When people bring their authentic selves to work, and many other areas of their lives, they can truly flourish. Speaking to Liana Slater of The Mindshare Podcast, Ripa Rashid breaks down what authenticity really means and how to bring it to your work to drive success, we dig deeper to touch on how allyship is a key driver to making this concept work. Our conversation provides a positive approach and real tools to create change for individuals, leaders, and companies to find opportunities in the workplace and in the system to help us be our authentic selves at work and to find our thrive. Ripa Rashid is a Managing Director and Head of Inclusion and Diversity (I&D) at Cowen. Ms. Rashid is an internationally recognized subject matter expert and practitioner in the space of workplace diversity and inclusion, with a focus on gender, race and global talent engagement and development strategies.  Prior to joining Cowen, Ms. Rashid was Managing Director at Culture@Work, Working Mother Media and Bonnier’s strategic advisory and custom research group. Previously, she was co-president at the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) in New York City, a premier think tank and content provider that studies global workplace inclusion and diversity. She has also served as a management consultant with Booz & Company, PwC, and Mitchell Madison Group, and has held senior diversity and inclusion positions at MetLife and Time Warner. Ms. Rashid holds an AB cum laude in astronomy and astrophysics from Harvard University, an MA in anthropology from New York University and an MBA from INSEAD. Monumental Me is democratizing personal & professional development, creating and curating content, research, and tools to make them accessible to all. The Mindshare Podcast is created for our listeners, and our programs are available through the Workshops & Challenge Tabs on Monumentalme.com. If you want a weekly boost of evidence-based tools to help you thrive, subscribe to our Thrive Letter at monumentalme.substack.com! In the IWiB Podcast we are collecting stories and having conversations with people to inspire, inform and connect women and men who want to thrive in life. With Chris Thorpe, Founder Brick Investment Partners, and Liana Slater Growth Executive & Co-Founder Momunmentalme.com, producer of The Mindshare Podcast, and Co-Founder INSEAD IWiB Global Club. Music by Patrick Prouty. For more inspiring discussions and real tools for success, check out Liana's professional development podcast The Mindshare Podcast available wherever you get your podcasts and at www.monumentalme.com/podcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app