Welcome to episode nine in our podcast series two.

In this episode, we are delighted to be having a conversation with Judith Fraser, Oakridge's Senior Consultant, on how to find your voice at work.

Finding Your Voice – will be found at the heart of many of Oakridge’s Leadership programmes. The thinking is that in order to manage or lead others, we need to ‘ manage ourselves’ in how we manage our thoughts, communication and actions if we are to connect with others. Indeed this is so important, Day 1 of the STRIDE, our female Leadership programme, is called Managing Yourself.

Judith shares in this Podcast:

• How to manage yourselves as leaders and managing others through personal considered thought and external communication to create better interactions
• She also shares how this is managed in both a professional and personal environment
• How to express yourself through assertiveness and not aggressiveness when faced with challenges
• Judith also shares some tools to help achieve your communication skills through Emotional Intelligence and Influencing techniques:
• Emotional Intelligence: supports understanding yourself and having the ability to pause it - as people sometimes have differing views
• Influencing: Being straight forward in what you need/want and handling conflict with the mindset to respect oneself and others. 

Listen to Judith's insightful Podcast Here: 

Judith also shares some insightful downloads below:

Judith suggests the following resource to read and watch:

• Judith Fraser Showcase Notes
• Book recommendation - The EQ Edge
• TedTalk - Adam Galinsky - How to Speak Up for Yourself
• Oakridge's STRIDE programme: http://bit.ly/About_The_Stride_Programme
• Oakridge Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Capability