{"id":50325,"date":"2018-02-09T11:24:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T16:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=50325"},"modified":"2018-02-09T11:24:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T16:24:57","slug":"dbj-wright-state-alumna-dayton-printing-executive-talks-mentoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2018\/02\/09\/dbj-wright-state-alumna-dayton-printing-executive-talks-mentoring\/","title":{"rendered":"DBJ: Wright State alumna, Dayton printing executive talks mentoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_50328\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50328\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50328\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-09-at-11.23.19-AM-204x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-50328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kate McEwen<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Excerpt<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Wright State University 2003 alumna Kate McEwen is among the mentors at the DBJ\u2019s 2018 Bizwomen Mentoring Monday event on Feb. 12. McEwen is plant manager for Dayton-based the Lorenz Corp.<\/p>\n<p>The event brings women together in a casual, fast-paced coaching atmosphere, offering them the opportunity to be coached by some of the most influential women in the Dayton community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__segment combx\"><strong>What is the best advice you\u2019ve ever been given?<\/strong>\u00a0Don\u2019t let perfection be the enemy of good. If you wait until a situation is perfect before you act, you\u2019ve missed your chance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__segment combx\">\u00a0<strong>Did you have a mentor, and if so who was it and what did they teach you?<\/strong>Rather than looking to a single mentor, I draw strength from a network of friends and colleagues. I seek out people who motivate and encourage me \u2014 both personally and professionally\u2014and who will call me out when I\u2019m heading down a bad path. I have a habit of spreading myself too thin, and my network has rescued me many times. They have taught me to celebrate the wins and learn from the failures. They give me permission to be myself, imperfections and all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__segment combx\">\u00a0<strong>What advice do you give your mentee that could apply to other women in the workplace?<\/strong>\u00a0Build a support network. Be brave, make your presence known, and be the one to initiate a connection. If there\u2019s someone you want to know better, reach out and invite that person to lunch. There are plenty of people in the community who are working toward similar goals and dealing with similar challenges as you. If you wait for them to find you, though, you\u2019ll be waiting a long time. Give your network active and regular attention, and you\u2019ll have a reliable source of support when you need it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__segment combx\">View the original post at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/dayton\/news\/2018\/02\/09\/dayton-printing-executive-talks-mentoring.html\">bizjournals.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpt Wright State University 2003 alumna Kate McEwen is among the mentors at the DBJ\u2019s 2018 Bizwomen Mentoring Monday event on Feb. 12. McEwen is plant manager for Dayton-based the Lorenz Corp. The event brings women together in a casual, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2018\/02\/09\/dbj-wright-state-alumna-dayton-printing-executive-talks-mentoring\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":50328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wright-state-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50325"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50330,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50325\/revisions\/50330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}