Ignite Your Confidence with Karen Laos

Powerful Stories Start with this One Skill with Becca Habegger

Episode Summary

Becca Habegger (Karen’s niece!) shares her experience as a senior reporter at ABC 10 News. Listen for what communication skill she’s most embraced that allows her to build trust quickly and connect deeply so she can bring the most relevant news to the world. Also, how entering a body-building competition gave her a new and unexpected experience in confidence.

Episode Notes

Becca is present for some of the worst and best moments of people’s lives. As a reporter, she has mastered the skill of arriving with confidence in any situation she is assigned. Becca holds space for grief, joy and everything else in between, creating the psychological safety people need to share their stories.

She has grown in confidence through empathy and learned the art of truly listening in order to tell stories that best serve the community.

Hear some of her favorite news moments. One of which was covering a hearing of the US Supreme Court (that one she forgot to share in the podcast, but I had to include it in the notes!).

Listen to how Becca has learned to be more confident in the body she was given, her journey through a body-building competition, and her excellent advice on how to strategically shoot for the stars.  

Tangible Takeaways:

• Lead with empathy and truly LISTEN to others so you can connect and build trust
• Before you jump and take that BIG career leap, look for an opportunity to do a mid-leap
• Give yourself permission (& time) to develop the skills you need to live out your dreams
• Mistakes in your early news career are much more forgivable than when you get to the big leagues. Give yourself the grace and space to make them now versus later.
• Embrace the body you were born with by focusing on what your body CAN do

About Becca:

Becca Habegger is Senior Reporter at ABC10 News in Sacramento. She has spent the better part of a decade reporting at local TV news stations throughout the country. She also spent two years in leadership as Managing Editor at ABC10.

Connect with Becca:

Website: https://www.abc10.com/article/about-us/team-bios/becca-habegger/103-459447572

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeccaReports 

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeccaReports 

 

About me:

Karen Laos is 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