Bossed Up

What wins are you celebrating in 2023? Whether the past year was a breeze or the worst one yet, it’s time to pour yourself a glass of bubbly (or Bubly) and announce aloud all the ways you shine. 

Let’s jumpstart your year-end reflections. In this episode, I present three steps that will help you add a celebratory angle to your 2023 review and really remind you that you made progress this year, no matter what your 2024 to-do lists might look like.

You’ll leave equipped with some inspo to get you ready to ring in the new year, including:

• The importance of celebrating your wins during the harder times
• How to identify the pride-worthy traits that got you through the challenges
• How to build up your year-end brag book
• And a very real celebration of Level Up participants who flourished in 2023

Related Links:

• Episode 127 How A Brag Book Can Help You Land Your Next Job or Promotion- https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode127
• Episode 217 How To Land a Job in a Different Industry - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode217
• Episode 395 You Deserve Self-Care For Your Career - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode395
• Episode 421 The Top Struggles of High Achievers - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode421
• More about The Progress Principle by Steven Kramer and Teresa Amabile - https://hbr.org/2011/05/the-power-of-small-wins
• Level Up: a Leadership Accelerator for Women on the Rise - https://www.bossedup.org/levelup
• Hired: a Job Search Accelerator to Land Your Dream Job - https://www.bossedup.org/gethired
• Bossed Up job search resources - https://www.bossedup.org/free-resources/job-search
• Bossed Up Courage Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/927776673968737/
• Bossed Up LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7071888/

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How can you bring more courageous conversations into your practice of inclusive leadership? In recent years, more and more leaders are seeking to understand what inclusive leadership really means and how to build it into our ever-evolving organization models. It’s not easy work and, all too often, defensiveness and white fragility rear up as soon as the feedback is anything other than complimentary.

This episode is a sometimes spicy take on courageous conversations and inclusivity in the workplace, with two women who are transforming this fraught space. Stephanie Chin is a leadership consultant and the founder of Spicy Conversations. Sarah Noll Wilson is an executive coach, researcher, author, and one of Stephanie’s clients

We’re calling you in to talk all things inclusive leadership, including:

• Just how difficult this work is, on all sides
• What your inclusivity inaccuracies mean for your identity
• How to transform “I would never!” into “When have I?”
• And how this education will help transform your organization and yourself

Related Links:

• Find Stephanie Chin on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniemchin/
• Find Sarah Noll Wilson on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahnollwilson/
• DM Sarah to find out how you can start implementing change - [email protected]
• Stephanie’s Spicy Conversations printable cheatsheet - https://drive.google.com/file/d/13BYq_udUfUbm8YePD0w8IbMZktBMAWCI/view?usp=drivesdk
• Don’t Feed the Elephants - Sarah Noll Wilson - https://bookshop.org/p/books/don-t-feed-the-elephants-overcoming-the-art-of-avoidance-to-build-powerful-partnerships-sarah-noll-wilson/17871254?ean=9781544525129
• Conversations on Conversations Podcast - https://sarahnollwilson.com/podcast/
• The Culture Map by Erin Meyer - https://erinmeyer.com/book/
• On Jim Irsay’s recent comments - https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/jim-irsay-blames-his-2014-arrest-on-police-prejudice-against-white-billionaires
• Harvard Business Review on self-awareness - https://hbr.org/2018/01/what-self-awareness-really-is-and-how-to-cultivate-it
• How To Be An Inclusive Leader with Jennifer Brown Bossed Up episode - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode327
• White Fragility, White Women's Tears, And Dismantling White Supremacy with Robin DiAngelo Bossed Up episode - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode304
• Armchair Expert’s Jonathan Van Ness podcast episode - https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/jonathan-van-ness
• My book, Bossed Up: A Grown Woman’s Guide to Getting Your Sh*t Together - https://www.bossedup.org/book
• Level Up: a Leadership Accelerator for Women on the Rise - https://www.bossedup.org/levelup
• Bossed Up job search resources - https://www.bossedup.org/free-resources/job-search
• Bossed Up Courage Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/927776673968737/
• Bossed Up LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7071888/

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How does your career align with your values, and how do you even begin figuring that out? These are questions more of us have started asking this year, as we stop accepting career dissatisfaction and burnout as “just how it is” and re-evaluate our relationship to work.

In this episode, I share an approach to career recalibration that has really resonated with me, one that places less of a focus on identifying your core values and more on identifying the tangible pieces that are and are not working for you now. Establishing realignment with your purpose is no easy feat, but these three steps will have you on your way to a more resonant relationship with every aspect of your life.

Get ready to revel in radical acceptance as we walk through:

• The all-too-familiar circumstances that led me to a recalibration process that resonates
• Why so many of us are ready to start questioning the success status quo
• How to analyze your life with the four root causes of burnout
• And how to make small, manageable changes to reduce overwhelm in a big way

Related Links:

• Downloadable Handout: 3 Steps for Recalibrating Your Career - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode431
• How to Set Clear Expectations as a Leader, Episode 265 - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode265
• The Top Struggles of High Achievers, Episode 421 - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode421
• My book, Bossed Up: A Grown Woman’s Guide to Getting Your Sh*T Together - https://bossedup.org/book 
• Gallup Leadership Assessment - https://store.gallup.com/p/en-us/10108/top-5-cliftonstrengths
• Bossed Up’s Take Action page to bring about systemic change - http://www.bossedup.org/takeaction
• Brené Brown’s exercise on living into your values - https://brenebrown.com/resources/living-into-our-values/
• Level Up: a Leadership Accelerator for Women on the Rise - https://www.bossedup.org/levelup
• Book Emilie for a keynote or workshop - https://www.emiliearies.com/
• Bossed Up job search resources - https://www.bossedup.org/free-resources/job-search
• Bossed Up Courage Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/927776673968737/
• Bossed Up LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7071888/

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Dealing with divorce can be an overwhelming process, piled atop of what may already be a heartbreaking betrayal. But it can also be an empowering experience in which you take charge of your financial future. 

Today on the podcast, I sit down with fraud coach Tracy Coenen, CPA, CFF, MAFF, to learn how to prepare for divorce prudently, how to advocate for your financial future, and how to go from overwhelmed to empowered through divorce. 

Related links:

• See Tracy's recommended resources at fraudcoach.com/boss 
• Study: women's household incomes fall by 41% after divorce
• Planning for your divorce checklist
• Ep 319: How to talk money with your friends and family
• Bossed Up Courage Community on Facebook 
• Bossed Up group on LinkedIn

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Women managers have been rated better or equal to men on every leadership characteristic except one: envisioning. 

So what does it mean to be a visionary leader - and what does it matter? I'm diving in to the gender dynamics of visionary leadership and why it's so crucial for women leader's long-term impact. 

Related links: 

• Level Up: my leadership accelerator for women on the rise
• HBR: Women and the Vision Thing
• Dec 14: An Evening with Mayor Anna Stout - join me in Denver!
• Learn more via my Instagram
• Research on the gendered perception of mistakes at work
• The Bossed Up Courage Community 
• Bossed Up's LinkedIn Group

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Have you struggled to find your voice at work? Have you started self-silencing? Or overthinking your every sentence? 

 Today's episode with Samara Bay, author of Permission to Speak, is for you. We're breaking down why it's so challenging to speak up and be heard at work, how to counter voice bias with voice justice, and how to embrace your voice as "the new sound of power."

Related links: 

• Speak Up: my 8-week assertive communications course
• Samara's book, Permission to Speak
• Follow Samara on Instagram
• Samara's How to Pitch workshop
• Email me at [email protected]
• Join the Bossed Up Courage Community on Facebook 
• Join Bossed Up's group on Linkedin

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We've all heard about the "glass ceiling" women leaders face at the highest ranks of their careers. But there's a more significant barrier that contributes to the gender leadership gap: the "broken rung" of leadership. 

In today's episode I'm breaking down what the "broken rung" of leadership is all about and how we - as individuals and organizations - can disrupt the status quo, support emerging women leaders, and strive for gender equality in leadership together. 

Related links: 

• Level Up: my leadership & management accelerator
• Learn how we support teams at Bossed Up
• Read today's corresponding blog post
• 7 Best Practices to Retain & Develop Women at Work
• Email me: [email protected]
• The Bossed Up Courage Community on Facebook
• Bossed Up's group on Linkedin

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In today's episode, I sit down with Marisol Solarte-Erlacher, M.A., LPC, a trauma expert and resilience consultant specializing in supporting women of color through post-traumatic growth.

Together we break down: 

• The differences between chronic stress, burnout, and trauma;
• How women of color in leadership can sustain themselves; 
• And how we all can create more inclusive workplaces where all people can thrive. 

Related links include: 

• Learn more about Marisol here
• Resilience and Resistance Podcast
• Episode 304 featuring Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility
• The Bossed Up Courage Community on Facebook
• Bossed Up's Group on LinkedIn

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You've heard the "stat" before: men tend to apply for jobs when they meet only 60% of the qualifications and women only once they reach 100% of them. We're supposed to conclude that women simply need more confidence to stretch outside their comfort zone, right? 

Wrong. In today's episode, I'm diving into the details and breaking down why perpetuating this myth is so harmful. 

Related links:

• HIRED: my job search accelerator
• HBR: Why Women Don't Apply for Jobs Unless They're 100% Qualified
• 2022 Study on Gender Differences in Response to Job Adverts
• Our World in Data: Gender Gap in Leisure Time
• The Bossed Up Courage Community on Facebook
• The Bossed Up Group on LinkedIn

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You may have heard lately about the importance of chips - also often referred to as microchips or semiconductors. Today's episode with Kylie Patterson, Senior Advisor for Opportunity and Inclusion at the US Department of Commerce, breaks down: 

• why chips are so important;
• how our government is getting involved to spur growth and innovation, and
• how we can ensure that our tax dollars that go towards creating the jobs of the future can remove obstacles along the way that have historically prevented under-represented groups from taking advantage of this industrial boom in STEM.

Tune in now to learn more!

Related links: 

• CHIPS.gov
• Sign up for the CHIPS.gov newsletter here
• Throughline podcast: Silicon Island
• The Bossed Up Courage Community on Facebook
• The Bossed Up Group on Linkedin

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