She Got the Raise, the Title, and the Respectā€¦
"She Got the Raise, the Title, and the Respect…"
Are you owning your value enough?
If that question made you take a pause, it’s ok. Not voicing our value or owning our worth has happened to most of us at one time or another.
But, it doesn’t have to.
According to DiversityWomen Media, ‘Women are often less assertive than men in the workplace and tend to apologize or minimize the importance of what they say when they do speak up-even female executives in meetings with their peers.’
Part of the challenge is that owning our value is a counterculture for many of us.
That was the case for Sue (not her real name:), a 1:1 Limitless Leader client of mine who is a female senior executive in finance. She had a 30-minute call scheduled for her annual review. The call was actually 10 minutes (...her boss was 10 minutes late and left 10 minutes early.)
She was rated as ‘far exceeds’ due to the growth of her line of business and progress on major...
Podcast Episode #98: "Growing Visibility for Women in Wealth Management" - an Interview with Brie Williams
Growing Visibility for Women in Wealth Management
In case you missed my LIVE interview with the remarkable Brie Williams (Vice President, Head of Practice Management at SPDR Exchange Traded Funds - State Street Global Investors), here are a few of the wisdom gems she shared:
- Having an open mind and willingness to try something different, even if it's not what you've envisioned for yourself
- Learning to get comfortable in failing fast and failing up
- Building your confidence and strengthening your resilience through self-doubt and anxiety
- Using your network of colleagues and partners as a safe forum for trying out your ideas
- The importance and value of the give and take of the sponsorship/mentorship relationship
- Being authentic to yourself and embracing the many shapes and sizes of diversity.
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