Shelley Zalis, known as the “chief troublemaker,” is a pioneer for online research, movement leader, and champion of gender equality. She is an internationally renowned entrepreneur, speaker, mentor, mother, and founder and CEO of The Female Quotient. Zalis rewrites the rules and innovates solutions to impact real change.
ForbesWomen Weekly: This Female Founder’s AI Is Used By Billion Dollar Companies To Hire Top Talent. Plus: Why You Need A Career “Go-Bag”has become an international bestseller. Her message: stop hiding your disability, and instead be bold, be proud and approach those who don’t know how to approach you. Sometimes people don’t know what to say, what to ask, and there are awkward pauses or odd questions. It takes understanding on both sides to break long-standing stigmas surrounding disability.
Rathblott’s advice to this woman was to get ahead of it and speak to human resources about a resolution, sharing her story and how much she truly enjoyed her job. If it’s a smaller company she advised going straight to the owner and having that discussion. “Leaders need to take the first step by being vulnerable and sharing. When employees feel safe, these conversations happen more organically.”
“It’s been a taboo topic for a long time. How do we unsay it? How do we own the word disability?” asked Rathblott. “I often hear, ‘I don’t like the work disability because of the ‘dis.’ My response, ‘Do you like the word distinguished? You’re not looking to take ‘dis’ out of that.”
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