On this episode of Uncharted Territory, we interview Paula Stone Williams. As a transgender woman, Paula has lived both as a man and a woman and she's led companies both as a man and a woman. On this episode, she talks about the practical steps both men and women can take to advance gender equity in the workplace, the challenges and nuances of patriarchal workplace dynamics, and how men and women can be allies and champions for each other.

You can watch Paula's numerous speeches and Ted talks below:

• I've lived as a man & a woman - Here's what I learned
• What I learned about men - After I transitioned genders
• The story of a parent's transition and a son's redemption

The Reverend Dr. Paula Stone Williams knows the truth will set you free, but only after it upends your carefully constructed narrative. Her devotion to authenticity caused her to leave her comfort zone as a nationally known religious leader and follow her heart to transition from Paul to Paula. She lost all of her jobs and most of her friends. Williams also discovered the massive differences between life as a male and as a female in America.

Williams is the pastor of preaching and worship at Left Hand Church in Longmont, Colorado, a pastoral counselor with RLT Pathways and a sought-after speaker to corporations, government agencies, universities and religious institutions on issues of gender equity and LGBTQ advocacy. She has been featured in the New York Times, the Denver Post, New Scientist, Radio New Zealand, Colorado Public Radio and The Huffington Post. Her TEDxMileHigh talk on gender equity has had more than one million views.