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How to Advocate with Heather Hansen

Oct 25, 2021

On today’s episode of The Elegant Warrior podcast, I cover a crucial concept in the process of beginning to be your own advocate: the risk versus opportunity matrix

Sometimes, some people can be put off from advocating for themselves because they perceive the risk as being too great. When you ask your boss for...


Oct 18, 2021

On today’s episode of The Elegant Warrior, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jason Harris, co-founder and CEO of Mekanism, a San Francisco-based advertising agency that has shaped the image of brands such as Ben & Jerry’s, OkCupid, Jose Cuervo and Alaska Airlines.

He is the author of the book ‘The Soulful Art of...


Oct 11, 2021

Being good at advocating means that you are able to ask for what you want in a way that you will get it.  Today, I will cover the 4 steps that are the basis of advocating:

  1. Knowing what you want.
  2. Asking for what you want.
  3. Getting what you want.
  4. Repeat.

If you want to learn more about advocating for yourself and want...


Oct 4, 2021

Today I had the pleasure, once again, of interviewing Dorie Clark.  Dorie is an author, keynote speaker, consultant, and she teaches executive education at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School. She has been named one of the top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50 and...