Leaning Into Being a Leader

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Amy gallow and emily calfield talk about stepping into a leadership role. How can you raise your hand to help, volunteer for those extra activities without being seen as someone who's more junior than you want to be perceived of? Amy: As long as you're truly leaning into being seen as a leader, then the one or two times you volunteer for something like that won't be a detriment to you. Emily: The other stuff should enhance it as making you more relatable, rather than have the impact of reinforcing that you're not a leader.

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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