Jul 31, 2026 · 39 min · 10 segments
What happens when the career you worked so hard to build no longer has room for you to grow? In this episode of *Gritty is the New Pretty*, host Krystle Edwards sits down with Elaine McKnight…
Elaine McKnightGuest
Krystle EdwardsHost
One of the things that stands out to me is I just recorded my last, um, podcast with, um, Laura from La Jefa-
La Jefa Collective, and, um, we spoke about how a lot of Latina women are leaving the workforce for opportunities and because they are having that lack of mentorship and lack of developmental opportunities.
So I mean, when you're, when I hear the story of, "I'm not feeling like I can grow, and I'm not getting these opportunities," and they're just keeping you in a box.
... to develop your people to, to promote into the organization and to become long-term, um, contributing employees that know the business and move up, you have to start giving them opportunities to grow and to take on more responsibility and step into roles maybe a little bit higher up, but not fully.
You know? Like maybe they get some tasks and they engage, and you have to start training them to do that.
[lip smack] So I think it's really fitting, I guess, that you say that, and then now here you are in this new role, and that's happened to you twice.
And that is something, as a change manager, that we talk about quite a bit, which you don't really realize going through a change of your day-to-day, your job, and even a change on how you do your job.
One of the things that stands out to me is I just recorded my last, um, podcast with, um, Laura from La Jefa-
La Jefa Collective, and, um, we spoke about how a lot of Latina women are leaving the workforce for opportunities and because they are having that lack of mentorship and lack of developmental opportunities.
So I mean, when you're, when I hear the story of, "I'm not feeling like I can grow, and I'm not getting these opportunities," and they're just keeping you in a box.
... to develop your people to, to promote into the organization and to become long-term, um, contributing employees that know the business and move up, you have to start giving them opportunities to grow and to take on more responsibility and step into roles maybe a little bit higher up, but not fully.
You know? Like maybe they get some tasks and they engage, and you have to start training them to do that.
[lip smack] So I think it's really fitting, I guess, that you say that, and then now here you are in this new role, and that's happened to you twice.
And that is something, as a change manager, that we talk about quite a bit, which you don't really realize going through a change of your day-to-day, your job, and even a change on how you do your job.
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