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Being Your Own Fierce Self-Advocate

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

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Amplify your voice at work and reduce the blockers to your success. Learn how to promote your ideas, seize opportunities, gain the respect you deserve, and rebalance power dynamics.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Standing up for yourself every day
1. Self-Advocates Are Needed at All Levels
  • Organizations need to own up
  • Overlooked opportunities for advocacy
  • What's at stake when it comes to money
  • Developing a self-advocacy mindset
2. Make Your Ideas Promotable
  • Overcoming blockers to share your idea
  • Harnessing your network
  • Leveling the power dynamic
  • Using key phrases to show your expertise
3. Manage Resistance from Others
  • Uncovering the issue behind the issue
  • Interrupting interruptions
  • Using humor to your advantage
  • Intentionally using body language
  • Deploying strategic silence
4. Self-Advocacy Principles for Your Overall Career
  • Setting clear boundaries
  • Derisking your ask
  • Making all your strengths visible
Conclusion
  • Moving forward as a self-advocate

Taught by

Selena Rezvani

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