Influence & Impact for Leaders

This week’s episode of the Influence & Impact podcast for female leaders is all about gravitas.  What is it?  What do we need it for?  And how do we have gravitas when we need it most? Gravitas used to be a requirement for leadership, back in the days when leadership was about telling others what to do.  It is defined as dignity, seriousness or being solemn of manner.  Leadership has evolved since then and women no longer need to act like old men in grey suits to be taken seriously as leaders.  However there are times when we have to deliver serious news or address a room full of people who intimidate us and gravitas helps with that.  In this episode I’m sharing some tools you can use in those situations. Find out about Be Bolder at https://www.carlamillertraining.com/be-bolder Find out about Influence & Impact at https://www.carlamillertraining.com/influence-impact   WORK WITH ME AND MY TEAM We partner with you to: ·       Develop your women leaders and prepare them to advance within the organisation ·       Build women’s confidence - particularly your early and mid career level women ·       Empower men and leaders to become allies for gender equity   We also offer individuals: -        Be Bolder, an open 4 week confidence and assertiveness course - -        Influence & Impact, an open 3 month women’s leadership development programme -        1:1 coaching Get in touch to find out more or book a call with me. CONNECT WITH ME LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlamiller1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisiscarlamiller/ Website: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/   HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Subscribe Share this episode with a friend Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify   I would love to hear your feedback on this week’s podcast. Please leave a review or come say hello on social! Thank you for listening, see you next week!  Mentioned in this episode:https://carlamiller.co.uk/newsletter/

This is part two of my series on perfectionism and overworking and in this episode, I share with you 6 practical strategies you can start using today to help you become successful without breaking yourself in the process. If you want to adopt a more sustainable and enjoyable way of working yet still get great results this episode is for you. I share: -        How you can be a high achiever without being a perfectionist -        Why perfectionism is not actually the reason you are successful -        Something surprising about your imperfections that could change how you feel about yourself Get in touch about 1:1 coaching at https://www.carlamillertraining.com/contact Find out about Be Bolder at https://www.carlamillertraining.com/be-bolder Find out about Influence & Impact at https://www.carlamillertraining.com/influence-impact   WORK WITH ME AND MY TEAM We partner with you to: ·       Develop your women leaders and prepare them to advance within the organisation ·       Build women’s confidence - particularly your early and mid-career level women ·       Empower men and leaders to become allies for gender equity   We also offer individuals: -        Be Bolder, an open 4-week confidence and assertiveness course - -        Influence & Impact, an open 3-month women’s leadership development programme -        1:1 coaching Get in touch to find out more or book a call with me. CONNECT WITH ME LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlamiller1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisiscarlamiller/ Website: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/   HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Subscribe Share this episode with a friend Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify   I would love to hear your feedback on this week’s podcast. Please leave a review or come say hello on social! Thank you for listening, see you next week!  

For years I thought that I was doing well in my career because I worked so hard and held myself to such high standards.  Then I realised that those strategies were actually causing as much harm as they were good.  I coach a lot of high achieving women, at all levels and perfectionism in its various guises, crops up all the time.  Often it looks like overworking, trying to be in control of everything in your life, procrastinating and fear of failure.  In this episode I’d like to help you to identify and reflect on any unhealthy thought or work patterns you may have around perfectionism so that you can stop holding yourself to such impossibly high standards. Find out about Be Bolder at https://www.carlamillertraining.com/be-bolder Find out about Influence & Impact at https://www.carlamillertraining.com/influence-impact   WORK WITH ME AND MY TEAM We partner with you to: ·       Develop your women leaders and prepare them to advance within the organisation ·       Build women’s confidence - particularly your early and mid career level women ·       Empower men and leaders to become allies for gender equity   We also offer individuals: -        Be Bolder, an open 4 week confidence and assertiveness course - -        Influence & Impact, an open 3 month women’s leadership development programme -        1:1 coaching Get in touch to find out more or book a call with me. CONNECT WITH ME LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlamiller1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisiscarlamiller/ Website: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/   HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Subscribe Share this episode with a friend Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify   I would love to hear your feedback on this week’s podcast. Please leave a review or come say hello on social! Thank you for listening, see you next week!  Mentioned in this episode:https://carlamiller.co.uk/newsletter/

We all want to be inclusive but we don’t always know exactly how to embed that into our teams and our everyday activities.  My guest Catherine Garrod tackles exactly that in her book ‘Conscious Inclusion: How to ‘do’ EDI one decision at time’ and in this episode we discuss some really practical ways to be more inclusive. You’ll learn: -        How you can encourage respectful disagreement (and why you’ll want to) -        A great model for gathering feedback in a meeting -        How building in inclusion reminders will help you get better at your job -        How important it is to ‘resize’ a role for part time work and the best way to approach that About Catherine: Catherine Garrod is the founder of Compelling Culture and works with organisations to determine whether people from underrepresented groups are having the same good experience as people from overrepresented groups. Then she defines specific actions to boost the experience for colleagues, customers and communities.  And she lives by this quote “Unless you’re consciously including people, you’re almost certainly unconsciously excluding people.” Previously, Catherine led Sky to become the Most Inclusive Employer in the UK, with 80% of teams increasing their diversity. Now as a consultant she combines the power of listening, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion, to make the complex simple - by absorbing an organisation's purpose and providing practical actions that can be implemented today, tomorrow and the day after. Catherine is straight talking, full of energy and she empowers people to create sustainable change. When every voice is heard, every person is empowered and everybody takes action, the outcomes are extraordinary. Catherine’s book - https://www.compellingculture.co.uk/conscious-inclusion Compelling Culture website - https://www.compellingculture.co.uk/ Follow Catherine on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinegarrod/ LOOKING TO BECOME AN INFLUENTIAL LEADER? Our next cohort of Influence & Impact, a 3 month women’s leadership development programme starts in September - https://www.carlamillertraining.com/influence-impact WANT THE CONFIDFENCE TO HAVE CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS? Our next cohort of Be Bolder, an open 4 week confidence and assertiveness course starts in October - https://www.carlamillertraining.com/be-bolder   WORK WITH ME AND MY TEAM We partner with you to: ·       Develop your women leaders and prepare them to advance within the organisation ·       Build women’s confidence - particularly your early and mid career level women ·       Empower men and leaders to become allies for gender equity   Get in touch to find out more or book a call with me at https://calendly.com/carla-miller/call-with-carla CONNECT WITH ME LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlamiller1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisiscarlamiller/ Website: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/   HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Subscribe Share this episode with a friend Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify   I would love to hear your feedback on this week’s podcast. Please leave a review or come say hello on social! Thank you for listening, see you next week!  Mentioned in this episode:https://carlamiller.co.uk/newsletter/

I remember a period of time when I felt a lot of frustration at work.  Frustrated with decisions being made, with an obstructive colleague I had to work with and with my inability to influence change.  It turns out I was not alone.  A recent report from Gallup shared that 19% of Brits feel angry frequently at work and 38% report feeling stressed a lot of the time. In this week’s episode I share one simple shift I made that makes it easier to navigate internal politics. So if you’d like to become a better leader and get people to listen to you then have a listen to this short solo episode. WANT TO BECOME A BETTER INFLUENCER?  Learn more about our Influence for Success workshop at www.carlamillertraining.com/influenceforsuccess LOOKING TO BECOME AN INFLUENTIAL LEADER? Our next cohort of Influence & Impact, a 3 month women’s leadership development programme starts in September - https://www.carlamillertraining.com/influence-impact WANT THE CONFIDFENCE TO HAVE CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS? Our next cohort of Be Bolder, an open 4 week confidence and assertiveness course starts in October - https://www.carlamillertraining.com/be-bolder   WORK WITH ME AND MY TEAM We partner with you to: ·       Develop your women leaders and prepare them to advance within the organisation ·       Build women’s confidence - particularly your early and mid career level women ·       Empower men and leaders to become allies for gender equity   Get in touch to find out more or book a call with me at https://calendly.com/carla-miller/call-with-carla CONNECT WITH ME LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlamiller1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisiscarlamiller/ Website: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/   HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Subscribe Share this episode with a friend Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify   I would love to hear your feedback on this week’s podcast. Please leave a review or come say hello on social! Thank you for listening, see you next week!  Mentioned in this episode:https://carlamiller.co.uk/newsletter/

If you’re thinking about moving into a Director role or are new in your Director role this straight taking conversation will give you some insights to prepare you. I talk to listener Gabi Field about her experience stepping up to Director level in an interim capacity and what she learnt from it.  We discuss… -        How you know you’re ready to step up to Director level -        How imposter feelings crop up as you step out of your comfort zone -        How you learn to think at an organisation-wide level -        How Gabi handled leading her former peers -        What Gabi wishes she’d known before stepping up Other episodes you may find helpful: Ep 60 From Specialist to Generalist - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-60-from-specialist-to-generalist/id1435136477?i=1000532062903 Ep 41 - What I wish I'd known about managing -https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-41-what-i-wish-id-know-about-managing/id1435136477?i=1000514675261 Ep 37 - How to start a new job well - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-37-how-to-start-a-new-job-well/id1435136477?i=1000510992334 Ep 35 - When you’re promoted above your peers - https://www.carlamillertraining.com/blog/ep-35-when-you-re-promoted-above-your-peers Ep 30 - Stepping up to the next level of leadership - https://www.carlamillertraining.com/blog/ep-20-stepping-up-to-the-next-level-of-leadership   Gabi’s Bio: Gabi was the Director of Fundraising and Comms at Refuge, leading the income generation and communication functions to support women and their children experiencing domestic abuse- including campaigning, high value partnerships, celebrity ambassadors and mass markets. Gabi has worked in the charity sector for 10 years, starting as a community fundraiser in a local charity and working across large and medium charities. Gabi has a real passion for people, both their abilities, their development and their uniqueness they bring to a team. She truly believes in the power of a team. Gabi lives in West Sussex with her cat Flo and enjoys yoga, walking and baking. Gabi’s LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabi-field-fundraising/ MY NEW WORKSHOP: Learn more about our Influence for Success workshop at www.carlamillertraining.com/influenceforsuccess WORK WITH ME AND MY TEAM We partner with you to: ·       Develop your women leaders and prepare them to advance within the organisation ·       Build women’s confidence - particularly your early and mid career level women ·       Empower men and leaders to become allies for gender equity   We also offer individuals: -        Be Bolder, an open 4 week confidence and assertiveness course -        Influence & Impact, an open 3 month women’s leadership development programme -        1:1 coaching Get in touch to find out more or book a call with me at https://calendly.com/carla-miller/call-with-carla CONNECT WITH ME LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlamiller1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisiscarlamiller/ Website: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/   HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Subscribe Share this episode with a friend Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify   I would love to hear your feedback on this week’s podcast. Please leave a review or come say hello on social! Thank you for listening, see you next week!  Mentioned in this episode:https://carlamiller.co.uk/newsletter/

How do you react under extreme stress?  Do you find yourself over-functioning or under-functioning?  This is just one of the areas I explore with author and coach Lara Cullen on our episode on resilience this week.  We also discuss… -        Lara’s definition of resilience and why we both hate the term ‘mental toughness’ -        The qualities of resilient people -        How you can use energy, mindset and strategies to become more resilient -        How understanding resilience can make us better leaders Lara’s Bio: Lara Cullen is a sought-after executive coach, trainer, author and founder. After a successful 15 year career in HR and leadership working with global brands across a number of industries, she decided to spread her wings and do things her own way. She founded the People Person Ltd a boutique personal development and coaching consultancy based in London with the sole aim of helping more people be happier, healthier and more successful doing what they love and enabling businesses to get the best out of their people. Known for her warmth, energy and insight, Lara works with individuals and brands who have big hearts, big dreams and rebellious souls and who are (or who aspire to be) kind, brave and brilliant.  Lara is the author of the book ‘How to be a People Person: Be Kind. Be Brave. Be Brilliant’ which was published in 2021. Lara’s website - www.thepeopleperson.org Lara’s book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-People-Person-Brave-Brilliant/dp/1912300486/ OUR NEW WORKSHOP: Learn more about our Influence for Success workshop at www.carlamillertraining.com/influenceforsuccess WORK WITH ME AND MY TEAM We partner with you to: ·       Develop your women leaders and prepare them to advance within the organisation ·       Build women’s confidence - particularly your early and mid career level women ·       Empower men and leaders to become allies for gender equity   We also offer individuals: -        Be Bolder, an open 4 week confidence and assertiveness course -        Influence & Impact, an open 3 month women’s leadership development programme -        1:1 coaching Get in touch to find out more or book a call with me at https://calendly.com/carla-miller/call-with-carla CONNECT WITH ME LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlamiller1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisiscarlamiller/ Website: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/   HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Subscribe Share this episode with a friend Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify   I would love to hear your feedback on this week’s podcast. Please leave a review or come say hello on social! Thank you for listening, see you next week!  Mentioned in this episode:https://carlamiller.co.uk/newsletter/

I spend a lot of time coaching women around confidence, giving them tools to build their confidence and shining a light on the role gender bias plays in making us doubt ourselves.  But confidence issues often start a long time before women enter the workplace and the pressure that girls face today thanks to social media is huge. In this episode I interview Laura Sercombe, the inspiring CEO of GFS (Girl’s Friendly Society), a charity that works with girls to inspire and empower them to live their best lives.  This year my business has been making a donation to fund a girl to attend one of GFS’s confidence building sessions for every participant in our open Be Bolder courses, so it was great to explore this topic with Laura. We talked about why there is a need for the work GFS does, what’s causing girls as young as 6 to struggle with their confidence and the importance of positive role models and safe spaces where girls can be themselves. Laura’s Bio: For almost 30 years I have worked as part of the third sector in service delivery charities with a focus around challenging injustice – around education, disability and gender. I am driven by a desire to see more equity in the world and so it will be no surprise that I have a real interest in addressing EDI in the roles I have been fortunate to work in. I am lucky enough to work in an environment I really enjoy; as CEO for GFS (Girls Friendly Society), a children’s charity with a mission to support girls to be proud of who they are. This is because girls as young as six tell us this is something they cannot do. Our hope is that this works contribute to the movement to address gender inequity for girls and young women. At GFS, we work with girls across England and Wales in areas where research says they do not have the same life opportunities as their peers – to inspire and empower them to live their best lives. GFS is an exciting charity that we are proud to be caretakers of. The history is extraordinary as GFS is one of the longest running charities in England and Wales, devoted solely to meeting the needs for girls and young women. We have a real focus on developing partnerships with organisations that are keen to be involved and support this objective. From an early age, girls are well aware of the far reaching gender inequalities that exist for them. We are focused on building a fair society one girl at a time by inspiring the girls to think beyond their own experience and empowering them to have the confidence to live the life they want to. This takes hard work and dedication by the volunteers who deliver sessions each week for the girls. GFS website: https://girlsfriendlysociety.org.uk/ Donate an hour: https://hour.girlsfriendlysociety.org.uk/ WORK WITH ME AND MY TEAM We partner with you to: ·       Develop your women leaders and prepare them to advance within the organisation ·       Build women’s confidence - particularly your early and mid career level women ·       Empower men and leaders to become allies for gender equity   We also offer individuals: -        Be Bolder, an open 4 week confidence and assertiveness course -        Influence & Impact, an open 3 month women’s leadership development programme -        1:1 coaching Get in touch to find out more or book a call with me at https://calendly.com/carla-miller/call-with-carla CONNECT WITH ME LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlamiller1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisiscarlamiller/ Website: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/   HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Subscribe Share this episode with a friend Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify   I would love to hear your feedback on this week’s podcast. Please leave a review or come say hello on social! Thank you for listening, see you next week!  Mentioned in this episode:https://carlamiller.co.uk/newsletter/

Up to 50% of people have introverted tendencies yet meetings are still designed in a way that doesn’t allow them to contribute effectively.  In this episode I’m talking to Emma Taggart, a leadership and career coach for introverted leaders about what introverts bring to the workplace and leadership, how to have confidence as an introvert and how we can run meetings in a more inclusive and effective way. It's a super practical conversation that I highly recommend, whether you recognise your own introverted tendencies or you want to run a team that brings the best out in everyone, regardless of their thinking style. About Emma Taggart: Emma Taggart is a leadership and career coach for introverted leaders. She helps ambitious people with a quiet, reserved and unassuming style to feel confident in their capabilities and progress their careers without changing who they are. Before training as a coach Emma was policy director at a breast cancer charity, chief of staff to a prominent politician, and ran an independent consultancy supporting not-for-profit organisations to campaign and influence effectively. The Introvert Success Scorecard - assess yourself against 9 criteria you need to build a successful career as an introverted leader: https://www.emmataggart.co.uk/scorecard-signup  Emma’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-taggart/ Emma’s website: https://www.emmataggart.co.uk/   WORK WITH ME AND MY TEAM We partner with you to: ·       Develop your women leaders and prepare them to advance within the organisation ·       Build women’s confidence - particularly your early and mid career level women ·       Empower men and leaders to become allies for gender equity   We also offer individuals: -        Be Bolder, an open 4 week confidence and assertiveness course -        Influence & Impact, an open 3 month women’s leadership development programme -        1:1 coaching Get in touch to find out more or book a call with me. CONNECT WITH ME LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlamiller1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisiscarlamiller/ Website: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/   HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Subscribe Share this episode with a friend Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify   I would love to hear your feedback on this week’s podcast. Please leave a review or come say hello on social! Thank you for listening, see you next week!  Mentioned in this episode:https://carlamiller.co.uk/newsletter/

This is the episode I wish I’d heard when I was in my first few years of managing people and teams.  It would have made my life so much easier. In this episode I cover: -        How to claim the authority that comes with your role -        My favourite tool for going into challenging conversations with confidence -        Why it is important to set expectations and hold people accountable -        Why your team’s happiness is not down to you Please do share this episode with any newer managers you know. Other episodes you might like: Episode 125 How to set and hold your boundaries - https://pod.link/1435136477/episode/6bb95322e0be3e4d1ad9588d769372e9 Episode 115 – How to give feedback well - https://pod.link/1435136477/episode/c55bd71b5b253082b5dde223892793ba Episode 61 – Become great at delegating - https://pod.link/1435136477/episode/88e3418cb66c33773f85362858c5e48b   WORK WITH ME AND MY TEAM We partner with you to: ·       Develop your women leaders and prepare them to advance within the organisation ·       Build women’s confidence - particularly your early and mid career level women ·       Empower men and leaders to become allies for gender equity   We also offer individuals: -        Be Bolder, an open 4 week confidence and assertiveness course -        Influence & Impact, an open 3 month women’s leadership development programme -        1:1 coaching Get in touch to find out more or book a call with me. CONNECT WITH ME LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlamiller1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisiscarlamiller/ Website: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/   HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Subscribe Share this episode with a friend Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify   I would love to hear your feedback on this week’s podcast. Please leave a review or come say hello on social! Thank you for listening, see you next week!  Mentioned in this episode:https://carlamiller.co.uk/newsletter/