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The Clearest Voice: Essays on Speaking Up at Work

Short, direct essays for leaders who know their organizations need more voices in the room. Published on Substack.

People Hear You Before You Say a Word by Kristine Sickels

You set the tone in every room, whether you mean to or not.

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When You Know Your Values, You Know What to Say by Kristine Sickels

The hardest moments at work aren’t about knowing the right answer.

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The Voice-Values Gap™: Why What You Say at Work Doesn’t Sound Like You by Kristine Sickels

What two coaches taught me about the cost of translating yourself at work.

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Results First, People Always by Kristine Sickels

The most lasting thing you say at work might be one sentence.

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For Years There Were Two Versions of Me at Work by Kristine Sickels

One did the job. The other one I kept in the parking lot.

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The $200,000 Conversation by Kristine Sickels

We’re taught to be grateful for what we’re given. Almost no one teaches us to ask.

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“Executive Presence” Is What They Call Your Voice When They Don’t Want to Hear It by Kristine Sickels

She nailed the board presentation. The feedback was about her ring light.

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Know the Outcome Before You Walk In by Kristine Sickels

“Let’s circle back” is what a room says when nobody decided anything.

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The Most Powerful Leader I Know Is Also the Quietest by Kristine Sickels

The most powerful people I know are rarely the loudest ones.

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Seven Reasons Capable Women Stay Quiet by Kristine Sickels

I call them Silencers. Most of us have never named them.

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