How to Be Awesome at Your Job

990: How to Advocate for Yourself and Get Noticed at Work with Jessica Chen

Aug 26, 2024

Jessica Chen, an Emmy-Award winner and CEO of Soulcast Media, shares powerful insights on workplace communication and self-advocacy. She addresses common misconceptions about career advancement and emphasizes how to make your message resonate. Discover the five vocal elements that enhance engagement and how personal achievements can be highlighted alongside humility. Chen also discusses the importance of shaping your career narrative and celebrates the significance of self-advocacy to ensure you’re recognized for all the right reasons.

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Jessica Chen

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Quick takeaways

Marketing yourself effectively is essential for career advancement, as it allows you to shape perceptions rather than being defined by others.

Understanding your audience and tailoring your message to their needs enhances communication effectiveness and fosters greater engagement in professional settings.

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Controlling Your Career Narrative

Marketing yourself effectively is essential for career advancement; failing to do so allows others to define your professional identity. Jessica Chen emphasizes the importance of actively managing how you present your career brand to shape perceptions rather than being pigeonholed into a singular role. She highlights that while hard work and intelligence are imperative, they are not sufficient alone to ensure recognition in the workplace. Instead, engaging in self-advocacy and effective communication is vital to broadening opportunities and showcasing one’s dynamic capabilities to employers.

Use the 4A sequence to insert yourself into conversations: Active listening, Ack…

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Effective communication involves five elements of voice: rate (speed), pitch (hi…

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Intro

2min

The Journey to Winning an Emmy: Advocacy and Teamwork in Journalism

3min

Navigating Workplace Communication

17min

The Power of Vocal Communication

11min

Mastering Communication and Career Advocacy

2min

Celebrating Success and Self-Advocacy

3min

Jessica Chen discusses how to get noticed even if you’re not the loudest voice in the room.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The top misconception about career advancement

2) How to ensure your message always lands

3) The five elements that make your voice resonate

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— ABOUT JESSICA —

Jessica Chen is an Emmy-Award winner, top virtual keynote speaker, and CEO of Soulcast Media, a global business communication training agency. Her client list includes Google, LinkedIn, the CDC, Medtronic, Mattel, HP, DraftKings, and many more. Prior to starting Soulcast Media, Jessica was a broadcast television journalist. She is also an internationally recognized top LinkedIn Learning Instructor where her communication courses have been watched by over 2 million learners and featured in Forbes, Fortune, and Entrepreneur. She lives in Los Angeles.

• Book: Smart, Not Loud: How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons

• Instagram: @jessicachenpage

• LinkedIn: Jessica Chen

• Website: SoulCastMedia.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Job Therapy: Finding Work That Works for You by Tessa West

• Past episode: 311: Communication Secrets from FBI Kidnapping Negotiator Chris Voss

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