{"podcast":{"title":"Leading Women in Tech Podcast","slug":"leading-women-in-tech-podcast-381160","podcast_index_feed_id":381160,"rss_url":"https://leadingwomenintech.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://tonicollis.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/5/1/f/851f9a04c34cf0d688c4a68c3ddbc4f2/Podcast_Cover_2023.jpg","author":"Toni Collis","episode_count":100,"summary":"For ambitious women ready to rise, lead, and thrive — without burning out. Are you delivering results… but still waiting to be seen as a true leader? Tired of performance reviews with praise — but no promotion? Hosted by Dr. Toni Collis, executive coach for women in tech, this podcast is your go-to leadership toolkit. Whether you're a rising Director, lone female VP, or overextended operator tired of being overlooked — you're in the right place. Each week, Toni shares real-world leadership strategies, career advancement frameworks, and executive presence tools to help you: ✅ Build strategic visibility ✅ Communicate like a trusted exec ✅ Navigate politics with integrity ✅ Advocate for yourself (without overworking) ✅ Lead with confidence, clarity, and influence You'll also hear powerful interviews with women who've paved the way — and candid conversations on the unspoken challenges women face in male-dominated industries. ✨ If you're ready to go from \"she's great\" to \"she's the obvious next Exec\" — hit follow.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T02:17:03.487813+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leading-women-in-tech-podcast-381160"},"episode":{"title":"298: How to Communicate With Clarity Under Pressure: Leadership Skills for Women in Tech","slug":"298-how-to-communicate-with-clarity-under-pressure-leadership-skills-for-women-in-tech","published_at":"2026-04-28T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leading-women-in-tech-podcast-381160/298-how-to-communicate-with-clarity-under-pressure-leadership-skills-for-women-in-tech","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leading-women-in-tech-podcast-381160","url":"https://tonicollis.com/leading-women-tech/298-leadership-communication-skills-women-clarity-under-pressure/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/leadingwomenintech/LWIT_298_Final.mp3?dest-id=2183168","summary":"Do you communicate with clarity when the stakes are high — or does your voice go quiet at exactly the moment it matters most? In this episode of Leading Women in Tech, I break down one of the most underrated leadership skills for women in tech: communicating with clarity under pressure. Not when things are calm and you've had time to prepare — but when someone challenges you in front of the leadership team, when an executive asks a question you weren't expecting, or when you can feel the room watching to see how you respond. This is not about confidence. It's not about personality. It's about a conditioned nervous system response — and a set of practical, trainable tools to work with it. In this episode: ⏹ Why communication breaks down under pressure — the real physiology behind the freeze, the ramble, the hedge spiral, and the shutdown ⏹ Why this shows up differently for women in tech — and why \"just be more confident\" is both wrong and unhelpful ⏹ The reframe that changes everything: clarity under pressure is a trained skill, not a personality trait ⏹ Five practical tools you can start building this week, including the one-sentence anchor, the strategic pause, the pressure-proof redirect, and the high-stakes pre-mortem ⏹ Where to start — a sequenced action plan so you build the skill without overwhelming yourself If you've ever walked out of a meeting thinking \"why didn't I just say X?\", this episode will tell you exactly why — and exactly what to do about it. Learn more about communication: Episode 243 — Struggling to Be Heard? Master Leadership Communication Strategies and Coach Upwards Ready to work on this in the context of your specific leadership challenges? Book a strategy call: tonicollis.com/lets-chat/","meta_description":"Do you communicate with clarity when the stakes are high — or does your voice go quiet at exactly the moment it matters most? In this episode of Leading W…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2171,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/leading-women-in-tech-podcast-381160/episodes/298-how-to-communicate-with-clarity-under-pressure-leadership-skills-for-women-in-tech/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leading-women-in-tech-podcast-381160/298-how-to-communicate-with-clarity-under-pressure-leadership-skills-for-women-in-tech.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}