The Career Refresh with Jill Griffin
The Career Refresh provides solutions, not just soundbites, to everyday leadership and workplace challenges.
Each episode of The Career Refresh with Jill Griffin covers essential topics like leadership, confidence, managing others, career navigation, leveraging strengths, imposter syndrome, perfectionism, personalities, team dynamics, burnout, job search strategies, and building a strengths-based workplace.
Jill Griffin has been featured on Adam Grant's WorkLife Podcast. She's written articles for HuffPost, Fast Company, and Metro UK. And she's been quoted by leading media outlets like Advertising Age, The New York Times, Departures, and The Wall Street Journal. Join the conversation on Instagram @JillGriffinOfficial and LinkedIn for daily inspiration. Visit JillGriffinCoaching.com for details on how to work with Jill Griffin.
The Career Refresh with Jill Griffin
From Editor To Owner. How Heather Keets Wright Went From Building Equity For Others To Building Equity and Ownership For Herself
Heather Keets Wright is an editorial veteran who has created enormous success in her career, starting at Time Inc.’s Entertainment Weekly magazine before serving in various editorial roles at Seventeen, TeenPeople.com, MarthaStewart.com, among others. After years of working for top publishing and holding companies, Heather decided to start her own company.
In this episode, we talk about:
- The challenges of being a black woman in media
- How she evolved her journalism skills to become a leader in content marketing
- How she developed a mindset of determination and positivity
- The priceless education she received from black editors
- How supplier diversity in Advertising and Marketing shaped the way she approaches partnerships
- How speaking up about DEI&B inconsistencies created systemic change
- The moment she decided to cease building equity in something that isn't hers.
- Lessons learned from being a certified Black-and-Woman owned business
Show Guest:
Heather Keets Wright, Co-Founder and CEO, Wright Creative Agency
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Jill Griffin helps leaders and teams thrive in today's complex workplace. Leveraging her extensive experience to drive multi-million-dollar revenues for brands like Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Samsung, and Hilton Hotels, Jill applies a strategic lens to workplace performance, skillfully blending strategy and mindset to increase professional growth, enhance productivity, and career satisfaction across diverse organizations.
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