E94: What’s Taking So Long? Jennifer Justice Advocates for Women in the Workforce

THE POWER OF REINVENTION with Kathi Sharpe-Ross

Although Jennifer Justice was surrounded by women who chose a different life path, Jennifer always knew from a young age that she wanted to be a businesswoman. From being a first generation college student, to an Entrepreneur and former entertainment executive at Roc Nation, as well as being named to Billboard Women in Power list three times, she has truly embodied what it is to be a ‘lady boss.’ Jennifer is known for her expertise in building artists’ careers and business portfolios by marrying art and commerce as well as championing gender equality and diversity in the workplace and beyond.

Jennifer is passionate about advocating for women in the workplace and serves on several boards including Chair of the WIE Network Advisory Board and is a founding advisory board member of USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative. Jennifer discusses how she wanted to create a platform for businesswomen to connect with one another and get valuable advice from someone who shares their experiences. She emphasizes that experiences in the workplace are vastly different when it comes to gender. Jennifer created her podcast “Lady Business” as a way to inspire other women to step into their careers as well as stand up for themselves in an industry that is male dominated. She also created “The Justice Dept,” a female focused advisory, consulting and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs and brands. Jennifer reminds us that with perseverance and community, we can make a difference for women in the workplace as well as in our own careers. Jennifer poses the question: what's taking so long?

Some powerful takeaways from today’s episode:

• Although Jennifer was surrounded by women who chose to stay home and care for their families, she knew she wanted to be in the workforce from a young age
• The greatest lessons learned come from failing
• The industry continues to pay women less than men and at the current rate it will take 200 years for women and men to be paid equally
• People often get trapped when focusing on the benefits of working for a large company when making the leap to become their own boss
• What’s worse, regret? Or failing and learning from it?
• Men and women do not have the same experiences which is why Jennifer wanted to create a platform for women to get insight from other successful women in the workforce
• “You will fail, I fail every day”

Links:

Jennifer Justice’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99/

Jennifer Justice’s Website: https://www.thejusticedept.com/jennifer-justice

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