinz.
Sophia has an MBA from Purdue University and a Nonprofit Leadership executive certificate from Harvard Kennedy School. She also holds certifications from prestigious institutions such as the International Coaching Federation, Coach Diversity Institute, and Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder-Centered Coaching Center.
Sophia is also passionate about giving back to the community. She contributes 20% of her time to nonprofit organizations and alumni networks, dedicating her expertise and experience to impact the world positively. 
Most importantly, Sophia is a proud auntie, mom, wife, daughter, granddaughter, mentor, student, and friend.

Redefining Creativity with Fred Agho

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We caught up with Fred Agho while Liz was in Houston last month and were able to learn more about his purpose and mission as a photographer. He talks to us about why it's important to redefine what creativity means.
Fred Agho is an accomplished commercial and portrait photographer based in Houston, whose journey began with photographing his collegiate football teammates. His love for image making has since grown into a passion for capturing compelling portraits that convey a deep sense of connection with his subjects.
Drawing inspiration from his own life experiences, Fred has developed a unique perspective that infuses his work with a sense of authenticity and emotional resonance. His ability to connect with people and create images that capture the essence of their individual stories has made him a sought-after photographer in the industry.

Coaching Through Art with Dr. Erika Powell, Ed.D

Join us, The Aunties of Inclusion, as we continue pushing forward diversity, inclusion, and equity through growth and learning. This week, we are connecting diversity, equity, and inclusion through art and nature with guest Dr. Erika Powell, Ed.D of The Powell Consulting Group. 
Dr. Erika Powell has a background in Cultural Anthropology, Intercultural Communication, and Instructional Technology & Design. She has various passions including:
Passion #1: Creating a workplace where people from diverse backgrounds & walks of life can come together in ways that foster authentic & meaningful connection, that also honors the power of their lived experiences in this country and abroad, and that lives up to promise of inclusion, equity, and belonging for all. 
Passion #2: Creating business value, driving efficiencies, and producing positive results and impact through learning and development, employee engagement, & diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging initiatives.
She is also passionate about her 2 adorable furbabies.

Our Interconnected Identities with Miguel Joey Aviles

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This week, we have a powerhouse of a speaker, consultant, and coach. Miguel Joey Aviles has been recognized as a 2021 Top 15 Champion of Diversity by Diversity Global Magazine, as a Top 100 Executive Leader by Diversity MBA Magazine, and featured as an Inclusion Innovator by the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM). Former Chief of Diversity and Inclusion at an 88,000 people organization with over 15 years of D&I Experience. He is a D&I Thought Leader with over a decade of experience at the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Interior (DOI), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). 
TEDx speaker, featured at the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, Telemundo, the Change Management Conference, the Human Capital Institute, the SHRM Talent Management and D&I Conferences, Fortune 500 companies, and other global organizations. Architect of D&I interventions that equip global organizations to build a captivating business case for Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, exponentially increase D&I budgets and manage D&I related national scandals involving domestic terrorism, United Congress progress convenings and high-stake televised cases.
Join us as we discuss our interconnected identities and why representation matters. You will be ignited with this conversation!

Design for Identity with Jessica Bantom

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This week, we are joined by author, speaker, consultant, and designer Jessica Bantom who recently wrote the book Design for Identity: How to Design Authentically for a Diverse World.
 
Design is expression, a service, an act of creativity. But if designers design for everyone, how can there be so little diversity in the profession? In this book, Jessica Bantom examines the implications of design in everyday life, from spaces and products to images and the fashion industry.
 
Jessica Bantom is a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) practitioner and workplace strategist whose goals are to help organizations develop customized strategies for transformational change and to enable individuals to take immediate action to become more inclusive. She is a skilled speaker and certified facilitator and coach with a passion for helping people and organizations reach their full potential and actualize the values of inclusion and belonging from the work team up to the enterprise level.

CradleRock Entertainment - An Aunties Highlight

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This week, we are bringing a special guest who keeps us on point with new technology and edits our episodes even when someone (cough Liz) has too much fun over the weekend and sends it last minute. Leo "Buddy" Tyler is the CEO and Founder of CradleRock Entertainment. Leo has spent much of his career becoming an expert in multimedia and we are so grateful that he is part of The Aunties of Inclusion community. Join us as Leo shares his story, his faith, and how he started CradleRock Entertainment.

Co-creating and Collaborating with Sara Guerreiro

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This week we discuss coaching, human rights, international collaboration & co-creating, and salsa dancing with special guest, Sara Guerreiro. Sara is a trainer, a coach for international professionals and a human rights consultant.
Sara has a background in law and human rights, she is a certified conflict mediator and she has worked over 20 years in home-based and international development settings in four different continents.
Sara has trained more than 3,000 people on human rights, access to justice and gender-based violence, with the UN and in Academia. As a UN consultant, she has led diverse teams to conduct research studies and prepare legal drafts. Sara is currently a lead instructor and mentor for beginner coaches with @CoachDiversityInstitute.
Mother of 2 awesome children and married to a global thinking American, Sara was born in Portugal, she travels back and forth between Portugal and the USA.
She is passionate about movement and she has been teaching Salsa for the last 15 years.
Learn more at www.saracoach.com.

Building Your Brand with Haley Ryan

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In today's episode, we are joined by Haley, Founder & Creative Director at the Mac Ryan Production House. She has made it her mission to dive deep into business and treat it as her own to help deliver the strategic vision of her client’s brand needs.
Haley has worked with clients in three (3) different countries and has provided creative direction to more than a dozen industries. 
With her background in technology training, a proud software-fanatic, and knows how to utilize more than twenty (20) pieces of software that can better her client’s businesses. Her process is proven to take a brand to the next level to achieve the performance results.

9 Future of Work Trends for 2023 (Gartner)

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This week, Liz and Shara share their thoughts on the "9 Future of Work Trends for 2023", an article published by Gartner. You've often heard Liz and Shara talk about the lasting impacts of the pandemic on us, both individually and collectively. Gartner really confirms everything we've been saying and gives organizations a playbook on how to successfully tackle many of the challenges we are facing in these historic times. The face of work is really changing.
Source: Gartner

A Day in the Life of a Cartoonist with Sarah Akinterinwa

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This week's episode features special guest, Sarah Akinterinwa who is an author, illustrator, and New York Magazine cartoonist. In this episode, we talk about relationships, art, body image struggles, and loving where you are at in life.
In 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and having recently been made redundant, she created the comic "Oyin and Kojo", showcasing humorous single panel cartoons of a black-British couple's everyday life. Two months later, the cartoon editor of The New Yorker magazine discovered her work and asked her to become a contributor. It was from then on that she became a cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, and later became a full-time artist, creating comic, editorial cartoons and illustrations, and delivering artist workshops.
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