More Than A Paycheck

I'm guessing there are a few words you hate. Things like moist and ointment. Me too. Words are important. They can impact how we feel and have a big impact on people. Join us this week as we dive into why this is and how to pay more attention to the words you say to yourself. Listen and learn.    Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time...

Stories are so much more powerful than statistics. They connect us emotionally and bring to life the data behind them. Because stories create an emotional connection, we can gain a deeper understanding of other people's experiences. Have you ever thought about the stories you tell yourself about your life? The stories about your career and how far along it is. Or about your company or title or sal...

We all want to keep growing and progressing, but when do you know when to focus on changing and evolving and when to not? In this episode, we dive into the difference between growing and being grounded in liking who you are to better understand how. Listen and learn how.  Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://...

When someone does something that really makes us made, it can be hard to let it go. Things like being thrown under the bus in a meeting or you manager not backing you up. But when we feel stuck and continue to be angry, it only penalizes us and not them. Join us this week as we talk about how to let things go when it really was not fair.  Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number o...

Most of us struggel and feel uncomfortable as we transition between things. Small things like going from work to home feel uncomfortable and we can get a bit agitated at times. Big transitions like changing companies or re-orgs can have a same a bigger impact. Join us this week as we talk about what this is and how to get get through them without eating all your feelings. Listen and learn. 

Confidence is not something your born with. It's a skill you have to learn and practice. Self-doubt is an easy habit. Learning to be confident when you've never done something before is a skill no one has taught you until today. In through course, you will learn the three key elements of confidence, the difference in confidence versus self-confidence, and how to start having more of it today. List...

When we're not growing at work, we get bord and start looking for the next big thing. But constantly chasing growth can lead to burnout if you don't take a few breaks along the way. Listen in this week as we talk about what taking a career break really means and why not taking it is slowing you down. Listen and learn.   Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching cal...

When you're asked into introduce yourself, what do you say? How do you identify yourself? Most often we tell people about the role we play in life, our hobbies, and our interests. But when you base your identity mainly on things outside of you, when they change, we become a mess. Listen in this week as we talk about why we do this and how to create a self-identity that's more empowering through th...

Episode 100! Join us this week as we recap the main mental model of self coaching while hearing 100 of my go to thoughts. These are the quick and simple thoughts that keep me moving towards my goal. Practice thinking these thoughts and create your own go to list as well. Listen and learn.   Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my...

Human nature is to grow and increase. This means we're not comfortable doing less or taking things away. When things go wrong out work, our natural response is to increase steps to make sure it does not happen again. We tell ourselves we'll work smarter by delegating and automating, but when was the last time you just stop doing something. When you already work at full capacity, unless you stop do...

Join us this week as I answer some of the most frequently asked listener questions. Ranging from bad manger. To lacking motivation at work, these are things we've all struggled with at times. Listen and learn Submit your questions to lindsay@lindsaylymancoaching.com .   Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://li...

When you start a new job or walk into a meeting where you don't know the people, what do you do? Most of us observe things and follow along to the social norms of others. We match their energy. But when someone gets worked up and starts acting like a jerk, we tend to respond in the say way. Join us as we dive into why we as humans do this and how it can sometimes be helpful. You'll also learn what...

Two of the most common reasons people struggle at work is because of stress and overwhelm. We tend to use these words interchangeably, but they mean very different things. And understanding the difference is important to reduce them. Listen in this week as we dive into what is stress, why it leads to overwhelm and how to remedy them. Listen and learn how.   Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer...

Learning to take credit and feel proud of your work is surprisingly hard. Most of us are the first to take ownership and fault when things don't go as planned. But it's crazy that when things do go as planned, we struggle to take the credit. We think it's just luck or not really a big deal. Listen in this week and learn how to feel proud of the good work you're doing and why it's so important.  Li...

Sometimes when you have a really bad day, the most helpful thing is to find a good friend and complain for a bit. But what do you do when it's your employee? When they get to a point where they've lost hope and are struggling, your first instinct might be to list and try to help. But doing this makes it worse. This week we dive into how to actually help people when they get stuck and overwhelmed....

We've all had one if not many of them. Unfortunately there are a lot of bad managers out there. Join us this week and we dive into how to deal with a bad manager. There are 3 types of bad managers and in this episode, we dive into how to deal with the really bad ones. Listen and learn how to stop letting bad managers hold you back. Listen and learn.   Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a lim...

It's natural corporate progressions to move from an individual contributor (IC) to manager at some point in your career. But how do you know when that time is right?  There are A LOT of bad managers out there. Chances are you've had one. Don't be one! Listen in this week and learn how to know if you, or your team members, are ready to move from an IC to management position. Listen and learn.   Rea...

We're all humans, working with other humans, making it up as we go. This means there are going to be times when we're stuck and just don't agree on the path forward. This week we're diving into when to escalate and how to do it in a way that's effective and kind. Escalating something can quickly make people turn into jerks that have to be right, but when you follow the steps outlined in this week'...

Does the thought of working on stretch goals or BEHAG goals kill you motivation? Creating goals that are hard to reach can really burn you out if there's no wining along the way. Join us this week as we dive into creating unreasonable goals and why they work better than stretch goals. Listen and learn how.   Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week...

Your one-on-one meeting with your manager is a chance to focus on you and your career. It's your chance to learn, grow, and get the help needed to do so. This week we're talking about how to get more of what you need from your one on one. This is not your average "have an agenda, and ongoing meeting" advice. This is taking it a step further to understand the 6 different types of support we need fr...

Most of us wear busy las a self-deprecating badge. A common response to the question, how are you doing these days; good and so buys. We think if we're not busy that something has gone wrong. And if this is you, your brain is probably addicted to feeling busy. But the opposite of busy is not lazy. It's space, growth, and ideas. Listen in this week and learn how to get out of the busy cycle and wha...

Part of being a human means we have a core desire to continue to grow and learn. But knowing how to keep pushing yourself to the point where you're creating and leading the way can be challenging. In this episode we talk about the mental model for growth and how to be the one thinking of and making up new ideas. Listen and learn.   Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free...

Today was a really hard day. So hard in fact I had to log off of work early and let myself feel it all. Join me this week as I share what I do on hard days and why it's okay to not be okay. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more con...

Do you ever find yourself at work hesitant to speak up because you're worried about the impact? Do you easily go along with the group? Do you find that you just don't care? If so, these are signs that you might be struggling with psychological safety. Nichelle Johnson guests speaks about how to move out of anxiety and survival mode and into a space where you feel excited and inspired to learn and...

The more senior you get in your career, the more ambiguity there is to deal with. But it's overwhelming and stressful when we don't feel like we can really grasp where to even start or which direction to head. Listen in this week and we break things down into 4 easy steps to delivery on ambiguous asks at work.  List and learn.   Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coa...