Unconventional Success

Meetings can be boring. They're a drain and sometimes feel like a complete waste of time! For some of my clients, meetings can be anxiety ridden. A place where they feel they need to prove themselves.Here are 5 tips to make the most out of meetings so you never feel they're a waste of time again!Know the purpose of the meeting before you say yesSet the tone of the meeting at the very startTake the pressure off yourself to perform!Summarise at the end of the meetingEven if you're not sure why ...

Trying to get STEM business leaders to take gender equality seriously can be so frustrating! Can you relate?Hear me talk about the 5 things I wish they knew which would finally motivate them to take action:No-one in STEM has got gender equality right (yet). So trying something is better than doing nothing.Don't focus your efforts on recruiting more women if you can't even retain the women you've already got.Don't sit and wait for diverse CVs to roll in. Like anything that's rare and valuable,...

The most under-used leadership skill? Trusting your intuition!While having experience and knowledge is useful, those who can tune into their gut feelings can make better decisions, quickly.If you think you're not experienced or knowledgable enough to be a great leader, think again! That's only one side of the equation.L E T ' S C O N N E C T !> Instagram: @tiffanydawson_> LinkedIn: Tiffany Dawson> Website: www.tiffanydawson.coL E T ' S C O N N E C T !> Instagram: @tiffanydaw...

Becoming a leader who's respected in a male dominated workplace has it's challenges. But if you know where to focus your efforts, you will be successful!The problem is, we find it hard to emulate our role models because they can seem so different to us. Most of our examples of strong leaders have really masculine traits. That works for men, but it can feel pretty icky pretending to be someone totally different to us.Here are the 4 things you need to focus on to become a well respected leader:...

There's an influencing strategy that everyone seems to have forgotten about which I'm sharing in this episode!We usually think of influencing skills as saying the right thing at the right time. Or wording our sentences to play mind tricks on the people we're trying to convince.But have you considered that none of that actually matters unless your heart is in the right place?Your intention matters. You can carry out the same activity, but if you're intention is to protect yourself (inste...

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I wanted to interview Natalie Cheung for the longest time on my podcast! After meeting her by chance online, we realised we had so much in common, and so much to add to each other.While Natalie still contributes so much to the development of STEM careers, she had to make a difficult decision to leave her engineering job to find that path.I also wanted to chat to her about the challenges of being ESEA (east & south east Asian) in a mainly caucasian workplace. Natalie hosts her own podcast,...