What Rules!?: A career podcast for women of color
After spending over two years interviewing multicultural women in the C-suite, entrepreneurs, authors and speakers, we’ve seen a running theme of how women are shattering the glass ceiling and breaking through the concrete ceiling: rule-breaking.
But what rules are we talking about and why do they exist? That’s what we explore in the What Rules!? podcast. You’ll learn our six guiding principles for multicultural women looking to outsmart the game to advance their career.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 109
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
The Friendship Expert, Parts 1 & 2 [Rebroadcast]
Hello, Rulebreakers!
We're hard at work behind the scenes on some new ideas for Color Forward and that means looking back at some of our favorite moments from the past two years. In lieu of new conte…
64. Dr. Carey Yazeed: Truth Teller, Fire Starter
What happens when the story being told is not your own? When the advice being given is not only unhelpful but dangerous? Join Rosa, Alisa, and Dr. Merary this week as they discuss the issue of advice…
63. Owning Your Achievements, Pt. 2
We're back with another round of insights on owning your achievements. It's SO important that we couldn't fit it all into a single episode.
Listen as Rosa and Dr. Merary chat with Head of Federal Gov…
62. Owning Your Achievements, Pt. 1
Working toward a goal is important, but what happens when you reach that goal is equally important! Stopping to reflect on our achievements gives us an opportunity to really see how brightly we are s…
61. Breaking the Bias: An International Women’s Day Chat with Vanessa Santos
It’s International Women’s Day!
Alisa and Dr. Merary are joined by return guest, CEO and Strategic Advisor Vanessa Santos, to discuss how breaking the rules can help pave the road to living an intenti…
60. How Understanding Your Identity Opens the Doors to Success
“Intersectionality”, coined by professor Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989, refers to the ways all aspects of our identity intersect and interact. Join the whole What Rules team as they dive into what inters…
59. Rules You Haven’t Heard About Business Debt
We’re paving our own way, we’re breaking the rules... but what about finances? Isn't it time to start demystifying the financial landscape of entrepreneurship and to shake up untrue beliefs about deb…
58. Focused On Her Faith
So often we are taught that life is the main road, with little room for detours. This can really get us stuck living a life we think we should be living versus a life of unique fulfillment and curios…
57. The Messy Middle, Part 2
Rose Aviles returns to the show for an update on the mess she was dealing with back in episode 54.
Spoiler... it's still messy but she's still amazing.
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More from Rose Avile…
56. Make Your Dreams Come True in 2022
Our obsession with rule-breaking is nothing new. Before podcasting was even a thing, we were out there breaking rules to get ahead in our careers, breaking rules that stemmed from our past, breaking …
55. We Show Up, Magic Happens
And that, Rulebreakers, is a wrap on year number two!
We changed our name, launched our YouTube channel, faced our fears, and broke more rules than we even knew existed. Time to look back on all the m…
54. The Messy Middle: A Woman's Journey in the Midst of Hardship
What do you do when the price of staying quiet is too high? Do you assume the risk and say what needs to be said? Or do you soldier on and live to fight another day?
For Rose Aviles, the answer is all…
53. Create With What You Have
If someone handed you a brick and asked you to come back in an hour with a product, what would you make of it? How do you innovate with little more than a single block with which to build? How do you…
52. Why You Need A Professional Squad
It's been said many times, it's not what you know, it's WHO you know. And that's especially true when you're breaking rules and forging new paths. If you're looking for strategies to advance your car…
51. Seizing Opportunities At All Times
Have you ever had so much freedom that you ended up caging yourself in? What if you had the ability to look at an opportunity and change course without hesitation? What rule says you have to do what …
50. Why Wait? Just Create It!
Is there any part of your life that comes so naturally, you've totally overlooked the possibility that it could lead to your next big career move?
Today, Alisa and Rosa connect with Celebrity Chef Ma…
49. What if the Answer Was Yes?
What if you could look into the future and know for certain you'd end up a success? What risks would you then be willing to take, knowing the "hows" of everything you're working toward?
Join Alisa, Ro…
48. Think Before You Speak
Today we're talking about the idea of being fast to listen, slow to speak. Has there ever been a time when you really nailed that concept?
Alisa and Dr. Merary catch up with Managing Director for J.P.…
47. When in Doubt, Figure it Out
Has there ever been a time you knew you were unqualified, but went and did it anyway?
Well, according to Forbes Magazine, "you can level up your career by applying to jobs where you meet 50% of the re…
46. Learning to Win as an Outsider
Today we're talking about getting comfortable in our own skin and overcoming self-doubt. Being an outsider doesn't mean you don't belong!
Join Alisa, Rosa, and Dr. Merary as they chat with Elizabeth C…