NEW! SOB Podcast: Meagan Copelin of Maize Consulting

A great interview with Meagan Copelin, the CEO of Houston area human resources management agency Maize Consulting.

-Podcast Show Notes-

Episode 33:

Summary:

During this new episode of Style of Business (SOB), Keetria interviews Meagan Copelin, the CEO and founder of Maize Consulting, a human resources management company based in Houston, Texas. Meagan passionately walks listeners through her inspiring transition from New Orleans to Houston where she overcame adversity and not only educated herself, but built up her human resource business from the ground up. Learn more about the human resource industry, what it takes to build your own business, and advice on how to grow.

Show Notes:

Meagan fills in her background, which includes working in human resources since 2005 and starting Maize Consulting in 2015.
Maize Consulting provides multiple human resource services for start-ups and medium-size businesses.
Maize is able to help businesses with reducing risk, becoming legally compliant, removing burden, increasing profit, hiring, termination, training, conflict resolution, performance management, policy and procedure handbooks, and more.

Meagan spends time with her clients to get to know their business intimately and to be more effective for them.
It is a misconception that HR is just a “yes person” for management.
Meagan moved to Houston for a job in 2013 with $500 for her name – and they rescinded their offer. She had to live in her car for 6-7 months.
Aside from extensive learning, Meagan surrounded herself with positive people that wanted her to succeed.
Meagan measures productivity by prioritizing, eliminating distractions, using her time wisely, and forgiving herself for mistakes.

Some of the courses Meagan is developing include subjects like talent strategies, reinventing yourself, intentional and exclusive leadership, and building world-class cultures.
Books that Meagan Copeland is reading are “Fasting for Breakthrough and Deliverance,” “Think and Grow Rich,” and “The Power of a Praying Woman.”
It is ok to cry and it is important to focus and get rid of distractions.
Don’t compare yourself to other people because you don’t know their struggles.

3 Key Points:

Meagan spends time with her clients to understand their business better and to be more valuable to them.
Meagan judges her productivity by who well she did at prioritizing, eliminating distractions, using her time wisely, and forgiving herself for mistakes each day.
Meagan is developing courses for talent strategies, reinventing yourself, intentional and exclusive leadership, and building world-class cultures.

Tweetable Quotes:

– “This is the definition of human resources, is the organizational function that deals with people and issues related to compensation, hiring, performance management, training, employer retention, employer relations, etc.” – Meagan Copelin.

– “I’m really, really hands-on. I want to make sure that when I am working with my client I want to be strategic, and I want to know everything there is about my client.” – Meagan Copelin.

– “It is ok to cry.” – Meagan Copelin.

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