159: My Interview with Author Kenyatta Young

In this episode Ashley speaks to Kenyatta Young. Kenyatta Young is a Purpose Coach, Speaker, and accomplished Global Human Resources Executive with over 15 years of experience working for Fortune 100 companies. She is founder of Pencil Skirt Project® where she takes a holistic approach to help emerging leaders dominate the executive space while walking in their purpose in and outside of the workplace.In this episode Kenyatta covers:•How the Speak Your Way to Cash Academy has helped her to develop her speaking career.•The steps she followed to create her framework.•Writing a book, the process and the challenges; and much more!To learn more about Kenyatta go to: https://pencilskirtproject.comFollow her on Instagram @pencilskirtprojectTo get her book go to: https://pencilskirtproject.com/litebook/----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------To Apply For Ashley’s Private Training For Speakers: https://www.ashleynicolekirkwood.com/... To learn more about Ashley and join her mailing list head here: https://www.ashleynicolekirkwood.com/... To learn more about Mobile General Counsel and book your legal audit head here: https://www.mobilegeneralcounsel.com/... To register for Mobile General Counsel's complimentary holiday party head here: http://ashleynicolekirkwood.com/holid... About Ashley: If you ever meet Ashley Kirkwood in-person you will feel her energy! She has a magnetic personality and truly cares for her clients! After graduating from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law with honors, she started her career at one of the largest law firms in the world, Kirkland & Ellis LLP. While there, she tried cases on behalf of large insurance companies. She also landed in the pages of the American Lawyer after a hard-won victory in a federal civil rights jury trial! Soon after that trial, Ashley left Kirkland to work at another large law firm where she represented employers in employment discrimination and sexual harassment cases. It was there that Ashley decided that she wanted to represent emerging businesses in order to help them bulletproof their businesses! Ashley makes her expertise accessible by providing legal products for the busy entrepreneur! She frequently provides legal trainings open to all via her Facebook and Instagram accounts. She also has do-it-yourself legal classes such as Clapback with Contracts and Get The Tea On Trademarks! You might catch Ashley serving as an on-air legal correspondent for a local Chicago television network or speaking at a college or corporation! Ashley is committed not just to entrepreneurs, but also to students. She and her husband, Chris, run a nonprofit, The Kirkwood Foundation, where they teach students on Chicago’s West Side about high paying legal, medical and STEM careers. Whether Ashley is advocating for a billion dollar business or a solopreneur, she gives it all she’s got!

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Ashley Kirkwood from the Speak Your Way To Cash podcast will share business tactics, tips, and strategies from her own experience and interviewing experts in the speaking, sales and entrepreneurship space. Ashley has built several successful businesses including her law firm and speaking business, where she speaks to colleges and corporations on confidence, leadership, and student success. Her signature speech is entitled, The Currency of Confidence. Ashley has spoken to audiences with as many as 4,000 people in attendance. She has helped several universities reinvigorate student engagement and enjoys speaking to law schools and sharing her story, which is chronicled in her book, The Law School Hustle.Ashley hosts an event called, Speak Your Way To Cash for speakers looking to enhance their speaking business and learn knock-it-out-of-the-park sales strategies! Email Ashley at admin@passionpurposeandpaychecks.com.