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876: Kristi Coulter: Living and Leaving Amazon and Corporate Sexism

876: Kristi Coulter: Living and Leaving Amazon and Corporate Sexism

FromThe Shameless Mom Academy: Motherhood, Motivation, and Mindset Tips for Busy Moms


876: Kristi Coulter: Living and Leaving Amazon and Corporate Sexism

FromThe Shameless Mom Academy: Motherhood, Motivation, and Mindset Tips for Busy Moms

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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
May 22, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Kristi Coulter is the author of the acclaimed memoirs Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career and Nothing Good Can Come From This, and a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. Her writing has appeared in The Paris Review, New York Magazine/The Cut, Elle, Glamour, DAME, Big Technology, and elsewhere. She has been a guest and commentator for media outlets ranging from Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway's Pivot podcast to the Evercore Investor Forum to NPR's Live Wire Radio. Coulter has taught creative writing at the University of Washington, University of Michigan, and Hugo House. She lives in Seattle and Los Angeles.
EXIT INTERVIEW tells the story of Kristi’s twelve-year career at Amazon, where she held numerous leadership roles in an obsessively driven, punishing work culture that was particularly unfriendly to women (though not exactly great for men, either!). Her experience included thrills and exhilarating achievements along with alcohol abuse, burnout, and disillusionment. Ultimately, Kristi recognized that for her ambition to live and thrive, she would need to leave the alpha-male rigidity of Big Tech. Her story is incredible. I could not put this book down!  

Listen in to hear Kristi share:

Her deeply thoughtful and personal story of professional endurance within the “alpha-male rigidity of Big Tech”

The significance of unconscious sexism in the workplace and the impact on men and women

Her nerves around the publication of the book and what her co-workers and fellow Amazonians might think

How her ambition didn’t die when she left Amazon, but it outgrew Amazon and corporate spaces

The messaging she received around success as a Gen Xer and how she sees this shifting for younger generations

How she had to overcome people pleasing to write honestly and ethically about other people who may feel called out when reading book

What burnout looked like and how easy it was to not see it or acknowledge it

How her gray area drinking impacted her career at Amazon


Links mentioned:

Connect with Kristi: www.kristicoulter.com


Book: Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career


Book: Nothing Good Can Come From This


Kristi on IG

Kristi on LinkedIn


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Released:
May 22, 2024
Format:
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