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The HR Plug: LaShawn Davis Transforming Corporate Culture & Employee Relations

Your Brand Amplified

Bleav + Anika Jackson

Management, Entrepreneur, Public Relations, Entrepreneurship, Small Business, Marketing, Marketing Trends, Business Trends, Ai, Women-owned, Business, Sales Strategy, Artificial Intelligence, Sales, Social Media, Branding, Podcast, Communications

5.0132 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

LaShawn Davis is an Atlanta based DE&I expert, founder and CEO of the HR plug, and an advocate for empowering employees in the workplace. She works with both employees and employers to create a more balanced and equitable workplace culture.LaShawn Davis was always vocal in her neighborhood and was referred to as "the Plug" for her ability to get people what they needed. As she grew older, she saw a lack of knowledge and access for people of color and those without privilege. She made it her mission to empower and advocate for employees in the workplace, and now works to help organizations understand how to take care of their teams while still being profitable. She encourages employees to own their greatness, and teaches HR professionals how to be gatekeepers of culture. With her company, she helps startups and entrepreneurs understand the difference between 1099 contractors and employees, while also working with established organizations to mitigate risk and rebuild trust with their teams. In this episode, you will learn the following:1. How to Transform Corporate Culture and Retain Employees: Learn how LaShawn is helping businesses understand their need to take care of their teams and still be profitable.2. How to Become Indispensable: Discover the strategies LaShawn has to help employees understand their greatness and how it makes them indispensable.3. Pioneering the Workplace Culturalist: Explore how LaShawn is pioneering a workplace culturalist role to help organizations and employees navigate their challenges.https://www.thehrplug.com/homeWe're happy you're here! Like the pod? Visit our website! Check out our sponsor PitchDB! Start your trial on Simplified!

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0:00.0

Welcome to your brand amplified, the podcast where we interview marketers, publicists, and

0:06.5

brands to learn their stories, what makes them tick, and tips and tricks that make a difference. I am so excited to have Leshan Davis as our guest on your brand Amplified today.

0:17.5

I'm your host, Anika Jackson.

0:19.0

LaShaugh, thank you so much for taking some time with us.

0:22.0

Thank you for having me here. Of course and you are an Atlanta-based

0:26.8

D&I expert. You have many acronyms behind your name and you're the founder and CEO of the HR plug.

0:33.7

Please tell us all about HR.

0:36.1

How did you get into HR?

0:37.8

How did this become your dream job?

0:41.3

I actually stumbled into HR because I've always been vocal growing up in my

0:46.3

neighborhood you know when you know somebody that's really good at

0:48.8

something or can get something you refer to them as the plug and so you know I know, I was always that kid that was like,

0:54.4

now you know, don't let them take advantage of you. Here's what you do and then I

0:57.1

just started researching like what rights you have when you feel like you're being

1:00.1

taking advantage of and then I seemingly had all the answers. So all of my

1:04.6

friends and then their friends and then their friends friends all started

1:08.0

calling me the plug like oh you have a workplace issue that's the HR plug over

1:12.0

there and so then I realized that as I got older

1:15.6

and I grew in corporate America, that there's

1:17.7

a lack of access and a lack of knowledge

1:19.7

and a lack of awareness that are out there,

1:21.9

especially for people of color, especially for people who don't benefit. of things like that. So I made it my business to support, empower, and advocate for

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