Ep 50 - Lisa Bragg, Author of Bragging Rights: How to Purposely Self-Promote, Without Being Obnoxious

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com SHOW NOTES: Deep down you agree that speaking about your success is important – but you cringe at the thought of doing so, and can’t bring yourself to doing it. And being humble has cost you key projects, promotions, and more money that you rightly deserve. Enter Lisa Bragg, speaker and author of Bragging Rights. We discuss why self-promotion and bragging is important, how to overcome what holds you back – and practical tips so you are seen and heard. By the end of this episode, you’ll see bragging in a new light, and in your next social media post will surely add the hashtag #Braggingrights. Michael puts Lisa on the spot: Not 1, but 3 introductionsA simple way to think about the goal of your introductionPractical Tip #1: “Present, Past, Future”How to make your introduction crisp, effective – and leapfrog the credibility conversationTip #2: How Lisa builds comradery, even before she meets people at an eventTip #3: How to make it easy for someone to highlight youEven the best bosses are not always thinking or advocating for youBragging vs self-aggrandizementHow the comparison put-down backfiresThe impact of giving some people a pass, while and censoring others“Fear + 10%” and how Lisa got over the dilemma of talking about herselfThe “red thread” that runs through Lisa’s upbringing and careerThe corrosiveness of being invisibleWhy we should nurture an environment of bragging and self-promotion, if we want to retain good peopleTip #4: Keep a brag sheetCounterintuitive finding from Lisa’s survey: 85% ?!Survey finding: Being humble just not a Canadian thingFitting in, but also standing outTip #5: “Think of perfect as 70%”Showing up as a 10 and the importance of first impressionsHow to asses if your self-promotion work is working – and stay motivated?“Nurture and mature”… but make sure you have a strategyNOT TRUE: “There is no I in team and everyone shares the credit”How orgs are creating cultures of talking about their successesCase study: How one team went from disjointed to a cohesive force, by bragging about their individual and team achievementsTip #6: from me, me, me to how do we partner, and think win-win?The benefits of putting the spotlight on others BIO AND LINKS: Lisa Bragg is a speaker, advisor, professional mentor, founder of MediaFace, and spent years as an award-winning journalist. She helps high-achievers be seen, heard and share their value to the world – and how leaders can help those less visible on their teams do the same. Her book is Bragging Rights: How to Talk about Your Work Using Purposeful Self-Promotion. Lisa is based in Toronto, Canada, where she lives with her husband, daughter and 95 pound dog. Lisa website: https://www.lisabragg.comLisa book: https://www.lisabragg.com/braggingrightsbook-1Lisa on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisabragg/Lisa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatlisabragg/“Making it easy for others to speak about you” – What a great Media Guide (Lisa’s, of course) looks like: https://tinyurl.com/2mxfn4b8Take Lisa’s survey: https://www.lisabragg.com/researchUVA Prof Peter Belmi interview: “Social Class & Our B