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Future Female Leaders
The Future Female Leaders Podcast helps create more female leaders in the workplace. If you are working in an entry level role and are preparing for future growth opportunities, this podcast is for you. Future Female Leaders topics consist of building confidence, improving communication skills, becoming more self aware, learning how to proactively network, and expanding your mindset to best prepare you for that future leadership role. Let's get you promoted! Nichole Harrop is a Women's…
Episodes
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298| How to Request the Meeting: Easy Messaging for the Ask
Nichole moves from planning to action, with simple templates you can borrow to get the raise meeting on the calendar. In this episode: A recap of the week so…
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299| What to Avoid: Fridays, Mondays, and Right Before PTO
To close out timing and strategy week, Nichole covers the times to avoid, so you don't accidentally set yourself up for a harder conversation. In this episode…
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297| Timing Your Raise Request Around Big Projects
Nichole answers a question many listeners are quietly asking: if you have a big project in the works, should you ask for a raise before it wraps or after? In…
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296| How to Read the Room: Company Health, Layoffs, and Budget Signals
Building on yesterday's episode about the best time of year to ask, Nichole zooms in from the calendar to what's actually happening inside your company, and…
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295| The Best Time of Year to Ask for a Raise
Kicking off timing and strategy week, Nichole answers a big question: when is the best time of year to ask for a raise? In this episode: A recap of last week's…
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294| Recap and Checklist: Everything You Need Before the Ask
Looking back on everything since the series began on Labor Day, Nichole pulls it all into one pre-ask checklist so you can see where you stand and what's left…
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293| "I Don't Have Big Wins This Year": What to Do Instead
Nichole takes on the little voice that says you have nothing to offer, and shows how to find the real value in a year without a headline-worthy win. In this…
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292| What to Do if You Don't Have a Formal Review Process
Building on yesterday's performance review episode, Nichole helps listeners whose workplaces have no formal reviews create their own paper trail. In this…
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291| Using Your Last Performance Review to Your Advantage
Following yesterday's episode on testimonials, Nichole shows how your last performance review, your own employer's words about you, can become some of your…
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290| How to Get a Peer or Client Testimonial
Nichole adds a new proof point to your raise case before the timing episodes begin: a short, specific testimonial from someone other than you. In this episode…
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289| Finishing Your One-Pager
Wrapping up a week of building your raise case, Nichole gives you a weekend project to bring every piece of your one-pager together. In this episode: A recap…
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288| Weak vs. Strong: Let's Re-Write Together
In this workshop episode, Nichole takes weak accomplishment statements and rewrites them live, so you can hear exactly how the transformation works. In this…
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287| Tie Your Work to Company Goals
Continuing this week's case-building focus, Nichole shows how to make your achievements land harder by connecting them to what your company actually cares…
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286| What to Leave Out of Your Raise Case
Following yesterday's one-pager episode, Nichole covers the other half of building a strong case: knowing what to leave out. In this episode: Why more isn't…
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285| Your Raise Proposal, As a Simple One-Pager
Kicking off a new week, Nichole shows how to turn your accomplishment tracker into a simple one-page raise proposal you could actually hand your manager. In…
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284| Where To Store It All
Wrapping up a full week on your brag document, Nichole pulls everything together into one simple, organized accomplishment tracker so you're not left with…
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283| Collecting Your Kudos
Nichole shares a different kind of evidence for your raise case: the praise that's probably already sitting in your inbox, Slack messages, and texts, waiting…
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282| Quantifying Your Impact Without Hard Numbers
Addressing a common roadblock, Nichole helps listeners whose roles don't come with obvious metrics find the numbers hiding in their work anyway. In this…
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281| Turning Tasks Into Achievements
Building on yesterday's brag document episode, Nichole shows how to take a plain, ordinary task and turn it into something that actually reads as an…
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280| What Actually Goes in Your Brag Document
Kicking off a new week focused on your brag document, Nichole gets specific on exactly what belongs in it and how to make it actually usable later. In this…
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279| Reflect: Your Career Story So Far
Wrapping up a big week on numbers, ranges, and offers, Nichole slows things down for a reflection episode, no new tactics, just a chance to sit with your…
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278| How to Talk About a Competing Offer
Following yesterday's episode on general market research, Nichole shifts to a higher-stakes scenario, how to handle an actual competing offer in hand. In this…
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277| Should You Mention What Other Companies Pay?
Building on yesterday's specific ask number, Nichole introduces a different approach, why leading with a range instead of a single number can sometimes work in…
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276| The Range Strategy: Asking For a Range, Not One Number
Building on yesterday's specific ask number, Nichole introduces a different approach, why leading with a range instead of a single number can sometimes work in…
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275| Turning Your Research Into an Actual Number
Kicking off a new week, Nichole walks through how to take all the research gathered so far and land on the actual number to say out loud in a raise…
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274| When the Timing Genuinely Isn't Right
Wrapping up the week on pay structure and budget cycles, Nichole tackles the harder scenario, what to do when the timing genuinely isn't right after doing all…
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273| Signs There's Actually Room in the Budget
Continuing this week's dive into pay structure, Nichole covers how to read whether your company genuinely has money available right now, or is just giving the…
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272| Recognizing Your Company's Raise Cycle Without Asking HR
Building on yesterday's episode on budget cycles, Nichole shares quieter ways to figure out your company's timing without asking HR directly. In this episode…
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271| When Companies Actually Do Raises
Picking up from yesterday's breakdown of merit increases, promotions, and market adjustments, Nichole dives into timing, specifically why companies budget for…
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270| Merit Increase vs. Promotion vs. Market Adjustment
Shifting focus for the week, Nichole breaks down the three different types of raises and why knowing which one applies to you changes your whole approach. In…
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269| Building The Worksheet to Justify Your Ask
Wrapping up a big week of research, Nichole helps pull everything together into one simple worksheet instead of scattered notes and browser tabs. In this…
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268| What Your Company Actually Pays
Shifting from general market research to something closer to home, Nichole covers how to find out what your own company actually pays for your specific role…
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267| Why Location and Industry Change Everything
Continuing this week's hands-on research focus, Nichole breaks down two of the biggest variables that shift your salary number: location and industry. In this…
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266| Salary Research Tools: A Practical Guide
Following up on how to research your salary range, Nichole gets specific on the actual tools and resources to use to find your number. In this episode: Why you…
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265| How to Research Your Actual Salary Range
Building on last week's foundation, Nichole kicks off the research phase by walking through exactly how to find your real salary number. In this episode: A…
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264| Your Roadmap for What's to Come
After wrapping the first full week of daily episodes, Nichole zooms out to share exactly where the series is headed for the rest of the year. In this episode…
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263| What 'Market Rate' Actually Means
Nichole breaks down one of the most misunderstood phrases in salary conversations: market rate. In this episode: Why market rate is a range, not one fixed…
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262| Getting Feedback First
Continuing the week's momentum on believing your labor has value and tracking it in your brag document, Nichole covers a step most people skip entirely…
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261| Start Your Brag Document Today
Building on yesterday's episode about believing your labor has value, Nichole introduces the one tool that actually proves it: the brag document. In this…
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260| What Is Your Labor Worth?
After more than a year away from the podcast, Nichole is committing to daily episodes throughout the rest of the year, all in service of one goal: helping…
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259| Where People Go Wrong When Asking for Feedback
Nichole is back after a break, with a life update: she is expecting her third daughter and easing back into recording. In this episode, she gets real about a…
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258| Imposter Syndrome at Work
🎙️ Episode Summary: In this candid solo episode, Nichole opens up about her own experience with imposter syndrome—including why she hesitated to hit "record"…
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257| Choosing a Word for the Year
In this episode, Nichole Harrop dives into the practice of selecting a Word of the Year to guide personal and professional growth. She shares her own process…
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256| Staying Relevant in the Tech World with Lauren Cohen
Real quick, grab the Career Growth Guide here. Nichole Harrop chats with co-worker Lauren Cohen about her incredible journey through nearly four decades in the…
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255| Leading with Boundaries: How to Prioritize Well-Being Without Sacrificing Success with Amy Spurling
Nichole chats with Amy Spurling, the CEO and Founder of Compt, about the power of leading with boundaries. Amy shares her personal journey of founding Compt at…
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254| Navigating Career Uncertainty: Strategies for Your Next Move with Andrea Yacub Macek
In this episode, Nichole Harrop chats with career coach Andrea Yacub Macek to discuss navigating career uncertainty and creating strategies for your next…
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253| Getting Back Into the Workforce After a Break with Heather Nemelka
Check out the Career Growth Guide to grow in your career. In this episode, Nichole Harrop sits down with Heather Nemelka, a single mother of five who…
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252| Start With Leading Yourself with Elizabeth Lotardo
This podcast episode with Elizabeth Lotardo dives deep into the importance of leading yourself effectively as a foundation for transitioning into leadership…
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251| What to Do After You Get Turned down for a Leadership Role
In this episode of the Future Female Leaders podcast, Nichole Harrop discusses what to do after not being promoted to a leadership role. Nichole offers…
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250| Celebrating Milestones
Connect with Nichole on LinkedIn Episode Summary: In this special milestone episode, Nichole Harrop reflects on the journey of creating and growing the Future…
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249| A Different Way to Look at Career Growth
Get the Career Growth Guide Connect with Nichole on LinkedIn In this episode, Nichole Harrop reflects on her past approach to career growth and shares how she…
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248| What to Think about When Building a Personal Brand
Check out Nichole's digital resources here Connect with Nichole on LinkedIn Episode Highlights: Importance of Building a Personal Brand: Focus on LinkedIn, but…
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247| Helping Your Leader Be a Better Coach with Jennifer Moore
Get the free intro to the Career Growth Guide! Connect with Jennifer Moore on LinkedIn Connect with Nichole Harrop on LinkedIn Topics/Questions discussed: How…
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246| Expectations to Succeed
Get the Career Growth Guide here. Connect and ask any questions to Nichole on LinkedIn. Key Points: Importance of knowing your boss's expectations, especially…
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245| No One Is Exempt From Change
Connect with Nichole on LinkedIn Check out the different digital offerings Nichole has, here!
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244| Saying Yes to Something Before You Feel 100% Ready with Grace Wright
Here's the link to grab the digital download for the Ultimate Career Growth Workbook Connect with Grace Wright on LinkedIn Episode Highlights Networking and…
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243| How to Be a Good Leader and Avoid the Pitfalls of a Bad Boss
This week Nichole shares an episode where she was a guest on The Thinking Project Podcast, hosted by Dalton Jensen. Key Takeaways: Common Leadership Pitfalls…
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242| The 5 Things I Wish I Would Have Known Before Getting Promoted Into My First Leadership Position
Join the free community and check out the self-paced Future Leaders Program. 1: Deciding on Your Career Path Nichole reflects on her own experience working for…
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241| The Most Important Thing About Consistency
It's not about how long you've been doing something, but when you maintain that commitment, especially when life throws you off course. Episode Highlights…
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240 | The Steps It Takes to Stand Out to Grow Into a Leadership Role with Cecily Jorgensen
Book your Leadership Assessment Call In this episode of the Future Female Leaders podcast, host Nichole Harrop interviews Cecily Jorgensen, a marketing…