Risky Conversations with Jamie Lee

As the year comes to a close, many of us find ourselves being unusually hard on ourselves. The “itty-bitty-shitty committee” in our minds grows louder, fueled by the pressure of the year-end. We take stock of the past twelve months and too often hold them against ourselves like a harsh jury. For some, the holidays — the Christmas season — can feel particularly challenging, especially if the memori...

I'm joined by Joyce Kao and Heidi Seibold, the co-founders of the Digital Research Academy. Joyce and Heidi have an inspiring entrepreneurial journey.  As former researchers, they decided to take the leap and co-found the Digital Research Academy, a training network focused on open science and research best practices.  In our conversation, they share the challenges they faced in making the de...

This is a replay of a recent online workshop I delivered called "How to Tap into Brain Magic When the World Feels like a Dumpster Fire."  Here's what you'll learn:  Why accessing the unconscious matters when you want to take new action and advocate for yourself, especially when you're a woman, a person of color, or of any other marginalized identity  How to overcome self-a...

In this episode of Risky Conversations, we talk about betting on and investing in women leaders.  I'm joined by Patricia Lizarraga, CEO and portfolio manager of the W CEO ETF, who discusses her journey from growing up in a military dictatorship in Lima, Peru, to her career in finance.  She highlights the challenges and opportunities she faced, including starting a sorority at Yale and bringin...

If you've ever doubted yourself, felt out of place, or struggled with imposter syndrome as a woman or person of marginalized identity, remember this: There’s nothing wrong with you. The corporate ladders are broken. Leadership pipelines are broken. It’s not your fault that society conditions women and marginalized people to question their worth. We’re all put into “trances”—altered states of...

Today's episode is recorded on November 7th, 2024 — just days after the U.S. election.  Like many of you, I’ve been navigating big, complex emotions: grief, disappointment, and a familiar feeling of heartbreak.  Today, I’ll share a personal reflection on what this election meant to me as an immigrant, a woman of color, and a coach who serves women striving for leadership in a flawed system. ...

I’m Jamie Lee, an executive coach for ambitious overthinkers who want to stop holding themselves back and start advocating confidently to advance their careers. If you’re curious about how to make that happen for yourself, visit jamieleecoach.com , where you can take a quick leadership archetype quiz or dive into over 100 blog posts packed with actionable tips on self-advocacy. One of the biggest...

When you're a smart, capable woman who leads, you're most likely going to be one of the few or the only in the leadership suite -- especially so if you're a woman of color, an immigrant, on the LGBTQ spectrum or neurodivergent.  This inevitably means you often have to FIGHT to keep your seat at the table.  When should you put up a fight?  Why should you risk fighting?  What life ski...

When my coaching clients—accomplished professionals who are minorities at work—tell me how they spin out in anxious rumination or freeze up without speaking in large meetings, I know it’s not because they haven’t prepared or tried hard enough. It’s because a part of their brain tells them that speaking up is too big a risk. They're pushing too hard against a belief that cuts right into their...

Imagine a world where more women and women of color are in check-writing and decision-making roles at every level of entrepreneurship and investing. That's the future I explored as an intern at Golden Seeds (back in 2010), an angel fund dedicated to women-owned and led startups. I relished sitting in on investor pitches and learning about innovative solutions in areas as varied as reproductiv...

What should you do when a colleague (or a manager) takes credit for your ideas at work?  According to Harvard Business Review, it's a matter of when, not if.  You’ll speak up in a meeting with managers and offer a strategic solution to a business problem only to be unacknowledged, ignored, or worse yet, shushed.  Then a colleague — almost always a man — will paraphrase your idea and get prais...

In this episode, I'm joined by Anne Devereux-Mills, former CEO of ad agencies and founder of Parlay House, to discuss the bold and boundary-pushing choices Anne made in her career and beyond.  Anne shares how she navigated the male-dominated executive suite as CEO of ad agencies, taking risks to draw lines between her work and family life, even when it went against the norms.  She opens up ab...

If you've ever struggled with severe PMS, painful periods, or the visceral challenges of having a female body in a male-dominated workplace, this episode is a must-listen.  This is an important conversation for me personally.  As a menstruating woman in her forties, I've had days where I'd been doubled over in premenstrual pain (both physical and mental) so bad the overly dramatic p...

In today's podcast, we're going to talk about negotiating a pay raise after coming back from maternity leave. We're going to address  why this can feel risky what you can do to de-risk your request for the salary increase and the steps you can take to ensure that the risk you take in asking for a raise is most likely to be rewarded I'm sharing a simple, easy-to-follow framework...

It's with great pleasure and joy that I am announcing the rebrand of my podcast. Two years ago, I bootstrapped an ambitious podcast series for women called Negotiate Your Career Growth.  After 1000s and 1000s of downloads, 68 episodes, 20 incredible interviews with thought leaders, award winning journalists, experts and authors...  We're going to keep going just under a new name and a re...

Mid-year reviews. Some companies have them as soon as Q2 wraps up, like clockwork, and some companies treat them informally.  Whatever the case may be for you, you want to show up to them feeling confident, prepared, and ready to advocate for career growth that would make you actually want to get up on Monday morning. In this episode, I'm sharing a simple yet powerful five-step framework that...

This is a replay of a webinar that's intended to help you gain confidence and skill in collaborative, interest-based negotiation so you can grow your influence, impact, and income. You can immediately apply the skills and strategies from this webinar to improve your outcomes in everyday workplace negotiations and salary negotiations. You'll also: • Explore frameworks for leading problem-...

This is a recording of a live webinar I hosted on Friday 6/21/2024. Watch the video replay here: https://youtu.be/noBDqmL5t8g?si=ED0E-TFcFKUvofZT In this webinar, we talked about:  Perimenopause and confidence  Gender socialization and confidence  Self-directed neuroplasticity tools  How to politely and firmly say no to a wrongly-timed invitation  Demo of bilateral stimulation, which promotes bloo...

As a woman, I've encountered contradicting feedback that my voice is both "too loud" and "too soft." I've felt the pressure to change, minimize, and silence my natural speaking voice because unconscious gender bias leads to more criticism, rather than amplification of women's voices.  In this episode, my two guests -- Julie Fogh and Casey Erin Clark of Vital Voic...

Selena Rezvani, author of the WSJ-bestselling book "Quick Confidence" returned to the podcast to share with us these pearls of wisdom:  How Selena and Jamie's experiences of negotiating as college students informed how we later became our own advocates as a minority in the workplace  How taking action and presenting solutions, even while feeling desperate, can lead to courageous out...

When you want to motivate people to take certain actions but not others (i.e. get the deal on time, but not settle), what do you say?  Here's what most people do: Start with the incentive and end with the thing to avoid.  "We want to work with you, but these terms don't work for us." "I know we can get the project done on time and on budget, but no last-minute changes this...

I've come across a book that makes the perplexing and painful things from my childhood AND professional life make sense within the broader context of the history of humanity. And I'd like to shout about it from the mountaintops.  This book is The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule , by Angela Saini, a science journalist and author who teaches at MIT.  Now, don't get this wrong. The bo...

If you're listening -- and not just a bot scanning text online -- you know what a monumental challenge it is to contend every day with leading your human self and other human beings.  But what exactly does it take to lead other humans well? What does genuine human leadership look like?  Joining us today to unpack these questions is Dr. Jennifer Nash, an executive advisor, leadership developme...

Let's get you equipped with the skill and confidence to ask for a raise, negotiate a job offer, or make requests for resources you need to thrive in your career and life.  You'll learn:  What the overachiever's dilemma is and what you can do about it  How to think about negotiation in a way that makes it immediately accessible, no matter where you are in the process  The ONE thing y...

My dear listeners, you are cordially invited to my upcoming webinar The Art of Negotiating Salary, Resources, and More on Friday, April 19th. Register right over here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_igVx-tx0RzOR7RMtpMB7Pg If you’re listening to this AFTER Friday, April 19, 2024, fear not. You can subscribe to my email newsletter right here: https://jamieleecoach.activehosted.com/f/1  ...