A Mixed Executive Perspective

In this episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , Grace Fooden Correy reflects on the pressure many people feel when they need to change direction in life. Through a powerful mentoring story, Grace explores family expectations, cultural identity, shame, and the courage it takes to admit that the path you are on may no longer be the right one. This conversation reminds listeners that changing scho...

Who taught us what it means to fit in? In this episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , Grace Fooden Correy examines how collective expectations can shape identity, success, and belonging. Drawing on ideas from Dr. Todd Rose’s Collective Illusions and her own career in fashion, Grace explores how style, status, and professional image can become tools for navigating corporate culture, especially...

In this episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , Grace Fooden Correy examines what it feels like when people begin to see identity before they see your career, experience, and body of work. Grace shares a candid reflection on mixed identity, workplace perception, hair, fashion, authenticity, and the pressure professionals can face when moving between different cultural and professional spaces. T...

In this episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , Grace Fooden-Correy examines how AI can help leaders communicate with clarity without surrendering their voice, identity, or lived experience. Through the lens of mixed identity, corporate culture, and belonging, Grace reflects on the pressure to translate yourself in professional spaces and how technology can support communication when used with...

In this episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , Grace Fooden-Correy explores why mixed-race celebrities, athletes, and politicians are often publicly recognized, while mixed-race executives and business professionals remain far less visible. Grace reflects on corporate assimilation, workplace safety, leadership, belonging, and the pressure mixed professionals can feel hiding parts of their iden...

Grace Fooden-Correy shares a personal reflection on mixed identity, travel, visibility, hair, race, and belonging. What begins as a family trip becomes a powerful look at the emotional calculations mixed-race people often make when entering unfamiliar or predominantly white spaces. This episode explores how leaving a familiar bubble can reshape how safe you feel, how visible you become, and how de...

Grace Fooden Correy reflects on mixed identity, Black womanhood, corporate culture, and the emotional cost of performing until it becomes automatic. After a high-pressure trade show in New York, Grace realizes the performance she uses to navigate white corporate spaces has followed her home. Through a moment of shared recognition with another Black woman, and a quiet morning filled with music and...

In this audio episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , Grace Fooden-Corry examines identity, belonging, and workplace equity through the story of a Black woman raised in white culture who now works in a predominantly white male profession. Grace explores what happens when someone is seen one way, shaped another way, and forced to navigate corporate culture without easy answers. This is a convers...

On this audio episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , Grace Fooden Correy shares a personal reflection on mixed identity, emotional regulation, corporate culture, and the hidden emotional labor many professionals carry in racialized spaces. From workplace politics to client conversations to a powerful moment inside a racially charged exhibit, Grace explores what happens when you realize you hav...

In this audio episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , Grace Fooden Correy reflects on identity, assimilation, safe spaces, and the first time she truly felt seen in corporate culture. Grace shares what it was like to work as the only Black executive in a Southern office, where fitting in often meant hiding parts of herself. She explains how a daily fifteen-minute conversation with another woman...

Today, Grace Fooden Correy reflects on a powerful realization about mixed identity, childhood belonging, workplace bias, and the stories we carry into adulthood. Grace shares how, as a child, she interpreted being different as being “bad.” Years later, she sees that feeling differently. It was not a personal flaw. It was a cultural experience without language, support, or space. This episode exami...

Today, Grace Fooden Correy, host of A Mixed Executive Perspective , explores mixed identity, interracial marriage, cultural belonging, and the future of raising mixed children in a world still shaped by bias. In this episode, Grace shares the story of a mixed-race couple whose relationship brings together Black identity, immigrant identity, Jewish tradition, Christian faith, and a thoughtful visio...

In this episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , Grace Fooden Correy reflects on a brief parking lot confrontation that revealed a deeper truth about race, mixed identity, self-editing, and belonging. What looked like an ordinary moment became a powerful lens into how people manage discomfort, code-switch emotionally, and decide which parts of the truth feel safe to say out loud. Grace explores...

Today, Grace Fooden Correy, host of A Mixed Executive Perspective , explores a real-life moment that exposes how mixed-race identity is still misunderstood in today’s society. When a school administrator questioned whether two children could be siblings based on appearance alone, it revealed a deeper issue around bias, identity, and how we define family. This episode breaks down how assumptions ro...

Today, Grace Fooden Correy, executive and host of A Mixed Executive Perspective, breaks down a powerful truth about identity, belonging, and corporate culture. In this episode, Grace shares her personal journey of navigating corporate environments as a mixed-race professional, where success often required adaptation, silence, and self-editing. From being “the only one in the room” to confronting t...

Today, Grace Fooden Correy, host of A Mixed Executive Perspective , takes on a powerful and often-avoided conversation: colorism and its impact on identity, belonging, and lived experience. In this episode, Grace unpacks how skin tone, hair texture, and proximity to whiteness quietly shape how people are perceived, where they feel accepted, and how they learn to navigate the world. Through persona...

In this episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , host Grace Fooden-Correy explores a powerful question shaping modern identity and leadership conversations: Are some Americans living in a “post-racial” bubble while others experience a very different reality? As the United States becomes increasingly multiracial, many communities believe the country is moving toward a more inclusive future. But o...

In this episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , host Grace Fooden Correy shares a powerful personal reflection on identity, belonging, and how mixed-race identity is often interpreted in American culture. After discovering that her parents were likely featured in the book Love, Race and the Mixed Marriage Project , Grace uncovers new details about their interracial relationship and the cultural...

In this episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective (Audio) , Grace Fooden Correy explores what it means to navigate corporate culture as a mixed professional. Long before intention is expressed, perception is formed. Grace reflects on growing up in a mixed family in Chicago and how those early lessons shaped her executive presence, negotiation style, and ability to read the room in professional envi...

In this episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , Grace Fooden Correy examines what happens when racial prejudice fractures a family system and reshapes identity across generations. Disowned for marrying outside his race and faith, Grace’s father severed ties with his Jewish family. The silence that followed created a blank space in her lineage. No rituals. No stories. No cultural grounding. What...

Today, Grace Fooden Correy, Host of A Mixed Executive Perspective , breaks down the hidden cost of being “palatable” in corporate America and how mixed identity is interpreted in leadership spaces. In this audio episode, Grace explores executive presence, corporate culture, identity navigation, and perceptions of leadership. She shares personal experiences navigating perfectionism, bias, and being...

In this episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , host Grace Fooden Correy explores how mixed identity is read, interpreted, and often misread within corporate culture and broader society. Through cultural analysis, storytelling, and lived experience, Grace examines how mixed women have historically been portrayed in film and television, and what those portrayals reveal about belonging, visibilit...

In this episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , Grace Fooden Correy explores the hidden cost of editing yourself at work and what mixed identity reveals about leadership, belonging, and authenticity in corporate culture. Through personal storytelling and lived leadership experience, Grace examines how identity is often misread in professional environments, how code-switching becomes a survival...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://ablackexec.com Episode Video Link: Before you speak, before you perform, before your résumé even matters, your hair can be interpreted as a signal of credibility, professionalism, and belonging. In this episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , Grace Fooden Correy unpacks how hair and appearance function as workplace power, not personal preference. She b...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://ablackexec.com Episode Video Link: Leave a review and tell us this: where have you seen “acceptable difference” show up at work, the version of diversity that is allowed to be visible, but not allowed to lead? In this episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , Grace Fooden Correy examines how mixed identity is read, interpreted, and often misunderstood in...