677: How Leaders Can Better Support High-Achieving Women, with Sohee Jun

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Apr 22, 2024

Sohee Jun, a leadership coach for female executives and authors of 'The Aligned Mindset,' discusses the challenges that high-achieving women face in the workplace. She emphasizes the importance of providing context and support, particularly when navigating fears and building confidence. Sohee highlights the need for open discussions about financial literacy and salary transparency, advocating for a holistic approach to compensation. Additionally, she explores work-life balance, encouraging a flexible mindset to prioritize both career and personal commitments.

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Provide a "North Star"

Leaders should provide a clear "North Star" vision or focal point for their teams.
This anchors employees, especially in dynamic environments, and helps them align their work.

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Do It Afraid (With Support)

Encourage "doing it afraid" by discussing the value of facing fears and the support available.
Prepare team members in advance for challenging situations, rather than throwing them in unprepared.

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Co-create Solutions to Fear

Understand team members' fears by having open conversations about their developmental stage and needs.
Co-create solutions by asking "How can I support you?" and providing appropriate guardrails and encouragement.

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Sohee Jun: The Aligned Mindset

Sohee Jun is a leadership coach for female executives, leaders, founders, and entrepreneurs. She is also a TEDx speaker, Forbes Coaches Council member, keynote speaker, leadership development expert, and author. With over twenty years in the corporate world, she has worked with Fortune 500 companies, including those in the entertainment, production, and media sectors such as Netflix, Fox, and Disney.

In 2020, Sohee released her first book, Mommytracked: How to Take Authentic Risks and Find Success on Your Terms, with the goal of helping ambitious women tap into their inner core throughout the different phases of their lives. She’s now the author of a second book, The Aligned Mindset: Secrets of High-Achieving Women for Navigating Work and Life*.

In a world where still too few women are represented in senior leadership roles, many of us want to do whatever we can to support high-achieving women. In this conversation, Sohee and I explore what her research and experience indicates that leaders can do to better support women in their careers.

Key Points

Leaders can support both women and men by framing the larger “why” or North Star. Providing context helps a point of focus to emerge.
Do it afraid. Provide support to work through fearful situations with success.
When supporting women in building confidence, help them recognize what they’ve already achieved.
Normalize the discussion about financial literacy. Opening the door to dialogue around salary negotiation helps equalize the salary gap.
One question can set the tone for better work and life integration. Leaders can proactively ask about boundaries.

Resources Mentioned

The Aligned Mindset: Secrets of High-Achieving Women for Navigating Work and Life* by Sohee Jun

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