How idolizing coworkers can hold you back | Kelli Thompson | TEDxOmaha
What if one of the key things that stops us fulfilling our real potential is not others but ourselves? Instead of looking inwards, to our own talents, strengths, skills, knowledge, we stifle our voice and look at others. Those ‘others’ who tell us they know better than we do, dominate the conversation and decision making. Why do we fear speaking up. What drives us to believing that others are better than we are rather than celebrating who we are and what we have to offer. Time to make a stance. Take hold of our courage and find our own voice, value and shape our own paths for the present and the future. Kelli Thompson is an award-winning executive coach, author and speaker who is on a mission to advance women to the rooms where decisions are made. She has coached and trained thousands of women to trust themselves, lead with more confidence, and create a career they love. She is the founder of the Clarity & Confidence Women's Leadership Program, and a Stevie Award winner for Women in Business—Coach of the Year. She is the author of the critically acclaimed book, Closing The Confidence Gap: Boost Your Peace, Your Potential & Your Paycheck. She holds an MBA, has served as an adjunct management professor, and has more than ten years of senior leadership experience in financial services and technology organizations. Her thought leadership has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, MarketWatch, Quartz @ Work, HuffPost, FastCompany and more This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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