Team Building the Bauer Way
RCC Team Share Strengths in Leadership Workshop
At some point in our lives, we all look for a little bit of clarity. As we grow throughout our lives and encounter pitfalls, hurdles and speedbumps, we need to be reminded of our strengths, values and accomplishments.
The team at Rockwell Career Center have helped Houston Bauer students along their academic journey and have celebrated every win alongside them.
As RCC welcomes new staff and says “see you again” to those who have gone, one thing connects everyone on the team, and that is their desire to guide students through every stage of their career development.
Bauer alumna Lisa Shumate (EMBA ‘17), the founder and CEO of Maximum Q Leadership, recently visited the RCC Graduate and Alumni Career Services Team to guide them in an insightful leadership development workshop where they reflected on their strengths, what motivates them and how they measure success.
Let's meet the RCC Graduate Team!
Stacey Piefer
Graduate and Alumni Career Services Director
Strengths: Friendly, funny and inclusive.
Motivation: “My purpose is to guide. And here I am doing exactly that: guiding students, shepherding our team members and helping support others in their success and endeavors.”
Introvert or Extrovert: Introverted extrovert
Hidden Talent: “I love to cook, especially international cuisine, mainly Italian and Lebanese.”
Career Fair or Recruiting Mixer: Career Fair
Favorite Fun Fact: “I think a lot of people would be shocked to know that I am a metalhead. I love metal music, of all kinds, from death metal to nu metal.”
What you love about RCC: “I think it’s our collective desire to really support our students.”
Erin Reed
Graduate Career Counseling Associate Director
Strengths: Intuition, compassion and patience.
Motivation: “My motivation is just to see my students grow and become more self-aware.”
Introvert or Extrovert: Introvert
Hidden Talent: “I love doing anything where I can express myself creatively, like arts and crafts.”
Career Fair or Recruiting Mixer: Career Fair
Favorite Fun Fact: “I have a patch of gray hair, but it’s hidden on the back of my head, so no one sees it. I wish I had a streak in the front."
What you love about RCC: “I love that I'm able to come to work and have an impact on our students' lives.”
Amanda Wysinger
Alumni Coaching and Career Center Operations Assistant Director
Strengths: Optimism, passion and self-reflection.
Motivation: “I think helping others is something that is deeply engrained in me. Acts of service is my love language, and I carry that with me every day.”
Introvert or Extrovert: Extroverted introvert
Hidden Talent: “I can rollerblade and roller skate.”
Career Fair or Recruiting Mixer: Recruiting Mixer
Favorite Fun Fact: “I had braces three times as a kid.”
What you love about RCC: “We really are a family here. Even though we’re in three difference teams in the office, we all work really well together, and we get to see those moments at career fair or graduation.”
LaTanya Miles
Graduate Career Education Assistant Director
Strengths: Relationship building, storytelling and expressing empathy.
Motivation: "My motivation is to be the person that I needed during my academic journey.”
Introvert or Extrovert: Extrovert
Hidden Talent: “I'm a good writer. I love creative writing, whether it be short stories, poems song lyrics or journaling.”
Career Fair or Recruiting Mixer: Recruiting Mixer
Favorite Fun Fact: “I love Mickey Mouse."
What you love about RCC: “I get to continue to do the work that I love, which is helping others discover their strengths, then helping them connect the dots from classroom to career and from career to beyond.”
Lori Osborn
MBA/MS Senior Career Development Specialist
Strengths: Problem solving, analysis and listening.
Motivation: “I think my motivation is helping people achieve their goals, to help them find direction and help them think through the steps to get there.”
Introvert or Extrovert: Introvert
Hidden Talent: “My superpower in a way is that I’m perceptive. It might be part of being an introvert, but I have a good sense of the energy in rooms and can adapt when needed.”
Career Fair or Recruiting Mixer: Career Fair
Favorite Fun Fact: “I recently took up pickleball. Its turning into a hobby of mine, and it’s something different, so I’m going outside of my comfort zone a little.”
What you love about RCC: “The best part is the team environment. Everyone is very motivated to work hard, to help students and to help each other. It’s a very supportive office culture.”
Helen Godfrey
MBA/MS Senior Career Development Specialist
Strengths: Team player, empathy and creativity.
Motivation: “I love helping students find their path and communicate their skills in a way that feels comfortable and genuine to them. That moment of “Yes! That’s it!” never gets old.”
Introvert or Extrovert: Extrovert
Hidden Talent: “I’m not sure if this is a talent but I’m always reading 3 to 4 books at the same time.”
Career Fair or Recruiting Mixer: Both
Favorite Fun Fact: “I'm originally from New Mexico, so I came from right next door.”
What you love about RCC: “The students, but also the people I work with. I have wonderful colleagues.”
Erin Sweeney
MBA/MS Senior Career Development Specialist
Strengths: Empathy, intuition and patience.
Motivation: “My motivation is helping students achieve their full potential and get really great jobs by the time they graduate.”
Introvert or Extrovert: Introvert
Hidden Talent: “I love to write.”
Career Fair or Recruiting Mixer: Recruiting Mixer
Favorite Fun Fact: “I love rescuing animals. I have a three-year-old scrappy rescue.”
What you love about RCC: “I love working at a place where I can serve others.”
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