Octavia Goredema MBE is a career coach and the founder of Twenty Ten Agency. Her mission is to help underrepresented professionals advance their careers. 

Octavia is the author of PREP, PUSH, PIVOT: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women, published by Wiley.  She has coached leaders at renowned companies including Google, American Airlines, Tinder, General Motors, Nike and Dow Jones.

Originally from England, Octavia was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen in recognition of her work. Octavia is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, where she leads the Gender Equity network in the United States.

TOPICS

👥 The impact of coaching on career progression (lots of cheat codes in her book Prep, Push, Pivot)

💰The compounding impact of pay equity for women of different ethnicities and backgrounds 

🍫 What we can learn about curiosity, persistence, and not being afraid to ask for what you really want from our children

LINKS

Global Gender Gap Report 2022

Book: PREP, PUSH, PIVOT: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women

CONNECT WITH OCTAVIA

https://www.linkedin.com/in/octaviagoredema/

You can learn more about Octavia’s work at octaviagoredema.com.

CONNECT WITH THE BLACK SHERPA

LinkedIn: Nyambe Sumbwanyambe

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The truth about what it takes to get ahead in life and business is out there…. It just not evenly distributed… YET!

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