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2 days ago

How to Pitch with Confidence as a Female Founder

While it’s often not helpful to generalize the differences between men and women, it’s worthwhile to discuss how pitching a company or an idea can be a different experience for women. Many women get the advice to “fake it til you make it,” but is that really the best approach…

Confidence

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How to Pitch with Confidence as a Female Founder
How to Pitch with Confidence as a Female Founder
Confidence

6 min read


Jan 16

Investor Pitching: How to Communicate with more Confidence

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. …

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Investor Pitching: How to Communicate with more Confidence
Investor Pitching: How to Communicate with more Confidence

5 min read


Dec 2, 2022

Imposter Syndrome: Why Honesty and Humility Will Make you a Better Leader

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…

Imposter Syndrome

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Imposter Syndrome: Why Honesty and Humility Will Make you a Better Leader
Imposter Syndrome: Why Honesty and Humility Will Make you a Better Leader
Imposter Syndrome

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Jul 28, 2022

How to find your voice: Stop being so productive

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…

Communication Skills

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How to find your voice: Stop being so productive
How to find your voice: Stop being so productive
Communication Skills

5 min read


May 20, 2022

Leadership and Culture: Why a Healthy Workplace Depends on a Human Approach

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…

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Leadership and Culture: Why a Healthy Workplace Depends on a Human Approach
Leadership and Culture: Why a Healthy Workplace Depends on a Human Approach

5 min read


Apr 8, 2022

Women in Toxic Workplaces: How to Stay Confident Despite Company Culture

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…

Women In Business

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Women in Toxic Workplaces: How to Stay Confident Despite Company Culture
Women in Toxic Workplaces: How to Stay Confident Despite Company Culture
Women In Business

7 min read


Feb 10, 2022

Communication Skills: Three Habits that will Make You More Effective in Meetings

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? …

Communication

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Communication Skills: Three Habits that will Make You More Effective in Meetings
Communication Skills: Three Habits that will Make You More Effective in Meetings
Communication

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Jan 14, 2022

Women and Leadership: Communication Skills and Authenticity in High-Stakes Situations

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. …

Leadership Communiation

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Women and Leadership: Communication Skills and Authenticity in High-Stakes Situations
Women and Leadership: Communication Skills and Authenticity in High-Stakes Situations
Leadership Communiation

6 min read


Jan 10, 2022

How to “Get Your Voice in There”​ When No One’s Asking for Your Opinion

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…

Confidence

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How to “Get Your Voice in There”​ When No One’s Asking for Your Opinion
How to “Get Your Voice in There”​ When No One’s Asking for Your Opinion
Confidence

4 min read


Oct 8, 2020

Women and the Language of Leadership: How to Promote Yourself

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…

Leadership

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Women and the Language of Leadership: How to Promote Yourself
Women and the Language of Leadership: How to Promote Yourself
Leadership

7 min read

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Rebecca Williams

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I help people tell stories. www.rebecca-williams.com

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