iBuild America Podcast
iBuild America Podcast
Podcast Description
The iBuild America Podcast empowers workforce development professionals with insights from industry leaders, exploring strategies, challenges, and solutions to build the Workforce of the Future. Join us to foster collaboration and drive meaningful change.
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This podcast centers on workforce development issues, featuring episodes that discuss innovative education policies, successful workforce initiatives, and the role of technology in training. Specific topics include the impact of teacher diversity on educational outcomes and the groundwork laid by HBCUs in workforce readiness.
The iBuild America Podcast empowers workforce development professionals with insights from industry leaders, exploring strategies, challenges, and solutions to build the Workforce of the Future. Join us to foster collaboration and drive meaningful change.
What happens when someone spends more than three decades helping young people rewrite their futures?
In this episode, we sit down with Peni Webster-Lewis, a respected workforce development leader who recently concluded an extraordinary career with the Job Corps program. From her beginnings as an orientation specialist to serving as Acting Deputy Administrator for the national program, Peni’s work helped shape opportunities for thousands of young people across the country.
Drawing from both her military background and decades of leadership in youth development, she shares powerful lessons about resilience, opportunity, and what it really takes to prepare the next generation for the workforce.
This conversation explores:
- Why opportunity is often the missing ingredient in success
- The misconceptions people have about today’s youth
- Why soft skills matter just as much as technical skills
- How workforce development programs truly change lives
- What the future of workforce training needs to look like
At its heart, this episode reminds us that workforce development isn’t just about jobs — it’s about people, potential, and the chance to build a better future.
If you care about education, workforce development, mentorship, or the future of America’s workforce, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.
🎧 Listen now and subscribe for more stories shaping America’s workforce.
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