More Than A Paycheck

I'm guessing there are a few words you hate. Things like moist and ointment. Me too. Words are important. They can impact how we feel and have a big impact on people. Join us this week as we dive into why this is and how to pay more attention to the words you say to yourself. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaylymancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Stories are so much more powerful than statistics. They connect us emotionally and bring to life the data behind them. Because stories create an emotional connection, we can gain a deeper understanding of other people's experiences. Have you ever thought about the stories you tell yourself about your life? The stories about your career and how far along it is. Or about your company or title or salary. Stories are powerful and can impact what choices we make. Just us this week as we dive into how to better understand your story and how to make sure it's the one you want to be telling yourself. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaylymancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

We all want to keep growing and progressing, but when do you know when to focus on changing and evolving and when to not? In this episode, we dive into the difference between growing and being grounded in liking who you are to better understand how. Listen and learn how. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

When someone does something that really makes us made, it can be hard to let it go. Things like being thrown under the bus in a meeting or you manager not backing you up. But when we feel stuck and continue to be angry, it only penalizes us and not them. Join us this week as we talk about how to let things go when it really was not fair. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaylymancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Most of us struggel and feel uncomfortable as we transition between things. Small things like going from work to home feel uncomfortable and we can get a bit agitated at times. Big transitions like changing companies or re-orgs can have a same a bigger impact. Join us this week as we talk about what this is and how to get get through them without eating all your feelings. Listen and learn.

Confidence is not something your born with. It's a skill you have to learn and practice. Self-doubt is an easy habit. Learning to be confident when you've never done something before is a skill no one has taught you until today. In through course, you will learn the three key elements of confidence, the difference in confidence versus self-confidence, and how to start having more of it today. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

When we're not growing at work, we get bord and start looking for the next big thing. But constantly chasing growth can lead to burnout if you don't take a few breaks along the way. Listen in this week as we talk about what taking a career break really means and why not taking it is slowing you down. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaylymancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

When you're asked into introduce yourself, what do you say? How do you identify yourself? Most often we tell people about the role we play in life, our hobbies, and our interests. But when you base your identity mainly on things outside of you, when they change, we become a mess. Listen in this week as we talk about why we do this and how to create a self-identity that's more empowering through the ups and downs of life. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaylymanncoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Episode 100! Join us this week as we recap the main mental model of self coaching while hearing 100 of my go to thoughts. These are the quick and simple thoughts that keep me moving towards my goal. Practice thinking these thoughts and create your own go to list as well. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaylymancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Human nature is to grow and increase. This means we're not comfortable doing less or taking things away. When things go wrong out work, our natural response is to increase steps to make sure it does not happen again. We tell ourselves we'll work smarter by delegating and automating, but when was the last time you just stop doing something. When you already work at full capacity, unless you stop doing something, you're going to burn yourself out. This week we dive into how you can stop doing things and why it's so important. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Join us this week as I answer some of the most frequently asked listener questions. Ranging from bad manger. To lacking motivation at work, these are things we've all struggled with at times. Listen and learn Submit your questions to [email protected]. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

When you start a new job or walk into a meeting where you don't know the people, what do you do? Most of us observe things and follow along to the social norms of others. We match their energy. But when someone gets worked up and starts acting like a jerk, we tend to respond in the say way. Join us as we dive into why we as humans do this and how it can sometimes be helpful. You'll also learn what to do if you find yourself matching someone's energy you don't want to. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Two of the most common reasons people struggle at work is because of stress and overwhelm. We tend to use these words interchangeably, but they mean very different things. And understanding the difference is important to reduce them. Listen in this week as we dive into what is stress, why it leads to overwhelm and how to remedy them. Listen and learn how. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Learning to take credit and feel proud of your work is surprisingly hard. Most of us are the first to take ownership and fault when things don't go as planned. But it's crazy that when things do go as planned, we struggle to take the credit. We think it's just luck or not really a big deal. Listen in this week and learn how to feel proud of the good work you're doing and why it's so important. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Sometimes when you have a really bad day, the most helpful thing is to find a good friend and complain for a bit. But what do you do when it's your employee? When they get to a point where they've lost hope and are struggling, your first instinct might be to list and try to help. But doing this makes it worse. This week we dive into how to actually help people when they get stuck and overwhelmed. List and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

We've all had one if not many of them. Unfortunately there are a lot of bad managers out there. Join us this week and we dive into how to deal with a bad manager. There are 3 types of bad managers and in this episode, we dive into how to deal with the really bad ones. Listen and learn how to stop letting bad managers hold you back. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

It's natural corporate progressions to move from an individual contributor (IC) to manager at some point in your career. But how do you know when that time is right? There are A LOT of bad managers out there. Chances are you've had one. Don't be one! Listen in this week and learn how to know if you, or your team members, are ready to move from an IC to management position. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

We're all humans, working with other humans, making it up as we go. This means there are going to be times when we're stuck and just don't agree on the path forward. This week we're diving into when to escalate and how to do it in a way that's effective and kind. Escalating something can quickly make people turn into jerks that have to be right, but when you follow the steps outlined in this week's episode, it's magic and so much more fun. List and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Does the thought of working on stretch goals or BEHAG goals kill you motivation? Creating goals that are hard to reach can really burn you out if there's no wining along the way. Join us this week as we dive into creating unreasonable goals and why they work better than stretch goals. Listen and learn how. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Your one-on-one meeting with your manager is a chance to focus on you and your career. It's your chance to learn, grow, and get the help needed to do so. This week we're talking about how to get more of what you need from your one on one. This is not your average "have an agenda, and ongoing meeting" advice. This is taking it a step further to understand the 6 different types of support we need from our managers and how to get it. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Most of us wear busy las a self-deprecating badge. A common response to the question, how are you doing these days; good and so buys. We think if we're not busy that something has gone wrong. And if this is you, your brain is probably addicted to feeling busy. But the opposite of busy is not lazy. It's space, growth, and ideas. Listen in this week and learn how to get out of the busy cycle and what to try instead. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Part of being a human means we have a core desire to continue to grow and learn. But knowing how to keep pushing yourself to the point where you're creating and leading the way can be challenging. In this episode we talk about the mental model for growth and how to be the one thinking of and making up new ideas. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Today was a really hard day. So hard in fact I had to log off of work early and let myself feel it all. Join me this week as I share what I do on hard days and why it's okay to not be okay. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Do you ever find yourself at work hesitant to speak up because you're worried about the impact? Do you easily go along with the group? Do you find that you just don't care? If so, these are signs that you might be struggling with psychological safety. Nichelle Johnson guests speaks about how to move out of anxiety and survival mode and into a space where you feel excited and inspired to learn and grow in your career. List and learn how. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today

The more senior you get in your career, the more ambiguity there is to deal with. But it's overwhelming and stressful when we don't feel like we can really grasp where to even start or which direction to head. Listen in this week and we break things down into 4 easy steps to delivery on ambiguous asks at work. List and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

The more decisions you have to make, the more fatigued your brain gets. The more fatigued your brain gets, the harder it is to make decisions. Research has shown, your decision-making skills are better earlier in the day. So, how do you make decisions during work, but save some energy for decisions at home? The pandemic has made seemingly simple decisions even harder to make. Listen in this week and learn the 4 ways to make decisions easier. List and lear how. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

It's the time of year where so many of us get feedback on our performance. Being told we should "think big" is such a scape goat feedback response. It's what leaders say when they don't know what else to tell you to work on. But when we tell ourselves to "Think Big" it rarely works. Join us this week and we talk about why and what we're rebranding "Think Big" to. List and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Title: 81 Intent vs Impact Podcast Summary I like to assume most people have a good intent because I really think they do. But the impact of what we do does not always line up with the intent. Join us this week and we talk about the 4 steps to optimize to the impact and not just the intent. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Listen in as we talk about the most important skill that will not only impact your career, but every aspect of your life. This one skill is the secret to getting promoted, reaching health goals, having the type of relationships you want, making more money, and to loving your life. And the good news is it's not based on how you look, your education, your job title or your past experience. Listen in and learn the 4 steps to doing this skill. Know someone that's great at web design and development? Email me at [email protected] Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

We are constantly told we need to change to be better. Lose weight, make more money, work less, focus more on your family. And then we're quickly sold a quick way to get these things. But what if there was nothing wrong with you? What if you focused more on being you and being happy with you? This week we're diving into when to focus more on being and want to move to "becoming something else. If you don't like who you're being along the way, you're not going to like who you're becoming. List and learn more. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Happy hours, launch parties, and annual awards are great, but they don't give you that daily boost of endorphins. Learning to really celebrate your wins everyday will help you feel motivated to keep going. But you've been going about it all wrong. This in this week and learn how to celebrate the good stuff and really feel the excitement. Listen and learn how. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

If you feel like you need to take a break to rejuvenate, you're doing self care all wrong. Pedicures, massages, and baths are great, but that's not what true self care is. If you were really taking care of yourself, you would not need a break. Your life would include things like a bath, but because you like them, not because you need to escape your life. Listen in this week and learn the 3 things to do to have true self care. When you learn how to take care of yourself, breaks are not required. You're just all in to live your best life ever. Listen and learn how. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaylymancoaching.com/chat and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Ever feet stuck when you just don't know what to do? Sometimes the data can be argued towards both decisions which makes it hard to decide. Join us this week as we talk about what to do when just don't know what to do. It's easier than you think. Listen and learn how. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaylymancoaching.com/chat and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Studies show that people spend an average of 23 hours per week in meetings. I'm guessing now that many of us work in hybrid settings, this number is even higher. We all agree we need less meetings, but at the same time they can feel like a necessary evil. Join me this week as we dive into what to do about meeting overload. This is not your typical info like make sure to have an agenda and purpose, but we get real about solving the root cause of the issue. List and learn how. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaylymancoaching.com/chat and let's get you feeling more confident today. What you'll learn in this episode: Why meetings are cause more burnout now than ever Mental models for when to not have a meeting Practical ideas on how to cut down on your meetings right now Referenced on the show: Let me know your meeting ideas. Send me a DM on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/lindsaylymancoaching/ Studies and data referenced from this article and this article.

When someone asks you how you're doing, most of us say some generic response like fine or good. The same thing happens when we feel stuck or consumed on what to do. Or that thing that's nagging you over and over. There are so many sneaky little thoughts that keep us stuck. Things like I don't know or I'll do it tomorrow. Listen in this week and learn what to do about it. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaylymancoaching.com/chat and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Learning from your failures is a great sounding idea. But most of us are going about it all wrong. We over complicated it, avoid thinking about what we screwed up, or just pretend we will remember next time. Learning to apply this simple project management best practice to your week will be a game changer in changing things for the better. Listen in and learn how. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaylymancoaching.com/chat and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Join me this week and get to know Rich Hua. He's a Principal World Wide Go To Market Specialist for AWS at Amazon and the founder of Amazon's EQ community. Rich has helped thousands of people better understand Emotional Intelligence (EQ). As someone that's been kicked out of preschool, received an education from a top school, became a Pastor, and is an Engineering genius, he's learned so much along the way. List and learn from one of the greats. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/71

Shifting your career from being an individual contributor to manager can be amazing and hard. It's exciting to keep growing and learning new things. But also hard because what skills needed to manager are very different. You can't just hustle your way through any more. You have to level up your work to deliver at the next level. Listen in this week and learn the 4 tips to make the transition smoother. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

A brand is an intangible feeling and thought you have about something. When you feel excited, cool, and intrigued, you're more likely to engage with that brand. Building a personal brand is no different. But most people are trying to optimize the completely wrong part of their personal brand. They're trying to make sure other people like them, but this is the wrong thing to focus on. Listen in this week and learn what you should be doing instead. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Feeling like you're just surviving and trying to make it through the day is not sustainable long term. We were not built to live in survival mode for extended periods of time. When you feel like you work in a toxic environment, when your manager is not supportive, and when you've lost your motivation, things can feel impossible. This week, we're talking about how to take steps to get out of survival mode and start feel like you're thriving again. Listen and learn how. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more motivated today.

Mental models are a buzz word, but when used properly are a very helpful tool. They enable you to scale and be a leader that enables teams to align. Knowing and communicating clear mental models makes people strong leaders. But just looking at mental models is not enough. There are two other key elements require to make a mental model work. This week we dive into what they are and how to better understand them for yourself. Listen and learn how. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

What is something that you want? That result you really want? The new job. A house. Better relationships. Health. More money. Whatever it is, the reason you don't have it yet is because you keep doing this one thing wrong. Join me in this episode as I tell you what it is and the proven formula to getting any result you want. Listen and learn how. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/67

One of the biggest mistakes people make in their career is focusing too much on their past. What school they went to, their degrees, their previous jobs. That's great, but your past only lives in the present. Things that happened yesterday don't matter and can't impact you until you think about them today. And if you past only lives in the present, your future lives in the present as well. And the future is where you're trying to go. So why spend so much time talking about where you've been? Listen in to find out why thinking more about your future is crucial. Listen and learn how. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/66

Everyone struggles. We all have been, are, or will go through really big and overwhelming things. Things that feel like you'll never survive. Things that make you questions everything. Things that feel like there's no way through it. But the crazy thing about us humans is that we keep making it. One day, one hour, or even one minute at a time. This week I'm getting venerable and sharing about my recent big scary thing and the 7 lessons I learned through it. Listen and learn how. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/65

Managing up is building healthy and effective relationships with higher-ups. But the tips and tricks about managing up like learning to communication in your leaders' styles or bringing solutions and not just problems don't get you there. These things lead to political games and obsessing over getting people to like you. In this episode you're going to learn how to manage up in a way that actually works. This is not something you've heard before. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

As someone that's been at my company 10x longer than the average employee, I get numerous people asking me what my advice is. As I've thought a lot about this, I've decided there are 3 main things that will make anyone successful as they onboard to their new job. Join me this week as we dive into what the short, medium, and long-term advice is to making at work. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Data is important to drive your business, but understanding the story that data is telling you is crucial. Without knowing how to interpret the data, it's useless. The same goes with the data and story we tell ourselves about our careers. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

One of the things I love most about my job is the people I get to work with. They are smart, funny, caring, inspiring and some of the best people I've come across. While we get along with most of our coworkers, there are times when that one person just drives us crazy. This week we are diving into why this can become a problem for you and how to deal with it. By following the 2 steps outlined in this podcast, you will be able to move past the frustration and annoyance without needing to change the other person. Listen and learn how. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

We've all had a manager that we just don't trust. Whether they are taking credit for your work, throwing you under the bus, or telling you what you want to hear and not acting on it, it's hard when you feel like you can't trust your manager. This week we are diving into what to do when you find yourself in this situation. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.

Join me on the podcast this week as we dive into what to do when you don't have help from a manager. Most people feel like their manager can make or break their success, but what happens when you don't trust your manager? Or maybe they rotate or go on leave? In this episode you'll learn what to do when you don't have the safety net from a good manager. Listen and learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaybuchancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling more confident today.