Believe it or not, how you show up impacts others. Someone who understands that wholeheartedly is Andrew McCaskill, Senior Director of Global Communications & Career Expert at LinkedIn.

On this stop of The Get My Life Tour, Andrew shares pivotal moments in his life, personally and professionally, where he positioned himself to lean into his support system, self-trust, and faith while journeying in life and to the top of the corporate ladder. In doing so, how he began to show up for others started to yield immeasurable results.

As a proud Black gay man, Andrew also talks about championing diversity and equity for underrepresented communities in the workplace through data at LinkedIn with host Lydia T. Blanco – and shares resources to help people build wealth using social media platforms.

Tune in to learn how you can leverage LinkedIn’s tools to land your next opportunity, advocate for yourself, and begin your full self to wherever you chose to take up space.

 

 

More About Andrew:

Andrew McCaskill is a culture analyst, inclusion champion, marketing executive, and LinkedIn Career Expert. Before joining LinkedIn as a communications leader and Career Expert, he most recently led diversity & inclusion strategy for the global sales, marketing & public affairs function at Facebook and U.S. consumer marketing and global communications at Nielsen. While at Nielsen, he led communications for Nielsen China, was named one of PR Week’s “Top 40 Under 40 PR Executives,” and co-authored the award-winning Diverse Intelligence Series on the economic and cultural impact of multicultural consumers. Called a diversity champion by Fortune magazine, he also served as the global executive sponsor for Nielsen’s LGBTQ employee business groups all over the world and was part of the team of professionals who worked with queer advocacy groups to bring LGBTQ audience measurement to fruition. Andrew has given consumer and cultural analysis in The New York Times, USA Today, Forbes, Fortune, and AdWeek.

The staunch consumer advocate also delivers African American-focused political, cultural, and economic commentary as an on-air contributor to SiriusXM’s 38 million subscribers and is an investor and culture consultant with two firms focused on representation and economic inclusion in tech and media. He’s a Mississippi native with degrees from Morehouse College and Goizueta Business School at Emory University.

 

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THE STATE OF LGBTQ+ WORKFORCE 2022

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