Page 25 - LiveLabs: Women In Business

Own Your Voice:
Assertive Communication
with Emilie Aries
Emilie Aries is the founder and CEO of Bossed Up, an innovative personal and professional training organization that helps women craft sustainable careers. Emilie is a political organizer turned award-winning women’s development coach. She has helped hundreds of women navigate career transition and prevent burnout. Her TED talk, “The Power of No,” explores how to set healthy boundaries and invest in one’s sustainable long-term achievement.
Aries is a regular contributor on gender roles in the workplace
at RoleReboot.org, The Huf ngton Post, and Levo League and a sought-after speaker at companies, organizations, and universities across the country. Earlier this year, she received the Young Women of Achievement Entrepreneurship award from WIN, the Women’s Information Network, the 2015 YWCA Rising Star Award, and
was named one of the LEVO 100 Change Makers, amongst such luminaries as Chelsea Clinton and Janet Mock..
Emilie helps women cultivate a leadership identity, navigate fear and uncertainty, and practice strategies
for assertive communication - a necessary tool for leadership.
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Approach the workplace through a gender lens
Unpack how and why assertive communication can be especially challenging for women leaders
Develop an impactful Leadership Identity