Stop saying sorry
Canada
Women's Advocate, sociologist, author, and TEDx speaker
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After graduating, Dr. Maja Jovanović attended an academic conference which completely changed the path of her research, her career, and indeed her life. At this conference, Professor Maja witnessed how women at the pinnacle of their careers would over-apologize for mundane issues, minimize their knowledge and downplay their experiences. From that moment on, she was on a crusade to research and speak about women’s confidence and get more women off the apology train!
Dr. Maja Jovanović is the author of “Hey Ladies, Stop Apologizing… and other career mistakes women make”, which is available as a book, workbook or in an audiobook format.
Professor Maja wants to bring attention to how often and for what reason women apologize so much. She wants women to know that confidence is a muscle that strengthens with use, and with every unnecessary apology, deflection of praise, or bias that we encounter, our confidence gets chipped away at.
When she is not giving talks, Maja is teaching Sociology of Health part-time at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and conducts her own research.
See keynotes with Dr. Maja JovanovićDo you find yourself apologizing for no good reason? Do you deflect praise or minimize your accomplishments? Are you frustrated that women’s confidence is often perceived as arrogance? Do you find it exasperating that we live in a world of double-standards where the burden of proof for women’s competence is so much higher? If this sounds like you, then this is the workshop for you!
Learning Objectives:
Does perfectionism or fear of failure hold you back? Do you set impossible standards and goals for yourself? Do you get overwhelmed with the strains on your time that you resort to multitasking? Do you say “yes” to other people’s demands of your time when you really want to say “no”? If so, then this is the workshop for you!
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Are you frustrated that women’s confidence is often perceived as arrogance and lack of likeability? Are you frequently interrupted during meetings? Do you deflect praise or minimize your accomplishments? Are you wondering how men can be part of the solution too? If so, then this is the workshop for you!
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The imposter syndrome is the inability to own your successes. Have you ever felt like you don’t belong, that you’re not good enough? Do you worry that you’ve fooled people and you’ll be exposed as an imposter or fraud? Imposters tend to deflect praise and minimize their accomplishments. They attribute their successes to external sources like “being lucky”.
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