811: Power Talk Friday: Heather Hansen: You Are Your Own Advocate

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Today With Heather Hansen:

Welcome to A Well-Designed Business. Today with Heather Hansen, of Heather Hansen Presents we’re talking about how to advocate for yourself in your business. For some, this can be challenging because it begins with believing in yourself. And after 20 years as a trial attorney, Heather has combined her experience, her psychology degree, and her time as a TV anchor to create specific tools to teach anyone to advocate.

Pick It Apart

[4:13] Heather explains to us how she helps people advocate for themselves, their ideas, and business.

[8:00] Heather’s 3 C’s of advocacy.

[19:36] What Heather does with her clients to instill better belief in themselves through the evidence journal.

[40:00] How compassion plays a role in your advocacy.

LuAnn Nigara and Heather Hansen's Ah-Ha Moments

“No one can better advocate for yourself than you can because no one has your experience, passion, and talent.” - Heather Hansen

“If you’re lacking in belief, then it’s really hard to help other people believe.” - Heather Hansen

“See things from your client’s perspective, then use words to resonate with them.” - Heather Hansen

More About Heather Hansen:

Heather Hansen helps leaders, sales teams and high-powered individuals master persuasion and build credibility with diverse stakeholders. She gives leaders the tools to make the case for their ideas, their products, and their leadership. With these tools, they change others' perspectives and help them to believe.

Heather has worked with companies like Google, LVMH, SavATree, the American Medical Association, and Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, and has lectured at Harvard Business School, Stanford Law School, Berkeley, and the University of Pennsylvania. She’s also appeared on The Today Show, CNN, NBC, MSNBC, Fox Business, and CBS.

Heather is the author of the bestselling book The Elegant Warrior-How to Win Life's Trials Without Losing Yourself, which Publishers Weekly calls "a template to achieving personal and career goals", and the host of The Elegant Warrior podcast, an Apple Top 100 Career podcast. Her most recent book is Advocate To Win-10 Tools to Ask for What You Want and Get It.

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