Building Mental Fitness: Shift from Surviving to Thriving
The more mentally fit you are, the more you’ll be able to handle the stress, anxiety and frustrations that come from work and personal life challenges. This includes relationships and how you engage with others like your colleagues, partner, children. Your level of Mental Fitness is the best predictor of how happy you are and how well you perform relative to your potential. The bad news is that 80% of people score below the minimum level of mental fitness required for peak performance and happiness. The good news is that, just like physical fitness, you can boost your Mental Fitness significantly with practice.
Amy C. Yip (She/Her)
Amy Yip is a Somatic Life Transformation and Mental Fitness coach, keynote speaker, self-confidence trainer, and the author of award-winning book, Unfinished Business: Breaking Down the Great Wall Between Adult Child and Immigrant Parents. She’s also a 2X TEDx speaker. She works with organizations to accelerate the growth of their underrepresented groups into leadership roles. In January 2020, after 16+ years of building and leading global teams in organizations including Google, Clorox, and Booz Allen, Amy left the corporate world, sold everything, and took a one-way flight to Ghana with her husband to volunteer at a breast cancer nonprofit and travel the world. COVID-19 shifted their plans; they got stuck in Ghana for seven months. One of Amy’s greatest learnings is this: Your mindset, not your circumstances, makes all the difference in your happiness and success. Through this lens, she works with women of color to strengthen their mental fitness, heal their intergenerational wounds, and have agency to let go of all the ‘shoulds’ so that they can be the authors of their own life stories. Amy is an International Coach Federation Professional Certified Coach, a Certified Hudson Institute Coach, a Certified Strozzi Institute Somatic Coach, and a pioneer Mental Fitness Coach certified through Positive Intelligence. Amy received her MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and her BS in computer science and BA in communications from the University of Maryland.
Embracing Change: Navigating a Career in Transition
You’re invited to an illuminating fireside chat with Tami DeWeese, a seasoned executive whose career journey embodies resilience and purpose. In "Embracing Change: Navigating Career Transitions with Purpose," Tami shares her personal odyssey navigating the dynamic world of technology and telecommunications. From pioneering transformative initiatives as the Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at a top global brand to picking herself up after hearing her role was eliminated, Tami's story is one of resilience and adaptability. Gain invaluable insights on upskilling, stepping out of your comfort zone, and staying focused on a purpose-driven career path. If you are experiencing a career transition or looking to make a pivot, this is the talk to join.
Tami DeWeese (She/Her)
Tami DeWeese is a results-driven executive with over 20 years of large corporate experience in the technology and telecommunications industries at Samsung, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated a strong track record of driving business growth and leading transformative initiatives by setting the strategic direction and leading the tactical execution. She’s recognized as a change agent and culture champion with a commitment to excellence who enables forward progress. Her areas of expertise span across the sales lifecycle, people leadership, and diversity & inclusion. During her 12 year tenure at Samsung Electronics America, Tami held several key roles, including the company’s first Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, where she established foundational frameworks and crafted playbooks to drive company growth for the top 5 global brand. She’s a Modern Chief Diversity Officer program graduate at Cornell University, served on the Manufacturing Institute D&I Advisory Council, podcast speaker, Samsung Newsroom features, and contributed to LeanIn’s Allyship at Work program commercialization. Prior to her DEI role, she was a key leader within a new start-up team focused on developing a suite of enterprise-class services and solutions. She led many strategic implementations including the company’s first 24x7 enterprise tier 3 tech center providing critical support to Fortune 1500 customers, and product launches enabling entrance into new markets advancing the growth of a multi-billion dollar B2B division. Tami spent over 10 years in telecom sales and management growing the System Integrator Alliance Channels at Verizon Business and Lumen Technologies. There she served in different roles substantially growing revenue for new strategic products and by establishing operational efficiency to maximize profitability. Tami keeps busy with her husband and their two high school teens activities. In her spare time she enjoys gardening, restoring furniture and hosting guests at their AirBnB properties.
Cultivating Leadership: Insights from Joyce Guan West, CEO Advisor and Diversity Advocate
Join us for an enlightening fireside chat with Joyce Guan West, a seasoned executive coach and career strategist, renowned for her ability to empower individuals from diverse backgrounds to unlock their full potential. With decades of experience in leadership roles and entrepreneurship, Joyce offers a unique perspective on navigating the challenges and aspirations of today's workplace. Specializing in coaching Asian Americans, people of color, immigrants, and women, Joyce advocates for embracing individual differences as strengths, guiding clients towards fulfilling careers and impactful leadership. Drawing on her expertise in sales leadership and strategic planning, coupled with mindfulness practices, Joyce provides holistic coaching to foster resilience, clarity, and well-being in the face of life's complexities.
Joyce Guan West (She/Her)
As a seasoned executive coach, career strategist, and CEO advisor, Joyce brings a unique blend of expertise and empathy to empower individuals to unlock their full potential. With a career spanning decades of leadership roles and successful entrepreneurship, Joyce has honed a profound understanding of the challenges and aspirations faced by high achievers in today's diverse workplace landscape. Specializing in coaching Asian Americans, people of color, immigrants, and women, Joyce champions the idea that each individual's journey to success is inherently unique. Drawing from shared experiences and a deep understanding of cultural nuances, Joyce helps clients leverage their differences as strengths, guiding them towards fulfilling careers and impactful leadership roles. With a background in sales leadership and strategic planning, Joyce equips clients with the tools to confidently articulate their value, navigate career transitions, and forge meaningful connections within their networks. As a certified mindfulness meditation teacher, Joyce brings a holistic approach to coaching, fostering resilience, clarity, and well-being amidst life's inevitable challenges.
The Human Side of AI Recruiting
AI is transforming the way companies find and hire talent, but technology alone can’t replace the human connection that makes recruiting effective. Join Saqib Khan, Vice President – Global Talent Engine, Ascendion as he explains how his organization leverages AI to streamline hiring while keeping empathy, culture, and personal engagement at the center of the process. In this candid conversation, Saqib will share real-world insights, practical strategies, and lessons from leading global talent initiatives to help recruiters, HR leaders, and hiring managers embrace AI without losing the human touch.
Saqib Khan
Saqib Khan is serving as the Vice President of Global Talent Engine, North America & LATAM at Ascendion. In his role, he is responsible for managing a team of 150+ Talent Specialists across the Globe. Along with Talent Acquisition, he is also responsible for managing Global Talent Supply Chain and Talent Mobility across the organization.
He has partnered with IT team to assist with development of in-house ATS systems and processes – rolled out Gen-AI & Agentic AI workflow solutions in their Talent Platform to focus more time on candidate relationships and cut down administrative tasks saving as much as 50% time in manual efforts. Our advanced AI helps identify right the resources based on skills, rewrites precise job descriptors, automates email content, automated sourcing and matching, automated reach out to candidates via voice bots, generates multiple Boolean key strings (combination keyword searches), automating 1st round of interview screening — overall improving the speed and quality in turn reducing the time to fill.
Saqib is based out of Charlotte, NC living with his Spouse and two beautiful daughters – 9 yr old and 4 yr old. He loves traveling, passionate about Cricket (Sport popular in Southeast Asia, England and Australia), watching live sporting action and enjoys cooking.