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This week on Good People, Atlanta’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For spotlights 2012 award winner, infinitee Communications, Inc. CEO, Jocelyn Smith.

Atlanta’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For is an awards competition providing the business community with the opportunity to showcase their best practices and demonstrate why they are an ideal place for employees to work.

Elizabeth Gordon, interviews Jocelyn Smith, Managing Partner and CEO of infinitee Communications, Inc. about infinitee’s success.

infinitee is a full-service advertising agency that understands how to improve brands, communications and customer experiences. With a focus on retail, real estate, B2B, destination marketing, education and financial services, they provide strategic and creative solutions build brand equity and drive sales for companies across all industries.

Jocelyn describes the company’s employees self-starters, with an entrepreneurial spirit, motivated and driven.

“Infinitee has been successful because of our team of talented professionals. As partners and founders of the agency, we have always believed that you are only as good as the people that surround you.”

We discuss the implications of their philosophy in employee retention, client satisfaction, operations and profit.

For more on infinitee’s services and accolades visit www.infinitee.com

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Tune into to this episode of Good People to hear Dr. Marilyn Carroll launch her new weekly show, Career Advancement Radio.

Along with Dr. Marilyn Carroll, Founder and CEO of KSAP5i a Career Management Education Company

meet guests, Beth Herman,  Regional Director Manpower

Rita Izaguirre, Talent Acquisition and Diversity Executive

and Kevin McGee, President Morehouse College Alumni

We talk about what it takes to proactively manage your career like an entrepreneur, leadership skill gaps and how to address them, and why lateral moves are not optional in the new career landscape.

Find Beth Herman Regional Director for Manpower at http://www.manpower.us

And find a job with Manpower at http://www.manpowerjobs.com

Find Rita Izaguirre at Rita.izaguirre @ gmail.com

A dynamic speaker and an advocate of creating engagement via inclusion, Rita has held a variety of roles over her long and distinguished career including Senior Vice President of Talent Acquisition, Diversity & Compliance for SunTrust Banks, and at General Electric Healthcare where she drove human resources compliance, diversity and employer of choice efforts in the US and Europe.

Find Kevin McGee with Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs or (ACE) @ www.aceloans.org

ACE provides loans to small businesses who lack access to traditional forms of credit.

or for Morehouse Alumni Association

kevin.mcgee @ morehouse.alumni.com

As President of the Morehouse College National Alumni Association, Kevin represents the interests of alumni who have graduated from this highly acclaimed institution.  A 1993 graduate of Morehouse, McGee earned a degree in Finance and a minor in Spanish.  Atlanta’s Alumnus of the Year, McGee is a trustee of Morehouse College and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Morehouse School of Medicine as well.

Remember to tune in Monday, June 11, 2012 at 11:30 and hear the launch of Career Advancement Radio with our host Dr. Marilyn Carroll.  Hear how Educational, Employment, or Professional Association communities engage the working community to address key success factors which lead to career management awareness and best practices for career sustainability success.

Dr. Marilyn Carroll is the Founder and CEO of KSAP5i a Career Management Education Company. She has a Ph.D. in Management and Organization with a Leadership Specialization, from Capella University and an MBA in Global Business.  She is a visiting Professor to several Business Schools lecturing on the following topics: Career and Business Strategies, Leadership, Management, as well as Organizational Behavior and Development. Dr. Carroll has over 20 year’s management, coaching, and education experience. Previous to starting her entrepreneurial venture she was Group Vice President, SunTrust Bank, Wealth and Investment Management where she managed a team of Employee Benefits, Foundations and Endowment and Escrow Services professionals.

This show is brought to you by KSAP5i whose mission is to help educate the employment community in the foundational knowledge and practice of career management success. KSAP5i is the best practice partner for helping clients strategically leverage their knowledge, skills, abilities, and passion for personal growth and development.

Please visit www.KSAP5i.com or call 404.375.8487 for more information.

Career Advancement Radio. www.careeradvancementradio.com.

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This week on Good People, Samantha Slabaugh Marketing Manager for The List, joined us in the studio to talk about creating the culture inside one of Atlanta’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.

The List is a B2B prospecting and sales intelligence platform that provides business development professionals within the advertising, marketing services, media and sponsorship industries access to verified marketing, advertising, and media decision maker contact information. Clients utilize The List for ad agency business development, ad sales, corporate sponsorship, and other marketing opportunities.

Sam talked about why The List decided to participate in this year’s Best and Brightest Companies to work for competition, because they’re growing as an organization, have developed and cultivated an internal culture that focuses on collaboration, fun, passion, and creativity.

“We can’t achieve unparalleled growth without the aid of all of our employees, and we recognize that we must foster a positive and productive work environment in order to reach our full potential.”

As Marketing Manager, Sam is responsible for developing and managing client retention, lead generation, product innovation, and brand awareness through a multitude of channels such as email, direct, tradeshow, public relations, online marketing, and social media. Samantha graduated cum laude from the Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia in 2006 and has since fulfilled various business development, public relations and marketing positions within the advertising and marketing services industry.  Her passion, first and foremost, has always been writing – both creatively and professionally – and she currently is the sole U.S. Contributing Writer for a European subsidiary of MTV Networks called MTVSticky.com.

Atlanta’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For is an awards competition providing the business community with the opportunity to gain recognition showcase their best practices and demonstrate why they are an ideal place for employees to work. This is the premier awards symposium that celebrates those companies that are making the lives of their employees better as well as the community as a whole.  The program provides yearlong education, benchmarking, assessment tools and interaction amongst the best employers.

For more on The List, visit www.thelistinc.com

For more on Atlanta’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For, visit http://www.101bestandbrightest.com/regions/atlanta

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This week on Good People, Sondra Rhoades Johnson, Executive Director of GAIDA, Serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, joins us in the studio to talk about being one of Atlanta’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.

Sondra Rhoades Johnson is a Senior Executive possessing over 25 years of effective executive leadership with knowledge, skills and experience across multiple disciplines

and sectors (Non-Profit, Education, Government, Entrepreneur and Corporate).  Sondra has consistently demonstrated success in adapting to different environments, added value and executive mission-aligned goals and objectives.

Having served in positions such as Fulton County Tax Commissioner, Girl Scout Council CEO, Chief Planning Officer for IT Strategic Planning for the State of Georgia, Chief of Staff of Morehouse School of Medicine, she is now the Executive Director for GACHI, a state-wide organization serving Georgia’s Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Late Deafened, Speech Impaired and Deaf-Blind.

For more information on GACHI, Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired – serving the deaf and hard of hearing, visit

www.gachi.org

Atlanta’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For is an awards competition providing the business community with the opportunity to gain recognition showcase their best practices and demonstrate why they are an ideal place for employees to work. This is the premier awards symposium that celebrates those companies that are making the lives of their employees better as well as the community as a whole.  The program provides yearlong education, benchmarking, assessment tools and interaction amongst the best employers.

Nominate your company for 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For at www.101bestandbrightest.com

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MaShelle Epps (Atlanta’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For & The Epps Agency) comes on the show to talk about her HR consulting firm which specializes in HR program design to optimize investment in the most valuable resource – people.

Atlanta’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For is an awards competition providing the business community with the opportunity to gain recognition showcase their best practices and demonstrate why they are an ideal place for employees to work. This is the premier awards symposium that celebrates those companies that are making the lives of their employees better as well as the community as a whole.  The program provides yearlong education, benchmarking, assessment tools and interaction amongst the best employers.

MaShelle Epps is on the Advisory Board and the Business Development Representative to build a strong presence for the program in the Atlanta market.  The Epps Agency partners with small to mid sized companies who unlike their larger counterparts, often lack the time, resources and expertise to design and implement strategic HR policies.

The Epps Agency’s focus is on delivering an HR optimization strategy that addresses your unique human capital needs in direct alignment with your strategic business goals.  We’ll help you develop an infrastructure for best practices that delivers action based solutions that reduce the risk of employee litigation, fosters employee development and enrichment, and maximizes the ROI on your human capital investment.  We are committed to developing solid relationships built on trust and designing solutions that deliver measurable and sustainable results.

MaShelle explains how maintaining competitive advantage in today’s marketplace through people is crucial to business success.

For more on Atlanta’s Best and Brightest, visit Atlanta’s Best and Brightest

Form more on The Epps Agency, visit www.theeppsagency.com

Twitter:  @MaShelleEpps

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Yvonne Cowser Yancy is a Human Resources professional with 16+ years of diverse experience within the public and private sector and within union and non union environments. Over her career she has held progressively more responsible roles in HR and has demonstrated the capability to design and implement HR initiatives; lead HR teams; and proactively partner with executives within her client groups. Ms. Yancy was recently Vice President, Human Resources Business Partner with SunTrust Bank supporting multiple clients within the Diversified Commercial Bank division. In her role she serves as the HR lead on key division talent and compensation initiatives and manages the people strategies and organization design efforts within her client groups.

Prior to joining SunTrust, Ms. Yancy was the Director of Human Resources for Technology, Strategy & Operations at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS). In this role, Ms. Yancy led a team responsible for delivery of corporate HR initiatives as well as divisional HR support to 1700+ employees across multiple business units. While at TBS she led the people strategy for a $25 million system implementation, managed a divisional rotational program, and supported her client groups in significant organizational redesign.

Prior to joining TBS in 2007, Ms. Yancy held several progressively more responsible roles within HR at Lincoln Financial Group (LFG). During her tenure at LFG, she supported multiple diverse clients groups across four divisions and multiple geographies. Key accomplishments include leading the implementation of manager and employee self service across the enterprise, developing the people strategy for key divisional mergers, acquisitions & divestitures, and leading the people strategy for a $120 million in-source of IT Infrastructure. Prior to joining LFG she was a Senior HR Representative with Ashland Chemical where she supported 42 chemical distribution facilities across four regions within the US. Additionally Ms. Yancy served as a first chair negotiator and managed the grievance process with the Teamsters at organized facilities within her regions. She has also held HR roles with GE Capital, Ikon Office Solutions and Georgia Tech.

Elizabeth Gordon & Commissioner Yvonne Yancy

A native of Atlanta, Ms. Yancy holds a BA degree in Economics from Northwestern University and an MBA in Personnel Employee Relations from Georgia State University. Additionally she holds the Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR) certification. A former Board member of the Junior Achievement of Delaware Valley, the Philadelphia Police Athletic League, the Lincoln Financial Group Foundation Board, and the Atlanta Housing Authority. Ms. Yancy continues to be active in several organizations including The Links, Inc., and SHRM Atlanta. Additionally Ms. Yancy serves as a mentor to young professionals seeking careers in Human Resources.

Atlanta’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For is an awards competition providing the business community with the opportunity to gain recognition showcase their best practices and demonstrate why they are an ideal place for employees to work. This is the premier awards symposium that celebrates those companies that are making the lives of their employees better as well as the community as a whole.  The program provides yearlong education, benchmarking, assessment tools and interaction amongst the best employers.

For more on Atlanta’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For, visit http://www.101bestandbrightest.com/regions/atlanta

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Good People interviews LaSonya Berry of McPherson/Berry about investing in “Human Capital”.  As the Chief Learning Officer, LaSonya provides consulting and training expertise in organizational development to clients.  LaSonya shares some of her best practices that her company utilizes to assist clients in recruiting candidates that are the best fit for the company.

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On Wednesday, March 21st,  Michael Burnside, Director of Career Placement at Atlanta Technical College was a guest on Good People. He shared his perspective on how Atlanta Tech prepares students to embody the qualities of a good employee that employers are currently looking for. Michael discussed with Millicent and Donna some of the topics and tools that will be useful as students transition into the work world.  Michael provided a useful website which serves as a reality check for students to access all the critical factors that determine if the company and position are a good match for the candidate.