Dan Clay: Why you should bring your whole self to work
Dan Clay: Miért vigyük be teljes énünket a munkahelyünkre?
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.
határozott, megingathatatlan.
always have an answer.
mindig tudnia kell a választ.
at a global creative consultancy.
kreatív tanácsadócég partnere.
I couldn't help but wonder ...
kénytelen voltam elgondolkodni...
is a little nontraditional,
eltér a hagyományostól,
bring to the office?
belőle az irodában?
nem mindenki számára járható út?
során azt gondoltam,
one way to be a leader:
egyféleképpen viselkedhet:
office drag to fit the role:
hogy megfeleljek szerepemnek:
try to hold in my hand motions.
próbáltam kevesebbet gesztikulálni.
really excited about things,
in my head, telling me,
too feminine, too flamboyant."
túl nőies, túl feltűnő."
adviser who said,
tanácsot kaptam:
And that's great.
És ez oké.
over the head with it."
mindenki orra alá dörgölnöd."
TV show character, Carrie Bradshaw,
Carrie Bradshawnak öltöztem,
would get a kick out of it.
and at first it was pure fun.
és eleinte ez jó vicc volt.
messages from people
to be their authentic selves.
hogy vállalják valódi énjüket.
little voice in my head to just shut up
a kis hangnak a fejemben,
In the "New York Post", "US Weekly" --
a New York Postban, a US Weeklyben –
still respect me as a leader?
get a different job.
munkahelyet váltani.
something small.
it wasn't long, it just said,
csak ennyi állt benne:
that had just gone up about me.
ami épp akkor jelent meg rólam.
scared voice away
az apró, ijedt hangot,
about this whole new world,
ezt az új világot,
to make you feel comfortable.
hogy kellemesen érezzük magunkat.
started acting differently.
kezdtek viselkedni.
more playful with me,
lettek velem,
a másik oldalamat,
to be more of themselves as well.
hogy ők is önmaguk lehessenek.
my standing with my team.
part of me would not just be embraced,
nemcsak elfogadják ezt az oldalamat,
in my career when all of this started.
a karrierem, amikor mindez elkezdődött.
of bringing your whole self to work.
bevinnünk a munkahelyünkre.
my own misperceptions
téves elképzeléseimet arról,
lehet valaki vezető.
and finding ways to amplify them.
erősségeinket, és hangsúlyozzuk őket.
I'd put on my perfect leader mask.
felöltöttem a tökéletes vezető álarcát.
"Gosh, that was frustrating."
ez aztán idegőrlő volt."
and struggles in an open way,
és nehézségekről,
that they're fine until it's too late.
minden rendben lenne, míg végül túl késő.
spent pretending,
is that in this big study of covering,
szóló nagy tanulmányban
who say they're doing it
values inclusion.
and all of our strange inner voices
és furcsa belső hangjaink
between adapting and disguising.
és a rejtőzködés között.
as a call to be the ally
hogy most én is mások mellé álljak,
hogy nyugodtan megnyílhatnak.
of your ethnic background,
hovatartozására büszke,
or are deeply religious,
vagy épp mélyen vallásos,
being your full self at work.
teljes énjét megmutatja a munkában.
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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