"I keep getting interrupted at work." COACHING CORNER with Alina Addison #83
An episode of the Enough, the Podcast podcast, hosted by Mandy Lehto, titled ""I keep getting interrupted at work." COACHING CORNER with Alina Addison #83" was published on October 10, 2024 and runs 29 minutes.
October 10, 2024 ·29m · Enough, the Podcast
Episode Description
Welcome to the first ever Coaching Corner episode of Enough, the Podcast. These conversations are shorter and focus on a particular challenge. I hope you find them practical and immediately actionable. Coaching Corner episodes will be interspersed between the usual ones, just to spice things up. This week, the work dilemma is around being interrupted – what can you do when that happens? My guest is fellow coach, Alina Addison, author of The Audacity Spectrum: Leading with Care, Courage and Non-Conformity. We offer up some ideas you can try in those challenging conversations.
1:15 Alina's key question if you're being talked over
3:22 Using a gesture – if you're feeling audacious
3:50 The acknowledging tool
5:40 Self-awareness isn't enough – the other lenses to pay attention to
8:26 Check your story
8:34 Recap of the tools and ideas so far
10:52 Alina's Assertiveness Formula
16:09 Kate's boss speaks over her – what could she do?
19:00 Implementing the Assertiveness Formula
21:30 Internal calculations – what's your tolerance level for interruption
28:17 OUTRO
Links:
Alina Addison's book: The Audacity Spectrum
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