Empowering Careers
Empowering Careers
Podcast Description
Empowering Careers is a podcast from The DeBruce Foundation focused on helping individuals unlock their career potential. Each episode is hosted by Dr. Leigh Anne Taylor Knight and features conversations with inspiring leaders and professionals shaping the future of work.
Whether you're a student, jobseeker, parent, educator, career coach, or employer—or simply curious about where work is headed—you’ll discover emerging trends, practical tools, and real-world stories designed to expand career pathways for all.
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The podcast focuses on career development, emerging job trends, and the future of work, with episodes such as Reshaping the Job Search which explores the importance of Career Literacy and innovative hiring practices in today's job market.
Empowering Careers is a podcast from The DeBruce Foundation focused on helping individuals unlock their career potential. Each episode is hosted by Dr. Leigh Anne Taylor Knight and features conversations with inspiring leaders and professionals shaping the future of work.
Whether you’re a student, jobseeker, parent, educator, career coach, or employer—or simply curious about where work is headed—you’ll discover emerging trends, practical tools, and real-world stories designed to expand career pathways for all.
In this episode of Empowering Careers, host Dr. Leigh Anne Taylor Knight talks with Leslie Gill, President and CEO of Rung for Women, about empowering women to build sustainable, fulfilling careers.
From an unexpected start in public service to leading a career accelerator for women in St. Louis, Leslie shares how early life experiences, career agility, and community shaped her path. Listeners will learn why exposure and exploration are critical to career growth, how networks and mentorship fuel economic mobility, and what it truly means to invest in the whole person—not just the job.
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