What does a conversation between two communication enthusiasts sound like?

Full!

Add to the agenda the specific ways men and women communicate and you get an extra level of nuance to play with.

This is what happened when I was interviewed by the delightful Christina Canters on her podcast Stand Out Get Noticed.

During our discussion, we delved into the obstacles that women encounter in the workplace particularly from a communication perspective.

We covered topics like:

📌 The challenge facing women today. The distinction between ‘leaderlike’ and ‘ladylike’. We’ve been conditioned to believe that women should act a certain way, and that leaders should act a certain way.

📌 Most women don’t know that this is a thing. It’s important to move from “personalisation” to “normalisation”. It’s not just you, the individual, who has to change, it’s also the culture and the attitudes of the people around you.

📌 If you’re too nice, people won’t respect you because they don’t TRUST that you will give them the feedback when they need it.

📌 The balance between warmth and strength. You need to do BOTH.

📌 “You can be palatable, or you can be effective.”

Listen to the full episode here: https://bit.ly/43ghSKy