1068: Finding the Courage to Say What Needs to be Said with Molly Tschang
How to Be Awesome at Your Job
How to be Awesome at Your Job
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Molly Tschang shares how to turn difficult conversations into opportunities to build connections and relationships.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The preamble that helps your feedback land well
2) How to say no while still being a team player
3) What to do when you disagree with the majority
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— ABOUT MOLLY —
Molly Tschang, founder of Abella Consulting and Say It Skillfully® Inc., empowers senior management teams to Win as One. With expertise in over 80 mergers and acquisitions, she has guided executives through the intricate human dynamics of transformational change and growth. Molly helps leaders cultivate mutual commitment, enabling them to excel in complex, high-stakes environments. Through Say It Skillfully, she equips individuals at all levels with the skills to communicate effectively and authentically. Her mission: to empower everyone to be seen, heard, and understood—especially when tackling their most critical challenges.
• Book: Say It Skillfully: Speak Up. Make Your Words Matter. Win Together
• Free audio book: The Me-You-We Framework
• Website: SayItSkillfully.com
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• Book: Meditations: The Timeless Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius on Stoicism and Self-Mastery by Marcus Aurelius
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| 0:00.0 | I think people feel bad about asking for what they need. |
| 0:13.7 | But I think if you're delivering and you're adding value to the team, you've earned the right to say, |
| 0:19.0 | hey, I want to continue to perform at a very high level. |
| 0:21.3 | And this is what it takes for me to perform at a high level. |
| 0:24.9 | Go in with a positive intent. |
| 0:26.9 | It's easy. |
| 0:27.4 | Well, they don't value me. |
| 0:29.2 | They don't trust me. |
| 0:30.4 | Maybe they don't. |
| 0:31.5 | But that's not going to set you up for success if you start that way. |
| 0:35.2 | Show the positive intention that you would like someone to give you and reflect that back to them. |
| 0:50.7 | That's Molly Shang. |
| 0:52.1 | She's the founder of Abella Consulting and Say It Skillfully, Inc. |
| 0:55.2 | She helps individuals at all levels master the art of candid and constructive communication. |
| 1:00.3 | And she shares a lot of that wisdom in her latest book, Say It Skillfully, Speak Up, Make Your Words Matter, Win Together, which she co-authored with Marshall Goldsman. |
| 1:09.0 | So learn one, the preamble that helps your feedback land well. |
| 1:13.0 | Two, how to say no while still being a team player. |
| 1:16.4 | And three, what to do when you disagree with the majority. |
| 1:20.2 | And if you want a quick summary write-up of these takeaways, |
| 1:22.5 | I recommend you sign up for the free Gold Nugget Email newsletter. |
| 1:26.0 | That's found at Awesome at your job.com. |
| 1:28.1 | I'm Pete McItis. |
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