Navigating Ethical Tech & Career Integrity With Jeanne Sheahan, Ex-Meta Senior Director of Global Legal Privacy Compliance and Executive Career Coach (Ep. 177)

Are you wrestling with ethical dilemmas in your job? Feeling misaligned with your company's values? 

In this powerful episode, we speak with Jeanne Sheahan, the Founder of Jeanne Sheahan Executive Life Coaching and a former Senior Director of Global Legal Privacy Compliance at Meta. Jeanne shares her firsthand experience navigating complex ethical landscapes in big tech and provides actionable insights for making courageous career decisions rooted in your personal integrity.

As a former Meta executive who built and led a global privacy team, Jeanne understands the pressures and ethical challenges within the tech world. Now, she leverages her extensive experience coaching seasoned executives and rising stars at companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft to help you take control of your career and build a more fulfilling, values-driven professional life. Jeanne also shares her inspiring journey as a first-generation college student who rose to the highest levels of the tech industry, offering valuable lessons on navigating corporate culture and advocating for change.

In this episode, you'll learn how to:

• Identify your core ethical values and ensure they align with your workplace.

• Recognize red flags and navigate ethically challenging situations in tech.

• Understand how creating a fear based work environment leads to breakdown in trust and mental and physical health issues.

• Develop the courage to prioritize your integrity, even if it means making difficult career choices.

• Strategically plan your exit if your current role compromises your values.

• Build a career that truly reflects who you are and what you stand for.

• Overcome bias and imposter syndrome on your path to leadership.

• Advocate for more ethical and inclusive workplaces.

• Set healthy boundaries to protect your well-being and values.

• Find and cultivate supportive communities within the tech industry.

• Become a more authentic and impactful leader.

• The critical role of male allies in fostering inclusion and sharing power.

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• Connect with Jeanne Sheahan on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanne-sheahan-20b0523/ and website at https://www.jeannesheahan.com/. 

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