007 - Saying no at work when you always say yes

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03/31/19 • 55 min

Brittni’s drinking again and Penny is happy about it. In this fiery episode of Happy Hour, Brittni and Penny discuss how to say no to your boss, especially when you’re someone who always says yes. They also dive into the controversial debate, do you need to manage women differently than men in the workplace? If so, how? This episode is packed full of actionable advice, podcast recommendations and books you should be reading! Don’t forget to rate and review the podcast, and more importantly, share it with your friends!

Show Notes

👧🏼Brittni’s first alcoholic drink in....a while

👧🏻Penny was missed in the office this week

🎙Podcast Recommendation: How I Built This, episode with Jen Rubio from Away Luggage

🎙Podcast Recommendation: Hello* Monday with Tim Brown

💕Eileen Fischer is PURE CLASS

📚Book Recommendation: The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo

👑How to know if you’ll be a great manager (Brittni reads an excerpt)

🎬Brittni’s content idea workshop

🚀The power of the co-creation effect

✅Always saying yes at work

📆The power of calendarizing your day

🙋🏽Should we manage women differently than men?

🦄 The meritocracy myth

🍌How to manage people who are more experienced than you

Resource of week! Ask a Boss from thecut.com

Got a question? Send us an email! [email protected]

*Penny called it Happy Monday, but it’s actually called “Hello Monday” 😁

Show Notes

👧🏼Brittni’s first alcoholic drink in....a while

👧🏻Penny was missed in the office this week

🎙Podcast Recommendation: How I Built This, episode with Jen Rubio from Away Luggage

🎙Podcast Recommendation: Hello* Monday with Tim Brown

💕Eileen Fischer is PURE CLASS

📚Book Recommendation: The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo

👑How to know if you’ll be a great manager (Brittni reads an excerpt)

🎬Brittni’s content idea workshop

🚀The power of the co-creation effect

✅Always saying yes at work

📆The power of calendarizing your day

🙋🏽Should we manage women differently than men?

🦄 The meritocracy myth

🍌How to manage people who are more experienced than you

Resource of week! Ask a Boss from thecut.com

Got a question? Send us an email! [email protected]

*Penny called it Happy Monday, but it’s actually called “Hello Monday” 😁

Previous Episode

006 - Can I discipline my work BFF?! 👯

One of us (we'll let you guess who) is skipping the drinks in this week's Happy Hour, but that doesn't mean we didn't have fun! In this episode, we encourage a listener who is dealing with long-term unemployment, and give some practical advice on how to deal with those long hours at home. It's hard, we feel you Chris! We also receive a letter from someone using a fancy pseudonym to protect his anonymity....that's how famous we are ;) Richard (not his real name) is trying to figure out how the heck you can motivate and manage a colleague that is also your work BFF.

We've also been given some really lovely feedback on the podcast so far. Thank you, we love you and hope that we're helping y'all to feel fabulous about your careers! 💜💜💜

Show notes:

✍🏽Oops! We have a correction ;) An update on our thoughts on brain picking

👵🏽Brittni turns 31 and there is no turning back!

🚀Continued education....it’s up to you baby

🔦Online courses and the boredom cortex

✨💕Julie Zhou's flipping fantastic blog for new managers, The Year of the Looking Glass and her new book The Making of a Manager

🏹Confidence: when you need it and when you need to earn it!!

🍀Looking after yourself if you're long-term unemployed

💵Figuring out how to get the job that you want!

🙌🏾Managing friends, and people in general - how to not lose sleep at night

👻Plus, our resource of the week! Be Better at Networking: 6 things to say that will make your networking conversations less awkward

Please rate, review and share the podcast! It helps others find it and makes Brittni and Penny warm and fuzzy inside.

If you have a question for us, send an email to [email protected]

Next Episode

008 - Creating your own promotion and/or destiny 🔮

Sorry we're late this week peeps, it doesn't mean we don't adore you, but sometimes life gets in the way of your podcasting ambitions 😭

In this episode of Happy Hour, Penny made Brittni pasta at her apartment, but don’t worry, she’s not eating during the recording of the podcast. That would be terrible. This week we can't help but chat about the lovely, and perhaps insane, Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos fame. If you haven't watched the doco yet, then you'd better get to it!

We also try to figure out how you should go about asking for a job that doesn't yet exist, because, you know, how?!!! As well as giving tips on the question of what one does when things are getting snooze-worthy at work? Boredom is truly worse than death. But it doesn't have to be ;) This episode is all about reframing, so we hope you enjoy (and rate, and review, and subscribe)!!

Show Notes:

👯 Feeling more like Dolly and Pandora by the day

💉 The Theranos documentary is fascinating!

🔪 Is Elizabeth Holmes a sociopath?

👵🏽 Brittni tries to describe the gaping abyss of adulting

💼 In Good Company with Otegha Uwagba and Emma Gannon

🇬🇧 Brittni really, really, loves London

🐘 The weird world of massive companies

🔮 How to create that elusive new role

📕📗📘Penny freaking LOVES planning!

🙃 Being bored is the worst

🙅🏽 Check out No Hard Feelings - Embracing emotions at work