The Thoughtful Leader

Hela Wozniak-Kay

– The Thoughtful Leader with Mindy Gibbins-Klein

Episode 048 Soft Power with Hela Wozniak-Kay

Hela Wozniak-Kay is celebrating 20 years of connecting outrageously remarkable women in business through her Sister Snog community. The community is an ecosystem where like-minded women support each other to thrive, boost their bottom line, super charge their business and invigorate their brand through personal connections.

Hela is a thoughtful and creative leader who believes that leadership requires imagination. She has put that imagination to work as she leads women-owned businesses and helps them find their style and tribe.

Highlights of our conversation include:

Lessons learned from favorite books: Eat that Frog! The Athena Doctrine, The 12 Week Year, and Purple Cow.

A wise woman is a great listener.

Leading with conviction and flair.

The acceptance of soft skills in the workplace and leadership.

Leaders should feel comfortable and find their own style.

Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey!

Connect with Hela:

Instagram @TotallHela

Instagram @sistersnog

LinkedIn : Hela Wozniak-Kay

LinkedIn profile link : https://www.linkedin.com/in/hela-wozniak-kay-1a84a112/ )

Facebook : Sister Snog

https://www.facebook.com/SisterSnog/ )

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Vix Munro

– The Thoughtful Leader with Mindy Gibbins-Klein

Episode 047 Conscious Spending with Vix Munro

For over 30 years, Vix Monroe, MSc Economics, has lived in the world of making money work for people. She has worked in the corporate accounting world and for 12 years has operated her business, specializing in helping women come into their own financial power.

Vix is encouraged that people want to take responsibility for their finances. She explains that there is a difference between money mindset and money management and when understanding both, magic happens. Vix also explains that understanding money is not rocket science, and we all can gain financial literacy.

In our conversation, we discuss:

What is conscious spending and finding what joy money brings to you.

Having a conscious spending plan instead of a budget.

Aligning money to individual values and goals.

The influence of Robert Kiyosaki.

10 percent of our money is physical, and the rest is electronic.

Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey!

Connect with Vix:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/retirerichwithvix

Instagram: www.instagram.com/vix.munro

Website: www.retirerichwithvix.com

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Mindy Gibbins-Klein

– The Thoughtful Leader with Mindy Gibbins-Klein

Episode 046 Dealing with and sharing pain with Mindy Gibbins-Klein

Mindy Gibbins-Klein is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant who teaches leaders on how to be thoughtful and to create a culture of thought leadership in organizations.

The topic today is unusual. It's about dealing with and sharing personal pain. Mindy gives a list of things to consider about why you may or may not want to share your pain and she challenges you to be aware, acknowledge and have the insight to know when emotional, spiritual or physical pains should be shared and with whom.

Highlights of her insights include:

A suggestion to acknowledge your pain and not ignore it.

Recognize how others may respond to your pain sharing.

When is it appropriate to share pain-if ever?

The emotions of sharing pain on social media.

Could sharing your pain cause pain or trauma to someone else?

Becoming empowered by knowing what to share.

Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey!

Connect with Mindy:

URL: https://www.mindygk.com/

Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk

Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/

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Dawn McGruer

– The Thoughtful Leader with Mindy Gibbins-Klein

Episode 045 The power of communities with Dawn McGruer

Dawn McGruer is a multi-award-winning digital marketing speaker, author and trainer, ranked in the top one percent on LinkedIn. She was awarded Best Female Speaker and recently signed a publishing contract with Wiley for her second book.

Dawn has over five-million subscribers on her social media networks and is Founder of CIM Accredited Study Centre, Business Consort Digital and Social Media Academy, certifying over 29,000 students. She also gives back through Fellowships from the Royal Society and the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

In our conversation, Dawn shares her insights on what it takes to be a thoughtful marketer and creating an impactful community on social media.

Highlights include:

Posting on social media with a purpose.

Building an audience, getting engagement and turning connections into customers.

How successful networking leads to referrals.

Why we need less focus on corporate identity and more on leaders.

Take ownership as a leader in your network and as an expert in your niche.

Sharing mistakes and making a shift to better serve clients.

How to embrace social media haters.

Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey!

Connect with Dawn:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/businessconsort/

Connect with Mindy:

URL: https://www.mindygk.com/

Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk

Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein

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Carole Seawert

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Episode 044 Thoughtful Marketing with Carole Seawert

Carole Seawert is a business-to-business copywriter who works with clients to clarify their marketing message and then uses her writing skills to properly reflect and communicate their brand. Carole is an expert at writing marketing materials, including email campaigns, social media, and newsletters on a variety of digital and print platforms.

Carole started in public relations, on the agency side for tech clients, before becoming the Head of Public Relations at the Financial Times. Today, Carole serves her own clients, writing for several FTSE100 companies, leading financial organisations and Top 20 UK law firms.

In our conversation, we discuss several marketing issues including:

The importance of getting the marketing message correct.

Know your target market and the tone to attract them.

Copywriting is a skill that requires specialized training.

Writers have specialties, and thoughtful writing needs time.

Advice to overcome entrepreneurial challenges.

Be consistent with social media and choose the platform right for you.

Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey!

Connect with Carole:

Website: https://caroleseawert.co.uk/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroleseawert/

Connect with Mindy:

URL: https://www.mindygk.com/

Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk

Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein

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David Hyner

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Episode 043 Doing the hard work with David Hyner

For over 20 years, David Hyner has reached over a million people with his message of how people can behave their way to success. David has interviewed over 250 top achievers and has studied their character traits and habits that all of us can learn from to use in our personal and professional lives.

With humor, motivation and intelligence, David is a master at teaching people the reason we all need massive goals. He explains several behaviors top achievers practice to accomplish great things, including seeking support and accountability.

In our fast-moving conversation, we discussed:

The most difficult decision of his life during the pandemic.

How our core values and insecurities work hand in hand.

What happens when you combine a massive goal with purpose.

Lessons from Scott Alexander's book, Rhinoceros Success.

Being courageous and thoughtful leadership.

Inspiring today's young people.

Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey!

Connect with David:

Website: https://www.davidhyner.com/

Connect with Mindy:

URL: https://www.mindygk.com/

Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk

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Ron Karr

– The Thoughtful Leader with Mindy Gibbins-Klein

Episode 042 Gain buy-in fast with Ron Karr

Ron Karr has been consulting with corporate leaders and sales teams around the world to teach modern approaches on how to capitalize on opportunities and make more deals in less time. For the past 30 years, his presentations and advisory services have generated over a billion dollars in incremental revenues for his clients. Ron is the author of five books, including the bestseller, Lead, Sell or Get Out of the Way.

In this episode, Ron shares insights from his latest book, The Velocity Mindset: How leaders eliminate resistance, gain buy-in and achieve better results.

Ron shares his definitions of a thoughtful leader and how one can reach that definition of leadership. He also explains it's the responsibility of the thoughtful leader to recognize and understand that people do things for themselves, not for you.

He shares other insights, including:

How we create our present-day stories from childhood.

Understanding others and making emotional connections through vulnerability.

How to build a bridge with emotional connection to link people together.

Creating transformations through role plays.

Working to be purpose based, not task based.

Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey!

Connect with Ron:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkarr

Website: https://ronkarr.com/

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Velocity-Mindset%C2%AE-Resistance-Buy-Results_Faster/dp/1645436284

Connect with Mindy:

URL: https://www.mindygk.com/

Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk

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Mindy Gibbins-Klein

– The Thoughtful Leader with Mindy Gibbins-Klein

Episode 041 Bragging. Right?

Mindy Gibbins-Klein is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant who teaches leaders on how to be thoughtful and to create a culture of thought leadership in organizations.

Mindy is like everyone else who likes to share accomplishments and "brag." In this episode, Mindy addresses the proper way to share your awards and proud moments, and how to have those conversations, especially when sharing on platforms including LinkedIn, Facebook and other mediums.

There is a thoughtful way to add to your credibility and share your achievements. Mindy shares how to "brag," including:

Use your internal filters before you respond or comment.

Strike a balance in how you post.

Be careful of how you use tags in social media.

Ask for input and appreciate its value.

The Law of Reciprocity.

Make time for genuine conversations.

Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey!

Connect with Mindy:

URL: https://www.mindygk.com/

Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk

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Joanne Lockwood

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Episode 040 Thoughtful decisions and transitions with Joanne Lockwood

This episode's topic of decisions and transitions hasn't been discussed in the way it is being explored today. The subject is about the importance of inclusion and belonging in the workplace. More importantly, it's the story of Joanne Lockwood, Founder and CEO of SEE Change Happen. Joanne works with organisations throughout the UK, Europe and elsewhere to bring culture change that allows people to thrive and perform at their best.

Joanne shares her thoughtful journey as being a married man and at age 50, what it has been like to gender transition to becoming a woman. Her story has been documented on Channel 4 on BBC.

What we can learn from her story are lessons not only on diversity and inclusion, but on how to approach any transition that affects our own authenticity while being thoughtful to those around us.

We discuss:

Understanding the objectives of a transition.

How growth values can change and evolve.

Reconnecting with those who struggled with her decision.

Putting value on the end goal and removing objection blockers.

We all need tribes for belonging.

Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey!

Connect with Joanne:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jolockwood/?originalSubdomain=uk

Connect with Mindy:

URL: https://www.mindygk.com/

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Dr. Jill Kushner Bishop

– The Thoughtful Leader with Mindy Gibbins-Klein

Episode 039 Seek Connection, Find Meaning with Dr. Jill Kushner Bishop

Dr. Jill Kushner Bishop is Founder & CEO of Multilingual Connections, a global language solutions company that supports translation, transcription, trans-creation, and multimedia needs in over 75 languages for organizations across the globe.

The original focus of the company changed to better support her employees and clients. Her mission is to help companies make smart decisions based on their business goals and budgets, and to propel their business or training seamlessly across borders.

Dr. Jill believes that what her company does is create connections across languages and cultures to create more meaning in this multilingual, multicultural world. Life is about seeking connections to find meaning.

In our conversation, we discuss:

-The need for more thoughtful leadership and behavior.

-Success in business comes from flexibility.

-Surround yourself with creative people with different experiences than your own.

-Support your employees.

-How the company grew globally.

-How a hybrid work setting enhances the lives of employees.

Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey!

Connect with Dr. Jill:

Website: https://multilingualconnections.com/

Connect with Mindy:

URL: https://www.mindygk.com/

Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk

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