Speak Your Mind Unapologetically Podcast

15 Assertive Rights That You Need To Protect

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, you’ll discover 15 assertive rights that you need to protect so that you can be happy and successful.   Episodes referenced Confid...

8 Real Life Examples On How To Deal With Difficult Coworkers

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

These 8 assertive professional leaders share how they deal with difficult coworkers, from disrespectful comments, ignoring you, trying to put you down...

Who Is Grooming You For A Promotion? (With Gina Hope)

22 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Gina Hope worked really hard for years and was still passed over for promotion when an opportunity finally came up. She realized that she had to chang...

How To Express Your Emotions And Feelings To Persuade Others

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

An important part of assertiveness is knowing how to express your moods, feelings and emotions. In many assertive techniques, you use “I” state...

18 Signs That You Are A People Pleaser

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s easy to fall into the people-pleasing trap and not even know it. We think our kindness drives our behavior, but often fear does instead. In thi...

What People Get Wrong About Trust

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A lot is said about trust – how to earn trust, build trust, trust employees, why trust is important. But little is said about what trust is not. ✔...

Why Being Assertive Reduces Your Stress At Work

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Meditation, exercise, and mindfulness are all great tools to reduce stress once it happens. But if you want to prevent stress in the first place, then...

The Real Story Of How I Got Promoted

15 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do people actually get promoted? What’s the secret that nobody talks about? In this episode you’ll discover how I got two of my most significa...

How Do You Report Workplace Harassment Being Without Unfairly Punished (with Luz Nunez)

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do you speak up about discrimination, harassment, bullying, unfair treatment, favoritism, hostility in the workplace? Luz Nunez, an expert in DEI ...

16 Assertiveness Lessons From Harmonious Japanese Gardens

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What can Japanese and Zen gardens teach us about how to be more assertive? Well, many things. Japanese gardens are designed for natural harmony and ba...

What Do You Say When You Are Interrupted

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What do you say when someone interrupts you in a meeting, cuts you off mid-sentence, or talks over you? In this episode you’ll discover: ✔️ How ...

How To Communicate Value To Be Valued At Work (With PhD Nicole Tschierske)

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do you communicate your value and the value of your work? How do you get people to listen to you when you communicate? In this episode, Dr. Nicole...

How To Respond to Bias In The Workplace (With Crystal Sincoff)

08 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do you speak up against bias without being unreasonable? How do you encourage people to be safe to bring their full self to work when bias and can...

The Assertive Script That Will Forever Change Your Hard Conversations

07 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Do you ever struggle to figure out what words to choose when having a hard  conversation, like asking for something, giving negative feedback, or dea...

7 Ways To Make Yourself Heard In Meetings

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Do you find it challenging to speak your mind in meetings? Do you find it hard to make yourself heard? In this episode you'll discover: ✔️ 7 strat...

9 Questions To Decide When To Practice Speaking Up Ahead

05 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Should you always practice speaking up in a challenging conversation? While rehearsing can be extremely useful for some people and in some situations,...

4 Examples On How To Get The Promotion You Want

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do people actually get promoted? These 4 stories reveal that getting the promotion or role you want is not a matter of luck, being a high performe...

How To Speak Up Regardless Of Rules, Outcomes, Or Embarrassment (With Lollie Ramirez-Bennett)

01 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Many people hold themselves back because of unspoken norms, fear of making mistakes, fear of embarrassment or shame. Lollie Ramirez-Bennett brings ins...

Did You Have These 10 Painful Regrets in Your 20s?

30 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What were your top regrets in your 20s? What would you have done differently? You define many parts of your life in your 20s. It’s also a time for s...

4 Question To Consider Before Labeling A Team Member As A Quiet Quitter

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What can you do if your team member is quiet quitting? Quiet quitting means only doing the core work and not going above and beyond the job role and r...

9 Ways To Maintain Your Professional Network Without Being Awkward

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How can you revive your existing network that you are now out of touch with? Networking is essential to advance in your career. In fact, 70% to 80% of...

How To Discover Your Values And Use Them To Set Boundaries At Work (With PhD Laura Eigel)

26 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What are your values? Do you use your values to make career decisions? Have you experienced burnout? In this episode, PhD Laura Eigel speaks about how...

Speaking Up As A Female Leader In A Male-Dominated Workplace (With Shelly Jairath)

24 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do you lead and succeed in a male dominated workplace? Start by communicating authentically, speaking up with courage, and defending your right to...

Assertiveness Advice From 12 Remarkable Women in Leadership at Philips

23 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Effective female leaders are assertive. Women in leadership are never passive and can’t afford to be aggressive like some men are due to the double-...

How To Get The Most Out Of Your Speaking Up Moments: 5 Min Speak Up Debrief Ritual

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Get better speaking up results by following this short speak up debrief ritual. It is also a surprising tool to help you recover from hard speaking up...

How To Receive Feedback Gracefully (And What Not To Do)

21 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know that some people get excited about negative feedback? How do you receive negative feedback with grace and dignity? The secret is not to l...

Why You Need To Share Your Personal Stories Professionally (With Anna Ong)

19 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Are you sharing enough about yourself professionally? Personal stories help connect, build trust, engage others, and build your personal brand. Person...

Is It Good To Take Career Risks? (With Preeti Karnik)

17 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Taking uncomfortable risks in your career can help you discover new talents that you didn’t know you had, find enjoyable work that you didn’t know...

5 Myths That Hold You Back From Adding Value and Being Heard In Meetings

16 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Do you struggle to speak in meetings? Do you fear speaking up in meetings? Would you like to speak in meetings with confidence and authority? In this ...

How To Take Criticism Without Getting Defensive

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do you take unreasonable or harsh criticism, negative comments, or bad feedback that you don’t even agree with or understand? In this episode, y...

5 Ways To Overcome Impostor Syndrome And Regain Confidence To Speak Up (With Kim Meninger)

14 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever chosen to not speak up because you thought your idea, your question, or your contribution was not good enough? Maybe you even convinced ...

15 Ways To Groom Yourself For A Promotion When Nobody Else Does

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s great to be groomed for a promotion. But if you aren’t, you can get yourself most of the opportunities that someone who is being groomed gets...

Why Holding Yourself To Lower Standards Helps You Take More Risks (With Liya Aizenberg)

10 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do you take more risks to speak up and to try something new that could lead to failure? In this episode, Engineering Director Liya Aizenberg share...

How To Increase Connection To Help You Speak Up With Ease

09 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Speaking up is easier when you have a connection with the person you are speaking to. In this episode, you'll discover how to develop that connection....

The Number One Quality To Look For When You Recruit Your Boss

08 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Who was your favorite boss? Mine was Mario, and this is what made him so special. 👉🏼Links: 20 Reasons Why Successful Leaders Have Assertive Team...

32 Ways To Take Up More Space And Get Noticed At Work

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Do you take up space at work? Do leaders notice you or are you invisible to them? Take up more space to get yourself noticed, be seen and heard, get y...

Speaking Up When You're From A Non-Speaking Up Culture (With Dr. Abby Hamilton)

05 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you come from a culture that values obedience, compliance, and respect to authority, speaking up can feel incredibly hard. In this episode, you'll ...

Do You Make These Mistakes When You Praise People At Work?

03 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Find out how to compliment someone on their work. Discover how to praise someone for their talents or achievements. And get positive feedback examples...

Why You Need To Match Your Non Verbals To Your Assertiveness

02 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Non verbals are a key part of speaking up assertively. In this episode, you'll discover why.  👉🏼Links: Sign up for 10 Day free Assertive And Li...

Want To Seem Competent? Show Confidence Even If You’re Not

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Do you feel like you’re not taken seriously at work? That you have to prove your credibility over and over again just to be heard? Well, your challe...

How To Get Difficult People To Collaborate With You And Prevent Conflict (with Patrick Aylward)

29 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Discover a step-by-step approach to handle differences collaboratively with former conflict mediator and author of “The Collaborative Path”, Patri...

Are You A Listening Punching Bag? Then Stop Being A Better Listener

27 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ever heard the advice that you should focus on being a better listener? Are you sick and tired of listening to everyone but not being heard by anyone?...

Women's Great Resignation: How To Avoid Losing Talent

26 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Women are resigning because they feel ambushed if they stay in your company: they either don’t speak up, stay miserable, and burn out or they speak ...

5 Easy Ways To Self-Promote Without Bragging

24 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There is a myth that hard work speaks for itself. I hate to break it to you, but it doesn't. You need to make your work visible. How do you do that wi...

How To Gain Support In Meetings By Building Strategic Relationships (with Diana Dreyer)

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The hardest part about Diana's job is to manage peers and manage up. And she learned some successful strategies to deal with that. If you work in a ma...

How To Capture People's Attention At Work? Try The Kind Stalker Move

20 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How can you aggressively grab people’s attention, follow up on your requests in the office without coming across as aggressive? By chance I discover...

How To Lead Organizational and Personal Change (with Lata Hamilton)

19 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do you make change management a positive experience for your team? Change expert, Lata Hamilton, explains: ✔️ What is Organizational Change Ma...

How To Disagree Respectfully Without Being Disagreeable

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How to disagree with your boss without backlash? How to disagree respectfully? In this episode, you’ll discover: ✔️ 10 best practices to disagr...

How To Get The Job When You Don’t Meet The Requirements (With Director Jess Sahagian)

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Should you apply for a job if you don’t meet the qualifications? When there are candidates that meet the job requirements a lot better? What do you ...

Employees Desperately Want An Assertive Boss

13 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There is a lot said about being a servant leader and an empathetic caring boss, which is important. However, what is not said is that bosses that don'...

Why Women Are Blamed For Team Failures And Don’t Get Credit For Team Successes

12 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

According to World Economic Forum, when women work with men on male gender-typed tasks, men are more likely to be credited for joint successes and wom...

How To Boost Your Confidence To Speak Up

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Confidence predicts success more than IQ. Confident people get more opportunities, promotions, and pay. The good news is that you can develop your con...

10 Steps To Be Both Assertive And Likable When You Speak Up

08 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you want to be able to speak up unapologetically while still being liked and having great relationships, you need to do 10 things. In this episode,...

How To Make Assertiveness Friendly: Use Speaking Up Hygge

06 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Speaking up hygge helps you add the right type of cozy friendly warmth (that does not come across as powerless) to your speaking up moments. Find out:...

15 Ways To Show You Care About Your Team To Build Resilience For Hard Conversations

05 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Effective leaders understand the power of showing they value and care about their team. Employees leave bosses who don't appreciate, recognize, or emp...

10 Practical Examples Of Empathetic Assertiveness At Work

03 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How can you be assertive and empathetic at the same time? Here are 10 practical examples on how to do it. Find out: ✔️ How to deliver bad news wi...

How To Strategically Use The Awkward Silence In Communication To Help Resolve Conflict

02 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Has someone with more power than you ever asked you to do something that you didn't want to do? Here's how I used awkward silence to regain some power...

What Every Professional Woman Must Know About How To Be More Visible (With Speaker Trainer Elizabeth Bachman)

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Not being visible enough at work will eventually leave you feeling undervalued. How can you be more visible at work as a woman? Elizabeth Bachman, pre...

20 Reasons Why Successful Leaders Have Assertive Teams

29 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Successful leaders and managers choose assertive employees because of these 20 factors. The good new is that if your team members are not assertive, t...

It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It

27 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You can say anything to anyone if you say it in the right way. You can even avoid hurting feelings, being disliked, and retaliation when you speak you...

5 Self-Advocacy Lessons That Will Pay Off And Make You Feel Powerful (With DEI Leader Zahida Sherman)

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s a fantastic example of how you can make advocating for yourself and for others work for you with vulnerability. This is a story of how to use...

How I Finally Got Noticed At Work Doing Only One Thing

23 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How to get your ideas noticed by the right people? Do you share your ideas even if you think it’s not good enough? Here's why you need to give your ...

How Can Women Close The Gender Gap Even If They Suffer Gender Bias

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Can women combat the negative effects of gender bias in their work and careers? Not entirely, but it is possible to minimize it. Discover: ✔️ Why ...

Do You Feel Invisible At Work? It’s Time To Leave Obscurity

20 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What do you do when you feel invisible at work? When you feel insignificant, rejected, as if you didn’t matter at all? You need to get yourself out ...

How You Can Assemble a Powerful Advisory Team To Support Your Career (with Sabeen Syed)

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Engineering Director Sabeen demonstrates the power of having mentors and advisors to support you and catapult your career through several examples. In...

How To Speak Up At Work And Never Have To Fear Of Retribution Again

16 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Are you scared of retaliation when you speak your mind honestly and directly at work? In this episode you’ll discover: ✔️ When being assertive b...

5 Reasons Why Being More Assertive Actually Makes You Kinder

15 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Many people think that being more assertive makes them selfish and rude jerks. That is so far from reality! Contrary to popular belief, assertiveness ...

Avoid These 2 Toxic Assumptions That Kill Your Relationships Like Termites

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Are you making relationship killer assumptions? Assumptions are the termites of relationships. Why? Because they slowly but surely destroy good relati...

Conflict with Courage, Curiosity & Compassion: Making a Difference in Your Life (With Dr. Debra Dupree)

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you think that conflict is not your cup of tea, this episode might change your mind! ✔️ A powerful reframe of conflict to set yourself up for a...

Want Unfair Advantage? Show Up With Courage When Others Avoid Rejection

09 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

He got his dream job in his dream city by risking massive rejection more than 10 times in a single day. This is his story of gaining a competitive adv...

Dear Professional Woman, It's Unfair and Unjust

08 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Here's an open letter to all professional women who struggle with inequality, bias, and discrimination at work. 👉🏼Links Episode Top Daily Challe...

13 Bad Reasons Why You Don’t Ask For What You Want

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Here are 13 common stories you may be telling yourself to not ask for what you want. Overcome these myths so that you can finally make requests and st...

Discover How To Make People Listen To You When They Try To Ignore You (With Guest Vishwaa Vaidya)

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Discover how to think like an assertive woman who refuses to be put down and owns who she is with Senior Director of Engineering at Visa, Vishwaa Vaid...

How To Get The Upper Hand When A Jerk Disparages You Publicly

02 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When someone criticizes you in front of other people, here’s what you can say. ✔️ How to respond to overly critical comments. ✔️ When to re...

Obama Shows How to Handle Someone Who Cuts You Off While Talking

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What do you say when someone interupts you and cuts you off in conversation? What if after you tell them to stop interrupting they still continue? Her...

4 Reasons Why It Is Important For Leaders To Speak Up

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

People pleasing and passive leaders do not exist! Leaders need to speak up every day. Do they need to be caring? Yes. Listen to the team? Yes. Have em...

How To Get Noticed At Work If You Are A Minority, Underrepresented, or Underprivileged

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do you go from minority, immigrant, underprivileged waste picker to senior executive VP at Johnson & Johnson? You get noticed! Samuel reveals all ...

Overcoming Failure: My Lowest Low

25 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We will all experience our own lowest lows at work, in relationships, in our health, in our finances, as a student. Failure is guaranteed to happen, e...

How To Handle Frustrations As A Leader

24 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Managers and leaders will experience frustration at work. The question is, how do you handle those frustrations in the most productive way possible th...

The Missing Bottom-Up Approach To DE&I

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Even with the best DE&I programs, minorities will still experience microaggressions, implicit bias, and fear of retaliation. That' why top-down DE&I p...

What Makes Great Managers (With Soft Skills Expert Scott Asai)

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

75% of people leave their managers, not their salary, says soft skills speaker, Scott Asai. Do you have the rights skills to excel as a manager? In th...

First Day As A Manager: The Day I Discovered I had To Be More Assertive

18 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How was your very first day as a manager? Was it a breeze or was it stressful? In this episode I share how I realized that I would need to be more ass...

4 Powerful Ways To Stop Ruminating Now

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rumination and overthinking a bad situation is not helpful to anyone. But it's also very hard to stop that negative thinking pattern! In this episode,...

What Is Your Appreciation Language At Work?

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

People feel appreciated in different ways and crave different things from others. That why it is important to know your own appreciation language and ...

7 Compelling Reasons You Need To Start A Bragging Ritual

10 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bragging is often seen very negatively. But the reality is that bragging can be positive or negative, depending on how you choose to use it. In this e...

Future Of Work Post Pandemic – What You Need To Know Now (Part 2)

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The world has been changing fast with the pandemic, rise of social issues, and increased uncertainty. And with it the workplace has also been changing...

A Breakthrough Career Conversation You Need To Pursue Your Dreams (With Google UX Researcher Ojuolape Junaid)

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"In 30 min my life changed"; "It was a brave request". Google researcher Ojuolape Junaid shares courageous moves and powerful conversations that led t...

You Don’t Have To Change Your Personality To Start To Be More Assertive

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Does being more assertive change your personality? In this episode, you’ll discover: ✔️ Why assertiveness won’t change your personality. ✔️...

She 3x Her Salary In 5 Years and Conquered Job Given to Other (With Guest Maria Kauffman)

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this fun episode Maria Kauffman reveals her powerful stories as a woman in male-dominated workplaces: getting a massive salary increase, landing th...

Find Courage To Speak Your Mind In These 9 Episodes

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The wrong mindset is the first thing that holds us back from saying what we need or want to say! Here are the top speaking your mind MINDSET podcast e...

Future Of Work Post Pandemic – What You Need To Know Now (Part 1)

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The world has been changing fast with the pandemic, rise of social issues, and increased uncertainty. And with it the workplace has also been changing...

A New Way To Think About Being Nice: Why Niceness Is The 51st Shade Of Grey

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Do you view yourself as “nice”? Do others describe you as “nice”? Do you always enjoy being “nice”? Have you ever stopped to think about w...

My Journey From A Shy People Pleaser To Be More Assertive

01 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, The expert on leadership for women Maria Kauffman interviews me about my path to assertiveness. Maria also shares how she learned and...

10 Real-life Incredible Examples of How Assertive Communication Can Boost Your Career

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Many of the top career challenges people face can be solved through the right type of communication: getting a promotion, changing jobs, holding emplo...

Important Assertiveness Skills You Need At Your Job Level

16 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode you'll find out exactly what assertive communication soft skills you need at your job level to succeed. ✔️ Individual contributor...

Training How To Be Assertive Without Being Rude, Aggressive, Or A Jerk

30 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Find out how to be assertive at work without being pushy, aggressive, rude, or a jerk in this introductory training. ✔️ What are doormat problems?...

6 Big Differences In How Women And Men Speak Up At Work

30 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The challenge for women is not only the man-centric more aggressive and competitive company cultures, but also the double-bind dilemma when women do t...

50 Eye-Opening Ways To Speak Up For Yourself

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Speaking up doesn’t only happen when someone is treating you poorly. Speaking up happens every time you speak with someone with a clear purpose. Her...

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

25 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Find out why not speaking up is hurting your financial wellness, and what to do about it. This is a two-part series with a total of 16 powerful ways f...

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

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Find out why not speaking up is killing your money, and what to do about it. This is a two-part series with a total of 16 powerful ways for you to be ...