In another article on burnout and mental health at work, Neelu explains how burnout can be exacerbated by poor self-advocacy, and provides some tools and strategies to help you improve your self-advocacy skills.

Neelu teaches self-advocacy skills for AAPI employees and introduces employees from all cultures to the specific difficulties faced by team members with non-Western cultural backgrounds.

In this video I describe two important self-advocacy tools for Asian and South Asian women; dancing between the ‘We’ and the ‘I’, and engaging your interruption shield.

In the final clip from Neelu’s LinkedIn Live with Kelly from Equipt Women, Neelu discusses the effect of growing up in a collective culture, in which the self takes second place to the group.

In another quick clip from Neelu’s LinkedIn Live with Kelly from Equipt Women, Neelu shares a counterintuitive approach to problem solving; knowing when nothing is the most appropriate thing to do.

In this quick clip from Neelu’s LinkedIn Live with Kelly from Equipt Women, Neelu discusses how to reframe the questions you ask yourself and others in order to achieve more positive outcomes.

In this quick clip from Neelu’s LinkedIn Live with Kelly from Equipt Women, Neelu shares her one biggest tip for quietening your inner imposter and learning to appreciate your own skills.

In this quick clip from Neelu’s LinkedIn Live with Kelly from Equipt Women, Neelu shares how to prepare for being interrupted in a meeting so you can take back control and make your point.

In this quick clip from Neelu’s LinkedIn Live with Kelly from Equipt Women, Neelu discusses one of the most important ways to move forward and unlock self advocacy skills in the workplace; forgiveness.

In an extract from Neelu’s Book, Be Your Own Cheerleader, Neelu shares 10 quick skills to help Asian and South Asian women self promote at work.

As a woman, and particularly as a woman of color, I’m sadly accustomed to being talked over in meetings. Over the years I’ve developed a strategy that helps me to speak up and be heard, switching the focus of the meeting back to the very valid points I have to make.