EPISODE 339: How to Stand Out in a Sea of Experts (and Be a Thought Leader)
Listen – people can get what you know from the internet, and for free. Which makes the need for you to show up and speak as a thought leader all that much more powerful, and necessary! There’s a simple – but profound – way to go about this. We’ll dig into this process in today’s podcast!
EPISODE 171: AmyK Hutchens – On Delivering a Leadership Message Your Audience (Actually) Wants
AmyK Hutchens is a speaker, teacher, trainer, entrepreneur and business strategist – and spends most of her year traveling around the globe speaking about leading a more productive and profitable life. She’s a business and life coach whose job is to teach from the stage!
She’s got dozens of impressive accolades that clearly state she is a powerhouse – both on and off the stage. But I love that AmyK came to me from a referral from my friend and guest here on This Moved Me, Jenny Evans. Jenny insisted that AmyK would be great – and she was!
We talked about how we as leaders can’t just shove the message we think our audience NEEDS down their throats; no, we have to wrap that needed message in what they want:
EPISODE 208 – Why Leaders Need to be Storytellers
So – today I’m talking about a BIG IDEA that’s deeply embedded in my Speaking Story course that is open right now… and that is this:
Speakers are Leaders and Leaders are speakers…
But what about the need for STORYTELLING as a leader?
We have something to say – but a story to tell?
EPISODE 132: Jason Jaggard – On the Mindset of a Creative Leader
Jason Jaggard – a coach, speaker, social innovator for cultural change and CEO/Founder of Spark Good and consultant with Novus Global. I got the chance to see Jason speak at Story2016 in Nashville this fall, and he was excellent. Funny, insightful, bold. I was so inspired by what I heard that I went to his breakout session – which BLEW MY MIND. I literally wrote a billion things on my notes (well, ok, not a *billion*, but close). I still think about his ideas and insights and try to apply them to my work and life.
While I was sitting in the audience of his talk and his breakout session, I thought to myself again and again, speakers need these same mindsets.
In fact, we ALL do. Anyone doing creative work that yearns to influence requires something big in us as creators. What do we need? Well, take a listen!
EPISODE 183: MMM – On Finding Your Cheerleaders
A few weeks ago I got a text message from one of my speakers who needed a little encouragement before jumping up on stage. And I am always honored to be able to do the encouraging. It’s not a small thing, and it’s not fluffy. It is essential, and empowering!
So – Who is your cheerleader?
