We kicked off our first podcast episode of Unlikely this week with Pete Carroll. We talked about professional vulnerability, generosity in leadership, along with other burning topics. This conversation is filled with so many “schooling life” takeaways on how to navigate heartbreaks, disappointments, and staying true to yourself through it all. There’s something for everyone in this episode. Check out the key lessons below from this week’s podcast!

In today's episode we will be talking to Trier Bryant about following and leadership. You can find her bio in the description and on our website. Please stay tuned after the guest discussion for skill highlights. www.AmplifyVoices.io About our guest: Trier Bryant is currently Co-Founder and CEO of Just Work LLC. She co-founded this company with Kim Scott, NYT best selling author of Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity and Just Work: Get *t Done Fast and Fair, to help organizations and individuals create more equitable workplaces. Trier is a strategic executive with distinctive Tech, Wall Street, and military experience spanning over 15 years. She has been featured as an influential diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practitioner by several publications and outlets from USA Today to CNN and SXSW. Trier has an unwavering commitment to create more equitable, inclusive, and thriving workplaces that produce prosperous companies. The depth of her work ranges from recruiting, talent development, performance management, compensation, communications, and brand strategy. Additionally, Trier advises leading companies like Atlassian, Equinox, Airbnb, SoundCloud, Alto, Rockefeller Foundation, and others on their talent and DEI strategies. Most recently, Trier was the first Chief People Officer (CPO) at Astra, an aerospace company building low orbital rockets to launch a new generation of services to connect and improve life on earth. She was also the VP of People and Workplace Experience at SigFig, a global FinTech company striving to empower everyone to achieve their financial goals with customer centric financial solutions. She led teams in six offices across four countries developing and operationalizing initiatives that optimize employees’ impact and experience. Prior to leading full People/HR teams, Trier was the Global Head of Revenue, G&A (Corporate Functions), University, and Diversity Recruiting at Twitter responsible for over 70% of hires. As a member of Twitter’s People Leadership Team, Trier led multiple initiatives across various HR disciplines including compensation, L&D, mobility, and inclusion. In addition to her day-to-day Talent Acquisition responsibilities, she partnered across various teams on both Engineering, Product, Design, and Revenue (Sales & Partnerships) to provide input on product functionality and client deliverables--most notably the multi-million dollar Black Panther Twitter activation and the Twitter Safety Council to combat abuse on the platform. 

In today's episode we will be talking to Linda wolf about confidence in leadership. You can find her bio in the description or on our website. Please stay tuned after the guest discussion for skill highlights. www.AmplifyVoices.io About our Guest Linda Wolf is a humanistic photographer known for her global portraiture which focuses on women and indigenous cultures. Over her fifty plus years as an artist she has moved seamlessly through photojournalism, fine art, street, portrait, and rock & roll photography. Her work is part of numerous collections in institutions, libraries and museums worldwide. Her work has been published in Le Monde, Japan Times, The Times of London, Los Angeles Times, Artweek, Alfred Van Der Marck Editions, WET Magazine, Rangefinder Magazine, Rolling Stone, and in feature films, including Twenty Feet From Stardom; Fanny: The Right to Rock, Joe Cocker Mad Dogs & Englishmen; Learning to Live Together: The Return of Mad Dogs & Englishmen; and Bridge of Glass, a short about her mother, the poet Barbara Wolf. She is the author of Tribute: Cocker Power, co-author of Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun: Young Women and Mentors on the Transition to Womanhood and Global Uprising: Confronting the Tyrannies of the 21st Century. She was one of the “100 top photographers worldwide” for the book, Twenty-four Hours in the Life of L.A. and has contributed to numerous books, CD, music videos, and record album covers. She is the founder of the nonprofit, Teen Talking Circles, and on the board of advisors for Restore Her Voice. www.lindawolf.net  www.teentalkingcircles.org www.restorehervoice.org

In today's episode we will be talking to Mike Robbins about tough conversations and leadership. You can find his bio in the description and on our website. Please stay tuned after the deck. Please stay tuned after the guest discussion for skill highlights. www.AmplifyVoices.io About our guest: Mike Robbins is the author of five books, including Bring Your Whole Self to Work and, his latest, We’re All in This Together. He’s a thought-leader, executive coach, and sought-after motivational speaker who works with Fortune 500 companies, pro-sports organizations, government agencies, and people of all kinds throughout the world. Mike lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and some of his clients include Google, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, Gap, Airbnb, Citibank, LinkedIn, Roche, the NBA, eBay, Schwab, the Oakland A’s, and many others. He and his work have been featured in the Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, and O Magazine, as well as on ABC News and NPR. He’s a regular contributor to Forbes, hosts a weekly podcast, and his books have been translated into fifteen different languages.

In today's episode we will be talking to Bianca Pryor on data and humanity in leadership. You can find her bio in the description and on our website. Please stay tuned after the guest discussion for skill highlights. www.AmplifyVoices.io About our guest: Bianca’s passion for fighting for equity and inclusion has long been burning. She currently co-steers the Insights Association IDEA Council, which stands for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access. The organization is steadfast on lifting up historically untapped voices, talent, and research participants. IDEA Council has spent the last year establishing a presence, creating content and building its base. Bianca also launched in ’19 a 501c3 that centers Black maternal health called Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project and launched a peer-to-peer empowerment app dedicated in her name called Believe Her earlier this year. To draw further on her passion for IDEA/DEIB work, data, and tech all together, she is also part of Black Women in Artificial Intelligence and leads research at BET Networks for Consumers Insights, Content Optimization and Marketing Strategy. Bianca is originally from Richmond, VA. She graduated from Virginia Union University in Marketing and Spanish, then Purdue for her Master of Science in Consumer Behavior. She is the proud mother to her four-year old, Everton. Together they love to cargo bike ride the Bronx.

Today we're going to be talking to Mike Crosby, veteran, CEO, and cancer survivor. In this episode, we're going to look at leaders who've taken on their own survival as an access to leading others and making a difference. It's a powerful conversation. You can find his bio in the description and on our website. Please stay tuned after the guest discussion for skill highlights. www.AmplifyVoices.io About our guest: CDR Crosby is the founder and CEO of Veterans Prostate Cancer Awareness (VPCa). The 501(c)3 non-profit organization was formed in 2016 when Crosby recognized a need to raise awareness of Prostate Cancer incidence among Veterans and improve education and assistance to those diagnosed with the disease. VPCa was formed to educate Veterans and Active-Duty military populations on the need to screen for prostate cancer, provide resources to aid men in their treatment decisions, and promote the newest technology for the treatment and cure of prostate cancer. There are over 500,000 Veterans in the national Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA) and over 16,000 of those men dealing with a metastatic form of the disease. With over 15,000 new diagnosis each year the need to educate men on how to screen for the disease is a critical undertaking. Crosby is also the CEO of Green Life Can Corp, a Canadian Holding company, with investments in innovative 100% biodegradable plant-based chemicals that provide better performance and safer solutions than existing hazardous industrial chemical products. Green Life also owns Revitalize Energy Inc. a junior oil and gas company, implementing the bio-based technologies in the production and cleanup of petroleum. Crosby graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1983 and after earning his wings as a Naval Aviator served on active duty in the United States Navy from 1983 to September 1997. During his active service, he was assigned to VF-101, VF-41, VX-4, and VF-142. He then transitioned to the US Navy Reserves and was assigned to VF-301 in San Diego until 1999 when he was selected as Commanding Officer of Mobile Operations Command Center Western Pacific, based at Pt. Mugu, CA. In 2002, because of the events of 9/11, CDR Crosby was recalled to active duty in the Naval Reserves and assigned to U.S. Central Command where he served as the Chief of Counter Proliferation and directed operations in support of “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” Because of his efforts, CDR Crosby was awarded the “Joint Force Commendation” medal for organizing and leading a multi-national team in conducting counter-proliferation operations. Upon his departure from active duty in 2004, Crosby formed Aria International Holding Inc. and immediately deployed back to Iraq in support of the US Marine Corps. Aria recruited a group of international experts providing specialized engineering and surveillance infrastructure solutions. During operations in Iraq, Crosby led Aria’s further expansion through similar offerings to clients such as the United Arab Emirates Air Force, Kuwait Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Interior of India, and the Royal Thai Army. Aria was responsible for designing and managing the construction of defensive security structures around air bases and along many sections of borders for clients. Crosby holds a Master of Science in Systems Management from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science. He is a graduate of the US Navy Fighter Weapons School “TOPGUN” in San Diego, California, as well as the Allied Air Forces Central Europe “Tactical Leadership Program” in Germany.

This episode features Sean Goode, an expert with youth empowerment. He is one of our newest hosts produced by Amplify Voices for a podcast called Possibilities Over Problems. This unique podcast will speak to educators, parents and young people on how to bring out the very best in their relationship. This triad spends the most critical years of a young person's life. Sean is bringing that important relationship to light with laughter, tears and life enhancing lessons. www.AmplifyVoices.io About our guest: Sean Goode is the executive director of Choose 180, and the definition of an intentional leader. Both of his parents struggled with mental health issues, and his brother was sent to prison when Sean was only six. Along with dealing with those issues, he struggled with a lack of stability as he moved to twelve different places during twelve years of school. Despite all of those struggles, Sean was able to break the stereotype and dedicate himself to being everything others thought he couldn’t. Today, Sean transforms the lives of kids by steering them clear of the traditional school-to-prison pipeline. He provides them with a sense of community rather than shame and imprisonment. Outside of his work, Sean’s a family man at heart. He has a wife who he considers his best friend and children of his own that he’s raising.

Do you have a burning desire to start a new career? Break out on your own? Or in the midst of a new risk and hoping to get some advice? Now is just about the best possible time for you to take that leap. But, I want nothing more than for you to be empowered and supported in your decisions. On this podcast I have a conversation with you. Yes, just you and me are going to talk about 5 key spaces to effectively navigate your way into fulfilling that dream you have been hoping to turn into reality. www.AmplifyVoices.io

Welcome to this episode of unlikely leadership and today we're going to be talking to Mimi Lettunich. Mimi is a serial entrepreneur and the Founder, President, and Executive Creative Director at 24/7. 24/7 is an agency that reimagines how customers experience brands and how brands use experiences to grow their business. Now I'm talking about a broad range of authentic branding for clients like at&t and Warner Brothers and backcountry and Oregon Parks and Recreation and Nike and Apple and Starbucks and Google and the NFL and others. But she also has had this very, very rich life having grown up on a cattle ranch and being able to do work and supporting different kind of philanthropic efforts and cultural and community efforts spanning from Peru to Africa. Please stay tuned after the guest discussion for skill highlights. www.AmplifyVoices.io About our guest: Mimi Lettunich is a serial entrepreneur and the founder, president and executive creative director at Twenty Four 7, a creative agency that reimagines how customers experience a brand, and how brands use experiences to grow their business. A seasoned strategist and advocate for testing new ideas, she brings an “anything is possible” mentality to business and creative. Mimi and her team strategically connect people with brands in unique ways, translating consumer passions into authentic brand loyalty for clients like AT&T, Warner Brothers, Backcountry, Oregon Parks & Recreation, Nike, Apple, Starbucks, Google, the NFL, and others. Mimi’s deep curiosity, endless drive, and comfort with risk are rooted in her early relationships and mentorship from her parents who embodied hard work and inherent kindness. Growing up on a cattle ranch reinforced a “One Life” approach for Mimi, which she is passionate about and promotes in her leadership style.  A believer that giving back is essential, Mimi focuses her efforts on underserved communities where love and a sense of belonging are missing fundamentals.  She serves in her hometown of Portland, Oregon, all over the US and in many countries around the world with a special emphasis on minorities in broken homes or other compromising situations, supporting organizations and nonprofit groups: Quechua Benefit Peru, Casa Chapi Primary/Secondary School Peru, Campaign for Female Education African countries, Edison High School Portland, Rosemary Anderson High School Portland, Saparingo Primary School Kenya, Big Brother Big Sister, Tabor 100, the Africa Foundation, and numerous orphanages around the world.  Mimi also recently co-founded Great Big Owl, an accelerator program created to help small businesses with strategy and brand marketing. GBO was created to combine Entrepreneurial Spirit with their dedication to making the world a better place.  As profits build in the organizations, GBO will contribute 50% to further fund their philanthropic efforts. One of the first companies to take advantage of the incubator is the female-led, bespoke skincare line called Untamed Humans. 

Welcome to unlikely leadership. On today's episode, we're going to be talking to Adaire Byerly who is leading the way for cognitive sciences to be implemented into Intellectual and Developmental training for professionals in the fashion sports and entertainment industries. She's worked with talent agencies, production and broadcast companies, fashion and creative teams, sports teams and athletes and in doing so she has been able to help them optimize creativity, enhance business practices, and encourage both the individual and company growth. So let's get into this conversation about brains and leadership. Please stay tuned after the guest discussion for skill highlights. www.AmplifyVoices.io About our guest: Adaire Byerly is bridging the gap between mind and power. As the CEO & Founder of Entertainment Mindframe™, LLC, Adaire is leading the way for Cognitive Sciences to be implemented into intellectual and developmental training for professionals in the Fashion, Sports, and Entertainment industries. Ultimately, paving the way for understanding the Brain function of a Creative. Adaire has worked with Talent Agencies, Production/Broadcast Companies, Fashion/Creative Teams, Sports Teams/Athletes, etc. In doing so, she has been able to help them optimize creativity, enhance business practices, and encourage both individual and company growth. While working in the modeling industry (featured in Vogue) and as a commercial actress (SAG member), Adaire was able to observe first-hand the unprofessional patterns and behaviors that were considered the norm. These observations led her to dive into years of research surrounding the Brain, and gracefully transition into a space that has been long neglected in these industries: the mind. Today, Adaire is a Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming & Neuroplasticity, and certified Cognitive Behavioral Group Facilitator. She has studied at Harvard University and under Dr. Bessel van der Kolk (Neurobiology of Trauma), Misty Huckabey (Cognitive Neuroscientist), Jennifer Jones (Psychologist), etc. Through Adaire’s various studies she has been able to help creatives understand their brain function. Outside of Entertainment Mindframe, Adaire is also leading a MasterClass series for entertainment professionals and gearing up to launch her “More than a Model” YouTube series. The YouTube series is aimed at breaking down false stereotypes of models, giving them a platform to share parts of themselves others may not know. While her MasterClass series (happening every other month) helps creatives understand their brain function and provide solutions to intangible challenges, such as balancing mental health and creativity.