Tamara McMillen is a sales leader with successful operational and private equity experience. Gifted at both, Tamara helps you glimpse past the emotional fog that the topics of diversity, equity and inclusion evoke. We seek to explain why diversity of thought is critical in a healthy, and sustainably profitable organisation, and the impact investors, leaders, managers and down to the individual choices that salespeople and managers might have on customers, on employees and the areas to pay attention to as signs that a course correction might be needed.
Tamara is a strident advocate for her people, for giving them permission to fail, to dissent, to think for themselves. Her style of leadership develops leaders not followers and swallowers of dogma. This creates a very different type of salesperson and sales experience for buyers.
You'll like Tamara because she brooks no bullshit and calls me out a couple of times (as she always does and why I value and trust her counsel even when we disagree). And that brings me to our key point. You learn by rubbing against people and opinions you disagree with. Great diversity creates intersectional moments where people with different histories, perspectives, competencies, relevant or opposed views all come together to understand a problem and solve it. That is tapping into Humanity's 5 superpowers - cooperation - communication - codevelop understanding & solutions - choreograph who does what, when and to what level, standard or force - co-elevate everyone involved by finding what we share in common. Working towards a unifying, common purpose means we will be OK waiting to get our needs met in pursuit of the higher purpose.
Tamara discusses how you build, empower, equip and lead a truly diverse team. It's not easy but the rewards are massive and leaders require the humility to be vulnerable, to encourage dissent, and leave their egos behind.
Contact Tamara via linkedin.com/in/tamaramcmillen
Twitter: Tamara_McMillen
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If you want to talk to me about coaching you grab a time https://calendly.com/marcuscauchi/. You can get 15 minutes with me for free, or book a paid for 45 minute initial coaching call to help you develop a personalised plan for your career in sales to give you everything you want in life. Now doesn't that feel like a light at the end of the tunnel?
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