Communication skills are essential when you’re a founder. You have to get investors on board with your idea and convince them that you’re the right person for the job. …

Time and again I have worked with women in high-powered roles who are struggling with imposter syndrome. They are often crippled with self-doubt because they either believe that they don’t deserve the role they have or they somehow don’t know enough. Their lack of self-confidence prevents them from speaking up…

Alex signed up for my six month group coaching cohort for communication skills, but had already missed our first group session and two of our 1:1 calls. I started to doubt her motivation and was about to write her off when she surfaced in my inbox. “I’m sorry, I’ve just…

A senior executive walks into a room of 300 employees, who all work for him. He then leans in and whispers to a director flippantly, “I don’t really know anyone’s name.” The director notes to herself that day that this executive also walks throughout the building and doesn’t greet or…

Cat showed up on my calendar interested in joining one of my women’s group cohorts. When I asked her why, she said, “I’ve been in a toxic workplace for too long. I’m looking for another job now, but in the meantime, I have to stay at this company. My confidence…

How would you rate yourself on your effectiveness as a communicator in meetings? Do you consistently add value? Or do you hang out waiting for someone to ask you for your opinion — never really getting the chance to participate? …

Last year I delivered a group coaching program for a remote team distributed across India and Colombia. After four sessions, they had shown tremendous improvement, but when it came to their delivery, they were still struggling. Their presentations felt like performances — not conversations, and they felt overly formal. …

I get this question a lot from women I work with: In a meeting — especially when it’s a room full of men (virtual or in person), how do you actually get your voice in there? Women have been taught to be polite. We’ve been taught not to interrupt because…

When I was asked to design a workshop to empower team members to engage in healthy self-promotion internally at Google, I was already aware of the inherent challenges that keep individual contributors from raising their voices — especially women. My work with professional women has shown me first hand all…