Assume Your Authority – The Simple Mental Shift That Ignites Careers

I watched a gorgeous chocolate-coloured dog just now, waiting outside my local coffee shop.

He was the most delightful little spaniel, with huge curious eyes and an alert face.

As I watched him, I noticed how obedient he was, waiting patiently for his owner to emerge from the coffee shop with her latte.

I guessed until she came, he was content to wait there forever.

Waiting for permission to take action doesn’t compute so well in the human world…

Certainly not in the corporate world.

I’ve been a Career Success Coach now, for corporate women in finance and consultancy, for over ten years…

And in that time I have seen a number of consistent themes emerge.

One, is that a lot of women – regardless of their seniority – can wait for an eternity to pipe up and share their authority with the world.

Does that resonate with you?

Put simply, waiting for permission to share your genius could cost you your next big career opportunity, deep fulfilment from your work and long-lasting damage to your esteem.

You truly can’t afford not to assume your authority!

So what does ‘authority’ mean?

Well, for me, ‘authority’ means two things:

Firstly, it’s what’s in your head: your deep expertise, your vast experience, your ideas had ability to problem solve.

And secondly, it’s how you present this to your clients, to your peers, your team and key decision makers.

Self-doubt is what stops a lot of women from assuming their own authority.

They doubt the extent of their expertise and experience…

And consequently, often struggle to be an authority in public forums.

Now I know you’re an intelligent woman with ambition, a career vision and stretching goals…

And one of the surefire strategies to fast track that progress is to assume your own authority.

That means…

Assuming you already have all the skills, expertise and experience to share a well-considered opinion or argument (because you absolutely do)…

Whilst also presenting your ideas with all the confidence and influence that you can muster.

And here’s the fascinating bit…

When you assume that you already have something phenomenally valuable to share…

Others (those people who can help you advance your career) assume the same of you too.

And everything in your career gets easier when you are perceived how you wish to be.

What is your experience when you assume your own authority… what new results do you get?

Rebecca x

Rebecca Allen is a lively keynote speaker, regular panelist and Career Success Coach, with a decade of experience helping corporate women in finance and consultancy, get promoted into roles that ignite them and paid their worth.