Hustle Grind Shine & Reignite: Episode 3 with Mita Mallick
03/10/22 • 36 min
Mita Mallick has had an incredible journey from childhood into Corporate America, learning to stand up for herself and for others, and use her voice as a force of positive change. In this episode, we sojourn with Mita from a challenging childhood of being othered and bullied, to rising in the ranks at different organizations to currently being Head of Inclusion, Equity and Impact at Carta. We experience how this shy kid from immigrant parents turned into a powerful person living her truth, out loud.
We explore:
- How to find confidence and self-worth when you are bombarded with messages that you are not valued
- The power of representation at the highest level of a company and the positive impact it has not only on your people but the bottom line
- How to advocate for yourself and beat the stigma, when you’re the “Brown” woman doing “Black & Brown” work
Check out Mita’s amazing new podcast with Dee C. Marshall called “Brown Table Talk.” The first episodes of Season 2 have dropped, and the show is a featured podcast in partnership with The LinkedIn Podcast Network. In addition to LinkedIn, the show is available on most platforms including Apple and Spotify. Stay abreast of new episodes with their LinkedIn newsletter.
Mita Mallick is a corporate change-maker with a track record of transforming businesses. She gives innovative ideas a voice and serves customers and communities with purpose. She is currently the Head of Inclusion, Equity and Impact at Carta and formerly was the Head of Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Marketing at Unilever. She has had an extensive career as a marketer in the beauty and consumer product goods space. Mallick is a LinkedIn Top Voice, a contributor for Entrepreneur and Harvard Business Review, and her writing has been published in Adweek, Fast Company and Business Insider. Follow Mita on Instagram and Twitter.
Mita Mallick has had an incredible journey from childhood into Corporate America, learning to stand up for herself and for others, and use her voice as a force of positive change. In this episode, we sojourn with Mita from a challenging childhood of being othered and bullied, to rising in the ranks at different organizations to currently being Head of Inclusion, Equity and Impact at Carta. We experience how this shy kid from immigrant parents turned into a powerful person living her truth, out loud.
We explore:
- How to find confidence and self-worth when you are bombarded with messages that you are not valued
- The power of representation at the highest level of a company and the positive impact it has not only on your people but the bottom line
- How to advocate for yourself and beat the stigma, when you’re the “Brown” woman doing “Black & Brown” work
Check out Mita’s amazing new podcast with Dee C. Marshall called “Brown Table Talk.” The first episodes of Season 2 have dropped, and the show is a featured podcast in partnership with The LinkedIn Podcast Network. In addition to LinkedIn, the show is available on most platforms including Apple and Spotify. Stay abreast of new episodes with their LinkedIn newsletter.
Mita Mallick is a corporate change-maker with a track record of transforming businesses. She gives innovative ideas a voice and serves customers and communities with purpose. She is currently the Head of Inclusion, Equity and Impact at Carta and formerly was the Head of Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Marketing at Unilever. She has had an extensive career as a marketer in the beauty and consumer product goods space. Mallick is a LinkedIn Top Voice, a contributor for Entrepreneur and Harvard Business Review, and her writing has been published in Adweek, Fast Company and Business Insider. Follow Mita on Instagram and Twitter.
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Hustle Grind Shine & Reignite: Episode 2 with Tanarra Schneider
As a culture strategist at her core, Tanarra Schneider has always been on a personal quest to marry her passion and purpose of centering humans in everything that she touches. In this episode, we start at the roots of Schneider’s life growing up as a biracial kid in Chicago, up through her current role as a Managing Director of Leadership and Culture at Accenture.
We explore:
- The importance of supporting your mental health and recognizing when you need support
- How the privilege of taking a break can provide centering and an opportunity to recast your future
- Delegation of responsibilities as a form of power for you and empowerment for the people who work with you
About Tanarra Schneider
Based in Chicago, Schneider is a skilled user experience strategist, with a passion for solving key business and social problems by putting the user first. She believes strongly in working with teams and that titles and labels are meaningless – it's the work you do that counts. Her fascinating professional background includes dancing, cooking, event planning, designing and more, and this has provided a holistic approach to her teams and her work.
Among the solutions, she has influenced or created are high fashion websites, customer support tools, intranets, extranets, learning management systems, social health programs, and learning applications. She loves to synthesize concepts visually – and believes a picture IS worth 1000 words. In the near future, Schneider is leaning into her own personal passion projects, including launching a personal coaching consultancy and a project marrying two of her favorite loves, food and storytelling.
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Hustle Grind Shine & Reignite: Episode 4 with Dr. Natasha Jones
For Dr. Natasha Jones, as for so many of us – life is what happens when you’re busy making plans. As a scholar, author, and as Associate Professor of Technical Communications at Michigan State University, Dr. Jones has had to learn how to turn lemons into lemonade and create a future in which she not only thrives but for those following in her footsteps. In this episode, we explore her Southern roots growing up in a conservative religious home, what it was like to navigate entering the workforce while embracing unexpected single-motherhood, and ultimately how's she found her power as a woman of color in the challenging world of higher education.
- Why being comfortable and playing it safe doesn’t always lead to the happiness that you are seeking
- The power of saying no as a form of self-care, even when it’s something you really want to do
- The importance of cultivating mentor relationships, and also when to let go
Dr. Natasha N. Jones is an Associate Professor of Technical Communications at Michigan State University, a technical communication scholar and co-author of the book "Technical Communication after the Social Justice Turn: Building Coalitions for Action" (winner of the 2021 CCCC Best Book in Technical or Scientific Communication). Her research interests include social justice, narrative, and technical communication pedagogy. She holds herself especially accountable to Black women and femmes and systemically marginalized communities. She strives to always center the narratives and experiences of those at the margins in her scholarship. Her work has been published in several journals including, Technical Communication Quarterly, the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, and the Journal of Business and Technical Communication. She has received national recognition for her work, being awarded the CCCC Best Article in Technical and Scientific Communication (2020, 2018, and 2014) and the Nell Ann Pickett Award (2017). She currently serves as the President for the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW). Outside of her academic work, she finds joy in poetry, yoga, plants and all things horror/sci-fi. Follow her on Twitter @natashaania
Hustle Grind Shine & Reignite with Jessica Hartley - Hustle Grind Shine & Reignite: Episode 3 with Mita Mallick
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Welcome to the hustle grind shine and reignite podcast. I'm your host, Jessica Hartley. Join me on another journey with amazing and talented professionals of color. We laugh and cry and take notes. But most of all be inspired all of this and more on our next episode of hustle, grind, shine. And let's go Hello, and welcome to another episode of hustle, grind, shine and reignite. I am your host, Jessica Hartley, and I am so pleased to welcome
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