The Balanced Leader

Yann Dang | Women in Leadership & Executive Presence Coach
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Are you a woman in leadership feeling lost and frustrated in a male-dominated workplace? Do you struggle with confidence, assertiveness, and managing emotions in professional conflicts? You're not alone. The Balanced Leader is your guide to mastering the often-overlooked soft skills crucial for women in management. Each episode delivers practical strategies to help you: *Boost Your Confidence Learn techniques to advocate for yourself effectively and assert your value in the workplace. *Navigate Workplace Dynamics Discover how to handle difficult conversations, manage conflicts, and build trust with team members. *Develop Emotional Intelligence Gain insights on balancing logic with empathy, and learn to leverage emotions for better leadership. *Cultivate Authentic Leadership Embrace your unique strengths as a woman leader without compromising your true self. You'll gain actionable advice to transform your leadership style, advance your career, and create positive change in your organization. Whether you're a seasoned executive or an aspiring leader, this podcast will equip you with the tools to thrive in today's corporate landscape. It's time to bridge the skill gap and unleash your full potential as a woman in leadership. Follow now and take the first step towards becoming the confident, assertive, and emotionally intelligent leader you're meant to be.

  1. 4d ago

    103. Most Women Leaders Are Focused on the Wrong Thing: How to Track Your Growth & Build Self-Trust

    Women leaders are often excellent at noticing what still needs to change, but struggle to recognize what has already changed. In this episode, I share why tracking your growth is one of the most important leadership practices you can build. Instead of only analyzing your mistakes, shortcomings, and what needs to improve, you’ll learn how to study your wins, your challenges, and your experiences as data that helps you understand yourself and build self-trust. Tune in this week to learn how to stop arguing with your own growth, collect evidence of the leader you’re becoming, and build the self-trust that comes from knowing yourself more deeply. Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://aspire-coaching.co/103 Connect with me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yanndang Mentioned in this episode: FREE LEADERSHIP BRIEF: How to Stop Getting Talked Over in High-Stakes Meetings (Even If You’re the Only Woman in the Room) You said something valuable… and no one acknowledged it. Then someone else repeated it—and suddenly it landed. These aren’t obvious mistakes. They’re small communication patterns that quietly decide how seriously you’re taken before your ideas are even heard. Download the brief and identify the one pattern that’s costing you authority—so you can shift it before your next meeting: https://thebalancedleader.captivate.fm/5ways Click here to download this free leadership brief

  2. 5d ago

    How to Stop Getting Talked Over in High-Stakes Meetings (Even If You’re the Only Woman in the Room)

    This is a free, private leadership brief revealing the 5 ways high-performing women lose authority mid-conversation—and how to shift it immediately Download the brief and identify the one pattern that’s costing you authority—so you can shift it before your next meeting: https://thebalancedleader.captivate.fm/5ways

  3. Sep 30

    102. How to Be Heard: Why Brilliant Women Go Quiet in High-Stakes Rooms

    You can be completely confident in your expertise and still walk into one room and feel like you lose access to the woman you were five minutes earlier. You know what you think. You know what needs to happen. But when the stakes are higher and the power dynamics shift, you may find yourself explaining more, softening your position, or leaving the conversation wondering why you didn’t just say what you wanted to say. In this episode, I share why brilliant women often struggle to be heard in high-stakes rooms, and why the issue is not a lack of confidence. I break down what happens to women under pressure, including the ways we protect ourselves through patterns like shrinking, pleasing, fixing, over-controlling, or managing other people’s perceptions. You’ll learn how to recognize these patterns, reconnect with your authority, and practice the Command states that allow you to show up with grounded power and presence. Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://aspire-coaching.co/102 Connect with me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yanndang Mentioned in this episode: FREE LEADERSHIP BRIEF: How to Stop Getting Talked Over in High-Stakes Meetings (Even If You’re the Only Woman in the Room) You said something valuable… and no one acknowledged it. Then someone else repeated it—and suddenly it landed. These aren’t obvious mistakes. They’re small communication patterns that quietly decide how seriously you’re taken before your ideas are even heard. Download the brief and identify the one pattern that’s costing you authority—so you can shift it before your next meeting: https://thebalancedleader.captivate.fm/5ways Click here to download this free leadership brief

  4. Sep 23

    101. Assertive Authentic Communication: How to Say What You Mean Without Losing Connection

    Authentic communication isn’t about saying whatever comes naturally. It’s about aligning what you say externally with what you truly think, feel, want, value, and choose internally. Sometimes what feels “natural” is simply a communication pattern you’ve practiced for years, not what is actually most aligned with who you are. In this episode, I walk you through the difference between passive, aggressive, and assertive communication, and why the goal isn’t to choose between clarity and connection. You'll learn how to recognize wishy-washy communication, stop making people guess what you mean, and practice the four steps of assertive authentic communication: align, express, connect, and hold. Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://aspire-coaching.co/101 Connect with me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yanndang Mentioned in this episode: FREE LEADERSHIP BRIEF: How to Stop Getting Talked Over in High-Stakes Meetings (Even If You’re the Only Woman in the Room) You said something valuable… and no one acknowledged it. Then someone else repeated it—and suddenly it landed. These aren’t obvious mistakes. They’re small communication patterns that quietly decide how seriously you’re taken before your ideas are even heard. Download the brief and identify the one pattern that’s costing you authority—so you can shift it before your next meeting: https://thebalancedleader.captivate.fm/5ways Click here to download this free leadership brief

  5. Sep 16

    100. The Anger Advantage: Why High-Achieving Women Need to Stop Avoiding Anger

    What if the emotion you’ve been taught to control, hide, or get rid of could actually become one of your greatest leadership advantages? In this episode, I share why anger is one of the most misunderstood emotions in leadership and why so many high-achieving women struggle to stay present with it, whether it’s their own anger or someone else’s. This is crucial to your career because as your leadership grows, your ability to hold difficult emotions without immediately reacting, fixing, or shrinking back becomes a key part of your emotional capacity. Tune in this week to learn why avoiding anger can limit your leadership, how your relationship with other people’s emotions impacts your ability to lead, and how building emotional capacity allows you to stay connected to yourself while navigating high-stakes moments. Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://aspire-coaching.co/100 Connect with me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yanndang Mentioned in this episode: FREE LEADERSHIP BRIEF: How to Stop Getting Talked Over in High-Stakes Meetings (Even If You’re the Only Woman in the Room) You said something valuable… and no one acknowledged it. Then someone else repeated it—and suddenly it landed. These aren’t obvious mistakes. They’re small communication patterns that quietly decide how seriously you’re taken before your ideas are even heard. Download the brief and identify the one pattern that’s costing you authority—so you can shift it before your next meeting: https://thebalancedleader.captivate.fm/5ways Click here to download this free leadership brief

  6. Sep 9

    99. From Leading Global IRONMAN Events to COMMANDing Her Next Level with Katie Svenson

    What happens when your identity expands beyond your title? In this episode, I’m joined by COMMAND member Katie Svenson, a global events expert with nearly two decades of experience working on major sporting events, from IRONMAN to FIFA. Katie shares her journey of expanding beyond the identity of being an Ironman employee, trusting herself through major life transitions, and stepping into a bigger vision for both her career and her life. Together, we explore the identity expansion that happens when you stop looking outside yourself for permission and begin seeing yourself as the leader you already are. Katie shares how her experience inside COMMAND helped her strengthen self-trust, recognize her own authority, embrace discernment, and make decisions that align with the life she truly wants. Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://aspire-coaching.co/99 Connect with me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yanndang Mentioned in this episode: FREE LEADERSHIP BRIEF: How to Stop Getting Talked Over in High-Stakes Meetings (Even If You’re the Only Woman in the Room) You said something valuable… and no one acknowledged it. Then someone else repeated it—and suddenly it landed. These aren’t obvious mistakes. They’re small communication patterns that quietly decide how seriously you’re taken before your ideas are even heard. Download the brief and identify the one pattern that’s costing you authority—so you can shift it before your next meeting: https://thebalancedleader.captivate.fm/5ways Click here to download this free leadership brief

  7. Sep 2

    98. Why High-Achieving Women Overexplain: From Convincing to Convicted

    Have you ever walked out of a meeting thinking, “Why did I say so much?” You made your point, someone challenged it, and suddenly you found yourself explaining, defending, and repeating your perspective because you needed them to understand. In this episode, I’m exploring the subtle difference between convincing energy and convicted energy. High-achieving women often overexplain not because they lack knowledge or confidence, but because they become emotionally attached to getting someone else to see things the way they see them. The moment you move from “this is what I believe” to “I need you to believe me,” you start giving away your authority. This week, you’ll learn how to recognize when you’ve shifted from conviction into convincing, why overexplaining can weaken your leadership presence, and how to communicate with clarity while staying grounded in yourself. Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://aspire-coaching.co/98 Connect with me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yanndang Mentioned in this episode: FREE LEADERSHIP BRIEF: How to Stop Getting Talked Over in High-Stakes Meetings (Even If You’re the Only Woman in the Room) You said something valuable… and no one acknowledged it. Then someone else repeated it—and suddenly it landed. These aren’t obvious mistakes. They’re small communication patterns that quietly decide how seriously you’re taken before your ideas are even heard. Download the brief and identify the one pattern that’s costing you authority—so you can shift it before your next meeting: https://thebalancedleader.captivate.fm/5ways Click here to download this free leadership brief

  8. Aug 26

    97. The Cost of Indecision: Why High-Performing Women Wait to Make the Move with Katy Nicholson

    What is Waiting Costing You? How long have you known it’s time to make a change, but kept yourself stuck in the space between deciding and acting? In this episode, I sit down with Command member Katy Nicholson to talk about what happens when high-performing women feel out of alignment but struggle to trust themselves enough to make the move. Katy shares her journey from spending years questioning whether to stay in a successful role to realizing that the energy she was spending on indecision was far greater than the energy required to make the decision. You’ll learn why fear doesn’t disappear before a big decision, how listening to your emotions can reveal what needs to change, and why surrounding yourself with the right support can help you trust yourself and step into your next level of leadership. Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://aspire-coaching.co/97 Connect with me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yanndang Mentioned in this episode: FREE LEADERSHIP BRIEF: How to Stop Getting Talked Over in High-Stakes Meetings (Even If You’re the Only Woman in the Room) You said something valuable… and no one acknowledged it. Then someone else repeated it—and suddenly it landed. These aren’t obvious mistakes. They’re small communication patterns that quietly decide how seriously you’re taken before your ideas are even heard. Download the brief and identify the one pattern that’s costing you authority—so you can shift it before your next meeting: https://thebalancedleader.captivate.fm/5ways Click here to download this free leadership brief

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Are you a woman in leadership feeling lost and frustrated in a male-dominated workplace? Do you struggle with confidence, assertiveness, and managing emotions in professional conflicts? You're not alone. The Balanced Leader is your guide to mastering the often-overlooked soft skills crucial for women in management. Each episode delivers practical strategies to help you: *Boost Your Confidence Learn techniques to advocate for yourself effectively and assert your value in the workplace. *Navigate Workplace Dynamics Discover how to handle difficult conversations, manage conflicts, and build trust with team members. *Develop Emotional Intelligence Gain insights on balancing logic with empathy, and learn to leverage emotions for better leadership. *Cultivate Authentic Leadership Embrace your unique strengths as a woman leader without compromising your true self. You'll gain actionable advice to transform your leadership style, advance your career, and create positive change in your organization. Whether you're a seasoned executive or an aspiring leader, this podcast will equip you with the tools to thrive in today's corporate landscape. It's time to bridge the skill gap and unleash your full potential as a woman in leadership. Follow now and take the first step towards becoming the confident, assertive, and emotionally intelligent leader you're meant to be.

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  • Creator
    Yann Dang | Women in Leadership & Executive Presence Coach
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    104
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Copyright 2026 Yann Dang | Women in Leadership & Executive Presence Coach
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    The Balanced Leader

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