Titilayo Tinubu Ali is an attorney, writer and education advocate. She directs research and policy at a foundation whose mission is to advance high-quality public education so that all students have the opportunity to succeed, regardless of their race or income. Titilayo previously practiced employment law and counseled businesses on creating inclusive and supportive workplace policies. She began her career as a writer and communications consultant for nonprofits and social causes.
Titilayo has mentored professionals throughout her career and founded the Own Your Expertise® professional development program when she realized many of her capable colleagues lacked flexibility and freedom in their careers because they didn’t have the business skills to work for themselves. The program has helped professionals land their first clients, negotiate higher consulting fees, turn their first profits, and cross six figures in revenue. Titilayo has conducted trainings for corporations and educational institutions including Square, BumbleBizz, King & Spalding, Hello Alice and Ms. JD.
Titilayo earned her B.A. from Spelman College, M.A. from Columbia University and J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and twin boys.
In this episode we talk about:
- growing up in Atlanta with her mother being a professor at Spelman College
- her Dad being one of the first Womanists she knew always encouraging her that she could do anything that her brothers could
- how her and her husband are raising their boys
- her reasons for pursing a law degree and wanting to make social change
- working for a corporation defending against unfair employment practices and how she was able to make change in those corporations
- what consulting is and starting her own firm right out of college
- getting a job at a Think Tank working for one of her mentors doing a dream job and how that happened
- how she is always looking for a third way
- how businesses real value is it’s people/employees
- how and why she created and formatted her Own Your Expertise course
- how internalized white supremacy shows up
- trusting yourself
- how choosing joy does not mean you are promoting or living toxic positivity
- Which keychain she chose from my line and why!
You can learn more about Titilayo’s Own Your Expertise go to her site and take her quiz at https://www.ownyourexpertise.co
And follow her at @titilayo
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