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So, we recently ran a survey to ask what other content you\u2019d like to hear and some of you requested corporate success as a topic\u2026\xa0 So, if you want to lead the team that launches the next Fenty or eventually start your own global beauty brand or fashion line, then stick around. \u2060
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My guest today, Kimberly Lee Minor,\xa0 wears many hats. In addition to being the founder and CEO of Bumbershoot, a botique consulting firm that focuses on diversity and equity across brand and content, she is also the co-founder of Women of Color Retail Alliance; and this is what we are talking about today.

Kimberly has spent her 20-year plus career climbing the corporate ladder at some world-famous brands like Macy\u2019s, Footlocker and London Fog.\xa0 But on her way up to the C-Suite, she found that the hoops she was jumping through to make it there, were unreasonable. Furthermore, she was always the first, the only and often felt that she had to justify her presence in the room. \u2060And so, to make sure that the road is smoother for other women of color seeking a career in retail, she co-founded and co-funded Women of Color Retail Alliance with other industry heavyweights including the co-president of Savage x Fenty Christiane Pendarvis.\xa0 \u2060
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In our conversation, she reflects on her journey in an industry that she stumbled upon while studying a Bachelor of Arts degree\xa0 at Temple University in Philladelphia. At the time, she was nurturing her dream of becoming the next Oprah. But a campus recruiter for Macy\u2019s pointed her towards their graduate programme and the rest as they say is history. \u2060
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As always there are many gems in the conversation and you will have a few takeaways for navigating work in a post-George Floyd world. Follow the link in the profile to listen. \u2060
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Thank you @kimberly.l.minor for being so generous with your time and your story! \u2060


MENTIONS AND LINKS IN THIS EPISODE

Christiane Pendarvis (Co-President at Savage x Fenty) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPxwM0rFwyw

Morehouse - https://morehouse.edu/\xa0

Michael Weiss (Retired CEO of XPress) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn76z5LWXaE

\xa0May 25th 2020 \u2013 George Floyd is murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis and the Black Lives Matter movement makes international headlines and gives America a pause - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd\xa0

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