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Lindsy Sallee grew up in a household that strongly believed quitting wasn’t an option. Her family had the belief,if you try something you have to stick to it for a year before you make any decisions. Little did Lindsy know, at the time,this would be her mantra throughout her entire career and life.  

Lindsy went to a non-traditional oil and gas school in St. Louis, Washington University. Wash U is a liberal arts focus school. Lindsy was on a political science path until her Junior year when she realized, Business School was more of a fit than the political scene. Interestingly enough, NOV was making a push for Western state schools at the time, due to familiarity with “smart kids” coming from these universities. With no idea about the oil and gas industry she fell in love with the personality of the NOV recruiters and their overall demeanor... “They seemed so cool”. She then decided this is the place she wanted to work after graduating.

Although Lindsy was set on working for NOV she received a rejection letter after her interview process. She was devastated. A few weeks later she received a call from NOV for a different position, an inside sales role. She jumped on the opportunity and her path at NOV started. 

With little technical knowledge, Lindsy had to overcome the fact that others around her knew more than she did. She didn't allow this to set her back, she took it upon herself to learn each role and make time to go to the field and understand the products she was selling.

Lindsy is a mom of two and gives advice on her perspective of work life balance. With her first kid, 7 years ago, she was concerned that having kids was going to set her back in her career. She had a mentor at the time that said, “ Just do it, everything will fall into place”. She described the anxiety she had telling her first boss about her pregnancy… needless to say his response was surprising.

Lindsy provides insight into the changes she has seen over the last 16 years with diversity and inclusion. She expresses the need to continue placing nontraditional people into roles that might not seem like a good fit, in return diversity in all aspects will grow. Having people succeed in roles that were perceived in the past to only have “ XYZ” traits begins to change people’s thoughts on who should fit that role. Lindsy describes the time they hired a History Major into a Commissioning role, at the time it didn't seem like the right fit, based on the perception of who would excel in that role. He ended up exceeding expectations, their thoughts on the former educational requirements were forever changed. 

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