“Doubt keeps us humble and curious. If you didn’t experience this healthy and normal emotion of doubt, it means that you wouldn’t care about your audience. It means you wouldn’t care about doing good work.” – Kelli Thompson.

Joining Aoife on the podcast this week is special guest Kelli Thompson. Kelli is an inspirational women’s leadership coach, speaker and author who made the brave leap of leaving a secure job with Corporate America to start her own practice to help empower women across the globe. Kelli’s mission is to help women create a career they love and advance and make an impact in the rooms where decisions are made.

In this jam-packed episode, Kelli shares how to ignite your confidence and create a career you love. We learn about workplace issues faced by women, how imposter syndrome is self-sabotage and why we need to normalise feelings of doubt and trust our bodies. Kelli also asks how you would like to be described when you’re not in the room? Key points throughout the episode include:

- An introduction to Kelli Thompson.

- Overcoming the confidence gap.

- Systemic inequalities and likability bias in the workplace.

- Reframing flaws into gifts.

- The importance of setting boundaries.

- Workplace wellbeing and the unpaid workload of women.

- Trusting your body and listening to your gut.

- Imposter syndrome and the impact of expensive thoughts.

- Stretching your comfort zone and creating emotional resilience.

- How data can reveal reasons for change.

- What Happier at Work means to Kelli.

“As a woman leader, trusting your gut is going to be your competitive advantage at work if we really want to redefine workplaces and lead in a whole new way in a way that feels right for you.” – Kelli Thompson.

COMING SOON! Kelli’s book Closing the Confidence Gap lands on November 1, 2022.

For early access opportunities, join the waitlist at https://www.kelliraethompson.com/

THE LISTENERS SAY:

Do you have any feedback or thoughts on this discussion? If so, please connect with Aoife via the links below and let her know. Aoife would love to hear from you!

Resources:

Listen back: Karin Tischler on Flexible Working for Gender Equality

https://happieratwork.ie/happier-at-work-46-karin-tischler-on-flexible-working-for-gender-equality/

Connect with Kelli Thompson:

https://www.kelliraethompson.com/

https://www.kelliraethompson.com/book

https://www.instagram.com/kelliraethompson/?hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/kelliraethompson/

Connect with Happier at Work host Aoife O’Brien:

https://www.happieratwork.ie

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aoifemobrien

https://www.twitter.com/HappierAtWorkHQ

https://www.instagram.com/happieratwork.ie

https://www.facebook.com/groups/happieratworkpodcast