The Cranky Middle Manager Show #103 Women in a Multicultural Workplace Deepika Bajaj
The Cranky Middle Manager Show #103 (MP3 13.4MB 29:27 Min)
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Welcome everyone. Yes, Karma is an interesting thing. A while back we had Rajesh Setty on the show (way back on Episode 44…check it out) and I’ve stayed in touch with him ever since. He is backing a new web venture called Invincibelle.com with our guest, Deepika Bajaj.
Being a WASP (well technically Celtic, but WCP doesn’t scan) and having women as my direct boss is nothing new for me, so maybe I”m not quite so sensitive to the multicultural challenges faced by women managers, particularly immigrants. I learned a lot today.
Show Notes
0:00 Welcome to the show. Today’s episode is dedicated to a woman who knew a bit about crossing international and cultural boundaries, although it’s to be hoped that if she’d had resources like Invincibelle she’d have handled it with a little more grace and a little less bloodshed. Eleanor of Acquitaine was quite the woman.
1:40 The quote of the week is from Michel de Montaigne (along with a shameless plug for my book, A Philistine’s Journal-an Average Guy Tackles the Classics. You can buy it from me if you have a paypal account, or at amazon.com.) Regardless of age or gender… is your mind spirited, aspiring and going beyond its strength?
2:46 Our guest is Deepika Bajaj, who runs the website www.invincibelle.com. It’s a multicultural world, and for women that poses some unique challenges. Why does the world need a site like this?
7:46 What are some of the unique changes that women face when moving from country to country or up the ladder? Integration, finding mentors and just being visible (ironic when so often you are part of a “visible minority”).
11:46 How much of that sense of isolation is self-imposed? What are the things people do to add layers of complexity to the workplace dynamic?
13:46 Deepika tells her own story of struggle and overcoming some pretty big hurdles by building networks.
22:45 What are the practical things managers can do to offer opportunities and distinguish the incompetent from the isolated?
24:58 Why is the listenership of this show overwhelmingly male? Is it something we’re doing here or do women utilize new media differently than men?
28:00 Deepika’s resources include:
Rajesh Setty’s “Life Beyond Code” blog
Our friend Lisa Haneberg at Managementcraft
and other friend of the show Liz Strauss at Successful-blog.com
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July 20th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Wayne:
I want to claim the prize - did you realize that at second 40 you demonstrated verbal dyslexia and said that your guest had a web site dedicated “for women in a cultimultural workplace”?
I had to listen several times and then figured out that you were probably testing to see if anyone was really listening.
Anyway - keep up the good work and keep those interesting guests coming (hint, hint).