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Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

Bonus Episode: Winnie Sun's Yes Factor feat. Sharon Smith-Akinsanya

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

LinkedIn

Careers, Business

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this bonus episode we’ll introduce you to Winnie Sun's Yes Factor podcast, now a part of #LinkedInPresents. In this episode, Winnie chats with Sharon Smith-Akinsanya, CEO and founder of the Rae Mackenzie Group. After spending over 20 years working with fortune 500 companies and building career-advancement opportunities for Professionals of Color, Sharon shares the worth of real change.

Transcript

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0:00.0

LinkedIn News Hey, it's Jesse bringing you another Thursday

0:07.9

bonus episode from the newly launched LinkedIn podcast network.

0:11.7

Now the LinkedIn podcast network launched earlier this year with 10 shows,

0:15.6

one of which is Hello Monday, the show that I hope you enjoy, even a fraction as much as I enjoy,

0:21.8

but the rest of those shows, well they're also pretty cool and I want to introduce a lot of

0:26.0

them to you. And so every other Thursday this spring, I'm going to share an episode and

0:30.2

introduce you to a host. This week I have something special in store for you. I have a show called

0:35.8

Winnie Suns. Yes, factor Winnie Sun is our host. She's effervescent in dynamic and in this episode

0:41.9

she speaks with Sharon Smith, Akansanya, who is the CEO and founder of Lane McKinsey Group.

0:47.6

They talk about everything diversity, equity, inclusion, and just dynamic leadership.

0:52.8

Enjoy the show and then find Winnie Sun and me on LinkedIn.

0:59.6

From entrepreneurship to global business leadership, from challenges to self-discovery,

1:04.5

to our ever-changing future, what separates those who win and those who get passed by.

1:10.7

This is the Yes Factor with Winnie Sun.

1:15.4

Hello my friends and welcome back to the Yes Factor. I am Winnie Sun. Your host,

1:20.4

it is such an honor to be here with each of you. Thank you so much for making the time.

1:25.3

We have a very special guest and I can't wait to introduce you to her because I don't know.

1:31.0

Have you even thought about if things could be a little bit different? Sometimes we feel like we're

1:35.4

all alone and nobody quite understands what we're going through and sometimes we feel like it has

1:40.8

to be someone else out there like us who has sort of been in the same career as us or understands

1:47.9

the challenges of our backgrounds and what we're going through on a day-to-day.

1:52.3

And part of that conversation is the importance of diversity, having people that we can relate to,

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