Better Allyship with Gavriella Schuster

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Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! For this week's episode, we bring back a friend of the show – 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.

This is Gavriella's second time on Let's Talk Sales. You can listen to her previous episode here! 

Gavriella is based in Seattle. We hope you enjoy our conversation!

Discussion with Gavriella Schuster

In this episode, we talk about:

• Proactive and intentional allyship, especially as a leader
• The right and wrong ways to shine a spotlight
• How to show up and support your coworkers and teammates
• Revisiting the ALLIES acronym:
  • Advocacy
  • Listen
  • Lift up
  • Include
  • Elevate
  • Sponsor
• The importance of active listening and being present

…And more!

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
    • Follow Gavriella on Twitter
    • Invisible Woman by Caroline Criao Perez
    • Good Guys by Brad Johnson and David Smith
• CFS Resource Recommendations:
  • Check out our eBook on Leadership for Organizational Growth!
• Subscribe to our blog!
• Follow us on Twitter! @CFSPlayBook

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