
Ep 124: How to Get Speaking Gigs Post-Pandemic
Having received my second vaccine shot, I am thinking more about the future of the speaking industry after this COVID pandemic. It isn’t just me, either friends! I have so many clients asking me new questions about the future. That is why I want to talk with you about...
Ep 123: You Can't Be Boring
Our brains don’t pay attention to boring things, but what’s beautiful is that what’s boring to one person is fascinating to another. When it comes to sharing your ideas, you should be bringing your full heart and soul and excitement to your audience, and this week,...
Ep 122: Audience Intimacy
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...
Ep 121: How to Tell Your Founder Story
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...
Ep 120: Embrace Your Founder Identity
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...
Ep 119: How I Know You Were Made for This
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...
Ep 118: The Path of Radiant Thought Leadership
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...
Ep 117: What We Thought Would Happen
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...
Ep 116: The Danger of Best Practices
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...
Ep 115: Why It's So Hard to Do What You Love with Kadidja Yansane
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...