Mar 18, 2022
This week, I'm really excited because I've got a good friend of mine, Anita Phagura with me today. We’re going to be talking about how to create cultures of belonging through inclusive leadership. Anita is a Misfit Inclusion Specialist, I absolutely love that title, and is an ICF Accredited Leadership & Career Coach and a Masters Qualified Project Manager with over a decade of experience in the male-dominated industry of railway construction.
Anita is now working for herself and she coaches those who have traditionally not felt like they fit in. She helps them to embrace their misfit, leading in their own style to achieve career success on their terms as well as working with leaders in organisations to be more inclusive and create cultures of belonging.
Here are the highlights:
- (06:43) Anita describes her management role in the railway
- (13:23) Anita discusses gender judgement
- (20:23) Tokenism
- (30:23) Diversity and inclusion
- (41:33) The effect the pandemic has had on women who work
- (46:04) Anita’s final message
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About Anita:
Anita Phagura is a Misfit Inclusion Specialist, ICF Accredited Leadership & Career Coach and Masters Qualified Project Manager with over a decade of experience in the male-dominated industry of railway construction.
She was used to being the only one in the room like her as an Indian woman leading in Railway and Construction…and that wasn’t a problem necessarily until she realised, as she became a manager, that she was being treated differently BECAUSE she was a woman leading. She became aware of the prejudices and discrimination that were now affecting her career path, she miss-fit and that eventually knocked her ambitions - until after becoming a mum in the workplace, and another series of knocks, she reclaimed her ambition for a career that works for her. Anita now coaches those who have traditionally not fit in to embrace their misfit, leading in their style to achieve career success on their terms - as well as working with leaders in organisations to be more inclusive and create cultures of belonging.
Contact Anita:
Website: https://fierceprojectmanagement.com/