Transforming the Voice of Your Inner Critic

Everyone has an inner critic. You get to decide how important of a role it plays in your life. During this call you'll learn to navigate the negative voice in your head in order to jump start your ability to better set boundaries, take risks, try new things, and share your needs and wants - all elements which are crucial to a fulfilling and successful career (and life).

During this call, Chelsea will cover:

✅ Spotting sneaky ways your inner critic rears its head into professional scenarios
✅ Shining the light on your inner guide and connecting deeper to it
✅ Tools to bridge the gap between your true intentions and the limitations/pressures imposed by self-doubt

 
 
 
 

Additional Resources

Mastering Your Inner Critic and 7 Other High Hurdles to Advancement by Susan Brady - This book offers first-hand advice for scaling the hurdles that prevent you from controlling that little voice. (Book)

Better Days: Taming Your Inner Critic by Neal Allen - In this book, Allen examines a critical aspect of the human psyche that often gets ignored - the superego. (Book)

To Defeat Your Inner Critic, Bring Your Inner Champion Out To Play by Sohee Jun - This article offers some tools to help you untangle yourself from the harsh ugliness that is the inner critic. (Article: Forbes)

Find Out Which Inner Critic Is Holding You Back And How To Subdue It by Shade Zahrai - This article introduces you to the five main critics and how to face each. (Article: Forbes)

How To Make Friends With Your Inner Critic by Lakeasha Sullivan - This article offers tips to quiet the harsh, judging inner voice. (Article: Washington Post)

Make Peace with Your Inner Critic with Tara Mohr - This podcast explains how to deal with self-doubt. (Podcast: Harvard Business Review)

Speaking Confidently When Put on the Spot

At some point at work, we’ve all likely experienced feeling anxious, ill-equipped, or off-kilter or when having to give a spur-of-the-moment answer or when expected to speak on the fly.

In this session called Speaking Confidently When Put on the Spot, Cecilia shared ideas to help you feel more comfortable responding and communicating in the moment, regardless of how prepared or eloquent you think you are.

Based on Matt Abrahams’ book, Think Faster, Talk Smarter, this session taught us that there is no right or wrong way to communicate. You’ll learn ideas on how to focus more on practice and preparation to help reduce stress and feel more confident when speaking spontaneously in front of others.

You’ll hear from Cecilia about:

✅ Secrets to Effective Communication
✅ Reframing Speaking Anxiety
✅ Getting Comfortable with Spontaneity

 
 
 
 

Additional Resources

How To Shine When You’re Put On The Spot by Matt Abrahams - This article suggests key strategies to successfully master the art of spontaneous speaking. (Article: Harvard Business Review)

Mastering Spontaneous Communication: Strategies for Speaking with Confidence by Kwame Christian - This article highlights practical advice for effectively managing spontaneous conversations. (Article: Forbes)

Expert Tips to Master The Art of 'Spontaneous Speaking' by Rodger Dean Duncan - This article shares tips and techniques to conquer spontaneous speaking. (Article: Forbes)

Be Better At Spontaneous Speaking by Matt Abrahams - This article offers some tools to prepare you to be ready for off-the-cuff conversations. (Article: Stanford Graduate School of Business)

Think Fast, Talk Smart with Matt Abrahams - This podcast provides the tools, techniques, and best practices to help you communicate more effectively. (Podcast)

EMPOWERSHIP Kick-Off + One Mindset Shift for 2024

This kick-off call shared everything you need to know about this year's program - logistics, calls, resources, PLUS we taught a lesson you don't want to miss - One Mind Shift that is Guaranteed to Bring More Power, Choice, and Joy into your 2024.

During this call, you’ll gain a clear understanding of what's to come in Empowership in 2024, highlighting what's new or changed for both new folks and our returning members.

Reflection Pitfalls: Improving How You Look Back to Boost How You Move Forward

This month’s call is on the topic of Reflection Pitfalls: Improving How You Look Back to Boost How You Move Forward. Cecilia will share new ideas on how to reflect on 2023 in a way that serves your growth and optimism for the new year ahead.

The end of a year is a great time to reflect and a lot of people are doing so in a way that doesn’t serve them. On this call, we’ll learn common habits and pitfalls that you might be doing and gain new ways to extract lessons and learnings to better impact 2024.

We'll cover:
✅ 3 Common Reflection Practices and Why They May Not Work
✅ A New Model to Review Your Year
✅ Tips to Impact Your Work and Life in 2024

Additional Resources

"The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle - This book explores the importance of living in the present moment and the impact of reflection on personal growth. (Book)

"Atomic Habits" by James Clear - While not about reflection per se, it provides insights into building positive habits, which often involves reflection on one's behaviors. (Book)

"Making a New Year's Resolution? Don't Go to War With Yourself." Interview from The Atlantic discussing resilient goals and how "the difference between not doing anything at all and doing 10 minutes a few times a week is absolute." (Article)

"Stop Being So Hard on Yourself" from Harvard Business Review discussing how you can take a more balanced, emotionally equanimous approach to your performance. (Article)

"The Power of Mindfulness: What You Practice Grows Stronger" by Shauna Shapiro. Shauna Shapiro discusses the transformative power of mindfulness and how it can enhance self-reflection. (TED Talk)

Navigating Personal Hardships At Work (Yours and Those of Others)

This month’s call is with Christie Bishop, an Advertising & Marketing Executive, and host of the podcast, “What Nobody Tells Us.” Prior to starting her own Marketing Strategy consultancy firm in 2021, Christie spent nearly two decades in Executive roles leading North American and Global Strategic Planning teams both at agencies and in-house.

At home, Christie was (and continues to be) the primary caregiver for her husband, Bryan, through his ongoing treatment for brain cancer. During this call, we'll dive into how Christie's experiences have helped her support not only herself, but also her teams, colleagues and direct reports through personal hardships of their own. These tips are especially important, given they apply to personal situations that a lot of employees often hide from others.”

We'll cover:
What Personal Hardships are and the Impact They Can Have at WorkTools & Tips to Navigate Personal Hardship as:

✅ An Individual Employee (yourself)

✅ A Manager or Leader supporting a direct report or colleague

✅ A Colleague Supporting Another Colleague

Additional Resources

"How To Handle Personal Issues in the Workplace (Plus Tips)" (Indeed)

"What to Do When a Personal Crisis Is Hurting Your Professional Life" (Harvard Business Review)

”How to Keep Working During Personal Hardship” (Forbes)

Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant - This book discusses how to navigate personal hardships, including grief and loss, and find resilience and happiness.

The Tim Ferris Show (Podcast)

Moving from Conflict to Collaboration

During this call, Cecilia will teach the topic of Moving From Conflict to Collaboration. In this session, you'll learn about the dynamics of conflict and ways to better embrace our role in the situation and, ultimately, how to get to better collaboration at work.

You'll gain tools and messaging to better approach and solve situations where changes, personalities, or problems may cause things to get sticky.

✅  The Conflict Dynamic That Impedes Us at Work
✅  Steps to De-Escalate & Reduce Conflict
✅  A New View on Collaboration

The Art of Selling Yourself: Interview with Lisa Earle McLeod

Selling yourself, your work, and your greatness can feeling challenging, especially for women. During this call Lisa will share:

✅  The elements of confidently selling yourself 
✅  What to do when your high quality-work isn’t enough to get you the rewards you seek
✅  How to strengthening personal worth 

Lisa will take tools and insights from her book Selling with Noble Purpose, geared towards sellers, and share them through a lens which can be utilized by anyone marketing for selling themselves.

Lisa is a global advisor, consultant and speaker. She is an expert in sales, leadership and emotional engagement helping major companies such as Sales Force, LinkedIn, and Dave and Busters. She’s the author of five bestselling books.

EVERYONE GETS LONELY: What To Do When It Hits You

Public crisis and epidemic are words we're now seeing next to loneliness. Even prior to COVID-19, nearly half of U.S. adults reported experiencing loneliness. During this talk, Chelsea Szabo will explore loneliness with a fresh perspective.

You'll learn how to empower yourself to use loneliness as a springboard into a more connected and fulfilled life ... both in and out of the office. 

Learn: 

✅  The #1 thing most people don't realize is behind loneliness  
✅  The 3 crucial relationships you must invest in to fend off loneliness (everyone is currently in a relationship with these 3 things) 
✅  What fuels loneliness and how to stop feeding it 

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