Today’s guest is passionate about promoting gender equality within the workplace, empowering women to express confidence, and helping them build a winning career game plan.

After experiencing many career pivot points of her own, she now is focused on promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace as a keynote speaker and executive coach. She holds an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, is a Certified Master Coach, and is a certified unconscious bias trainer.

She is a TEDx speaker, host of the Next Pivot Point podcast, and author of three books  “Pivot Point: How to Build a Winning Career Game Plan,” “ONE: How Male Allies Support Women for Gender Equality,” and “Lead Like an Ally: A Journey Through Corporate America with Strategies to Facilitate Inclusion.”

Please join me in welcoming Julie Kratz.

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In this episode we discuss:

her thoughts on leadership: “Leadership is not a positional authority. It’s the influence you gain in getting people to buy into your vision by asking about the things that they care about.”how a riddle she heard at 8 years old created feelings that propelled her into her mission of helping women.how her time in DECA was her first taste into business in 5th grade.the importance of listening to others and how that can help provide safe spaces for others at work.the importance of allyship.the impact of taking chances and making connections with people.her recommendation to others to find the thing that lights their soul on fire suggesting going back to your childhood for clues.her folder of strategic contacts and how reviewing that often has helped her be intentional in contacting them.

Links

Julie Kratz onLinkedIn and Twitter.www.NextPivotPoint.comTEDx Talk: What if Through Claiming our True Gender, We Claim Our True Strength?

Books mentioned in this episode:

“Lead Like an Ally: A Journey Through Corporate America with Proven Strategies to Facilitate Inclusion” by Julie Kratz“One: How Male Allies Support Women for Gender Equality” by Julie Kratz“Pivot Point: How to Build a Winning Career Game Plan for Mid-Career Women” by Julie Kratz“Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace” by David G. Smith and W. Brad Johnson

Other Resources

Listen to my episode with Jordan Harbinger.Learn more about DECA, Inc.

About Robbie:

Robbie Samuels is a keynote speaker,TEDx speaker, and relationship-based business strategy coach who has been recognized as a “networking expert” by Harvard Business Review Ascend, Forbes, Lifehacker, and Inc and as an "industry expert in the field of digital event design" by JDC Events.

He createdThe 5% Advantage Program, a four-week experiential program that helps presenters grow in their confidence with Zoom, online facilitation, and virtual event design so they can reduce their tech angst and host more engaging online experiences that meet the purpose of the convening and participants' need for content and connection.

He is the host of#NoMoreBadZoom Virtual Happy Hour, a popular weekly virtual event that explores new ways to design engaging virtual experiences. He assists organizations with bringing their in-person events strategically online as a Virtual Event Design Consultant, Virtual Emcee, and Zoom Producer.

He is the author of the best-selling business book Croissants vs. Bagels: Strategic, Effective, and Inclusive Networking at Conferences and has been profiled in the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Fast Company. He writes for Harvard Business Review Ascend. His clients include associations, women's leadership summits, and corporations including Marriott, AmeriCorps,