the uplift

In this episode I welcome special guest Dr. Jade Singleton, co-founder of Johnson Squared Consulting and DEI consultant at NASA's Science Mission Directorate, to discuss the current state of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace -- what we're getting wrong, what we're doing right, and how we can get better. Dr. Singleton designed and leads a DEI certification program through The Sarah Jane Academy, with the next cohort starting January 9. Learn more and register at https://www.thesarahjane.org/courses/diversity-equity-inclusion-in-practice.

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In this episode I share my process for designing a successful year grounded in clarity, calm, and confidence. I walk you through my own planning process, which includes reflection, setting intentions, and backward design. I've used this system to establish my purpose and my financial goals, and to make sure they're connected.

I also share the free resource I created to help you plan for a full year based on your values, with prompts to revisit and revise at every term transition: The Grounded Academic Leader: Annual Plan. Grab it at the link below!

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I first got interested in the idea of burnout for faculty and staff through the work of Rebecca Pope-Ruark, author of Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning & Renewal. So I've been attuned to conversations about it -- not just among colleagues who are experiencing it, but also among women who are eager to help each other prevent, avoid, and extinguish it. The work of Julie Olson Rand and Alyssa Klenotich caught my eye: it's grounded in lived experiences, draws on research, and suggests paths forward for women -- for all of us -- to support each other by building a community of care. Thanks for listening!

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Shelly Roder and Sarah Moore Nokes, two coaches who focus on support those in helping professions -- especially nonprofits and social-justice oriented organizations --  created the Tiny Sabbatical Project.  Tiny Sabbatical: Creativity helps you connect your intention and your creative side, while Tiny Sabbatical: Connection helps you forge deeper bonds where you want them. I can personally vouch for their Teeny Tiny Sabbatical: A Seasonal Reset and talk about which practices I still use, even today. 

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Willo Boniface is the Founder & Lead Glower at The Transformed Academic, where she coaches and consults with women in higher ed who seek holistic, joy-filled lives. She considers herself a "recovered" academic and has rich insights into what women experience inside of higher ed, as well as practical approaches to finding balance and restoring their energy in a way that brings happiness to them and the people in their world. You can find her at The Transformed Academic on Facebook.

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Christina Holmgren and Jayne Sommers share a co-mentoring model that dismantles typical patriarchal, hierarchical mentoring structures codified by white supremacist culture and instead creates space for black women's experiences and agency to exist alongside white women's humility and allyship. 

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After more than two decades leading transformational projects for organizations of all sizes, Barri Harris has committed herself to supporting success across intergenerational teams so that colleagues can develop meaningful trust in their leaders *and* in each other. In this episode we talk about cultural conditioning, especially related to power and gender, for folks from different generations. 

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Mandy Balek-Stephens leads by practicing empathy and gratitude as people explore their path -- whether they're exploring their profession, their studies, their interests and passions, and their identities.

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Gender discrimination is real. The gendered wage gap is real. The mommy tax is real.

It's bad for straight white women.

It's much worse for women with brown and black skin; for lesbians and queer, bi, and trans women; for women whose first langauge is not English; for women who are entering professions as the first in their families or social circles and don’t have allies to support them.

So let's take a lesson from Machiavelli: look the monster in the face, and determine our best course of action given the lay of the land. Let's strategize. Not to be brutal, but to lift each other up. 

To set the groundwork for this I take a peek into Machiavelli for Women by Stacey Vanek Smith. In particular I share the four archetypes of nasty female colleagues she identifies, and suggest actionable strategies you can practice this week to protect yourself, and the women around you, by being a mentor and an ally -- especially for women who inhabit less privileged positions than you do.

Then join us for the rest of the month as my guests discuss supervising and mentoring from intersectional and intergenerational perspectives. 

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Joy. Activism. Feminism. Optimism. Throw in a love of teaching, and I bring you: Elise Robinson!

I feel like I've known Elise forever and goodness knows I've admired her for just as long. Currently earning her PhD at the University of Georgia in Theatre & Performance Studies, Elise is the kind of professor we all love and remember: passionate, enthusiastic, and pushing her students to always be better versions of themselves. 

In this episode Elise shows us how we can  prepare students to be active and engaged citizens by preparing them for daily actions grounded in "perspectacles": small actions that are relevant to their daily lives. Elise shares particular student stories as well as ideas for how to incorporate easy assignments and activities that keep students focused on, and learning about, how to use their voices for democracy. 

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