I used to think that the good speakers were the ones who were practiced and polished. They knew their stuff, and their delivery was perfectly timed. I’m sure you know the ones I mean – they seem so smooth and confident, and everyone comes away from their talk feeling wowed! Then I attended a training course on …
If you want to build your influence the first step is always to start to speak out and get visible – because without that no one will ever know about you and your ideas. And when you are consistently visible, repeatedly sharing the same core message reminds people you are there and helps them realise that you mean what you …
You’re putting yourself out there, being visible, speaking up and sharing your message, and that’s a great start, but if you want to have an impact, your next step is to build your influence. If you’ve been following me for a while and / or have taken on my visibility challenge, you’ll know that the first thing I encourage you to …
When I first started my business, it wasn’t initially focused on supporting women in tech, I was looking much more broadly at supporting stressed business owners. Then, in September 2019 I attended the Women In Games conference and I had a massive insight. As I listened to several talks about computer games that had been designed by predominantly female …
“What’s unique about you?” I used to hate that question with a passion, and it came up in so many training courses that I attended! Now I’m asking you the same question! 😱 But I hope I can do it in a way that doesn’t feel quite so scary. You see, I’m not challenging you …
Most people are nervous about being more visible because they’re scared that people might disagree or judge them, but in reality, this is rarely what happens. The most common response to you being more visible will be nothing – it’s so frustrating!! You’ve spent ages gearing yourself up to speak up and share your ideas, only …
One of the most common mistakes people make around visibility is that they think being that visible means being everywhere and that they need to be seen by everyone. They think they have to be at every meeting, always speaking up, sharing their perspective and making sure that people listen to them. This is extremely tiring and not sustainable …
Being more visible requires work and effort beyond all the other things you’re juggling, so why should you bother? Most of the people I speak to have great intentions around raising their visibility, but they never quite seem to find the time. They’re so busy doing a good job of the other things that need to be done, …
I used to think I wasn’t creative. I was no good at art at school and wasn’t much better at creative writing. I found composing the hardest part of my GCSE Music. I was much better at science and maths than all the arty stuff. So instead I focused on logic, structures and processes. As I …
How often do you second guess yourself and question if you’re doing enough? Last week I realised that I still do this much more than I think. It used to be more evident because the questioning I was doing would come out on the surface and appear as nerves. I would over-prepare for things, and when …