I became a VP today.
Iāve been scaling tech companies for the past 10 years. I've seen a lot. I've built a lot. Iāve learned a lot.
Iāve also been told that āyouāll have a hard time reaching Director level because youāre young and youāre a womanā
Iāve had my ideas taken
Iāve had a mentor email me the night before a big presentation of my idea āit might be better if I present this without youā
Iāve had countless men hired over me
Iāve been called a pencil pusher
I was given 24k/person to hire my first team while male counterparts were given more
Iāve been told that I shouldnāt attend an offsite so I can be home with my daughter
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As I enter the ranks that have always felt out of reach, I want to challenge every leader - if you can help someone stand in their power, do it. Give more credit, let your employee run the meeting, let your employee present their idea, give praise in front of your CEO, trust your employees to take bigger projects, and find ways to lift underrepresented groups.
Reach down. Lift and amplify those around you.
Iām grateful for the people in my career who have pulled me up (Kortney Osborne, Ryan Nelsen, Colleen Leonard, Emelia Schinke, SHRM-SCP)
Iāve been scaling tech companies for the past 10 years. I've seen a lot. I've built a lot. Iāve learned a lot.
Iāve also been told that āyouāll have a hard time reaching Director level because youāre young and youāre a womanā
Iāve had my ideas taken
Iāve had a mentor email me the night before a big presentation of my idea āit might be better if I present this without youā
Iāve had countless men hired over me
Iāve been called a pencil pusher
I was given 24k/person to hire my first team while male counterparts were given more
Iāve been told that I shouldnāt attend an offsite so I can be home with my daughter
____________________________________
As I enter the ranks that have always felt out of reach, I want to challenge every leader - if you can help someone stand in their power, do it. Give more credit, let your employee run the meeting, let your employee present their idea, give praise in front of your CEO, trust your employees to take bigger projects, and find ways to lift underrepresented groups.
Reach down. Lift and amplify those around you.
Iām grateful for the people in my career who have pulled me up (Kortney Osborne, Ryan Nelsen, Colleen Leonard, Emelia Schinke, SHRM-SCP)
