Reworking Work + Creating your own yeses." How Stacey Gordon found her way from London to growing up in New York, to work as a paralegal and recruiter, to becoming the founder of Rework Work and a globally recognized keynote speaker, author, leadership consultant and DEI strategist. Stacey is the creator and facilitator of three LinkedIn e-learning courses which collectively have been viewed by more than one million individual learners.
In this episode you will learn:
- How Stacey navigated college and law school and initially wanted to be a judge to create change.
- How her work as a paralegal and then later as a recruiter helped her identify the inequity in the hiring process, procedures and mindsets of people doing the hiring and what needs to change.
- Why she decided to start her own business to help companies “Rework Work,” help companies create a great work culture, and to create her own "Yeses."
- Why if you are considering a career change, there are three lists you should make to identify what you are like to do, what you are good at and what you hate to do.
- How her LinkedIn Learning courses including “Unconscious Bias,” reached the #1 most downloaded Linked In course on bias in 2021, and have collectively been viewed by more than one million learners.
- The importance of having authentic conversations around diversity, inclusion and bias and to create a safe place for questions to be answered and asked without shame or judgement.
- Her book “Addressing Unconscious Bias at Work” and framework of - awareness, alignment, action, and advocacy guides readers through a way to address bias at work and why she believes that without awareness and alignment, action is inauthentic.
- Why as a mom of three daughters, she has involved them in her work and the importance of having your own pursuits.
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Stacey A. Gordon is an Executive Advisor and Diversity Strategist who works to reduce bias in recruiting and barriers to hiring. Leading at the intersection of recruiting, career development, diversity and workplace culture, Stacey has delivered keynote speeches globally and developed educational content that has engaged professionals both in-person and in a virtual environment. She focuses on reworking how companies work. That includes how they recruit, hire and engage women and BIPOC professionals.
Stacey is the creator of a course on unconscious bias, which is the most popular course on the LinkedIn Learning platform. It has also been translated into several languages for consumption globally. She is the author of Unbias: Addressing Unconscious Bias at Work, a book that reached #1 on several Amazon New Release lists. She has been recognized by Pepperdine University as a Top 40 Over 40 Leader, by the Los Angeles Business Journal for her work in Diversity and by Forbes as a Top 3 Business Leader Who Spoke Out About Diversity & Inclusion.
An appointee to the Board of the Center for Women in Leadership at Pepperdine University, Stacey has served as on the Alumni Leadership Committee of the University for three years and is a facilitator of diversity & inclusion related content as part of their Leadership & Development program. She served as adjunct faculty teaching Diversity in Organizations and Cultural Intelligence at Phillips Graduate University and as the Director of Education for Professionals In Human Resources Association, the largest affiliate of SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management) in the country. She is also an Advisory Board Member to two career and technology related companies.
In addition to the unconscious bias course, Stacey is the content creator and facilitator of three additional LinkedIn e-learning courses which collectively have been viewed by more than one million individual learners. As a globally recognized keynote speaker, leadership consultant and DEI strategist, Stacey has provided subject matter expertise to SHRM, Fast Company, Skillsoft, Forbes, NPR Radio, BBC Radio, the Association for Talent Development and Fox Business.
Stacey Gordon holds a Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Studies from Pepperdine University’s Business School in Malibu, California and earned a Bachelor of Science, cum laude, from St. John’s University in Queens, New York. She earned both her Inclusive Workplace Culture credential and her SHRM-Senior Certified Professional certification from SHRM and pledges to help make all the difference in the world
