ALONGSIDE by Enay Coaching

Elton Dixon

Helping households, classrooms, and businesses in the journey toward legacy-minded servant-leadership.

  1. 09/03/2025

    High Demand Career Spotlight | Mendi Griner, JTTW Trucking

    Mendi Griner serves as the managing and operating partner of JTTW Trucking, which operates out of Orlando, Florida as an independent contractor for FedEx Ground Transportation. Before this, Mendi enjoyed a diverse array of professional experiences, including active involvement in her family’s business, Insta Lube 10 Minute Oil Change and Lube which she purchased in 2012 and ran as the sole owner and operator up until the sale of the business in 2022. She simultaneously taught Spanish at a local middle and upper school in Valdosta. Both of these occupations gave her the blessing of mentoring young people from many different backgrounds on the value of hard work and being the very best one can be, whatever the circumstances.

  2. 06/23/2025

    The Untapped Workforce • Solutions for Second-Chance (Justice-Involved) Individuals

    Ferlisha Rountree is Director of Lowndes County Probations, responsible for the supervision of individuals sentenced in Lowndes County State Court, and ensuring that these individuals comply with all court-ordered conditions and programs. Today, we’re exploring her connection to workforce development for second-chance individuals, a facet of the Untapped Workforce.  In this episode, Ferlisha and I discuss workforce development challenges, solutions and innovations with the people she serves, and key insights employers need to know to ensure we don't overlook great opportunities.

  3. 04/25/2025

    The Untapped Workforce • Solutions for Latinx & Migrant Families

    In this series we are focusing on a very important aspect of workforce development, exploring a population known as the Untapped Workforce, which is comprised of the following: opportunity youth - which are youth aged 16-24 not in school and not workingmilitary veteranspersons with disabilitiessecond-chance individuals who may have a criminal historynon-english speakers and migrant familiessemi-retirees Why should we focus on the untapped workforce? Just as the title suggests--there are people in our communities ready and willing to contribute to the local economy in many different ways, and we as leaders can explore solutions to ensure there are no barriers to access for any of these groups (the simplicity of some of the solutions may surprise you)! Many times, faulty assumptions and lack of awareness are the only barriers, so the more community leaders are informed and engaged, the more we can solve local workforce challenges.  In this episode we're talking with Rosalyn Martinez, College Assistance Migrant Program Director at Valdosta State University, exploring solutions for Latinx and Hispanic ESL and migrant families in our communities. Let's go!

  4. 02/05/2025

    The Untapped Workforce • YouScience as a Special Needs Opportunity Solution

    This episode explores the power of YouScience among people with special needs—our fellow community members that may have physical or developmental disabilities that may mask workforce potential. What you'll hear proves that what we see on the outside doesn’t tell the whole story about what gifts someone has inside that can make them power players in the workforce wherever they live. But it takes a tool like YouScience to uncover what can’t otherwise be seen. My expert guests Steve Jaramillo and Jason Van Nus give data and experiences for all workforce development stakeholders to learn from.

  5. 01/02/2025

    YouScience Pt. 5 • The Educator's Secret Weapon for Student Engagement

    Closing out with Part 5 of this series, we're illustrating how educators can transform their classrooms and boost their interactions with students using tailored data. Every student wants to know why they're coming to school, and YouScience can help teachers, counselors, parents, and even students themselves, answer that question! In this five-part series I'm talking with my friend Jason Van Nus--award winning Program Director of the Lowndes High School Work-Based Learning and Youth Apprenticeship Program in Valdosta Georgia about how YouScience can transform the workforce problem in our communities.

  6. 01/02/2025

    YouScience Pt. 4 • The Reverse Career Fair - Students as Stakeholders

    When you flip the roles and show students how to promote and match their talents and data-informed skillsets to their future employers, you start to see a whole new spark in their eyes! Learn how YouScience drives this student-centered engagement. In this five-part series I'm talking with my friend Jason Van Nus--award winning Program Director of the Lowndes High School Work-Based Learning and Youth Apprenticeship Program in Valdosta Georgia about how YouScience can transform the workforce problem in our communities.

  7. 01/02/2025

    YouScience Pt. 3 • The Workforce Intel Advantage

    In Part 3 of this series, we're revealing the value of data provided through YouScience that every HR professional and hiring manager always dreamed of having at their fingertips. Don't let hidden talent slip through the cracks--we'll show how YouScience is the intel tool for any business that wants to thrive in the 21st century. In this five-part series I'm talking with my friend Jason Van Nus--award winning Program Director of the Lowndes High School Work-Based Learning and Youth Apprenticeship Program in Valdosta Georgia about how YouScience can transform the workforce problem in our communities.

  8. 01/02/2025

    YouScience Pt 2 • The Special Education Opportunity Optimizer

    In Part 2 of this series, we're looking at the YouScience assessment's ability to dig past outward appearances to reveal student potential for education and career opportunities that would otherwise have gone overlooked. In this five-part series I'm talking with my friend Jason Van Nus--award winning Program Director of the Lowndes High School Work-Based Learning and Youth Apprenticeship Program in Valdosta Georgia about how YouScience can transform the workforce problem in our communities.

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