Is the Pressure to Be an Expert Really Getting in the Way?

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When we are coming from a place of trying to prove ourself, people can smell that. And so i think we need to really push ourselves to say, is the pressure to prove we're being an expert actually getting in the way? I think it's important to also bring people along. Many times individuals are not pushing back on you because theyre not used to operating with you and experiencing you in the way that you have been. So i don't think so much demonstrating. It's actually having that explicit conversation with that individual that's making me think, meriel too,. You also have to be specific.

Once you’ve committed to a leadership role — formally and officially or simply in your mind and heart — getting everyone else at work to buy in requires relationship management. How do you successfully shift the role you’re playing on your team? What sorts of conversations help clear the way? Which steps shouldn’t you skip? Is this transformation harder to make over Zoom?

To address these questions, we revisit a 2019 interview with two leadership development experts — essential listening for any woman who’s ready to step up — and share an update on how their advice applies in the context of remote and hybrid work.

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Amy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins are the founders of the executive coaching and leadership development firm Paravis Partners. They co-wrote the book Own the Room, and Amy is the author of The Leader You Want to Be. Muriel hosts the HBR Presents podcast Coaching Real Leaders.

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