According to Harvard Business Review, women are asked to volunteer for invisible tasks at work 44% more often than men. Our guest today, Kelli Thompson, was always asked to organize time-sucking parties or fundraisers, for which she never received recognition. Have you experienced this invisible workload as a working mom?
Invisible tasks can benefit the organization but likely don’t contribute to someone’s performance evaluation and career advancement, hence making the work invisible for pay and promotions.
Kelli is a keynote speaker, writer, and award-winning leadership coach who helps women advance with clarity and confidence so they can make an impact in the rooms where decisions are made. She is featured in Forbes, MarketWatch, HuffPost, Parents, and elsewhere.
In today’s episode, we discuss…
- The invisible workload at the office like parties, supplies, and other tasks
- Extra tasks that don’t contribute to
- The rise of the Employee Resource Group and how it often falls to women and women of color
- The load of volunteer requests vs. strategic initiatives
- Being a doer vs. being strategic
- Asking yourself, “What am I saying yes to and what am I busy with at work?”
- Looking at your values, skills, talents, and energy when you think about taking on a new task at work
- Reasons we say yes when we really want to say no
- How to elegantly say no without feeling like you are not a team player or don’t support the organization
- Setting boundaries for what you can and cannot do
- How does people-pleasing get in your way when it comes to an invisible workload
- The belief that a request deserves an immediate response instead of giving yourself time to think
- Asking yourself, “Where do I feel resentful?”
- Using a calendar audit to determine if something is an energy sucker, energy staller, or energy surger
- How you can switch your mindset from doing to leading
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Show Notes: Invisible Workload
Hey, hey friend! Welcome to Episode #116 of The Secrets of Supermom Show!
Do you believe work-life balance is simply not possible with the load you carry?
I see you.
You are spending late nights and early mornings just trying to catch up.
Your to-do list feels like it gets longer by the minute.
You have your laptop with you wherever you go.
You constantly feel exhausted and drained even after the occasional good night’s sleep–if you can even squeeze in one.
You feel under pressure every day, even when you “should” be relaxing.
What if I told you there was a better way?
What if I told you that you didn’t have to choose home over work or trade one for the other?
What if there was a completely different way you could look at work-life balance that actually worked?
If you found yourself nodding along, I personally invite you to register for my free workshop where I unlock the secrets to help you achieve real work-life balance even as a crazy busy, seriously ambitious mom.
I can’t wait to show you what it’s like to have more time, less stress, and boundaries you can count on. Head to secretsofsupermom.com/balance for all the details!
According to Harvard Business Review, women are asked to volunteer for invisible tasks at work 44% more often than men. And they typically say yes, where men don’t. Our guest today, Kelli Thompson, was always asked to organize time-sucking parties or fundraisers, for which she never received recognition.
Invisible tasks benefit the organization but likely don’t contribute to someone’s performance evaluation and career advancement, hence making the work invisible for pay and promotions.
Kelli is a keynote speaker, writer, and award-winning leadership coach who helps women advance with clarity and confidence so they can make an impact in the rooms where decisions are made. She is featured in Forbes, MarketWatch, HuffPost, Parents, and elsewhere.
She has over 10 years of leadership experience for financial services and technology organizations and was awarded the Training Magazine Emerging Training Leader award for her demonstrated leadership in leading and developing high-impact training programs.
Her book, Closing the Confidence Gap, was released November 1, 2022 and has been called “a clearly and forcefully written strategy manual for upping one’s professional game” by Kirkus Reviews. It has also been chosen as a Next Big Idea Club nominee — a book list curated by Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Pink, Adam Grant, and Susan Cain.
Y’all, you are going to love this guest. I am thrilled to introduce you to Kelli!
Today we discuss…
- The invisible workload at the office like parties, supplies, and other tasks
- Extra tasks that don’t contribute to
- The rise of the Employee Resource Group and how it often falls to women and women of color
- The load of volunteer requests vs. strategic initiatives
- Being a doer vs. being strategic
- Asking yourself, “What am I saying yes to and what am I busy with at work?”
- Looking at your values, skills, talents, and energy when you think about taking on a new task at work
- Reasons we say yes when we really want to say no
- How to elegantly say no without feeling like you are not a team player or don’t support the organization
- Setting boundaries for what you can and cannot do
- How does people-pleasing get in your way when it comes to an invisible workload
- The belief that a request deserves an immediate response instead of giving yourself time to think
- Asking yourself, “Where do I feel resentful?”
- Using a calendar audit to determine if something is an energy sucker, energy staller, or energy surger
- How you can switch your mindset from doing to leading
