Ignite Your Confidence with Karen Laos

How she Influenced an Entire Room to Shift their Aggressive Energy: With Yon Na, Ph.D

Episode Summary

Yon is a big advocate of being true to yourself, your values, and your message. She talks about personal experiences such as when she influenced an entire room to shift their energy and shares with us advice that she would give to her younger self. Join us in learning the secret sauce to feeling empowered and influencing others!

Episode Notes

Highlights:

• How do you overcome cultural norms that expect you to stay silent? Like many of us, Yon faced this question growing up amid two different cultures: one where you don’t share your opinion unless you’re asked to and another where speaking up and sharing your ideas is highly valued. Yon constantly challenged herself to speak up while balancing cultural peace.
• When trying to influence others, one of the best things to do is to put your ego aside and focus more on the message you’re providing to the group. Wondering about what others think of you and how you’re coming across takes away from the actual message you’re trying to send.
• If Yon could speak to her younger self, she would tell her to not second guess herself. You can begin to accomplish this by being aware of your personal values and feeling connected and grounded to these values. When you trust yourself, you’ll always make the right decision.

About Yon:

Yon Na, Ph.D. is a researcher, consultant, and professor. As an organizational effectiveness consultant, she helps companies enhance performance and employee engagement by applying a scholar-practitioner approach. She specializes in incorporating research, theory, and decades of experience in corporate America to develop solutions.

Yon's 20-year corporate career spans leadership development and organization effectiveness in high-growth companies, including Warner Bros., The New York Times, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, and Nordstrom.

In 2019, Yon founded Radiance HQ, an organization dedicated to the advancement of Asian women in the workplace. Yon developed the Radiance Leadership Development Program, which combines her research on Asian identity, organizational psychology, and her experience working in Fortune 100 companies.

Yon earned a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University. Her dissertation study focused on the experiences of Asian immigrant women and their journeys into corporate leadership.

Connect with Yon:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yon_the_doc/  

Radiance HQ - Advancing Asian women at work IG: https://www.instagram.com/radiancehq.co/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yonnaphd/

About me:

Karen Laos s a keynote speaker and leadership coach equipping women to stand out with unshakable confidence. She specializes in communication: executive presence and compelling messages. Karen champions female business leaders to own their value and find their voice so they can be seen and heard. She also works with teams to create cultures of trust and function at their best.

Karen has coached leaders at Facebook, Google, Netflix, Uber, Sephora, Sony, Microsoft, Fidelity, Charles Schwab, Trip Advisor, Bacardi, Levi, and more. Karen’s style is fun, encouraging and results-oriented. She immediately moves past the “fluff” and gets straight to the issue (just ask her clients).

Connect with me:

Website: https://www.karenlaos.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karenlaosconsulting

Facebook: Ignite Your Confidence with Karen Laos: https://www.facebook.com/groups/karenlaosconsulting

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenlaos/

Clubhouse: @karenlaos

Episodes also available on YouTube: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEwQoTGdJX5eME0ccBKiKng/videos