What does it mean to navigate a world and a job where hearing and communication are central to everything you do – and to not be able to do it well? Rachel Seidman discusses how she’s successfully navigated being a deaf sales leader. She champions the importance of tenacity and how we all can become better, more innovative leaders by embracing discomfort.

Hearing is Hard: Navigating as a deaf person in a hearing world is hard. Rachel has experienced the shame, loneliness, and self-acceptance that comes from trying to make her way in a world that doesn’t fit her needs. Rachel shares the impact of invisible disabilities and outlines ways for accessibility to become part of our everyday lives.

In this talk, Rachel focuses on the importance of incorporating DE&I into your organization’s culture in a way that's fully intersectional. Rachel is deaf, Latina, Jewish, and female. She shares how all of these identities impact her perspective of the world and why DE&I has such a powerful impact on business growth and innovation.