What does it take to be a Renaissance Woman? Ask Wendy Muhammad.

What does it take to be a Renaissance Woman? Ask Wendy Muhammad.

May 20, 2020 | Business, collaboration, empowerment

What does it take to be a Renaissance Woman? Ask Wendy Muhammad.

Wendy Muhammad is the author of THE MIND OF AN ENTREPRENEUR. She is a Multi-Million Dollar Business Developer, Thought Leader, Crisis Manager, Trainer, and International Entrepreneur. Currently, she is also President and Director of Business Affairs for the Minimally Invasive Vascular Centers where, along with her Business Partner, she has developed a progressive new business model for outpatient surgery centers and micro-hospitals. She has expanded the brand and model to major markets throughout the US and Africa.

Wendy Muhammad is also a Business and Real Estate Developer, Emotional Intelligence Coach and Philanthropist who is creating effective new, cutting edge business models offering tools and strategies to help conscious entrepreneurs navigate the world of business.

I’m Dr. JP Martin, author of HOW TO BE A POSITIVELY POWERFUL PERSON, Founder of the Triad West Inc., Positively Powerful Programs, and Host of the new Positively Powerful Success Friday Webinars. Wendy Muhammad will be my Guest on May 22nd. I’ll be asking Wendy for her secrets of success, $trategies to navigate the world of business during COVID-19, and more. I’m looking forward to this conversation.

Hope to see you this Friday, May 22nd at 6 PM MT, 9 PM PST. It’s Free. After you register, you will receive the Zoom information. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/success-webinar-tickets-105889299746

You say you are transformational but are you really?

You say you are transformational but are you really?

May 12, 2020 | Coaches Corner, Coaching, transformation

You say you are transformational but are you really?

Many people say they are a transformational speaker, a transformation trainer, or a transformational coach but how do you know that you are? What are you basing your use of this powerful word on? Romans 12:2 King James Version (KJV) tells us, “2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

“To promise your audience that they will be transformed by the renewing of their mind by you is a huge promise.”

If I am speaking to you, and in your heart of hearts, you know this is exactly what you want to deliver to your clients and audiences, it can happen. Just because you say it’s so, however, doesn’t make it so and saying the word doesn’t make it true. It is not wishful thinking or a smart copy point in my work. It is something that can be learned.

I have more than 25+ years as an international transformational workshop designer, leadership developer, trainer of trainers, coach, and speaker. Answer Yes or No in this “The How Do I Know If I Am Really A Transformational Professional Quiz”:

  • I know how to learn where they are and where they want to be…the vision that describes their better future.
  • I can properly understand their underlying problems or causes of organizational or personal pain that need to be addressed.
  • I support their transformation with a proven road map and system.
  • I am experienced in creating safe mindset shifts.
  • I am able to enroll my clients in taking forwarding risky actions towards what matters to them.
  • I am able to intervene and coach them through their limiting beliefs.
  • I walk my talk and practice what I preach in my own life.
  • I have emotional intelligence
  • I am a lifelong learner.

This is my shortlist. If you would like to learn more, please contact me for a 30 Minute Strategy Session. I am dedicated to changing lives and businesses for the better. We need more transformational professionals.

Joel P. Martin, BFA, MA, Ph.D. Wharton Fellow. President, Triad West Inc. Founder, Positively Powerful Programs  jpmartin@triadwest.com. www.positivelypowerful.com.

Positively Powerful Interview with Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, a leader with millions of fans.

Positively Powerful Interview with Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, a leader with millions of fans.

May 6, 2020 | Business, collaboration, creativity

Positively Powerful Interview with Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, a leader with millions of fans.

The public is invited to join Triad West President, Dr. Joel P. Martin for a Positively Powerful Zoom conversation with Colleen Jennings-Roggensack this Friday, May 8th, at 6 p.m. MST. Register to receive Zoom information. https://bit.ly/ZoomMay8

Colleen Jennings-Roggensack has been presenting the performing arts for the past 35 years. She is the Executive Director of Arizona State University Gammage and ASU Vice President for Cultural Affairs with artistic, fiscal, and administrative responsibility for two cultural facilities, as well as additional responsibility for Sun Devil Stadium, the new ASU 365 Community Union, and Wells Fargo Arena.

“I am so proud to be able to lead ASU Gammage and have been fortunate to see our programs grow and audiences grow with us. We continue to present the best of Broadway as well as an array of artists from across the globe in all artistic disciplines through the ASU Gammage Beyond series and our programming at ASU Kerr Cultural Center.” Colleen Jennings-Roggensack

From Dr. Joel P. Martin, Host: I’m delighted that she’s taking the time to spend with us during these challenging times. I know that people will appreciate this special opportunity to be “up close and personal” with one of the leaders in the arts, culture, and theater. She’s a phenomenal person with millions of fans because of her many contributions. She’s changing the world for the better.

There will be much to learn from and be inspired by such as the 2020/2021 Gammage theater season that we can look forward to. With so many moving parts, how Colleen and her team bring productions to the stage, post-coronavirus. What it takes to create millions of fans and build a self-sustaining nonprofit organization. We will also learn how the other guests online with us are doing and what resources and support are needed.

This event is open to the public and you must register in advance to receive the Zoom password and meeting number. Register online at https://bit.ly/ZoomMay8

Dr. Joel P. Martin, PhD, MA is President & Founder of Triad West Inc. and Positively Powerful Woman Awards, Conferences, and Online Events. Diversity and Inclusion, Leadership and Team Building Creative Solutions Changing Lives and Businesses for the Better. To learn more visit website: www.positivelypowerful.com Twitter: @drjoelmartin

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What stops us from being kind?

What stops us from being kind?

May 3, 2020 | Business, Coaches Corner

What stops us from being kind?

“Being kind is free and a currency that’s cherished. Being kind to yourself pays off in dividends. Being kind to others is invaluable…. Kind People are my kind of people.” Dr. Joel P. Martin

We don’t need to have a lot of money to be kind. Regardless of how much we know, who we know, how old we are, where we live, we can be kind. Being kind makes us beautiful. Kindness is being caring, warm, and giving to others. The word comes from the Middle English word ‘kindness’ meaning ‘noble deeds’ or ‘courtesy’.  

What stops us from being kind?

Fear of having our kindness rejected or misunderstood, fear of doing it wrong. Anger, envy, and mistrust because of stereotypes and bigotry. In Between the World and Me, Author Ta-Nehisi Coates writes this on receiving the kindness of a stranger “…watching him walk away, I felt that I had missed part of the experience because of my eyes because my eyes were made in Baltimore because my eyes were blindfolded by fear.”

Maria Popova writes in Brainpickings that “the measure of true kindness …is often revealed in those challenging instances when we must rise above the impulse toward its opposite, ignited by fear and anger and despair.” And we can do this. We can become aware of and practice being kind. It is teachable. 

Kindness health facts.  

Kindness can increase happiness.

  • It is contagious. The positive effects are experienced in the brain of everyone who witnessed the act, improving their mood, and making them more likely to “pay it forward.”
  • It produces oxytocin, the ‘love hormone’ which aids in lowering blood pressure, improving overall heart-health, self-esteem, and optimism.
  • It increases energy, happiness, lifespan, pleasure, and serotonin, a chemical that can calm us down, and make us feel happy.

Here’s what kindness decreases.

  • It decreases pain. Engaging in acts of kindness produces endorphins, the brain’s natural painkiller.
  • It decreases depression, stress, and anxiety. Stephen Post of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine found that when we give of ourselves, everything from life satisfaction to self-realization and physical health is significantly improved. Mortality is delayed, depression is reduced and well-being and good fortune are increased.
  • It decreases blood pressure. Oxytocin causes the release of a chemical called nitric oxide, which dilates the blood vessels. This reduces blood pressure and, therefore, oxytocin is known as a “cardioprotective” hormone. It protects the heart by lowering blood pressure. David R. Hamilton: “Acts of kindness create emotional warmth, which releases the hormone oxytocin.”

Good to know and support: The Be Kind People Project® (BKPP) is a non-profit dedicated to providing students with comprehensive youth development programming that effectively uses a positive approach to social, emotional, and academic learning. BKPP has a vision of building a generation of respectful, responsible, healthy, and caring citizens and leaders and believes that in a multicultural society, trust, understanding, tolerance, and kindness are the cornerstones of peace, order, and civility.

Dr. Randal Pinkett, Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of BCT Partners, uses Precision Analytics to level the playing field for equity.

Dr. Randal Pinkett, Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of BCT Partners, uses Precision Analytics to level the playing field for equity.

Apr 10, 2020 | Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Women

“To compete in the 21st century, you must be able to leverage technology and data to foster greater insights about diverse people”

Dr. Randal Pinkett, CEO BCT Partners

Dr. Randal Pinkett, Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of BCT Partners, uses Precision Analytics to level the playing field for equity.

bct Rockefeller foundation grantWhile I am familiar with the use of analytics to build website traffic, evaluate social media, and determine the return on investment for diversity, inclusion and other initiatives, there was a broader use of analytics that I’ve come to understand and appreciate through my colleague and friend Dr. Randal Pinkett. His company has the analytical ability to answer the questions that lead to the actual transformation of lives, to social change, and to equity. 

BCT Partners is a highly regarded and sought after multimillion-dollar research, training, consulting, technology, and data analytics firm headquartered in Newark, NJ. Their mission is to provide insights about diverse people that lead to equity. The company has developed solutions for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) US Department of Labor, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation among others. In September 2019, the Rockefeller Foundation awarded grants to fuel plans for Equitable Investment in Opportunity Zones in Washington, DC, Oakland, Dallas, and St. Louis. LISC and BCT Partners were named National Partners. The initiative will help cities build a pipeline of projects and small business investments that move beyond the early stages of planning and attract private investment in economically-distressed areas.  

Because of BCT Partners leadership, consulting services, analytical abilities, and corporate culture, BCT Partners is on the Black Enterprise’s BE 100 list of the nation’s largest African American-owned businesses and most recently was named to the Forbes list of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms.

Watch this video of Dr. Randal Pinkett as he talks about the lessons he’s learned from Technology. One lesson, primed for the times for all of us is this: 

“Everyone of us can move from being a technology consumer to being a technology producer…Find the harmony in disconnected disciplines and bring them back into the harmony for which they were always destined.” 

Dr. Randal Pinkett. Lessons I’ve Learned From Technology. TEDx NJITN

Dr. Randal Pinkett is a thought leader who holds five academic degrees including a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University; a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Oxford in England; and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, MBA, and Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Most notably, he was the first and only African-American to receive the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship at Rutgers University.

He is the author of Campus CEO: The Student Entrepreneur’s Guide to Launching a Multimillion-Dollar Business and No-Money Down CEO: How to Start Your Dream Business with Little or No Cash and, Black Faces in White Places: 10 Game-Changing Strategies to Achieve Success and Find Greatness.  Dr. Pinkett has launched the “Campaign to Redefine the Game” which represents a call to action for Americans to level the playing field in the 21st-century workplace. For more information about BCT Partners visit https://www.bctpartners.com/

Dr. Joel P. Martin is the president of Triad West Inc. Dr. Martin is a thought leader in transformational leadership thinking to change lives and businesses for the better. She is the author of How To Be A Positively Powerful Person. She has a Bachelor of Education in Visual Communications, a Master of Psychology, a Ph.D. of Communications, and is a Wharton Fellow of Wharton Business School. Her commitment has taken her to clients in China, Malaysia, Russia, the Republic of South Africa, the United Kingdom, Latvia, France, and across the US. 

Her company is a 20-year-old Arizona based coaching, consulting and training company that specializes in leadership development, diversity and inclusion, employee engagement, alignment, and team building. To learn about our Diversity and Inclusion approach, engagements and programs please visit https://www.positivelypowerful.com/Insights/di/ 

Dr. Joel P. Martin is also the Founder of Triad West Positively Powerful Programs. The April 17, 2020, Positively Powerful Conference featuring the Education Summit and Woman Awards Program with Dr. Randal Pinkett and other esteemed speakers was postponed because of COVID-19. The new date planned for the Positively Powerful Conference: Education Summit and Woman Awards is Friday, October 16, 2020. The event will be held at the Arizona State University 365 Community Union, a collaborative partner for the event.