Hello Velocity | Accelerated Leadership and Goal Setting for Women

The Hello Velocity podcast aims to help women step into their best selves as leaders by overcoming common professional challenges like confidence, time management, and work-life balance.

Hello Velocity | Accelerated Leadership and Goal Setting for Women is a business podcast hosted by Brittany Canaski, with 41 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Brittany Canaski hosts Hello Velocity | Accelerated Leadership and Goal Setting for Women, a business show with 41 episodes published.

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  Episode #4

  Ep 40: Navigating Unwritten Corporate Culture Rules with Dr. Pravi Devineni

  Sep 29, 202650 minS4

  Unwritten Rules at Work: Navigating Corporate Culture and Diverse Backgrounds While Building Trust with Dr. Pravi Devineni FREE RESOURCE: What habits are quietly working against your leadership? Take the Leadership Blind Spot Audit https://www.hellovelocity.co/blindspot Host Brittany Canaski speaks with Dr. Pravi Devineni, lead AI scientist at Duke Energy, about the unwritten rules and cultural norms that shape communication, influence, and relationships in corporate America. Pravi shares how moving from India to the U.S. for a PhD required learning new behaviors like speaking up in discussion-based classes, making small talk, and masking emotion in professional settings. Plus humorous examples of jargon and idioms causing confusion. Pravi also briefly addresses AI adoption, emphasizing literacy, accountability, and safety. Key takeaways: ○ Corporate dynamics and influence are often driven by visibility, ego, and recency bias. ○ We can build trust at work through consistency, negotiating workload, clarifying expectations, and developing “accent empathy.” ○ Corporate jargon, idioms, and acronyms often cause more confusion than they are worth. Connect with Dr. Pravi: Website: www.Pravi.tech LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pdevineni/ ⏱ What we covered: 00:00 Unwritten Workplace Rules 00:39 Meet Dr Pravi 01:50 Curiosity Driven Career 04:41 Culture Shock in Grad School 07:53 Emotions and Small Talk 12:25 Research vs Corporate Hierarchy 18:53 Visibility and Negotiation 27:28 Jargon Acronyms and Idioms 33:05 Accent Empathy and Trust 43:02 AI Adoption Accountability 47:46 Connect and Closing ✉️ Leadership Insights: Join the Hello Velocity newsletter for actionable tips twice a month to grow your leadership skills without the burnout: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter Hello Velocity is a leadership coaching podcast to help high-achieving corporate women level up without burning out. Connect with the host, Brittany Canaski: Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/ Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco #HelloVelocity #Leadershipskills #WomeninLeadership

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  Episode #3

  Ep 39: How Your Emotional Intelligence is Impacting Your Leadership with Fay Niewiadomski

  Sep 22, 202647 minS4

  Business Emotional Intelligence: The 8 Soft Skills That Make or Break Leadership and How Women Get Trapped to The Sticky Floor FREE RESOURCE: What habits are quietly working against your leadership? Take the Leadership Blind Spot Audit https://www.hellovelocity.co/blindspot Host Brittany Canaski talks with Fay Niewiadomski about business emotional intelligence - work-relevant emotional capabilities that drive performance and relationships. Fay explains eight key factors: decisiveness, motivation, influence,adaptability, conscientiousness, empathy, stress resilience, andself-awareness. They discuss how differences in these skills can create tension and not feeling safe unless teams understand and bridge behavioral drivers. Key takeaways: While personality is fixed, behavior is a choice. With greater self-awareness, we can choose to respond intentionally instead of react automatically. Women often get stuck in a burnout “triangle” of high empathy, high conscientiousness, and low adaptability that shows up as people-pleasing, rule-following, and difficulty saying no. Fay advises building influence, not waiting for permission, and consulting leaders with options rather than asking what to do. Connect with Fay: Book: https://tinyurl.com/ytnr7tpb LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fayniewiadomski/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fayniewiadomski/ Blog: https://www.ictn.com/blog/ ⏱ What we covered: 00:00 Business EQ Intro 01:34 Defining Business EQ 04:10 Emotions Drive Performance 10:46 Research and Tools Used 11:41 Decisiveness 17:34 Motivation 19:04 Influence 20:18 Adaptability 20:43 Stress Resilience 21:34 Conscientiousness 22:16 Empathy 24:37 Applying Business EQ in Real Time 29:42 Women’s Burnout Triangle 38:37 Influence and Decisiveness Tips 43:57 Wrap Up and Resources ✉️ Leadership Insights: Join the Hello Velocity newsletter for actionable tips twice a month to grow your leadership skills without the burnout: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter Hello Velocity is a leadership coaching podcast to help high-achieving corporate women level up without burning out. Connect with the host, Brittany Canaski: Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/ Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco

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  Episode #2

  Ep 38: How to Network Without Being Awkward with Lauren Ansley

  Sep 15, 202644 minS4

  Introvert-Approved Networking: How to Work the Room, Build Long-Term Connections & Follow Up Host Brittany Canaski talks with Lauren Ansley, a conference emcee, facilitator, speaker, and audience engagement partner, about making networking less intimidating and more effective for long-term career growth. Lauren shares tips using “visual,verbal, and situational” connection cues to start conversations. They also cover conference networking follow-up systems plus ways to network internally at work through curiosity, small moments, and intentional relationship-building. Key takeaways: Let's reframe networking events as places where everyone wants to meet people to make them less intimidating. The key to effective networking is actually in the strength of your follow-up system afterwards. Networking isn't just outside your organization, find ways to intentionally connect with people in your organization to build influence and trust internally. Connect with Lauren: Website: www.LaurenAnsley.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurensansley/ Work The Room Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033HpDdEO7lNWC00N9bSw3 Work The Room Podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/work-the-room-with-lauren-ansley/id6785940020 ⏱ What we covered: 00:00 Why Networking Matters 00:20 Meet Lauren Ansley 02:12 Introvert Friendly Events 05:48 Join the Circle Confidently 07:35 Bagel vs Croissant Networking 08:43 Networking With Friends 13:09 Three Connection Cues 17:38 Beyond What Do You Do 19:05 Conference Follow Up Plan 22:39 Better Conference Questions 23:05 Follow Up Like a Pro 24:01 Write Contextual Messages 25:54 Tier Your Connections 28:04 Build a Follow Up System 30:47 Protect Your Energy 32:12 Network Inside Your Company 37:18 Personal Brand at Work 40:38 Fresh Eyes Add Value 41:42 Wrap Up and Where to Find Lauren ✉️ Leadership Insights: Join the Hello Velocity newsletter for actionable tips twice a month to grow your leadership skills with the burnout: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter Hello Velocity is a leadership coaching podcast to help high-achieving corporate women level up without burning out. Connect with the host, Brittany Canaski: Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/ Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco

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  Episode #12

  Burnout Isn't Just About Being Busy at Work

  May 19, 202625 minS3

  Leadership coach and host Brittany Canaski finalizes this conversation about burnout by identifying personal demands and resources that are influencing or leading you to burnout.She reviews common burnout signs and revisits the Job Demands-Resources model: burnout arises when the demands on us outweigh our resources. She extends this framework to personal life, outlining personal demands such as home careworkload, finances, physical health, and more. Then, she shares personal resources that we need to increase like physical, emotional, and mental well-being, and more. She shares a free download to help you identify which of the factors we discussed this season are causing your burnout. Brittany invites listeners to join her newsletter to get support before the podcast returns for season four in September. Key takeaways: ✅ We need to manage or reduce the personal demands of our daily lives like home care workload, finances, physical health, and more. ✅ We need to also increase the personal resources or support we receive in areas such as community, emotional health, and joy. ✅ Use the Free Download: What's Causing Your Burnout? to identify which of the factors are most directly causing your current or potential burnout at https://www.hellovelocity.co/burnout ---------------------------------------------- ⏱️ What we covered in this video: 00:00 Welcome and Season Finale 01:36 Burnout Definition and Signs 03:44 Job Demands vs Resources 07:19 Personal Demands Draining You 15:05 Personal Resources That Fill Your Cup 22:03 Key Takeaways 23:50 Free Download and What's to Come ---------------------------------------------- 🎯 Resources to support you: What's Causing Your Burnout Free Guide: https://www.hellovelocity.co/burnout Subscribe to the Hello Velocity Newsletter: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco?sub_confirmation=1 Book a discovery call for individual support: https://www.hellovelocity.co/appointments Send me an email with your requests for future episodes: Brittany@HelloVelocity.co ---------------------------------------------- 🙋🏻‍♀️ About the host, Brittany Canaski Brittany Canaski is a highly-rated leadership coach and trainer who helps leaders build the skills and confidence they need to be their best. Within her own business, Hello Velocity , Brittany provides coaching, trainings, and events to help teams and individualsbetter understand their performance habits so that they can work smarter, not harder to get where they want to be. Some of her favorite leadership topics are strategic planning, prioritization, and accountability. ---------------------------------------------- 👋 Connect with Brittany: Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/ Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco

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  Episode #11

  What Comes Next After Getting Laid Off (Manage Layoff Fears and Burnout)

  May 12, 202640 minS3

  Job Security & Burnout in 2026: Layoffs, AI Anxiety, and a Smarter Job Search with Career Coach Nicole Anderson Host Brittany Canaski speaks with career coach and recruiting leader Nicole Anderson about how job insecurity contributes to burnout in 2026 amid layoffs, shifting federal funding, and AI fears. Nicole encourages listeners to stay empowered rather than fear-driven. She shares practical tactics to manage anxiety and gives step-by-step guidance for the first days and weeks after a layoff and for longer searches. Key takeaways: ✅ There's been a huge pendulum swing in the job market in the last few years that has many workers feeling job insecure. ✅ If you do get laid off, you can manage your post-layoff anxiety by avoiding doom-scrolling, recognizing and replacing catastrophic thoughts, and collecting compliments. ✅ Nicole emphasizes relationship-building over relying only on applications, and recommends limiting resume tailoring to a few versions to reduce job-search burnout. ----------------------------------------- ⏱️ What we covered in this video: 00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 01:25 Burnout and Job Security 02:24 Why Layoffs Keep Happening 06:13 Fear Proofing Your Mindset 07:24 Stop Doomscrolling Stories 09:44 Replace Fear With Proof 13:31 AI Panic and Headlines 18:17 First Days After Layoff 19:30 Severance and Insurance Steps 23:09 What To Do Next 27:16 Long Search and Networking 34:55 Avoid Job Search Burnout 38:44 Wrap Up and Where to Find Nicole ----------------------------------------------- 👋 Connect with Nicole: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/careercoachnicole/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/careercoachnicole/ For career coaching needs: CareerCoachNicole.com For recruiting support: hello@GoodWorkSolutions.com ----------------------------------------------- 🤩 Ready to upgrade your leadership toolkit? Subscribe to the Hello Velocity Newsletter: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter -----------------------------------------------🙋🏻‍♀️ About the host, Brittany Canaski Brittany Canaski is a highly-rated leadership coach and trainer who helps leaders build the skills and confidence they need to be their best. Within her own business, Hello Velocity , Brittany provides coaching, trainings, and events to help teams and individualsbetter understand their performance habits so that they can work smarter, not harder to get where they want to be. Some of her favorite leadership topics are strategic planning, prioritization, and accountability. ----------------------------------------------- 👋 Connect with Brittany: Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/ Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco

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