004 | Finding Mentors, Building Relationships, and Sharing Your Dreams with Sarah Kate Ellis, CEO GLAAD
TUR004 Finding Mentors, Building Relationships, and Sharing Your Dreams with Sarah Kate Ellis
Sarah Kate Ellis is the President and CEO of GLAAD, the world’s leading media advocacy organization delivering fair and accurate media coverage of the LGBTQ community to create cultural change. Sarah Kate is a communications strategist and a powerful, outspoken advocate that is moving the needle on widespread LGBTQ discrimination through media coverage and speaking out against discriminatory bills. Her stance and comments on LGBTQ acceptance have appeared in countless media publications including The New York Times, USA Today, TIME, and Vanity Fair.
Sarah Kate joins me today to share her career trajectory and how her role in journalism led to her career with GLAAD. She shares her passion for inspiring cultural change through media and journalism, how making mistakes along her journey helped clarify the career path she desired, and the turning point in her career that made her realize she wasn’t leading with authenticity. We also discuss the importance of finding and emulating mentors and the power of sharing your goals, dreams, and aspirations with the leaders of your organization.
“Mentor means what you need it to mean.” - Sarah Kate Ellis
This week on The Unwritten Rules Podcast:
Sarah Kate’s career journey and how she became the President of GLAAD
The value of making mistakes and how they can help you determine the career path you should follow
Leading with authenticity, honesty, and staying true to yourself and your values
Her dual pregnancy with her wife and how it sparked her career in LGBTQ advocacy
The challenges that many people in the LGBTQ community face
The importance of finding and emulating great mentors
Why Sarah Kate believes informal mentors are more valuable than formal mentors
The importance of sharing your realistic goals and dreams with others
Understanding the value of building a network
The upcoming LGBTQ advocacy initiatives
Our Favorite Quotes:
“Any good leadership wants to get you where you want to go because they understand great talent.” - Sarah Kate Ellis
“Realistic goals and dreams - if you share those with other people, they will become invested in your journey.” - Sarah Kate Ellis
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