The Immigrant Experience: Challenges, Opportunities, and Impact in the Workplace with Jackie Glenn

Break Concrete: Black Women At Work

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From a newly immigrated nanny to CEO, Jackie Glenn has embraced life’s challenges with boldness and humility, always being true to herself and giving back to those who come after her. It’s this commitment to helping others, which led Jackie to write her instructional biography, Lift As I Climb: An Immigrant Girl’s Journey Through Corporate America. Jackie discusses how she climbed her way up the corporate ladder and the character gems that brought her and other immigrants professional success in the American workplace.

Topics Covered:

Why Jackie decided to write Lift As I Climb: An Immigrant Girl’s Journey Through Corporate America
Workplace challenges Jackie faced as an immigrant in the U.S.
How your accent can impact you in the workplace
Defining authenticity
How to turn your unique attributes into an advantage
Jackie’s experience moving to the U.S. as a young single Black woman from a predominantly Black country
Confronting microaggressions in the workplace
Getting out of your head
Resilience in the workplace
How to address being passed over for a promotion
Soliciting feedback from others

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