Participants

• Host: Ben Olmos
• Co-Host: Alan Landry
• Featured Guest: Danyelle Jinks
• Added Guests: Keith Watts

Key Themes

• Danyelle’s Jinks Background: Danyelle shares her global career journey, highlighting her 20-year experience in working with Fortune 500 companies and C-suite leaders. She specializes in preparing organizations and teams for change, emphasizing that change, though inevitable, is often not managed well.
• Approach to Change Management: Danyelle describes her role not just as a change manager but as a “people readiness practitioner.” She focuses on helping people understand and make choices during the change process, rather than merely managing the change itself.
• Career Shift: The episode delves into Danyelle Jinks career pivot from a call center manager at Coca-Cola to change management. This shift required her to start at a junior level, demonstrating the importance of taking strategic risks and being open to starting from a lower position to pursue a desired path.
• Coaching Style: Danyelle’s coaching style is described as direct and pragmatic, focusing on helping clients understand their choices and facilitating their readiness for change. She stresses the importance of being brief, brilliant, and gone – emphasizing efficiency and impact.
• Challenges in Coaching: Discussing the challenges faced as a black woman in executive coaching, Danyelle mentions the need to prove her capability and the underrepresentation of African American women in this field.
• Personal Growth: The podcast also touches upon Danyelle Jinks personal growth, her approach to overcoming challenges, and how she manages to demand respect and cultivate relationships in the corporate world.

Impact of DissedMedia

• Danyelle’s Role: Danyelle talks about her involvement with DissedMedia and how it has provided her a platform for expression and thought leadership.
• Content Creation: Danyelle highlights how DissedMedia and The Daily Pitch has enabled her to share her insights widely, leading to opportunities like invitations to speak on other platforms and gaining new clients.