Dan Clay: Why you should bring your whole self to work
댄 클레이(Dan Clay): 직장에서 자신의 온전한 모습으로 일해야 하는 이유
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.
흔들리지 않아야 한다.
always have an answer.
항상 정답을 알아야 한다.
at a global creative consultancy.
컨설팅 회사의 파트너죠.
I couldn't help but wonder ...
이런 점이 궁금했어요.
is a little nontraditional,
평범함과 약간 거리가 있다면
bring to the office?
보일 수 있을까요?
처음 10년 동안은
one way to be a leader:
있다고 믿었습니다.
office drag to fit the role:
이상적인 모습을 꾸며냈어요.
try to hold in my hand motions.
손동작도 자제했죠.
really excited about things,
in my head, telling me,
too feminine, too flamboyant."
너무 화려하다고."
adviser who said,
이렇게 말씀하셨어요.
And that's great.
그래도 괜찮아요!
over the head with it."
고민할 필요 없어요."
발레복을 입은 저예요.
TV show character, Carrie Bradshaw,
캐리 브래드쇼로 분장했죠.
would get a kick out of it.
and at first it was pure fun.
처음엔 단순 재밋거리였어요.
messages from people
메시지를 받기 시작했죠.
to be their authentic selves.
큰 용기를 얻었다면서요.
little voice in my head to just shut up
내 머릿속의 속삭임을 잠재우고
In the "New York Post", "US Weekly" --
"US 위클리" 에 퍼진거죠.
still respect me as a leader?
get a different job.
모른다고 생각했죠.
something small.
it wasn't long, it just said,
that had just gone up about me.
기사의 링크도 보내더군요.
scared voice away
완전히 떨쳐내고
about this whole new world,
즐기기 시작했어요.
to make you feel comfortable.
가장 든든한 법이죠.
started acting differently.
more playful with me,
장난도 쳤죠.
to be more of themselves as well.
모습을 보일 수 있게 된 거죠.
my standing with my team.
part of me would not just be embraced,
상상도 못 했는데
in my career when all of this started.
아닐 수도 있어요.
제가 깨달은 건
of bringing your whole self to work.
정말 중요하다는 사실이에요.
my own misperceptions
and finding ways to amplify them.
더 크게 발전하면 됩니다.
I'd put on my perfect leader mask.
전 완벽한 리더의 가면을 썼겠지만
"Gosh, that was frustrating."
말해버립니다.
and struggles in an open way,
서로 편하게 말할 수 있게 됐어요.
that they're fine until it's too late.
더 망치는 것보단 낫죠.
일에 지장을 줍니다.
spent pretending,
낭비하는 에너지를 생각해보세요.
is that in this big study of covering,
자신을 감추는지 묻는 질문에
who say they're doing it
values inclusion.
중요하다고 생각해서죠.
and all of our strange inner voices
우리를 받아들이기에
between adapting and disguising.
아예 위장하는 건 매우 다릅니다.
as a call to be the ally
내 편 만들기라고 생각합니다.
말해주고 싶네요.
of your ethnic background,
민족적 배경이 있든
or are deeply religious,
being your full self at work.
어떤지 느껴보세요.
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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