546: How to Speak Up, with Connson Locke

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Education, Business, Management, Self-improvement, Careers

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Connson Locke: Making Your Voice Heard Connson Locke is Professorial Lecturer in Management at the London School of Economics, where she teaches Leadership, Organizational Behaviour, and Negotiation and Decision Making. She has over 30 years experience as an educator, coach, and consultant working all around the world. Her highly popular Guardian Masterclass Developing Your Presence, Power and Influence regularly sells out. Connson is the recipient of a number of teaching awards from the London School of Economics. She's also the author of Making Your Voice Heard: How to Own Your Space, Access Your Inner Power, and Become Influential*. In this conversation, Connson and I explore the challenging situation that many professionals experience: speaking up. We discuss several key tactics that she has surfaced in her research to do this more effectively. Plus, we highlight several of the lessons Connson has discovered in her own experience that will help us (and others) do this with more success. Key Points Managing your negative emotions can help create movement for you. Reflecting or journaling is a key starting point. Change your attitude about failure by framing a growth mindset. Move away from repetition and towards deliberate practice. Instead of focusing on power difference, zero in on the other person’s role in helping you achieve a greater good. Plan free time around learning a new skill or helping others instead of watching Netflix or sitting on the beach. Resources Mentioned Making Your Voice Heard: How to Own Your Space, Access Your Inner Power, and Become Influential* by Connson Locke Interview Notes Download my interview notes in PDF format (free membership required). Related Episodes Use Power for Good and Not Evil, with Dacher Keltner (episode 254) Get Noticed Without Selling Out, with Laura Huang (episode 480) The Way to Make Sense to Others, with Tom Henschel (episode 518) Jumping In (Dave’s Journal) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

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0:00.0	It's sometimes a struggle to speak up at the right times, and many of us seek good tools
0:05.7	to help employees and others we influence to speak up to.
0:09.8	On this episode, several of the key tactics backed by research that will help you and
0:14.9	others find the right voice.
0:17.3	This is Coaching for Leaders, Episode 546.
0:21.7	Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential.
0:30.8	Greetings to you from Orange County, California.
0:33.6	This is Coaching for Leaders, and I'm your host, Dave Stahofiac.
0:38.0	Leaders aren't born, they're made.
0:40.8	And this weekly show helps you discover leadership wisdom through insightful conversations.
0:46.9	I know so many of us really want to have our voices be heard.
0:51.7	There are many books on influence and lots of research that's been done over the years
0:57.2	on examining the why behind people speaking up, but not as much on the how to do it successfully.
1:04.5	Today, I'm so glad to welcome an expert who will help us to navigate some of the practical steps
1:09.6	to do this better.
1:10.8	I'm so pleased to introduce to you, Conson Locke.
1:13.5	She is a professorial lecturer in management at the London School of Economics,
1:18.0	where she teaches leadership, organizational behavior, and negotiation and decision making.
1:23.2	She has over 30 years experience as an educator, coach, and consultant working all over the world.
1:28.7	Prior to entering academia, she served as a regional training and development director
1:32.6	for the Boston Consulting Group, where she was responsible for the learning and development of staff
1:37.2	in 10 offices across Asia Pacific.
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