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- 32. Leading Inclusion (with Gena Cox)
32. Leading Inclusion (with Gena Cox)
Dr. Gena Cox is an organizational psychologist, executive coach, and author of the new book, Leading Inclusion, a groundbreaking guidebook for corporate leaders who want to build inclusive organizations from the top down. Gena, CEO of Feels Human, LLC, has spent more than 25 years helping leaders build healthy organizational cultures and measuring employee opinions. Before this, at IBM and Perceptyx, Gena advised leaders in the Fortune 500 and other large global companies to build psychologically healthy and engaging organizational cultures that drive business outcomes. A noted voice on human-centered leadership, Gena shows executives how to stop using 2019 behavior to address 2022 workplace challenges
In this episode:
- Gena shares insights, collected from years of experience, colleagues, and clients, about the lack of understanding of people who are different from us and how to bridge that leadership gap.
- She shares what she wants readers to take away from her new book, Leading Inclusion.
- Gena states what she believes is the biggest challenge organizations face with inclusion.
- Gena shares her best tip for leaders of teams to be more inclusive.
- She shares the first steps to bring more inclusion into an organization.
- Gena shares the legacy she hopes to leave behind and how she feels after writing her book.
Gena's Book Recommendation is:
- Seen Heard and Paid
To connect with Gena and learn more about her:
- genacox.com
Links to Gena's Book
- genacox.com/book
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 - 31. Assessing Your Leadership (with Kathy Kasten)
31. Assessing Your Leadership (with Kathy Kasten)
Kathy Kasten helps executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, teams, and organizations grow leadership, strengthen relationships, and build legacy one intentional step at a time. As an Executive Coach, Business Consultant / Trainer (specializing in DISC and Leadership), Keynote Speaker, and Bestselling, Award-Winning Author, and she has worked in corporate management and owned multiple small businesses! She has worked with leaders in many industries and spoke on podcasts nationally and internationally. She is married to her high school sweetheart, is a mom, and grandmother. Faith, family, and serving others are central to her life.
In this episode:
- Kathy shares what she learned about herself throughout her career journey and the most impactful lesson that she has learned
- She shared a quote about what legacy means to her “Legacy is how you live, give and love – one step at a time, one day at a time” and what she does to help people start focusing on creating their legacy.
- She specializes in DISC assessments and why she finds them to be the most helpful for her clients.
- She did a deep dive into the strengths and challenges of each of the DISC types.
- We talked about her specific DISC type and what insights she has learned about herself.
- She shared what she thinks about when she connects with new people and how people who may struggle or who are more introverted can do to build connections
To connect with Kathy and learn more about her:
- lioncrestleadership.com
Links to Kathy's Books
- Discover Your Teams Potential
- Ready, Set, Lead
Today’s episode is sponsored by:
The Choose Your Life Challenge at https://www.theoppositeofsmalltalk.com/challenge
Use the promo code - Challenge4 for a 20% discount to the program and live a more intentional life!
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!
49 min - 30. Journaling Made Easy (with Amanda Stern)
30. Journaling Made Easy
Amanda Stern is a journaling coach helping people just like you work magic in their lives through journaling. She works with clients 1:1 and in groups to help them understand how to use journaling as a mechanism for change, growth, and transformation. Amanda presents workshops, facilitates journaling groups, and has appeared on multiple podcasts and radio shows. She shares journaling inspiration and resources, as well as lots of journal prompts daily on LinkedIn, and can be found at GoodThingsComeToThoseWhoJournal.com.
In this episode:
- How Amanda started out on her journey to become a journaling coach
- The main moments that changed her life because of journaling
- We discussed the different type of journaling that she does for herself and with her clients
- A great part of the conversation was on all the ways that you can journal - there are so many!
- She shares her best tips to get started with journaling
- How she leads her journaling groups and what they are able to accomplish
- How to take action even if you have tried to journal before without success
- The challenge some people have to use a brand-new journal because they struggle with perfection
Amanda’s book recommendation:
- Atlas of the Heart
To connect with Amanda and learn more about her:
- Goodthingscometothosewhojournal.com
Today’s episode is sponsored by:
The Choose Your Life Challenge at https://www.theoppositeofsmalltalk.com/challenge
Use the promo code - Challenge4 for a 20% discount to the program and live a more intentional life!
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!
39 min - 29. Stop Being So Busy
29. Stop Being So Busy
Being busy has become the norm for everyone. Is that a good thing? Is being busy keeping you from the higher value activities that you need to focus on like strategy, planning and developing your team if you have one? This episode will explore what being busy is about and how you can shift how you spend your time.
In this episode:
- How is being busy perceived by our culture and business world?
- What does the research say about where leaders spend their time?
- You may be able to be busy in your work life, but if something happens in your personal life that changes everything.
- What if we normalized that having space and time to plan and think was a good thing?
- The importance of intention, boundaries and focus when it comes to how you spend your time.
- How being too busy impacted a client and his situation at work.
- Suggestions of how to create more time in your calendar and ways to create opportunities to think.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Ted Talk - The Real Reason You Feel So Busy and What to do About It
- Meetings In America
- 2012 Report from the McKinsey Global Institute
Today’s episode is sponsored by:
The Choose Your Life Challenge at https://www.theoppositeofsmalltalk.com/challenge
Use the promo code - Challenge4 for a 20% discount to the program and live a more intentional life!
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 - 28. Reconnect With Your Creativity (with Susie deVille)
28. Reconnect With Your Creativity (with Susie deVille)
Susie deVille is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs build wildly successful businesses by rediscovering their creativity and leveraging the power of their true nature. An author, coach, and entrepreneur who built and sold a highly profitable real estate firm, she has been researching innovation and creativity since 2005. She is the founder and CEO of the Innovation & Creativity Institute and trained as a coach with Dr. Martha Beck. Her first book, Buoyant: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Becoming Wildly Successful, Creative, and Free, published on September 6th of 2022!
In this episode:
- Susie shares about her book, Buoyant, and what it has been like since she launched the book.
- She believes that everyone can be creative, and it doesn’t mean that you have to possess special skills.
- Impostor syndrome leads to thinking you have to be perfect which fosters pessimism and hold you back from innovation and creativity.
- Trying to eliminate self-doubt by working on too many things burns you out
- She shared more detail and stories of some of Sue’s favorite parts of the book.
- The importance of self-trust to delegate to your teams and trust others in a bigger way.
- The importance of starting small to step into your power and bigger opportunities to build your courage
- **If you struggle with trying to be perfect, be sure and listen to the blooper at the end of the episode. You will see that I was definitely not perfect, and it will make you laugh!
Here is how to contact Susie deVille and learn more about her work:
- Buoyant by Susie deVille
- Susie deVille on LinkedIn (ln/susiedeville)
- Susie deVille on Instagram (@susie_deville)
- Susie deVille on Twitter (@susiedeville)
Experts that Susie mentioned on the show:
- Brooke Castillo
- Byron Katie
- Martha Beck
Link to Susie's First Guest Appearance on The Visibility Factor:
- Episode 5 - Leverage Your Creativity (with Susie deVille)
Today’s episode is sponsored by:
The Choose Your Life Challenge at https://www.theoppositeofsmalltalk.com/challenge
Use the promo code - Challenge4 for a 20% discount to the program and live a more intentional life!
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!
55 min - 27. Choose Yourself (with Denise Morrison)
27. Choose Yourself (with Denise Morrison)
Denise was a super shy, introverted girl who learned how to overcome emotional eating and self-abusive habits to become a dedicated and vibrant Physical Therapist, Yoga teacher and finally, a Transformational Health & Life Coach. She lives in Norfolk, Virginia with her Kiwi husband Steve, a Professor and her Aussie-born son. She loves to travel, laugh, go to concerts and drink Nespresso. She loves to be “the person” to help her clients on a whole new, intimate level. She listens, watches, and senses the experience that her clients are having like no one else so she can quickly and lovingly lead them on their purposeful transformational journey.
In this episode:
- Denise shared the situations that led to her becoming an emotional eater and adopting other self-abusive habits.
- She made choices to remove her from the difficult situation and found help to overcome those challenges.
- She learned how these habits helped her to feel safe and have control in difficult situations and during a highly intensive program of learning to be a physical therapist.
- She shared how she works with women who have gone through similar challenges as she did and how it has impacted them.
- We talked about the process she goes through to help them move past these sabotaging behaviors and how being a Doctor of Physical Therapy helps her see things that others may not.
- We also talked about the inner critic or mean girls that are in our heads and how she has found ways to deal with them.
Denise's Book Recommendations:
- Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself
- The Craving Mind
- You Are a Badass
Here is how to contact Denise Morrison and learn more about her work:
- deniselynnmorrison.com
- Denise Morrison on LinkedIn (ln/denise-morrison-intuitively-unique-coaching)
- Denise Morrison on Facebook (@deniselynnmorrison)
Today’s episode is sponsored by:
The Choose Your Life Challenge at https://www.theoppositeofsmalltalk.com/challenge Use the promo code - Challenge4 for a 20% discount to the program and live a more intentional life!
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!
43 min - 26. The Executive Edge (with Sue Firth)
26. The Executive Edge (with Sue Firth)
Sue Firth is a Business Psychologist, professional adviser & a leading authority on stress, resilience, and well-being. She is also an author and helps CEOs and senior executives manage their work, life and become more resilient. She works both with groups and individuals. She is an international speaker & presenter and holds both a Bachelor of Science and a Master’s Degree. She is a member of the British Psychological Society and The Health Professions Council. Sue regularly appears in the media & press, has an established social media following and has been a guest/expert on ITV and the BBC. She runs a private practice in Surrey, UK and South Molton Street, London and is the Host of The Executive Edge Podcast.
In this episode:
- We discussed what a Business Psychologist is and how that has affected how she sees herself and clients see her
- Sue shared her advice for people who are feeling so much stress and anxiety with everything that has happened over the last few years
- How the executives that she works with have dealt with the change and ambiguity with the pandemic
- She shared her framework that she uses with people who are coming in and out of their comfort zone when dealing with big changes
- How she uses the term “mind the gap” to help people understand how to address communication challenges
- How impostor syndrome wraps around our thought processes
- She shared who the Executive Edge podcast is for and the types of topics that they discuss
Sue's Book Recommendations:
- The Universe Has Your Back
- Rich as F&%$
Here is how to contact Sue Firth and learn more about her work:
- Website: suefirthltd.com & suefirth.co.uk
- Podcast: The Executive Edge
- Email: [email protected]
- Sue Firth on Instagram (@suefirthpsychology)
- Sue Firth on LinkedIn (In/sue-firth-009184)
Today’s episode is sponsored by:
The Choose Your Life Challenge at https://www.theoppositeofsmalltalk.com/challenge
Use the promo code - Challenge4 for a 20% discount to the program and live a more intentional life!
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!
44 min - 25. Trusted to Thrive (with Marie-Claire Ross)
25. Trusted to Thrive (with Marie-Claire Ross)
Marie-Claire Ross, BA (Hons), is a speaker, facilitator, and mentor. She helps organizations that have previously had toxic leadership and are now transforming into a healthy, trusting culture. Marie-Claire works with companies around the world such as Qantas, PETRONAS, Australian Tax Office, Hamad Medical Corporation (Doha) and Novartis. She is also the author of Trusted to Thrive: How Leaders Create Connected and Accountable Teams and Transform your Safety Communication.
In this episode:
- Marie-Claire’s company is called Trustologie, this made-up word that she made up to show she focuses on trust, and it implies that it is similar to learning a subject like biology or psychology (but the logie part means something different in Australia where she lives)
- We talked about the challenges of building trust in teams and why the leader plays such a key role for success.
- She shared some great research with statistics about teams and trust from a study that Google did a few years ago.
- Her clients are usually teams that have recently formed or who are going through transition.
- She recently published her new book called, Trusted to Thrive, which is for leaders who realize who want to get the best performance out of their team, they are in charge of that and to do that they need to create a thriving team culture.
- Her book is intended to be a guide for leaders to leverage whenever they are struggling with trust on their team.
- We talked about the practical and smart ways that she discussed visibility in her own book.
Marie-Claire's Book Recommendation:
- Turning Pro
To purchase her book:
- Trusted to Thrive
Here is how to contact Marie-Claire and learn more about her work:
- marie-claireross.com
- Trustologie on Twitter (@trustologie)
- Trustologie on Facebook (@trustologie)
- Marie-Claire Ross on LinkedIn (ln/marieclaireross)
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!
34 min - 24: The Dash Mindset (with Sheri Zevenbergen)
24: The Dash Mindset (with Sheri Zevenbergen)
Sheri Zevenbergen has 20 plus years of experience in corporate environments. She began in public accounting, then moved into various leadership roles in the financial services industry, focused primarily on operations & global project delivery. Now she is the Founder & CEO of her own company called The DASH Mindset. As a coach, she is helping leaders reveal their inner genius & unlock their full potential by leveraging an assessment called YouMap and coaching her clients to fully engage in their lives & careers. She is a self-professed travel junkie and loves to get out of her comfort zone, broaden her mind and see new and different ways of doing things. She founded The DASH Mindset because life is made of two dates & a dash. She feels strongly that it's up to each of us to own & pursue the dash that is meant for us.
In this episode:
- Sheri shared how she chose her corporate career and what shifted for her to choose to leave it
- How she decided to name her company The Dash Mindset and what it means to her
- Why she uses the YouMap assessment with her clients and how it helps them learn about themselves
- She shared some of the biggest wins that she has had with her clients
- As a self-professed travel junkie, she talked about what excites her about traveling and how it pushes her out of her comfort zone
- She shared her view on visibility and the amazing way that she thinks about visibility now so that it isn’t as uncomfortable for her.
Sheri's Book Recommendation:
- Dream Big
Other Resources:
- The Dash Poem
Here is how to contact Sheri and learn more about her work:
- TheDashMindset.com
- Sheri Zevenbergen on LinkedIn (in/sheri-zevenbergen)
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!
40 min - 23: Struggling with Burnout (with Nicole Weyer)
23: Struggling with Burnout (with Nicole Weyer)
Nicole Weyer is a coach, podcaster, and educator at her core. She has an M.A. in International & Intercultural Management and is the founder of Root to Rise Coaching. Nicole stepped out of the Dean’s Office on a mission to transform educational institutions from ones that foster depletion to ones that promote emotional and physical wellness, nurture healthy organizational cultures, and honor our individual needs.
In this episode:
- Nicole shared how she saw the education field change since she first started and how the burnout that educators faced was what led her to help find ways to help them.
- We talked about the importance of having leaders tune into the needs of their teams.
- The importance of leading from a place of abundance and not scarcity.
- She shared the work that she is doing as a burnout and recovery coach with school systems.
- How leaders can tell that they are in burnout and what to do about it for themselves and team members.
- She talked about her new book called Cracking the Rich Code that was recently published. She contributed to this unique book that includes so many great co-authors and editions.She wanted to be a part of this collaboration to help amplify her voice and the voices of her co-collaborators.
Amanda's Book Recommendations:
- Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
Connect with Amanda:
- Nicole Weyer on Faceboook (@CoachNicoleWeyer)
- Nicole Weyer on LinkedIn (in/BurnoutPreventionCoach)
- RootToRiseCoaching.com
- Purchase a copy of Cracking the Rich Code Vol 8
Thank you for joining us and we will talk to you on the next episode of The Visibility Factor Podcast!
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!
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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…
authentic way.