Climbing Without Losing Yourself
"𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐼 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑝." That's the lie the ladder tells you. There is no top where it suddenly gets easier to put yourself first. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛 �...
21 Aug 8min
Becoming a consultant before it was common
For years, my friends and colleagues said, "𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜." Now those same people are calling me, asking how to do exactly that. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬�...
14 Aug 13min
Jamaica Was not a Failure!
Everyone said it was a failure. We moved to Jamaica, downsized our home, pulled our kids out of school... and months later, we moved back home. But here's what I learned: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤...
7 Aug 9min
Where Does Trust Begin in a Clinical Trial?
In clinical trials, trust isn’t a soft skill it’s the foundation of everything. But trust doesn’t just happen between patients and sponsors. It begins with the teams who run the trials. Without stron...
17 Okt 202530min
How Do You Turn Training into a Leadership Pipeline?
What if your training programs didn’t just meet compliance—but built your next generation of leaders? In this episode, Melody Keel sits down with Celeste Brantolino, Senior Director at Exela Pharma Sc...
10 Okt 202540min
When Leadership Looks Like Us
Building Representation Into the Trial Clinical research can’t scale without inclusive leadership. In this episode, Melody sits down With Danielle S. Mitchell founder of Black Women in Clinical Rese...
3 Okt 202521min
Redefining Access
What Clinical Teams Miss About Patient Recruitment Equity in clinical trials isn’t about checking a diversity box, it’s about changing how we think, lead, and communicate. In this episode featuring...
26 Sep 202536min
When a Trial Saves Your Family
Why Inclusion Must Be Intentional Clinical trials aren’t just about data, they’re about people. For Denise N. Bronner, Ph.D., that truth became deeply personal when her father achieved remission th...
19 Sep 202533min
