You're Allowed*

S1E1 Jesse Rhodes Jr. | You're Allowed to Be You

Author, speaker, and former Deloitte + Amazon exec Jesse Rhodes Jr. joins Rachael for the inaugural episode of You're Allowed* - on leaving corporate, leading from the heart, and becoming the mentor you needed. Welcome to the very first episode of You're Allowed* - the show about undoing every moment someone decided what you were allowed to want. Rachael Barclay sits down with her inaugural (and obvious) first guest: Jesse Rhodes Jr. - author of Leadership Unlocked, executive coach, speaker, former leader at Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Walmart, Target, and Amazon, and the only person who can somehow cover Philly row homes, a $30 burger, and SAP implementation in the same breath. They get into what "allowed" looked like growing up in Germantown, the mentor moment at Drexel that changed his entire trajectory, what it actually feels like to be the only one in the room, the divorce he tried to hide at Walmart (and what hiding it cost him), opening and selling his Seattle restaurant POCO, the real reason he finally wrote Leadership Unlocked, and what he'd tell the eight-year-old version of himself - or any kid on the block - if they were listening right now. If you've ever sat in a corner office wondering whether there's something bigger pulling at you, this one is for you. Plus: Jesse's 5 Ps of leadership, how to actually ask for a mentor, how to negotiate your worth without flinching, and why your imperfections - like the dimples on a golf ball - are what make you travel further.