Experience Leadership - The Small Business Podcast

Bring Your Strong Voice of Leadership to Your People with Suzannah Baum

Episode 133 - Bringing Your Voice to Leadership

Would it surprise you to learn that it takes more than confidence to speak up? Our days are filled with communication. As leaders, we are constantly called upon to answer questions, explain situations, delegate, or conduct team meetings.

🛎 In this episode, Presentation & Leadership Communication Strategist Suzannah Baum breaks down some strategies you can use to exude confidence (even if your not), and to effectively spotlight your voice of leadership.

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About Suzannah

Suzannah Baum is a presentation & leadership communications strategist, an executive speech coach, an author, and a speaker. She works with business professionals who want to position themselves as leaders by communicating with more confidence, impact, and human connection.

Suzannah is the author of the best-selling book "From Nervous to Nailed It: Find Your Voice, Present With Impact, and Unleash Your Ultimate Speaking Potential." Released in late 2022, it is the quintessential guide for those who need support in their quest to speak up, share their message in a compelling and authentic way, deliver value to their audiences, and create connection and trust every time they speak.
On a more personal note....Suzannah lives in Montreal, is Mom to a 12-year-old boy and a 2 ½ -year old budgie,  and always travels with chocolate.

Connect with Suzannah

www.suzannahbaum.com 
Get Suzannah's  book at www.nervoustonailedit.com
LI: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/suzannahbaum
YT:    / suzannahbaum  
FB: https://www.facebook.com/suzannahbaum...
IN: http://www.instagram.com/suzannahbaum
TW: https://twitter.com/suzannahbaum

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Thriving in Chaos: Crucial Tips for Surviving Rapid Change and Uncertainty with John Robertson

Episode 132 - Leadership of thriving thru crisis with John Robertson.

Most businesses need to have emergency plans, sometimes called business continuity plans, but it doesn’t aid the keeping staff, or engagement or the costs of ‘people stuff’.

🛎 In this episode, best-selling author John R. Robertson pulls back the curtain on how to navigate the minefield of expectations, demands and normal business requirements.

About John Robertson

Episode 132 - Leadership of thriving thru crisis with John Robertson.

Most businesses need to have emergency plans, sometimes called business continuity plans, but it doesn’t aid the keeping staff, or engagement or the costs of ‘people stuff’.

🛎 In this episode, best-selling author John R. Robertson pulls back the curtain on how to navigate the minefield of expectations, demands and normal business requirements.

 

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About John
 Inspired and driven by his values, John is a facilitator for his clients as they test, discover, and expand what they can do. He uses tactical, and strategic, processes to help them achieve demonstrable, solution-focused results. Remaining faithful to his passion and values, John invests himself without reservation providing spirit-filled, insightful guidance that his clients use to amplify their lives and businesses. 

John truly provides “leadership that people can follow through storms.”
 Leveraging leadership influence to Transform Crisis so organizations thrive. 
  
This is done through the values-anchored Run towards the Roar Ethos, after all, business works when people thrive!

Get John’s book, Run Toward the Roar, transforming crisis and change into the opportunity to thrive
(https://www.amazon.com/Run-Toward-Roar-Transform-Opportunity/dp/(https://zurl.co/ren3 )

Connect with John

www.fortlog.co 
https://www.facebook.com/FORTLOGServices
www.linkedin.com/in/johnrobertson-fortlog

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Crisis can be averted with proper planning, with Marc Haine

Episode 131 - The Best Time to Stop Getting Burned by Crisis Is Before It Happens with Marc Haine.

Let's face it... Murphy and his Law will always distract us from what we need to do. But as prevalent as crisis is, we don't have to be held captive by each disaster that strikes.

🛎 In this episode, Host and Service Expert Marc Haine puts a spotlight on 4 best practice steps you can take to proactively deal with the situations that lead to crisis.

About Your Host, Marc Haine

Need to brainstorm aspects of your business or talk to Marc about speaking at your upcoming conference or staff retreat? Book your complimentary 30-minute brainstorm with Marc. Schedule a time that works for you on Marc's online calendar.

Get your copy of Lights! Camera! Action! Business Operational Excellence Through the Lens of Live Theatre on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2PFj8a2 or directly from the publisher

Author, Speaker, Facilitator and Coach, Marc Haine, will help your teams ignite their passions. Working with him, you'll be able to support your leaders to recentre their focus and drive continuous improvement through connected and engaged employees. You will realize your competitive advantage with a connected purpose and consistency of customer experience across your brand. Tap into Marc’s 35 years of operational excellence experience and imagine a world in which the majority of us put more love and care in being of service.

Tap into Marc’s 35 years of operational excellence experience and imagine a world in which the majority of us put more love and care in being of service.

Dare to be the exception™

Connect with Marc

+1 (780) 729-4932 

🗓️  https://meetwith.marchaine.com

• Marc@MarcHaine.com
• http://MarcHaine.com
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/marcjlhaine
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/MasterofExperiences
• TW: https://twitter.com/MarcHaine2
• LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marchaine/
• YT: https://www.MarcHaineLive.com

Looking for more quality content? Check out Marc's catalogue of video and audio podcasts here.

 

Three Employee Retention Drivers You’re Snoozing On with Courtney Ramsey

Overcome these three retention drivers to keep staff and lower costs

with Courtney Ramsey.

Every time an employee quits or gets fired, it costs the company financially and can cause a decrease in morale. By helping leaders understand the key drivers of retention, companies will decrease turnover, increase employee engagement, and increase productivity.

🛎 In this episode, Keynote Speaker and human retention and leadership expert Courtney Ramsey discuss the three focal points leaders need to center on to create a work environment where people WANT to stay.

About Courtney

Courtney Ramsey is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience in the Learning & Development and Human Resources fields. Courtney brings a wealth of knowledge to audiences with her experiential programs that impact business results and inspires change.

Over the years, she has successfully trained tens of thousands of associates in various areas such as leadership, business management, conflict resolution, communication skills, and operations helping companies like JCPenney, Toyota, Populus Financial Group, and Zales Corporation save millions of dollars.

Courtney is the author of Share Your Genius: 35 Tips to Create Training That Transforms. In it, she provides trainers with the tools they need to create engaging and practical training sessions.

Connect with Courtney

https://CourtneyRamseySpeaks.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CourtneyRamseySpeaks/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clramsey/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/cramseyspeaks/

About Your Host, Marc Haine

Need to brainstorm aspects of your business or talk to Marc about speaking at your upcoming conference or staff retreat? Book your complimentary 30-minute brainstorm with Marc. Schedule a time that works for you on Marc's online calendar.

Get your copy of Lights! Camera! Action! Business Operational Excellence Through the Lens of Live Theatre on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2PFj8a2 or directly from the publisher

Author, Speaker, Facilitator and Coach, Marc Haine, will help your teams ignite their passions. Working with him, you'll be able to support your leaders to recentre their focus and drive continuous improvement through connected and engaged employees. You will realize your competitive advantage with a connected purpose and consistency of customer experience across your brand. Tap into Marc’s 35 years of operational excellence experience and imagine a world in which the majority of us put more love and care in being of service.

Tap into Marc’s 35 years of operational excellence experience and imagine a world in which the majority of us put more love and care in being of service.

Dare to be the exception™

Connect with Marc

+1 (780) 729-4932 

🗓️  https://meetwith.marchaine.com

• Marc@MarcHaine.com
• http://MarcHaine.com
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/marcjlhaine
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/MasterofExperiences
• TW: https://twitter.com/MarcHaine2
• LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marchaine/
• YT: https://www.MarcHaineLive.com

Looking for more quality content? Check out Marc's catalogue of video and audio podcasts here.

 

Become more effective with productive decision making with Madelaine Claire Weiss

Optimizing Decision Making for Peak Performance in Work and Life

with Madelaine Claire Weiss

There are many myths and misunderstandings commonly held by so many about how to make the 35,000 decisions humans typically make every day. And, as Forbes said recently, Decision Making needs to be at the top of every business agenda going forward.

🛎 In this conversation, Executive Coach Madelaine Claire Weiss will reveal science-backed myths and misunderstandings of decision-making—with corresponding tips and techniques to optimize decision-making in work and life.

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Business and Leadership Questions Answered with Marc Haine

Random Business and Leadership Questions Answered

with Marc Haine

Questions abound! We all have them. 
🛎 In this episode

Marc will pull questions from a hat. 

• Questions about “Quiet Quitting.” Should I just fire anyone who’s being lazy and not performing?
• Question about Labor Shortage and what to do about it
• Question about staff complaining every time there is a change in the policies
• Question about not having enough customers since it opening
• Question about staff complaints on their highest performing sales person
• Question about Amazon killing a brick and mortar retail business

 

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Emotional Intelligence – Trivial or missing piece to your success? with Markus Neukom

Reprogram Your Leadership Style by Understanding and Adopting Emotional Intelligence

with Markus Neukom

Since the pandemic, employees with poor manager relationships are more disengaged than ever, and employees will and do leave the companies to get away from their managers. The last thing an organization wants to be dealing with right now or ever is attrition. High employee turnover is costly in the best of times. Right now, organizations are focused on streamlining operations which directly impacts profitability.

🛎 In this episode

Executive Leadership Expert, Markus Neukom puts a spotlight on essential Emotional Intelligence insights that can ignite emotional intelligence and improve communication, management, problem-solving, and relationships within the workplace.

ABOUT MARKUS

Markus Neukom is an inspiring and result-driven Leadership Executive Coach, business strategist, and CEO of Markus Neukom International, with extensive experience as a senior executive. He guides individuals, around the world, to achieve their full potential. He has spent more than two decades working with managers, directors, and C-suite leaders who find it challenging to perform or progress in the workplace. 

Connect with Markus

WEBSITE:  https://www.markusneukom.com/
LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markusneukom/

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Unlocking Your Uniqueness Can Make You Stand Out In a Crowd with Azadeh Yaraghi

Standout with Clarity and Uniqueness

with Azadeh Yaraghi

Leaders and businesses fail to connect at a deep level with their colleagues, team members, or clients because they struggle being the same as everyone else. They don't communicate how they are special, nor are their marketing tools aligned with how awesome they are.

🛎  In this episode

Gogo Telugo Creatives founder and CEO, Azadeh Yaraghi unlocks the secrets to becoming a category of one.... Nailing down your ONE IDEA.

ABOUT AZADEH

Azadeh is an insightful brand strategist, marketing expert, speaker, #1 bestselling author. With 15+ years of international experience, she has built successful brands and earned several marketing awards. 

Azadeh is passionate about supporting purpose-driven clients who want to grow their businesses and ultimately leave behind a positive and lasting legacy. She works with entrepreneurs and organizations who want to get to the heart of their brand so they can attract their ideal clients, build trust, and shorten the sales cycle.

Connect with Azadeh

Book a 30-minute discovery call https://gogotelugo.com/discovery 
https://gogotelugo.com
IG:   https://www.instagram.com/azadeh_yaraghi/?hl=en
FB:   https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009274520391
LK:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/azadehyaraghi/
TW:  https://twitter.com/GogoAz

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Do You Know How To Eliminate Churn and Create Joy Through Human Connection? with Christina Aldan

Using Emotional Intelligence to Improve Internal Human Connection

with Christina Aldan

It's tough losing staff and even tougher when the staff that stay choose to be disengaged.

🛎 In this episode

Business and Brand Strategy Expert, Christina Aldan, takes us through how to engineer our corporate culture to better reflect our core values in every human touchpoint.

ABOUT CHRISTINA

Christina Aldan is a brand strategy consultant, keynote speaker, trainer, and mentor. She offers businesses brand consulting and creative content for everyday media. With over 15 years of experience in the digital realm, Christina is highly regarded for her approach to business, partnering with clients to find unique strategies that ensure their goals are met. 

Christina builds connections through her keynote addresses, training workshops, and technological education. She uses these tools to help individuals and businesses cultivate value in everyday media. Christina has delivered talks on all 7 continents, presenting training workshops for the Microsoft MVP community, international corporations, and conferences worldwide. 

Christina uses her charisma and expertise to inspire others by mentoring women in business like herself. She also has sat on state and local boards supporting women in tech, entrepreneurship, mental health, and children with learning disabilities.

She is the recipient of the Las Vegas Women in Tech Community Service Award, the Distinguished Woman of the Year Award in STEM. Learn more at: Luckygirliegirl.com.

Connect with Christina

https://luckygirliegirl.com
@luckygirliegirl  

 

 

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Developing the Leadership Skills Required to Face the (Almost) Post-Pandemic World with Rick Denley

Facing Future Growth through Courageous Leadership

with Rick Denley

It is clear that leaders cannot face the new, post-pandemic world with the same expectations and philosophies they had back in 2019. Today's leaders need a new, enhanced toolbox of skills.

🛎 In this episode

Leadership expert, Rick Denley talks about the characteristics leaders need as we face new demands and expectations.

ABOUT RICK

Rick understands the challenges business leaders and top performers face because he’s been in the fight like them!

Rick is a leadership expert and speaker who combines strong mentoring skills along with coaching tactics with real-world knowledge and experience to assess required individual and organizational change that assists people and companies in punching through their growth ceilings.
Rick’s background includes a successful career that has spanned several decades and seen him lead Canadian divisions for multinationals based in Japan (Matsushita Group), France, (Schneider), USA (Emerson), and Germany (Phoenix Contact). Rick took this success and its learnings and ‘Reinvented Himself’ as an entrepreneurial speaker to be able to help more people and companies exceed their growth goals through strong leadership.
Rick is:
1. #1 Best Selling author; Reinvent Yourself! , co-author in Dynamo Diaries 2.0, and many articles on growth and leadership.
2. Keynote speaker; Reinvent Yourself, Leadership Your Way, Evolution of the Customer, Selling 2.0
3. Undefeated amateur fighter – Ricks's philanthropy efforts in raising awareness and funds towards cancer research, helping those with Cancer to flat out beat cancer!

Rick gets to know every client’s business and customizes all keynote presentations and workshops to create alignment that makes an immediate impact.

Rick shares original research on sales and leadership trends and blogs regularly on business performance.

A speaker, advisor, mentor, coach, leader, facilitator and fighter.

Connect with Rick

www.rickdenley.com
LI:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenley/
IN:  https://www.instagram.com/denleyrick/

Check out his book: Reinvent Yourself https://rickdenley.com/book

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