Alana Karen shares her success secrets to help women in technology from her robust career at Google and leadership experience. Learn how you can own your awesome with some of her success secrets from her journey in technology and from her recent interview research for her book Adventures of Women in Tech: How We Got Here and Why We Stay. You will leave reflecting on how to strengthen your resilience muscle, the importance of marketing yourself for the amazing success you have already had, and how to find support in difficult moments so you stay in tech. The best part is Alana sharing how to own your awesome! Listen to this episode for a great sample of questions you can ask yourself to know when and what you might want to change in your career plan.

"Do I like what I am doing? Am I learning from it? Do I like who I work with? Am I having fun? -Alana Karen

Alana Karen is an award-winning tech leader, author, and speaker whose work impacts many of our everyday lives. From Google Search to Ads, Fiber to Google Grants and beyond, Alana has been leading the charge to develop, scale, build and drive team and product development that has seen a rippling industry impact. Alana loves discussing technology, leadership, DEI, talent and innovation. On this podcast, she shares wisdom from hours of interviews from her new book, Adventures of Women in Tech: How We Got Here and Why We Stay.

We start the conversation around building your body of work. In a digital age where instagram brings out the best in people, our society gets used to seeing all the perfectly framed wins. That is the same for a LinkedIn profile. You see all the progression, but in reality nothing happens overnight. For every successful woman in technology, there was a failure or a rejection to go with it in her way to get there. The real success is the ACTION women take to try and put yourself out there. You can learn so much just outside that comfort zone and moving forward.

Once you take a change and start to build that body of work, it is important to figure out how to market yourself. Whether you want to make sure your boss knows all you are doing for a project or you are looking for that next major role in your career, people need to understand your strengths. In the job world today, we are seeing more questions on how you contribute to culture which is a huge way to bring your community leadership and passions into the fold. Knowing your brand and how you have worked to support it is key.

Alana does such a great job inspiring us all to OWN OUR AWESOME! Whatever that is. You are worth it! This is the next step of taking that brand you made and owning it. Stepping into your power. Don’t settle when you reflect on your current situation and give something back to others. It is the support system of women in technology and allies that help us through challenging situations. Don’t miss her final success tip featured at the end of the show to see how to REALLY own you awesome. It’s a tip we can all use to be more successful in our careers.

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