118. Visibility in the Workplace Today’s episode is about being visible in the workplace. This episode can be very helpful for you if you are new to visibility, but it will also spark some new ideas for those who are familiar with visibility but may have lost focus on it. Being more visible simply requires intentional and consistent actions that people can see. They get to know you and your capabilities in a new way and begin to think about you for opportunities! In this episode: The two ways...

117. Managing Up Managing up is managing the relationship with your boss — developing and cultivating a productive working relationship with your boss. It is an opportunity to learn your boss's management, leadership and communication styles and preferences. This, in turn, will help you learn about your own work and communication style preferences. Many people see this as a political game or an attempt to flatter their boss. There are probably some people who do manage up that way, but that...

116. Your Leadership Impact Leaders have a choice of how to spend their time each day but they have a hard time letting go of doing things that aren’t adding as much value. It comes down to looking at the impact that they are making. If they aren’t focused on the high value things, then they may need to build stronger boundaries and systems to get everything done but it allows them to spend time on what is important. I know some leaders who get little to no time with their managers and...

115. Merging Money and Meaning in Business (with Bessi Graham) Bessi Graham is a Business and Leadership Strategist with over 20 years’ experience from the grassroots of sitting in the dirt working with business owners across the Pacific Islands through to the United Nations in Geneva. The ability to bridge the systemic and the practical is one of their superpowers! Bessi is CEO and Co-Founder of Benefit Capital and Creator of The Jasper Blueprint. Bessi brings together the rare mix of...

114. Inside the Visibility Factor RISE Process In today’s episode, we are talking about the RISE process from The Visibility Factor book, which is the four-step process used to help someone create their own visibility action plan. In this episode: How the RISE process was created. What does RISE stand for and how you can think about it. Review and explanation of the R step – Reflection. Review and explanation of the I step – Ideate. Review and explanation of the S step – Select. Review and...

113. Value Yourself In today’s episode, we are talking about valuing yourself. The internal belief that you know what you have to offer and standing up for it to anyone and everyone without apology. Every single day I meet with people who feel like they aren't enough. They have thoughts running through their heads that tell them other people are better, smarter and know more. They may recognize that these thoughts are happening, but they don't understand how these thoughts impact their...

112. Strategic Communication In today’s episode, we are going to talk about strategic communication. What I mean by that is the type of conversation where you are trying to influence someone to do something or align with you on what you want to do. However you need to plan this out strategically, you can’t just wing it if you want it to go well. Think about a few different things when you are planning a conversation that involves a big program, project, organizational changes, new strategy or...

111. What Are You Tolerating? On this episode we are talking about the things that you are tolerating, how it impacts your energy and your opportunities to do more in your career and life. To give you some context about what I mean, here are some examples of tolerations: things in your life or work environment that are irritating, people who don’t treat you right, and situations that frustrate you. What is a toleration, you ask?  These are the things that stress you out every day, but they...

110. From Invisible to Visible (with Dr. Carrie Niederman) Dr. Carrie Niederman is an educator, speaker, entrepreneur, and equine veterinarian-turned-consultant changing the narrative for people who fall outside the lines of conventional medical diagnosis and treatments for certain chronic, long-term conditions. Carrie leverages her medical background as a clinical veterinarian, journey with a chronic invisible illness and the Disney Cinderella fairy tale to bring to life the stop and start...

109. Do Good While Doing Well (with Marcia Dawood) Marcia Dawood, an influential early-stage investor and author of Do Good While Doing Well – Invest for Change, Reap Financial Rewards and Increase Your Happiness, is key in advancing support for diverse, impactful startups. With roles in the SEC’s Small Business Committee, Mindshift Capital, Golden Seeds, and as Chair Emeritus of the Angel Capital Association, her expertise shines. Marcia's portfolio includes over 50 startups and funds,...

108. Letting Go to Embrace Something New Today’s episode is about letting go. We have opportunities to let go of things (and perhaps people) that don’t serve us anymore. We struggle with it because we grew up with messages that told us we need to make it work. Keep trying to make it work and if you don’t you are a failure. You should give it your best effort, but if it doesn’t work out, that is okay. I am here to tell you that letting go may be the better option. It is easier and so much more...

107. Acceptance is a Choice Today’s episode is about acceptance. In general, acceptance refers to the act of agreeing to or consenting to something. You can look at acceptance from multiple angles, but today we are going to focus on the acceptance of a situation, another person, and yourself. When change occurs, you have a choice. You can resist it and wish it wasn’t happening or you can choose acceptance and move forward. It can bring new opportunities and possibilities that you couldn’t...

106. Let’s Be Bold Today’s episode is about being bold. Do you remember when you were young and you jumped and ran all day long? You didn’t question whether you should do it, you just did it! You were bold and courageous. Somehow, we give away that gift of boldness as we grow older. We give away our power and become doubtful and fearful.  It isn’t one big situation that causes that to shift. It is bit by bit over time. In this episode: How do we lose our boldness? Exploring examples of...

105. It’s Time For Some Clarity In today’s episode, we are going to talk about the importance of clarity. I want to take this conversation into two directions. The first is from a perspective of a big decision that you may want to make and need clarity around before you share it with others. The second is how clarity helps to support you when talking about what your value is to others to create visibility for yourself. In this episode: What is clarity? Why is having clarity important? What...

104. The Resilience Plan (with Dr. Marie-Helene Pelletier) Throughout her career in business management and psychology, Dr. Marie-Helene Pelletier (MH) has spearheaded a dialogue on the crucial issues of leadership resilience and workplace health. Drawing on her extensive background in corporate, insurance, governance and public sectors, she brings national and international perspectives and expertise on mental health and resilience as a key pillar of overall health. She is a bilingual...

103. The Leader's Legacy (with Scott Burns) Scott Burns is a leadership development consultant and certified ICF executive coach with The Leader’s Legacy, LLC. He has worked with senior leaders for 30 years and held senior leadership roles for 22 years. He knows what it takes to make great leaders great and shares this with his coaching clients. Scott partners with organizations to design impactful talent strategies that drive the most important aspects of their business. While working in...

102. Street Smart Safety for Women LAURA FROMBACH was introduced to technology in the U.S. Army working on Pershing nuclear missiles. Having spent much of her career as a technologist and engineer with IBM, HP, FedEx, Coca Cola Enterprises, Lenovo and others. A turning point in Laura’s life was the ‘aha’ moment when she correlated her mother’s mental illness to domestic violence. She advocates for local domestic violence shelters. Laura was one of the featured speakers at the TEDx Eustis...

101. Embrace Being Uncomfortable Today’s episode is focused on finding the best ways to start to embrace being uncomfortable. Doing things the same way you have always done them isn’t getting you what you want. Pushing yourself out of your comfort zone and getting uncomfortable is critical if you are going to be more visible. I don’t say that to scare you, but to let you know that it is a foundational step towards being seen in a new way. In this episode: My story and the challenge it gave me...

100. Celebrating the 100th Episode Today we are focused on celebrating the 100th episode of The Visibility Factor Podcast! In this episode: Behind the scenes of how the podcast came to life in the span of a week! Milestone facts about the show! Lessons learned since the show went live. The Top 10 Episodes of the show! A few great reviews of the show are shared. Descriptions from my guests on what they think visibility means to them. Gratitude to everyone who was a guest, to the listeners and...

99. Nuances of Leadership Today’s episode is focused on the nuances of leadership. There are foundational concepts in leadership that you can learn in a class, but then there is the real-world application of leadership that you need to manage. Situations that don’t happen very often will occur. They can be extremely impactful and need to be addressed or have bigger ramifications. It takes courage and the ability to admit when you are wrong. It means you have to own what happens even if you...

98. Reframing Your Limiting Beliefs Today’s episode is focused on reframing the way that we think about limiting beliefs.  You most likely reframe your thoughts throughout your day without even realizing it. Reframing happens when someone shares a new perspective with you, shares some new information that you weren’t aware of or you learn something new on your own. Once you know this, you think differently, and you believe that limiting thought. Although it keeps you safe, you can’t be...

97. Unlocking Your Patterns Today’s episode is going to focus on patterns. As a coach, I am always keeping a watch out for clients who have patterns of behavior that are unconscious for them. Clients may do something at work and have no idea that they are doing that same thing at home. These patterns operate automatically until someone points it out or you realize that you are doing it. I wanted to dive in on this topic and bring it back to how it ties to visibility for you. In this...

96. Designing your 2024 Welcome to 2024! Happy New Year! Today’s episode is going to focus on what you want out of 2024. If you haven’t listened to episode 95 (Looking Back at 2023) you might want to do that for some ideas on how to reflect on your 2023 before deciding what you want to do in your 2024! Let’s just focus on some ways to help you design the 2024 that is what you want and will bring you joy. Start with the basics: Do you know your values, priorities and potential goals that you...

95. Looking Back on 2023 I can’t believe that we are at the end of 2023! This year has been so interesting for me. I want to share a little bit about how this year began, what happened and what I learned. In this episode: The New Years Eve reflection experience. Choosing a word or a theme for the year. How my choice of words showed up in my year. Lessons learned throughout the year. What I did to reflect and build in more clarity for myself throughout the year. Creating a Dream Life – Be, Do...

94. Comparison of Bragging vs Visibility Today’s show is about the differences between bragging vs visibility. Bragging is defined as a pompous or boastful statement, arrogant talk or manner by someone. Bragging in the workplace often involves an inflated sense of self-importance and a desire to diminish the contributions of others. Authentic visibility, however, celebrates achievements while acknowledging the contributions of colleagues and expressing gratitude for opportunities and support....