87: Make Way for the Waymaker with Tara Jaye Frank

Tara Jaye Frank is an Equity Strategist who has advised and educated thousands of Fortune 500 executives across multiple industries on how to create an equitable workplace. Frank is the author of two books, including her newest book “The Waymakers: Clearing the Path to Workplace Equity with Competence and Confidence” which launches in May of 2022. Before founding her culture and leadership consultancy, Frank spent twenty-one years at Hallmark Cards, where she served in multiple roles, including Vice President of Multicultural Strategy and Corporate Culture Advisor to the President. Frank’s work, fueled by a deep belief in the creative power and potential of everyone, focused on equity and building bridges between people, ideas, and opportunity. About the Waymakers Beyond strategies and systems, what really drives workplace equity and inclusion? The truth is that all historically excluded professionals who have broken through to greater levels of belonging and achievement have succeeded not by systems change alone, but because influential leaders chose to remove barriers, open doors, and guide them toward their goals. The bottom line? Someone made a way for them. Using case studies, data, and evocative storytelling, Frank outlines how leaders with power and position can clear the path to workplace equity by: discovering where you are on your equity journey today. embracing the steps required to achieve true equity. understanding what your employees really want from you. developing a lens for the big barriers and intervention opportunities. connecting the dots between meeting talent needs and unlocking company value. recognizing when Waymaking matters most. showing up―every day―as a leader who makes a way.