As the founder of leadership and DEI consulting firm, Manifest Yourself, Cummings supports corporate leaders and their organizations to hire, develop, and retain women and people of color, build leadership programs, and create diversity and inclusion strategies.
Cummings used that strategic approach to earn high-level roles in student career advising and to pivot into a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion position at a Fortune 500 company. DEI presented new challenges for Cummings. She quickly learned that interrupting the status quo meant that she was not always going to be liked. But she’s learned to use data to back up her advice and engage stakeholders to get their buy-in.
Becoming a DEI professional not only gave Cummings the chance to drive change for women and people of color in corporate but also helped her develop effective tools and strategies to support her career coaching clients.
“It’s important that you buckle down and master certain skills as you’re building your career. People who negotiate higher salaries and get promotions generally have mastered the topic, mastered the skill, mastered the role. That excellence is what helps drive the next move,” Cummings said. Part of mastering your position is learning to figure out where you need to improve.
Cummings suggested professionals ask themselves questions like: “What is your motive for getting more visibility? How is the visibility going to help you? Is it getting promoted in your current department, moving into a new department, getting seen by a leader to gain sponsorship? What is your motivation and how can you align it with your strengths?”“I believe everyone’s next move should really be their best move.
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