The Communication Guru

The Communication Guru

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The Communication Guru episodes

  • Understanding the Value of Financial Planning
    Tim McMurtry talks with Northwestern Mutual fiscal guru, James “JB” Bell about the need for financial security in these changing times. There are lots of factors that contribute to financial security and wholeness. It can be a difficult conversation to have.
    James shares the story of his journey, through significant family loss and personal challenges, into a successful career in the field of financial advising and wealth management. He discusses the key essentials to financial security and how he helps clients define their goals.
    47 min
  • What Type of Leader Are You?
    In this episode, Tim details the different kinds of leaders and how they communicate with their peers and employees. Communication is very important in any organization or workplace. A great leader needs good communication skills in order to voice concerns and important information to their peers. If there is no effective communication, the entity or organization being led by the leader will not reach its maximum potential. Tim will be sharing essential information about the 7 different kinds of leaders. Use this episode to learn and figure out what kind of leader you want to be.
    32 min
  • Building a Brand: Leveraging Online Presence
    In this episode, Tim talks about a few tips and tricks you could use when building a brand online. In this day and age, having a strong online presence is important especially when you have something to offer to the public. People are most of the time present online and it’s just another opportunity for you to grow your business and your brand. As you start your journey in the online world, it’s essential to know some of the important points that could help you make your way through success. Learn some of the simple ways to make your brand better and leverage your online presence.
    28 min
  • The Power of Feeling
    In today’s episode, we are talking about the power of feeling. How you feel about yourself and a situation can be the determinant of whether you are bound for success. It’s important to feel empowered in order to produce results that are positive and would lead to something better and greater. In many instances, we will have to feel as if we are already the embodiment of what it is that we desire before it manifests. Your feelings could be the key in manifesting the things that you desire and want to happen. Listen to this episode and be inspired by Tim’s tips and stories.
    50 min
  • A Chat with The Honorary Consulate Michael Fountain
    For Episode 18, Tim is joined by the Honorary Consulate to the Commonwealth of Bahamas, Michael C. Fountain, to discuss real and relevant topics that hit hard but will leave you enlightened. They touch on topics such as the personal value of fatherhood and how it shapes one man as he becomes a father himself. Michael gives his view on the “dislike” of Africans and Afro-Caribbeans with African-Americans. They also talk about the youth as the future of Bahamas and how its leaders should shape the nation with them in mind. Tim also asked Michael his thoughts on the diversity in social structure post-George Floyd. Michael closes on giving fruitful advice on getting into diplomacy pinning the value of respecting others who are different from you and how that has helped him even at home. Get fresh perspectives and take something with you after listening.
    51 min
  • Manifesting the Power of Your Words
    In this episode, Tim talks about the role our words play in our lives. He gets into a practical application of certain Bible verses establishing principles by which we can live our life. Every word that you say has a consequence. Words can hurt and scar the psyche and mental health of a person. Words can also encourage and inspire. Your words are the construction workers of your life. If you are saying negative things, you are going to get negative things in your life. But if you speak positive things, you are going to get positive things. Learn how to discipline your mouth so that you can manifest those things you desire and not those things you do not desire. If you want to change outcomes in your life, change what you say.
    38 min
  • Build Your Self-Esteem
    Your self-esteem is your reputation with yourself. How you feel about yourself is the most determinant factor on how effective your communication will be. Knowing who you are and your purpose will give you the juice you need to rock your communication and correlatively enhance and maximize your quality of life. Your impression of yourself will determine what you can do. Listen to this episode, and be encouraged by Tim’s tips, stories, and examples.
    28 min
  • Mental Health Issues and Benefits of Technology with Montréal Cain
    In this episode, Tim welcomes Montréal Cain, CEO Director and Founder of HouseCall Wisconsin, LLC. He is a mental health advocate, educator, entrepreneur, and father. Growing up with a person with bipolar disorder, Mr. Cain saw first-hand how difficult it is to live with a mental health disorder in an environment where mental health issues were not talked about. One incident sparked him to start digging a little deeper. He ended up incorporating a for-profit and a non-profit business to make sure that we address some of these stigmas, provide any advancement of technology, any tools recourses that could help us manage our loved one’s illness. According to him, the benefit of technology will be for us, or it will leave us behind. What if it could save our lives?
    37 min
  • Critical Race Theory

    In this episode Tim continues his discussion on communication in an age of diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical race theory, focusing more on critical race theory. Aside from the big stuff like slavery, Jim Crow laws, legalized segregation, and the civil rights movement, there have been other things that have gone on as well. We want to be able to address those things to be able to remedy them. Racial issues, racial animosity is taught, and because it is taught, there has to be some counter to untaught it. Or to teach something different. Our society has some room for improvement with diversity, equity, and inclusion. It can be done through effective communication, starting with enough guts to talk about it, to discuss it in a way that has an equilibrium of truth, and empathy. And it has to be done on a consistent, persistent basis.

    Episode highlights:

    03:41 – Redlining is when black people would have their neighborhoods devalued as the government, brokers, and real estate professionals worked in collusion, to disproportionately negatively affect the housing values of black people.

    10:49 – A brief summary of Hillsdale College’s publication explaining critical race theory.

    15:16 – Let’s explore some of the things that we have in our society, to see why we need to take into account culture and cultural differences.

    22:33 – Our public-school systems need to be able to teach American history and the racial ramifications.

    25:08 – In every society, they have what you call, seven mountains (family, religion, education, arts and entertainment, business, government, and media), which are pillars of society that everybody adheres. These are the drivers. These are the influencers of society.

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    34 min
  • Communication in an Age of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Critical Race Theory
    Communication is a broad subject matter, and its effectiveness and efficacy can be best seen when it is dealing with issues that otherwise are sensitive, but need to have some sort of remedy and need to have some sort of consensus of intersection. In this episode, Tim discusses the issues of diversity, inclusion, equity, and critical race theory. Each of these items, on their own, are quite sensitive and thorny. When you combine them, they can be downright explosive, and the ability to implement effective communication strategies while traversing these philosophical landmines is most coveted and essential. This discussion is to equip you to be able to navigate through these sensitive subjects in an effective way that can bring about change.
    50 min

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In a society that pumps out information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, effective communication is vital. Each month, listeners can join Tim McMurtry II, along with other guests, as they discuss wins,…