57: The Voice-Values Gap: Kristine Sickels on the 360 That Changed How She Led

What does it cost to bring only part of yourself to work? Kristine Sickels spent 20 years climbing the corporate ladder, rising to SVP of marketing for a $2 billion portfolio of brands you know: Crock-Pot, Mr. Coffee, Oster. Then a 360 review stopped her cold. The feedback praised her results and named a harder truth, that the way she was leading did not match who she was at home, as a friend, as a daughter. In this conversation she calls that the voice-values gap, the distance between what you believe inside and what you say out loud. We talk about the three values she chose to lead from, candor, optimism, and curiosity, why she keeps them on a card where she can see them, and the moment she realized women across her company were watching how she led. Kristine left corporate as one of the highest-ranked women in an organization of 20,000 to give the next season of her career to championing women's voices, through her company MicDrop and her book, The Clearest Voice in the Room. This one is about using your voice in the small daily moments, not just the big ones.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• The 360 feedback that revealed Kristine was only bringing part of herself to work, and what it broke open for her

• The voice-values gap: the distance between what you believe and what you actually say out loud

• Why Kristine leads from three values, candor, optimism, and curiosity, and how she keeps them in front of her every single day

• The moment she realized women across her company were watching how she led, and what it moved her to do

• Why she walked away from one of the highest-ranked women's roles in a 20,000-person company

• The silencers that keep capable women quiet, and where energy fits in her VOICE framework

• One small practice to use your voice in everyday moments instead of waiting for the big meeting

Connect with Kristine:

Website: drkristinespeaks.com

Book, The Clearest Voice in the Room: on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Goodreads. Signed copies plus her voice-values-gap resources and playlist at drkristinespeaks.com/book

Substack: https://kristinesickels.substack.com/

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