Want to Be Heard More By Your Leadership and/or Board?

<p>Have you ever wondered what it’s like to negotiate when lives are on the line, in deadly hostage stand-offs, with ISIS, or with an armed man with sniper weapons on the National Mall in Washington DC? Sounds terrifying, highly emotional, and exhausting, right?</p><p>Grant it that negotiations with your leadership and/or board may not be life or death, but they can be no less exhausting or frustrating when you’re not heard, valued, and respected for your ideas and initiatives.</p><p>I’ll be joining FBI and NYPD International Hostage Negotiator Chris Voss again (the first training was in October 2022 in NYC), so I can help you stand in your power even more for yourself, your company, and those leaders coming after you.</p><p>As we know all too well when women are not heard or don’t have a big enough voice at the table, it’s costly.</p><p>Consider that productivity has taken its biggest dip since 1947, and it’s costing U.S. companies north of 600 billion dollars a year, according to a very recent article in Forbes Magazine.</p><p>What does this have to do with influence? A lot!</p><p>The 2022 McKenzie Report stated that female executives are the ones pushing through equity and inclusivity efforts as well as programs and coaching to support their workforce’s well-being.</p><p>When our leaders and emerging leaders, especially those who are further marginalized within our gender, do not have to manage the stress and emotional/physical overwhelm that comes along with an unjust and/or unsustainable work environment, they are better equipped to be productive and innovative.</p><p>Procrastination in our teams is not due to ‘laziness’, it’s a (costly) protectionary mechanism for stress and overwhelm.</p><p>This movement, to be productive and profitable in disruptive times while having a culture that is just and sustainable is one that will either be taken head-on by leadership, or there will be a price to pay in Q3/Q4 when it’s too late.</p><p>This shift is going to happen from the top down, and your voice needs to be hea