The Visibility Factor

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...

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 foundati...

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...

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...

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 di...

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 t...

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 y...

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...

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 ackn...

93. Leading With Authenticity Today’s show is about leading with authenticity. Being authentic is a major focus in The Visibility Factor book and it is an important value for me. Authentic Leadership comes through when you are transparent about things, have high self-awareness, care about those around you and you can be yourself. It is so much easier to be yourself than to spend your time trying t...

92. The Power of Storytelling (with Merri Beckfield) Merri is a technophile by day, and a professor by night. The fusion of her dual careers gives her a unique blend of real-world technology experience and a strong foundation in academia. She has spent years honing her expertise in business intelligence and data management working for the majority of her career in the consumer goods industry for F...

91. Building Your Visibility Through Relationships Today’s show is about taking the opportunity to build relationships with peers, influencers, your management, and other people in your life. It is a chance to show your value to others which helps you to be recommended for new roles or thought of for opportunities. In these conversations, it is about finding ways to add value to the other person....

90. Should Leaders Be Liked or Respected? Today’s show is about being respected vs being liked. For so many leaders, myself included at one point, I thought being liked was more important than anything, especially once I was leading a team. I see so many leaders that I coach who struggle with what they know they need to do, because there is a risk that they will rock the boat. They are afraid it w...

89. Leadership Assessment Today’s episode is about assessing yourself and your team if you have one. When was the last time that you took the opportunity to have a leadership assessment done for you and/or your team? When I start working with new client leaders, I like to give them an assessment to help them understand how they are showing up as leaders, what their motivations and preferences are,...

88. Writing a Book Can Change Your Life As this episode is being recorded, it is The Visibility Factor’s 2nd book birthday! The book was published on November 2, 2021! I wanted to share with you all what the journey looked like for me at the beginning up until now. Many unexpected things have occurred, and it all started with a dream to help others avoid the struggles that I went through many year...

87. Visibility Can Be Fun There is a myth that exists that I used to believe for a long time, and I have heard others share with me as well. Visibility is extra work…it’s hard to do…I don’t have time for it. All those thoughts will be true if that is what you believe. However, what if you looked at visibility in a different way? What if you thought about gaining visibility as something that is eas...

86. Overcoming Self-Sabotage Today we are going to talk about self-sabotage. Self-sabotage is a common phenomenon that affects many individuals in various aspects of their lives. It is a pattern of behavior where individuals unknowingly undermine their own success or well-being. Believe me, I know that being visible can challenge you to step out of your comfort zone. Even when you know that you sh...

85. Authentic Leaders (with Christopher R. Jones) Christopher R. Jones, the founder of Authentic Leader, has over 30 years of leadership development and consultancy expertise across Fortune 500 companies in technology, associations, and HR sectors. Christopher's passion lies in transforming new managers into authentic leaders of high-performing teams. As an established speaker, coach, and workshop...

84. A Quality Brand Attracts Quality Clients (with Kim Brundage) Kim Brundage is a traveling premier personal branding and executive portrait photographer who helps entrepreneurs, coaches, speakers, influencers, CEOs, and executives get branded photos that truly represent WHO they are, so they can show up authentically no matter where they share their photos. Kim is proud of her more than 140 5-st...

83. Creating Visibility Through Writing (with Melissa Newton) Melissa Newton is an author of 18 books. As a writer, editor, and publisher, she helps single authors and co-author teams to turn ideas into amazing books. She enjoys copyediting projects for experts who submit articles to trade/consumer magazines. Melissa is also a nature photographer, pianist, singer, and storyteller, performing progr...

82. Embracing Your Mid-Life (with Michelle Newman) Michelle Newman, is a 50-something entrepreneur, executive coach, and the host of the top 2.5% globally ranked podcast The New Mid. Motivated by her own transformational journey and executive roles at ABC and CBS studios, Michelle is passionate about defying the expectations placed on women both on-and-off screen. With over two decades of experien...

81. Take Imperfect Action Today’s episode is focused on Imperfect Action. Can you think of people in your life who seem to have it all together? They don’t let obstacles get in their way. They just keep making things happen no matter what. How do they do it? They take imperfect action where they do experiments and try new things instead of staying stuck to keep making progress. It’s a way to see t...

80. Habits Can Change Your Leadership Today’s episode is focused on the book titled Atomic Habits by James Clear. My recent listen to this audiobook inspired this podcast episode. I took away the key lessons that he referred to in the book and some great actions to implement for myself. My approach in this episode is to share the three lessons and discuss how James talks about them, where I have a...

79. Create a Thriving Workplace (with Trenia Parham) My guest on today’s show is Trenia Parham. She is a Leadership Consultant & Strategist for mission-driven leaders and organizations. As a Social Worker and Relationship Coach, she spent the last 20 years leading, training and mentoring in the nonprofit and public sectors as well as running a Relationship Coaching business for 10 years. Now s...

78. Unlock Your Real Value (with Alison Leverett-Morris) Today’s episode is an interview with Alison Leverett-Morris. Alison Leverett-Morris is an entrepreneur and leadership coach with a focus on Neuroscience & Psychology. She's dedicated to empowering people to overcome self-doubt and live their true potential. Since graduating with a Fine Art degree, Alison has consistently found entreprene...