Retaining WIT

Episode 12: "Best Of" Karen Catlin on Being Better Allies


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Jordanna and I are taking a break between seasons and wanted to share with you some of our best of episodes from when we first launched.  We'll be back in March with new episodes and interviews! 

In this inaugural podcast episode, Jossie and Jordanna speak with Karen Catlin, leadership coach and diversity advocate, about her start in the tech industry, the challenges of staying in the tech, and how to be better allies to women and other underrepresented groups.

Other topics include:

  • Issues around diversity in hiring
  • The struggles of being the only woman in the room
  • Bias in the tech industry
  • Here are some additional resources Karen mentions in the episode:

    • karencatlin.com
    • betterallies.com
    • "Better Allies" on Amazon
    • Social media: @betterallies on Twitter, Medium, Instagram, Pinterest
    • Better Allies newsletter
    • "Present! A Techie's Guide to Public Speaking" on Amazon
    • Special Guest: Karen Catlin.


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      You can connect with Jossie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jossiemann/and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JossieHaines Jossie offers free strategy calls to women leaders in tech who are struggling to be heard, lead authentically and get that promotion they deserve. Be sure to DM her on LinkedIn for more info!

      This podcast comes to you in collaboration with the sheTO community (formerly Divhersity). Did you know that less than 9% of engineering executive roles are held by women? sheTO is on a mission to change that. sheTO is a private network for women and non-binary engineering leaders with a goal of accelerating careers of our members and building their high powered network. Learn more at sheTO.org!

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      Retaining WITBy Jossie Haines & Jordanna Kwok

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