125. Own Your Career: Stand Up, Show Up and Speak Up (with Lisa Gillette)

The Visibility Factor

125. Own Your Career: Stand Up, Show Up and Speak Up (with Lisa Gillette)

Lisa Gillette is an equal pay activist, speaker, podcaster, and ICF certified women’s leadership coach. Before starting her own business, Lisa spent 25 years in Entertainment Media; the last 10 as an executive in Sports Television. Lisa’s company, BIGSKY Coaching & Consulting is a natural extension of her desire to guide, support and encourage more women to ascend up the leadership ladder all the way into the “C” suite.

In this episode:

• Lisa shares her background as an Executive in Sports Media and how she moved into Coaching and Consulting.
• Using humor as an approach to diffuse a difficult situation.
• Her KISS approach – keep it simple and straightforward.
• Ways to handle a situation where you are being talked over or diminished.
• Ask for what you want from the first day of your role – set expectations of how to get to the next level and what is needed to make that happen.
• The importance of using data to show the value that you bring when asking for a raise or promotion opportunities.
• Ensure you have a growth mindset and that you can leverage that for your development.
• Trust yourself to help move you forward in your career.

Information on Lisa:

• Lisa's Website: BigSky.coach
• Lisa Gillette on Linkedin (in/lisa-gillette)
• Lisa Gillette on Instagram (@bigskycoach_lisa_gillette)
• Lisa Gillette on Facebook (@bigskycoachlisa)

The Books that Lisa Recommends:

• The Power of Self-Compassion by Kristen Neff
• The Nice Girl Books by Lois Frankel

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