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How To Speak Up For Yourself

When Speaking Up Fails: How to Resolve Miscommunication In The Workplace

To resolve miscommunication in the workplace, start by de-escalating tensions through maintaining composure, offering apologies, and allowing time for emotions to settle. Next, actively work on restoring relationships by clarifying your intentions, seeking feedback, and engaging in positive interactions. Lastly, pivot your communication strategy to ensure your message gets across.

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My Journey From A Shy People Pleaser To Be More Assertive

And how you can be more confident with assertiveness too. https://youtu.be/xnDJaSGmY08 Check out other episodes of the Speak Your Mind Unapologetically Podcast HERE. Sign up for our Weekly Newsletter on Assertive Communication for tips and inspiration to speak your mind with confidence and get taken seriously. We take your email seriously and will never sell or share it. In

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

Here are 8 ways to be more assertive with your personal finances: 1) ask your bank, accountant, and financial advisor for references and qualifications even if they get upset; 2) initiate purposeful money conversations with colleagues, family, and friends; 3) make your own financial decisions instead of allowing others to make them for you; 4) be financially informed: know your revenue, expenses, taxes, and investments in detail; 5) prioritize your money; 6) say no to financial commitments that you can’t make in the moment; 7) regularly talk about finances with your spouse, even if they don’t want to; 8) have financial goals instead of allowing others to push their own goals on you.

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

Here are 8 ways to speak up to protect your money: 1) clarify with HR all of your employment benefits and rights and how to access them; 2) negotiate your compensation when you get a new job, even if it feels pushy; 3) ask your boss about the path to a raise, and then keep them accountable; 4) source and actively manage your financial team: accountant, financial advisor, spouse; 5) insist about the exact fees, interest rates, penalties, and conditions, even if they change topics; 6) negotiate terms and conditions; 7) ask all your “stupid” financial questions to your accountant, financial advisor, bank even if they try to overwhelm you with jargon; 8) ask your bank or financial advisors if they are fiduciary.

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10 Daily Challenges Women Face At Work

10 of the top everyday challenges real women have to deal in the workplace are: not taken seriously, perceived as too difficult or too aggressive, constantly questioned, told they are too outspoken or “bitchy”, not treated as an equal, negative spotlight, forced to be inauthentic, bro culture misfit, loneliness, no work-life balance. empathetic assertiveness is a simple tool that can help overcome it.

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4 Top Speaking Up Fears Debunked

The top reason people shy away from speaking up and expressing their needs, boundaries, desires, true thoughts, and feelings are their fears of speaking up. The top four fears of speaking up are the fear of coming across as rude, offensive, aggressive, or mean; the fear of being disliked; the fear of hurting people’s feelings; and the fear of retaliation or backlash.

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