Today’s guest Helen G. Sneed.
Helen is a career coach, HR consultant, and speaker.
She also founded Drive The Goal, a consulting firm that helps people and organizations take charge of their lives and career, and navigate change, where she is the Principal Partner.
Helen and I met when she hired me to speak at a fundraising event for the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities Foundation. At the time, she was the President of the foundation.
She has an Associate’s degree, a Bachelor’s Degree, and an MBA.
And, most notably, she was recently named one of Connecticut and Massachusetts 100 Women of Color.
So basically, she knows a lot. She’s done a lot. And we talked about a lot.
In this conversation Helen and I discussed how to fix your elevator speech, what philanthropy really is and how anyone can do it, even if you don’t have money, how to navigate health issues when the world is falling apart, diversity and inclusion in the modern workplace, her saxophone playing husband, and of course, Helen Shares her story of a chance encounter with lasting impact.
The kicker? She didn’t even know that’s the story she was telling.
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