Kellene Turner, an artist known for her public art in Kentucky, joins the Women of the Bluegrass podcast. Jordyne and Kellene discuss the process of creating murals and the impact of public art on communities. Kellene shares her journey as an artist and the importance of continuous learning and growth. She emphasizes the need for art to represent and reflect the community it is in. Kellene also highlights the Cumberland Arts Collective and other exciting arts initiatives in Kentucky. Overall, the conversation celebrates the power of art and its ability to uplift and bring people together.

In this episode, we welcome Amanda Kelly from the Southeast Kentucky Economic Development (SKED), an expert in economic development for small businesses. Amanda has extensive experience working with entrepreneurs to start, grow, and expand their businesses. She is passionate about empowering individuals and communities through entrepreneurship and business ownership. Amanda emphasizes the importance of having a team to support you in your business journey, and shares valuable insights on how to overcome common challenges faced by entrepreneurs.

Episode Summary: Starting and growing a business can be challenging, but having a team and understanding the science behind it can make it easier. Amanda Kelly's expertise in economic development for small businesses provides valuable insights and resources for entrepreneurs.

Highlights:

• It's essential to evaluate business ideas and write a solid business plan that aligns with the four categories of business operations.
• It's also crucial to ensure that the plan works on paper before investing resources. Having a solid financial plan and collateral for business loans is also important.
• Setting goals and having a clear vision for the business is crucial, as is being comfortable with rejection and taking risks in business.
• Resilience and the willingness to pivot when things don't work out are also important.
• Traits and behaviors of successful entrepreneurs include tenacity and tolerance for ambiguity.

Join us in this episode as we dive into the world of rural healthcare with our special guest, Annie Carter. As a healthcare administrator and passionate advocate for improving healthcare in underserved areas, Annie shares her journey and valuable insights into the challenges and triumphs of transforming rural communities. Discover the strategies behind her successful physician recruitment efforts, the power of word of mouth in building healthcare networks, and how she re-charges as a self-proclaimed introvert in an extrovert's job.

Episode Highlights:

• Annie Carter's personal journey from considering PA school to rural healthcare administration.
• The unique challenges faced by healthcare professionals in underserved areas.
• Strategies for recruiting top-notch physicians to remote communities.
• The power of word of mouth in building strong healthcare networks.
• Taking a "Lake Break" and Thriving in Growth Roles

Show Notes:

• Episode: Empowering Leadership: Creating Trust and Collaboration for Success
• Guest: Audrey Davis, Vice President of Member Experience, Ashland Credit Union

Summary:

In this engaging episode, Audrey Davis, a seasoned leader in the banking industry, shares her insights on fostering trust, collaboration, and innovation within teams. Audrey's passion for the employee experience and belief in the significance of frontline employees as the face of a financial institution drive her leadership philosophy.

1. "Who Moved My Cheese,"

2. Patrick Lencioni's book, "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team"

Join host Jordyne as she delves into a captivating conversation with Audrey Davis, gaining valuable insights into effective leadership, trust-building, and fostering a collaborative work environment. Discover how empowering employees and nurturing meaningful relationships can drive success and innovation within any organization.

In this episode of Women of the Bluegrass, host Jordyne Carmack speaks with Marianne Worthington, a teacher, editor, and writer from southeastern Kentucky. Marianne is the co-founder of Still: The Journal, an online literary magazine, and has received numerous awards for her writing and poetry. We discuss the pursuit of creative work, her book of poetry The Girl Singer, and how finding a group of like-minded authors encouraged her to produce and publish her poetry in the midst of a global pandemic.

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"From artist to the Appys" - An Interview with Jill Hamlin, Floyd County | Ep. 7

In this episode of Women of the Bluegrass, the host Jordyne Carmack interviews Renee Collins Cobb about growing up around music and business, supporting local musicians through advocacy and leadership development, unconscious bias, and more.

About this week's guest: Renee Collins Cobb is the President/Owner of Collins Consulting Group, Listen Locally, LLC and is the Executive Director of Room 17 Productions, a nonprofit organization that promotes music education. She is also the former host of NPR’s Red Barn Radio and radio shows titled “Overtones” and “Gray Matters” – a show about unconscious bias” which airs weekly on WLXU, Lexington Community Radio and across the state of Kentucky on various platforms and radio stations. She is also the co-chair of the University of Kentucky School of Music Alumni. Renee is also the project manager for The Sara Holroyd Oral History Project, The History of the UK Cheerleaders Project, The Greg Austin Story and I Am Diversity at the University of Kentucky Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History. She has also facilitated career development courses for incoming freshman at the University of Kentucky and served as an unconscious bias consultant for UK as well.

Unconscious Bias Exercise: Read the following story.

Do you know this story?

A man and his son are driving in a car one day when they get into a fatal accident. The man is killed instantly. The boy is knocked unconscious. He is still alive and is rushed to the hospital for immediate surgery. The doctor enters the emergency room, looks at the boy, and says “I can’t operate on this boy, he is my son.”

Wait. What?

How can this happen?

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The fact that some of us struggle to make sense of this story illustrates just how pervasive our biases are.

To be clear, the doctor is the boy’s mother.

Bang!

Is it possible that you struggled with this story because you imagined (assumed) the doctor to be a male? You are not alone. Indeed, I would suggest that most people – men and women – envisioned a male doctor entering the emergency room. Such is the hidden influence of unconscious bias.

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In this episode of Women of the Bluegrass, host Jordyne Carmack interviews Reda Shemelya, Corporate Human Resources Director for the Forcht Group of Kentucky, about her 24+ years of experience in human resources at Walmart and the lessons she learned about professional agility and building deep relationships. Reda's story serves as a reminder to develop a deep understanding of oneself as a professional and to be a student of someone else's business, which may lead to important internal career moves. The episode closes with a discussion on the importance of professional flexibility in a rapidly changing job market.

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In this episode, host Jordyne Carmack interviews Karen Roberson, Regional Vice President at TransAmerica, who shares her leadership journey starting from working in her family's grocery store at a young age. Karen emphasizes the importance of listening, learned during her diverse experiences in a vary of direct sales businesses, in building relationships and how it supports her in her role today. She also talks about finding one's passion and igniting it to make a unique and valuable impact on the world. Additionally, Karen shares her personal experiences with adoption and her advocacy for those who can't speak effectively for themselves, inspiring all leaders to strive to make a positive impact in their own communities. Want to get started in your self-awareness as a leader? You might try a transformative, research-backed leadership assessment like Everything DiSC. Like I shared in the episode, the Everything DiSC® Workplace Profile will provide you with valuable insights that unlock engagement and inspire effective collaboration. In this personalized, 20-page profile, you'll explore the priorities that drive your behavior, learn what comes naturally and what might be challenging when interacting with others, and gain actionable strategies to strengthen your interpersonal interactions at all levels in the workplace. Discount Code: WOBPODCAST

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