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adrienne
@adrienne
Do women apologize too much? A mentor of mine once suggested subtle ways to stop apologizing. Instead of "Sorry I'm late", she told me to use ️"Thank you for your patience". I try not to overthink it and there's probably a balance to strike. https://warpcast.com/nonlinear.eth/0xfe3e7060
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Phil Cockfield
@pjc
Sorry, some men do too. (I had to consciously re-train myself to switch out "sorry" for "pardon me" for a ton of just daily bumping around the world interactions). Apologies, I know this on the female-gender agreeability take - but boy, those big-five personality types can be equal opportunity cripplers!
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adrienne
@adrienne
When I was doing diversity and inclusion research and advocacy (back when I was the most senior woman in a 1000 person engineering org) one of my biggest a-ha learnings was how much the “woman” experience was felt by so many men. Definitely opened my eyes and expanded my brain 💜💜
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Ivy
@ivy
can you say more here?
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adrienne
@adrienne
We wanted to increase diversity. A huge part of our approach was learning focused. How can we raise awareness about unconscious bias and other factors that favor status quo. We wanted to make the case for diversity and inspire people (team leads) to want it and make it happen. I made it clear that I couldn’t…
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adrienne
@adrienne
solve for diversity. Our chief diversity officer couldn’t do it either. It can’t be outsourced. Every team leader needs to want it and take action to increase diversity. I provided a lot of materials and resources and studies for people to get educated. But I also spoke to my personal experience…
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adrienne
@adrienne
How it feels to be the only woman on a team. The only woman in a meeting. Imposter syndrome. Searching for belonging. The effect on confidence. Not being heard or seen. When I talked about my feelings and experience, a small but not insignificant number of men approached me to say they felt the same way …
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