Episode 011: Learning, Earning, and Fun - Paying it Forward with Syreeta Gordon Taitt

🎙️Syreeta Gordon Taitt is a Sales Leader with 15+ years of B2B SaaS and management consulting experience. In episode 11 of the podcast, Syreeta Gordon Taitt and David discuss the importance of creating a psychologically safe environment for teams, mentoring, and finding purpose in life. Syreeta shares the crazy story of being mistaken for "the help" by a customer, how she would react today if it happened to her, and how she is now paying it forward by mentoring emerging leaders. She also shares some great advice, including the importance of working in a place that allows you to learn, earn, and have fun at the same time. 💬 Quote from the Episode 💬 📜 "People won't remember what you sold. You probably won't even remember what you sold either, but they will remember how you treated them and what they learned from you." 📜 Subscribe to the Coachful Coaching YouTube Channel 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@coachfulcoaching LISTEN TO THE PODCAST 🎙🏆🎙 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@coachfulcoaching 👉 Spotify: https://spotify.link/NTBgVJIL3yb 👉 Apple: https://apple.co/41Cz5gI If you enjoy my podcast please leave me a rating and review! 👉 https://ratethispodcast.com/coachfulcoaching Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:05:40) Psychological Safety (00:11:54) Shaping Identity Through Experiences (00:15:25) Moving from Kenya to Switzerland (00:17:28) Experiencing Racism (00:20:50) Responding with Kindness (00:23:20) Mentoring Future Leaders (00:32:26) Multicultural Experiences (00:34:55) Black Organization for Leadership and Development (BOLDforce) (00:40:17) Advice to 20 year old Syreeta (00:43:00) Syreeta's question to David #entrepreneurship #psychologicalsafety #kindness #mentoring #advocacy #coaching #leadership #podcast