The Visibility Mindset

Book description

Explore the challenges faced by Asian professionals and how to overcome them. 

“A must-read if you’re ready to unlock your full potential!” —Tiffany Pham, Founder and CEO, Mogul

Find your voice, own your story, and elevate your professional life. In The Visibility Mindset: How Asian American Leaders Create Opportunities and Push Past Barriers, Chao and Lam deliver an engaging and enlightening treatment of how Asian American professional leaders have powered through the obstacles in their way. Exploring a variety of myths, stereotypes, and problems faced by Asian American professionals, this book will empower you to overcome many of these issues.

The Visibility Mindset offers straightforward exercises and strategies, alongside many real-life leadership examples from various industries, to help you succeed as you move forward in your careers. The book explores how to work with others effectively and how to handle microaggressions, how to leverage the power of networking, and how to manage and mentor others while seeking out mentorship for yourself. An indispensable resource for Asian professionals, The Visibility Mindset also deserves a place in the hands of allies of Asian American professionals seeking a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by their friends and colleagues.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise for The Visibility Mindset
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Introduction
    1. Common Myths
    2. Creating Visibility
    3. Notes
  7. PART I: Improving Yourself
    1. 1 Finding Your Own Voice
      1. Learning the Rules of Communication
      2. Recognizing the Steps to Effective Communication
      3. Improving Your Voice by Practicing
      4. Creating Safe Spaces to Speak Up
      5. Interview with Scott Asai
      6. Key Takeaways
      7. Reflections
      8. Notes
    2. 2 Knowing Your Worth
      1. Understanding What Self‐Worth Is Not
      2. Knowing the Value You Bring to Work
      3. Negotiating Your Salary
      4. Knowing When to Leave
      5. Interview with Clara Luo
      6. Key Takeaways
      7. Reflections
      8. Notes
    3. 3 Building Your Personal Brand
      1. Defining Your Personal Brand
      2. Understanding What Makes You Unique
      3. Learning How to Build a Strategic Personal Brand
      4. Discovering Examples of Strong Personal Brands
      5. Interview with Kevin Yu
      6. Key Takeaways
      7. Reflections
      8. Notes
    4. 4 Creating Your Own Career Path
      1. Being a Trailblazer
      2. Considering Your Transferable Skills
      3. Navigating Career Pivots
      4. Reflecting on Your Career Path
      5. Creating Your Own Opportunities
      6. Interview with Ariba Jahan
      7. Key Takeaways
      8. Reflections
      9. Notes
    5. 5 Finding Your Optimal Work‐Life Balance
      1. Understanding the Negative Impact of Work‐Life Imbalance
      2. Prioritizing a Healthy Self‐Care Lifestyle
      3. Learning to Say No
      4. Taking Action on Your Work‐Life Balance
      5. Leading by Example
      6. Interview with Bonnie Wan
      7. Key Takeaways
      8. Reflections
      9. Notes
    6. 6 Prioritizing Your Mental Health
      1. Understanding the Reality of Mental Health for Asians
      2. Breaking the Stigma of Mental Health in the Workplace
      3. Interview with Cassandra Lam
      4. Key Takeaways
      5. Reflections
      6. Notes
  8. PART II: Working with Others
    1. 7 Addressing Microaggressions
      1. Defining Microaggression
      2. Understanding the Reality of Microaggressions
      3. Learning Ways to Address Microaggressions
      4. Interview with Jason Ve
      5. Key Takeaways
      6. Reflections
      7. Notes
    2. 8 Maximizing the Power of Networking
      1. Learning the Benefits of Networking
      2. Unlearning Asian Cultural Barriers to Networking
      3. Growing Your Network
      4. Creating Your Own Networking Toolkit
      5. Interview with Kenny Nguyen
      6. Key Takeaways
      7. Reflections
      8. Notes
    3. 9 Becoming an Effective Leader and Manager
      1. Defining Managers versus Leaders
      2. Understanding the Three Types of Leadership Styles
      3. Acknowledging Characteristics of a Great Leader
      4. Interview with Prashanthi Raman
      5. Key Takeaways
      6. Reflections
      7. Notes
    4. 10 Optimizing the Magic of Mentorship
      1. Making the Most of Being a Mentee
      2. Being an Effective Mentor
      3. Using Different Types of Mentors
      4. Interview with Jerry Won
      5. Key Takeaways
      6. Reflections
      7. Note
  9. PART III: Redefining the Future of the Workplace
    1. 11 Leveraging Allyship
      1. Understanding Misconceptions about Allyship
      2. Being an Effective Ally
      3. Considering Ways to Leverage Allyship
      4. Interview with George Sycip
      5. Key Takeaways
      6. Reflections
      7. Notes
    2. 12 Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into Learning and Development
      1. Defining Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
      2. Examining the Leadership Ceiling
      3. Combining Your DEI Efforts
      4. Interview with Sonali Goel
      5. Key Takeaways
      6. Reflections
      7. Notes
  10. Conclusion
    1. Creating a Visibility Mindset Plan
  11. Index
  12. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: The Visibility Mindset
  • Author(s): Bernice M. Chao, Jessalin Lam
  • Release date: November 2022
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781119890492