Giant Steps with Leilani Brown (formerly Your First Job)

Giant Steps with Leilani Brown (formerly Your First Job, the podcast)On each episode, author, speaker, and CEO Leilani Brown sits down with leaders, innovators, creators, everyday people, and trailblazers to uncover the pivotal decisions, bold reinventions, and daring choices that turned ordinary careers into extraordinary lives. Whether you’re just starting out, ready to make a career move, or looking to reinvent yourself, you’ll find both information and inspiration here.Big change doesn’t happen overnight—sometimes it starts with a single step, a small spark, and one amazing conversation.

Giant Steps with Leilani Brown (formerly Your First Job) is a business podcast hosted by Leilani Brown, with 33 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Leilani Brown hosts Giant Steps with Leilani Brown (formerly Your First Job), a business show with 33 episodes published.

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  Episode #11

  SEASON 3 BONUS EPISODE - How to Make Any Application Stand Out — The MATCH ME Formula with Dr Vicki Johnson

  Apr 15, 202637 minS3

  <p>If you've ever been told your goals are too high, your credentials aren't strong enough, or you should have a backup plan — this episode is your answer.</p><p><br></p><p>Dr. Vicki Johnson, founder of ProFellow and author of Pitch Your Potential, built a 7-part formula for winning competitive opportunities that has helped her community secure over $500 million in merit-based awards. In this conversation, she breaks down the MATCH ME Formula® and shows you how to apply it to jobs, fellowships, promotions, board seats, and any opportunity where you need to make a case for yourself.</p><p><...

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  Episode #10

  Meeting the Moment - The Best of Season 3 | Giant Steps with Leilani Brown

  Feb 25, 202624 minS3

  <p>In the Season 3 finale of Giant Steps with Leilani Brown, host Leilani Brown looks back at a season intentionally built to meet the moment of mass layoffs, AI disruption, and career uncertainty. </p><p><br></p><p>This best-of episode features curated clips and the six key lessons from Season 3’s most impactful guests.  </p><p>Dr. Helen Riess, a Harvard psychiatrist, explains why self-compassion—not self-criticism—is the strongest foundation for rebuilding after job loss. </p><p>Career strategist Rachel Tully introduces the Boa Constrictor Approach, a targeted job search method she used to land a role at Tesla. <...

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  Episode #9

  Why This Leadership Expert Says the Black Church Is the Most Overlooked Leadership Incubator in America | L. Michelle Smith

  Feb 18, 202635 minS3

  <p>What if the most powerful leadership development program in America isn’t at Harvard or McKinsey — but has been operating in Black churches for centuries?</p><p>L. Michelle Smith — award-winning author, Fortune 100 C-suite advisor, ICF certified executive coach, and CEO of No Silos Communications — joins Leilani to make the case that the Black church is the most overlooked leadership incubator in this country. Her new book, Call and Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church, draws on cultural history, applied neuroscience, and positive psychology to show how the skills forged in that experience — communication, resilience, community building, and purpose —...

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  Episode #10

  If People Weren’t Paid, Would They Follow You? (A Leadership Wake-Up Call)

  Jan 28, 202635 minS3

  <p>Episode Title: If People Weren’t Paid, Would They Follow You? (A Leadership Wake-Up Call)</p><p>What actually motivates people to follow a leader — beyond a paycheck?What happens when belief, trust, and clarity matter more than compensation?And how do leaders need to evolve as work, talent, and expectations continue to change?</p><p>In this episode of Giant Steps with Leilani Brown, Leilani sits down with Jocelyn Lincoln, a transformational marketing and talent leader, for a candid conversation about leadership, growth, and the human side of work. Jocelyn shares her career journey — from her first job in fin...

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  Episode #9

  Beyond Nonviolence: Reflections on the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

  Jan 15, 202623 minS3

  <p>What does leadership demand in moments of national reflection? How should service, responsibility, and moral courage guide those preparing to lead? And what does Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy ask of us today?</p><p>This episode of Giant Steps with Leilani Brown is different.</p><p>What you’re about to hear is a formal address Leilani delivered at The Citadel, one of the nation’s six senior military colleges and home to the South Carolina Corps of Cadets — where leadership training and a commitment to service are central to the institution’s mission.</p><p>Titled “Dr...

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