From Rumors to Resilience: Accepting Life on Life's Terms with Joanna Massey

Real Life Real Leaders

Jun 27 2023 • 42 mins

Are you ready to reach the top with radical acceptance? Here to inspire you to navigate the complex world of leadership and diversity is special guest Joanna Massey, a successful female leader and CEO. Joanna shares her experiences navigating challenges in the media industry and the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Joanna discusses unconscious bias and the amygdala hijack and how they affect individuals and organizations. She also opens up about her personal experiences of facing rumors and imposter syndrome as a woman in a male-dominated industry and the support systems that helped her overcome those challenges. Further key points throughout include:

  • An introduction to Joanna Massey

  • The brain process that protects us and the stressors that can set off an amygdala hijack

  • How ambition and drive are key to climbing the corporate ladder

  • Overcoming challenges and facing false accusation's in the workplace

  • Generational differences in the workplace and the pretence of masculinity

  • Women in business: how women can uplift and support one another

  • The reality of working in a disruptive sector

  • Radical acceptance: surrendering to life's terms

  • Becoming the Queen of Pivoting and three key pieces of advice to pivot

  • The silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic

"When you're in between places where you think you ought to be or in between comfort zones and the radical acceptance to total surrender to life on life's terms, just let it flow the way it's going to flow. It's like being on a roller coaster ride and letting go at the top." Joanna Massey.

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