TheAwayGames
Podcast:
Connecting Employees to Community
ABOUT
Ron "ROCO" Corley, the host of TheAwayGames_Podcast, advises employees on how to predict workplace discrimination, harassment and/or retaliation. Black women are his focus, but all protected class employees benefit from this community.
From a front line employee in Fortune 500 Technology businesses to an executive in SMB Tech and Logisitcis companies, ROCO has experienced it all and wants to share his and other experiences with up and coming talent so you can see the good, the bad and the ugly before tying your work future to a socially sinking ship.
TheAwayGames
Podcast: Season 1
Episodes 1-4
01
DEI is a tactic, not the solution.
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In this episode, I'm joined by DEI champions helping both employers and employees drive DEI goals forward in the workplace using different methods.
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Being Black, female, Muslim and a parent can be challenging within America...especially in the workplace. We connected with Double J who dives into her struggles with how others perceive her identity or identities. We also discuss future HR data that could better help professionals like her (and you) chose employers, based on their propensity to be biased against you.
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Lessons from We Gon Be Alright: A Black Executives Guide to Navigating the Workplace. We lose MILLIONS annually for ignore these lessons. Don't be the next to lose out!
04
Gwendolyn Tucker served in corporate America for 25+ years, before transitioning into a space that provides more impact for her and her clients. We discussed some of her tools and resources to help you better understand and identify you biases, to not impact your career.
TheAwayGames
Podcast: Season 1
Episodes 5-8
05
In our second discussion, we get a little more personal. Being able to admit there is a problem is always the toughest part of this type of accountability, but Gwendolyn make coming to terms with your flaws easy and painless in this discussion.
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In Part 2, we identified his breaking point with corporate America and his decision to pivot his focus to entrepreneurship. Here we learn that networking well, amidst co-worker biases and change management struggles, got him a lifelong friendship and an investor, connected by University of Michigan football. That connection allows Anthony Moore to slowdown gentrification and sell his upgraded properties back to residents of the neighborhood almost exclusively.
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Special S/O to Anthony Moore of Four Squares Construction for spending so much time with me to discuss his career path. We discuss his transitioning from a collegiate athlete into engineering operations (via a NASA internship), and finally landing in entrepreneurship. Hear his renaissance story!
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On this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Chuck Wallington, Ph.D., VP and Chief Communications and Marketing Officer of Cone Health and new author of A Seat at the C-Suite Table: Insights from the Leadership Journeys of African American Executives.
Here we discuss the importance of community while building a career, the need to stay flexible in your career path, why constant upskilling is invaluable for career longevity and why deciding on a workplace that fits your morals and personal journey is so necessary.
TheAwayGames
Podcast: Season 2
Episodes 1-4
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In our 1st episode of Season 2, we focus on key ideas of Shame, Guilt and Coercion, which play major roles in religion's ability to condition social behavior and have been co-opted by authorities in other aspects of life, like the workplace, to suppress accountability of authority.
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I’m joined by a special guests and black executives, Meleta and Hassan Pinto. We start by discussing entrepreneurship vs. navigating corporate America and building a family dynasty; but then dive deep into the Pinto legacy, discussing their children's academic and social success and what the Pinto's plan to leave behind.
02
I’m joined by a special guest, Employment Attorney Janelle Romero of Consumer Attorneys, representing in part undocumented workers. We discuss Janelle’s 3 key employment law focuses for employees to stay ahead of employer mistreatment, as well as pitfalls immigrant employers fall into when starting new businesses here in the states.
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We will discuss social conditioning in early education, the hurdles of adjusting curriculum to best engage students of changing demographics and winning over students instead of co-workers.
TheAwayGames
Podcast: Season 2
Episodes 5-8
05
We will be discussing how ordinary roles are impacted by social racial hierarchical conditioning, how this hierarchy is manipulated by healthcare professionals to drive corporate funds and how heroes are created.
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Meet Macho, the first Bronx NY film, comedy and poetry festival producer. We'll discuss his journey through loss and dysfunction that drove his entrepreneurial success.
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Come join us in conversation as he opens up to TheAwayGames_Podcast.
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We discuss her early success in entertainment, what re-directed her focus and how that focus led her down a path to give back through entrepreneurship. How she follows her intuition and reaches for her dreams is inspiring.
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We discuss the obstacles aspiring black parents face during childbirth, life-long factors that play roles in those hurdles and what all parents (and physicians) should be doing about it.
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Dr. Wade is a Black History Hero with her work, passion and drive. Join the discussion on TheAwayGames_Podcast.