307: Leadership Skills: The Art of Putting Yourself Out There
Voice of Influence
Are you like most of us who find it hard to put ourselves out there? You are in good company! In this episode Andrea explores the difference between what we can and can't measure in ourselves and others, and shares a key lesson from the beautiful Netflix documentary "American Symphony" about Jon Batiste. Sign up for podcast, book and resource updates here: Read the show notes here: Give and receive feedback that makes a difference! Register for our 20 minute Deep Impact Method video course here:
info_outline
306: Effective Intrapreneurship, with Louis K Gump
Voice of Influence
How did The Weather Channel and CNN start and grow their mobile platforms? Louis K. Gump is here to talk about his experience as an "intrapreneur" and talk about advice from his book, The Inside Innovator: A Practical Guide to Intrapreneurship. Louis K. Gumpis a business builder, transformational leader, and pragmatic optimist. He is author of the new book, The Inside Innovator: A Practical Guide to Intrapreneurship. Gump is president of Cambian Solutions, which focuses on excellence in innovation, business growth, and team performance. Earlier in his career, he presided over...
info_outline
305: Leadership Skills: Get Consensus While Providing Direction
Voice of Influence
What's the difference between being directive as a leader and being a leader that focuses on getting consensus? Are these two competing goals in your mind? Is it possible to bring the two together? In this episode Andrea discusses how you can identify and solve problems by shifting between providing direction and getting other perspectives. Do you want an executive coach to help you navigate this balance? Email Andrea for information on how to work with a Voice of Influence coach. Read the show notes here: Give and receive feedback that...
info_outline
304: Finding Your Brilliant Difference, with Finka Jerkovic
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 Levin
Voice 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. Alvarenga
Voice 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. Holmes
Voice 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 Kenya
Voice 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 Team
Voice 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 Promise
Voice 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_outlineDo you ever feel frustrated that others don’t seem to grasp the value of what your expertise can offer them? Getting buy-in from others sometimes requires some self-reflection on your part first.
In this episode, Andrea discusses her own process of recognizing the things that kept her from owning her voice so that not only could she connect her gifts with the needs in the world but she could also help others use their gifts effectively. Take some time today to clarify your purpose so that you can more effectively offer your expertise to others!