How to Earn Respect as a Minority Leader (With Ana Marie Sacro)

As a minority leader, it can be difficult to earn the respect from a non-minority team. However, with right positioning, mindset, and attitude, it is possible to be seen as a respected leader even when others are initially skeptical of your competency and reluctant to follow your lead. Ana Marie Sacro, a Female Asian Associate Director of Engineering at Repligen Corporation, is an example. She successfully overcame credibility perception challenges. In this episode, Ana Marie shares: ✔️How she went from not being taken seriously by her team to being respected through senior endorsement, building relationships, and embracing her leadership role. ✔️How to effectively respond to passionate verbal attacks in a calm centered way. ✔️How to help less experienced professionals productively start to express their thoughts.   Other Episodes You'll Like: How To Get Noticed At Work If You Are A Minority, Underrepresented, or Underprivileged (with Samuel Santos): https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/how-to-get-noticed-at-work-if-you-are-a-minority-underrepresented-or-underprivileged Discover How To Make People Listen To You When They Try To Ignore You (With Vishwaa Vaidya): https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/discover-how-to-make-people-listen-to-you-when-they-try-to-ignore-you-with-guest-vishwaa-vaidya 8 Real Life Examples On How To Deal With Difficult Coworkers (Compilation): https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/8-examples-on-how-to-deal-with-difficult-coworkers How To Find Courage To Speak Up (Compilation): https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/how-to-find-courage-to-speak-up-4-examples   Free Resources: Ask me your question for the next episode here: https://www.speakpipe.com/speakyourmindquestion Sign up for 10 Day free Assertive And Liked Challenge: https://assertiveway.aweb.page/beassertiveandliked Free resources: https://assertiveway.com/free/ Assertiveness free training: https://assertiveway.aweb.page/getahead Assertive Communication Newsletter: https://assertiveway.com/newsletter   Talk or Workshop on Speaking Up With Assertive Communication Podcast page: https://assertiveway.com/podcast-speak-your-mind-unapologetically/  Contact me [email protected] Or via Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivna-curi-mba-67083b2/   About Assertive Way: Website: https://assertiveway.com Rate the podcast on apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speak-your-mind-unapologetically-podcast/id1623647915