Risky Conversations with Jamie Lee

In this episode, I walk you through one of the most simple and effective tools for reducing anxiety that you can try with me, right here, right now, as you're listening. This is from the book The Anti-Anxiety Toolkit by Melissa Tiers, my teacher and the founder of Center for Integrative Hypnosis. (Here's the link to her book on US Amazon ) Here's the link to a LinkedIn video of me d...

I f you want expert 1:1 guidance in your corner so you can generate genuine self-confidence to speak up, advocate and lead in your career, you're invited to book your free consultation with me today.  Come on over to  https://www.jamieleecoach.com/apply to learn about my unique coaching process, philosophy and real client results (as well as FAQ's).  Text me your thoughts on this episode...

In this episode, you'll learn A fresh take on networking that's less about expecting something out of someone, but about how to create generate new, expansive possibilities for all sides  How an unexpected conversation led me to getting a 25% raise and promotion down the line  What to do when you encounter unconscious bias against Asian American (or BIPOC, or any other marginalized ident...

In this episode, I share four examples of how making specific and actionable request for what your want helps the other side, too. If you want 1:1 support so you can have greater confidence and ease to negotiate, influence, and lead in your career and life, you're invited book your free consultation with me today. https://www.jamieleecoach.com/apply Click here https://www.jamieleecoach.com/ap...

I was recently tagged on a social media post written by a mid-career professional who's pivoting from academia to non-profit.  She's received an offer for her dream job, but when she assessed the details of the offer, she realized her all-in compensation would be lower than what she's walking away from.  She wants to negotiate, so she'd break even at the new job.  But she'...

In this episode, I sat down with Jordan Sale, founder of pay equity startup 81cents, which helps historically excluded minorities and young professionals negotiate their pay through data collection and hands-on mentorship.  We discussed:  How Jordan's uncle opened her eyes to salary negotiation with one powerful question  02:17  Why you should negotiate non-monetary things, and what to negoti...

In this workshop recording, you're going to learn:  Three simple, immediately actionable techniques that leverage your brain's neuroplasticity, so you can feel less anxiety and more confident as you make requests that serve your career growth  Why self-advocacy is an act of service, and how you can use that as a winning strategy, especially if you're a woman or a person socialized a...

In this episode, you'll learn:  How I once used to struggle advocating and negotiating for myself, even though I worked hard and enjoyed going to bat for my company and others  The three key lessons I've learned that I now teach clients  What you'll learn at my interactive online training "How to Advocate for Your Career Growth with Less Anxiety"  Three research-backed str...

If you've ever felt anxious or even angry after negotiating for your career growth with your boss -- who seemed upset that you negotiated -- there are five steps you can take to objectively assess the situation, regain your composure, and defuse  misunderstanding, so you can continue the negotiation process.  In this episode, you'll learn:  What post-advocacy jitters are, and why it&apos...

How do you make the case to double your rate? A subscriber recently posed this question, and I'm sharing my answer here.  Whether you are an entrepreneur who sets her own rates, an employee earning a wage, or an entrepreneurial employee with ambitions of one day setting, then doubling your own rate, you'll find something relevant and useful here.  I've used the same mutual-benefit n...

In this episode, I'm coming clean about something personal I kept hush-hush for so long. I'm also sharing the replay of last year's Leadership Lab and inviting you to this year's Leadership Lab , an open group coaching call for women who want to REDEFINE leadership in their own unique voice, so they can feel alive and aligned as they take charge in their careers and lives.  You...

Why do we -- especially women and minorities -- hate office politics? What can we do to grow in our careers, without misusing power in the workplace?  But also, who the heck is this Jamie Lee (points to self), and why should you listen to any of my career advice on the internet?  I had the honor of answering these and other pointed and potent questions in an interview that recently got published o...

In this webinar recording, you'll learn:  how to bust three myths that keep smart, competent women overworked, but underpaid and under promoted A dead simple, but super effective way to articulate your professional value in one sentence so you can feel confident in both negotiation and in networking.  And my mad-lib negotiation script along with the framework that explains the thinking behind...

In this episode, I'm getting personal and sharing some of my early life experiences that have shaped my money philosophy and why I help women get bolder, braver, and better paid.  To me, money is simply a bonus byproduct of having honored the limitless capacity of the human mind, brain, and soul, and a byproduct of having cultivated courage and conviction in the face of difficult circumstance...

As a coach, I've helped my clients negotiate and earn $2MM+ in additional income.  But before that, as a young professional, I bungled my own salary negotiation and found out I'd left $50K on the negotiating table.  I felt so disappointed in myself.  I want to help you avoid disappointment and to avoid costly mistakes I made.  In this episode, I walk you through the 8 DOs and 6 DON'...

In 2022, I completed Advanced Certification for Feminist Coaching (ACFC) led by Master Confidence Coach Kara Loewentheil . Kara interviewed me and my two peers from the ACFC program for a discussion around the challenges women face when they're transitioning to leadership, navigating office politics, and negotiating in the workplace. My peers are Jenn Deal , who is a life coach and practicing...

What if WILD things are possible when you access your own negotiating genius?  What if extraordinary success becomes your normal when you stop waiting for other people's validation, and you start advocating for yourself as the CEO of your career?  How would that confidence catapult your entrepreneurial dreams into reality, so that you do become CEO of your own profitable company?  This is not...

In this episode, you'll learn 6 actionable tips and word-by-word scripts you can use to confidently ask for a pay raise and get it.  Iveta Zaklaniskova, a leadership and communication coach based in Europe, invited me to do a joint LinkedIn Live session with her.  At this live, she and I each shared three tips and scripts that we've found to be crucial for our clients' success in se...

Negotiation is a series of conversations, often with difficult folks who tend to have a tendency to bulldoze their way through conversations. If you ever found it hard to get your word in edgewise with these folks, or if you ever struggled to speak up, because you didn't want to upset them or burn bridges, this episode is must listen.  I invite you to test drive the sample scripts I provide h...

What might you do, if you stopped believing that you're under-qualified or that you don't deserve the job you have? Too often, these limiting beliefs become invisible scripts that hold people back from negotiation confidence. But scripts are flippable. You can brave the conversation to be compensated and evaluated equitably at work, so you get promoted and better paid without letting nei...

No matter what your age is, you are not "too old" for your dreams, whether that is becoming CXO, starting a business, or becoming a competitive body-builder (case in point: Ernestine Shepherd )  It is not possible for you to be "over the hill," because that's just an outdated story that our youth-obsessed media has conditioned you to think. You are more than a story. Your...

If you struggle with having the confidence to negotiate as the only female or woman of color in the leadership call, here's something you must know. Too often, smart women fall into the trap of overfunctioning -- delivering more than is necessary and working more than is healthy -- in an effort to outrun the doubt and discomfort of being the only in the room.  Though common, this isn't h...

This is the live Q&A portion of How to Get Better Paid series, where I answered all the questions including:  How do you advocate for your promotion, if your boss doesn't advocate for you?  How do you anchor, how do you tell them what you want, if you don't know what the fair market range is for your salary?  What to do when you are working in a nonprofit, and how to advocate for you...

This is part 3 of How to Get Better Paid series. (In case you missed it, listen to part 1 , part 2 , and continue to part 4 .  In this episode you'll learn: * My UNCONVENTIONAL strategy that gets my clients securing $10K's and $100K's in additional income in salary negotiations * What ANCHORING is and why Anchoring High and Anchoring First works  * WHAT to do and say when you encoun...

You deserve to get better paid.  Truth is, you do NOT have to overwork or be an arrogant blowhard to make more money in your career.   In this special four-part podcast series: How to Get Better Paid, you're getting the best of my proven salary negotiation strategies, tips and insights that have worked for real women like you. You'll learn: * PROVEN strategies to secure higher pay withou...