“Diversity & Inclusion Social Justice, Equity, and Ethics”

“Diversity & Inclusion Social Justice, Equity, and Ethics”

Sep 9, 2019 | Business, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership

“Diversity & Inclusion Social Justice, Equity, and Ethics”

Sept. 23rd, 7 am to 9 am, three highly regarded attorneys join Triad West President, Dr. Joel Martin as Panelists for this important Conversation. Meet them and join the Dialog at  Hera Hub, 2111 E. Highland Ave. Suite 240. 

Triad West Inc. is dedicated to creating Diversity and Inclusion in our workforces, workplaces, and communities. It’s for this reason that we present this month’s Monday Morning open to the public Diversity and Inclusion Conversation On Leadership (COL) Breakfast. The environment is inclusive, the conversations dynamic, connections are made, and information is shared so that we can know better, do better, and be better collectively. Meet the three Panelists. Register Here

 

ATTORNEY DONNA WILLIAMS

The Donna Williams Group

Donna Williams is an attorney and professional mediator licensed to practice law in Nevada, Maryland, and Arizona.  She has been an attorney for over 22 years and a trained mediator for 16 years.  

Donna engages clients through her firm, The Donna Williams Group, helping them manage and resolve conflict around workplace, family and small business disputes. 

Mediation and EEO Investigation Services

She is a contractor with the Arizona Department of Education, providing mediation services, and a federal contractor providing both mediation and EEO investigation services.  Donna has also been a certified University of Phoenix faculty member since 2012, teaching on criminal justice, dispute resolution and ethics topics. Donna regularly gives her time and talent as a volunteer mediator for the Arizona Attorney General’s Office of Civil Rights Division.  

Prior to founding her law practice in 2010, Donna held positions with the Maricopa County Superior Court as a judicial officer and court administrator. In her most recent role, she served as the Court Administrator and General Counsel for Probate Administration.  As an administrator, Donna provided oversight of court processes and the supervision of over 100 professional staff.

Donna has lived in the Phoenix Metro area for over 18 years and has served on several nonprofit boards.  She currently serves on the boards of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Phoenix Metropolitan Chapter and the Children’s Museum of Phoenix.

ATTORNEY LEON SILVER

Managing Partner, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani’s Phoenix

Leon Silver is the managing partner of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani’s Phoenix office where he is responsible not only for his legal practice but also for recruiting and hiring.  He is the national leader of the firm’s Retail & Hospitality and Governmental & Administrative Law practice groups.

Deeply committed to Diversity and Inclusion

His commitment to diversity and inclusion is evidenced not only by the variety of backgrounds of the lawyers he’s recruited to his firm but also by his volunteer efforts.  Leon currently serves on the board of directors of “Take the Lead”, a women’s leadership training organization; is the founder and leader of the Liberty Project, a reproductive rights think tank at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU; is a former Board Chair and Trustee of Planned Parenthood Arizona; and former board member of the YWCA of Greater Phoenix. He has been honored by the latter two organizations with their respective lifetime achievement honors; The Peggy Goldwater Award and the Tribute to Leadership Advocacy Award. 

With this background, Leon has expertise in personal privacy and gender equality issues and has lectured and published articles on the importance of inclusion and gender parity in law firms.  The highly regarded “Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession Review” included one of his articles in its 2017 edition: On a Mission to Bring “True Diversity” to the Field of Law; and in 2015 the Huffington Post ran an article titled:  The Evolution of Male-Female Relationships: An Interview with Leon Silver. 

Leon has been recognized as a “Top Ten Commercial Litigator” and one of the “100 Best Lawyers in Arizona.”

ATTORNEY MARIAN YIM

Owner, Yim Law Office, PLLC

Attorney Marian Yim has advocated for diversity and inclusion in the legal profession at the state and national level.  

A Positively Powerful Change Maker  

Marian was the first Asian female to work at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, the Arizona Supreme Court, and the City of Phoenix Mayor’s Office.  She was Founding President of the Arizona Asian American Bar Association (AAABA), and a charter member of the Arizona State Bar Committee on Women and Minorities. She chaired the education subcommittee on the American Bar Association’s Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice  

In 2014, Marian received the inaugural Senator Daniel K. Inouye Trailblazer Award from the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA). She is also a past recipient of awards for Advancing Equal Opportunity in the Profession and being a Positively Powerful Woman. 

Marian earned her B.A. from Vassar College and J.D. from Cornell Law School. She owns Yim Law Office, PLLC, and counsels nonprofits and minority-owned businesses on grants and asset management. She also volunteers as an advisor to several community organizations, including the Phoenix Civic Improvement Corporation, Asian Corporate and Entrepreneur Leaders (ACEL), and Arizona State University’s President’s Minority Advisory Council.

The future just doesn’t happen. You and I event it.

The future just doesn’t happen. You and I event it.

Sep 2, 2019 | Career Advice, Coaching, Coaching, conversation on leadership, diversity and inclusion, creativity, leadership, transformation

The future just doesn’t happen. You and I event it.

This is not entirely true. In our waking dream state, we at times are able to catch a glimpse of where we are heading and it is at this point of our dream that we are able to participate in the creation of what is next. It is believed that we spend 25% of active day daydreaming. Daydreaming is not slacking off, it is a part of the envisioning process that we all go through. Sometimes we discover new opportunities that support our vision of the future.

The future (tomorrow) as it comes to be for us is not inevitable. We have the choice to participate in creating our future or not participating and living in someone else’s version of what’s next.

When I am working with large groups of people, one of the questions that I am asked is “how can I become a better leader”  and my answer almost always is to be a leader, have a vision that people want to support.

Do you have a question you need an answer to? Lets’ talk.

 

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The Marketing and Business Webinar How To’s 

The Marketing and Business Webinar How To’s 

Aug 17, 2018 | marketing, positively powerful woman

Phillip Kotter says marketing is…”the science and art of exploring, creating, and delivering value to satisfy the needs of a target market at a profit.  Marketing identifies unfulfilled needs and desires.”

Here are a few of the many take ways that resulted from my first Post-Summit Positively Powerful Webinar. My two special guests who will bring us their ideas perspectives, to life are Positively Powerful businesswomen and leaders, Jackie Wszalek and Dr. Pamela Williamson.
Have a network of support. Whether you have a business challenge or an idea you want to create, have a network of support, people who you trust to “have your back”. How do you create one? This comes from your being giving and accepting support. Many of us want to be a lone wolf, to go it alone, to think we know it all, this is a strategy that in a time of a business crisis will not work. Here are a few ideas around network building that were mentioned:
  • Be authentic.
  • Make a habit of doing virtual introductions to people you think have similar business interests and who might find it beneficial to know each other.
  • Share and give resources and information that others can benefit from.
Be consistent. Create your marketing program in such a way that the graphic elements, the words you use, and your social media, website work have a “family” look.
Know your target audience. If your target customer is business to consumer (B2C) or business to business (B2B), the look of your website and the tone of your copy will be different. Another example was in the use of printed materials. Your message may work better on a promotional item for one person and on a brochure for another.
Be a problem solver. The transformational tip I chose to share for my first webinar came from reading “How to introduce yourself so you’ll be unforgettable (in a good way!)” Each one of us is unique, talented and brilliant in our own way. The key point of this is to state your uniqueness in your introduction rather than just your name, company, and title. It works like this: “What problems do you solve at work? And what makes you especially effective at doing so? Framing yourself as a problem-solver may trigger an instant reaction when you meet someone new” says Joanna Bloor, CEO of Amplify Labs. The guest speakers and I all did this and it worked marvelously. (Ted Talk, How to introduce yourself so you’ll be unforgettable in a good way.) 

Dr. Joel Martin and Ilana Lowery Co-Facilitate a Women’s Leadership Summit

May 22, 2018 | leadership, positively powerful woman

The Positively Powerful Speakers who will lead off are:

  • Anna Maria Maldonado, Director of Sales & Marketing, Care1st Health Plan of Arizona, Inc.
  • Angela M. Allen, RN, Banner Alzheimer’s Institute and Dementia Care Initiative Coordinator
  • Debbie Castaldo, Vice President of Corporate and Community Impact for the Arizona Diamondbacks, also the Executive Director of the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation
  • Deborah Cox, Assistant Director Center for the Study of Race and Democracy
  • Choo Tay, Entrepreneur
  • Linda Walton, Author

$35. Early Register Ends June 7th

Scottsdale and the Motown Sound!

Scottsdale and the Motown Sound!

Feb 12, 2018 | Business

Join Fatimah Halim and Joel P Martin as we emcee, the Motown sound! The city of Scottsdale will be bringing communities and generations together! Join us on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018, at McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park, 7301 E. Indian Bend Road, Scottsdale, AZ starting at 4 p.m. for the city’s first-ever Motown Community Concert. Read more below…

Enjoy free outdoor concerts and community diversity. Join us on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018, at McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park, 7301 E. Indian Bend Road, Scottsdale, AZ starting at 4 p.m. for the city’s first-ever Motown Community Concert, featuring the unique and powerful sound of the Motown.The Supremes, Temptations, Mary Wells, and the music of today that was influenced by the Motown artistry! Band Lineup includes The George Howard Band and the Lady’s of Motown links to the external site from Tucson, AZ and Outside the Line links to the external site from Chandler, AZ. Relax and bring your family, lawn chairs, picnic baskets, and friends to this one-of-a-kind, generational and diversity event.

Recently recognized as one of the best live music venues in Arizona, we invite all folks and generations to not only enjoy this fabulous and free concert but also to enjoy this city park amenities.

Food is available for purchase. Train and Carousel rides are $2. Children two and under ride free with a paying adult. Beer Permit must be purchased for consumption of beer. No hard alcohol or wine is permitted. NO GLASS BOTTLES.

Visit www.therailroadpark.com links to the external site for information on park amenities.