Say It Skillfully®

Say It Skillfully® is a show that helps you benefit from Molly Tschang’s expert guidance on the best possible ways to speak your mind at work in a positive and productive manner. In Episode 15 Molly’s 1st caller, Alyssa, wanted to “break up with a friend” and asked about how to handle ending, or perhaps preserving this relationship. Jerry called on the topic of kids going to college, taking large loans, and navigating tight job markets – how can they gain entrepreneurial skills (12:15)? Tony, a coach, asked about getting folks to speak up at work and be inspired to use their voice (26:45). Finally Terry, also a coach, inquired about handling a new client, a leader whose heels seemed dug in and very resistant to change (41:30)! Tune into this show and learn to navigate work while being invaluable and true to yourself.

Say It Skillfully® helps you benefit from Molly Tschang’s expert guidance on the best possible ways to speak your mind at work in a positive & productive manner. In Episode 14, special guest Kris Maynard shares his journey to sell his company, Essential Ingredients, to all employees, and pursue creating a company to last 100 years. Hear about EI's purpose-driven and people-first culture. My 1st caller Justin brought up balancing your well-being & achieving high performance, and also shared his own career transition/re-branding from academic research to executive coaching (16:45). Fahad, who’s been trying to raise funding from investors asked how to gain feedback to help him improve his pitch (25:35). Sander, whose first language isn’t English asked how to skillfully jump in during meetings when people aren’t on the same page. Lastly May asked about bringing much needed mindfulness & compassion into the workplace (39:45). Join in and learn to navigate work while being true to yourself.

Say It Skillfully® helps you to benefit from Molly Tschang’s expert guidance on the best possible ways to speak your mind at work in a positive and productive manner. In Episode 13, Molly’s 1st caller, Gary, disappointed by a friend letting him down, asked how to handle this. Nancy, typically the caregiver for everyone else when times are tough, inquired about how to give herself space to grieve over the passing of a friend as others count on her. And Matt raised his challenge of influencing management to support him in a new role, when he’s viewed as essential to his current one. Molly then offered a way to handle the “always on” colleague that Garry Ridge raised last week. She also addressed a question on how to respond to performance review input that you really don’t agree with, and shared how SuperBowl MVP Pat Mahomes communicates skillfully. Tune in to the show for these topics and her conversations as you learn to navigate work while being invaluable and true to yourself.

Say It Skillfully® is a show that helps you to benefit from Molly Tschang’s expert guidance on the best possible ways to speak your mind at work in a positive and productive manner. In Episode 12, Chairman & CEO of the WD-40 Company, Garry O. Ridge shares insights on creating and sustaining people-center cultures, and one that embraces say it skillfully and learning moments at all levels. Call in and ask Molly how to handle that conversation or specific situation you’ve been avoiding. Or you can email Molly from her host page (https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/3923/say-it-skillfully). Join the show for these topics and her live conversations as you learn to navigate work while being invaluable and true to yourself.

Say It Skillfully® is a show that helps you to benefit from Molly Tschang’s expert guidance on the best possible ways to speak your mind at work in a positive and productive manner. In Episode 11, Molly's 1st caller, Diane, asked about how to influence a leader who doesn’t report to her and whose inexperience as a leader was very damaging the team. Molly then shared insights from former Baxter CEO Harry Kraemer to help every individual lead themselves (24:00). Former Olympian and coach Robert Weir joined Molly for an insightful conversation on bringing out the highest levels of performance (30:30). And finally, leadership coach Paul asked about ways to help individuals realize they need to “do the work” (and not rely on their coach to do it for them 46:30) Tune in to the show for these topics and her conversations as you learn to navigate work while being invaluable and true to yourself.

Say It Skillfully® is a show that helps you benefit from Molly Tschang’s expert guidance on the best possible ways to speak your mind at work in a positive and productive manner. Episode 10 started with a caller, Sunder, who wanted help to “say no,” especially to those in senior positions. William called in for a lively conversation on ways parents and their beloved college-age children can more skillfully relate (7:00). Teresa, 10 years into her career, asked about how to get started on exploring “what’s next” (27:30). My final caller, Gal, shared his experience with bullying in the workplace, and we discussed what you can do to overcome this, and when it may be the right thing to leave the bully behind (38:15). Join the show for these topics and her live conversations as you learn to navigate work while being invaluable and true to yourself.

Say It Skillfully® is a show that helps you to benefit from Molly Tschang’s expert guidance on the best possible ways to speak your mind at work in a positive and productive manner. In Episode 9, Bex explored her inner dialogue about doing work she loves, though not the compensation. How to consider the opportunity cost and position herself to be valued in a way that feels right? Christian asked how to “say no” when senior stakeholders want you to take on more work than you have bandwidth for. And we talked about approaching a colleague who’s executing fine on the job, but isn’t exactly superb in their people interactions and softskills (17:50). Steeped in the rapidly-changing IT industry, Patrick wanted to better utilize his own metaskills to more quickly connect with people and help them to fully embrace change (30:45). Join the show and learn to navigate work while being invaluable and true to yourself.

Say It Skillfully® is a show that allows you to get Molly Tschang’s expert guidance on the best possible ways to speak your mind at work in a positive and productive manner. At the start of Episode 8, Paul asked about ways to help his new boss, who’s constantly overloaded, to digest key information and avoid ill-informed decisions.

Jeff, a seasoned executive, spoke candidly about his experience where those in the CEO role tend toward leading by directive and don’t seem interested in promoting open, inclusive environments (15:45).

Finally, Brad was keen to discuss how to handle situations where it appears someone isn’t putting forth their best effort (30:30) . I wrapped by responding to a request from someone who was happily in between jobs, though not comfortable with how exactly to talk about being so. Join the show and learn to navigate work while being invaluable and true to yourself.

Say It Skillfully® helps you benefit from Molly Tschang’s expert guidance on the best possible ways to speak your mind at work in a positive and productive manner. Episode 7 starts with the flip-side to “If you’re good enough, you’re old enough.” What’s it like to be later in career aspiring to re-invent? Molly’s 1st guest, Simon, aware of bias that non-digital natives are “definitionally irrelevant” shows his vulnerability as he shares his experience along the way to the CEO ranks. Hear thought-provoking questions about what’s next on his journey. Cathy called in about getting through to a colleague who attempts to save time by cutting corners, but unintentionally creates fire drills for everyone else (34:30). And Brian, who in the past turned a blind eye to a respected colleague’s tendency to be a top talker, was keen for options to skillfully help his colleague say less and add more value (47:30). Join Molly as you learn to navigate work while being invaluable and true to yourself.

Say It Skillfully® gives you Molly Tschang’s expert guidance on the best possible ways to speak your mind at work in a positive and productive manner. Episode 6 started with techniques to help leaders create safe space and handle egos in the room. Brian shared his journey in leading his company, from being not so aware of how he was coming across to empowering his team to tell it how it is and become more skillful themselves (5:30). Gary, in a highly metric-driven environment, called in for a robust conversation on conveying disappointing results, setting expectations upfront, and ending a client relationship you want to move on from (26:30). Engendering greater accountability was on Michael’s mind–in an inspiring, not authoritative way (37:30). And Vandana observed mentoring where the mentors aren’t exactly best serving mentees and inquired how to turn this around? Lastly, Molly responded to an inquiry from Daniel on how to “brag tactfully” and ensure due credit is given (47:30)!