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From a newly immigrated nanny to CEO, Jackie Glenn has embraced life’s challenges with boldness and humility, always being true to herself and giving back to those who come after her. It’s this commitment to helping others, which led Jackie to write her instructional biography, Lift As I Climb: An Immigrant Girl’s Journey Through Corporate America. In Lift As I Climb, Jackie discusses how she climbed her way up the corporate ladder and the character gems that brought her and other immigrants professional success in corporate America. 

Topics Covered: 

• Why Jackie decided to write Lift As I Climb: An Immigrant Girl’s Journey Through Corporate America
• Workplace challenges Jackie faced as an immigrant in the U.S. 
• How a foreign accent can impact you in the workplace
• Defining authenticity
• How to turn your unique attributes into an advantage
• Jackie’s experience moving to the U.S. as a young single Black woman from a predominantly Black country
• Confronting microaggressions in the workplace
• How to get out of your head
• Defining resilience
• How to address being passed over for a promotion
• Soliciting feedback from others

Highlights:

• “The thing that you least like about yourself, use it as a brand differentiator.” 
• “Own your accent.”
• “You have to be authentic and be yourself because everyone else is taken.”
• “We can all ask for a seat at the table.”
• “Stay uncomfortable until you become comfortable.”
• “Go where you’re appreciated, not where you’re tolerated.”
• “It’s important to ask for feedback no matter how uncomfortable.”

Connect with Jackie: 

On her website: https://glenndiversity.com/

By Email:  jackie@glenndiversitysolutions.com

Other References: 

• Jackie Glenn, Lift As I Climb: An Immigrant Girl’s Journey Through Corporate America

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