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Niké Ojekunle Got Scammed. Now She’s Helping Others Avoid the Same Fate By Advocating for Financial Literacy

Success

But when a group called the Carter Agency reached out, the offer was a good one. She wanted someone else to take the wheel for a bit, and the talent agency’s website listed Netflix, Amazon and the NFL as “strategic partners.” It’s not an accident that the Carter Agency and other organizations like it primarily scammed women of color.

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Modern Mentorship Is Changing, But It’s Still About Relationships

Success

It was such a good lesson,” Watts says, “because that’s what we look for from our mentors. There can be forced matches, a lack of chemistry between mentors and mentees, and people who feel obligated to take part in something they don’t want to do.”. Smith is a leadership expert who, like Watts, consults a variety of organizations.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

Success

Every year, the SUCCESS Women of Influence awards shine an exciting spotlight on remarkable women who transcend boundaries, inspiring and transforming lives across diverse industries and communities. It acknowledges that women’s contributions are indispensable, spanning not only specific roles but all facets of life and industry.

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Deconstruct Your Office Into Core Resources To Rebuild Productivity

Allwork

Fast forward to 2020 when office workers in every industry scrambled to figure out what to bring home and how to create a similar office environment. Which mentors’ skills and experiences do I need access to, to be successful? Consider organization data first as this is a foundational resource. How essential is AI to my work?

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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

Success

I was new to the school, didn’t know anyone, and I organized a show with all the rappers and comedians and singers from the school. I learned how to use Pro Tools, how to record myself and how to EQ [equalize] my vocals a little bit from Simeon Viltz and another mentor who passed away, Brother Mike Hawkins,” he says. It was cool.

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Ep 199: Sarah Howson on Recruiting Red Flags, Resumes, and Networking

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

Being a ‘people’ person as well as her extensive EA experience is a great foundation for launching Strategic PA Recruitment, a boutique headhunting agency along with her business partner in 2020.

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This Old Marketing Farewell Episode: Sometimes the End Is a Beginning

Small Business Labs

But I’d like to see more organizations advertise their content so that they could build their audiences that way, instead of just advertising for some kind of a product pitch or whatever. (As In DC, I met my spiritual mentor, who helped me see a need to re-pivot my goals around the function. JP: Nothing ever dies.