The Visibility Factor

152. Everyone Knows Someone Worth Knowing (with Janet Falk) Janet Falk, Ph. D., is a Communications professional with more than 30 years’ experience in-house, as a consultant and at public relations agencies. As Chief Strategist of Falk Communications and Research (www. JanetLFalk.com), she manages pro-active media outreach and has secured placement of executives and events in local, national and...

151. Top 10 Lessons in Leadership I was thinking about some of my top 10 lessons in leadership as I read an article by another leader who had put theirs together. I thought this would be a great topic for the podcast, so here is my list to share with you. In this episode: My top 10 lessons in Leadership (in no particular order): Trust yourself. Act like you are equals. Bring value to your team and...

150. Create Your Rules for Success (with Heather Whelpley) Heather is a speaker, award-winning author, executive coach, and leadership development consultant passionate about empowering women to live, work, and lead with grounded confidence. With her unique blend of expertise and authenticity, Heather has become a frequent speaker for conferences and companies, where she creates engaging presentat...

149. The Power of Deliberate Creative Teams (with Dr. Amy Climer) Dr. Amy Climer is a thought leader in innovation, team development, and experiential learning. She teaches research-based practices, tools, and techniques to forward-thinking organizations such as the Mayo Clinic, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the University of Wisconsin. Amy holds a Ph. D. in Leadership and Change f...

148. Planning Your 2025 Happy new year. When you are hearing this episode, we will have already had the new year. And you've already gotten through the holidays and hopefully had some time to recharge and relax. This is my favorite time of year, honestly. I love the holidays. First of all, it makes me happy to decorate and to have the whole family home, spend time, you know, going through all of o...

147. Slowing Down to Recharge Today's episode is coming to you the day after Christmas here in the US or wherever you may be celebrating. I know many of you may not listen today, but I wanted to share some things with you that I think you can take advantage of while you're enjoying the holidays with family and friends. Take some time for you as well. This episode is called Slowing Down to Recharge...

146. Leading a Team Integration So today's episode is about bringing a team together and integrating them in a way that they're successful. Sometimes this happens when you are the leader taking over a team and bringing a new team underneath you as well. You might be a new leader who's joining an organization and is inheriting a team that you haven't had before. There are all kinds of different sce...

145. Let’s Make Internal Networking Easy Today’s episode is about what to consider to make internal networking easier if you struggle with it. If you aren’t spending time on this, then it makes it really hard for people to think about you for opportunities. You can’t be reliant on your manager to be the only one talking about you with others. It is time for you to advocate for yourself. We will ex...

144. Are You Managing Your Career? Today’s episode is focused on your career. "By the time you got to this point in your career, did you think that you would be further along?" Whether you had a plan in your head or not, it is a good question to ask yourself. There may be a reason that you haven’t gone further. Up until now, would you say that you have had a career that wasn’t planned out and more...

143. Grateful for You - Celebrating a Milestone Together! Today’s episode is focused on gratitude. It is going to be a little shorter than usual, but —there’s still a lot of value packed into this one. I wanted to share a couple of things with you and give you something impactful that you can take and apply right away. So, let’s dive in and make the most of this time together! In this episode we a...

142. Do You Have a Mentor? Today’s episode is about mentoring. A mentor is an experienced and trusted advisor. They are the people that have had enough time in their career to share with you what they have learned and help guide you on your journey. Having a mentor can be a game changer for your career. Mentors can share their career experiences with you and help you see a different perspective. M...

141. How Are You Being Perceived? Today’s episode is about your perception and how that can impact your career opportunities. At a basic level your perception is how people in your organization view your leadership and your work. We used to say all the time that right or wrong, your perception is reality. If you are being viewed in the way that you want, then your perception equals the reality. Ho...

140. Embracing Your Role as a Leader In today’s episode we are going to explore the question, are you embracing your role as a leader? When you step into a leadership role, it is important to be consistent, intentional and have the recognition that it is a continuous learning journey. Your team and your management want you to lead and expect that from you. Sometimes it is just a shift in your own...

139. Relationships Make the Difference In this episode, I will be focused on how relationships can make a difference for you as a leader and being known by others. Having strong relationships are beneficial in so many ways, but I don’t think that people always think of their relationships in the way that they should. Having these connections and relationships to lean on is an asset for your profes...

138. Are You Maximizing Your Potential? I’ve been thinking a lot about potential lately. I was digging deeper into the question, what are you giving up by not being visible? There are many answers to that question, but here are a few examples: You don’t get the opportunities that you deserve. You are unable to maximize your potential and achieve the career success you want. You don’t have what you...

137. Embrace Your Imperfections Today’s episode is focused on how to embrace your imperfections. We have all grown up with programming and messages from our families, teachers, media, society, culture, etc. that tell us what we are “supposed” to do in our lives. Some of these messages may include: get good grades, go to a good school, get a good job, get married, have children, save for retirement...

136. The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes – Part Two (with Dr. Sunita Sah) Dr. Sunita Sah is an award-winning professor at Cornell University and an expert in organizational psychology. She leads groundbreaking research on influence, authority, compliance, and defiance. A trained physician, she practiced medicine in the United Kingdom and worked as a management consultant for the pharmaceut...

135. The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes – Part One (with Dr. Sunita Sah) Dr. Sunita Sah is an award-winning professor at Cornell University and an expert in organizational psychology. She leads groundbreaking research on influence, authority, compliance, and defiance. A trained physician, she practiced medicine in the United Kingdom and worked as a management consultant for the pharmaceut...

134. Leading Across Generations Part Two Today’s episode is part two of a two-part episode focused on the different generations in the workplace of today. A review of the internal and external generational impacts, the big events that have created shifts in each generation, how gen z differs from many other generations, and how generations can learn from each other. In this episode: The internal c...

133. Leading Across Generations Part One Today’s episode is focused on the different generations in the workplace of today. A review of the statistics of people in the workforce by generation, how the generations differ from one another and what they are looking for from their employers and managers. In this episode: The statistics of how many people are in the workforce today by generation. How t...

132. Being Prepared for Opportunities Today’s episode is about the importance of being prepared for opportunities that come up so you can show up in the best way. In today's rapidly changing world, the need for leaders who can anticipate and capitalize on opportunities has never been more critical. Leaders are experiencing organizational changes, layoffs, mergers, acquisitions, transformations, et...

131. Take the Opportunity to Show Your Value Today we're going to talk about how to take opportunities to show your value. I will be sharing a client example with you and what I did to help her. This client needed to present information to their senior leadership team. When a client has a big presentation, we will talk about how it could help their visibility. These are great opportunities to get...

130. Unlocking Your Ordinary Resilience (with Luis Vasquez) Luis Velasquez MBA, PhD, is a Silicon Valley Executive Coach and Stanford University Graduate School of Business facilitator. He is the Founder and Manager Partner of Velas Coaching LLC. He is the author of the award-winning book “Ordinary Resilience: Rethinking How Effective Leaders Adapt and Thrive. He coaches leaders around the world t...

129. The Power of Clarity in Your Job Search (with Angie Callen) Angie Callen began as a civil engineer and now owns her own company called Career Benders. She is passionate about helping people achieve career and business satisfaction, realize their true potential and marketability, and deliver that with confidence to reach new heights. She founded Career Benders because she wanted to help people...

128. What is Your Identity? Today’s episode is about your identity. It is a word that we all know, but have you considered in terms of how you define it for yourself? Think about a situation when you meet someone new and introduce yourself. If you are in a professional setting, you give your name and then you talk about your profession and the company you work for. In a personal setting, you may u...