My friends, have you ever come to prepare for a presentation only to find yourself wondering what to include? How do you know what will be interesting? Sometimes, we can get into a negative mindset about interest in our topic but the good news is that no topic is...

Lately, I have been feeling like it isn’t only spring in the world around us, but also like it is spring in the world of speakers and thought leaders. That means we need to start examining and preparing ourselves for this new world we are about to enter into! Today, I...

These first podcast episodes are meant to set the foundation for you as a radiant thought leader and the full vision of what is possible for you. I want to talk to you about embracing your founder identity and how it fits into the complete vision and scope of your...

Welcome back to the Brilliance at Work podcast, my beautiful friends! I have been thinking about how we, as humans and leaders, are each uniquely designed to move through all of this that is life, and how to be the unique thought leader you can be. When we decide that...

Hello and welcome to the podcast! I am thrilled to have you join me on this journey during the most recent iteration of my podcast. If you've listened to Brilliance At Work podcast before, you will know that sharing with you all is one of my favorite things.  Every...

Remember back in January 2020 when you made that exciting plan for all the things you'd do, create and enjoy in this new year of "2020 Vision"? Ha! Maybe we don't actually have nearly the control or even influence we think we do over how things will go. And yet, in...

If you want the fast track to your greatest impact with your message as a speaker and thought leader, it makes sense that you want to learn best practices on messaging, talk crafting and delivery. I teach that stuff a lot. And yet, I've noticed over the years that the...

The heart of the dream is to do what you love and the money will follow, right? There are books written on that and it sounds amazing. But, no one tells you the special "roadblocks" that show up when you decide you are going to actually create a business from your...

I see way too many leaders with voices for good who hesitate to take their stand for fear of being wrong. Here's the straight up news—you probably will be wrong sometimes. I certainly have been wrong plenty, as I share in this episode. There is freedom in really...

In the old days, this was "professional" — to keep business separate from our personal life. But, the people we serve want more from us now — they want to know who we really are. Jude Charles is an expert at sharing that story, through video. As a documentarian for...