This Woman Can with Career Coach and Life Strategist - Janice Sutherland. With content and interviews to help the mature Black woman, create personalized career alignment paths that takes them into their next career chapter with confidence. For more information contact info@janicesutherland.com or visit https://janicesutherland.com/
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Friday May 13, 2022
Friday May 13, 2022
Sharon Ehrlich (pronounced ERR-LICK) is a Bronx raised Afro-Latina and proud native New Yorker.
Her business career started in the health care industry where she spent nearly a decade as a hospital administrator in both public and private hospitals in New York City.
A love story led to her permanently relocating Austria where she quickly came to the realization that her MBA and previous professional experience was nearly useless in her search for employment owing to her not being able to speak German.
After a brief stint as an English teacher, she pursued a temporary position at IBM Austria which evolved into a 13-year career where she advanced through the ranks in a variety of roles, leading both physical and virtual teams throughout Europe, Turkey, and Russia.
Sharon is a passionate advocate of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the workplace. She completed a certificate in Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University to gain a research based understanding of the impact of DEI&B on performance and organizational culture.
She shared;
- Harnessing all of your transferable skills
- The importance of being clear of your career values and non- negotiables
- The power of utilizing a coach when you need support navigating your career change
- Being clear on your rationale for career change
- Career success as part of the sandwich generation.
CONNECT WITH SHARON:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonehrlich1/
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Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #midcareer, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities.
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Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
It's another installment of Black, Female and Over 50 - The (UnderValued) Power Trifecta
When you reach an age - (50+), you can guarantee that someone has an opinion about how you should be conducting yourself as a mature woman.
And when it comes to how we dress, the opinions really fly!
"What age does she think she is?"
"She trying to act young"
"She mutton dressed as lamb"
"Why can’t she dress her age?"
As women age they face a particular societal code that determines what is deemed "appropriate" to wear, which can lead to a fear of expressing oneself authentically, becoming almost invisible as to not risk ridicule or rejection from society.
But how do those biases translate to the working world and women's careers?
Join Personal stylist @Renee Lindo and I as we discuss:
- How important a role does appearance play for career women over 50?
- Who makes the rules about what not to wear past 50?
- Should women "disguise" their age?
- How does the way women feel about their dress impact their confidence?
- How can women dress to accommodate the physical impact of menopause at work.
The next LinkedIn live is scheduled 12th May2022 where I'll be hosting Registered Social Worker - Gillian Wells the topic of managing your mental health when you're a Black women over 50 - "Priortising Your Mental Wellness for a Marvellous Midlife"
It'll be a great and engaging conversation so make sure you connect with me on LinkedIn to join us, submit your questions and have your voices heard. https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamjanicesutherland
And if you prefer to listen to our discussion, subscribe to the This Woman Can on your favourite podcast platform.
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Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #mid-career, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities.
#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
What do you do when the career goal posts keep moving?
Play on your own field!!
Letha Charles is a Chartered Management Accountant and a licenced CIMA Member in Practice (MiP) who runs her own accountancy practice providing virtual tax and accounting services to growing and scaling business serving their communities.
Letha, who’s experience spans two decades, has a wealth of experience in senior finance executive roles, having worked with several of UK’s leading brands, helping the Board and their Directors grow profits for their shareholders.
I've known Letha for almost 30 years which is probably why her level of candor and transparency shone through in our interview.
She shared;
- Her frustrations of being overlooked for C-level positions and how the
goal posts to access kept shifting.
- Watching her less experienced peers move past her in the career stakes
with lesser demands.
- How her own negative internal dialogue coupled with being constantly
told she "wasn't ready" by her employer led to her doubting her own
abilities.
- The part motherhood guilt played in her career progress.
- Turning those frustrations into a successful business partnership with
her daughter, creating a culture addressing both the needs of her clients,
employees and herself.
CONNECT WITH LETHA:
Website: https://www.lcharlesaccounting.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/letha-anne-marie-charles-acma-gcma-384345/
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Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #midcareer, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities.
#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot
Friday Apr 15, 2022
Friday Apr 15, 2022
Gina Gray's career has been a mix of entrepreneurship and employment with local and international companies, mostly in Sales and Marketing. Combined, she spent 18 years with the international organizations 3M Interamerica (JM Division), DHL Jamaica and DHL USA.
in December 2020 she retired from the corporate world and surprisingly found herself journeying in to the art world - and she says surprisingly as her educational background was heavily scienced based with and Executive MBA accrued along the way with a few corporate transitions along the way Gina is now a fully fledged artiste creating abstract art and curating her own art gallery.
We discuss;
- Embracing change
-Taking a chance on herself
- Being strategic when planning your internal career moves
- Using failure to succeed
- Embracing the fear of career change.
CONNECT WITH GINA:
Website: https://www.science2artgg.com//
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gina-gray/
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YouTube Channel | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx3J9vmdKueDI0Mbks4qftg
Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #mid-career, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities.
#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot
Friday Apr 08, 2022
Friday Apr 08, 2022
Think of the three most common "isms"!
- Racism
- Sexism
- Ageism
Then imagine that you're at the intersection of all 3!
This is the plight of being Black, Female and 50 and I had the pleasure of hosting a fabulous panel of women to discuss what it means to be part of the #powertrifecta.
As well as highlighting the challenges, we explored;
- Navigating careers and society as a mature black woman.
- Whether attitudes to black women over 50 have changed?
- Their biggest career challenges.
- How Black and White women over 50 are viewed/treated?
- The value black women over 50 bring to the table?
Plus, how the world views this demographic and how organizations can support and get the most out of them.
The next LinkedIn live is scheduled 12th April 2022 where I'll be hosting personal stylist Renee Lindo on the topic of the impact of appearance and dress for women over 50 - "Is it really your business what I wear?"
It'll be a lively and enlightening conversation so make sure you connect with me on LinkedIn to join us, submit your questions and have your voices heard.
And if you want to watch the video of our discussion, head over and subscribe to the This Woman Can YouTube channel to do so and more.
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Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #mid-career, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities.
#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot
Friday Apr 01, 2022
Friday Apr 01, 2022
Crystal Ellington (she/her) is the Communications Director for Minority Veterans of America, an organization aiming to change the narrative of the American Veteran by providing community, advocacy and policy change for LGBTQ+ veterans, womxn veterans, vets of color, and veterans of (non) religious minorities.
In her current role, Crystal has utilized her lived experience as a minority veteran to open dialogue around the various intersections that many veterans and servicemembers find themselves in.
Prior to Minority Vets, Crystal was a combat veteran, serving a tour in Iraq in 2019. She retired from her Army service as a Special Operations helicopter mechanic in 2021.
We discuss;
- How she pivoted on leaving the military
- Discovering that her passion wasn't her passion
- Realizing that more qualifications aren't always the answer
- Overcoming impostor syndrome
- Embracing the fear of career change.
CONNECT WITH CRYSTAL:
Website: https://minorityvets.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/minorityvets/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/minorityvets/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MinorityVets
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Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #mid-career, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities.
#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Friday Mar 25, 2022
If you thought that student debt was exclusive to those under 40, you'd be sadly mistaken.
Statistics show that Black women have been obtaining degrees at a consistently high rate for the last eight years and counting.
Black women are and continue to be some of the most educated and qualified , working on the premise that they have to work twice as hard to be recognized at work or how I was raised - be 10X better than our Caucasian counterparts.
And when it comes to changing careers, one of the first thoughts women have is that they need further qualifications, often at a considerable financial commitment attached on top of the debt usually already accrued
Briana "Bri" Franklin Founder, President & CEO of The Prosp(a)rity Project
She is a businesswoman, philanthropist and student debt expert/thought leader with a passion for socioeconomic and holistic empowerment of Black girls and women.
Having taken on a financial burden that eventually ballooned to nearly $120K in student debt through her undergraduate studies, Bri developed an acute appreciation for the challenges many student debt holders experience, including diminished ability to establish financial independence, take advantage of personal freedoms, such as starting a family/homebuying, launch business ventures as well as creditworthiness.
In recognizing the extent to which other Black women in particular experience adversity at the hands of the $1.7T student debt crisis as well as lack of financial literacy, she formed The Prosp(a)rity Project as a solution for eradicating these systemic barriers.
The annual 35*2 Free Financial Empowerment Conference takes place Thursday 19th May, an event is devoted to drawing further attention to the $35B in student debt & 35% financial literacy rate that put Black women at a sharp socioeconomic disadvantage.
The event is packed with panels, keynotes, and activities centered around cultivating financial literacy for Black Women at levels - from college graduates to seasoned professionals.
CONNECT WITH BRIANA:
Website: https://www.theprosparityproject.org/
35*2 Free Financial Empowerment Conference Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tpps-2nd-annual-352-free-financial-empowerment-conference-tickets-260610532117
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Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #mid-career, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities.
#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot
Friday Mar 18, 2022
Friday Mar 18, 2022
Kim P Baltimore has embarked on a new career, when most women her age are thinking of retirement. In an arena that you definitely wouldn't think of if asked!
As CEO/Founder, Seasoned on Purpose, she recorded her first YouTube video in May 2020. The name Seasoned on Purpose (SOP) evolved over time from Kim’s Kitchen to what it is today, Step-by-Step cooking instruction.
Her goal is to share the love of Jesus through cooking and to become a household name in major department stores across the country and dare she say even the world – one video at a time.
We discuss;
- Her reason for sticking out a job she knew didn't fit.
- The pressure of representing an entire race
- How self-doubt delayed her dreams
- Not waiting for things to be perfect to start
CONNECT WITH KIM:
Website: https://seasonedonpurpose.com/
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGBv0dFDbuCb5QtzhzlyWMg
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Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #mid-career, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities.
#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Whilst going through menopause, there’s a chance you may not have even given a thought to coaching with the hot flushes, sweats, mood swings and everything in between.
But given it usually occurs at the peak of a woman's career, it's considering how all the resources available can help you whilst going through the “change”!
Coaching being an effective option.
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Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #mid-career, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities.
#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
The biggest natural change to happen to a woman after puberty is menopause.
It signifies so many changes for women, often at the peak of their careers, yet society struggles to adequately address the challenges experienced.
Julie Gordon White knows all too well about navigating the menopause at work, one that led to her founding Bossa Bars, Menopause Energy Bars during the Pandemic.
She advocates for women in all stages of "The Pause" and launched Bossa Bars after struggling with hormone related sugar cravings and weight gain.
Her goal is to shift the conversation about menopause from shame to empowered with better choice bars and a community to help women #menolikeaboss.
We cover a lot!
- How menopause shows up at work.
- Advice on handling the menopause conversation at work.
- Normalizing the menopause conversation.
- Changing career through the menopause.
- The need for women to be economically independent
You can get 10% off your first order when you sign up for her MenoFesta newsletter - helping you navigate The Pause more joyfully, starting with less menopause middle by visiting https://bossabars.com/
To join the conversation visit the Meno Lounge Talks each Tuesday - https://bossabars.com/
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Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #mid-career, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities.
#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot