81. Embracing Your Differences to Get Ahead

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What Rules!?: A career podcast for women of color

Zera Consulting

109 episodes

4 months ago

After spending over two years interviewing multicultural women in the C-suite, entrepreneurs, authors and speakers, we’ve seen a running theme of how women are shattering the glass ceiling and breaking through the concrete ceiling: rule-breaking. But what rules are we talking about and why do they exist? That’s what we explore in the What Rules!? podcast. You’ll learn our six guiding principles for multicultural women looking to outsmart the game to advance their career.

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81. Embracing Your Differences to Get Ahead

What Rules!?: A career podcast for women of color

31 minutes 23 seconds

2 years ago

81. Embracing Your Differences to Get Ahead

Shiseido exec Agnes Landau has an accent and speaks with her hands—two things she tried to tone down at the start of her career. Not anymore!

Today, Agnes is the Chief Marketing Officer at Shiseido U.S. and she credits her differences for standing out and getting ahead in the workplace. “Because I have an accent, people listen more closely,” says Agnes, who’s Puerto Rican.

We chat about being open to new opportunities, like the five years Agnes worked in France without knowing French! Being able to “figure it out along the way,” she says, is key.

Theme: Don’t Do It Alone

Episode Highlights:

• The power of mentors and sponsors

• Creating your own opportunities

• Working internationally

• Embracing your differences

• Standing out to advance your career

• Focusing on your strengths

The What Rules!? Leadership Conference is on 10/25/23. Learn more and register at Eventbrite.

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