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What is the significance of the words we choose?   Words are more powerful than you can imagine, so it is important to choose them wisely. Why?  Words are a means for us to express and describe our experiences to others. So, they always have emotions attached to them. Our feelings are constantly creating our lives. The words we use, especially when chosen repeatedly, can deepen our feelings and ultimately become our experience.   Today, Terre Short, will share a wealth of knowledge as an author, speaker, and Professionally Certified Coach. Terre is passionate about creating individual learning paths to enhance leaders’ brilliance and elevate their contribution. Her company, ShortGroup, provides live and online learning opportunities for individuals and groups. In 2020 she published “The Words We Choose: Your Guide to How and Why Words Matter”, which was awarded 2020 American BookFest Finalist. She has been interviewed for various mediums including Fast Company and NPR in NYC.   In Terre’s book – “The Words We Choose: Your Guide to How and Why Words Matter”, she helps readers learn to speak their truth and maximize the power of their voice. She takes readers on a journey that begins with a look inward (what she calls your personal podcast) and expands to explore how word choice can deepen your connection with loved ones, colleagues, customers, and those who are unlike you. Through the use of stories, reflections, and activities she empowers you to choose words true to your values and your intentions.   Listen in today to learn strategies for how we manage our internal voice – to serve us well and help us reach our greatest potential. Of particular interest is how we can change our perspective, by changing our words.

According to the latest report from the “Brokerage of Speakers and Coaches,” the world has one million too few speakers and one million too few coaches. In fact, there are approximately 64,000 events every single day that need speakers. And, importantly, there is more than $100 billion spent on speakers for business meetings, organizational conferences and special events per year. Even with the new normal of nearly all speaking opportunities now being virtual, we still see $100 billion spent for speakers worldwide.  Importantly, only 1% of all the speakers in the world are women. This is true in every single speaking category: beginners, wannabe, part-time, full-time, corporate, trainers, politicians, athletes, & celebrities. The industry is starving for more women speakers.  As an internationally known speaker, business coach for public speakers and author of several books, Orly Amor shares the many opportunities available to business owners and public speakers to grow their brand and position themselves as subject matter experts. Learn how Orly helps public speakers create their system, blueprint and business model to make more money in less time.

To maximize your effectiveness you must find your “sweet spot.” Your sweet spot is where your motivations and strengths intersect. When you find your sweet spot and begin operating out of it, you will experience increased joy and fulfillment, because you will be in your most natural position. To find your sweet spot, you first have to know what motivates you to be successful, what drives you to take on the responsibility of leadership. When you focus on the reasons behind your actions, you’ll begin to understand your motivations. It takes a lot of motivation to lead an organization, and understanding yours allows you to lean on them when you need a push. Once you identify your motivations, you need to know your strengths. What are you good at? What type of work should you be doing? What separates you from other employees at your company? When you know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you are drawing on motivated capabilities. This is a powerful, efficient way to work. When you find your motivated capabilities you are operating in your sweet spot. Listen in as Zondra Evans, Executive Producer of the Communications Award-Winning TV Network Zondra TV, Best Selling Author and a Certified Self Investment Strategist, helps explain how you can you reach your full potential as you continue to pursue True North, in your Sweet Spot of leadership!

As a strategy, agility is a competitive advantage. Organizations that are agile are able to respond readily to rapid market changes and take full advantage of new technology, new markets and new customer needs and demands. To maintain competitive advantage over the long term, organizations must aspire to move faster than the market around them, both in terms of the speed of day-to-day decision-making and the rate of their capability development over time. Leaders with strategic agility can see and respond to changes faster than rivals or new players. This enables them to sustain growth and profitability performance for the business. It’s important for agile leaders to watch for and identify emerging opportunities as well as proactively develop and create opportunities. Join us as Lisa Levy, an internationally recognized authority on project management, process performance management and organizational change management, talks about Operational Agility—making the existing products better, faster, cheaper for existing customers, and Strategic Agility — which is defined as creating new markets with new products that reach new customers. Lisa will help you align people, processes, and technology to utilize agility as a strategic advantage. Learn about Adaptive Transformation, and how to apply that framework to help your business grow and thrive!

Feeling guilty when you’re relaxing because you know you have so much work to do? And then feeling guilty when you’re working because you aren’t giving enough attention to your family and self-care? I think we can all relate – and we know that is a recipe for regret and burnout. If you’re not happy with your stress level - and happiness and joy feel like distant memories, then something about how you’re approaching your workload has to change. Period. If you are a high achiever who wants to do all you do, but without the guilt, stress and risk of burnout, then this podcast episode is for you! Today, Allison Graham will share frameworks and perspectives for you and your team to better manage your unending to-do list and solve obstacles faster. And, along the way, Allison will sprinkle a llittle hope and inspiration to balance the tough reality checks and straight talk. Listen in!

We’ve all been told over and over again that, as women, we need to know their value. But how do you actually go about doing that as a high-performing leader seeking higher heights in business? How do you dig into understanding your value proposition?  First, you need to understand the consistent parts of your life’s story. There are literally keys to your purpose, and your future, embedded in your past. Knowing your value, based on carefully examining your past, is core to the mindset that untethers you from all that holds you back, including the expectations of others. Adopting a growth mindset means that failure does not define you – in fact, failures are the very building blocks that make you stronger and even more valuable. They point you to your purpose. With this knowledge, you can build a solid and compelling value proposition.  L. Michelle Smith wrote about exactly that in her new book No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say I’ll Just Include Myself, and she’s here to talk about it. L. Michelle Smith is a bestselling author, speaker and certified executive & business coach who empowers high-performing, executive women leaders to lead like rockstars. She also advises the companies they want to lead at the intersection of tech, culture & business.

The story of the spread and unthinkable human tragedies of COVID-19 is the ultimate case study in high-stakes leadership. The ones who passed this test with flying colors are disproportionately women. This is despite the fact that they make up only 7% of heads of state. And, none of us can afford to miss the lessons here. The number of COVID-related deaths is predicted to be substantially lower in areas where leaders acted sooner, even by a week. All leaders, including men, can learn from what we have seen women do in this crisis. This moment in history offers a fascinating and real-time opportunity to understand the consequences of leadership decisions in a high-stakes situation. What might be some of the strengths we take for granted, as women, that help lead in high-stakes situations, and can be recognized and applied to everyday leadership challenges?

In a year marked by crisis and uncertainty, corporate America is at a crossroads. The choices companies make today will have consequences on gender equality for decades to come. The pandemic has intensified challenges that women already faced with balancing childcare, school, household labor, and a full-time job. Companies risk losing women in leadership—and future women leaders—and unwinding years of painstaking progress toward gender diversity. But, the crisis also represents an opportunity. If companies make significant investments in building a more flexible and empathetic workplace, they can retain women leaders and nurture a culture in which women have equal opportunity to achieve their potential over the long term. And, women have unique leadership capabilities that position them well to thrive in the rapidly evolving global workplace transformation. From remote work to flexible schedules and the gig economy, Debby Carreau, CEO and Founder of InspiredHR, will discuss how to leverage your unique strengths to accelerate your career in this uncertain time.

Establishing your authenticity as a leader is a two-part challenge. First, you have to ensure that your words are consistent with your deeds; otherwise, followers will never accept you as authentic.  And, the second challenge of authentic leadership is finding common ground with the people you seek to recruit as followers. Being true to ourselves is about having the courage to define our own version of what it is to live a successful life. And, now, more than ever, organizations need authentic leaders who are honest, transparent and trusted. Authentic leaders are at the root of trust, engagement, innovation, great client experiences, talent growth—and, ultimately, results. Our guest today, Leana Delle, is a woman on a mission to live her most authentic life. Leana is a multi-talented woman with a passion for living life to the fullest, one authentic step at a time. Don’t miss all of Leana’s practical advice that can help you expand your level of trust, engagement, innovation, great client experiences, talent growth—and, ultimately, results.

A great story is powerful and moving. It has heart and soul. The stories you tell don’t all have to move people to laughter or tears, they just have to be authentic, open, and honest. Brand storytelling is no longer a nice to have. It is a need to have, and what will ultimately maximize your business’s visibility, profit, and impact. Treat it as a compass for your marketing strategy, and the result will be a brand that is as profitable as it is captivating. Show that your company and your customers are real people with real stories to tell. Share what your brand is all about: your core values, purpose, beliefs, and mission. Create and share content, cultivate an active community, and tell the stories that matter to them. Today, Karen Somers, an award-winning producer, director, writer and filmmaker will tell you the secrets to bringing your brand to life through authentic brand storytelling.