Lead With Your Brand!™

“Gaming is the world’s biggest cottage industry. People can name their favorite game, but it is unlikely that they know someone who professionally works in gaming.”   With the gaming industry now surpassing the revenue of movies and music combined, it is a tremendous opportunity for nearly all brands to reach their core consumers, whoever it might be.  Yet, it is a space that is difficult for most...

Jayzen is excited to welcome Derrick Noble to the show. Derrick is a highly sought after leadership coach helping young leaders take it to the next level. He is living proof of how far your career can take you when you truly recognize that value that you bring to people. Once noted as “the least likely person to be a professional speaker,” Derrick overcame a severe speech impediment as a child and...

The final week  of Women’s History Month! Here at the Lead With Your Brand! podcast, we are amplifying the voices of women during Women’s History Month, and beyond.  Each Tuesday in March we’ll be featuring a guest with a fantastic career story to share, and who just happens to be female. In addition, be sure to check out LeadWithYourBrand.com/womenonbrand to listen to our collection of shows feat...

Welcome to Week 3 of Women’s History Month! Here at the Lead With Your Brand! podcast, we are amplifying the voices of women during Women’s History Month, and beyond.  Each Tuesday in March we’ll be featuring a guest with a fantastic career story to share, and who just happens to be female. In addition, be sure to check out LeadWithYourBrand.com/womenonbrand to listen to our collection of shows fe...

Welcome to Week 2 of Women’s History Month! Here at the Lead With Your Brand! podcast, we are amplifying the voices of women during Women’s History Month, and beyond.  Each Tuesday in March we’ll be featuring a guest with a fantastic career story to share, and who just happens to be female. In addition, be sure to check out LeadWithYourBrand.com/womenonbrand to listen to our collection of shows fe...

It’s Women’s History Month! Here at the Lead With Your Brand! podcast, we are amplifying the voices of women during Women’s History Month, and beyond. Each Tuesday in March we’ll be featuring a guest with a fantastic career story to share, and who just happens to be female. In addition, be sure to check out LeadWithYourBrand.com/womenonbrand to listen to our collection of shows featuring amazing e...

Happy Black History Month!   We are proud to amplify Black Voices on the Lead With Your Brand!™ Podcast by celebrating the powerful voices and career journeys of Black executives, leaders, and innovators. Each Tuesday in February we’ll be featuring a guest with a fantastic career story to share, all who happen to be black.  In addition, be sure to check out LeadWithYourBrand.com/BlackVoices to lis...

Happy Black History Month!   We are proud to amplify Black Voices on the Lead With Your Brand!™ Podcast by celebrating the powerful voices and career journeys of Black executives, leaders, and innovators. Each Tuesday in February we’ll be featuring a guest with a fantastic career story to share, all who happen to be black.  In addition, be sure to check out LeadWithYourBrand.com/BlackVoices to lis...

Happy Black History Month!   We are proud to amplify Black Voices on the Lead With Your Brand!™ Podcast by celebrating the powerful voices and career journeys of Black executives, leaders, and innovators. Each Tuesday in February we’ll be featuring a guest with a fantastic career story to share, all who happen to be black. In addition, be sure to check out LeadWithYourBrand.com/BlackVoices to list...

Happy Black History Month!   We are proud to amplify Black Voices on the Lead With Your Brand!™ Podcast by celebrating the powerful voices and career journeys of Black executives, leaders, and innovators. Each Tuesday in February we’ll be featuring a guest with a fantastic career story to share, all who happen to be black.  In addition, be sure to check out LeadWithYourBrand.com/BlackVoices to lis...

Welcome to the final week of the #LeadWithYourBrandChallenge! Each week in January, Jayzen is breaking down the Lead With Your Brand system into its five steps. Every Tuesday, listen to the podcast & learn about the next step to build your personal brand and help you toward your next Career Breakthrough!  There are even free downloadable worksheets with each step to help you in the process. St...

Welcome to Week 4 of the #LeadWithYourBrandChallenge! Each week in January, Jayzen is breaking down the Lead With Your Brand system into its five steps. Every Tuesday, listen to the podcast & learn about the next step to build your personal brand and help you toward your next Career Breakthrough!  There are even free downloadable worksheets with each step to help you in the process. Step Four:...

On to Week 3 of the #LeadWithYourBrandChallenge! Each week in January, Jayzen is breaking down the Lead With Your Brand system into its five steps. Every Tuesday, listen to the podcast & learn about the next step to build your personal brand and help you toward your next Career Breakthrough!  There are even free downloadable worksheets with each step to help you in the process.   Step Three: R...

Welcome to week 2 of the #LeadWithYourBrandChallenge! Each week in January, Jayzen is breaking down the Lead With Your Brand system into its five steps. Every Tuesday, listen to the podcast & learn about the next step to build your personal brand and help you toward your next Career Breakthrough! There are even free downloadable worksheets with each step to help you in the process.  What if yo...

It’s time to Lead With Your Brand…New Year!  As we start 2023, Jayzen is thrilled to announce the #LeadWithYourBrandChallenge! Each week for the next five weeks, Jayzen is breaking down the Lead With Your Brand system into its five steps. EveryTuesday, listen to the podcast & learn about the next step to build your personal brand and help you toward your next Career Breakthrough! There are eve...

As we close out 2022, we are taking a moment to reflect on Season Three of the Lead With Your Brand! Podcast. Jayzen shares his year-end thoughts including defining a brand that is less about selling yourself and more about defining that lasting memory that helps others see the value that you bring and planning for 2023 by making action out of resolutions. Plus, we’ve pulled together some of the b...

As we continue through the holiday season, it’s important to recognize what a stressful time of year it can be. Stress can bring out aspects of your brand in a way that becomes a tailwind, or something that slows you down and drags you back, rather than the positive headwind that you intended.  So when stress hits, hit the pause button, take a breath and make sure that you are leading with your br...

In this season of giving and helping others, Jayzen welcomes Gail McGovern to the show.  Gail is the president and CEO of the American Red Cross.  She brings insightful reflections and wisdom from her amazing career leading billion dollar organizations and transforming the Red Cross into a 21st Century emergency response and blood services organization.   In the midst of “the great resignation,” n...

The holiday season is officially here, and it is the perfect time to Lead With Your Brand by reaching out to people in your network that you haven’t spoken to in a while, and use the opportunity to reconnect with them.  Great networking is all about leveraging organic situations to naturally connect with people so that you can stay top of mind, but don’t just reach out with the same holiday wishes...

As we approach the end of the year, it is a great time to think not only about how to describe your brand, but also about the repeatable behaviors that you can demonstrate to truly show those around you what you want to be known for. You can have the most impressive diploma hanging in your office, but if you show up to meetings late, talk over people and dismiss ideas…your brand isn’t about your a...

It’s that time of year again…you guessed it, year end performance reviews! Now is the time to think through the key words that describe your personal brand, that is, your word bank of brand attributes. Jayzen takes a special moment in this show to help you better get your arms around how to create and use your personal word bank, as these are the key attributes that you want to be known for and sh...

In celebration of Veteran’s Day in the United States, we’re reaching into the vault to share one of our favorite shows from the first season. Jayzen is thrilled to welcome Val Nicholas to the show as they talk about his start in the US Army and how it impacted on his personal brand and media career. We all pay a premium for the brands that we love. Great brands stand for something and give you a f...

Lead With Your Brand listeners are always asking about which episodes are not to miss. Although we love each of our guests, this week we are reaching into the vault to share an amazing show from our second season. Jayzen is so thrilled to welcome his former colleague and all around amazing person, Susan Jin Davis, to the podcast. Susan has an amazing story to tell that is truly at the intersection...

You’ve seen her on Law & Order, Elementary, New Amsterdam and plenty more of your favorite shows! Jayzen is thrilled to welcome his very special guest, April Hernandez Castillo to the show. She launched her career as the “Yo girl” in the Visa Check Card spot starring Yao Ming and Yogi Berra, originally airing on the Super Bowl. Expanding her impact on the world, she has gone on to become a suc...

“I reached a point in my career where I really wanted to be able to make a change in the industry that would help other people come into the business, and find their place and be able to work and tell stories, and do all the things that will democratize that access.” Jayzen is excited to welcome H Schuster to the show. H has built her career producing some of the most iconic unscripted television...