Dancing in the Discomfort Zone with Anne Bonney

Dr Sherene McHenry is a delight, and a brilliant mind when it comes to leadership!  In this episode, she outlines the 5 types of people that she talks about in her book Navigate , and how to lead each type successfully!  Fabulous insights on getting the best from everyone!     We talk about 5 different types of people and how to deal with each one. How to turn a slacker into a rocket to maximize p...

Mastering your time is a journey according to Doug Brown , but an essential skill for leaders to be intentional about and master!  Join me in this fun conversation with leadership consultant and time mastery guru Doug Brown .  So many important nuggets to take from this episode,  We talk about The challenges of high achievers Energy management vs time management How to say "no" and not f...

Part of building influence is learning how to get the best from yourself and from the people around you!  Are you highly sensitive?  Is someone on your team? Understanding how different people work is vital to being able to lead them to provide the best work possible.  Leave the judgement at the door and listen to this fascinating episode with Heather Dominic of A Course in Business Miracles and l...

Building self awareness of how we think about others can help us expand our influence by opening our minds to the positive as well as the negative in people.  Listen in for this quick episode on building your emotional intelligence with people who are difficult to deal with, to help you get better results.  It's all about looking inside yourself, and I know you're just the fired-up leade...

Teresa Lodato is a conscious leadership and relationship coach,  the founder of Becoming Aware LLC.  In those roles, she guides leaders to fully align with their inner knowing to optimize mental, emotional and physical well being.  That means learning how to lead individuals in order to get the best out of everyone on your team.  (and who doesn't want that?)   It takes practice and in this ep...

Writing can be a daunting task, especially with what this week's guest calls our "High School Trauma"!  When you want to write a book, it can be even more challenging, but it can build your credibility and influence with the people around you.  Julie Anne Eason, founder of Thanet House Publishing shares her insights on writing, and we cover some fascinating topics. Why you know too...

I'm honored to welcome Katja Schleicher to Ignite Your Influence Podcast to talk about the fascinating topic of masculine and feminine communication patterns.  She's not talking about how men and women communicate, but how we all use both masculine and feminine communication patterns and clues us in on how we can use each one with a little more conscious thought in order to be more influ...

Debby Peters (The Networking Guru) and Greg Peters (The Reluctant Networker) are business partners and expert networkers!  They're also co-hosts of the amazingly popular Third Generation Podcast!   In this episode, they share some fabulous insights on  Keys to effective networking Being curious to get to know people The importance of remembering names. (and how to do it) Secret and deep famil...

Delegation is tough, but when done right, it can build the confidence, competence, morale and influence you have with your team!  Listen in for the who, what, when, why and how of delegating so you can free up time for the tasks you need to accomplish!

Lauren moved to a new town to start her married life.  She knew nobody!  In this episode, she shares how she moved from nobody, to highly influential figure in the community!  She talks about Being terrified the first time she walked into a networking event. How to build influence in a new community. Networking and getting involved And her guilty pleasure you just  might be able to identify with!

Eric Chester is a professional leadership speaker and has spent a lot of time researching and learning how to lead people, specifically the younger generation.  In this episode he shares with us how to lead people who are doing jobs they may not want to do, how we should be re-integrating into the workforce post-pandemic, and how diversity and inclusion take the individuals into account, and resul...

Kathy Grinsteiner is the founder and CEO of Evergrowth Consulting and has some amazing insights on building trust, which I think is the cornerstone of influence.  She talks about Low trust vs high trust relationships and their impact on communication How she turned around a low-trust relationship into a strong professional partnership The importance of transparency in leadership and the value of h...

Many great leaders come out of the military, and Dave Rosenberg is no exception!  Former Navy aviator turned Leadership Consultant, Dave shares some fabulous insights in this episode. The key to building influence, which if you have it, everything else will fall into place. The 2 radio stations everyone has playing in their heads, and how that can help us as leaders.  (MMFIIA and WIIFM in case you...

Jill May, founder of Trisector Consulting is a fund raising expert!  She approaches it with confidence and has great success for her clients.  In order to be successful as a fund raiser, you have to be able to build influence, and in this episode we discuss the challenges to building influence, and her secrets to success!  Listen in!  

You have 7 seconds to make a first impression, and frankly, I bet it's even less than that these days!  Knowing that, it's important to be intentional about your visual and digital image.  Karyl Eckerle of The Image Impact Group is an Image Expert and my personal image consultant.  She changed the way I thought about my image, and my personal brand, and how I can communicate that with th...

Your ability to build influence is highly impacted by your ability to communicate.  Lisa Fey , communications expert, speaker, author and very funny lady joins us to talk about influence in the sales relationship, in the leadership relationships and in your international travel when you're stuck in a train station in the middle of the night in a country not your own surrounded by people who d...

Another month of discovery as Heather Hudson of Habits 180 learns about herself and builds healthy habits and healthy insights about herself.  Never forget that sometimes the lesson isn't what you expect, but it is no less valuable.   1 more month, we'll see what she discovers.

A slightly different angle on building influence is being able to step into the financial conversations, and being able to build influence in your own life with your finances so you can ultimately make your ultimate career and personal visions a reality.  But so often those money conversations are emotionally loaded.  In this episode, I talk to Financing Man Keith Kohler about having those convers...

Katie Gutierrez of Errez Design has become a pioneer in the interior design industry by listening deeply to her clients and letting what she learns guide her design.  She's a ball of energy and fun, and a no-nonsense builder of influence, so I'm thrilled to share her secrets with you!  (and don't miss out on the late in the episode dance break where we get a little silly!) Want more...

Devon Dennis is an example of someone who decided that the non-traditional path was the right one for her, and she has chosen to take that scary path in order to find true authenticity and thus increased influence with those around her.  She's a student of the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts , and a fascinating leader!  Want more information?  Go to DevonDennis.com or find her on Instagra...

Lisa Pointe credits her ability to connect with people to the fact that she moved around a lot.  She tells her story of how she builds influence, and her philosophy on sales and online dating!  A ball of positive energy, and a joy to be around, I'm not at all surprised that Lisa has found the success and influence that she has. Enjoy!

Sometimes building influence with others means being able to influence ourselves, and if there's one thing M ettle and Moxie Personal Training Studio owner Mel Ray learned in her first few years of business, it's that she needed to manage herself.  In this episode she shares How she found balance in her life so she could own a business AND not rip all of her hair out The courage it took...

We've been checking in monthly with Heather Hudson, who started a project in November to make slow habit changes over time for 6 months.  She called it Habits 180 and invited people to join her, for accountability and cheerleading!  Everything was going along smoothly with her monthly habits, but February was a different story!  In this episode, Heather talks about How after 3 days, she dropp...

Welcome to the evolution of Igniting Courage Podcast!  Something that has always fascinated me is how we evolve throughout our lives.  Our lives change, our businesses change.  WE change, and yet somehow it can be a massive challenge to move in a different direction.  Well, my business is evolving as I evolve as a business owner, and it was time for the podcast to evolve as well! Enter Ignite Your...

Welcome back, Igniting Courage Podcast Episode 12 guest, Paul Artale who has achieved some amazing things over the past 2 years (on top of parenting 2 children and not losing his marbles during a global viral event!).  Listen in to his courage to persevere, and to find the sustainable way to make achievements happen in the context of real life! Be inspired, and stay tuned for A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT NE...