From Secretary to Nuclear Power Entrepreneur
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How did Diana move from being a secretary to working in nuclear power?
Had a gentleman tell me when I was a secretary, you look better in a skirt behind the desk. We're not going to allow you to go out into that nuclear power plant and put those jeans on and hard hat on because, you know, you look better in a dress. So it's all you do. You keep knocking on that door and you keep showing to them, you know, get the respect.
Diana Hamilton is an entrepreneur, industry educator, and the founder of NW Technical Training and National Metering and Technical Services. She helps utilities and technical professionals develop the skills, confidence, and leadership needed to succeed while empowering more women to thrive in the skilled trades. What would you say is like the value of mentorship?
If you can share your knowledge, the reward that you get inside and also outside by seeing what comes of that is just huge.
What would you say to the business owner out there who's like struggling to get to that next rung on the ladder?
It's okay to show a weakness. It's okay to say, I don't know this. I need help. Look around you because I'm a total believer that...
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welcome back everybody to the living your legacy podcast i'm your host for today jason hamilton and i'm joined by my cousin diana hamilton in the building diana welcome to the show thank you very much now we just found out that we shared the same last name i saw your name on the on the studio schedule and i was like hey
You didn't get my Christmas card last year?
I did not.
Oh, my goodness.
You know what? When we wrap up this podcast, I'm going to show you. I actually have a Christmas card, like, from the family that I'm going to show you.
Is it a photograph where you can tell?
I took it. It's a photograph of our family dog, which I love her to death. But, Diana, talk to me a little bit about, you know, you're about to go into recording your episode. First of all, how do you feel?
What moment opened the door for Diana to enter the nuclear industry?
Extremely nervous, extremely excited. Yeah, wonderful.
You're getting those pre-film jitters.
Got to do a little workout right there.
Drop the shoulders. We're going to do some box breathing. There we go. But, you know, as we go into filming your episode, I want to know what's like the number one thing you want people to be able to learn from your story?
Specifically, this is a woman in power session. So in this regard, women to know that they can be in power in a male-dominated field and that they can be successful, but not at the expense of themselves or the expense of the guy. So it's about not giving in to the pressures and to just keep moving forward and to be compassionate and to listen to others. And it's just a really huge thing about making decisions Making it in a world where it's a little bit tougher sometimes, but don't give up on yourself.
Big, big proponent of that.
What exactly does working in nuclear power and power generation involve?
Huge proponent of that. I want to talk a little bit about just kind of who is Diana? How do we get to the Diana that's sitting across from me today? Tell me a little bit of your story and how you ended up in the field that you're in now.
If we want to go way back, I'll make it very brief, is strict parents who had some really high morals, a Southern Baptist mother who was super kind and generous, and a father that was very adamant that it doesn't matter whether you're a male or a female. There's a job to be done. You better get it done. And so now getting into a world where I felt I needed to provide for me and my three children, it was a male-dominated world that made the money. And so I needed to care for them. So I knew I could do the job. So here we go.
And so like as you're this is a this is an experience that I talk about with a lot of our ladies from Women in Power. As you're kind of getting into the working world, there's kind of a there's always kind of this gap right between where you know your skill set is and where the people above you think your skill set is.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How did Diana move from being a secretary to working in nuclear power?
0:00–2:21
2
What moment opened the door for Diana to enter the nuclear industry?
2:21–3:17
3
What exactly does working in nuclear power and power generation involve?
3:17–5:15
4
Why did Diana choose the power industry and how did it change her life?
5:15–7:55
5
How do Diana’s apprenticeship and training programs impact families and careers?
7:55–16:11
6
What role has mentorship played in Diana’s leadership and teaching approach?
16:11–19:41