Sowing Empowerment to Shape a Culture

The word “homie” is a colloquialism meaning, in essence, “good friend.” The career, lifestyle and advice company known as Corporate Homie was formed to be just that for all professionals (especially tomorrow’s leaders) desiring, as they phrase it, to “step up their ‘A’ game” and to develop a mantra of “performance with purpose.”

When we were looking for the best way to kick off our 2019 BTLaw Academy educational series to support Project Keymaker, our signature sponsorship program, Corporate Homie presented as the perfect choice.

This past spring, the twin powerhouse creators of Corporate Homie, Demetra Liggins and Bemetra Simmons, came to Barnes & Thornburg to share tips and wisdom grounded in authenticity with our associates (our Protégés) and their sponsors (our Keymakers).

They talked about how to identify and develop critical internal and external mentor/sponsor relationships, the necessary concept of a team, CLMs (Career Limiting Moves), making the decision to “win,” and so much more. The best feedback came from one of our Keymakers who remarked that he wished that he had a “corporate homie” when he was a younger lawyer. Here is just a taste of this incredible duo’s lively, funny and relatable discussion:

http:// btinfotech.btlaw.com/streaming/ CorporateHomieCommonGround. aspx.

Excellence is learned behavior. Corporate Homie provided us with a great lesson in this regard.