The Culture Soup Podcast®‪️‬ TCSP After the Show

In 2019, I did what many corporate types would call "the unthinkable."I walked away from opportunities at a Fortune 10 after being "surplussed" without a job lined up. Sure, I had opportunities externally. Yes, I had a seedling of a business that I had started, but I wanted to take the time to think through my next step methodically.I had a mission that only a few were aware of, and that drove me to seek out the one thing that I needed to activate it. Could I do it and remain in corporate?I had interested organizations telling me that I could do both-pursue my calling to author books and speak across the country and internationally and work for them.But I knew that would eventually cause friction. I'd lived it already.That one piece was missing that would activate my mission, and a scroll through Instagram and an ad from a longtime sisterfriend and former client would ultimately become the the gateway to my destiny.I let that sisterfriend turn the tables on me this week, and I thought it would be great to finally share my story: how I went from there...to here, five years later with a thriving, global executive and personal coaching and consulting practice, a publishing journey that has been extraordinary and the speaker tour that began in 2015 and has yet to end.What took me from a 25+ year-long career in strategic communication, agency side, agency owner, and client side to here?I pass Valorie Burton, MAPP, MCC (https://www.linkedin.com/in/valorieburton/) the mic on my show, The Culture Soup Podcast ® as she featured me in her global preview call for The Coaching and Positive Psychology (CaPP) Institute (https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-coaching-and-positive-psychology-capp-institute/). That is where I earned my certification that would tee me up for credentialing at the world's most respected coaching organizations, International Coaching Federation (https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-coaching-federation/). I began with her Coach Training Intensive (CTI). So it's befitting that I allowed Valorie to throw back the covers on my purpose-driven story.My pen as my sword, my speaking as my munitions, evidence-based coaching, I discovered, would ultimately become my armor.Join me and Val for this inspiring and powerful conversation about what it actually takes to take on coaching as a profession in this special, extended video edition of The Culture Soup Podcast ® brought to you in part by The CaPP Institute. We're continuing to celebrate the five years anniversary of NSC Coaching, and six years for the podcast with this exclusive rebroadcast of "Conversation with a Coach", and it streams everywhere Thursday afternoon.

Want to hear more about Coach L.'s fourth book project? How about more about her time in Atlanta with the Executive Leadership Council's C-Suite Academy, their conversation about how crucial PandL ownership is? Or her book signing in Atlanta? It's all here in this bonus edition of TCSP.

Where have I been? What have I been up to, you ask? This episode will catch you up, and drop some Nuggets that you probably weren't expecting.

The Culture Soup Podcast LIVE: A C-Suite ChatWe're kicking off a series that will take us into fall...The Culture Soup Podcast®️ presents A C-Suite Chat, where we highlight voices from my new book, Yes Please! 7 Ways to Say I'm Entitled to the C-Suite.This episode, we are featuring Kecia Kelly DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, SVP and Chief Nursing Officer at one of the largest healthcare networks in the nation.Dr. Kelly and I discuss 

This special episode is dual streamed and sponsored by The Culture Soup Podcast(r) and PR Yourself Podcast with Leah Frazier who is my guest host for today's show. It is a replay of the DFW Book Signing for Yes Please! 7 Ways to Say I'm Entitled to the C-Suite. It was recorded before a live audience. Listen to part one of the Fireside chat between myself and Leah and then tune in to Part 2 on TCSP After The Show, exclusively on Apple Podcasts. It includes more of the conversation, my reading from the book and the Q&A, which took a surprising and delightful turn. TCSP After the Show is available on a subscription basis. Subscribe today! #YesPleaseBook #TCSPAfterTheShow #TheCultureSoupPodcast

Yes Please! Release Day Launch EventBe a part of the crucial conversation as award-winning, best selling 3X author L. Michelle Smith is joined by guest host Condace Pressley, host of Perspectives/WSB-Atlanta for an in depth fireside chat about the new book Yes Please! 7 Ways to Say I'm Entitled to the C-Suite: Secrets Women of Color Need to Know Now to Find their Happy and Win in an Exclusive Corporate Culture. We will also welcome special guest Dr. Jeff Gardere, "America's Psychologist" who penned the foreword for the new release.Yes Please! is a leadership development tool and coaching guide that is grounded in applied positive psychology and neuroscience that supports women of color in finding happiness in the midst of the uniques challenges they face as women of color. #YesPleaseBook #LiveEvent #BookLaunch #WomenLeaders