Ellen Bailey on Diversity and Inclusion and Becoming CEO of Your Career
Ellen Bailey is the VP of Diversity and Culture at Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), a not-for-profit, wholly-owned subsidiary of Harvard University on a mission to improve the practice of management in a changing world. Ellen creates and executes the diversity and inclusion strategy, vision, and goals for the organization. She drives employee engagement and business results by serving as a catalyst to deliver the best practices and resources, promoting a culture of inclusion. Before HBP, she served as a Solution Architect and a Custom Program Manager for AchieveGlobal.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
Ellen Bailey shares her journey of working on diversity, inclusion, and belonging at Harvard Business Publishing (HBP)
Where most companies are concerning diversity and inclusion
Ellen talks about her transition from individual contributor to VP at HBP
Ellen’s advice to women on becoming CEOs of their own future
What is it like changing careers in the same organization?
The keys to weave diversity and inclusion into daily activities
Navigating companies that don’t fully support diversity, inclusion, and equity as a woman
In this episode…
How do you drive business results by aligning diversity, equity, and inclusion to your business strategy? How do you become the CEO of your own career?
For the longest time, organizations have had a reactive rather than proactive approach to diversity. This was the case until the murder of George Floyd, which became an eye-opening moment for many organizations. Being the only black woman on her leadership team, Ellen Bailey saw an opportunity from this incident to bring out her voice. She was able to create a strategy, vision, and goals for diversity and belonging in her organization. Now she shares what she has learned to help people implement those same changes.
In this episode of Reclaim Your Career, Jess Galica is joined by Ellen Bailey, the VP of Diversity and Culture at Harvard Business Publishing, to discuss diversity, inclusion, and belonging. Ellen shares her journey of working on inclusion, how to become CEOs of our own careers, how organizations can weave diversity and inclusion in their daily activities, and advice to women working in companies that don’t fully support equity.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Women in Tech and VC Are (Finally) Building an Old Girls' Club
Getting to the C-Suite and Feeling Psychologically Safe at Work
The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right by Gorick Ng
Sponsor for this episode...
This episode is brought to you by Reclaim Your Career.
At Reclaim Your Career, we know that for women, figuring out how to thrive in your career is harder than it’s ever been before. Even the most high-performing women, who do everything “right,” can wake up feeling lost.
That’s why we support women by helping them manage, reinvent, and accelerate their careers through coaching and strategic advice.
These days we hear from women leaders all the time: it feels impossible to balance work and life. You’re not alone! But, we’re here to tell you that it’s not only possible — it’s within your reach.
So, if you’re ready to do things differently and redefine the traditional success narrative, head to reclaimyourcareer.co to get started.
If you want to learn even more, check out our founder’s book about life-changing career moves for women. (If you don’t see it yet, it will be there soon!)
