This encore conversation spotlights influencer and She Said/She Said podcaster Laura Cox Kaplan (@lauracoxkaplan), who shares the EXACT small habits and stories that build influence, wins over those frozen granite hearts and scalpel sharp minds, and even the steps to get a role on corporate or nonprofit boards.

Laura Cox Kaplan has forgotten more about influence than most people ever learn. Snag her proprietary influence framework and to help you navigate and better utilize whatever life throws your way!

Expand your influence using these habits and story structures:

🔥 How to prepare if you want to leave corporate for something more creative

💎 Tales from the trenches on getting more women elected to public office

✅ A useful thread to tell your story when you feel like you should be bragging on yourself (btw this means you are normal!)

🔑 The word to use instead of “failure” to help you learn from it (LIFE CHANGING!)

🦏 What to do if you’re ready for a board position (corporate or nonprofit)

🎯 3 keys to grow influence when you don’t have a trust fund or big personality

📣 Energize yourself and stand out with dopamine dressing

EDITORIAL NOTE: Episode 199 is an encore episode about influence and part of a podcast exchange with fellow podcast host Laura Cox Kaplan.

ABOUT THIS WEEK’S GUEST: Laura Cox Kaplan, host of the She Said/She Said podcast, is also a corporate and non-profit board member and adviser, has more than two decades of executive experience in public policy, communications, corporate governance, and stakeholder engagement in the public, private and non-profit sectors.

As the Principal-in-Charge of Government, Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Laura spent a decade on the executive management team of PwC and almost 12 years managing PwC’s public policy engagement strategy, which coordinates public policy strategies across 150+ countries.

Find Laura Cox Kaplan on LinkedIn and her website.

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