How Identity Has Influenced a Chief of Staff at a Fortune 500 Entertainment Company's Career
Colleen, a Chief of Staff, shares that identifying as female "impacts every facet" of career navigation, from negotiations to self-perception within the workplace. The impact is so deeply intertwined with their professional life that it's "not one without the other," always present in shaping relationships within the corporate environment.
Negotiation, Leadership, Workplace Dynamics, Gender Identity, Corporate Sphere
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Colleen Cozart
Chief of Staff to SVP, Touring Operations
Fortune 500 Entertainment Company
Denison University
EMBA at UCLA Anderson Business School
Communications
Arts, Entertainment & Media
Operations and Project Management
Worked 20+ Hours in School, Greek Life Member
Video Highlights
1. Being a woman has impacted every aspect of my career, from negotiations to self-perception within the workplace.
2. My identity as a female is integral to my professional life; it's not separate from my work.
3. I'm always aware of my identity in my relationships within the corporate world.
Transcript
As someone who identifies as female, how has that impacted how you navigate your career?
I think it impacts every facet of my career. It affects how I negotiate and how I think about myself within the workplace and how I function with it.
I think it is a very integral part of how I'm able to function. There is not one without the other; I don't think it's separate. It's always there in the back of my mind in terms of all my relationships within the corporate sphere.
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