Welcome to episode 28 of the Thriving Leaders Podcast, brought to you by Jasondyk.com.  Since the day we started this podcast I knew one day I would have my friend Karen Schulman-Dupuis on this show. So I’m excited that today we are talking with her!

Named one of BetaKit’s 40 Women in Canadian Tech Worth Following, Karen SD is routinely called a force of nature. She is a speaker, writer, designer, teacher, mentor, and a shift disturber. Karen is a passionate supporter of women in their leadership and career trajectories, a champion of diversity and inclusion as a growth strategy and a leadership competency, and of increasing the ration odiversity within technology companies and startups in Canada. Here’s a little of what we talked about:

* Balancing work and life * How women’s careers are being disrupted* The invisible population* Why this disruption is happening* Embracing FTS (F%&k That Shit) * Choosing not to bite your tongue* How we can start living in awareness* The danger and importance of using your voice * How men can be an ally for women* How do you use your power?

Here are some of the things mentioned in today’s episode:

* Karen SD’s website* Brene Brown’s book: Daring Greatly* HBR Article: Women score higher than men in most leadership studies* Karen’s Research: Women Disrupted* In the Greater Hamilton area? Take Karen’s survey!* Karen on Twitter* Karen’s writing on Medium* Karen on LinkedIn

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