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What is ‘Awkwardly Confident’? Our next guest says awkwardness is a secret weapon for risk-taking at work. Henna Pryor, who is a Professional Executive Coach + Workplace Performance Expert, is here to share her tips on being the bravest you.

Henna Pryor is a highly sought-after Workplace Performance Expert and an award-winning 2x TEDx and global keynote speaker, executive facilitator, and coach. Her clients call her their “secret weapon for impossible change,” an honor she wears proudly. She’s known for her science-backed approach to improving the performance, habits, and actions of hungry high achievers – in her fun, no-nonsense, no-jargon way – to move them from their first level of success to their next one. Her highly anticipated book, Good Awkward, publishes in September and is available for pre-order now.

Henna discusses the power of Good Awkward, including:

  • When do we start feeling “awkward”?
  • Why Henna never corrected her boss for calling her “Helen”…
  • Understanding awkwardness’s purpose and how to use it to frame it in a good light to help you personally and professionally
  • How to benefit from awkwardness – even if it feels cringy
  • How do you start embracing good awkward?
  • How improv training can help (yes, that kind of improv)
  • How women in particular face challenges embracing their awkwardness at work
  • Learn to wield your awkwardness as a weapon by incorporating new tools and activities to strengthen mental muscle

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