Zillennials: The Leaders We Need for a Changing World
Ruth Oh Reitmeier is a Leadership Coach, Consultant and Speaker at Rice University Ruth's Top Values Empathy Transparency Creating Beauty and Order How I know Ruth Ruth leads the leadership coaching program at Rice University to help students (undergrad+) develop and hone their leadership core competency skills earlier in their careers. We first got connected over our shared grief of rising
The Call For Human Leadership
Kamauri Yeh is the Vice President of Global Women’s Brand Creative at Nike Kam's Top Values Respect Human Leadership Care How I know Kam "Dream" in Korean Kam and I were introduced last year via text message by a colleague, as two “honest and strong voices” who should connect… and I couldn’t be more thankful for the introduction. Lately, Kam and I have
Waiting For The Invitation That Never Comes
It's taken me a long time to have the energy to write this blog post about the rising hate crimes towards Asian women in Western cities. I kept waiting for the invitation from friends or colleagues or acquaintances to check-in on how this felt for me and for others in the Asian women community. We
The End of Performative Leadership
Ambika Pai is the Chief Strategy Officer at Mekanism Ambika's Top Values Intuition Authenticity Inclusion How I know Ambika Ambika and I met in our very first job out of college at an advertising agency in Chicago. As ambitious 23 year-old children of immigrants and women of color, Ambika and I used to have long existential conversations about the unanswered questions
Why Blogs Still Matter and How to Get Started
Claude Fidelin from Black Negotiator and Nancy Choi from Millennial Exec It may seem like the era of blogs is dead, but we are two content creators who are here to convince you otherwise. In this special blog post collaboration, both of us talk about our experiences with blogging, the benefits, and some tips for
The Path to Effortless Leadership
Nic Maisano is the Founder & Managing Director at Effortless Labs and Partner at Cultivating Leadership Nic's Top Values Love Optimization Meaning How I know Nic I met Nic 10 years ago on our first day of orientation as full-time employees at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, CA. Back then, Nic said he left a successful career in management consultant to
The Culture Map: The Third Culture Kid Perspective
A few months ago, I wrote about my experience being a hyphenated Asian in Westernized workplaces. As a continuation of this conversation, I wanted to bring up a great culture mapping framework from a book called "The Culture Map: Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures" by Erin Meyer.
On How To Be Angry
There's no point in denying it: I have been feeling angry these last few months. Most of my anger has been towards acts of racism and discrimination towards Asians, but also towards the ambivalence and lukewarm attention this topic has been getting in media and on social. I know I'm not alone, but being angry
The Hyphenated Asian Experience at Work
To positively contribute to the #StopAsianHate movement happening right now, I would like to share my own experiences as an Asian-American with the intention of creating more awareness and empathy for the hyphenated Asian community. I don't have all the answers on how to solve racism and Asian discrimination. But I do have a voice
Why Social Contracts Matter in the Modern Workplace
A Social Contract is defined as an implicit agreement between members of a community. While it has been long-debated in political conversations, I believe there's an opportunity to relook at Social Contracts in corporate cultures and teams. Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau are thought to be the three predominant thought leaders about the laws