Speaking and Communicating Podcast

Is there leadership in the military?

Meet Walt Morgan!

Walt Morgan is a Leadership Coach and Instructor of Leadership at the University of Colorado. He has been involved with CU's Leadership Minor since its inception, working as an advisor on its founding committee beginning in 2014; he currently serves as an instructor for multiple sections of the Leadership Minor's introductory course "Becoming a Leader". He is a Developmental Coach and Leadership Consultant who has supported companies and individual clients nationally through executive coaching and team facilitation.

Walt is a retired Navy Commander and flew helicopters throughout his 23 years on active duty. He earned his Bachelor of Science from CU's School of Journalism and his Master's in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

Listen to this episode on how serving his country prepared him for the leadership coaching work that helps his clients today.

Key Points:
- is there leadership in the military?
- how veterans to corporate culture
- the relationship between leadership and communication
- how communication skills help you find your voice
- the way we communicate vs our sense of worthiness
- how to be intentional in your leadership
- how to align your values with your communication

...and so much more!

Connect with Walt:
Website: https://tliftcoaching.com/about-me/

Additional Resources:
"Solitude and Leadership" - Speech by William Deresiewicz

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YouTube: https://youtu.be/nEZQH-eontY

How do you build trust through communication? How is a message received when there is no trust?

Meet Regina Huber!

Regina is a Transformational Leadership Coach who also specializes in Conversational Intelligence. She is the Founder of Transform Your Performance and helps leaders enhance their presence & skills, and get recognition & promotions, while living a freakin' amazing life. She coaches & trains in English, German, Portuguese, Spanish.

Regina worked with the Boston Consulting Group and led global teams. She works with value-driven leaders who are ready to step into the next level of their leadership. This will result in them increasing their influence and impact while reducing their stress and enhancing their personal fulfillment.

Listen as Regina shares how to build trust and how to remove barriers to it.

Key Points:
- how to create more engaged and happier teams
- who is a coach within a corporate environment
- how communication skills get you the credit you deserve
- strategies for asking for what you want at work
- positioning your value in an organization
- what goes into building trust
- the relationship between authenticity and trust
- how to engage your team to build trust
- how conversational intelligence helps you in your leadership
- how trust transforms our listening skills

...and so much more!

Connect with Regina:
Website: https://www.transformyourperformance.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reginahuber/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reginahuber

Additional Resources:
"Speak Up, Stand Up and Shine" by Regina Huber on Amazon
Subscribe to Regina's LinkedIn Newsletter for Career Growth Strategy
FREE 30-minute Leadership Uplevel Session

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNKBSBMtfcU

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How do you become persuasive and creative in your presentations?

Meet Laurie Gilbertson!

Laurie is a former prosecutor, television legal analyst and legal educator who formed Tribeca Blue Consulting to bring her unique skills and passion for teaching to help professionals communicate better.  She achieves this by combining her lawyer’s attention to detail, the insider’s tips and tricks she learned during a decade spent in New York City courtrooms and the expertise she gained while helping the nation’s top attorneys and judges develop and present compelling material. She helps her individual and group clients with presentations, sales calls, pitch meetings…

Laurie is a dynamic, passionate and poised communicator, whether in the courtroom, the classroom or on television. She brings her unique brand of enthusiasm, dedication and skill to teaching people how to use powerful and creative presentations, public speaking and on-camera appearances to connect with their clients and their audiences. She loves the intellectual challenge of persuasion, advocacy and education.

Key Points:
- how to develop persuasive and compelling narratives
- the success that comes from being a better communicator
- why crafting a story convinces the jury / your audience
- how to set up your story framework
- why it's good to be nervous just before speaking
- why being yourself trumps everything
- how to create curiosity in your audience
- how to open and close strongly

...and so much more!

Connect with Laurie:
Website: https://www.tribecablueconsulting.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauriegilbertson/

Additional Resources:
Daveed Diggs Tony Awards Acceptance Speech on YouTube

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YouTube: https://youtu.be/llc5KYRHH-0

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How do we recover from the challenges we faced during the COVID-19 pandemic? Especially with regards to job losses?

Meet Mark V. Smith!

Mark is the Co-ordinator of Workforce Development Economic Recovery Program in Prince George's County in Maryland State. 'Employ Prince George' is the bridge between the job seeker and the potential employer. He is also a TEDx Speaker, a former Admissions Manager since the 90s, helping students chart their career course. He has been an award-winning STRIVE Trainer at the Center for Urban Families.

Mark is also the Host of "The Process" podcast outlines trials and tribulations that we all go through, and offers insight on methods to weather the storms in life. The clever use of acronyms within his messages, offer a way for us to remember key points as we GROW FORWARD. His vision statement of “Your Why is Greater Than Your Situation Which is Part of Your PROCESS,” gives us the perspective that we are always GROWING. He is also host of a weekly Radio show on a network that has thousands of listeners.

Key Points:
- the importance of active listening
- the impact of comfort on your growth
- why serving helps YOU grow
- 'passion' vs 'purpose'
- Federal Government funding as part of COVID recovery
- how being bilingual is an asset to employers
- the price you pay for winning vs the bill for regret
- your circle vs your cage
- how to effectively use social media to grow your brand
- why stories change us

...and so much more!

Connect with Mark:
Website: https://www.theprocessmarksmith.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-smith-0988a020/
Email: [email protected]

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Why is it crucial to become a servant leader?

Meet Marten Niner!

Marten is an Accomplished Executive, Serial Entrepreneur and Executive Life & Leadership Coach. He is also a Team Builder, Board Member, Speaker, Improvisationalist, and Musician. His motto is #yesismorefun.

Marten is gifted with a natural aptitude for servant leadership born out of his deep care for others. Now an ICF certified professional coach, Marten brings a background as diverse as his interests. On this episode, he takes us through his transformational journey of how a leader influenced him through his actions, which then encouraged him to enlist the help of coaches himself. 

Listen as Marten shares the experiences he had and how it led to the servant leadership work that he does today.

Key Points:
- how Marten was influenced by a leader
- curiosity and the quality of questions 
- leader vs manager
- how improv improved Marten's leadership skills
- mentorship vs coaching relationship
- how to encourage innovation in your team
- the benefits of hyper listening
- the mark of a true servant leader

...and much more!

Connect with Marten:
Email: [email protected] (FREE Consultation)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marten9r/

Additional Resources:
"The Untethered Soul" by Michael Alan Singer on Amazon

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YouTube: https://youtu.be/818gVa-57vM

How do you sell without selling? Why do so many dislike the sales process?

Meet Valeria Grunbaum!

Valeria is the Founder of the International Business Academy in Miami. She is a Speaker, Trainer and Coach who helps organizations with Sales, Leadership and Communication Skills. She has been in Sales for over 30 years.

Valeria believes that without sales, there is no business. Yet, over the years she has met countless business owners who don’t consider themselves salespeople. Some might even say they dislike it, or weren’t born to do sales. However, the real problem is not often a true distaste for it—it’s a lack of knowhow. She had been stuck in the same mindset. When she embraced the importance of sales and developed her own process with some outside help, she started closing the multi-million-dollar deals that have shaped her success. 

On this episode, Valeria shares with us how to sell while creating long-term customer loyalty, build relationships and not be "salesy".

Key Points:
- lessons from her first Sales job
- the benefits of knowing how to sell
- why some of us avoid sales
- the relationship between Sales and Communication
- how to create lifelong customer loyalty
- why people make the choice to buy
- The Platinum Rule in Sales

...and so much more!

Connect with Valeria:
Website: https://valeriagrunbaum.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valeriagrunbaum/

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YouTube: https://youtu.be/-ceS_h9MCfk

Does being the smartest astronaut make you successful at NASA?

Meet Donald G. James!

Donald developed an early interest in aviation and international affairs due to his frequent travels with his parents to Africa, Southeast Asia, and Europe. The experience of living in developing countries and a desire to solve problems of destitution inspired him to pursue International Relations and Economic Development academically, though he never lost his interest in aerospace.

After graduate school, Donald applied to and was accepted into the Presidential Management Intern program at NASA, beginning at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in 1982. He decided to make a career at NASA after the tragic Challenger accident in 1986. Working at the Agency that led America and the world to human exploration of the moon is an honor and a privilege for him.
 

In August of 2014, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden selected Donald to serve as the Agency’s Associate Administrator for Education. Donald retired after 35 years—all with NASA—on March 31, 2017. He enjoys speaking to groups, especially young people interested in aerospace careers and about the themes in his new book.

Donald’s bestselling book (in collaboration with his brother Dennis) "Manners Will Take You Where Brains and Money Won’t: Wisdom from Momma and 35 years at NASA" is available on his website and Amazon. He lives with his wife Tanya in Pleasanton, California. They have two children.

On this episode, Donald shares how lessons from his mother were the reason he achieved great success in his career at NASA.

Key Points:
- why being smart isn't good enough
- how Donald went from intern to top NASA leadership
- qualities needed to thrive at NASA
- why NASA hires more non-STEM professionals
- different facets of mentorship
- the power of active listening
- your mindset when charting a career path
- the professional benefits of exposure to different cultures
- how leaders can actively include introverted team members

...and so much more!

Connect with Donald:
Website: https://donaldgregoryjames.com
Email: [email protected]

Additional Resources:
"Manners Will Take You Where Brains and Money Won’t: Wisdom from Momma and 35 years at NASA" by Donald G. James

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YouTube: https://youtu.be/PZciXJwdWvo

How do new managers transform from high-performing individual contributors to great people managers?

Meet Eric Girard!

Eric is Founder of Girard Training Solutions, an Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, global top 10% ranked podcast host and a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. He was once a new, poorly prepared manager who did everything wrong. He vowed to work to overcome his deficiencies and help ensure those who came after me didn’t repeat those same mistakes. He is now on a mission to help new managers not just survive, but thrive in their new role. He has 30 years’ experience in learning and development, with emphasis on management development.

Eric's recent bestselling book, "Lead Like a Pro: The Essential Guide for New Managers" is a roadmap to becoming a successful manager people will want to work with. He also hosts the Management Development Unlocked Podcast - "a global top 10% podcast for new managers and leaders who want to transform from high-performing individual contributors to great people managers".

Key Points:

- how his management experience at Silicon Valley was an eye-opener

- your constituencies as a manager

- mistakes that new managers make

- why mentorship is key as a new manager

- having a high-performing team without micro-managing

- why new managers struggle to delegate

- why new managers need to hone their communication skills

- why Eric thinks empathy is most important

...and so much more!

📋 Episode Chapters

(00:00) This podcast focuses on improving your communication skills both professionally and personally
(01:02) Eric Girard is your leadership coach and host of Unlocked podcast
(01:52) Steve Girard focuses on helping new managers make transition from individual contributors to people managers
(02:34) When you were in Silicon Valley, you were doing the management development
(06:48) When talking about coaching and feedback, do leaders think in the managers they coach
(13:06) Your book is called lead like a pro, the essential guide for new managers
(14:14) As a new manager, you need to build your empathy muscles
(17:23) The second piece is about making a mindful transition from individual contributor to manager
(19:42) Should you get a mentor within the organization you're in or somebody external
(25:41) This podcast is all about new managers and how to help them
(27:32) Eric Girard offers advice to new managers on how to deal with difficult situations
(28:47) The speaking and communicating podcast is part of the b podcast network

Connect with Eric:
Website: https://www.girardtrainingsolutions.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericpgirard/

Additional Resources:
"Lead Like a Pro: The Essential Guide for New Managers" by Eric Girard on Amazon
"Management Development Unlocked Podcast" hosted by Eric Girard

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YouTube: https://youtu.be/RcaSfPfZXxU

What exactly causes anxiety? Why do you suffer from it after so many years?

Meet Benjy Sherer!

Benjy is an emotional wellness coach and author of 'Feelings First Shadow Work' and '10 Mind Hacks for Quicker Emotional Healing'. He teaches self-love and shadow work, to show people how to master their emotions as quickly, easily, and painlessly as possible.

Benjy's unique methods help people bypass their logical brains and connect directly to their emotions to release past trauma, limiting beliefs, and self harming patterns without needing to focus on all of the past traumas that caused these issues in the first place. He has helped client after client overcome stress, anxiety, fear, guilt, shame, PTSD, depression, etc... and find the real and lasting self love and joy they've struggled so many years to attain.

In his book, "Feelings First Shadow Work: A Simple Approach to Self Love and Emotional Master", Benjy shows you how to bypass your brain and connect directly to your heart to release your past triggers and traumas so that you can start living without fear, guilt, shame, anxiety, and more.

Key Points:
- his experiences that led to his work
- the inner conflict that causes anxiety
- why you cannot logic away your emotions
- how our brains keep us 'safe'
- the purge that our emotions long for
- what happens when we continue to ignore our emotions
- why we hide our authentic selves

...and so much more!

📋 Episode Chapters

(00:00) This podcast focuses on improving your communication skills both professionally and personally
(01:06) Benjamin Shera is a mental health coach and an emotional fitness trainer
(02:08) I had an intense fear of death my entire life
(09:21) Marian started performing burlesque as a way to improve confidence
(14:17) I fell in love with a woman who was an alcoholic and suicidal
(21:05) You describe having a fear of death early in your life
(22:54) When you felt suicidal, why weren't drugs your first go to
(30:11) Many people spend therapy trying to find and analyze past trauma
(36:17) Let's say you cut your arm 20 years ago and it's getting infected
(42:45) Sarcasm is a defense mechanism that keeps people at arm's length
(49:55) Your thoughts manipulate your emotions, right? So in order to start healing
(56:12) You will never fully understand your defense mechanisms until you escape them
(58:04) Therapy is a process of excavation; it needs to be gradual
(01:05:15) When we learn to feel discomfort, we respond differently to situations
(01:06:28) This inner healing work is the most important work that you will ever do

Connect with Benjy:
Website: https://benjysherercoaching.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjy-sherer-b86a19114/?originalSubdomain=ca
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRightSonPhilosophy/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@benjysherer
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTPPHUb5GALIRi_U3rhvgHg

Additional Resources:
"Feelings First Shadow Work: A Simple Approach to Self Love and Emotional Mastery" by Benjy Sherer

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How do you use facial profiling to understand others?

Meet Alan Stevens!

Alan is a Sydney native who is a Profiling and Communications Specialist. He helps people build stronger relationships by understanding others and themselves better. Alan is the Founder of The Campfire Project and the WeTogether Initiative which brings everyone together to share their stories without fear of judgment and feeling part of a community.

Listen as Alan shares what facial profiling tells us about people's personalities. Having been interviewed on numerous Australian TV networks, his expertise can be used to build and strengthen relationships, help the youth with behavioral issues and teachers to have better classroom management. Rapid Trait Profiling is also used to boost sales, reduce workplace conflict as well as increase safety in online dating.

Key Points:
- why B2B and B2C are all wrong
- why make your employees happy first
- how our facial features tell our personalities
- connecting with others through facial profiling
- the shortfalls of psychometric testing
- the 3-step Process for closing deals faster 
- how facial recognitions strengthens teams
- why facial profiling is better than the profiling quizzes

...and so much more!

Connect with Alan:
Website: www.alanstevens.com.au
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/readingfaces/?originalSubdomain=au

Additional Resources:
FREE course on "How to Persuade and Influence Behaviours" by Alan Stevens

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