Description: This episode dives deep into the world of internal networking groups. Industry expert, Amanda Mosteller, uncovers the power and impact of these groups within organizations. Explore success stories, best practices, and strategies for building effective networks. Whether you're a leader, employee, or simply curious, tune in for insightful conversations that unlock the potential of internal networks for professional growth and organizational success. Resources: Steps To Start And Run An Employee Network  MRA Membership  About MRA  Let's Connect: Guest Bio - Amanda Mosteller  Guest LinkedIn Bio - Amanda Mosteller  Host Bio - Sophie Boler  Host LinkedIn Profile - Sophie Boler  Transcript: Transcripts are computer generated -- not 100% accurate word-for-word. 00:00:04:07 - 00:00:25:10UnknownHello everybody and welcome to 30 minute Thrive, your go to podcast for anything and everything HR, powered by MRA, the Management Association. Looking to stay on top of the ever changing world of HR? MRA has got you covered. We'll be the first to tell you what's hot and what's not. I'm your host, Sophie Boler, and we are so glad you're here. 00:00:25:12 - 00:00:48:16UnknownNow it's time to thrive. Well, hello, everybody, and thanks for joining us today. I'm here with and excited to introduce to you a new face for our podcast. Amanda Mosteller, director of talent development here at MRA. She's in our Ohio division, but she's also an expert podcaster and has been a podcast host as well. So this should be fun. 00:00:48:17 - 00:01:20:07UnknownBut Amanda's really passionate about talent development and growing the success of the individual as part of the organization. So today we're really going to be talking about internal networking groups. And before we do that, Amanda, I'm excited to bring you on the podcast and really bring MRA, Ohio on board and introduce the members to the Ohio division. But can you tell us a little bit more about yourself and your background just before we dive into some questions? 00:01:20:09 - 00:01:48:08UnknownAbsolutely. Thank you for asking me to be a part of this. I enjoy podcasting a lot, so I'm really excited to do this with you all and excited to be a part of MRA. I am Amanda Mosteller. I am the director of Talent Development, as you said, for the MRA Ohio Division, and I am one of those weirdos that knew from high school that this was the path I wanted to go down. 00:01:48:08 - 00:02:17:22UnknownMy aunt actually was in the talent recruitment space at P&G for her career, and I was always fascinated with the whole talent world. So when I was in high school, I knew I wanted to go into psychology and I went to Ohio University. Born and raised Cincinnati and born and raised the Ohio individual went for university, got my degree in psychology with an emphasis on organizational psychology. 00:02:17:24 - 00:02:39:15UnknownI always say, Don't let the hair dye fool you. I was in college before organizational leadership was a degree, both when I was in school. So organization psych was an emphasis not as on track. So I had a lot in the psychology space when I came out my whole career going on 18 years now has been in that space. 00:02:39:15 - 00:03:10:05UnknownSo my first job was an internal coach for employees and different programs for a community service agency. I was there for ten years. I built talent development department. It didn't exist before. We just had coaches. And so I ended up building an internal department, building programing for all of our 23 different lines of service and those employees building leadership programing and doing some annual internal surveys and enhancements and improvements from those. 00:03:10:05 - 00:03:42:12UnknownSo started dipping my toe into organizational development work right as I left that organization and moved over, the telecom space was in Telecom for five years, branched within that organization to the technology side of the business as well. While