A personal story of learning to speak up, delegate, and lead without losing my cultural values. Entering Corporate America as someone raised with Chinese/Eastern cultural values brought a tension I didn’t have language for at the time. I knew how to work hard. I knew how to be reliable. I knew how to read the room and respect authority. What I didn’t know was how to speak up. In my first job, my dad literally told me not to “rock the boat.” Keep your head down. Work hard. You