Dan Clay: Why you should bring your whole self to work
دان کلەی: بۆچی دەبێت بە تەواوی هۆشتەوە بێیتە سەر کار؟
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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یەکلایی کەرەوەیە، نا شڵەژێت.
decisive, unwavering.
always have an answer.
هەمیشە وەڵامێکت هەبێت.
at a global creative consultancy.
ئەنجومەنی ڕاوێژکاری جیهانی.
درووستم کردووە.
I couldn't help but wonder ...
نەمتوانی سەرسام نەبم کە
is a little nontraditional,
کەمێک وەکو خەڵک نییە،
bring to the office?
one way to be a leader:
office drag to fit the role:
ئۆفیسم لەگەڵی گونجاند:
try to hold in my hand motions.
هەوڵم دەدا دەستم بجوڵێنم
really excited about things,
بەڕاستی دڵ خۆش دەبم،
in my head, telling me,
کە پێی دەگوتم،
too feminine, too flamboyant."
زۆر ژنانیت، زۆر گاڵتەچیت."
adviser who said,
And that's great.
ئەوەش زۆر باشە.
over the head with it."
پشانی هەموویانی بدەیت."
هەڵۆوینی ٢٠١٦.
TV show character, Carrie Bradshaw,
تەلەفزیۆن دڵخوازم خۆم گۆڕیبوو
would get a kick out of it.
هاوڕێکانم بە دڵیان دەبێت.
and at first it was pure fun.
و لەسەرەتادا زۆر خۆش بوو.
messages from people
to be their authentic selves.
little voice in my head to just shut up
ناوسەرم بڵێم کە بێدەنگ بێت و
In the "New York Post", "US Weekly" --
لە "نیۆرک پۆست"، "هەفتانەی یو ئێس" --
still respect me as a leader?
وەک پێشەوایەک ڕێزم دەگرن؟
get a different job.
بدۆزمەوە.
something small.
it wasn't long, it just said,
کە درێژ نەبوو، تەنها نووسرابوو،
that had just gone up about me.
نووسرابوو.
scared voice away
بەلاوە بنێم
about this whole new world,
دڵخۆش بم،
to make you feel comfortable.
یەک پاڵپشتییە هەتا هەست بە ئاسودەیی بکەیت.
started acting differently.
more playful with me,
و زیاتر گڵتەیان دەکرد،
to be more of themselves as well.
my standing with my team.
part of me would not just be embraced,
قبووڵبکرێت،
in my career when all of this started.
کە هەموو ئەم شتانە دەستی پێکرد.
of bringing your whole self to work.
لەسەر کار بە تەواوی خۆتەوە.
my own misperceptions
بیرکردنەوەکانم بووەوە
and finding ways to amplify them.
دۆزینەوەی ڕێگە بۆ گەورە کردنیان.
I'd put on my perfect leader mask.
بەتەواوی وەک پێشەوایەک خۆم دەردەخست.
"Gosh, that was frustrating."
"گۆش، ئەوە بێزارکەربوو."
and struggles in an open way,
بەرەنگارییەکان بە کراوەیی قسە بکەین،
that they're fine until it's too late.
هەتا کات زۆر درەنگ دەبێت.
spent pretending,
بەفیڕۆ چووە،
is that in this big study of covering,
لەم لێکۆڵینەوە گەورەیەی دەربارەی
who say they're doing it
values inclusion.
بەهای تێکەڵکردنەکەیان هەبوو.
and all of our strange inner voices
هەموو دەنگە نامۆکانی ناخمان
between adapting and disguising.
لە نێوان گونجان و نواندندا هەیە.
as a call to be the ally
بۆ بوون بە پاڵپشت دەبینم
of your ethnic background,
بە نەژادی خۆتەوە،
or are deeply religious,
یا ئاینێکی دەگمەنت هەیە،
being your full self at work.
لەسەر کار.
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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