Octavia Goredema is an award-winning author, career coach and speaker.
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Octavia Goredema
Award-Winning Author & Career Coach
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Octavia Goredema is an award-winning author, career coach and speaker. Goredema is the author of “Prep, Push, Pivot: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women”, heralded as a book of the year by Cosmopolitan and Refinery29.
An acclaimed career expert, Goredema’s insights have been featured in Fast Company, CNBC, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Business Insider, and Los Angeles Times, among others. Goredema co-hosted and produced HBR Now, Harvard Business Review’s weekly live show about leadership.
Goredema is a sought-after speaker by leading corporations, institutions, and conferences including Google, Tinder, American Airlines, Kyndryl, Deutsch, Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit, LIGO Laboratory, University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, and the University of Oxford.
Originally from England, Goredema was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen in recognition of her work, one of the United Kingdom’s highest civic honors. Goredema is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, where she leads the Gender Equity network in the United States. Goredema is an Ambassador of the Pankhurst Centre, the iconic site of women’s activism, past and present.
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How Organizations Can Advance and Retain Underrepresented Professionals
Own Your Career and Overcome Obstacles
Achieving Your Career Goals as a Working Parent
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