Jamie Lee is an executive coach for smart women who hate office politics. She helps them get promoted and better paid without throwing anyone under the bus.
All tagged Asian American woman executive coach
When I walked off Koreana Air 747 in December 1989, the only English I knew was the alphabet and how to spell “violin” (even though I never learned to play it). Read on to find out how I went from being told, "Go back to China," to helping my clients break through office politics, bias, and self-doubt.
If getting better paid and promoted were simply based on being excellent at what you do, you'd have been a millionaire CXO years ago.
So why shouldn't you be paid at the top of the pay range?
While I’m away on vacation in Singapore, I’m sharing some of my favorite podcast episodes because they'll inspire you to think about your future in a bigger, more audacious light.
I used to be a high-strung, high-anxiety high-achiever who was convinced she wasn't achieving fast enough.
Got downtime on the job? I must be doing something wrong.
Got hired at a hedge fund? My job can't possibly be safe, because I don't know enough.
🤦🏾♀️ When you’re a woman, a minority in the workplace, you will encounter comments insinuating you should be “grateful” for what you earn now (which makes me so mad… don’t get me started on how sexist that is).
👉🏼 But here’s the thing: your rebuttal does NOT have to be confrontational.
🫵🏽 YOU, my reader, are a leader.
Here's how I define leadership:
Your willingness to go first before knowing exactly how it all gets done.
Your capacity to come up with solutions that benefit others.
We have the silent, lethal epidemic of LONELINESS amongst us. Here are steps to cure it: Form in-the-flesh, IRL connections with a community unrelated to your work or career. Let youreslf detox from screens, even if for 2 hours at a time, and embrace physical activities, which boost your overall well-being, creativity, confidence, and leadership presence.
Annie, a Corporate Development Director, shifted from feeling stuck in the “weeds” to “wowing” the decision-makers. She set SMART career goals, devised strategies to overcome obstacles, and articulated her vision to senior leadership. Her story can be yours, too.
I went from earning 50% below average as the only woman on a hedge fund team to coaching women to getting promoted and launching companies that pay multiples of their previous salaries. How? By getting unstuck, getting strategic, and quieting the itty bitty sh*tty committee in my mind. It's your turn. Join the free webinar on 1/19/24 - "SMART Start."
Got big goals for 2024 but feeling stuck? Meet the itty bitty shitty committee - that pesky voice in your head giving you a million reasons why you'll fail or why today's not the day to get started.
You ready for this?
My client shared something so delightful, I asked her permission right away to share this genius bit of wisdom with you.
The plagiarism accusation against Harvard President Claudine Gay reveals the intertwining of office and race politics in higher education. Women of color leaders often face heightened scrutiny due to systemic biases in the workplace. As an executive coach for women, I help WOC leaders who feel like they're walking a narrow "tightrope." To hear it in action, listen to an actual coaching segment.
No more dreading the persistent question at family holiday gatherings.
Equip yourself with self-advocacy and leadership skills to elevate workplace conversations and career confidence. As a result, you'll achieve both personal and professional growth. Transform your trajectory with 1:1 coaching.
As the only woman in her engineering team, my client Amy went from feeling misunderstood and misrepresented by her manager to fast-tracking her promotion and 40% pay raise.
Here are the four steps she took.
Read more to test them out for yourself.
As an executive coach, I help smart women who hate office politics get promoted and better paid without throwing anyone under the bus.
If you're thinking, "I'm no fan of office politics myself, so how do you advance your career without playing games?" here's THE secret sauce.
A loving connection with yourself. Lemme explain.
Charlotte Rocker is an Executive Director who works in Life Sciences, and my coaching client who exemplified:
How to reclaim self-confidence after burnout,
Create a compelling vision for your career, and
Engage in brave career conversations to make her promotion first a possibility, then an inevitability
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