Everything Speaks

Linda Yates The Image Energizer is a highly sought international Keynote Speaker, Leadership Consultant, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Author, Stylist, and Voice-Over Talent. Linda has produced over 300 educational seminars on helping individuals and businesses uncover, realize and accomplish their goals.

She has motivated over 12,000 individuals representing Fortune 500 companies throughout North America including CVS/Aetna, Delta, Wells Fargo, Fannie Mae, Microsoft, Johnson Controls, and Office Depot on their internal processes and corporate initiatives. She is also an adjunct instructor at Florida Atlantic University.

Her focus in working with individuals and organizations is to teach them how to become profitable in communicating their image.

Author of: 6 Steps to ENERGIZE Your Personal Brand Beyond the Clothes Image & Presence Uncover the Possible 12 Steps to Success And Host of the IntHERrupt podcast which focuses on Empowering Women Leaders

Linda believes that Nothing Is Impossible!

Married to her best friend and mother to three amazing individuals. Linda has run in all 50 states, and grew up barrel racing!

What you will learn in this episode:

• How your face is speaking for you, whether you want it to or not
• How to align your body to match what you want to communicate
• Why body language and facial expressions are so important over video
• How to demonstrate interest and participation during communications
• What to do to become more aware of your body language

Resources:

• Website: https://lhyatesconsulting.com/
• LinkedIn Personal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lhyates/
• Facebook Business: https://www.facebook.com/lindahyatesconsulting/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lhyates
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lhyatescoach/

Communications is the CENTER OF ALL THINGS. On the pod, Lee interviews interesting communications pros, CEOs, branding experts, and authors to bring key insights that can be used in the day to day to make your work, your PR, your marketing WORK. Occasionally, she goes it alone to share her thoughts and insights on key topics of the day in solo shows.

Today is a Solo Show with your host, Lee Caraher.

What you will learn in this episode:

• Lee's six summer reading recommendations to become a better communicator by fall
• How to become a better leader through Leadership and the Art of Conversation
• How to create a repeatable message that carries impact through Talk Triggers
• How to present with confidence and be compelling through Better Presentations
• How to emulate super communicators to become one yourself through Supercommunicators
• How to connect with your audience through representation and new points of view through Speaking While Female

Resources:

• Book Recommendations:
  • Leadership & The Art of Conversation by Kim Krisco: https://a.co/d/37iHpQJ
  • Talk Triggers by Jay Baer & Daniel Lemin: https://a.co/d/2mQzGzO
  • Breaking Through: Communicating to Open Minds, Move Hearts, and Change the World by Sally Susman: https://a.co/d/aVWEJFn
  • The Non-Obvious Guide to Better Presentations: How to Present Like a Pro (Virtually or in Person) by Jacqueline Farrington: https://a.co/d/ds5tAOK
  • Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection by Charles Duhigg: https://a.co/d/dv3JzuC
  • Speaking While Female: 75 Extraordinary Speeches by American Women by Dana Rubin: https://a.co/d/3pjmWhL
• Website: https://leecaraher.com/
• Website: www.double-forte.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leecaraher/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecaraher
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeeCaraher1/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/leecaraher

Maggie Zeman is the REAL DEAL and brings her energy, expertise and optimism to the table every single day.

She is SVP at Double Forte, and GM of the New York practice and the wine and spirits group, a practice she built from the ground up. Prior to Double Forte, Maggie founded a digital marketing and communications agency, growing the business to profitability before merging with Double Forte in 2011. She continues to drive corporate and brand communications leadership strategies while advising wine and spirits executives on strategic industry thought leadership, crisis management and elevated storytelling designed to build awareness and momentum for their businesses and brands.

Maggie serves as Vice Chair on the Board of Directors for the Alzheimer's Association New York Chapter serving also as chair of the annual Walk to End Alzheimer's and contributing to a 30% fundraising growth YOY from 2021 to 2022. Maggie is a sought-after speaker on wine and spirit industry trends, media training, and digital marketing.

What you will learn in this episode:

• How the pandemic impacted media relations
• Why it is detrimental to think of media relations as transactional
• Why it is crucial to build personal connections in PR
• Why you need to be of service to your media connections to maintain relationships
• How to get started building media relations in today's environment

Resources:

• Website: http://www.double-forte.com/
• LinkedIn Personal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggiezeman/
• LinkedIn Business: https://www.linkedin.com/company/double-forte/

Dr. Akilah Cadet is the Founder and CEO of Change Cadet, an organizational development consulting firm that offers services that support embedding belonging into overall company culture, identity and strategy. As a Forbes Next 1000 Entrepreneur her work is behind some of the biggest brands you use everyday. Dismantling white supremacy through storytelling is at the core of her work as a leader, speaker, creative director, producer, writer, editor, co-owner of the Oakland Roots and Soul soccer teams, and author of White Supremacy is All Around: Notes From a Black Disabled Woman in a White World. She literally has all the degrees, lives in and loves Oakland, CA, celebrates her disability, is a proud Beyoncé advocate, and has an incredible shoe game.

What you will learn in this episode:

• How to be an accomplice instead of an ally
• How public entities have entitled private entities to backpedal their approach to DEI
• How hiring great people still requires a DEI approach
• Why diversity is a numbers game that favors diversity
• How we can work to dismantle build equality every day

Resources:

• Website: https://www.changecadet.com/
• LinkedIn Personal: https://www.linkedin.com/company/changecadet/
• Facebook Business: https://www.facebook.com/changecadet
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/changecadet/
• Twitter: https://x.com/changecadet?

Over his career, Brent Hafele has led in either a CEO or C-Suite role in multiple businesses and nonprofits on the local, national, and international levels. As a consultant and coach, he's walked with hundreds of CEOs and other executives all over North America. Brent knows the joy and the stress, the excitement and the loneliness, the blessing and the curse of leading organizations. Brent is currently the President of Vibrancy Unlocked. He helps leaders and teams release resistance, achieve goals, and live vibrantly.

What you will learn in this episode:

• What common misconceptions people have about listening effectively in a professional setting
• The 3 levels of listening and how they impact communications
• How to overcome all of the "noise" to become good listeners
• Practical exercises that can be done daily to improve your listening ability
• How to know what questions to ask in a conversation

Resources:

• Website: https://www.vibrancyunlocked.com/
• Linkedin Personal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenthafele/
• LinkedIn Business: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vibrancy-unlocked/

Communications is the CENTER OF ALL THINGS. On the pod, Lee interviews interesting communications pros, CEOs, branding experts, and authors to bring key insights that can be used in the day to day to make your work, your PR, your marketing WORK. Occasionally, she goes it alone to share her thoughts and insights on key topics of the day in solo shows.

Today is a Solo Show with your host, Lee Caraher.

What you will learn in this episode:

• How conflict obscures clarity
• How to clear the air when conflict arises
• When the best time is to resolve conflict
• How to use the communication wheel to address conflict with clarity
• Why it is best not to wait to bring up concerns

Resources:

• Website: https://leecaraher.com/
• Website: www.double-forte.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leecaraher/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecaraher
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeeCaraher1/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/leecaraher
• Communications Wheel: https://www.leecaraher.com/blog/the-tough-conversation-resolving-conflict-clearing-the-air-amp-moving-forward-together

Communications is the CENTER OF ALL THINGS. On the pod, Lee interviews interesting communications pros, CEOs, branding experts, and authors to bring key insights that can be used in the day to day to make your work, your PR, your marketing WORK. Occasionally, she goes it alone to share her thoughts and insights on key topics of the day in solo shows.

Today is a Solo Show with your host, Lee Caraher.

What you will learn in this episode:

• How a company's values guide its culture, decisions, and goals
• Why it is critical to define each value and describe the behaviors associated with them to create clarity and understanding
• How to divide your values into core, aspirational, accidental, and permission to play based on The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni
• A detailed examples of Double Forte's values and how they are defined
• How articulating your values sets you up for success when employees are underperforming or not in alignment

Resources:

• Website: https://leecaraher.com/
• Website: www.double-forte.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leecaraher/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecaraher
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeeCaraher1/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/leecaraher
• The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni

Communications is the CENTER OF ALL THINGS. On the pod, Lee interviews interesting communications pros, CEOs, branding experts, and authors to bring key insights that can be used in the day to day to make your work, your PR, your marketing WORK. Occasionally, she goes it alone to share her thoughts and insights on key topics of the day in solo shows.

Today is a Solo Show with your host, Lee Caraher.

What you will learn in this episode:

• What ghosting says about you as a person and as a business
• Why it is so important to protect your reputation and credibility
• How ghosting can impact opportunities years down the line
• Steps to avoid ghosting and how to deliver bad news while maintaining a relationship
• Why it is vital to close the loop on any communication

Resources:

• Website: https://leecaraher.com/
• Website: www.double-forte.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leecaraher/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecaraher
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeeCaraher1/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/leecaraher

Communications is the CENTER OF ALL THINGS. On the pod, Lee interviews interesting communications pros, CEOs, branding experts, and authors to bring key insights that can be used in the day to day to make your work, your PR, your marketing WORK. Occasionally, she goes it alone to share her thoughts and insights on key topics of the day in solo shows.

Today is a Solo Show with your host, Lee Caraher.

What you will learn in this episode:

• How small changes in your communications can have a monumental impact
• Why the word "but" is a barrier to collaboration
• How to replace the word "but" with "and" to have more productive conversations
• How to use the improv "yes, and" in your communications to collaborate better
• What you can do to identify "buts" in your own conversations and rectify the problem

Resources:

• Website: https://leecaraher.com/
• Website: www.double-forte.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leecaraher/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecaraher
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeeCaraher1/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/leecaraher

Communications is the CENTER OF ALL THINGS. On the pod, Lee interviews interesting communications pros, CEOs, branding experts, and authors to bring key insights that can be used in the day to day to make your work, your PR, your marketing WORK. Occasionally, she goes it alone to share her thoughts and insights on key topics of the day in solo shows.

Today is a Solo Show with your host, Lee Caraher.

What you will learn in this episode:

• How to drive clarity with shared definitions of key terms
• Why companies need a clear vision, mission, values, goals, and strategy
• Why acronyms are so detrimental to clear communication
• How to define vision, mission, and values to ensure clarity within your company

Resources:

• Website: https://leecaraher.com/
• Website: www.double-forte.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leecaraher/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecaraher
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeeCaraher1/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/leecaraher