Speak Your Mind Unapologetically Podcast

Effective female leaders are assertive. Women in leadership are never passive and can't afford to be aggressive like some men are due to the double-bind dilemma. I've looked at the interviews with some of the most prominent female leaders at Philips and found a speaking up and an assertiveness theme that underpins their advice to other women. In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️ The wise advice fr...

Get better speaking up results by following this short speak up debrief ritual. It is also a surprising tool to help you recover from hard speaking up conversations. In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️ Why You Really Need This 5 Min Speak Up Debrief Ritual ✔️ How to debrief your speaking up conversations   👉🏼Links: Explore Related Episodes: 5 Myths That Hold You Back From Adding Value and Being...

Did you know that some people get excited about negative feedback? How do you receive negative feedback with grace and dignity? The secret is not to listen and accept the feedback. In fact, that is the wrong way to go about it. Assertive people know how to receive negative feedback well. In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️ How passive, aggressive, and assertive people receive negative feedback. ✔...

Are you sharing enough about yourself professionally? Personal stories help connect, build trust, engage others, and build your personal brand. Personal storytelling is personal branding ! So speak your mind unapologetically about your stories. In this episode, storytelling expert Anna Ong discusses: ✔️ Why you need to share personal, not private stories. ✔️ What type of personal stories you can s...

Taking uncomfortable risks in your career can help you discover new talents that you didn't know you had, find enjoyable work that you didn't know you would like, and land opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise get. That's exactly what director Preeti Karnik discovered early on in her career. In this episode, Preeti shares: ✔️ Career risks that paid off. ✔️ How to take more calculated risks and...

Do you struggle to speak in meetings? Do you fear speaking up in meetings? Would you like to speak in meetings with confidence and authority? In this episode, you'll overcome the top fears you may have around speaking up in meetings. Myth 1 - I don't have anything valuable to say. Myth 2 - I'm new and don't feel confident in my knowledge. Myth 3 - I'm more junior and I should always defer to those...

How do you take unreasonable or harsh criticism, negative comments, or bad feedback that you don't even agree with or understand? In this episode, you'll discover a masterful assertiveness technique to help you listen to criticism without being defensive. ✔️ How to take criticism without getting defensive ✔️ Examples on best way to handle criticism 👉🏼Links: How To Get The Upper Hand When A Jerk...

Have you ever chosen to not speak up because you thought your idea, your question, or your contribution was not good enough? Maybe you even convinced yourself that it wasn't the right time or that you needed more experience or preparation? Impostor syndrome can take a toll on your wellness, your career, your impact, but also on your team and their success. In this episode, Kim Meninger, the host o...

It's great to be groomed for a promotion. But if you aren't, you can get yourself most of the opportunities that someone who is being groomed gets, by taking initiative. ✔️ Discover 15 ways to groom yourself for a promotion 👉🏼Links: Episode 13 Bad Reasons Why You Don't Ask For What You Want: https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/13-bad-reasons-why-you-dont-ask-for-what-you-want Episode How To Boos...

How do you take more risks to speak up and to try something new that could lead to failure? In this episode, Engineering Director Liya Aizenberg shares her stories: ✔️ How holding yourself to lower standards can help you take risks ✔️ Why asking for help can actually make other people happy and can lead to great relationships ✔️ How to use a mitigation plan to find the courage to take more risks...

Speaking up is easier when you have a connection with the person you are speaking to. In this episode, you'll discover how to develop that connection. 👉🏼Links: 10 Secrets to Heart-Centered Assertive Communication: https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/10-secrets-to-heart-centered-assertive-communication   5 Reasons Why Being More Assertive Actually Makes You Kinder: https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn...

Who was your favorite boss? Mine was Mario, and this is what made him so special. 👉🏼Links: 20 Reasons Why Successful Leaders Have Assertive Teams: https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/20-reasons-why-successful-leaders-have-assertive-teams Employees Desperately Want An Assertive Boss: https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/employees-desperately-want-an-assertive-boss 15 Ways To Show You Care About Yo...

Do you take up space at work? Do leaders notice you or are you invisible to them? Take up more space to get yourself noticed, be seen and heard, get your talent and potential seen, get more visibility and exposure, and get more access to more opportunities. Discover: ✔️ 31 ways to take up more space at work ✔️ 2 examples of how taking up space can get you promoted ✔️ What you can take up space wit...

If you come from a culture that values obedience, compliance, and respect to authority, speaking up can feel incredibly hard. In this episode, you'll discover that you are not alone and how to overcome this challenge. As a second-generation Filipino American that has entered the professional world, Dr. Abby has observed her own journey from a compliant, obedient, submissive employee to a leader wh...

Find out how to compliment someone on their work. Discover how to praise someone for their talents or achievements. And get positive feedback examples. Sharing good compliment is an art. There is a difference between a graceful vs. a sleezy compliment. When you give a compliment by saying "good job" or "well done" or "amazing" some people might: Not take your compliment seriously Think you want to...

Non verbals are a key part of speaking up assertively. In this episode, you'll discover why.  👉🏼Links: Sign up for 10 Day free Assertive And Liked Challenge: https://assertiveway.aweb.page/beassertiveandliked Find out about our talks and workshops:  https://assertiveway.com/services/ Free resources:  https://assertiveway.com/free/ Assertiveness free training: https://assertiveway.aweb.page/getah...

Do you feel like you're not taken seriously at work? That you have to prove your credibility over and over again just to be heard? Well, your challenge may not be with your competence, but your confidence. In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️ Why confident, not competent people get ahead ✔️ How the Dunning-Kruger cognitive bias works ✔️ 3 ways to project more confidence 👉🏼Links: How To Boost You...

Discover a step-by-step approach to handle differences collaboratively with former conflict mediator and author of "The Collaborative Path", Patrick Aylward. In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️ A simple phrase that will improve your odds of successful hard conversations to 95% ✔️ Six steps on what to say for a collaborative approach to a conversation ✔️ Five steps on how to tell your boss that yo...

Ever heard the advice that you should focus on being a better listener? Are you sick and tired of listening to everyone but not being heard by anyone? Are you considered a good listener? Maybe it's time to ditch listening so much and start talking and speaking your mind more. ✔️ Why listening too much can hurt your relationships ✔️ How to find the balance between speaking and listening ✔️ How to f...

Women are resigning because they feel ambushed if they stay in your company: they either don't speak up, stay miserable, and burn out or they speak up and suffer backlash. To make matters worse, even with the best gender equality leaders, 3 out of 4 women still don't feel like they can talk openly with their manager about challenges around their work-life balance, according to Deloitte study. That...

There is a myth that hard work speaks for itself. I hate to break it to you, but it doesn't. You need to make your work visible. How do you do that without being a selfish, egoistical, bragging annoyance? In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️ 5 ways to promote yourself at work without bragging or sounding arrogant ✔️ What to say when you self-promote ✔️ Why it's so important to self-promote 👉🏼Lin...

The hardest part about Diana's job is to manage peers and manage up. And she learned some successful strategies to deal with that. If you work in a male-dominated workplace and feel like you need to keep proving yourself constantly, Director Diana Dreyer shares what works best for her. In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️ How to respond to a coworker who says "You don't know what you are doing. Yo...

How can you aggressively grab people's attention, follow up on your requests in the office without coming across as aggressive? By chance I discovered the kind stalker move. It's extreme, but it got me results. Find out: ✔️  How to get higher in people's priority list ✔️ What's the kind stalker move ✔️ The importance of and experimentation to stand out 👉🏼Links Episode 5 Reasons Why Being More As...

How do you make change management a positive experience for your team? Change expert, Lata Hamilton, explains: ✔️ What is Organizational Change Management? ✔️ Why do you need to be strong and confident as a leader to drive change within a team? ✔️ How does organizational change management and personal change align? ✔️ How do you prepare your team for change and make it a positive experience for yo...

How to disagree with your boss without backlash? How to disagree respectfully? In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️  10 best practices to disagree without being disagreeable ✔️   5 things you shouldn't do when you disagree ✔️  The problem with not disagreeing or disagreeing with hesitation 👉🏼 Links Episode Ladies: 10 Credibility Killer Mistakes That Undermine You At Work (And What To Do Instead)...