web02.fireside.fm Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:57:54 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Balance Sheet - Episodes Tagged with “Mentorship” https://balancesheet.fireside.fm/tags/mentorship Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -0400 I speak with career coaches, executives, start-up founders and others to learn all about how we can be more present and purposeful at work and at home. en-us episodic A podcast all about finding balance and inspiration in our professional and personal lives. Olivia Berkman I speak with career coaches, executives, start-up founders and others to learn all about how we can be more present and purposeful at work and at home. no career, work life, personal development, business Olivia Berkman oberkman@financialexecutives.org Are You Listening to Your Employees? https://balancesheet.fireside.fm/21 7973a94f-62e7-481a-8d76-a1a798e574b8 Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -0400 Olivia Berkman full 2 Olivia Berkman Learn from a Global Talent Business Leader about how organizations are supporting their employees by establishing behavioral health strategies and how the COVID-19 crisis changed the dialogue around DE&I. 46:57 no One silver lining of the COVID-19 crisis is the way companies have been forced to reexamine their approached to diversity, equity and inclusion. And many of the best-in-class employee experience strategies boil down to a pretty simple concept: listen to your employees. In this bonus episode, which is a recording of a live Q&A I did on rethinking work-life integration, Global Talent Business Leader Suzanne McAndrew and I explore how the COVID-19 crisis has forever changed the dialogue around DE&I, productivity, and mental health. Special Guest: Suzanne McAndrew. mental health, mentorship, diversity, equity, inclusion, LGBT One silver lining of the COVID-19 crisis is the way companies have been forced to reexamine their approached to diversity, equity and inclusion. And many of the best-in-class employee experience strategies boil down to a pretty simple concept: listen to your employees.
In this bonus episode, which is a recording of a live Q&A I did on rethinking work-life integration, Global Talent Business Leader Suzanne McAndrew and I explore how the COVID-19 crisis has forever changed the dialogue around DE&I, productivity, and mental health.

Special Guest: Suzanne McAndrew.

]]> One silver lining of the COVID-19 crisis is the way companies have been forced to reexamine their approached to diversity, equity and inclusion. And many of the best-in-class employee experience strategies boil down to a pretty simple concept: listen to your employees.
In this bonus episode, which is a recording of a live Q&A I did on rethinking work-life integration, Global Talent Business Leader Suzanne McAndrew and I explore how the COVID-19 crisis has forever changed the dialogue around DE&I, productivity, and mental health.

Special Guest: Suzanne McAndrew.

]]> Episode 14: How to Be an Effective Mentor https://balancesheet.fireside.fm/14 f656f07c-0062-4686-b35c-23c7803c0567 Fri, 04 Sep 2020 06:00:00 -0400 Olivia Berkman full 1 Olivia Berkman Having a mentor like Avec O’Brien will change the course of your life. But not all mentors are created equal and many are making serious (and avoidable) mistakes. 44:52 no Avec O’Brien is a Senior Finance Executive, Servant Leader and Board Director. She’s the current President of the Detroit chapter of FEI and served as Director on the National Board of ALPFA, the Association of Latino Professionals for America. In this episode, Avec and I talked about the power of mentorship, the challenges of raising teenage sons and life as a Latina woman in accounting. Avec’s mentors have had a huge influence on her leadership style and I hope this conversation inspires you to seek out mentorship or become a mentor. Check out the Equals Change Blog. (https://www.fordfoundation.org/ideas/equals-change-blog/) Special Guest: Avec O'Brien. mentor, mentorship, sponorship, allyship Avec O’Brien is a Senior Finance Executive, Servant Leader and Board Director. She’s the current President of the Detroit chapter of FEI and served as Director on the National Board of ALPFA, the Association of Latino Professionals for America.
In this episode, Avec and I talked about the power of mentorship, the challenges of raising teenage sons and life as a Latina woman in accounting. Avec’s mentors have had a huge influence on her leadership style and I hope this conversation inspires you to seek out mentorship or become a mentor.

Check out the Equals Change Blog.

Special Guest: Avec O'Brien.

]]> Avec O’Brien is a Senior Finance Executive, Servant Leader and Board Director. She’s the current President of the Detroit chapter of FEI and served as Director on the National Board of ALPFA, the Association of Latino Professionals for America.
In this episode, Avec and I talked about the power of mentorship, the challenges of raising teenage sons and life as a Latina woman in accounting. Avec’s mentors have had a huge influence on her leadership style and I hope this conversation inspires you to seek out mentorship or become a mentor.

Check out the Equals Change Blog.

Special Guest: Avec O'Brien.

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