How Speaking Up about Workload Builds Influence for Women Leaders
Leadership Communication in Action | Women Leaders Speaking Up in Meetings, Getting Women Promoted to Leadership · 2026-02-03 · 15 min
Episode notes
Many high-performing professional women are dealing with leadership pressure every day because they avoid speaking up about workload. In this episode, Liz Boswell explores how strategic delegation is a leadership communication skill that protects both your executive presence and your boundaries. Discover why the real barrier to delegation isn't capability, it's protection - and how speaking up about workload builds influence, not weakness. Leadership Communication in Action is a podcast for women who are capable, thoughtful, and quietly questioning how they’re showing up at work and in life. I’m Liz Boswell. I work with professional women who don’t need more advice, but do need space to think clearly, especially when the pressure is on. Each episode is a calm, mentoring-style conversation grounded in real client moments. We look at the stories people carry, the behaviours those stories create, and the small, practical shifts that change how things land day to day. You’ll hear honest reflections, psychologically precise questions, and simple actions you can try immediately, without overhauling your life or becoming someone else.