Speak Your Mind Unapologetically Podcast

Not being visible enough at work will eventually leave you feeling undervalued. How can you be more visible at work as a woman? Elizabeth Bachman, presentation skills trainer and former director of international operas including Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo, shares: ✔️ How women can stop sabotaging their careers ✔️ The differences between single-focused vs. multi-focused communication and...

Successful leaders and managers choose assertive employees because of these 20 factors. The good new is that if your team members are not assertive, they can learn assertiveness, because it is a communication skill. 👉🏼Links: What Is Your Appreciation Language At Work? https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/what-is-your-appreciation-language-at-work Quiz  - What is your appreciation language: https:...

You can say anything to anyone if you say it in the right way. You can even avoid hurting feelings, being disliked, and retaliation when you speak your mind with the right delivery. Because people won't remember what you said or did, but they will remember how you made them feel. In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️ The 3 elements of communication ✔️ The elements of your communication delivery ✔️...

Here's a fantastic example of how you can make advocating for yourself and for others work for you with vulnerability. This is a story of how to use self-advocacy and advocating for others for more dignity and respect with the one and only, cheerful, light-hearted, yet courageous Zahida Sherman, Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Southern California Institute of Architecture. In this episo...

How to get your ideas noticed by the right people? Do you share your ideas even if you think it's not good enough? Here's why you need to give your ideas a chance. 👉🏼 Links: How To Speak Up At Work And Never Have To Fear Of Retribution Again: https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/how-to-speak-up-at-work-and-never-have-to-fear-of-retribution-again Want Unfair Advantage? Show Up With Courage When Ot...

Can women combat the negative effects of gender bias in their work and careers? Not entirely, but it is possible to minimize it. Discover: ✔️ Why fighting the negative impact of gender bias is as important as fighting bias ✔️ Everyday challenges women face at work ✔️ 6 thing assertiveness is not   👉🏼Links: Find out about our talks and workshops: https://assertiveway.com/services/ Episode Top 10...

What do you do when you feel invisible at work? When you feel insignificant, rejected, as if you didn't matter at all? You need to get yourself out of obscurity. Here's some inspiration to help you start making yourself visible. 👉🏼Links Get a talk on speaking up assertively in your company, team, or women's group:  https://assertiveway.com/services   Free resources:  https://assertiveway.com/fre...

Engineering Director Sabeen demonstrates the power of having mentors and advisors to support you and catapult your career through several examples. In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️   A framework to help you decide your next best career move. ✔️ The smartest way to get new mentors at work. ✔️ Why using mentors can spark your ambition and elevate your career. ✔️ The mindset hack to get you to fi...

Are you scared of retaliation when you speak your mind honestly and directly at work? In this episode you'll discover: ✔️ When being assertive backfires ✔️ Example of do's and don'ts saying no to a superior ✔️ How to overcome risk of retribution   👉🏼 Links: Episodes with similar stories: Want Unfair Advantage? Show Up With Courage When Others Avoid Rejection https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

Many people think that being more assertive makes them selfish and rude jerks. That is so far from reality! Contrary to popular belief, assertiveness does not limit how much kindness, generosity, and compassion you give out. In fact, it enhances it. Assertiveness makes you a better person. Discover: ✔️ 5 reasons why being more assertive actually makes you kinder 👉🏼Links Episode How This Female L...

Are you making relationship killer assumptions? Assumptions are the termites of relationships. Why? Because they slowly but surely destroy good relationships. In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️ What assumptions are ✔️ Why assumptions hurt your relationships ✔️ Making assumptions examples ✔️ 2 major types of assumptions you must avoid ✔️ 11 assumptions you might be inadvertently making 👉🏼Links...

If you think that conflict is not your cup of tea, this episode might change your mind! ✔️ A powerful reframe of conflict to set yourself up for an easier conversation and better outcomes ✔️ A phase that instantly diffuses tension ✔️ Two conflict resolution techniques that are not pop psychology And much, much more! Dr. Debra Dupree is a Psychologist, Mediator, International Trainer and Dispute Re...

He got his dream job in his dream city by risking massive rejection more than 10 times in a single day. This is his story of gaining a competitive advantage with courage to show up and speak up, even though he was introverted and shy. Most people shy away from rejection. That's why that's exactly how you get noticed, get and unfair advantage, and stand out from the competition. It's a "fake" big r...

Here's an open letter to all professional women who struggle with inequality, bias, and discrimination at work. 👉🏼Links Episode Top Daily Challenges Women Face At Work: https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/top-10-daily-challenges-women-face-at-work   Get an talk on speaking up assertively in your company, team, or women's group: https://assertiveway.com/services   Assertiveness free resources: ht...

Here are 13 common stories you may be telling yourself to not ask for what you want. Overcome these myths so that you can finally make requests and start getting more of what you want faster. ✔️ Discover the top 13 myths preventing you from asking ✔️ Debunk your asking myths ✔️ Gain more confidence to express your needs and desires Links: 9 episodes to help you find courage to speak your mind: htt...

Discover how to think like an assertive woman who refuses to be put down and owns who she is with Senior Director of Engineering at Visa, Vishwaa Vaidya. In this episode, you'll discover how she: ✔️ Asked to work remotely for some time despite leading a new international project. ✔️ Persuaded a senior man that was ignoring her at a conference to apologize and invite her to meet his team. ✔️ Landed...

When someone criticizes you in front of other people, here's what you can say. ✔️ How to respond to overly critical comments. ✔️  When to respond immediately vs. wait. ✔️ How to leverage your anger to speak up. Links: Find Courage To Speak Your Mind In These 9 Episodes: https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/048-find-courage-to-speak-your-mind-in-these-9-episodes 10 Real-life Incredible Examples of H...

What do you say when someone interupts you and cuts you off in conversation? What if after you tell them to stop interrupting they still continue? Here are 4 real life dialogues that will show you exactly what works and what doesn't work in practice. You'll also see how the other person responds in each situation and how they finally reach resolution. 👉🏼 Links Episode Top Daily Challenges Women...

People pleasing and passive leaders do not exist! Leaders need to speak up every day. Do they need to be caring? Yes. Listen to the team? Yes. Have empathy? Yes. But don't forget that assertive communication is also a must. Here are 4 reasons leaders need to speak up. 👉🏼 Links Episode How to handle frustrations as a leader: https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.com/how-to-handle-frustrations-as-a-lead...

How do you go from minority, immigrant, underprivileged waste picker to senior executive VP at Johnson & Johnson? You get noticed! Samuel reveals all the secrets he used to stand out, get noticed, and make himself and his ideas more visible at work. And so can you! In this episode you'll discover: ✔️  His approach to selling and talking up his ideas at work. ✔️  What Samuel every time someone trie...

We will all experience our own lowest lows at work, in relationships, in our health, in our finances, as a student. Failure is guaranteed to happen, especially when you stretch yourself. The question is, how will you overcome it. In this story, you'll discover: ✔️How to enlist support through your lows ✔️How to communicate negative news to people without discouraging them ✔️How to pivot after you...

Managers and leaders will experience frustration at work. The question is, how do you handle those frustrations in the most productive way possible that makes you feel proud afterwards? In this episode you'll discover: ✔️ How to use frustrations to set you apart from others. ✔️ A mindset shift to help you choose to raise to the challenge. ✔️ Questions to help you prepare for frustrations in advanc...

Even with the best DE&I programs, minorities will still experience microaggressions, implicit bias, and fear of retaliation. That' why top-down DE&I programs are needed but not enough. A bottom-up DE&I aimed at giving the minorities the skills to advocate for themselves is also needed. Assertive communication is the best bottom-up approach to DE&I. Here's how. 👉🏼Links: Work with AssertiveWay: ht...

75% of people leave their managers, not their salary, says soft skills speaker, Scott Asai. Do you have the rights skills to excel as a manager? In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️ How managers are the x-factor in companies ✔️ What makes managers great ✔️ What soft skills differentiate managers Scott Asai is a professional speaker specializing in teaching soft skills. He focuses on improving comm...

How was your very first day as a manager? Was it a breeze or was it stressful? In this episode I share how I realized that I would need to be more assertive if I wanted to succeed as a manager. And why you need a boss or mentor that will push you to speak up outside of your comfort zone. 👉🏼 LINKS Episode Important Assertiveness Skills You Need At Your Job Level: https://speakyourmindnow.libsyn.c...