Speak Your Mind Unapologetically Podcast

How do you get people to want to support you and see you succeed at work? How do you shamelessly self-promote? In this episode, Vanitha Ponnarasi, Senior Director of Engineering at BuildASign.com, shares: ✔️ How to get sponsors and mentors to adopt you. ✔️ The secret ingredient that makes people really want to help when ask for help.  ✔️ How to be more decisive. ✔️ An important mindset shift to co...

Setting boundaries yourself is helpful. Setting boundaries with powerful allies is game-changing. But setting boundaries with many invasive coworkers can be daunting because you risk coming across as difficult and uncollaborative. That's where creating a joint strategic boundary with a powerful ally can help you. You'll have someone to back you up every time you get a pushback. In this episode you...

Would you rather be liked or respected? Many people focus on being liked at work at the expense of being respected. In this episode you'll discover: ✔️ What is the difference between being liked and being respected? ✔️ Why is it more important to be respected vs liked at work? ✔️ 7 Examples on what respect-driven and likability-driven behavior look like. ✔️ Can you be both liked and respected?   "...

How can you get promoted quicky at work? Most people don't get promoted as fast as they could because they get lost in the everyday work instead of taking strategic steps towards a promotion. In this episode, you'll get a plan to organize your career growth and promotion pursuits: ✔️ 5 key steps to getting promoted quickly. ✔️ 4 questions to ask your superiors to align on goals, priorities, and ex...

How do you create psychological safety for others? What are the skills of psychological safety? Today's guest, Stephan Wiedner studied how to measure and assess psychological safety and now has a company that helps develop psychological safety skills for the workplace (Zarango.com). In this episode Stephan shares: ✔️ The Google project that revealed what makes teams effective: the Aristotle Projec...

Work can be stressful. Speaking up can be stressful. Taking on big responsibilities can be stressful. How can you better cope with stress? In this episode you'll hear from four professionals (attorney, engineering director, Google UX professional, and impostor syndrome expert) who share: ✔️ 5 stress-coping tactics ✔️ How do you mentally shift away from work to avoid burnout ✔️ 5 best practices to...

This is a quick episode about what this show is about. One man changed my life. I was a young, introverted, people pleasing but studious, hardworking and collaborative person when I got my very first manager role. My team revolted, I got pushbacks, and I was scared to speak up and couldn't get anything done. My boss, Mario, never protected me or spoke up for me. But what Mario did changed my life...

How do you know when you should speak up assertively? Sometimes we don't speak up because we don't want to rock the boat. We rationalize why it's ok and we are too sensitive or reactive. We might think that's it's not a big deal and that it's not worth making matters worse, or feel guilty and at fault when someone tries to manipulate us. And sometimes we are so used to not speaking up that we don'...

Speak your mind unapologetically to dodge nosy questions Holidays are times for family gatherings which often come with personal life questions that make you feel ambushed or uncomfortable. How do you respond to personal nosy questions like "when will you get married?", "how much money do you make?", "when are you going to get a job?", "shouldn't you spend more time with your children?", "when wil...

Why is it that we don't hear more about women's speeches? How can we have more women's voices be recognized experts, brand ambassadors, and thought leaders? In this episode, Dana Rubin, advocate for women's public voice & influence (author, speaker, consultant) shares: ✔️ Why thought leadership is important for your career. ✔️ How to elevate women's voices in organizations. ✔️ Why women need to sp...

How do you talk to your boss and other superiors about your boundaries, wanting a promotion or raise, disagreeing with a decision? And how can you do so with influence? In this episode Bhakti Sanap, Senior Director Engineering at Expedia, reveals her own stories that illustrate: ✔️ How to establish work boundaries with your boss so that you have work-life balance. ✔️ The secret to say no to boss o...

How can companies create a speaking up culture? After two fatal preventable accidents with Boeing 737 Max Jets in 2019 killing 346 people, Boeing started to take speaking up seriously and made several changes to empower employees and whistleblowers to speak up without retaliation. In this episode you'll discover: ✔️ Initiatives that Boeing took to create a speaking up culture.   Other Episodes You...

How to have mutual respect in hard conversations? Respect is the glue that allows for civil and productive conversations to happen. In this episode you'll discover: ✔️ How to speak up respectfully. ✔️ What people get wrong about respect. ✔️ Why respect is the core value of assertive communication. ✔️ The 3 ways you need respect when you speak your mind.   Other Episodes You Might Like: The Respect...

Do you experience a lot of misunderstandings? A lot of interpersonal frustrations and miscommunication come from poor clarity. Do you deliberately look for ways to increase clarity before those problems arise and help problem solve them? In this episode you'll discover: ✔️ How to speak your mind unapologetically for more clarity in your communication. ✔️ How you can be a better leader for your con...

Trust is an essential ingredient for effective leadership and productivity. How do you build trust in the workplace? How do you build trust with your team? In this episode Sonja Mustiful, leadership coach, author, and speaker with background as a HR executive reveals: ✔️ How can you build trust with your team even when you have hard conversations? ✔️ What is trust meaning. ✔️ 3 essential parts of...

There is an old saying that "if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all". The quote is from Charles Caleb Colton, an eccentric English writer. However, it is best known from Thumper, the fictional rabbit character from Disney's animated Bambi films. Does the saying sound reasonable to you? It might make sense at first. After all, shouldn't we be nice? And shouldn't nice people only say ni...

Answer these 7 questions to discover what is your most used communication style at work. Hint: passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive, or assertive?   Quiz: Is your communication style hurting your career? https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/5f6fd93cb155a00014184dcf Other Episodes You'll Like: Training How To Be More Assertive for Confidence And Productivity: https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.co...

Are you asking enough? Many people don't ask much because they feel it comes across as too demanding, too needy, or too pushy. In reality, asking is a great way to bond and build connection. Plus, it advances your goals and career. In this episode you'll discover: ✔️ 4 Things You Can Ask For To Fast-Track Your Career.   Ask me your question for the next episode here: https://www.speakpipe.com/spea...

Chronic procrastination is not laziness. This episode is part 2 of the interview with Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Ferrari where he reveals: ✔️ Is chronic procrastination genetic? ✔️ What impression management looks like for procrastinators. ✔️ Strategies to overcome procrastination. ✔️ How to handle a procrastinator in your team.   👉🏼Listen to part 1 of this interview: How Procrastinators Think: The Proc...

Are you REAL at work? Or are you hiding behind a façade? It's time to speak your mind unapologetically about the imperfectly real you! Meghan found a way to be imperfectly real in the workplace and bring that culture through her leadership and her communication. In this episode, Meghan Smith, Senior Director of Engineering at Walmart, shares: ✔️ How to communicate your personal challenges at work...

Many people view speaking up as a one-way street. As long as you say what you want to say, you are successful at speaking up. But that's not true. In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️ What not to do when speaking up. ✔️ The 4 essential parts speaking up unapologetically in the right way.   Other Episodes You'll Like: 10 Secrets to Heart-Centered Assertive Communication: https://speakyourmindnow.li...

Do you apply for jobs you're interested in when you only meet 40% of job requirements? If not, it's time to consider applying. In this episode you'll discover: ✔️ 6 reasons why it makes sense to apply for a job that you don't qualify for. ✔️ When to apply for a job you don't meet the requirements for. ✔️ 7 tips on how to apply for a job when you don't meet the requirements.   Want to strategize ho...

Do you let the other person save face when you speak your mind unapologetically? In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️ The meaning of letting the other person save face. ✔️ Why helping others save face matters. ✔️ 9 ways how to preserve face when you speak up.   Other Episodes You'll Like: How To Disagree Respectfully Without Being Disagreeable: https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/how-to-disagree-r...

Are you a chronic procrastinator? Get science-backed insights into procrastination with Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Ferrari, Ph. D. In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️ Are you a real procrastinator? ✔️ What percentage of people are chronic procrastinators? ✔️ How do procrastinators really think? ✔️ Why indecisiveness is a form of procrastination and what makes people  indecisive.   👉🏼Listen to part 2 of...

Reshmi realized she wanted to learn how to be a good leader when she became the victim of her boss's leadership mistakes. And she did. She realized that the answer was not running away from delivering negative news, but to face it head on and do so with respect and humanity. In this episode Reshmi Nair, Sr. Director Software Engineering at Magnite, shares: ✔️ 5 critical mistakes leaders make when...