Dan Clay: Why you should bring your whole self to work
Dan Clay: Por que você deve levar seu "eu" completo para o trabalho
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.
decidido, resoluto.
always have an answer.
tenha sempre uma resposta.
at a global creative consultancy.
de uma consultoria criativa global.
I couldn't help but wonder ...
não pude deixar de me perguntar:
is a little nontraditional,
não é um tanto tradicional,
bring to the office?
levar ao escritório?
a autenticidade é proibida?"
one way to be a leader:
um único jeito de ser líder:
office drag to fit the role:
do escritório para me ajustar ao papel:
try to hold in my hand motions.
tentava evitar gesticular demais.
really excited about things,
in my head, telling me,
em minha mente me dizendo:
too feminine, too flamboyant."
e extravagante demais".
adviser who said,
And that's great.
e isso é ótimo.
over the head with it."
salientar isso pra eles".
no Halloween de 2016.
TV show character, Carrie Bradshaw,
de TV favorita, Carrie Bradshaw,
would get a kick out of it.
and at first it was pure fun.
foi pura diversão.
messages from people
incríveis das pessoas
to be their authentic selves.
a serem autênticas.
little voice in my head to just shut up
em minha mente calar a boca
In the "New York Post", "US Weekly" --
no "New York Post", "US Weekly",
"O que meus chefes vão achar?
still respect me as a leader?
vão me respeitar como líder?
get a different job.
something small.
it wasn't long, it just said,
do meu chefe, que dizia:
that had just gone up about me.
que tinha acabado de sair sobre mim.
scared voice away
aquela vozinha assustada de lado
about this whole new world,
to make you feel comfortable.
para deixar você à vontade.
started acting differently.
more playful with me,
to be more of themselves as well.
para serem mais de si mesmos.
my standing with my team.
minha reputação com a equipe.
part of me would not just be embraced,
parte de mim seria não apenas aceita,
valorizam a criatividade,
in my career when all of this started.
na carreira quando tudo começou.
of bringing your whole self to work.
seu "eu" completo para o trabalho.
my own misperceptions
percepções erradas
and finding ways to amplify them.
e maneiras de fortalecê-los.
I'd put on my perfect leader mask.
eu vestia minha máscara de líder perfeita.
"Gosh, that was frustrating."
and struggles in an open way,
sobre desafios e esforços,
that they're fine until it's too late.
tudo bem até que seja tarde demais.
spent pretending,
desperdiçada fingindo,
is that in this big study of covering,
em um grande estudo sobre dissimulação,
who say they're doing it
values inclusion.
em que trabalham valoriza a inclusão.
and all of our strange inner voices
e todas as nossas estranhas vozes internas
quanto à aceitação.
between adapting and disguising.
entre adaptar e dissimular.
as a call to be the ally
como um chamado para ser o aliado
que não há problema em se abrir.
of your ethnic background,
de sua origem étnica,
or are deeply religious,
ou é profundamente religioso,
being your full self at work.
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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