What if you could slow down and pause? For high-powered, high-performing entrepreneurs, this seems impossible. Our month’s guest, Kibi Anderson, details her secrets for finding joy in the pause and how it has helped her business grow. Learn from her insights and the impact her bestselling book is making worldwide.

About the Guest:

Kibi Anderson is a keynote speaker, coach, and Emmy Award-Winning content producer. She is the founder of Life Editor, a firm that provides communications and leadership coaching to C-Suite & Senior Leaders.

She has helped drive millions of dollars in annual revenue, created international content campaigns, and offered counsel to global Fortune 100 and startup clients. She has traversed an illustrious career in international management consulting, film production, and technology entrepreneurship, while also managing a chronic auto-immune condition.

A life-altering conversation, which forced her to face the stark truth that her overworked lifestyle was going to kill her, was the catalyst to her current project, a book chronicling her journey back to 100% health, and to realizing that despite what society teaches, the key to ultimate professional success not through working harder, but embracing the power in the pause.

Website + Social Media links:
@kibianderson
www.kibianderson.com
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Timestamps:

00:00 Opening Credits
00:28 Show Intro + Announcements
01:44 Alex welcomes Kibi to the show and she dives into her bestselling book
11:35 Kibi speaks on intentionally practicing joy
14:35 Kibi shares her origin story as a professional coach
20:40 The importance of pausing for elite achievers and having a strong support system
25:13 Kibi shares tips on effective communication and receiving feedback
27:50 Kibi speaks on the power of community within the BIPOC Coach Collective
32:05 What’s next for Kibi?
36:40 Kibi’s tip for longevity and fulfillment
38:01 Final thoughts + acknowledgments
40:29 Ending Credits

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Learn more about the BIPOC Coach Collective at bipoccc.org.

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#thoughtleadership
#globalcommunity
#professionaldevelopment
#businesscoaching
#executive coaching
#leadershipcoaching
#professionalcoaching

How does one handle the pressures of success in predominantly “white” spaces? Our Champion member, Dr. Janet Lockhrt-Jones shares her insights into navigating a 25+ career as a speaker, facilitator, and coach. Janet walks us through her corporate background, the importance of DEI work, and creating resources for individuals experiencing mental un-wellness.

About the Guest:

Dr. Lockhart-Jones brings over 25 years of experience in leadership coaching and training, team and group facilitation, public speaking, entreprenuership, and talent assessments. She has a strong passion for and a professional mission of elevating talent to achieve results, excellence and purpose. Since 2004, Dr.Lockhart-Jones has been at the helm of Project Partners Consulting Inc. as Founder and President. In this capacity, she has serviced clients across multiple industries and across the globe to design, develop and deliver impactful talent and organizational development solutions. She has led project planning sessions for the aerospace industry; delivered training and coaching sessions in project management to healthcare managers business leaders and clinicians; delivered leadership coaching to emerging leaders at high-tech firms; led several organizational change initiatives for a government agency and high-technology organizations; and, she has delivered on many pubic speaking requests which is currently her passion.

Website + Social Media links:

https://drjanetspeaks.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjanetlockhartjones

Timestamps:

00:00 Opening Credits
00:28 Show Intro + Announcements
02:03 Alex welcomes Janet to the show + she shares her origin story
10:00 Janet’s transition into professional speaking
21:10 The Leadership Experience Tour + creation of Janet 2.0
30:00 The importance of mental wellness
40:00 Facilitating in the workplace
48:00 Expanding a phrase that pays + Janet’s speaking services
52:40 How Janet discovered the collective
57:10 Final thoughts + acknowledgments
1:00:32 Ending Credits

#bipoc
#coaching
#thoughtleadership
#globalcommunity
#professionaldevelopment
#businesscoaching
#executive coaching
#leadershipcoaching
#professionalcoaching

Learn more about the BIPOC Coach Collective at bipoccc.org.

#bipoc
#coaching
#thoughtleadership
#globalcommunity
#professionaldevelopment
#businesscoaching
#executive coaching
#leadershipcoaching
#professionalcoaching

If you have ever experienced the pressure to be perfect and dutiful, then this episode is for you. Our guest and Champion member, Shilpa Alimchandani, shares how she coaches powerful women of color to breakthrough implied social pressures to never make mistakes and find their authentic voice.

About the Guest:

Shilpa Alimchandani is the Founder and Principal of Mookti Consulting. In Sanskrit, mookti means liberation. Shilpa has more than 20 years of experience in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), leadership development, and intercultural learning. She is a DEI consultant, leadership coach, and facilitator who partners with clients to develop holistic solutions that lead to transformational change. Shilpa has worked in many sectors - nonprofit, higher education, government, and corporate - constantly seeking to advance racial equity. In her coaching practice, Shilpa helps women of color leaders to live with purpose and clarity through a liberatory approach to individual and small group coaching. She is an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation.

Website + Social Media links:
https://mookticonsulting.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shilpaalimchandani

Timestamps:

00:00 Opening Credits
00:28 Show Intro + Announcements
02:16 Alex welcomes Shilpa to the show and explores her liberation story
09:00 Shilpa shares her work coaching women of color
16:50 The shift from rule follower to rule breaker
20:00 Shilpa’s advice for coaches
25:34:Shilpa’s self-reflection from challenges
27:41 Shilpa shares her experience as a Champion member
30:10 The forecast of Shilpa’s coaching practice
32:00 Final thoughts + acknowledgements
34:50 Ending Credits

#bipoc
#coaching
#thoughtleadership
#globalcommunity
#professionaldevelopment
#businesscoaching
#executive coaching
#leadershipcoaching
#professionalcoaching

Learn more about the BIPOC Coach Collective at bipoccc.org.

#bipoc
#coaching
#thoughtleadership
#globalcommunity
#professionaldevelopment
#businesscoaching
#executive coaching
#leadershipcoaching
#professionalcoaching