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Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation is a Top 20 Women’s Empowerment Podcast hosted by Deneen L. Garrett, centering Black women and Women of Color through intimate, honest conversations rooted in empowerment, resilience, and transformation. Each episode features real stories of women living their Dream Lifestyle™ NOW — done waiting, done shrinking, done putting their dreams on hold. 65K+ listeners monthly. Subscribe, listen, and rise.
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Sept. 3, 2026

[Replay] Corporate Leadership & Faith: Violette Omotosho on Building Influence Without Shrinking

[Replay] Corporate Leadership & Faith: Violette Omotosho on Building Influence Without Shrinking
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
[Replay] Corporate Leadership & Faith: Violette Omotosho on Building Influence Without Shrinking
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Key Takeaways

  • Corporate leadership, faith, and cultural identity can coexist harmoniously to form a powerful foundation for authentic success.
  • Compartmentalizing your identity and faith in professional spaces creates unnecessary exhaustion rather than protection.
  • Violette Omotosho shares how showing up as your full, authentic self shapes lasting influence at work, home, and within your faith community.
  • Navigating global citizenship across Sweden, Uganda, and Canada enriches leadership perspectives and cultural identity.
  • Mothering a legacy involves looking beyond your career to give yourself and your family permission to think bigger.

Corporate leadership, faith, and cultural identity don't have to compete for space — they can be the same foundation. In this episode of Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Violette Omotosho, a Senior Relationship Manager, Pastoral Leader, speaker, and writer with over 15 years of experience navigating faith and leadership in the financial and insurance industries.

Violette shares how showing up as her full, authentic self — rather than code-switching or compartmentalizing — has shaped her influence at work, in her faith community, and at home. The conversation explores what it means to lead without shrinking, why compartmentalizing creates its own exhaustion, and how building influence and cultural identity can coexist with corporate excellence.

In This Episode

  • Leading with faith and cultural identity in corporate spaces
  • Why compartmentalizing yourself creates its own kind of exhaustion
  • How to build influence without compromising who you are
  • Navigating global citizenship, heritage, and identity across Sweden, Uganda, and Canada
  • What it means to mother a legacy that extends beyond your career
  • Giving yourself — and your family — permission to think bigger

Connect with Violette Omotosho

Guest Profile: womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/guests/violette-omotosho

Organization: Financial Services / Pastoral Leadership

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Produced by: The Leon Thomas Group

Host: Deneen L. Garrett, Cultural Alchemist & Media Architect, Creator & Host, Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Violette Omotosho?

Violette Omotosho is a Senior Relationship Manager, Pastoral Leader, speaker, and writer with over 15 years of experience navigating faith and leadership in the financial and insurance industries.

How can women of color build influence in corporate leadership without shrinking?

By rejecting code-switching and compartmentalization, professional women can lead with their authentic faith and cultural identity to build genuine influence.

What themes are discussed in this episode with Violette Omotosho?

The episode explores corporate leadership, faith, global citizenship across Sweden, Uganda, and Canada, and how to mother a legacy that extends beyond your career.