Jamie Lee

On the podcast: How to say no to non-promotable tasks without losing your cool or your values:

How to Say No to Glue Work Without Losing Your Cool or Your Values - Risky Conversations with Jamie Lee Glue work is the invisible, unrewarded labor that keeps teams running—but too often holds women and people of color back from promotions and pay raises. In this episode, I share the research, the myths that keep us stuck, and a practical fram...

🦄 Behind the myth of a unicorn startup is .

👉 But burning out doesn’t have to be your destiny, when you are wizened to a few truths.

Here’s what went down in today:

🤨 “Why keep going?” I asked my client, an executive at a fast-paced AI startup going through growing pains.

😩 She was telling me how unmotivated, tired, and emotionally drained she felt from the extreme grind that led to millions of dollars in funding,

… Only to be met with the need to raise even more money and now the added insult of personal attacks from the CEO.

😤

But she’s tough and undeterred.

🥅 She thought she’d feel more certain she can raise money for her future startup, IF she achieved the next goal of raising tens of millions at her current company.

She was fixated on the goal, working late, and feeling very stressed.

Here’s what I offered her:

1️⃣ The feeling of accomplishment will last 15 minutes, just a moment. Then it will be back to the grind with even bigger goals to achieve.

✨ “That’s when I’ll burn out for sure,” she said.

2️⃣ What if she can raise $100 million for the company she runs in the future, regardless of what happens here?

✨ “Yes, that’s possible,” she said.

🛬 Here’s where we landed:

1️⃣ She can have confidence now, not later, by choosing to see herself as capable — as someone who’s an equal and a thought partner to other executives, investors, and the board.

2️⃣ This doesn’t mean she quits or does a shoddy job, but instead fuels her actions — not with the exhaust of — but with the clean fuel of self-assurance.

At the end of the session, my client looked as though a thousand pound weight had been lifted off her shoulders.

She felt ready and capable, clear and certain of her next steps.

This is possible for you, too.

Would you like to be supported to make your ambitions come alive while YOU also become more alive and energized?

This is exactly the work we do inside my coaching practice.

The fastest way to get started is to book your free consult today: https://www.jamieleecoach.com/apply

I hear the better alternative to the myth of unicorns is to become like elephants 🐘

(Photo of yours truly at the Great Elephant Migration in NYC)

How would you career trajectory change with more ?

Come find out how you can leverage the innate plasticity of your brain for greater confidence at next week's Smith College Executive Edution community keynote, Confidence Lab, led by yours truly.

📅 : Thursday, October 24

🕐 : 1pm EST

🔗 : Register for FREE here https://events.blackthorn.io/en/i0hMsA6/g/jn7WQ8Fean/the-confidence-lab-5a3tS630wa9/overview

P.S. More than 250 folks have already registered! Don't miss out. If you register and can't make it live, you'll get the replay link sent to you.

While recovering from the COVID booster and flu shot this weekend, I binge-watched Culinary Class War on Netflix.

In the show, skilled pros, with credentials galore, looked nervous as they presented their dishes to the judges. Their anxious expressions echoed a common belief shared by ambitious professionals:

"If they don’t like what I have to offer, I’m not good enough."

Relaxing on my couch, it’s entertaining. But in my home office, I'm like a hawk with a mission coaching clients through this belief.

So how do I help them overcome it?

Click here for the full scoop -- or shall we say spoonful* -- on the blog: https://www.jamieleecoach.com/blog/5-steps-to-stop-freezing-up-and-start-speaking-up-in-meetings

*Hats off to the judges from Culinary Class Wars who evaluated by the spoonfuls.

Super stoked to announce I'm now an adjunct instructor with Smith College Executive Education program!

You're all welcome to join the first Community Keynote I'm leading on the *Neuroscience of Leadership Confidence*

📅 Date: 10/24/24
🕐 Time: 1pm ET
🔗 Link to register for FREE: https://events.blackthorn.io/en/i0hMsA6/g/jn7WQ8Fean/the-confidence-lab-5a3tS630wa9/overview

You'll be guided through evidence-based techniques to:
🧠 Rapidly shift your brain state so you can leverage the innate plasticity of your brain
⬇️ Reduce anxiety or stress
🙆‍♀️ Build leadership and negotiation confidence

See you there!
Jamie