Exclusive Event: Leadership and Mentorship: Women Who Qlik Conversation with Sadie St Lawrence

[Sarah-Clark]

If you work in data, analytics or AI and have not heard of Sadie St Lawrence, now’s the time to meet one of the most influential voices in the field!

On March 26 get an exclusive behind‑the‑scenes look at this visionary innovator, founder of Women in Data and founder/CEO of the Human Machine Collaboration Institute. 

We sat down with Sadie to explore her career path, what drives her, and her perspective on leadership and mentorship. 

Check Out the Conversation Now! 

After we premiere the full conversation with Sadie, stay for an interactive discussion, on leadership and mentorship, taking place in the comments below. 

Please share, your thoughts on leadership and mentorship!  

I have a few thought provoking questions to get us started: 

• Share a risk you’re glad you took in life or in your career? 
• What skill made the biggest difference in helping you move up in your career? 

[StephanieR]

I think sometimes we get so caught up in the imposter syndrome we tend to become an imposter to ourselves rather than just be who we are. 

[Aklidas]

Could not have done it, with out the leaders, mentors that guided me at the governmental organization, at the Uni, in my life (RIP David Bolton). Without those I would not be able to be where I am today.

[StephanieR]

totally agree 

[Sarah-Clark]

@StephanieR I have been thinking a lot about imposter syndrome recently and the one thing that helps me be courageous is thinking about all the amazing women who are very successful and also have the same feeling.  It makes me realize if they can do it so can I!

[StephanieR]

Interesting I tend to have mentors find me. 

[GSTAMP]

One piece of advice that stayed with me didn’t come as advice at all. It came as belief and support in my potential.

Early in my journey, I didn’t fully understand how my experiences translated into professional roles. I had the skills, the work ethic, and the curiosity, but I had no clue on how that mapped out to professional roles and careers.

My blessing was that I had a mentee who could. She saw value in my experience before I could clearly articulate it myself. She consistently reminded me that I could do it. More importantly, she showed up in the ways that helped me start figuring out how.

That belief gave me:

the confidence to keep going
the courage to explore new directions
and the space to grow into roles I hadn’t yet imagined for myself

Looking back, it’s a reminder I carry forward now:

Sometimes the most impactful thing you can do for someone isn’t to teach them something new; it’s to help them see what’s already there.

[Sarah-Clark]

@LondaL interesting you bring this up.  I agree the mentor relationship doesn't always have to be formal.  Sometimes this does pop into my head as well.

[LondaL]

I’ve had people reach out to me for guidance, which is great. Maybe that’s why no one offers to mentor me—everyone thinks I’ve got it all figured out 😄

[StephanieR]

@Sarah-Clark totally agree 🙂  I tend to find one thing that I know about the subject or job and build on it so I can walk my self out of being the imposter.

[OLG]

I love that. I’ve started looking at it like a game too: low stakes, high learning. When you treat it as “let’s see what happens if I try” rather than “I must get this right”, it becomes easier to take risks, experiment, and say yes. That playful mindset creates courage 🙂