How To Start Advocating For What You Want in Your Career

Self-advocacy can be difficult for many professionals. Even if you know you do excellent quality work, it is easy to get buffeted about by the things that are in front of you, the urgent items that require your attention. When you are also responsible for others, it can feel like all your time goes toward “making the machine go,” to the detriment of your own personal and professional priorities and career fulfillment. 

The good news is that, even if you feel that you are not a natural self-advocator, it is a learnable skill. 

Many executives I coach think of self-advocacy as