ELEVATE Podcast with Leah Dean: Rethinking Tribe – Elevating Our Personal and Professional Relationships

This week on ELEVATE Podcast with Valda Ford and Rochelle Rice featuring Leah JM Dean Listen here: https://pod.co/elevate-valda-ford-rochelle-rice/leah-dean-rethinking-tribe-elevating-our-personal-professional-relationships Leah JM Dean is the author of the best-selling book, Assemble the Tribe, and an expert on leading with a "tribe mindset." She is a former Chief Human Resources Executive and Board member who, for more than [...]

2021-04-07T18:18:33-04:00By |ELEVATE Podcast|

How are you stepping out?

I am a huge fan of high heels and absolutely love wearing them! My mother, Sandra Rice, captured this feeling perfectly in this painting she did for me! (look under the heel on the floor and you'll see MOM). Red heels, jeans and a little sparkle. Whether you enjoy heels, slides, flip flops, sneakers, boots [...]

It’s a new dawn. It’s a new day.

What a difference a week makes! Warmer temperatures in the northeast, vaccine eligibility dropped to age 50 in New York and a feeling of hope in the air! (photo taken in Maine by my friend Jon Rich) With longer days and light at the end of this pandemic tunnel, it's a wonderful time to elevate [...]

I Couldn’t Have Done it Without You!

You did it! One year later and you're still standing! Bumped and bruised maybe - but hopefully in awe of some silver linings that gracefully appeared over these past 12 months. How do you measure a year - especially this past one? How do you process all that has transpired in your life, in the [...]

2021-03-30T21:26:06-04:00By |2021, COVID, Events, Life, Whole Health|

I Took a Selfie Today.

I took a selfie today on one one of my favorite corners in NYC, the northwest corner of 35th and Lexington. I realized there is so much in this photo that may symbolize what we may all be moving through. The Empire State Building: Since its construction, the Empire State Building has symbolized the technological [...]

Speak Up: Raising the Voices of Women – Module 1

Speak Up was created to educate, mentor and support women in District 46 Toastmasters. The objective was to create a project to help women (and men) raise their voices in order to compete effectively, especially in the International Speech contest.

2016-12-15T17:19:22-05:00By |Audio Recordings, Speaking|

Customer Appreciation Week – 30 Years of Teaching!

Join me this week for Customer Appreciation Week as I share some of the highlights of the past 30 years and what brought me to this place today! But first and foremost, thank you to each and everyone of you - whether I saw you three days ago, three weeks ago, three months ago or 30 years ago - thank you! I am grateful to you and celebrate YOU this week!

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