Dan Clay: Why you should bring your whole self to work
Дэн Клей: Почему на работе не нужно скрывать настоящего себя
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.
тверды, решительны, непоколебимы.
always have an answer.
у нах всегда есть ответ.
at a global creative consultancy.
в международном креативном агентстве.
I couldn't help but wonder ...
я не мог не задуматься:
is a little nontraditional,
несколько нестандартно,
bring to the office?
показывать на работе?
не могут позволить себе быть собой?
своей карьеры я считал,
one way to be a leader:
office drag to fit the role:
чтобы соответствовать условиям офиса:
try to hold in my hand motions.
старался сдерживать жестикуляцию.
really excited about things,
in my head, telling me,
назойливый голосок, говорящий:
too feminine, too flamboyant."
слишком женственный, слишком яркий».
adviser who said,
намерениями сказал:
And that's great.
over the head with it."
на Хэллоуине 2016 года.
TV show character, Carrie Bradshaw,
мою любимую героиню из сериала.
would get a kick out of it.
and at first it was pure fun.
и поначалу было довольно забавно.
messages from people
to be their authentic selves.
быть самими собой.
little voice in my head to just shut up
тому голоску в голове заткнуться
уж слишком большим.
In the "New York Post", "US Weekly" --
в статьях New York Post, US Weekly...
still respect me as a leader?
get a different job.
придётся сменить работу.
something small.
на первый взгляд, незначительное.
it wasn't long, it just said,
сообщение от моего босса:
that had just gone up about me.
на только вышедшую статью обо мне.
от того испуганного голоска,
scared voice away
about this whole new world,
этому целому новому миру,
to make you feel comfortable.
чтобы обрести уверенность в себе.
started acting differently.
вести себя по-другому.
more playful with me,
не такими серьёзными,
to be more of themselves as well.
my standing with my team.
part of me would not just be embraced,
не просто будет оценена по достоинству,
in my career when all of this started.
когда всё это началось.
of bringing your whole self to work.
на работе настоящего себя.
my own misperceptions
на моё мировозрение
чтобы стать успешным.
верного пути лидера.
and finding ways to amplify them.
стороны и способы их развивития.
I'd put on my perfect leader mask.
я надевал свою маску идеального лидера.
"Gosh, that was frustrating."
«Боже, это было очень неприятно»
and struggles in an open way,
о проблемах и борьбе с ними,
that they're fine until it's too late.
пока не становится слишком поздно.
spent pretending,
потраченной впустую на притворство,
is that in this big study of covering,
поведения меня заинтриговало то,
who say they're doing it
values inclusion.
ценят интеграцию в коллектив.
and all of our strange inner voices
и странные голоса в головах
between adapting and disguising.
есть большая разница.
as a call to be the ally
как призыв оказать поддержку,
of your ethnic background,
этнической принадлежностью,
or are deeply religious,
или ты очень религиозен, —
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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