We recently posted a quote on Instagram by Jeffrey McDaniel: “I realize there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re experts at letting things go.” As we think about leadership development and growth, the reality is th

Episode 12: Renovating our Priorities; Listening to our Prefrontal Cortex

Aug 2nd, 2021 16m 25s

What do author John Mark Comer (author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World) and Olympian Simone Biles have in common? They are both inspiration for our con

Episode 11: Do You Need Directions Back to the Office? The Necessary Shift Back to Work

Jul 15th, 2021 20m 39s

Episode 11 begins a short four-part series that we are calling “Do You Need Directions Back to the Office?” The world is opening up, and most people are heading back to their places of employment to return to in-person work. But for many of us,

Episode 10: Post-Pandemic Dress for Your Day

Jul 8th, 2021 34m 33s

The Urban Dictionary defines Hard Pants as “Pants that don't have a stretchy, elastic waistband. During any pandemic, the desire to wear only elastic waistband pants instead of pants like jeans.” After 15 months of wearing a very different ward

Episode 9: Office Culture and Climate, Who Defines It?

Jul 1st, 2021 30m 13s

We are so excited to bring you an episode today that focuses on a topic we are all wrestling with: heading back into the office after a long time away. We know that not everybody completely switched to WFH mode, but we know that no matter where

Episode Eight: Class of 2021, What's Next? (Interviews with Graduates)

Jun 24th, 2021 17m 54s

We have reached the final episode in the series “Class of 2021, What’s Next?” We hope you have enjoyed listening as much as we have enjoyed making these episodes, and if you haven’t listen to all in the series, please go back and do so. You won

Episode Seven: Class of 2021, What's Next? (Interviews with Employers)

Jun 17th, 2021 22m 23s

As we begin to wrap up our series, "Class of 2021, What's Next?," we are finishing with a few episodes of interviews with recent graduates and employers. This penultimate episode in the series features an interview with Randle Elmore, Commercia

Episode Six: Class of 2021, What's Next? (Interviews with Graduates)

Jun 10th, 2021 19m 22s

In Episode Six, we continue our conversation in the series “Class of 2021, What’s Next?” This time, we are conversing directly with a member of the Class of 2021 to find out how she experienced the last year of her college experience, what the

Episode Five Class of 2021, What's Next? (Encouragement in the Workplace)

Jun 3rd, 2021 22m 17s

In Episode Five (the 4th in this series) we are going to dive a bit deeper into a topic we brought up in Episode Three. There we were talking about the gaps that have been left due to college in a pandemic, a lack of in-person internships and o

Episode Four: Class of 2021, What's Next? (Engagement in the Workplace)

May 27th, 2021 21m 49s

In thinking about what comes next for the Class of 2021 and how to help them transition into the workplace, it is only appropriate that we begin to hear from them directly, which we will in this episode, where we dive in a little deeper to one

Episode Three: Class of 2021, What's Next? (Filling in the Gaps Left by the Pandemic)

May 20th, 2021 32m 20s

In this second episode of the series on the Class of 2021, we are addressing the gaps that may have occurred because of the losses addressed in the last episode. Particularly, what skills or experiences are missing for our recent graduates that

Repeat Episode 2: Class of 2021, What's Next? (Part 1: Loss Due to the Pandemic)

May 13th, 2021 24m 31s

This is Part One of our new series: Class of 2021, What's Next? In this series, we are going to explore a number of realities facing recent college graduates, and the employers who hire them, in this new post-pandemic world. This series is for

Episode 1: Who is Renovate?

May 6th, 2021 15m 33s

In this inaugural episode of the Renovate Podcast, hosts Nicole Saint-Victor and Emily S Bosscher take some time introducing themselves, the work of Renovate: Accessible Leadership Development, and the future plans of this podcast. Renovate's

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