Dan Clay: Why you should bring your whole self to work
Dan Clay: Warum Sie all Ihre Seiten bei der Arbeit zeigen sollten
By day, Dan Clay is a partner in at a brand and innovation consultancy. His more well-known persona is Carrie Dragshaw. Full bio
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decisive, unwavering.
entschieden, unerschütterlich.
haben Sie immer eine Antwort.
always have an answer.
at a global creative consultancy.
bei einer globalen Kreativberatung.
I couldn't help but wonder ...
nachdachte, dachte ich:
is a little nontraditional,
ein bisschen unkonventionell ist,
bring to the office?
im Büro preisgeben?
einen Weg gibt, anzuführen:
one way to be a leader:
office drag to fit the role:
die Rolle des perfekten Anführers:
try to hold in my hand motions.
begrenzte meine Gestik.
really excited about things,
in my head, telling me,
too feminine, too flamboyant."
zu extravagant."
adviser who said,
einen gut gemeinten Rat:
And that's great.
Das ist gut so.
over the head with it."
auf die Nase binden."
an Halloween in 2016.
meinen TV-Lieblingscharakter,
TV show character, Carrie Bradshaw,
meine Freunde fänden das cool.
would get a kick out of it.
and at first it was pure fun.
war erstmal spaßig.
messages from people
von Leuten, die mir schrieben,
to be their authentic selves.
little voice in my head to just shut up
in meinem Kopf verstummen zu lassen
In the "New York Post", "US Weekly" --
in der "New York Post", "US weekly" --
still respect me as a leader?
mich als Anführer sehen?
get a different job.
something small.
eine Kleinigkeit.
von meinem Chef, sie lautete:
it wasn't long, it just said,
that had just gone up about me.
scared voice away
about this whole new world,
über diese neue Welt,
to make you feel comfortable.
um sich wohl zu fühlen.
started acting differently.
more playful with me,
to be more of themselves as well.
mehr sie selbst zu sein.
und Verwundbarkeit
verschlechtern würden.
my standing with my team.
von mir nicht nur geschätzt wird,
part of me would not just be embraced,
Karriere helfen würde.
wertgeschätzt wird.
in my career when all of this started.
in meinem Beruf, als das alles anfing.
vielleicht auch nicht.
of bringing your whole self to work.
my own misperceptions
ein Anführer zu sein.
and finding ways to amplify them.
und diese zu verstärken.
I'd put on my perfect leader mask.
die Maske des perfekten Anführers auf.
"Gosh, that was frustrating."
"Das war echt frustrierend."
and struggles in an open way,
offen sprechen,
that they're fine until it's too late.
bis es dann zu spät ist.
die verschwendet wird, wenn Sie so tun,
spent pretending,
is that in this big study of covering,
dass in einer Studie über das Verstellen
who say they're doing it
values inclusion.
Inklusion wertschätzt.
and all of our strange inner voices
und unsere inneren Stimmen
between adapting and disguising.
zwischen Anpassung und Verstellung.
as a call to be the ally
ein Verbündeter zu sein
dass es OK ist, offen zu sein.
of your ethnic background,
stolz auf Ihre Kultur,
streng religiös sind,
or are deeply religious,
being your full self at work.
bei der Arbeit zu zeigen.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dan Clay - Writer, consultantBy day, Dan Clay is a partner in at a brand and innovation consultancy. His more well-known persona is Carrie Dragshaw.
Why you should listen
Dan Clay is a partner in strategy and innovation for Lippincott, an NYC-based consultancy. His expertise focuses on the strategic growth spaces that emerge from changing customer needs, expectations, fears and desires. In addition to advising financial services, health care and retail clients, Clay is a leading voice in Lippincott's intellectual capital and has authored several reports on how to build emotional bonds with the customer of the future. He graduated with an MBA from Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania and received his undergraduate degree in philosophy at Northwestern University.
Clay's more well-known persona is Carrie Dragshaw. What started as a simple Halloween costume turned into a viral fairy tale. Clay recreates classic Sex and the City looks and accompanies them with original "couldn't help but wonder" monologues. He's been featured in Cosmopolitan, L.A. Times, Us Weekly, the New York Post, BuzzFeed, Man Repeller, Huffington Post, Out, Refinery29, InStyle and more. Carrie Dragshaw has one simple mission: to create a little corner of the internet that is only positivity and love.
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