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What is confidence? Where does confidence come from? How do you build confidence?  In this episode, I'm joined by Tolu Oke and we discuss how to build confidence, what reduces confidence, and the impact of your environment on your confidence. We also answer a question from one of our Instagram followers - When is the right time to ask for a raise and is it appropriate to ask your male co-workers what they get paid? Tolu is a keynote speaker, published author, and a graduate of Cambridge University with a wealth of experience in multiple industries. She has worked in the third sector, higher education, investment banking, and management consulting.  Tolu has led award-nominated, race-focused diversity and inclusion programs and customer campaigns for over 180,000 people and 26 million customers for the Sainsbury's Group. Tolu is listed as a Powerful Media Top 100 Black Future Leader (2011) and Ethnicity Award Future Leader (2020). Want to know how to promote your personal brand online? Check out my discussion with Mary Agbesanwa: https://www.theworldinherwords.com/podcast/promote-your-personal-brand-online Read the show transcript:  Join The World In Her Words Community: https://www.theworldinherwords.com/community Connect with us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theworldinherwords/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theworldinherwords/

Today’s guest is Winter Wheeler. We discuss why you need to promote yourself separately from your company and how to prioritize your career over your job. Winter is a former top civil litigator who has made her niche as an expert mediator. She is sought out for her unique, compassionate, and successful style of handling complex matters that involve a diverse range of cultures, including Spanish-speaking clients. Most recently, Winter was a senior attorney at a prominent law firm, and it’s this extensive body of experience she brings into her current mediation practice that makes her work stand out. A graduate of Georgetown University and Tulane Law School, Winter has always combined her passions for culture, diplomacy, and the law. Winter is the creator of The Four Cornerstones of Mediation™, which she introduced to the world in her first TEDx talk in March 2021. She is co-author of the bestselling book, #Networked. She is also the creator and host of The Mediate Now™ podcast. Looking for tips on how to promote your personal brand? Check out my discussion with Mary Agbesanwa: https://www.theworldinherwords.com/podcast/promote-your-personal-brand-online Read the show transcript: https://www.theworldinherwords.com/podcast/prioritize-your-career-over-your-job Join The World In Her Words Community: https://www.theworldinherwords.com/community  Connect with us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theworldinherwords/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theworldinherwords/  Connect with Winter: https://bit.ly/WinterWheeler Listen to The Mediate Now™ Podcast: https://bit.ly/TMNChristineCarino Watch Winter's TEDx: https://bit.ly/TEDxWinterWheeler Networked book: https://bit.ly/NetworkedBook

The World In Her Words is a podcast with Aisha Suleiman that aims to inspires you to take control of your career through sharing strategies, advice and inspirational stories of Black Women and Women of Colour.  What is your personal brand and how do you promote your personal brand online?  In this episode we're joined by Mary Agbesanwa who is a Strategy and Operations Management Consultant currently leading her firm’s Fintech Accelerator Programme.  We discuss why it's important to promote your personal brand online and the opportunities it can bring to you and your career. We share tips on how to build your personal brand online and how to create a strategy that works for you. Mary has an excellent personal brand that has won her many awards. She was selected as a McKinsey Next Generation Women Leader 2020 and is No.1 on EMpower and Yahoo Finance’s Future Leader List 2020. Mary blogs on her Medium blog A Millennial's Diary about careers and personal development for millennials, and co-runs a female millennial self-development and entrepreneurial community called Now You’re Talking. To read the show notes for this episode go to theworldinherwords.com/promote-your-personal-brand-online Join the community: https://www.theworldinherwords.com/community  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theworldinherwords/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theworldinherwords/ A Millennial's Diary: https://www.maryagbesanwa.com/amillennialsdiary Pie Methodology: https://insideoutimage.co.uk/pie-for-career-progression/

In this episode, we're joined by Monique Russell and we discuss how to communicate more effectively in your career.  We talk about why you need to understand your communication style, how to make networking work for you and why investing in therapy can help you improve your communication skills.  Monique Russell is the communications expert you want on your team. She teaches global leaders and teams on how to turn likes into loves using effective communications tools and strategies.  Organizations like the Centers for Disease Control, Verizon, Intel, Equifax, and the world’s busiest airport, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International, trust Monique to guide them in implementing communication strategies that foster connection, community, creativity, and courage. You can too! Monique has 20 years of experience in the science of Communications and leads Clear Communication Solutions – an international training, coaching, and consulting firm that focuses on confidently communicating from the inside out. Her upcoming book, Intentional Motherhood focuses on the belief that Motherhood is about identity and not age. To check out more of our content, sign up to our mailing list, or to say hello go to our website theworldinherwords.com Have a career-related question you want us to tackle on the show? Head over to https://www.theworldinherwords.com/askaisha to ask. Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram to join our community and continue the conversation.  Show Transcript: https://www.theworldinherwords.com/podcast/effective-communication 

How do you lead a project effectively? Managing projects can be overwhelming but necessary for your career. Learn how to lead a project from two women in the tech and energy field. To read the show notes and subscribe to our mailing list go to: https://theworldinherwords.com/how-to-lead-a-project-effectively/