In today’s episode, Desiree and Chrissy sit down with Deseri Garcia, a life coach and business owner, who talks about setting goals, building healthy habits, and finding your why. Are you ready for the challenge?

Deseri Garcia is a dynamic coach, facilitator, and multisport adventure athlete. She focuses on transformational coaching, team building, and leadership development. Her goal is to genuinely connect with people and identify with them in an effort to improve both team and personal effectiveness. She works with top-level executives, directors, managers, and business owners.

Job hunting and interviewing always will be a learning process, but we’re here to give you a leg up. Come listen to Elizabeth Price dish on all the secrets of interview success directly from her experience as a recruiter. Trust us, you don’t want to miss this one!

Elizabeth F. Price, is an accomplished HR & leadership professional with over 25 years of experience in the public and private sectors. She is responsible for implementing human resource management strategies that enable the team to recruit, train, and retain a high performing and motivated workforce. She is currently a talent acquisition specialist advisor for General Dynamics Information Technology supporting the Federal Civilian division. In her spare time, Elizabeth enjoys spending time with her husband, Mark, family, friends, volunteering in her community and with Alpha Kappa Psi.

How do you transition from a school schedule into real life? How do you prioritize family, friends, and career? Shannah Henk will give you all her strategies, including how to build a Formal Development Plan strong enough to put in front of your boss.

Shannah is a driven learning & development professional. She is currently an associate manager of L&D consultation at Best Buy’s corporate headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In her current role, she connects the dots between company strategy and learning to drive performance. Shannah received both her bachelor’s degree and MBA from the University of North Dakota.

Join us for the inaugural episode of Business Edge to learn all about the do’s and don’ts of joining a college campus. Kim Saxton, a clinical professor of Marketing at IUPUI and author, tells us what professors are looking for and how students can make the most of their time on campus.

Kim believes marketers should make data-driven decisions to improve their effectiveness.  She came by her interest in data-driven decisions naturally, with a bachelor’s of science in marketing from MIT, reinforced by an MBA and PhD in marketing from Indiana University (IU). Kim was recognized with a Woman’s Leadership Award by IUPUI’s Office for Women in 2018.

Welcome and thanks for listening! Your co-hosts Desiree Williams and Chrissy Vasquez are so excited to take you on this journey toward professional development.