From Single Teenage Mom Living on Food Stamps to CEO of a Multi-Million-Dollar Healthcare Agency
January 20, 2016
Hosted by Alise Cortez, PhD
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Pregnant and alone at 18, her life should have turned out much differently than it has. But she made a promise to God that she would care for her son with the help of His guidance. With few options after high school graduation, she worked minimum-wage jobs and lived on Medicaid and food stamps. And recently while completing her doctorate, she navigated through significant healthcare challenges that tested her resolve. Today, at age 41, Dr. Cortney Baker has a very full and happy life. She is the CEO of a state-wide, multi-million-dollar healthcare agency with over 300 employees. Now in the process of developing her new consulting and executive leadership coaching business and on the speaking circuit, she continues striving to meet her potential and takes great satisfaction in her various activities to give back to the world. In this episode, Dr. Baker gets real about her journey and shares how she navigated this successful path despite her adversity.
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Alise Cortez, PhD
Dr. Alise Cortez is affectionately referred to as “The Anti-Undertaker” as she awakens the often otherwise “walking dead” to discover and nurture their passion, inspiration, and purpose in life and at work. She is one part Chief Purpose Officer and Management Consultant specializing in meaning and purpose, and one part Inspirational Speaker, Author, and Radio Host. Having developed her expertise within the Human Capital / Organizational Excellence industry over the last 20 years, today she is focused on enabling organizations to lead from purpose and create cultures of meaning that inspire impassioned performance, energizing engagement and fulfillment, while encouraging a devoted stay within the organization. For individuals, she also facilitates the online Catch Fire global community and various retreats to enable people hungry for a more meaningful and purposeful life to discover and create it for themselves.
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