What If You Became Friends with Your Competition?

Girlboss Radio

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.4 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In the lead up to International Women's Day and during Women's History Month, you'll probably hear a variation of the phrase 'women supporting women' over and over again. But this feel-good trope is more than just a generic cliché or convenient marketing buzz term. It's a real, tangible and invaluable way to thrive in your career. And our host, Avery Francis, is proof. On this episode of Girlboss Radio, Avery invites two of her close friends and confidants: Dr. Sarah Saska and Shavonne Hasfal-McIntosh. Dr. Sarah is a former academic who started her own DE&I consultancy firm called Feminuity. Shavonne the director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Wealthsimple. Given their jobs, Sarah and Shav *could* be in competition with Avery, who helms her own DE&I workplace consultancy. Instead, the three have chosen to be friends—the kind of friends who can share in the frustrations, struggles and sticky moments they face in their industry. This episode gets into Shav and Sarah's career journeys, their approach to job hopping and why the secret to a successful career comes down to finding your own magic sauce. Sign up for Girlboss Daily, our must-read morning newsletter, at girlboss.com/newsletter. You'll get A+ career advice, dream job postings, free coffee every Friday and a few emojis (because we’re fun like that), delivered right to your inbox. Looking for your next dream employee? Post your open role on our Girlboss Job Board at jobs.girlboss.com. Girlboss Goods, our women-owned and operated marketplace, makes it easier for you to vote with your dollar while also championing small businesses. Head to girlboss.com/goods. Happy shopping!

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0:00.0	Did you know the team at GirlBoss puts out a newsletter every single morning?
0:04.6	Hey, it's Victoria, GirlBoss is senior writer, and believe me when I tell you it's the
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0:12.2	Our content team brings you deep dives and hot takes on trending work topics like radical
0:16.8	pay transparency, job title inflation, and how no one can afford to have a midlife crisis
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0:25.4	Sign up by heading to girlboss.com slash newsletter that's girlboss.com slash newsletter.
0:39.5	And we are back.
0:40.8	This is season two of GirlBoss Radio and I'm your host Avery and the founder and CEO of
0:45.6	Bloom, a workplace design consultancy on a mission to build work that works for everyone.
0:50.5	After a successful first season and 350,000 downloads later, I am so excited to share more
0:55.4	conversations featuring some of the most impressive women with you.
0:59.1	Today, I'm joined by two good friends, Shav, Haswell McIntosh, and Dr. Sarah Sasca.
1:04.1	Shav is the director of diversity and inclusion at WellSimple, and Sarah is a former academic
1:09.3	who founded her own DEI consultancy called Femininity.
1:13.2	Both of these women work in the same industry as me, traditionally that would make us competitors.
1:17.2	But we've chosen a different way.
1:19.0	I lean on them for support and advice.
1:21.0	I call them late at night when I'm dealing with a work crisis.
1:23.9	I do not know what I would do without them.
1:25.9	Today, we talk about our childhood dream jobs, the case against job hopping, and finding
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