Closing The Influence Gap - with Carla Miller

Carla Miller is the author of 'Closing The Influence Gap: A practical guide for women leaders who want to be heard', which reached #1 in the Amazon charts for Business Leadership Skills and Business Management and Leadership. Carla joins Lucinda this week to discuss the book and how best to apply its central core theme and message to our own organisations. KEY TAKEAWAYS The first step towards closing the influence gap is seeing yourself as a leader. It's about conquering self doubt and surmounting that sense of impostor syndrome we feel. We have to encourage others to see us as leaders. This is especially difficult for women, as society programmes us all to not see women this way. When we present our authentic selves, it also gives others permission to do the same, allowing a greater sense of connection. Many women are more than capable of leading teams and do so, but getting people at a senior level to notice this is very challenging. Even when presented with evidence, men are still naturally more preferred in leadership roles. BEST MOMENTS 'This is a self discovery that you can go through' 'We work on beliefs we may have adopted about ourselves' 'People see themselves as managers, but not necessarily as leaders' 'We want you to be the best version of you' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Carla Miller - https://www.carlamillertraining.com/book ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up’ together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: [email protected] Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising HR podcast, The HR Uprising, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Learning and Development, Culture & Change: https://hruprising.com/hr-podcasts/