The Visibility Factor

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  • 82. Embracing Your Mid-Life (with Michelle Newman)

    82. Embracing Your Mid-Life (with Michelle Newman)

    Michelle Newman, is a 50-something entrepreneur, executive coach, and the host of the top 2.5% globally ranked podcast The New Mid. Motivated by her own transformational journey and executive roles at ABC and CBS studios, Michelle is passionate about defying the expectations placed on women both on-and-off screen. With over two decades of experience researching, studying, and guiding women through the mid-life process, Michelle is known for her ability to compassionately identify their specific challenges and help them create lasting transformation. Through her academy and one-on-one coaching, she’s served an international clientele and helped hundreds of women achieve their desired results including, career transitions, losing weight, achieving promotions, and multiplying their overall happiness and fulfillment. Through her podcast, The New Mid, Michelle interviews lifestyle and health experts to help women struggling with embracing their next chapter of life to maximize and enjoy its potential to the fullest.

    In this episode:

    • We talked about Michelle’s transition from working in the TV industry into having her own business and becoming a coach for women in their midlife.
  • She leveraged her experience and contacts in the entertainment industry to help her get started with her own radio show, which became her podcast called "The New Mid" and her community.
  • She shared that our midlife has become our power years. We are just getting started to do some incredible things in our second half.
  • She talked about the expectations that are placed on women on and off screen
  • How women can get started today to learn more about themselves.
  • The limiting beliefs that we carry around with us from a comment made by someone when we are kids.
  • How can we help our kids deal with some of the challenges of comparison and social media?
  • How we also at times need to hit the reset button. She has a 21 Day Reset Challenge starting on Oct 9th.

    • Information on Michelle:  

    TheNewMid.com

  • The New Mid Facebook Group

    The Books that Michelle Recommends:

    Lovable: Embracing What Is Truest About You, So You Can Truly Embrace Your Life by Kelly Flanagan

  • Why We Get Sick by Benjamin Bikman

    The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.

    Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?

    This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?

    If you are interested in learning more, visit:

    • susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/

    Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

    Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.

    As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at [email protected]. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

    If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

    Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

    46 min
  • 81. Take Imperfect Action

    81. Take Imperfect Action

    Today’s episode is focused on Imperfect Action. Can you think of people in your life who seem to have it all together? They don’t let obstacles get in their way. They just keep making things happen no matter what.

    How do they do it? They take imperfect action where they do experiments and try new things instead of staying stuck to keep making progress. It’s a way to see that 80% completion is good enough vs. spending extra time to go to 100% when it is unnecessary. They focus on imperfect actions because it allows them to finish and move onto the next thing.

    In this episode:

    • Why perfectionists may struggle with imperfect action.
  • Imperfect action is a gamechanger to move faster.
  • Are you fearing change?
  • Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable.
  • What if you thought about imperfect action in a new way?
  • How imperfect action helps to free you from perfectionism and procrastination.

    • Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:

    • Atomic Habits by James Clear

    The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.

    Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?

    This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?

    If you are interested in learning more, visit:

    • susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/ 

    Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

    Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.

    As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at [email protected]. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

    If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

    Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

    18 min
  • 80. Habits Can Change Your Leadership

    80. Habits Can Change Your Leadership

    Today’s episode is focused on the book titled Atomic Habits by James Clear. My recent listen to this audiobook inspired this podcast episode. I took away the key lessons that he referred to in the book and some great actions to implement for myself. My approach in this episode is to share the three lessons and discuss how James talks about them, where I have applied them, and ideas for you to implement for them for yourself.

    In this episode:

    • What is the Atomic Habits book about?
  • What was different for me in this book vs other habit and productivity books.
  • What impacted me as I listened to the book.
  • A review of each of the key lessons that are discussed in the book.
  • How I have applied these lessons for myself.
  • Ways to apply these lessons to your visibility and leadership.
  • Some of the amazing quotes from the book are included within each lesson.

    • Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:

    • Atomic Habits by James Clear
  • JamesClear.com - Learn more about James Clear and sign up for his newsletter!
  • The Visibility Factor Podcast Episode 43 with Nathalie Pincham

    • The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.

    Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?

    This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?

    If you are interested in learning more, visit:

    • susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/ 

    Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

    Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.

    As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at [email protected]. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

    If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

    Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

    20 min
  • 79. Create a Thriving Workplace (with Trenia Parham)

    79. Create a Thriving Workplace (with Trenia Parham)

    My guest on today’s show is Trenia Parham. She is a Leadership Consultant & Strategist for mission-driven leaders and organizations. As a Social Worker and Relationship Coach, she spent the last 20 years leading, training and mentoring in the nonprofit and public sectors as well as running a Relationship Coaching business for 10 years. Now she combines her leadership and relationship coaching experience with an innovative holistic lens to help mission-driven leaders who are on the brink of burnout, lead and work in a way that’s sustainable long-term. She also helps organizations and companies create a thriving workplace by improving tone, climate and culture, reducing conflict and retaining talent.

    In this episode:

    • Trenia shared how she navigated the transitions throughout her career into each of her different roles.
  • We talked about the signs that show up when leaders are going through burnout.
  • She went through burnout and shared the story about her experience.
  • The approach that companies who want to have a thriving workplace can take.
  • How to recover from burnout when returning to work without returning to old habits.
  • The challenges that she sees in companies today outside of burnout.
  • She shared her thoughts on taking a career break or sabbatical.

    • Information on Trenia:  

    Work with Trenia

    The Book that Trenia Recommends:

    The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo

    The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.

    Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?

    This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?

    If you are interested in learning more, visit:

    • susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/

    Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

    Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.

    As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at [email protected]. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

    If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

    Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

    45 min
  • 78. Unlock Your Real Value (with Alison Leverett-Morris)

    78. Unlock Your Real Value (with Alison Leverett-Morris)

    Today’s episode is an interview with Alison Leverett-Morris. Alison Leverett-Morris is an entrepreneur and leadership coach with a focus on Neuroscience & Psychology. She's dedicated to empowering people to overcome self-doubt and live their true potential. Since graduating with a Fine Art degree, Alison has consistently found entrepreneurial ways to drive positive change in the world. She has been a CEO of an Arts and Mental Health Charity, where she earned recognition from the European Union, a UKCP Registered Hypno-Psychotherapist with over a decade of clinical experience where she received The J P Noble Award (2016) for her work in trauma and mind-body medicine. She's also a Certified Neuro Coach. Today, Alison offers a unique coaching experience that’s a fusion of neuroscience & psychology. Her signature leadership framework and innovative online programs empower people to lead their team, their business – and their life – with confidence, clarity and purpose. She's also Co-Founder of an early-stage tech start-up that is developing a ground-breaking app which aims to positively change 10 million minds. That's her mission!

    In this episode:

    • Alison talks about her transition through the different types of roles she has had and how they have helped her.
  • We discuss the work she has done with both groups and individuals to help them as leaders.
  • She focuses on helping leaders figure out what they want their identity to be.
  • Her views on values and why they are important.
  • Why authenticity is so challenging for people.
  • She shared some information on her new mastermind called Amplify that she is starting soon.
  • Her mission is to positively change 10 million minds through the work that she does and a new app that she is helping to develop.

    • Information on Alison:  

    AlisonLeverettMorris.com

  • Allison Leverett-Morris on LinkedIn (in/alison-leverett-morris)

    The Book that Alison Recommends:

    The Element by Ken Robinson and Lou Aronica

     

    The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.

    Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?

    This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?

    If you are interested in learning more, visit:

    • susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/

    Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

    Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.

    As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at [email protected]. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

    If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

    Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

    46 min
  • 77. Leveraging Resilience

    77. Leveraging Resilience

    Today’s episode is focused on how to leverage your resilience in difficult times. We are all born with resilience, but depending on what we have been through, some people are able to move through the changes faster. The changes that they have been through have helped them learn how to tap into their resilience. Learn more about what resilience and how you can use it to your advantage.

    In this episode:

    • What is the definition of resilience?
  • When did resilience first begin to be studied?
  • How you look at a situation, impacts your ability to be resilient.
  • What are the three types of resilience?
  • What is the 4-factor approach, and how do you apply it?
  • What is your level of resilience now?

    • Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:

    What the Most Resilient People Have in Common

  • How People Learn to Become Resilient

    • The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.

    Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?

    This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?

    If you are interested in learning more, visit:

    • susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/ 

    Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

    Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.

    As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at [email protected]. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

    If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

    Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

    17 min
  • 76. Slowing Down to Speed Up

    76. Slowing Down to Speed Up

    Today’s podcast is focused on slowing down in order to speed up. You might ask yourself why on earth would I slow down when there is so much to do? It is natural to think that way, but you can be so much more productive, strategic and even happier when you give yourself time to reflect and plan. I am sure you are thinking…seriously? That doesn’t even sound possible with the schedule that I have both inside and outside of work. Well, you might be surprised to learn that slowing down has actually been proven to help you speed up.

    In this episode:

    • What does slowing down to speed up mean?
  • Looking at an example of annual goals to show what a check in can do to speed up progress.
  • Asking yourself some key questions to check in to see where there are opportunities to look at things differently and move faster.
  • Findings from a McKinsey study on slowing down to speed up. Click to read the article here.
  • Research that the Harvard Business Review did on this topic and their findings. Click to read about the study here.
  • Why taking this kind of action to slow down can have a big impact on your career.
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    • Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:

    As a Leader, What Does Slow Down to Speed Up mean?

    The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.

    Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?

    This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?

    If you are interested in learning more, visit:

    • susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/ 

    Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

    Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.

    As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at [email protected]. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

    If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

    Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

    18 min
  • 75. Take Charge of Your Career (with Ellen Connelly Taaffe)

    75. Take Charge of Your Career (with Ellen Connelly Taaffe)

    Today’s episode is an interview with Ellen Connelly Taafe who is a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Women’s Leadership Programming at the Kellogg School of Management. She spent 25 years with Fortune 500 companies holding senior brand management roles in PepsiCo, Royal Caribbean, and Whirlpool Corporation. Ellen serves as an independent board director for three company boards, an Executive Coach, and a TEDx speaker. Her book, The Mirrored Door: Break Through the Hidden Barrier that Locks Successful Women in Place will be released on 10/10/23.

    In this episode:

    • Ellen shared the story behind her new book The Mirrored Door and how she came up with the title.
  • We discussed how the mirrored door show up for women.
  • We talked about one of the client stories from her book and how she coached her client through it.
  • We talked about the lessons we both learned about wearing red.
  • How she handled some feedback from her boss that she needed stand up leadership skills
  • She shared ideas of how leaders can open the mirrored door themselves.
  • Ellen shared what she hopes her book will do out in the world.

    • Information on Ellen:  

    EllenTaaffe.com

  • Ellen Taaffe on LinkedIn (in/ellentaaffe)

  • Ellen Taaffe on Facebook (@ellen.taaffe.3)

  • Ellen Taaffe on Instagram (@ellentaaffe)

  • Ellen Taaffe on Twitter/X (@EllenCTaaffe)

    • The Book that Ellen Recommends:

    The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women's Dead-End Work by Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund, and Laurie R. Weingart

    The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.

    Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?

    This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?

    If you are interested in learning more, visit:

    • susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/

    Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

    Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.

    As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at [email protected]. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

    If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

    Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

    45 min
  • 74. Leadership Lessons (with Steven Mintert)

    74. Leadership Lessons (with Steven Mintert)

    Today’s episode is an interview with Steven Mintert who spent 38 years of his career at Kraft Heinz (and all the iterations of the Kraft company throughout his career.) He worked in several different Information Technology leadership positions in plants and at headquarters. He was responsible for regional operations, global programs, and global operational roles. He is a leader who is known for how much he cares about his people, building relationships, someone who gets things done, isn’t afraid to ask the hard questions of his leadership team and finds a way to make an impact.

    In this episode:

    • Steve walks through his career journey and how evolved over the last 38 years.
  • He talks about one of his favorite roles and why it was his favorite.
  • Key advice that he would give to anyone who is a new manager.
  • A tough experience that he went through as a leader and how he handled it.
  • What he thinks his legacy is that he is leaving behind at Kraft Heinz.
  • He shares some of his favorite “Mintertisms.”

    • Information on Steven:  

    • Steven Mintert on LinkedIn (in/steven-mintert-2336505)

    The Books that Steven Recommends:

    Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin 

  • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck

  • The Visibility Factor by Susan M. Barber

    The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.

    Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?

    This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?

    If you are interested in learning more, visit:

    • susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/

    Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

    Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.

    As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at [email protected]. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

    If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

    Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

    52 min
  • 73. Reinventing Your Career (with Linda Lautenberg & Judy Schoenberg)

    73. Reinventing Your Career (with Linda Lautenberg & Judy Schoenberg)

    Today’s episode is an interview with the founders of EvolveMe. A company that is helping women with their career reinvention. Judy Schoenberg, Co-Founder, is a graduate of Harvard University and a former national executive for Girl Scouts of the USA. She’s authored numerous publications on girls’ and women's leadership, and her work has been featured in White House events. Judy is a Better Not Younger Entrepreneur of the Week. Linda Lautenberg, Co-Founder, is a Harvard Business School MBA and a Chartered Financial Analyst. Before her own professional reinvention, she led a highly successful career in real estate finance and securitization. Linda was nominated to the Forbes 50 Over 50 list.

    In this episode:

    • Judy and Linda share their career journeys and how they met
  • The opportunity that they saw for women that led to creating their company
  • Some of the common challenges that women have with career change
  • What FOSO means and how it holds women back
  • They shared details of their program the Reinvention Collective
  • What they would like their legacy with this work to be 

    • Learn more about EvolveMe, the Reinvention Collective, and connect with Judy and Linda:  

    • EvolveMe.work
  • Free Download: 6 Mindset Traps Holding You Back from Your Next (Best!) Chapter
  • Reinvention Collective training
  • EvolveMe on LinkedIn (company/evolveme-work)
  • EvolveMe on Instagram (@evolveme.work)
  • Sign up for a FREE 1:1 EvolveMe Discovery Call

    • The Book that Linda and Judy Recommend:

    My What If Year: A Memoir by Alisha Fernandez Miranda

    The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.

    Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?

    This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?

    If you are interested in learning more, visit:

    • susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/

    Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

    Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.

    As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at [email protected]. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

    If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

    Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

    51 min

About The Visibility Factor

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Welcome to the Visibility Factor podcast with Susan M. Barber – a show where business leaders and anyone seeking ways to raise their visibility can come to learn how to take action in their own…