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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. I put this together for you because I feel like it's the time of year when I try to take some time for myself to do this. I thought it might be helpful to hear some of the things that I'm doing and what I'm learning about rest, relaxation, sleep. Could any of these suggestions become a goal for you over the break, and also into the new year?

In this episode:

• How much sleep are you getting?
• How are you maintain your boundaries?
• What decisions are you making that allow you to come first in your life?
• Are you doing things with intention that will make you happy?
• Recharging allows you to slow down to gain new ideas and perspective.
• List of ideas that might help you recharge and reconnect with people.
• When is the last time you sat in a place of peace and quiet?
• Unlearn habits that aren’t serving you in the best way.

Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

• Ted Talk Playlist on Getting Sleep

Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

• Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.
• As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at hello@susanmbarber.com.
• You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

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 scenarios that this can happen. When a new team begins to work together, it can take time to be productive and effective. So if you can do this successfully, they become more productive more quickly. They create a stronger bond together, and they actually are excited about the things that you're going to do together.

In this episode:

• Integrating a team with intention can make a difference in the success of the team.
• What are the team members thinking about during this kind of change?
• What does a leader need to know with a change like this?
• Look at leveraging more senior members on the team to support you as the new leader.
• Help people get to know you as a leader professionally and personally.
• Create a bonding experience for the team members to take advantage of through a Q&A activity.
• Ensure that you answer the questions that the team has for you in the best way that you can.
• Provide as much transparency as you can so they feel comfortable and build trust with you.

Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

• Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.
• As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at hello@susanmbarber.com.
• You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

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, follow the rules, don't talk back, respect your elders, etc. You get the gist of the messages that we have all heard and internalized over many years. These messages, also known as stories, may instill some sort of ideal picture into your head that you have to be perfect and act in a perfect way. Why would someone strive to be perfect? Usually, it is viewed as a way to gain the approval of others.

In this episode:

• Brene Brown’s views on perfectionism.
• My own experience of trying to be all things to all people, but myself.
• Are you seeking too much external validation?
• Choosing imperfection and being unique instead.
• Common misconceptions of perfectionism.
• Looking at failure in a positive way instead of only looking at a negative you want to avoid.

Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

• “The Common Misconceptions of Perfectionism” by Amanda Johnson 
• "Perfectionism is Increasing and That’s Not Good News" by Thomas Curran and Andrew Hill
• The Visibility Factor Podcast: Episode 56 - Internal vs External Validation

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Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

• Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.
• As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at hello@susanmbarber.com.
• You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

47. Visibility for Your Job Search (with Polly Rowland)

With over three decades of experience in the Consumer-Packaged Goods industry, Polly has honed her leadership skills and made significant contributions to multiple companies. As a coach and mentor, Polly founded CPG Mentor to fill a gap in support for women in her industry. Her individualized approach sets her apart from other programs, as she walks alongside her clients on their journey to growth.

Polly has a proven process in helping people advance their career through job search. She coaches and mentors clients to help them define their career goals and aspirations and then provide guidance on how to achieve them. She works with clients to identify their strengths and areas for improvement in the job search process. The job search process can be challenging and overwhelming, it's difficult to know how to effectively network, present yourself and build a personal brand that stands out to potential employers. Her approach is highly personalized, tailored to each individual's specific needs and goals, and her clients report significant improvements in their job search success as a result of working with her.

In this episode: 

• Her experience in Consumer-Packaged Goods companies and as a coach for career transition.
• How to maintain your visibility in your job search.
• The three shifts that need to occur after a job loss to find your next role.
• 3 tips to get off to a fast start when searching for your next role.
• The importance of networking vs applying to roles online.
• How her job listings email has evolved and how people can use it.
• How you should think about the way you answer questions in an interview.

Polly's Book Recommendation is: 

• Self-Coaching 101 by Brooke Castillo

To connect with Polly and sign up for her job listings email: 

• Sign up for Polly's job postings Email
• Schedule a virtual meeting with Polly
• Polly Rowland on LinkedIn (in/PollyRowland)
• Reach out to Polly via Email 

Today’s episode is sponsored by:

The Choose Your Life Challenge at https://www.theoppositeofsmalltalk.com/challenge

Use the promo code - Challenge4 for a 20% discount to the program and live a more intentional life!

Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.

As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at hello@susanmbarber.com. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

46. Visibility for Introverts 

This episode is for the introverts out there in companies who want visibility, but don’t know how to get it for themselves. Introverts see the extroverts out in the world who love to speak up and enjoy the limelight and wonder how they can compete with that?

In this episode: 

• When did extroverts and introverts first become types that were identified?
• My belief was that the world is made up of extroverts and they are the ones who are successful. I used to wonder if "I could be a successful leader, even though I am an introvert?”
• Assumptions that introverted leaders aren’t as strong as extroverted leaders. But introverts are stronger listeners, more empathetic and introspective.  They may not the loudest one in the room, but they can still get their point across when they do speak.
• Ways that introverts can be successful are reviewed and how they can complement extroverts.
• Client case study on how she was impacted by being an introvert and what she learned.
• Networking steps for introverts that help you be confident and ideas on how to do it.

Today’s episode is sponsored by:

The Choose Your Life Challenge at https://www.theoppositeofsmalltalk.com/challenge

Use the promo code - Challenge4 for a 20% discount to the program and live a more intentional life!

Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.

As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at hello@susanmbarber.com. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

45. Creating More Freedom (with Valincia Bennett)

In today’s episode I interview Valincia Bennett. She is a former corporate healthcare leader and now she is a business coach and strategist. She helps coaches simplify their systems & strategies so it’s easy to achieve consistent $10K+ months.

In this episode: 

• Valincia talked about her transition from corporate into being an entrepreneur for not only one business, but three very different businesses.
• She realized pretty quickly that although she wanted to focus on a business advising model in her business, it was burning her out and she would need to make changes to support the 4 key things that she wanted in her life.
• The importance of being able to experiment and make mistakes has helped her learn what works or doesn’t work and make changes quickly.
• We talked about the importance of self-care and how she helps her clients focus on that too.
• She and her husband have created both time and financial freedom for themselves and she is teaching others how to do it too.
• She had never been on social media, but went all in to be vulnerable and share what was happening for her in her business which helped new followers relate to her.
• Her new coaching program - The Savvy Success Formula is for coaches who are in years 1-5 of their business journey. She helps them design the business that they want using her 5-step process.

Reach out to Valincia here:  

• www.Savvy-Method.com
• Valincia Bennett on LinkedIn (ln/valincia-bennett-business-strategist)

The book that Valincia recommends is:

• $100M Offers: How to Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No

Today’s episode is sponsored by:

The Choose Your Life Challenge at https://www.theoppositeofsmalltalk.com/challenge

Use the promo code - Challenge4 for a 20% discount to the program and live a more intentional life!

Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.

As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at hello@susanmbarber.com. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

44. Design Your 2023 Plan

Welcome to 2023!! Hope you had a Happy New Year!

Today’s episode is focused on 2023 and creating a plan that supports your career, your life and your visibility.

In this episode:

• I referred to Episode 43 - Create Your Vision of Success with Nathalie Pincham where she talked about the importance of doing the inner work to achieve the success that you want in your life.
• The importance of reflection when creating a plan like this. The plan should incorporate your values, priorities with a focus on your career and your life.
• The first part of the plan is looking at your career, your values and priorities. Are they aligned? If not what needs to change?
• Each and every day you have a choice to make on what you do with your time using an analogy of money. Unfortunately, many people spend their time on low value things because it's more in their comfort zone and it's easier. But it isn't actually moving their goals and plans forward.
• Now Let's look at your life. Do you have dreams that you haven't focused on or things that you want to do in your life that you keep putting off? I share a story of a client who wants to create a life that has more freedom in it for traveling and spending time with family.
• We only have so much time to live our lives. What you are doing each day that is helping you get to where you want to go. Is there anything that needs to change?
• Shared my experience of designing a created life and some examples of what that could look like for you.

Here is a link to the previous episode mentioned in the podcast: 

• The Visibility Factor Episode 41: Communicating with Impact

Today’s episode is sponsored by:

The Choose Your Life Challenge at https://www.theoppositeofsmalltalk.com/challenge

Use the promo code - Challenge4 for a 20% discount to the program and live a more intentional life!

Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.

As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at hello@susanmbarber.com. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

43. Create Your Vision of Success (with Nathalie Pincham)

Nathalie Pincham is a Success Coach and messaging and business strategist. She is also the host of The "Your Success Tonic" podcast. Nathalie helps driven entrepreneurs and executives work less and achieve more so they can experience meaningful success and avoid burnout. Through her experience of being coached and becoming a Certified Professional Coach, she learned the tools she needed to switch from burnout and overwork to enjoying more freedom and confidence.

In this episode: 

• Nathalie shared her story of how she began to focus on success
• She talked about some of her own experiences with overwhelm and burnout
• She shared some of the tools that she has used to move from burnout, overwhelm to freedom and confidence
• We talked about the importance of knowing your values and understanding those for yourself
• Nathalie has created a program called “Your Success” which is described as something for people with online businesses industry who focus on a hustle-first, inner work later approach. She shared how that program has been impactful for her clients and how you can try some similar steps for yourself whether you are an entrepreneur or not.
• She also shared some insights about her new podcast called “Your Success Tonic” which she has recently started to help executives and entrepreneurs create their own success.

Here are a few links to connect and learn more about Nathalie: 

• www.storytonic.co
• Nathalie on LInkedIn (in/Nathalie-Pincham)

Nathalie's book recommendation is:

• Atomic Habits by James Clear

Today’s episode is sponsored by:

The Choose Your Life Challenge at https://www.theoppositeofsmalltalk.com/challenge

Use the promo code - Challenge4 for a 20% discount to the program and live a more intentional life!

Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.

As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at hello@susanmbarber.com. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

42. Creating Agreements vs. Expectations

Today’s episode is focused on creating agreements versus expectations when it comes to communication. I talked about ways to open up communication in episode 41 called Communicating with Impact. One of the options to open up communication in that episode was creating agreements vs expectations. (I will attach the link in the notes.) I wanted to share more about that with you here today. 

In this episode:

• 86% of employees and executives blame the lack of effective collaboration and communication as the leading causes for errors in the workplace. A review of the top reasons communication doesn’t happen in the workplace.
• The high percentage of people impacted by the stress and anxiety caused by unclear communication and how to address it.
• How new messaging platforms like Slack and Teams can impact communication – there are positives and negatives.
• The step-by-step process of how to create agreements vs expectations in a better way and make it effective and productive for you and your team.
• The importance of understanding someone else’s experience when communicating.
• Happy Holidays to everyone! Thank you for supporting the podcast! :)

Here is a link to the previous episode mentioned in the podcast: 

• The Visibility Factor Episode 41: Communicating with Impact

Today’s episode is sponsored by:

The Choose Your Life Challenge at https://www.theoppositeofsmalltalk.com/challenge

Use the promo code - Challenge4 for a 20% discount to the program and live a more intentional life!

Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.

As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at hello@susanmbarber.com. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast! 

41. Communicating with Impact

Today’s episode is focused on communication. Think about your own communication and maybe where it’s working well for you and where it isn’t. You can open up communication and maintain a more neutral way of dealing with negativity or stress by first understanding how to handle it. It’s important to note that not everything will be solved with one conversation. Not everything is going to work for you. Through practice and time, you can achieve better results and be a stronger leader by rewiring your brain.

In this episode:

• Take a break
• The story I am telling myself is…
• Assuming the best of others
• Be Curious
• Agreements vs. Expectations

Today’s episode is sponsored by:

The Choose Your Life Challenge at https://www.theoppositeofsmalltalk.com/challenge

Use the promo code - Challenge4 for a 20% discount to the program and live a more intentional life!

Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast

Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book.

As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at hello@susanmbarber.com. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you!

If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too!

Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast!