3 Career Lessons from Melonie Parker, Chief Diversity Officer, Google
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Executive Summary
- Embrace your superpower. Melonie described the phenomenon of women of color toggling between hypervisibility and invisibility. When she was younger, she tried to “shave a little piece” off herself to avoid standing out and calling attention to herself. Today, she encourages people to find their superpower and embrace the value they “add in” to their team.
- Make the cookies. Early in her career, Melonie focused solely on delivering on her work and didn’t see the value in social events like cookie exchanges. A manager helped her understand that these were important networking events and that can help you expand your professional relationships.
- We make change together. Melonie encouraged everyone to resolve to become a change agent—collectively. She closed by saying that only by working together create the Catalyst Effect and improve inclusion in our workplaces.
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