Lead With Who You Are

But what about the Backlash? It’s real. And, grappling with it is a thing. When we go to make the bold asks we need to make to reach our goals, sometimes there’s fallout. In this episode with Shermin Kruse, attorney, Tactical Empathy Specialist, TedX Producer and thought leader we ask the question “What about the backlash?”

But we don’t just talk about the bad backlash. We also talk about what it’s like to win. To get what you want and hold your power in that moment. Shermin says “come to a knife fight, and be ready to deal with what it means when you win.”

Yep! This convo isn’t just about what to do when you lose, but also what it means to win.

Meet Shermin Kruse:

https://www.myrealitycubed.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shermin-kruse-7189356/

Watch her TEDx Talk: How to Change the World

Backlash is real and there are studies that show it. Read the following studies and articles to get smart on the realities of what it means to advocate for ourselves.

https://hbr.org/2016/03/women-and-minorities-are-penalized-for-promoting-diversity

https://time.com/3014683/women-promotion-study/

Kat Gordon. A force for belonging at work and in advertising, she’s contributed to transforming the advertising space and moving the needle on helping women gain decision-making roles in advertising.

Are you building a team or business? Do you want to bring out the best, most courageous, most creative ideas? Belonging is the unlocker. This conversation will help you tackle belonging as a business edge and bring more humanity into work.

Kat and her team conducted a white paper that details the experiences of women in Advertising and the details don’t add up to belonging (linked below). Kat’s work continues. Follow her today and listen to this episode now.

Kat Gordon:

https://katgordon.com/

@katgordon (Twitter)

@katch_phrases (Instagram)

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Zoe Scaman’s Article: Mad Men, Furious Women

You’re gonna love her. Lindsay Gordon is a career coach for analytically minded people Lindsay Gordon is a career coach for analytically minded people. At A Life Of Options, she helps you stop doing what they think is right and start doing what’s right for you. In this episode we discuss all things “what’s right for you” and how to achieve a life and career aligned with who you truly are.

Some of the territories we cover are how to get started when you are noticing your career is less than a reflection of who you are and a life you ACTUALLY what to live. We discuss what to do when you get what you want and how to notice what’s important to you. Lindsay knows you have all the answers, her job is to ask the questions.

Visit her here:

www.alifeofoptions.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaygordon/

www.alifeofoptions.com/work-with-me

Use the code DIABONDISHOW for 15% off my self-paced online course, Job Search Synergy.

It's designed to help you align your work and life goals and reclaim your agency in your next career move. You'll experience a clear and confident job search no matter what stage of the process you're in - assessing offers, just getting started in the search, or wondering if you actually need to quit and launch a full-on job search.

You never know who’s gonna impact you or who you’re gonna impact. In this episode we talk with Maira Benjamin who changed the course of Dia’s projects with one comment over tea. She’s Sr. Director of Engineering at Change.org and a major champion for change. Dia and Maira riff on the intersection of the arts engineering, Maira’s work making it possible for more black and brown folks to enter and excel in tech. Plus we hear an awesome shout out from a listener- an example again of how we never know who we’re impacting and how. Listen to the episode now. Want us to talk about something specific? Got a comment or a question? Call us! 341-333-2997

Maira Benjamin has been dedicated to the technology sector for over two decades playing instrumental roles in engineering organizations for over 10 technology companies. Currently, she is the Sr. Director of Engineering at Change.org. She's managed many different teams over the years, such as Computational Programming, Recommendations Platform, Search, Music Tools, Content Operations, and Growth and Retention. She is currently building teams responsible for the organizer empowerment at Change.org and the Communication and Integrity teams.

In addition to her professional life, Maira is a published author, lyricist, classically trained pianist, mother of a biochemical engineering doctoral student, and an avid knitter. Her exposure to music and the arts has informed her thought process regarding software development and management. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Statistics from U.C. Berkeley and a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from Mills College in Oakland.

She is a founder of the Tech Intersections conference, a conference for women of color in Tech. She believes fervently in enabling people worldwide to promote the change that they want to see in their communities.

Connect with Maira here:

www.linkedin.com/in.mairabenjamin