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Reframe Your Story

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Reframe Your Story

Let Go, Do Less and Be More with Tammy Heermann

The Growth Guide (Clint Murphy),

5 min read
4 take-aways
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Discover how reframing stories and self-advocacy empower women to lead and thrive.

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People continue to neglect women’s leadership potential — in society and the workplace. Often, women themselves fail to pursue their career aspirations due to a lack of support and self-confidence. In this insightful episode of The Growth Guide Podcast, host Clint Murphy speaks with leadership expert Tammy Heermann about the power of identifying and rewriting the invisible stories that influence women’s perceptions of their leadership potential. Heermann offers game-changing guidance for women seeking to redefine their possibilities and thrive in leadership roles.

Summary

Women must reframe how they think about leadership — and their ability to lead.

Society’s ingrained narratives often associate leadership with masculine traits. Just because men traditionally hold leadership positions doesn’t mean they are the only ones capable of these jobs. Women seeking and holding leadership roles must question the stories they tell themselves about where they belong in society — stories that often stem from everyday experiences that reinforce gender stereotypes.

For example, as a child, Tammy Heermann’s daughter assumed her father was the leader in their family simply because he was a man. When questioned about this assumption, she mentioned some subtle societal cues — such as the men and boys in her life being more likely to behave assertively in group settings — that made the male-leader narrative seem like an objective truth. Growing people’s awareness of these kinds of narratives, their underlying assumptions, and how they shape behavior is the first step...

About the Podcast

Host Clint Murphy is an executive coach, Ironman athlete, and creator of The Growth Guide Podcast. Tammy Heermann is an award-winning leadership expert specializing in helping women discover opportunities in the workplace. She’s the author of Reframe Your Story.

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