Ep 40 - Joy Chen, CEO at the Multicultural Leadership Institute: How "UAF" Can Increase Your Influence and Shatter Glass Ceilings

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.comSHOW NOTES:Asians are among the most educated group in US society, but become the “first hired and last promoted” when it comes to rising in corporate America. Joy Chen, CEO of the Multicultural Leadership Institute (MLI), shares her career ascent and perspectives, and how she puts that to work to service others through the MLI. We discuss growing up Chinese in America, the “unwritten rules” that operate at the top of US companies, and how she reached the top of three industries without ever sending a resume. She even reveals her secret sauce, “UAF,” which will make you re-think what unpaid work you take on to get ahead.What you can learn from Old Man SaiThe benefit and cost of fitting in: growing up “weird”, as a bananaHer early superpowerWhat’s different at the top of the corporate pyramidTwo columns of notes: What Joy looked for when she was a CEO headhunterThe one critical thing sought after, across ALL executive searchesThe unwritten rules (and skills needed) in corporate AmericaThe #1 career resource for Chinese abroad in the USA blog post on “Left over women” that goes viral and shifts her careerHow Joy illustrates the 5 drivers that research shows propels your career, revealed in Michael’s book “UAF”: Joy’s secret sauce to career growthHow she got to the top of 3 industries -- without ever applying for those jobsThe power of high-quality and freeAvoiding the trap of unpaid “housework”Which “intersections” you should be working atWays to grow as leaders before we are appointed as leaders
BIO AND LINKS:Joy Chen is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker and global leader. She is CEO of the Multicultural Leadership Institute (the MLI), which seeks to accelerate Asian Americans into leadership positions, and enable leadership for all. Joy has served as Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles; Principal at Heidrick & Struggles, where she placed CEOs in Fortune 500 companies; and has written two best-sellers, Do Not Marry Before Age 30《30岁前别结婚》and How to Get Lucky in Your Career《30 岁趁势而为 Suì chènshì ér wéi 》 that powered her Beijing-based global leadership training company. Joy has been profiled in major media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Economist and CNN. She holds a BA from Duke and an MBA and MA in Urban Planning from UCLA. She resides with her family in California. In the brutal, ongoing war that has savagely divided Americans, she learned pickleball to better understand both sides.Joy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joychen/The Multicultural Leadership Institute: https://www.themli.netWall Street Journal Feature on Joy: https://www.themli.net/wall-st....reet-journal-joy-che Asian American Leadership Accelerator: https://www.themli.net/asian-a....merican-leadership-a min FREE webinar on Speaking Up: https://www.themli.net/why-man....y-asians-dont-speak- Study: Asian Americans Least Likely Group in the U.S. to Be Promoted to Management: https://hbr.org/2018/05/asian-....americans-are-the-le deeper challenges for Asian American women advancing into senior ranks (McKinsey study): https://www.mckinsey.com/featu....red-insights/diversi of the “model minority”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....Model_minorityComple of being a “Banana”: https://asiasociety.org/blog/a....sia/how-banana-magaz concept of Covering: (Kenji Yoshino): https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/magazine/the-pressure-to-cover.htmlJoy’s LI newsletter, Operating Inclusion – Science