Hello Velocity | Accelerated Leadership and Goal Setting for Women

Brittany Canaski
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The Hello Velocity podcast aims to help women step into their best selves as leaders by overcoming common professional challenges like confidence, time management, and work-life balance.

  1. 6d ago

    Ep 40: Navigating Unwritten Corporate Culture Rules with Dr. Pravi Devineni

    Unwritten Rules at Work: Navigating Corporate Culture and Diverse Backgrounds While Building Trust with Dr. Pravi Devineni   📥 FREE RESOURCE: What habits are quietly working against your leadership? Take the Leadership Blind Spot Audit https://www.hellovelocity.co/blindspot   Host Brittany Canaski speaks with Dr. Pravi Devineni, lead AI scientist at Duke Energy, about the unwritten rules and cultural norms that shape communication, influence, and relationships in corporate America.   Pravi shares how moving from India to the U.S. for a PhD required learning new behaviors like speaking up in discussion-based classes, making small talk, and masking emotion in professional settings. Plus humorous examples of jargon and idioms causing confusion. Pravi also briefly addresses AI adoption, emphasizing literacy, accountability, and safety. Key takeaways: ○ Corporate dynamics and influence are often driven by visibility, ego, and recency bias. ○ We can build trust at work through consistency, negotiating workload, clarifying expectations, and developing “accent empathy.” ○ Corporate jargon, idioms, and acronyms often cause more confusion than they are worth. 🔗 Connect with Dr. Pravi: Website: www.Pravi.tech LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pdevineni/ ⏱ What we covered: 00:00 Unwritten Workplace Rules 00:39 Meet Dr Pravi 01:50 Curiosity Driven Career 04:41 Culture Shock in Grad School 07:53 Emotions and Small Talk 12:25 Research vs Corporate Hierarchy 18:53 Visibility and Negotiation 27:28 Jargon Acronyms and Idioms 33:05 Accent Empathy and Trust 43:02 AI Adoption Accountability 47:46 Connect and Closing ✉️ Leadership Insights: Join the Hello Velocity newsletter for actionable tips twice a month to grow your leadership skills without the burnout: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter Hello Velocity is a leadership coaching podcast to help high-achieving corporate women level up without burning out. 👋 Connect with the host, Brittany Canaski: Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/ Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco #HelloVelocity #Leadershipskills #WomeninLeadership

  2. Sep 22

    Ep 39: How Your Emotional Intelligence is Impacting Your Leadership with Fay Niewiadomski

    Business Emotional Intelligence: The 8 Soft Skills That Make or Break Leadership and How Women Get Trapped to The Sticky Floor   📥 FREE RESOURCE: What habits are quietly working against your leadership? Take the Leadership Blind Spot Audit https://www.hellovelocity.co/blindspot   Host Brittany Canaski talks with Fay Niewiadomski about business emotional intelligence - work-relevant emotional capabilities that drive performance and relationships. Fay explains eight key factors: decisiveness, motivation, influence,adaptability, conscientiousness, empathy, stress resilience, andself-awareness. They discuss how differences in these skills can create tension and not feeling safe unless teams understand and bridge behavioral drivers. Key takeaways: While personality is fixed, behavior is a choice. With greater self-awareness, we can choose to respond intentionally instead of react automatically.Women often get stuck in a burnout “triangle”  of high empathy, high conscientiousness, and low adaptability that shows up as people-pleasing, rule-following, and difficulty saying no.Fay advises building influence, not waiting for permission, and consulting leaders with options rather than asking what to do. 🔗 Connect with Fay: Book:  https://tinyurl.com/ytnr7tpb LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fayniewiadomski/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fayniewiadomski/ Blog: https://www.ictn.com/blog/ ⏱ What we covered: 00:00 Business EQ Intro 01:34 Defining Business EQ 04:10 Emotions Drive Performance 10:46 Research and Tools Used 11:41 Decisiveness 17:34 Motivation 19:04 Influence 20:18 Adaptability 20:43 Stress Resilience 21:34 Conscientiousness 22:16 Empathy 24:37 Applying Business EQ in Real Time 29:42 Women’s Burnout Triangle 38:37 Influence and Decisiveness Tips 43:57 Wrap Up and Resources   ✉️ Leadership Insights: Join the Hello Velocity newsletter for actionable tips twice a month to grow your leadership skills without the burnout: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter   Hello Velocity is a leadership coaching podcast to help high-achieving corporate women level up without burning out.   👋 Connect with the host, Brittany Canaski: Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/ Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco

  3. Sep 15

    Ep 38: How to Network Without Being Awkward with Lauren Ansley

    Introvert-Approved Networking: How to Work the Room, Build Long-Term Connections & Follow Up   Host Brittany Canaski talks with Lauren Ansley, a conference emcee, facilitator, speaker, and audience engagement partner, about making networking less intimidating and more effective for long-term career growth. Lauren shares tips using “visual,verbal, and situational” connection cues to start conversations. They also cover conference networking follow-up systems plus ways to network internally at work through curiosity, small moments, and intentional relationship-building.   Key takeaways: Let's reframe networking events as places where everyone wants to meet people to make them less intimidating.The key to effective networking is actually in the strength of your follow-up system afterwards.Networking isn't just outside your organization, find ways to intentionally connect with people in your organization to build influence and trust internally.🔗 Connect with Lauren: Website: www.LaurenAnsley.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurensansley/ Work The Room Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033HpDdEO7lNWC00N9bSw3Work The Room Podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/work-the-room-with-lauren-ansley/id6785940020   ⏱ What we covered: 00:00 Why Networking Matters 00:20 Meet Lauren Ansley 02:12 Introvert Friendly Events 05:48 Join the Circle Confidently 07:35 Bagel vs Croissant Networking 08:43 Networking With Friends 13:09 Three Connection Cues 17:38 Beyond What Do You Do 19:05 Conference Follow Up Plan 22:39 Better Conference Questions 23:05 Follow Up Like a Pro 24:01 Write Contextual Messages 25:54 Tier Your Connections 28:04 Build a Follow Up System 30:47 Protect Your Energy 32:12 Network Inside Your Company 37:18 Personal Brand at Work 40:38 Fresh Eyes Add Value 41:42 Wrap Up and Where to Find Lauren ✉️ Leadership Insights: Join the Hello Velocity newsletter for actionable tips twice a month to grow your leadership skills with the burnout: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter   Hello Velocity is a leadership coaching podcast to help high-achieving corporate women level up without burning out.   👋 Connect with the host, Brittany Canaski: Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/ Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco

  4. Sep 8

    Ep 37: What Unspoken Skills are Holding You Back at Work?

    Hello Velocity Season 4 Kickoff: The Unspoken Skills Corporate Women Need to Level Up   📥 FREE RESOURCE: What habits are quietly workingagainst your leadership? Take the Leadership Blind Spot Audit https://www.hellovelocity.co/blindspot   Brittany Canaski, Leadership Coach and Podcast Host introduces season four, focused on empowering corporate women through the unspoken, harder-to-find leadership topics like navigating hard conversations, building meaningful connections, and the realities of being a woman in corporate America. The season centers on three recurring themes: relationship dynamics (with managers, teams, peers, and external networks), self-awareness (habits, triggers, emotional skills, and how personal experiences shape leadership), and unwritten rules in corporate culture (jargon, meeting norms, influence, and unspoken hurdles for women).   ⏱ What we covered: 00:00 Season Four Kickoff 01:54 Why This Podcast Exists 02:43 How To Use This Episode 03:37 Three Themes This Season 05:31 Relationship Dynamics Check 06:25 Self Awareness Deep Dive 07:42 Unwritten Rules At Work 08:55 Growth Journey And Wrap   💬 What topics would you like to hear on the podcast? Anyone you think would be a great guest? Drop it in the comments.   ✉️ Leadership Insights: Join the Hello Velocity newsletter foractionable tips twice a month to grow your leadership skills with the burnout: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter   Hello Velocity is a leadership coaching podcast to help high-achieving corporate women level up without burning out.   👋 Connect with Brittany:  Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/ Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco

  5. May 19

    Ep 36: Burnout Isn't Just About Being Busy at Work

    Leadership coach and host Brittany Canaski finalizes this conversation about burnout by identifying personal demands and resources that are influencing or leading you to burnout.She reviews common burnout signs and revisits the Job Demands-Resources model: burnout arises when the demands on us outweigh our resources. She extends this framework to personal life, outlining personal demands such as home careworkload, finances, physical health, and more. Then, she shares personal resources that we need to increase like physical, emotional, and mental well-being, and more. She shares a free download to help you identify which of the factors we discussed this season are causing your burnout. Brittany invites listeners to join her newsletter to get support before the podcast returns for season four in September. Key takeaways: ✅ We need to manage or reduce the personal demands of our daily lives like home care workload, finances, physical health, and more. ✅ We need to also increase the personal resources or support we receive in areas such as community, emotional health, and joy. ✅ Use the Free Download: What's Causing Your Burnout? to identify which of the factors are most directly causing your current or potential burnout at https://www.hellovelocity.co/burnout ---------------------------------------------- ⏱️ What we covered in this video: 00:00 Welcome and Season Finale 01:36 Burnout Definition and Signs 03:44 Job Demands vs Resources 07:19 Personal Demands Draining You 15:05 Personal Resources That Fill Your Cup 22:03 Key Takeaways 23:50 Free Download and What's to Come ---------------------------------------------- 🎯 Resources to support you: What's Causing Your Burnout Free Guide: https://www.hellovelocity.co/burnout Subscribe to the Hello Velocity Newsletter: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco?sub_confirmation=1 Book a discovery call for individual support: https://www.hellovelocity.co/appointments Send me an email with your requests for future episodes: Brittany@HelloVelocity.co ---------------------------------------------- 🙋🏻‍♀️ About the host, Brittany Canaski Brittany Canaski is a highly-rated leadership coach and trainer who helps leaders build the skills and confidence they need to be their best.   Within her own business, Hello Velocity, Brittany provides coaching, trainings, and events to help teams and individualsbetter understand their performance habits so that they can work smarter, not harder to get where they want to be. Some of her favorite leadership topics are strategic planning, prioritization, and accountability. ----------------------------------------------   👋 Connect with Brittany:  Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco

  6. May 12

    Ep 35: What Comes Next After Getting Laid Off (Manage Layoff Fears and Burnout)

    Job Security & Burnout in 2026: Layoffs, AI Anxiety, and a Smarter Job Search with Career Coach Nicole Anderson   Host Brittany Canaski speaks with career coach and recruiting leader Nicole Anderson about how job insecurity contributes to burnout in 2026 amid layoffs, shifting federal funding, and AI fears. Nicole encourages listeners to stay empowered rather than fear-driven. She shares practical tactics to manage anxiety and gives step-by-step guidance for the first days and weeks after a layoff and for longer searches. Key takeaways: ✅ There's been a huge pendulum swing in the job market in the last few years that has many workers feeling job insecure. ✅ If you do get laid off, you can manage your post-layoff anxiety by avoiding doom-scrolling, recognizing and replacing catastrophic thoughts, and collecting compliments. ✅ Nicole emphasizes relationship-building over relying only on applications, and recommends limiting resume tailoring to a few versions to reduce job-search burnout. ----------------------------------------- ⏱️ What we covered in this video:   00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 01:25 Burnout and Job Security 02:24 Why Layoffs Keep Happening 06:13 Fear Proofing Your Mindset 07:24 Stop Doomscrolling Stories 09:44 Replace Fear With Proof 13:31 AI Panic and Headlines 18:17 First Days After Layoff 19:30 Severance and Insurance Steps 23:09 What To Do Next 27:16 Long Search and Networking 34:55 Avoid Job Search Burnout 38:44 Wrap Up and Where to Find Nicole ----------------------------------------------- 👋 Connect with Nicole: LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/careercoachnicole/Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/careercoachnicole/For career coaching needs: CareerCoachNicole.comFor recruiting support: hello@GoodWorkSolutions.com----------------------------------------------- 🤩 Ready to upgrade your leadership toolkit? Subscribe to the Hello Velocity Newsletter: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter -----------------------------------------------🙋🏻‍♀️ About the host, Brittany Canaski Brittany Canaski is a highly-rated leadership coach and trainer who helps leaders build the skills and confidence they need to be their best.   Within her own business, Hello Velocity, Brittany provides coaching, trainings, and events to help teams and individualsbetter understand their performance habits so that they can work smarter, not harder to get where they want to be. Some of her favorite leadership topics are strategic planning, prioritization, and accountability. ----------------------------------------------- 👋 Connect with Brittany:  Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco

  7. May 5

    Ep 34: Staying Visible and Transparent During Stressful Transitions and Uncertainty

    Navigating Change & Uncertainty at Work: Stress, Leadership Calm, and Strategic Visibility   Host Brittany Canaski interviews Leadership Visibility and Influence Expert Susan Barber about managing stress during workplace change and uncertainty. Sue shares how feedback that she wasn’t “visible enough” in corporate led her to focus oncommunicating value without bragging, and how leaders must strategically show impact, not just list tasks completed. Drawing on her experience during major organizational transitions at Kraft/Kraft Heinz, she discusses common stressors and encourages focusing on what you can control, stepping up during chaos, and seeking peer support. Key takeaways: ✅ Work stressors such as acquisitions, layoffs, increased workloads, and fears around AI are causing more and more stress on teams and leaders. ✅ For leaders, Sue emphasizes trust, transparency about what can and can’t be shared, and consistent support for teams. ✅ Sue also recommends quiet time, journaling, and meditation, and introduces her VALUE framework for intentional visibility. Resources mentioned: Four phases we go through during change: https://www.hellovelocity.co/blog/adaptability-is-a-necessary-skill-for-leaders-to-handle-changeThe Artist's Way by Julia Cameron: https://juliacameronlive.com/books-by-julia/Calm app for meditation https://www.calm.com/Headspace app for meditation https://www.headspace.com/ ----------------------------------------- ⏱️ What we covered in this video: 00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 01:07 Why Visibility Matters 03:40 Leading Your Team 04:36 Leaving Corporate to Coach 07:24 Building Credibility Solo 08:48 Change Uncertainty at Work 11:29 Stress Responses and Control 15:14 Leading Through Change 16:57 Trust Transparency Reassurance 20:48 Leader Support Systems 22:36 Peer Support Circle 24:20 Calming Stress Rituals 27:36 Transparency After Firings 33:05 Visibility That Matters 37:29 Value Framework 40:19 Wrap Up And Links --------------------------------------------- 👋 Connect with Susan: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanbarbercoaching/Website: https://susanmbarber.com (you can sign up for her weekly newsletter, learn more about her books, podcast and the services she offers)-------------------------------------- 🤩 Ready to upgrade your leadership toolkit? Subscribe to the Hello Velocity Newsletter: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter ---------------------------------------------- 🙋🏻‍♀️ About the host, Brittany Canaski Brittany Canaski is a highly-rated leadership coach and trainer who helps leaders build the skills and confidence they need to be their best.   Within her own business, Hello Velocity, Brittany provides coaching, trainings, and events to help teams and individualsbetter understand their performance habits so that they can work smarter, not harder to get where they want to be. Some of her favorite leadership topics are strategic planning, prioritization, and accountability. ------------------------------------------ 👋 Connect with Brittany:  Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco

  8. Apr 28

    Ep 33: Tech Stress is More Common Than You Think (And What To Do About It)

    How Technology Fuels Stress & Burnout (and What to Do About It)   On the Hello Velocity podcast, host Brittany Canaski continues the stress and burnout conversation by doing a deep dive into how technology increases anxiety for corporate women, focusing on three areas: being constantly accessible,overwhelming workplace communication channels, and social media. She explains how nonstop notifications and always being “on” pull attention from the present moment and encourages setting tech boundaries. At work, she recommends defining what “urgent” actually means, communicating preferred channels, and limiting email and chat interruptions during meetings or focus time. For social media, she challenges listeners to compare what they want from it versus what theyget, and suggests limiting, moving, or deleting apps and replacing scrolling with screen-free, hands-on activities. Key takeaways: ✅ When you're always accessible, you're allowing other people to control your time, attention, and energy. ✅ Clear boundaries with work communications can allow you to be more productive when you're focused and reduce stress by removing the constant sense of (usually false) urgency. ✅ Reducing social media helped me reduce my anxiety and burnout, and now I feel more connected with friends and have more hands-on hobbies. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ⏱️ What we covered in this video: 00:00 Tech Stress Overview 01:34 Always On Anxiety 03:16 Bedtime Phone Boundaries 04:45 Notification Detox 07:22 Focus Tools And Tricks 09:19 Work Communication Overload 11:54 Social Media Reality Check 15:01 Break The Scroll Habit 16:03 Analog Hobbies And Bags 19:24 Commit To One Change ----------------------------------------------------------------- Resources mentioned: Opal App to limit screen time: https://opalapp.com/Brick to limit screen time: https://getbrick.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 🤩 Ready to upgrade your leadership toolkit? Subscribe to the Hello Velocity Newsletter: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter ------------------------------------------------------------------- 🙋🏻‍♀️ About the host, Brittany Canaski Brittany Canaski is a highly-rated leadership coach and trainer who helps leaders build the skills and confidence they need to be their best.   Within her own business, Hello Velocity, Brittany provides coaching, trainings, and events to help teams and individualsbetter understand their performance habits so that they can work smarter, not harder to get where they want to be. Some of her favorite leadership topics are strategic planning, prioritization, and accountability. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 👋 Connect with Brittany:  Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco

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