In today's episode I sit down with Dr. Lucy Gilson, Associate Dean for Faculty and Outreach at the University of Connecticut School of Business. She has boldly blazed her own trail, honoring who she is and supporting other women along the way, while building a career of great impact and value.

Not only the professor and Associate Dean for Faculty and Outreach at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Gilson is also the Academic Director for the Geno Auriemma, UCONN Leadership Conference, which I can attest to is a conference not to be missed. In 2019, the Web of Science named her one of the world's most highly cited researchers. Her research examines teams in different organizational settings, performing a diverse range of jobs to understand how creativity, empowerment, leadership and virtual communication influenced effectiveness.

I'm so glad to share our conversation with you.

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Guest Bio:

Dr. Gilson is the Associate Dean for Faculty & Outreach and serves as the Faculty Director for the Geno Auriemma UConn Leadership Conference, the Faculty Advisor to the UConn women's MBA association, a visiting Scholar at Universidade Catolica Portuguesa (Lisbon), and the Senior Associate Editor of Group and Organization Management. In 2019 she was named by the Web of Science Group as one of the world's most highly-cited researchers.

Her research focuses on creativity, virtual teams, and team effectiveness; in particular she is interested in examining teams in different organizational settings performing a diverse range of jobs. Specifically, she studies how creativity, employee empowerment, diversity, fairness issues, leadership, and virtual communication influence team effectiveness. Her research has been published in many of the top management and psychology journals; Academy on Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Group and Organization Management, Small Group Research. In addition, Professor Gilson has provided consulting expertise to many multinational companies, state and national agencies in the areas of leadership, virtual teams, managing change, and leading for creativity. She has given several invited keynote presentations on 'Women and Leadership' and 'Leading for Creativity and Change.'

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FREE RESOURCES:

• The Importance of Familiarity in Virtual Teams Article (PDF Download)

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• Putting the TEAM back into Virtual Teams Article (PDF Download)

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Belinda's Bio:

Belinda Pruyne is a sought-after Leadership Advisor, Coach, Consultant and Keynote speaker. She is a leading authority in guiding global executives, professionals and small business owners to become today's highly respected leaders.

She gained a wealth of expertise in the client services industry as Executive Vice President, Global Director of Creative Management at Grey Advertising, managing 500 people around the globe. With over 20+ years of leadership development experience, she brings industry-wide recognition to the executives and companies she works with. Whether a startup, turnaround, acquisition, or global corporation, executives and companies continue to turn to Pruyne for strategic and impactful solutions in a rapidly shifting economy and marketplace.

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I'm so glad to sit down with Amy Herman, president and founder of The Art of Perception. She is the art historian who teaches professionals around the world to enhance observation and perception skills by learning to look at works of art. Her book visual intelligence was published in 2016. It was on the Washington post in New York times bestseller lists and her 2018 Ted talk is titled a lesson in learning. She has an AB in international affairs, a law degree and ma in art history and will enroll next year in a PhD program at the university of Leeds in the UK. Clearly there is no Moss growing under Amy's feet.

Tune in to hear Amy's powerful stories about following her heart and being true to herself and how that brought her to some very unexpected places where she has been able to really create real impact.

Dave Burlin is the host of The Dave Means Business Podcast, a speaker, and consultant with a passion to help heart-centered, serial entrepreneurs scale their business. His core message, "Why networking?" is changing the way we look at building relationships in life and in business and I'm so excited to have him on the show this week. Dave shares how he has traversed challenges and how he helps others do the same today. Dave is a Marine Corps veteran, entrepreneur. He volunteers his time at Bunker Labs, which is a program to help veterans and their spouses start and grow their businesses.

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Rob Baiocco is co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of The BAM Connection, a branding, advertising and a content creation agency in the digital hotbed of Dumbo, Brooklyn. The agency's driving philosophy is simplicity liberates creativity.

Rob’s work has appeared in a plethora of top media around the world, as well as two Super Bowls. He has served as a proud member of the Ad Council. With over 12 years on the Creative Review Committee. He's also been a member of the White House task force to help the battle of the opioid crisis in America.  I invited Rob to join me on Notable Leader’s Radio to discuss the dualities of life and how they are an integral part about what makes a masterful leader.Tune in now, you don’t want to miss out!

The level of success you achieve is directly connected to your level of self-awareness. This is a topic to make friends with because it's something that will be true for you your entire life. I get asked all the time, Belinda, what is the big secret? What's the magic pill to success? The answer is increasing your self awareness. Self-awareness gives you the capacity to learn from your mistakes, as well as your successes. It enables you to keep growing. It's not only about growing pains that we learned from, but also our successes. You can't replicate what you don't know.

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In today's episode, I sit down with Alycia Huston, a certified NeuroLeadership coach consultant. Her business experience ranges from Fortune 100 companies to organizations with less than 50 staff members. She honed her craft as a female biotech founder in San Diego, where she now incorporates 20 plus years of experience in neuroscience, communication and empathy to develop, restructure and support business owners, companies, and corporations. She's instrumental in implementing strategies and building relationships that positively impact growth, increase effectiveness, improve operational efficiency and help owners and leaders realize their dreams. 

Tune in to listen to Alycia’s powerful story of her internal awakenings and the impact that they played on her career and in her businesses.

In today’s episode I sit down with executive coach and founder of Over the Wall Coaching, Beverly Wallace. Beverly is a certified executive coach for forward thinking leaders and has led executive and leadership development for global and Fortune 500 companies. She brings various coaching and assessment certifications into the work that she does with leaders all across the nation, such as brain-based coaching, learning agility, emotional intelligence, change management, to name but a few. She shared with me her story of getting out of her own way, and the impact that created on her career and life.  Tune in to learn more!

In today's episode of Notable Leaders Radio, I sit down with Honey and Blaine Parker of Slow Burn Marketing. They will be sharing a little bit of their story of how they turned, "We don't want to be bored," into a successful and fulfilling life. They have reached success in many iterations, however it was when they built a business platform that took their personal learnings of how to work together as a couple to help other couples, that their business took off. Honey and Blaine are masters of making success fun and humor is a big part of everything that they do. Tune in now!

What is it about great leaders that we find so admirable? Great leaders communicate clearly and consistently. There is no confusion as to what they stand for. They give you a reason to take notice, to care, and ultimately to follow them. The big question is, how did they get there? How did they learn to be a successful communicator? If you don't feel that you've mastered communication, you're not alone. In this week's episode, Belinda talks about the internal journey to successful communication, a behind the scenes look at what it takes to be a masterful communicator. Tune in to learn more!

Maddie Brown is The CEO of Smashing Numbers, a company that helps business owners fulfill their destiny with their company. Building a highly successful business was possible for Maddie by honoring herself and all that matters to her rather than following the rules or what others are doing. Tune in to this week’s episode of Notable Leaders’ Radio for Maddie’s powerful story of how she found her way to living on her own terms.