Join Dr. Kimberly Jackson as she has a leadership chat with Meta Vice President of Leader Development, Kate Berardo, about purpose, flow, professionalism and credibility with Kate Berardo.

Listen in as Kate shares how creating her own path and building up her career lattice rather than climbing the ladder led to her current success. She also shares why you should quit "shoulding" on yourself in order to find purpose and flow. You don't want to miss her stories about why professionalism and credibility aren't really what you think they are. Kate will also leave you asking yourself, "Am I only considering options A and B when option C could be my defining moment?"

Guest Bio:

Kate Berardo is the VP of Leader Development at Facebook. Her core competencies include leadership development, team development, women's leadership, and global skill building. She is trained as a consultant, facilitator, and coach who helps organizations and individuals to be more effective at a global level.

Kate is a frequent presenter at international conferences on the dynamics of culture and leadership in organizations. Her best-known research has profiled the intercultural field and debunked the popular U-curve model of adjustment. She has co-authored two books, Building Cultural Competence: Innovative Frameworks & Activities and Putting Diversity to Work: How to Successfully Lead a Diverse Workforce. She is also an author of the Self-Discovery and Bridging Cultures series of the Cultural Detective® tools.

From 2003-2016, Kate founded and led Culturosity.com to build awareness of cultural differences. She was a partner with the Exetor Group from 2011-2016, leading executive development initiatives on the West Coast for the firm.

She holds a distinguished Masters in Intercultural Communication from the University of Bedfordshire, UK and is a summa cum laude graduate of Northwestern University in the US. She is certified in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, ArgonautOnline™, Hogan Inventories, the Tilt 360 and the International Profiler™ and is a member of the International Coaching Federation. Her work has been featured in media worldwide, including CNN's Business Traveler and the Dubai daily Gulf News.

Kate has lived in the US, Japan, France, England, Spain, and Denmark. She is currently based in California.

Subject Matter Expertise: • Leadership Development • Executive Coaching • Women's Leadership • Diversity and Inclusion • Team Development • Intercultural Communication • Group Facilitation

Kate is currently reading:

• Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
• Know My Name: A Memoir

Resources:

• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
• Building Cultural Competence: Innovative Activities and Models

If you would like to find out more about Kate, head over to LinkedIn.

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