Voice of Influence
With 25+ years of experience in the leadership, sales, and financial services sphere, Finka Jerkovic realized that PEOPLE are the secret sauce to business growth. Now being the founder of Finka Inc., she pours into corporate companies and their teams through programs that support leadership development, team building, and skills advancement. She’s worked with esteemed brands like Lowes, Toyota, Nestle Purina, Merck, and Edward Jones. Her signature program, Your Brilliant Difference™, has helped leaders and teams: - Increase communication impact by 70%. - Get 3.3x clearer on making...
info_outline 303: Expanding Your Influence Through A Book, with Michael LevinVoice of Influence
New York Times bestselling author and ghostwriter Michael Levin is the most prolific ghostwriter in the industry, having written, edited, published, or consulted on more than 1,000 books. Levin’s own books have been published by Simon and Schuster, Random House, Penguin, and a variety of other top publishers. He has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, LA Times, Boston Globe, and many other top outlets. His ghostwriting clients include Boeing and Ford CEO Alan Mulally, baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield, motivational speaker Zig Ziglar (he edited Zig’s...
info_outline 302: Rules of Persuasion with Carlos A. AlvarengaVoice of Influence
Do you want to be a thoughtful, effective communicator? In his latest book, Carlos A Alvarenga illuminates insights from research and classical writings to outline The Rules of Persuasion. On today's episode Carlos and Andrea discuss the chemistry between communicators and their audience that leads to people taking action on a message. They also explore differences between coercion and persuasion, and sentimentality and authentic emotion. Read the show notes here: Give and receive feedback that makes a difference! Register for our 20 minute Deep Impact Method video course...
info_outline 301: Embracing Neurodiversity in the Workplace with Rev. Dr. Stephanie C. HolmesVoice of Influence
Are your company policies and cultural norms creating unnecessary roadblocks for people? Neurodiversity is a term that recognizes the differences in all people, and is often used to refer to different thinking and behavior patterns in the context of the autistic spectrum. In this interview Andrea taps the experience and expertise of an autism specialist to help us all learn what we can do to be more accommodating to the diverse needs of people at work, giving them a chance to bring their best to work. Stephanie C. Holmes is formerly a licensed professional counselor (LPC)...
info_outline 300: What I Learned About Significance in KenyaVoice of Influence
There's an underutilized leadership skill that we're highlighting today in our 300th (woot, woot!) episode of the Voice of Influence podcast, and that's the skill of acknowledging significance of what people contribute and achieve. We're not talking about giving pats on the back or gold stars. Instead, we're talking about finding meaning and sharing authentic acknowledgement of why something matters. Andrea shares about a key leadership lesson she learned from Alice Atemo of Overcoming Faith Schools for orphaned children in western Kenya. On a recent trip to the schools, she...
info_outline 299: Leadership Skills: Getting the Yes From Your TeamVoice of Influence
Expermination is a core element of building a Collaborative Learning Culture. Have you ever put out an idea or initiated in some way as a leader and people just bought in and went with it? They went with your initiation and they're like, "Yeah, let's try this!?" On today's episode Andrea talks about the value of goodwill and how to build that in your team so as a team, you're more willing to buy-in to little experiments and see how things go. Mentioned in this episode: Read the show notes here: Give and receive feedback that makes a difference! Register...
info_outline 298: Live Coaching: Influence Alignment to the Brand PromiseVoice of Influence
When you're the leader of a fast growing company, the growth of the team is exciting and daunting at the same time. While it's vital to get everyone on board with your brand promise, it's not a simple process. It comes down to the dynamics of influence - are people growing in personal agency and alignment to the structure of the company? In this live coaching session, Andrea works with Margie Remmers-Davis to help her grow a collaborative learning culture in her team so they can continuously improve on delivering their brand promise to their customers. Looking...
info_outline 297: Gen Z and Mental Health at Work with Dr. Barb DaubenspeckVoice of Influence
Dr. Barb Daubenspeck heads up Bellevue University's master of science in clinical mental health counseling. Nearly 250 Nebraska students are enrolled and more than 450 Nebraskans have graduated from the CACREP-accredited program. The Nebraska Counseling Association just honored the Bellevue University professor who heads the university's fast-growing clinical counseling program as its "Counselor of the Year." In this interview, Dr. Daubenspeck shares insights about how Gen Z approaches boundaries and mental health at work. She and Andrea discuss strategies for mentoring and helping...
info_outline 296: Courageous Leadership, with LTC (R) Marci TolerVoice of Influence
LTC (R) Marci Toler is a retired Officer for the United States Army and holds the Human Resource Manager functional area (43B), specializing in organizational team development, operations, and strategic planning. Awarded the Bronze Star, Toler has served as a senior staff member for several Combatant Commands, a trainer, advisor, and mentor to tactical, operational, and strategic (combined, joined and allied coalition) staff officers and civilians for planning and operations. In this episode, Marci shares how leaders can create their personal leadership style, question assumptions,...
info_outline 295: Leadership Skills: Emphasize Collaborative Learning Cultures in 2024Voice of Influence
Do you have ideas that would make your company better? Leaders want the input and perspective of others, but sometimes those ideas fall flat, discouraging leaders from asking and keeping others from sharing. Newer team members with ideas need to know how to share their ideas and energy without triggering defensiveness and resentment in those who invested in the company before. Listen in as Andrea describes why Voice of Influence is focused on helping companies develop Collaborative Learning Cultures in 2024. Learn more about our offerings and our manager training...
info_outlineWe're celebrating today because it's episode 100 of the Voice of Influence® podcast! Our team is thrilled with where we've been and we're excited for where we're going with the show in the years to come!
In today's show I share the ways the podcast has shifted and what has remained the same since the beginning. Then I discuss one of our biggest ah-ha's from interviewing guests, the six elements of a Voice of Influence, so you can utilize the framework for yourself.