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Speak Your Mind Unapologetically Podcast

Speak Your Mind Unapologetically is the leadership communication podcast for people leaders — managers, directors, and VPs — who want to speak up, lead bold conversations, and influence outcomes that matter. Whether you're addressing conflict, delivering feedback, leading meetings, or navigating difficult conversations, this podcast gives you practical strategies to: 👉🏼 Communicate with clarity, confidence, and conviction= 👉🏼 Influence decisions and build trust across functions 👉🏼 Speak up under pressure — without sounding aggressive or backing down 👉🏼 Encourage your team to share ideas, concerns, and feedback 👉🏼 Tackle conflict, disagreement, and misalignment early and effectively You'll hear insights, frameworks, and stories from real workplaces — all designed to help you grow your leadership impact t...

15 Assertive Rights That You Need To Protect

25 mins; October 26, 2022

8 Real Life Examples On How To Deal With Difficult Coworkers

41 mins; October 24, 2022

Who Is Grooming You For A Promotion? (With Gina Hope)

35 mins; October 22, 2022

How To Express Your Emotions And Feelings To Persuade Others

18 mins; October 21, 2022

18 Signs That You Are A People Pleaser

21 mins; October 20, 2022

What Most People Get Wrong About Trust

13 mins; October 19, 2022

Why Being Assertive Reduces Your Stress At Work

55 mins; October 17, 2022

The Real Story Of How I Got Promoted

16 mins; October 15, 2022

How Do You Report Workplace Harassment Being Without Unfairly Punished (with Luz Nunez)

40 mins; October 14, 2022

16 Assertiveness Lessons From Harmonious Japanese Gardens

19 mins; October 13, 2022

What Do You Say When You Are Interrupted

16 mins; October 12, 2022

How To Communicate Value To Be Valued At Work (With PhD Nicole Tschierske)

45 mins; October 10, 2022

How To Respond to Bias In The Workplace (With Crystal Sincoff)

31 mins; October 08, 2022

The Assertive Script That Will Forever Change Your Hard Conversations

10 mins; October 07, 2022

7 Ways To Make Yourself Heard In Meetings

14 mins; October 06, 2022

9 Questions To Decide When To Practice Speaking Up Ahead

15 mins; October 05, 2022

4 Examples On How To Get The Promotion You Want

46 mins; October 03, 2022

How To Speak Up Regardless Of Rules, Outcomes, Or Embarrassment (With Lollie Ramirez-Bennett)

47 mins; October 01, 2022

Did You Have These 10 Painful Regrets in Your 20s?

13 mins; September 30, 2022

4 Question To Consider Before Labeling A Team Member As A Quiet Quitter

17 mins; September 29, 2022

9 Ways To Maintain Your Professional Network Without Being Awkward

25 mins; September 28, 2022

How To Discover Your Values And Use Them To Set Boundaries At Work (With PhD Laura Eigel)

36 mins; September 26, 2022

Speaking Up As A Female Leader In A Male-Dominated Workplace (With Shelly Jairath)

39 mins; September 24, 2022

Assertiveness Advice From 12 Remarkable Women in Leadership at Philips

23 mins; September 23, 2022

How To Get The Most Out Of Your Speaking Up Moments: 5 Min Speak Up Debrief Ritual

15 mins; September 22, 2022

How To Receive Feedback Gracefully (And What Not To Do)

12 mins; September 21, 2022

Why You Need To Share Your Personal Stories Professionally (With Anna Ong)

30 mins; September 19, 2022

Is It Good To Take Career Risks? (With Preeti Karnik)

32 mins; September 17, 2022

5 Myths That Hold You Back From Adding Value and Being Heard In Meetings

17 mins; September 16, 2022

How To Take Criticism Without Getting Defensive

17 mins; September 15, 2022

5 Ways To Overcome Impostor Syndrome And Regain Confidence To Speak Up (With Kim Meninger)

38 mins; September 14, 2022

15 Ways To Groom Yourself For A Promotion When Nobody Else Does

14 mins; September 12, 2022

Why Holding Yourself To Lower Standards Helps You Take More Risks (With Liya Aizenberg)

19 mins; September 10, 2022

How To Increase Connection To Help You Speak Up With Ease

10 mins; September 09, 2022

The Number One Quality To Look For When You Recruit Your Boss

15 mins; September 08, 2022

32 Ways To Take Up More Space And Get Noticed At Work

21 mins; September 07, 2022

Speaking Up When You're From A Non-Speaking Up Culture (With Dr. Abby Hamilton)

31 mins; September 05, 2022

Do You Make These Mistakes When You Praise People At Work?

13 mins; September 03, 2022

Why You Need To Match Your Non Verbals To Your Assertiveness

12 mins; September 02, 2022

Want To Seem Competent? Show Confidence Even If You're Not

16 mins; August 31, 2022

How To Get Difficult People To Collaborate With You And Prevent Conflict (with Patrick Aylward)

40 mins; August 29, 2022

Are You A Listening Punching Bag? Then Stop Being A Better Listener

22 mins; August 27, 2022

Women's Great Resignation: How To Avoid Losing Talent

28 mins; August 26, 2022

5 Easy Ways To Self-Promote Without Bragging

9 mins; August 24, 2022

How To Gain Support In Meetings By Building Strategic Relationships (with Diana Dreyer)

49 mins; August 22, 2022

How To Capture People's Attention At Work? Try The Kind Stalker Move

13 mins; August 20, 2022

How To Lead Organizational and Personal Change (with Lata Hamilton)

54 mins; August 19, 2022

How To Disagree Respectfully Without Being Disagreeable

28 mins; August 17, 2022

How To Get The Job When You Don't Meet The Requirements (With Director Jess Sahagian)

54 mins; August 15, 2022

Employees Desperately Want An Assertive Boss

16 mins; August 13, 2022

Why Women Are Blamed For Team Failures And Don't Get Credit For Team Successes

13 mins; August 12, 2022

How To Boost Your Confidence To Speak Up

25 mins; August 10, 2022

10 Steps To Be Both Assertive And Likable When You Speak Up

26 mins; August 08, 2022

How To Make Assertiveness Friendly: Use Speaking Up Hygge

11 mins; August 06, 2022

15 Ways To Show You Care About Your Team To Build Resilience For Hard Conversations

31 mins; August 05, 2022

10 Practical Examples Of Empathetic Assertiveness At Work

22 mins; August 03, 2022

How To Strategically Use The Awkward Silence In Communication To Help Resolve Conflict

7 mins; August 02, 2022

What Every Professional Woman Must Know About How To Be More Visible (With Speaker Trainer Elizabeth Bachman)

47 mins; August 01, 2022

20 Reasons Why Successful Leaders Have Assertive Teams

11 mins; July 29, 2022

It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It

10 mins; July 27, 2022

5 Self-Advocacy Lessons That Will Pay Off And Make You Feel Powerful (With DEI Leader Zahida Sherman)

52 mins; July 26, 2022

How I Finally Got Noticed At Work Doing Only One Thing

19 mins; July 23, 2022

How Can Women Close The Gender Gap Even If They Suffer Gender Bias

20 mins; July 22, 2022

Do You Feel Invisible At Work? It's Time To Leave Obscurity

13 mins; July 20, 2022

How You Can Assemble a Powerful Advisory Team To Support Your Career (with Sabeen Syed)

63 hours 19 mins; July 18, 2022

How To Speak Up At Work And Never Have To Fear Of Retribution Again

16 mins; July 16, 2022

5 Reasons Why Being More Assertive Actually Makes You Kinder

15 mins; July 15, 2022

Avoid These 2 Toxic Assumptions That Kill Your Relationships Like Termites

23 mins; July 14, 2022

Conflict with Courage, Curiosity & Compassion: Making a Difference in Your Life (With Dr. Debra Dupree)

49 mins; July 10, 2022

Want Unfair Advantage? Show Up With Courage When Others Avoid Rejection

16 mins; July 09, 2022

Dear Professional Woman, It's Unfair and Unjust

5 mins; July 08, 2022

13 Bad Reasons Why You Don't Ask For What You Want

13 mins; July 06, 2022

Discover How To Make People Listen To You When They Try To Ignore You (With Guest Vishwaa Vaidya)

40 mins; July 04, 2022

How To Get The Upper Hand When A Jerk Disparages You Publicly

19 mins; July 02, 2022

Obama Shows How to Handle Someone Who Cuts You Off While Talking

31 mins; July 01, 2022

4 Reasons Why It Is Important For Leaders To Speak Up

13 mins; June 29, 2022

How To Get Noticed At Work If You Are A Minority, Underrepresented, or Underprivileged

57 mins; June 27, 2022

Overcoming Failure: My Lowest Low

16 mins; June 25, 2022

How To Handle Frustrations As A Leader

9 mins; June 24, 2022

The Missing Bottom-Up Approach To DE&I

23 mins; June 22, 2022

What Makes Great Managers (With Soft Skills Expert Scott Asai)

44 mins; June 20, 2022

First Day As A Manager: The Day I Discovered I had To Be More Assertive

17 mins; June 18, 2022

4 Powerful Ways To Stop Ruminating Now

14 mins; June 17, 2022

What Is Your Appreciation Language At Work?

36 mins; June 15, 2022

7 Compelling Reasons You Need To Start A Bragging Ritual

16 mins; June 10, 2022

Future Of Work Post Pandemic – What You Need To Know Now (Part 2)

24 mins; June 08, 2022

A Breakthrough Career Conversation You Need To Pursue Your Dreams (With Google UX Researcher Ojuolape Junaid)

44 mins; May 30, 2022

You Don't Have To Change Your Personality To Start To Be More Assertive

17 mins; May 30, 2022

She 3x Her Salary In 5 Years and Conquered Job Given to Other (With Guest Maria Kauffman)

58 mins; May 30, 2022

Find Courage To Speak Your Mind In These 9 Episodes

20 mins; May 25, 2022

Future Of Work Post Pandemic – What You Need To Know Now (Part 1)

28 mins; May 17, 2022

A New Way To Think About Being Nice: Why Niceness Is The 51st Shade Of Grey

25 mins; May 04, 2022

My Journey From A Shy People Pleaser To Be More Assertive

66 hours 23 mins; April 30, 2022

10 Real-life Incredible Examples of How Assertive Communication Can Boost Your Career

24 mins; April 19, 2022

Important Assertiveness Skills You Need At Your Job Level

19 mins; April 16, 2022

Training How To Be Assertive Without Being Rude, Aggressive, Or A Jerk

68 hours 57 mins; March 30, 2022

6 Big Differences In How Women And Men Speak Up At Work

25 mins; March 29, 2022

50 Eye-Opening Ways To Speak Up For Yourself

19 mins; March 29, 2022

The 8 Things No One Told You About How To Protect Your Hard-Earned Money (Part 2)

30 mins; March 24, 2022

The 8 Things No One Told You About How To Protect Your Hard-Earned Money (Part 1)

36 mins; March 24, 2022

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