Breaking Barriers, Building a Hire Ground

Breaking Barriers, Building a Hire Ground


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Breaking Barriers, Building a Hire Ground – Episode 155: How Microsoft Integrates ESG at Every Level with Matthew Sekol
October 10, 2023

Matthew Sekol is the Global ESG and Sustainability Advisor at Microsoft. Matthew has over 20 years of experience in storytelling, pioneering disruptive strategies, and influencing transformation by un

Breaking Barriers, Building a Hire Ground – Episode 154: Inside Meta’s Innovative Supplier Diversity Practice with LaMecia Butler
October 03, 2023

LaMecia Butler is the Program Manager for Metas Supplier Diversity. As Program Manager, LaMecia shapes the engagement between Facebooks supplier diversity team and key stakeholders, which include in

Breaking Barriers, Building a Hire Ground – Episode 153: Best Practices for Hiring and Firing with HR Expert Vicky Brown
September 26, 2023

Vicky Brown is the President and CEO of Idomeneo Enterprises, a strategic business process outsourcing firm that specializes in Human Resources. Vickys HR expertise and leadership experience encompas

Breaking Barriers, Building a Hire Ground – Episode 152: Supplier Development Success with Freddie Mac
September 19, 2023

Jon Suber is the Supplier Diversity Manager at Freddie Mac, a government-sponsored private bank providing mortgage capital to lenders to make homeownership possible for millions of families and indivi

Breaking Barriers, Building a Hire Ground – Episode 151: Why Women-Owned Businesses?
September 12, 2023

"We know that women are making tremendous strides, but they're still fighting for opportunities for success in the workplace and as entrepreneurs." Cloe Guidry-Reed March has arrived and Spring is i

Breaking Barriers, Building a Hire Ground – Episode 150: Supplier Diversity From the Ground Up
September 05, 2023

Supplier diversity for me from a corporate standpoint isn't so much a definition or a case study as it is a program where we're actively helping reduce barrier of entry to small and diverse businesse

Breaking Barriers, Building a Hire Ground – Episode 149: Top 5 Things A Diversity Supplier Should Avoid
August 29, 2023

We realize that you can be everything to everybody. There is absolutely no way that we can all be good at everything, and we're looking for specialists to come in. Adam Moore Do you know why yo

Breaking Barriers, Building a Hire Ground – Episode 148: Why Your Small Business Needs a Succession Plan
August 22, 2023

A succession plan is critical for small, medium, and diverse businessesit is how your business lives beyond you. - Adam Moore A business succession plan is something not commonly discussed among

Breaking Barriers, Building a Hire Ground – Episode 147: How to Create a Continuity Plan for Your Small Business
August 15, 2023

A business continuity plan sounds scary, but it allows you to do much more than just run a businessyou have to come out of being the Chief Everything Officer and truly become the CEO. - Adam Moor

Breaking Barriers, Building a Hire Ground – Episode 146: Leveraging Marketing Analytics with Louis Garcia
August 08, 2023

Through business excellence, we can transform communities that have had historically high rates of poverty into predictable wealth. - Louis Garcia This week on Breaking Barriers: What inspire