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How To Be Heard

  • August 29, 2023August 30, 2023
  • by Claire

We’ve all been there, sitting in that meeting trying to get our point across and becoming infuriated because someone we work with repeatedly ignores what we say in meetings. 

Being heard at work isn’t as simple as just speaking up. Research shows that particularly if you’re a woman or a minority it’s harder to have your ideas, your comments and contributions acknowledged and accepted.

But there are things we can do to help overcome the challenges we sometimes face and in this episode Claire and Greta take you through numerous ways you can improve your influence at work and ensure your messages and communications are landing as well as they can. 

They look at tactics and tools you can use before, during and after important meetings, plus share stories from some of the most senior guests we’ve had on the show including a member of the House of Lords in the UK and the President of a large global health business.

In this episode you’ll learn:

  • When, and with whom, Claire typically finds it difficult to be heard 
  • How to piggyback off someone else in a meeting when you’re having trouble finding the moment to speak
  • Why you have to stand up for yourself
  • And, an important meeting tactic everyone should use. 

This episode is jam packed with tips and tools that can help us all increase our influence, and that we use regularly. If you know someone who’s complained of not being heard at work then why not share this episode with them as well. 

Enjoy!

 

 

Useful Links

Martha Lane Fox episode   

Que Dallara episode

  

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How To End this Crazy Year on a Positive…

  • December 1, 2020
  • by Claire

Brought to you by Microsoft’s The New Next

 

Welcome to our latest How To episode, the last one for 2020!

This week we’re exploring how to end this year on a positive note. It’s been such a crazy year! From Australia and California’s shocking bushfires to the global COVID pandemic, which has led to so much disruption to all our lives.

We like to think of the end of the calendar year as a great opportunity to be a circuit breaker. With so many people right now feeling exhausted, this is a great chance for us all to start the process of recharging our batteries and freshening our outlook over the Holiday season.

In this episode we share 4 great tips that you can choose from to help you reset, clear your head and generally position yourself in the best possible way to enjoy December and start 2021 feeling much more positive. 

We explore everything from humour, to reflecting on your 2020 actions, to telling someone how much you appreciate them. 

So if you want to end 2020 in the best possible way then this is the episode for you. Enjoy!

 

Read more “How To End this Crazy Year on a Positive Note” →

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How to Have a Difficult Conversation

  • November 5, 2019November 5, 2019
  • by admin

We get it, no-one likes having a difficult conversation do they? 

Yet, it’s a fact of life that we all need to instigate them at different times both at work and at home. And if you want to be successful at work, it’s fair to say that having constructive difficult conversations is a skill you just need to master.

But difficult conversations are hard because they often illicit emotion. Hence many of us procrastinate or dodge conversations that we know we really should have, which can lead to resentment and festering emotions.   

Procrastinate no more! This week we provide you with some simple tips and tools to help you navigate these tricky situations.

In fact, we teach how to have difficult work conversations in our leadership programs at companies around the world, including Google, Pinterest, Uber, etc, and our participants tell us that these skills really help. 

In this episode you’ll learn:

  • Practical steps you can take to ensure your difficult conversations go as well as possible 
  • Why it’s so important to have difficult conversations
  • A super useful way to give feedback well 
  • And, how to say No 

Plus, you get to hear an, almost, Oscar-winning feedback role-play (if we say so ourselves)! 

So don’t delay that difficult conversation you’ve been putting off – click below and have a listen and then try it for real!

You’ve got this!

Oh and email us at claireandgreta@dontstopusnow.co if you’d like us to send you our Values Assessment Exercise.

 

Useful Links

The SBI Feedback Model

Additional Reading:

Crucial Conversations – Tools for Talking When Stake are High by Kerry Paterson

Radical Candour by Kim Scott Malone

What’s Worst Than Having a Difficult Conversation? Avoiding One! by Deborah Rowland – HBR article

 

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How To Feel Less Stuck in Your Job

  • June 18, 2019
  • by admin

Don’t forget to enter our competition (below) to win a free coaching session with Claire and Greta.

This week we explore what you can do when you have that horrible feeling you’re trapped in your job… for whatever reason.

Maybe you’ve been meaning to change what you do for a while but just find the whole prospect scary or overwhelming; or maybe you’re in a job that pays really well or gives you lots of status that others envy, but you feel miserable; or, perhaps, the job you took just isn’t meeting your expectations.

If any of these scenarios sound like your situation then pick up those earphones and tune in now.

Together we’ll share tips, tools and advice to help you feel less stuck going forward. Tune in to hear:

  • Three key reasons why we feel stuck
  • How one of our guests nearly died before she realised her high paying, successful career was completely wrong for her
  • What six words are super helpful to break through any apprehension or nervousness you have about changing or going for a new job
  • And how Claire used those same words to pluck up the courage to resign from Google.

So if you feel like you are stuck or approaching stuckness, or know someone who is, then do you and them a favour and tune in now!

 

Links

Want to move jobs but feel a bit afraid or overwhelmed? Try our Free Download: What’s the worst that can happen template

Win 2 hours of ‘just-for-you’ coaching with Claire and Greta. Click here to enter. Hurry entries close July 3rd.

 

 

 

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