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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

  

Interview

Inspiring Others with Her ‘Why’ – Lina Xu

  • July 26, 2023July 26, 2023
  • by Claire

If you’re inspired by people who have a worthy and clear purpose or mission then you’re going to love our episode this week. 

Our guest is Lina Xu, co-founder of a Medtech startup called Telecare which offers under-served people living in regional and rural areas virtual access to specialists and other healthcare professionals.

When Chinese born and raised Lina moved to Australia seven years ago and became a mum shortly after, she felt very isolated, out of touch with her new country and alone. 

Whilst still breastfeeding her second son four years ago, Lina realised she needed to make a change and do something more in her new country and so this quietly spoken and determined woman, along with her husband, co-founded Telecare. 

Two doctors joined them as co-founders and all were inspired by the potential of Telecare to fill a vital healthcare gap by enabling regionally based patients to have affordable access to city based specialists and allied healthcare professionals. 

As luck would have it, Telecare was founded just 6 months before Covid happened, so their foresight and careful stakeholder management has really paid off. So much so that Lina was awarded a Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellowship this year as one of Oceania’s leading female entrepreneurs. 

In this episode you’ll hear how:

  • A family tragedy helped Lina develop the resilience and adaptability that’s so valuable as a female founder
  • How having a clear and impact-focused Mission has made it much easier for Telecare, and Lina personally, to garner supporters 
  • How she and her co-founders are making headway with innovative technology in what is a very conservative and risk averse healthcare sector; and  
  • Why relationships are so important to her. 

What struck us about this inspiring conversation with Lina is how clear she is about her ‘Why’ and how that’s morphed into becoming something much bigger and even more meaningful with her business. 

We think you’ll love this episode with the humble and mission-driven Lina Xu. 

 

Useful Links

Telecare Website 

Lina Xu on LinkedIn

Cartier Women’s Initiative 

Bonus Episode

The ‘Secret Sauce’ Behind Successful Change

  • September 8, 2022September 8, 2022
  • by Claire

This week’s episode covers surely one of the most topical subjects right now: how to deliver or be part of successful change at work. If the Pandemic wasn’t enough, digital disruption and changing economic and geo-political conditions are certainly ensuring that virtually every business we know of is running a change project of some sort. 

That’s especially true for one of our listeners who got in touch and asked us for any tips or advice we could give her to support a big change project in her workplace.  So we decided what better time to explore this important topic and figure out if there’s a ‘secret sauce’ to successful change? And if there is, what is it? 

You’ll want to listen in because we have the answers to both questions for you in this episode. 

We also hear priceless advice from seasoned change expert, Carole Ashford, who’s spent years helping big corporates implement successful major change projects. Carol also has a Masters of Change and numerous other change qualifications.

In this episode you’ll hear how:

  • None of us are immune to being part of change these days
  • How to respond when change projects impact you
  • How to build your change-ready ‘muscle’, and of course:
  • The Secret Sauce to making sure your change project goes well!

So before you so much as change outfits, why not pop in those ear buds and enjoy this episode!

 

Interview

Smart Operator – Vered Raviv Schwarz

  • March 8, 2022March 8, 2022
  • by Claire

We have a smart operator and a great champion for women on the show this week. 

Her name is Vered Raviv Schwarz  and she’s spent the past 20 years in disruptive tech companies, based in Israel. 

These days Vered is President and Chief Operating Officer for Guesty, a property management platform offering software that’s used by people renting out short term and vacation rental properties around the world. With Guesty’s multiple features they can easily list and manage their rentals on multiple sites such as AirBnb and Vebo. 

Before Guesty, Vered spent nearly 6 years at the freelancer marketplace Fiverr as Chief Operating Officer. And prior to that she was a lawyer and General Counsel at other tech companies.

We’ve been struck by what a smart operator and thinker Vered is. 

In this episode you’ll hear a lot of great advice including:

  • How some of the best advice Vered was given, and now gives herself, changed the course of her entire career
  • Why she’s passionate about making tech companies more diverse and what she’s doing about that
  • How she helps companies successfully scale and grow globally 
  • And why Vered’s a great believer in being able to make decisions quickly. 

Without further ado enjoy this episode with the switched on and dedicated Vered Raviv Schwarz. 

 

 

Links

Guesty Website

Vered on LinkedIn 

Vered on Twitter – @VRavivSchwarz

Future Proof Me Mini Episode

Future Proof Me – Courage for All Things

  • June 16, 2021June 17, 2021
  • by Claire

Our mini episode this week is packed with wisdom from one of our most thoughtful guests. 

Social entrepreneur, author and one of Forbes Magazine ‘100 Greatest Living Business Minds’, Jacqueline Novogratz, blew our socks off with her inspiring purpose and thoughtful wisdom when we spoke with her last year.

We particularly loved how Jacqueline spoke inspiringly about courage and creating change, and she uses the analogy of bulls and doves in a brilliant way.  At the time she was releasing her latest book, Manifesto for a Moral Revolution. 

Jacqueline starts by stressing how important it is not to spend ages thinking about doing something but to make a start, even if it scares you. 

You’ll also learn how she channels her inner bull and dove and how she overcame her fear of public speaking.

Enjoy this episode. 

 

 

 

Useful Links 

Our full interview with Jacqueline Novogratz

Acumen Website

Jacqueline’s Books: 

Manifesto for a Moral Revolution – Practices to Build a Better World 

The Blue Sweater

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