This month we are joined by Adonis Thompson, who served as President of SWACUHO in 2018 and 2019. We start by talking about Adonis’ career on the operations side of the house and how processing conduct cases built the necessary skills to be successful in operations. We talk about catch phrases, picking your battles, balancing job responsibilities and self-care. We then move into his SWACUHO involvement and the pathway that led him to become the first Black man to serve as President. Adonis talks about the expectations and hopes he felt and the platform he ran on to involve more HBCUs. We also breakdown the potential pipeline problem with the pathway to leadership for young Professionals of Color looking to elevate their involvement. Adonis then shares his experience moving to the private sector and working for StarRez. During that part of the conversation, we talk about the lack of knowledge depth housing staff have in the products they use and so-called “power users”. Finally, we close out this episode talking about how many of my staff over the years have told me how much they would rather work for Adonis than me! This is an episode you really shouldn’t miss.
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