Revolent Life: Recent Episodes
Revolent Life
Revolent Life is Revolent Group's business podcast. We want to showcase our global employee's amazing thoughts, knowledge and more! The array of topics are endless and we want to discuss them all. Interested in hosting your own Revolent podcast episode? Email employeeengagement@revolentgroup.com!
In this episode, David Nava, who is retired active military, speaks about kick-starting his career in Salesforce, allowing him to land a lucrative new role and become the proud recipient of a Golden Hoodie. David will walk you through his keys to success including personal branding tips, how to take tests to pass on the first try, leveraging community, and how to gain experience when no one will hire you without experience.
Paula Leach has spent her career in the People space in multinational, public sector, and fast growth start-up organizations. She now runs her own leadership coaching and advisory practice and has written a book which is a highly practical guide for leaders. In this session, Paula discusses her book and how to balance humanity with the ongoing rise of tech.
Elham Fardad, founder and CEO of Migrant Leaders, discusses her experience navigating the corporate world as a migrant. She will give advice for corporations and young professionals, and what the future holds for those from diverse ethnic backgrounds in the corporate world.
Jez Bassinder is a UKI Salesforce Consulting Leader & Partner at IBM. Jez started working at IBM as a graduate, and has been there for the past 25 years. In this episode he will discuss his career journey, why he has stayed at IBM, and provide you with insights on how to find an organization that is the right fit for you where you will excel and grow.
In this episode, our amazing Certified Salesforce Instructors at Revolent hosted an educational TechTalk surrounding the Salesforce ecosystem. They spoke about how to successfully launch your career as a certified Salesforce Developer, while applying your existing skills gained from other programming languages.
Barb Borrowman is a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft. In this episode, Barb shares her experiences of being one of few women in tech. She speaks about the female pioneers in her life that paved the way for her and the importance of 'paying it forward'.
Barbara Gottardi is a CIO who has worked at leading financial services organizations for over 20 years. In this episode, Barbara shares her experiences and top tips to help you network and stand out from the crowd in the new hybrid work environment.
To celebrate North American Black History Month, we sat down with our special guests and let them walk us through their inspirational stories. They spoke about the challenges they overcame and gave advice to others looking to enter the tech world as a minority.
In this episode, Priya Kurien, an Executive in the Client Leadership team at IBM Consulting shares her inspirational journey from changing careers to moving to a new country, highlighting the resilience and skills she has developed along the way.
To celebrate International Day of People with Disabilities we sat down with Akasia Perran, Salesforce Consultant, to discuss her experience of being legally blind and how disability has set her up for success. Akasia truly exemplifies every aspect of Go Beyond through her desire to celebrate differences and create an inclusive environment for all.
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What Kind of Man Are You?
This week we are celebrating International Men’s Day by challenging you to answer that very question. Throughout this 5 session podcast, we are tackling 5 different topics to get you talking about all things men’s health and wellbeing. Tune in to hear about our speakers’ personal journeys and start the conversation this International Men’s Day hosted by Caroline Fox – Senior Employee Engagement Manager.
What Kind of Man Cries? Matthew Smith, Co-Founder – “If U Care, Share” Foundation, discusses men’s mental health (1:00 minutes)
What Kind of Man Gets Sick? Alfie Jones, testicular cancer survivor, shares his personal journey through diagnosis, treatment, recovery and life after cancer (17:20 minutes)
What Kind of Man Loves Another Man? Reed Badman, Salesforce Developer – Revolent, talks about his experience as a member of the LGBTQ+ community (31:15 minutes)
What Kind of Man Fights for Someone Else? Mark Hill, CIO – Tenth Revolution Group, joins us to talk about his role as a diversity and inclusion ally (43:00 minutes)
What Kind of Man Goes Beyond? Alex Waldron, Recruitment Consultant – Mason Frank International, talks about why he wants to Go Beyond and support equality, diversity, and inclusion at Revolent (53:45 minutes)
We sat down with Nabila Salem, President of Revolent Group and D&I Advocate, to learn more about her journey and insightful advice for all career levels!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nabila1/
Interested in what life is like for an Olympic athlete? Kaelan Moss, Marketing Cloud Instructor shares his journey with Rachel Sirett, Employee Engagement Executive. Kaelan brings the same enthusiasm and love of his sport to teaching our Revols the Marketing Cloud Platform. His goal is to spread knowledge and empower others along their journey in life! Tune in to the podcast to learn more about Kaelan's journey from Team USA to Revol.
“YOU Are Not Alone: The Importance of Mental Health” with Ashley Smith, Business Development Manager hosted by Rachel Sirett, Employee Engagement Executive. In this podcast, Ashley talks candidly about his personal experience with his own mental health and provides helpful tips and techniques that can be utilized in and out of the workplace.