You have been telling yourself that if you keep doing excellent work, someone will eventually notice. That is what most of us were taught. It is also why so many capable women watch someone with a louder voice get the project, the promotion, and the room.
Susan M. Barber was named top talent in IT at a Fortune 500 company, and then a mentor sat her down and told her she wasn’t being visible, wasn’t talking about her work, and asked why she even bothered coming to the meetings. In this conversation, she walks through exactly what she changed, and none of it involved becoming a different person.
We get specific about the words you use that quietly shrink your own work, the two-minute prep that gets you speaking up in meetings, and a weekly framework you can start on Monday.
In this episode:
• Why does ”it’s no big deal” cost you more than you think, even when you spent two years on it?• How do you talk about your work without it sounding like bragging?• What do you do when you freeze trying to think of the perfect thing to say in a meeting?• Why is deflecting a compliment the same as dismissing the person who gave it?• How do you make sure your team gets credit, and why is that on you?• What is the VALUE framework, and how do you run it in one week?
Read the full breakdown of this conversation: How to Be Visible at Work Without It Feeling Like Bragging
About Susan: Susan M. Barber is a leadership visibility expert and a former Fortune 500 IT director. She spent years at Kraft moving through sales, supply chain, and food service before landing in technology, and she assumed for a long time that she didn’t belong at the table because her degrees were in marketing and management. She now works with high-performing leaders on communicating their value strategically, and she is the author of The Visibility Factor and the workbook Your Journey to Visibility. She hosts The Visibility Factor podcast.
Connect with Susan:Website: https://susanmbarber.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanbarbercoaching/Podcast: The Visibility FactorBooks: The Visibility Factor, and the workbook Your Journey to Visibility
Connect with Limor:Website: https://limorbergman.comPodcast: https://limorbergman.com/podcast/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/limorbergman/Substack: https://limorbergman.substack.com
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