Self-Awareness, Self-Forgiveness & Achieving True Personal Growth with Rita Mitjans

Rita Mitjans is the President and Founder of Bizguru Consulting; a firm focused on accelerating performance through sustainable cultures and business practices. Rita is an award-winning certified executive coach and senior executive. In her previous role of Head of Diversity and Social Responsibility at ADP, she significantly increased the number of women and minorities in executive leadership. She has held leadership roles at ADP, Deutsche Bank, and Bankers Trust and serves on the World Trade Resource Advisory Board. Rita earned her MBA from Harvard University and her Bachelor’s degree from St. John's University. Rita joins me today to discuss how self-awareness is a crucial ingredient of learning to grow. She shares what she has learned throughout her career and highlights why it is essential to know when to ask for help and say no. She shares how perfection syndrome can affect women's careers and the struggle women endure with the work/life balance. We also discuss the importance of self-awareness, self-forgiveness, and the value of learning from our mistakes and weaknesses. “Without self-awareness, it is very difficult to achieve any level of true growth - because that’s where it starts.” - Rita Mitjans This week on The Unwritten Rules Podcast: How to embed inclusion and diversity in an organization The lessons Rita learned in her career including knowing when to ask for help How perfection syndrome can affect women in their careers Finding the work/life balance and job expectations of doing more with fewer resources Knowing that you can say no and make your opinion heard Why it is vital to recognize that you don’t need to be perfect Self-awareness and how true personal growth begins with turning our failures into opportunities to learn Our Favorite Quotes: “In order to embed the concept of diversity and inclusion in a company or organization, you need to understand the organization and what it’s like to be one of those leaders.” - Rita Mitjans “When you move into leadership you need to now be able to develop others to do what you are able to do well.” - Rita Mitjans “No one is perfect. No one has all the answers.” - Rita Mitjans Connect with Rita Mitjans: Bizguru Consulting [email protected] Rita Mitjans on LinkedIn Rita Mitjans on Instagram Rita Mitjans on Twitter  Writing the Rules of Women Leadership Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of The Unwritten Rules with your host, Helen Appleby. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave a rating and review. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn and share your favorite episodes across social media. And for even more great content, insight, and inspiration on women’s leadership, visit our website. While you’re there, be sure to grab your free gift - the first chapter of my latest book, The Unwritten Rules of Women’s Leadership, is available to hear for free on my website. Visit www.theunwrittenrules.com to listen today.