Speak Your Mind Unapologetically Podcast

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...

Marie Kondo, the highly successful author of The Life-Changing Magic To Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, is a Japanese decluttering consultant sensation in the United States and even has a show on Netflix! She is mellow, soft spoken with a soothing voice, introverted, calm, kind, gentle, lady-like, friendly, empathetic, and cheerful. And she always wears a smile on her...

Speaking up is not just about making presentations, dealing with toxic behavior, and speaking up in meetings. It's a lot more than that. And successful people know how to create opportunities by leveraging speaking up opportunities. In this episode you'll discover 24 ways you can speak up to fuel your career and your success.   Other Episodes That You Might Like 7 Ways To Make Yourself Heard In Me...

In this episode, you'll discover 15 assertive rights that you need to protect so that you can be happy and successful.   Episodes referenced Confidently Say No In A Respectful Way (In 7 Easy Steps): https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/confidently-say-no-in-a-respectful-way-in-7-easy-steps How To Express Your Emotions And Feelings To Persuade Others: https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/how-to-expre...

These 8 assertive professional leaders share how they deal with difficult coworkers, from disrespectful comments, ignoring you, trying to put you down, and not collaborating with you, or inferring that you are not competent, or refusing to work with you. In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️ A strategic power move that gets even the most uncollaborative coworker to collaborate without any conflict....

Gina Hope worked really hard for years and was still passed over for promotion when an opportunity finally came up. She realized that she had to change her approach. She needed to champion herself, manage up, and get someone to groom her for a promotion. In this episode Senior Director of Engineering Gina Hope explains: ✔️ How to become one of the lucky few who are "groomed" for a promotion ✔️ How...

An important part of assertiveness is knowing how to express your moods, feelings and emotions. In many assertive techniques, you use "I" statements such as "I feel..." to educate the other about what is going on inside you so that they can empathize with your perspective. Most of us have difficulty finding the right words to express how we feel. In this episode you'll discover: ✔️ The difference...

It's easy to fall into the people-pleasing trap and not even know it. We think our kindness drives our behavior, but often fear does instead. In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️ The problem with people pleasing ✔️ 18 signs that you may be a people-pleaser ✔️ How to stop people pleasing   Other episodes: How To Disagree Respectfully Without Being Disagreeable: https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/h...

A lot is said about trust – how to earn trust, build trust, trust employees, why trust is important. But little is said about what trust is not. ✔️ What people get wrong about trust ✔️ What trust actually is ✔️ How to show trust in the healthy way   Other Episodes Avoid These 2 Toxic Assumptions That Kill Your Relationships Like Termites: https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/avoid-these-2-toxic-ass...

Meditation, exercise, and mindfulness are all great tools to reduce stress once it happens. But if you want to prevent stress in the first place, then be more assertive. In this episode I talk to Hugo about why stress and wellbeing can be significantly improved with assertive communication. Other episodes 6 Conflict Myths: Lies Teachers Like To Tell About Confrontation: https://speakyourmindnow.li...