A brilliant but rather shy leader is challenged by her management to be bigger, more executive, speak up more. She is grateful to work with a coach.

You can build muscle around getting your voice heard by creating homework for yourself. Think of it like going to the gym: working out regularly helps you build muscle.

When creating homework, ask yourself three questions:

What am I going to pay attention to?
What specific behavior am I going to start or stop?
How will I measure success? (5% improvement)

During the episode, Tom gave Neela four pieces of homework to help her get her voice heard:

Count the number of times you have an idea and choose not to say it out loud;
Listen for your self-limiting beliefs. Look for patterns that trigger them. Who are you with? What’s the setting?
In meetings, speak in the first ten minutes;
In meetings, get your name “on the record” with regularity.

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