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Welcome to uBuntuSpeaks Conversations Spoken in the Dark Podcast with your host Hermence Matsotsa, MPH, Ed. (She, Her, Hers)

Today’s podcast, Do Your Employees feel Psychologically Safe? kicks off our Leadership and Workforce Development series where we will be having in-depth conversations with our guests about our mental, emotional, and spiritual needs around our jobs. Yes, the conversations we have with ourselves often keep us up at night.

Together we will define what psychological safety in the workplace truly is, share our own experiences working in psychologically unsafe environments, and how we help corporations and organizations create psychologically safe environments for their employees. 



Guest Expert

Debra Enloe (She, Her, Hers) - President & CEO of Genuine Compass, Certified Psychological Safety Facilitator and Trainer from LeaderFactor and Certified Diversity Coach through CoachDiversity Institute. Prior to launching Genuine Compass, Debra spent more than 25 years in a variety of roles that spanned from entry-level to global executive leader within organizations whose size ranged from 15 to 160,000 employees. This experience has fostered the importance of leading with empathy for Debra. She authentically seeks to understand what is at the root and strives to remain neutral when listening. 

She will provide critical subject matter expertise and draw upon skills acquired through leading a global team, change management, coaching, consulting, facilitation, curriculum design, training documentation, evaluation development, and strategic communications to formulate and execute strategies in support of the larger culture effort. She coaches any role within an organization to be able to have difficult conversations to ensure continuity in culture change.

Email: debra.enloe@genuinecompass.com   Phone: 612-201-6565

Social Media Link: LinkedIn


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The entrepreneur journey is different for every woman entrepreneur, however one thing that all entrepreneurs at one point of their journey have experienced are conversations with themselves in the dark.  We have asked ourselves questions, doubted our decisions, fought with imposter syndrome, rejoiced  in our small wins, and privately cried ourselves to sleep with our failures and challenges.  So what happens "When the fire within us dims low"? What do we do then? How do we reignite that spark to keep our passion burning? Who if anyone do we turn to for help?   In this episode, my guest Speaker, Author, CEO, Entrepreneur, and Wife and mother of three, LaTonya Bynum will be joining me to discuss: 

 1. Our Passion the importance of one’s passion 

2. Where to draw inspiration and from whom 

3. Life Experiment with Failure- what that looks like, how we choose to live with it and overcome

4. What allows us to push forward through the obstacles, challenges, stress 

5. Are we really our Sister’s keepers? Are we ready to be that Sister we rave we are? 

Why LaTonya Bynum and not someone else you may ask?  Well for those of you who may not be part of her vast social media network and have been inspired by her daily list of career, entrepreneurship, and "just do it" life strategies, then l present to you Speaker, Author, CEO, and " No Excuses, Just Make it Happen" Guru, LaTonya Bynum.   LaTonya Bynum has truly learned to take life on as one of the greatest experiments in  failing fast. For years, she allowed others to label her and tell her what she could and couldn’t do. 

Now, LaTonya has been on a journey for the past 3 years at living life her way on her terms as she rises with the ebb and flow of life. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Health Education with a concentration in Community Health and Spanish from the University of Central Arkansas. In addition, she earned her Master’s in Public Health (MPH) with an emphasis in Health Policy and Management from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Furthermore, she holds the mantle of being the first in her immediate family to earn a bachelor and master’s degree. As a Technical Editor with Gainwell Technologies, a global IT company, she now has a combined total of over twenty years of experience in Retail Sales, Public Health, and Health Information Technology. This editor position led to her interest in self-publishing books entitled “Tools for Career Success: 101 FAQs about Public Health” and “Mind Ya Busi-ness: Are You Okay?”.  LaTonya enjoys analyzing data and conducting research to write scientific papers. Her graduate level MPH work titled “The Role of Depression in Chronic Disease Management: An Analysis of the U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System” is published in the Public Health Open Access Journal. Additionally, she has co-authored papers regarding Falls and Comorbid Conditions, Diabetic Retinopathy, and Eye Care Services.   

In 2017, LaTonya founded U.R.A. Resource Center, LLC, a public health consulting firm specializing in creative/technical writing, public speaking, and research/data analysis. The mission of the practice is to Utilize Research for Access in improving the health status and quality of life of all mankind. FB: https://www.facebook.com/URARESOURCE  LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/latonyabynum/  IG: https://www.instagram.com/sisspeakslife/ Tw: https://twitter.com/sisspeakslife  YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/LaTonyaBynumTV                                 Website: https://www.latonyabynum.com  


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Welcome everyone to UBUNTUSPEAKS Special Father’s Day Celebration! Today, we are going to be celebrating the life, love, and lessons from four beautiful, inspiring, and committed fathers that I have had the wonderful opportunity to know and love! Not only do these fathers inspire me everyday but are shattering the myths that exist within our society about the presence, identity and roles of black fathers. These men are showing the world that fatherhood is not only the most important job a man chooses to have in his life, but also their presence and impact is common and key to the successful Black families and communities we have today! 
Guest Fathers:
1. Andre Cross (Atlanta, Georgia)
2. Jamal Tyree (Atlanta, Georgia)
3. Mike Funk (New York, NY)
4. Byron L. Williams (Washington, DC)

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Welcome everyone to UBUNTUSPEAKS Special Father’s Day Celebration Two Part Series! This Father's Day, UBUNTUSPEAKS would like to gift the world with the voices of Black Fathers!  Today, we are going to be celebrating the life, love, and lessons from Mr. Matt Prestbury, a beautiful, inspiring, and committed father of four.  He is the founder of The Black Fathers Foundation.  His foundation not only is inspiring other fathers everyday but beautifully debunking the myths and perceptions that too many have regarding Black fathers in our society.  

Matt and so many men like him are showing the world that fatherhood is not only the most important job a man can have in his life, but more importantly it is a responsibility that many Black Men do so proudly and successfully.  The Black family led by Black Men are in abundance and will continue to be strong!  

The Black Fathers Foundation
Website: https://blackfathersfoundation.org 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blackfathersfoundation/ 


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Today, we will be discussing the importance  of resilience in times of trouble and crisis with Author, RN, Speaker and HIV/AIDS Advocate, Rachel Karrington.  In the 1980’s at the height of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States, Rachel’s world was rocked at the young age of 21 when she learned of her husband's HIV positive diagnosis. Not knowing what would become of herself and 2 children, she quickly realized she only had 2 options: either let life disappointments and circumstances determine the direction of her life or persevere and push through pain, confusion, and stigma and discrimination that came with her husband’s HIV diagnosis.   She chose the latter. 


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Is your mental, emotional, and spiritual pain keeping you up? How do we define pain? What are we doing to heal the pain? Guest Spiritual and Self Healing Advocate, Misty McCray discusses the power of self healing and the importance of looking deep within ourselves to find the tools to healing ourselve living our best unapologetic, fulfilling, purposeful lives. Self Healing is Possible!!!

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