Business Episodes

In this episode, Lolita uses five project management strategies to walk you through how to rebrand your professional life and business! And guess what, this is only part I!! Part II will be about rebranding in relationships.....

In this episode, join Aprylle Wallace, HR Expert & CEO of AW Squared Advisors.  The world seems to be engulfed in a tempest of uncertainty, exhaustion, and pressure from all sides at the moment. But in the middle of that storm is a tree planted...…  You are the tree. Rooted. Steady. Full of potential.And what’s going to help you rise through this storm—what will help your hustle thrive—is learning to trust your roots: your time, your talent, and your treasure.

What if you chose to break the cycle?  Listen in as we leap from complacency and into our greatest selves!  Are you ready?  Hop aboard Lolita's Change Train and let's have a bit of reflective fun!

This episode is one you don't want to miss.  Have you ever felt that your train of work, life, or home has ever stalled right there on the railroad track to progression?  I know I have!  Join Lolita and a live audience for a juicy episode of Coaching, Cocktails & Conversations, where she leaves you with four strategies to get up and moving again...with a renewed vigor!

Welcome to Coaching, Cocktails & Conversations with Lolita E. Walker. Today, we're talking about how to make the most of your season. We all have different seasons in life, whether it's a season of growth, a season of change, or a season of rest. Whatever your current season may be, it's important to make the most of it and I'm leaving you with 6 strategies to do just that!

Sometimes it feels impossible to know where you stand, what you are doing, and how to remove the fog from where you are standing in this moment.  This episode will gift you 5 strategies to begin CLAIMING everything TODAY!  Stand up and get ready!

What is Glassophobia?  If one out of four people suffer from it, you could be the one! This episode is all about public speaking tips that will change your life, TODAY!Grab your CC&C Journal here and grab 5 strategies that will uplevel your public speaking - guaranteed. Let's uplevel, together.

Join Lolita as she exudes pure excitement at the 10 lessons she cannot wait to share with you!  Over one weekend, it was nugget after nugget and win after win. Grab your CC&C Journal and let's get into it. Whether you apply it to work, life, or home, there is a bit of something for everyone!  Listen in and be sure to leave your 5-star review!

Yan Yu has a story to tell and we can all gain a bit of insight from her share.  Imagine cleaning toilets and working in a factory day and night where the hustle was real.  Imagine now, this same you, as an analyst on the trading floor of Wall Street then to finally recognize that wow - it no longer serves me to be results-oriented!  Such a foreign concept to many of us.

In this episode, Lolita leaves everything on the table with a single question - Are you the best friend that you want, need & deserve?  What if the question was, Are you the best friend TO YOU that you want, need & deserve? Hmmm, would the answer change?

Stepping into the impending recession is not the easiest thing to do. Sometimes it is laced with fear, anxiety, stress and lots of doubt.  In this episode, Lolita talks directly to you.  Using the word STEP, Lolita leaves you with four considerations to begin to STEP differently and more intently, as we look to thrive in a recession.

Laura Gassner Otting is joining Lolita on this episode to talk being limitless.  Not only is she a #2 Best Selling Author by way of The Washington Post, but she is also a power speaker, author and a sought-after, power woman within organizations.

This episode is for all of my purpose-driven trailblazers.  Do we suffer, while still holding a badge of honor?  or Do youflow with the expectation to lead with integrity, power and being?  Meet Stacy Raske, speaker, author, podcaster, Iraq veteran, inFLOWential activator, and TV peresonality, Stacy has joined Coaching, Cocktails & Conversations Podcast to chat with Lolita about standing on your foundation, being a leader who serves through leadership, leaping over blocks we see as leaders and the notion of being, not simply doing.  Lean in, as Stacy and Lolita leave you with tips and strategies to consider, as you become an inFLOWential leader.

"We all have the ability to make someon's life better and to serve." This was only one of the quotes from David Spisak in this episode of how to use your uncommon to power you.  Have you ever felt uncommon but leaned more into the common to power you?  David challenges that theory, as he talks everything from his strengths vs superpowers, thinking differently, optimizing your income, and his soul goal to "empty his head before he is dead."

Ramon Ray, power entrepreneur, small business magician and expert, entertainer, and keynote speaker joins Lolita and her audience to talk how to be the Celebrity CEO of your personal and professional brands. So what is a "celebrity CEO" and how do you become one?  Great question. Not only is it the name of one of Ramon's book's, but it is a philosophy that will challenge your thinking and shift you to a renewed state of being.  Tap in as Lolita and Ramon leave you with 5 considerations to BRAND you, a few laughs and so much more.  From the man who launched four companies, sold two, authored multiple books and brings a smile to anyone's face, he is CONFIDENT that he is a Celebrity CEO and believes that you are too.  Let's enjoy a bit of coaching, cocktails & conversations with Mr. Ramon Ray.

Quinn Conyers joins me today and raises the roof when it comes to the power of amplification.  She is a power speaker and prides herself on transforming average experiences into epic events as an Emcee.  She broadasts the brilliance of Black Women in business and leaves nothing short of power around the Coaching, Cocktails & Conversations Kitchen Table today.From being vulnerable to debunking 3 speaking myths to leaning into 7 considerations to amplify your voice today, this is a power episode that you do not want to miss!IF YOU LOVED THE SHOW, DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE YOUR 5 STAR REVIEW ON APPLE PODCASTS! I'D LOVE TO READ IT ON AN UPCOMING EPISODE.

I am so excited to welcome Kris Orticello (Actress, Media Mogul & Expert) & Molly Dare (PR Expert, Podcaster, & Media Personality) to the Coaching, Cocktails & Conversations Podcast with Lolita E. Walker. Today, we are chatting all things media and how it can help grow you and help grow your business.

IT IS SEASON 3 & A POWER OPENER WITH BRIAN HESS, Successful Entrepreneur, Mentor, Investor, Sales Expert and so much more.  He leaves us with some power nuggests to get us on way when it comes to truly constructing your journey of entreprenenurship.  I also dig in a bit to leave you with 4 Pillars, according to Lolita E. Walker.We have lots to celebrate in this episode and here's a super cheers to each of you for rolling with me for 3 seasons!! WOWWWWW!!!

Dr. Tina Opie is a powerhouse, who brings nothing short of a dynamic conversation, to this episode of Coaching, Cocktails & Conversations.  She a strategic management and organizational behavior expert, an award-winning researcher, consultant and Associate Professor of Management at Babson College, to name a few.  As they engage in diverse, equitable and inclusive workspaces, she and Lolita talk everything from allyship, power dynamics, the power of open-ended questions, goals, challenging the status quo, culture and so much more.  They even tap into perimenopause.  Pull up a seat and join Dr. Opie and Lolita at the kitchen table.

Whether physical "junk" or the perceived "junk" that we find hidden within us that we carry around for way too long, Vondre Smith of http://www.myatmosfera.com, brings the absolute fire on not only how, at 5 years old, he became an entrepreneur, using the "junk" that other people did not want, but he also shares 3 immediate, “in-your-face” marketing strategies to help us get in the right audiences TODAY!In this episode, Lolita also shares 4 strategies on how to think about "JUNK," with the goal of challenging your thinking to get you moving to your bigger, better and bolder self. When you are ready, so am I! #letsgo.  This episode is soooo good.  Family, business, mindset, self-development, perseverance and perspective are only some of the concepts shared and discussed.  Welcome to Lolita’s kitchen table!

David Bianchi,  poet, actor, philanthropist, just to name a few, joins us on this episode to talk everything from making history in the NFT space, as the first spoken word performance poet to create an NFT.  Unfamiliar with what an NFT is and how powerful of a currency it is?  No worries, he shares all of the details during our conversation. But, David doesn't just stop there.  His "spinema" of "I Can't Breathe" has reached millions and has reshaped how we fuse poetry, art, cinema, social consciousness and our words into a true artform to make money, while impacting community.  100% of the proceeds of his "I Can't Breathe" piece will benefit The George Floyd Foundation and his aim is to raise $150K more dollars for non-profits by December 31, 2021 to pour into the communities that each "spinema" profits. In today's episode, COACHING leaves you with an exercise of "soul work" called The Circle of You.  We look at limiting beliefs and relate them back to the power that our thought…

Imagine being born to immigrants, being a 1st generation American, having a largely successful career, launching your own law practice and BOOM- Federal Prison!  Who hasn't experienced pain?  Whether physical, emotional, mental and more, we each have a pain-story, even you.  On this episode, I've invited Rashmi Airan to share her story and to gift us with tangibles of how we can begin to turn our pain to purpose TODAY!We talk takeaways from her experience, learnings from prison, lessons for and from children and so much more.  Grab your pen and pad because we are digging deep in this episode, Change Agents.

"Dear Meghan" is not only the title of my powerful poem that I share at minute 15.59, but it is also a celebration of one of the Power Women that I am calling out as a woman making history as we speak, specifically for walking into fear with courage by her side.  How often do we struggle to do that?Lemmie ask you this. How often do you truly pause and "see" those around you for who they are and what they are bringing to the table? How often do you acknowledge the hurt that you and others may be holding on to? How often do we gift folks the flowers they deserve in this moment?This episode is a celebration and thank you to the women everywhere who are making history and standing in all of their power. Listen in and grab a few things to shift differently.

What if....you were unconventional and used it to power your dreams?  Imagine being an executive assistant for 10 years and building a six-figure business from your cubicle?  You heard me right.  What if you sat in your "Queendom" during this Women's History Month and dared to live as you colored outside of the lines?  Imagine that!  In this episode, I am joined by Celebrity Ghost Writer and Power Communicator and Journalist, Pauleanna Reid and Phenomenal Poet, D'Naia Bryant.  Through their work and their words, we each leave empowered, with a few nuggets to leverage today and with a revised pep in our step.  Are you ready?  I'm #allin