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The Unwritten Rules of Women's Leadership

Release Date: 02/06/2020

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Jay Pryor is a life coach, consultant, LGBTQ educator, activist, and the author of Lean Inside – 7 Steps to Personal Power: A Practical Guide to Transformation for Women. Jay is dedicated to conscious leadership and helping clients realize and fulfill their desired impact on the world. As a transgender individual, Jay utilizes their story in hopes of pushing the needle forward and emphasizing the importance of heart-based approaches in the business world and beyond.

Jay joins me today to share their journey to becoming comfortable in their own skin as a transgender/non-binary individual, and the insights they have learned about sexism and male privilege along the way. Jay shares the realizations that have allowed them to offer a unique consulting perspective, as well as their views on leadership and accountability. Jay also highlights the role we all have to play in working towards a more equitable professional landscape and the most pressing societal issues that companies need to address.

 

 

 

“I’m a bit of a trailblazer; I’m always going to blaze my own trail.”- Jay Pryor

 

 

 

This week on The Unwritten Rules Podcast:

 

  • Jay’s journey to becoming comfortable in their own skin and identity
  • How the language used within and surrounding the LGBTQ community has evolved over time
  • The unique perspective Jay has on sexism as a transgender/non-binary individual
  • How the Me Too Movement dropped the invisible curtain and opened up the conversation about sexism
  • How the new generation has helped advance the societal discussion about gender
  • How going off of testosterone impacted Jay
  • How Jay’s story highlights why you should never judge a book by its cover
  • The unique perspective Jay has when it comes to consulting women
  • The entitlement of male privilege and how we unknowingly play into it as women
  • How male privilege comes into play in the business world
  • What Jay knows now that they wish they had known earlier and what they would do differently
  • The power of mindset and how Jay’s mindset prevents them from slipping into the victim mindset
  • Jay’s belief in the importance of leadership accountability
  • The emotional labor that comes with being “the one” and the importance of taking the burden off of women and transgender people when it comes to addressing inequalities
  • Jay’s perspective on the next generation
  • What Jay has been investing their time in lately
  • The percentage of millennials and Gen X-ers who have left their jobs for mental health reasons
  • The definition of spiritual intelligence and why we need to step into it

 

 

Our Favorite Quotes:

 

  • “The world treats you as what they see.” - Jay Pryor
  • “One of the things that we have to deal with as women is the part that we play in the systemic sexism.” - Jay Pryor
  • “I don’t let myself be victimized by anything. I am 100% responsible for it. I create it all.” - Jay Pryor

 

 

Resources Mentioned:

●      SQ21: The Twenty-One Skills of Spiritual Intelligence by Cindy Wigglesworth

 

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