BeCOME an Ally with Gavriella Schuster

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Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! This week's guest is Gavriella Schuster.

Gavriella had a 25-year career at Microsoft, where she advanced to the role of Corporate Vice President, before going her own way. At present, she is the CEO of Gavriella Schuster, LLC and serves on a number of boards. 

She's an expert in digital transformation and change leadership and is an advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. You may have even seen her TEDx talk on how to BeCOME an Ally.

Gavriella is based in Seattle, Washington. I hope you enjoy our conversation!

Discussion with Gavriella Schuster

In this episode, we talk about:

• The differences between diversity, equity, and inclusion
• How to promote and nurture inclusion
• How to be an ally at work with the ALLIES acronym
  • Advocacy
  • Listen
  • Lift up
  • Include
  • Elevate
  • Sponsor
• Being intentional with allyship
• The importance of asking questions and being a vulnerable leader

Featured on this episode:

• Gavriella Schuster on LinkedIn
• Elizabeth Frederick on LinkedIn
• Gavriella's Resource Recommendations:
  • • Gavriella's website
    • Gavriella's TEDx talk on allyship
    • The work of Brené Brown
• CFS Resource Recommendations:
  • Check out our eBook on Driving Innovation!
• Subscribe to our blog!
• Follow us on Twitter! @CFSPlayBook

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