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It’s elusive. People often don’t know exactly what it is or looks like. Let’s change that. Discover exactly what it means to have executive presence, as well as where yours is right now. This is the start of a new, four-part series: Executive Presence 101.
Executive presence is something you either have or don’t. It’s an invisible ingredient that enables you to capture attention in a room without uttering a single word but makes people lean in when you do speak, remembering how you made them feel hours afterward.
So it’s no surprise that it’s often called the “X factor” of leadership, and I’m going to teach you how to harness it. Not only will you understand the three pillars of executive presence, but how to assess where your current levels are at in your career.
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To have influence, you need to tap into the influence of others. You need a centre of influence (COI). Influence is built and nurtured; it’s not something you’re automatically granted. And the process starts with building your influence network, or what I like to call, your centre of influence.
To grow in your career and leadership, it’s essential to surround yourself with the right people. Knowing and working with the right people can bolster your chances of being hired into a new role, getting promoted, getting invited to important conversations, and expanding your network and reach in your industry.
But it starts with giving value.
Concluding the Influence Without Authority series, in this episode I dive into:
What a circle of influence is. How to identify COIs in your company. How COIs can help you break through the corporate noise. 3 steps to mapping your COIs. The 3 types of influencers that will make up your COI. Methods to add value to your influencers.By the time you’re done listening, you’ll know exactly who to turn to and build relationships with, and how to shine in your Brilliant Difference, giving value to those who matter most.
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Do you know how you think, speak, and make decisions? What about for those you work with? If not, it’s no wonder why your brilliant ideas aren’t landing with executives and rallying teams together. That’s why I’m sharing with you five communication styles in the workplace, so you can:
Communicate more effectively. Adapt and tailor your message to others’ communication preferences. Elevate your impact and influence.Using my career experience, I’ve created five workplace communication styles that are inspired by Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, meaning they’re ordered in what people often require the most.
The five communication styles in the workplace include:
Certainty Connection Consequence Confidence ChangeWhat do each look like at work and which type is yours? Find out by tuning into this episode and taking my Communication Quiz!
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If your message isn’t sticking, it’s because you’re not doing these three things. I’ll teach you exactly what these rules for influencing executives and senior leaders are, so people can buy into your ideas. Every. Time.
Rule 1: Know your audience. Rule 2: Identify motivators. Rule 3: Plot the transformation journey.I’ve designed this episode as an immersive learning experience so you can see what these rules look like in action right away. Grab your copy of the Influence Amplifier Blueprint, fill it out, and translate the rules into your influence impact at work as I guide you along:
The most powerful yet overlooked aspect of influence. The three most common influence mistakes and how to mitigate them. Why you need to know your audience (you cannot skip this step). The differences between your primary, secondary, and tertiary audience. How to understand what motivates your audience’s decision-making process. How to plot your audience’s transformation journey.Influence Amplifier Blueprint: Apply the Influence Rules in Real-Time
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You hear it all the time: you need to have influence at work. But why is influence important in leadership and what does it look like done right and wrong? You get to learn all of that from me. This episode sets the tone for a new series: Influence Without Authority.
No matter your position—manager, executive, president—your title can change but what no one can take away from you is your ability to inspire. Want to persuade senior leaders to agree to an initiative? You need influence. Trying to gain buy-in for a new process? You need influence. Collaborating with team members on cross-functional projects? You need influence.
You get the picture.
If you nodded along to any of these scenarios, you’re in the right place. In this episode I’ll help you learn:
What influence is and isn’t. Where you may be going wrong with your influence and why your message isn’t sticking with your team and leaders. How having strong influence can amplify your leadership and career. How not having influence can drain and stall your career. Why influence matters. The best-case and worst-case of my own influence scenarios, so you can know what hinders and helps you to effectively influence.What are you waiting for? Press play and get to the answer of why influence is important in leadership.
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Approaching change and trying something new can be downright scary. But what if it didn’t have to be? It seems society has conditioned people to make change in one full swoop, immediately, seeking instant gratification, and it’s setting up people to fail. Making a big change or trying something new is like going into a polar plunge head-first versus tiptoeing in and getting your body adjusted—it shocks your system.
What I’m saying is, your success of managing change and trying something new all comes down to how you approach change. With the right strategies and the best practices for using Edge Moves (incremental actions that bridge your comfort zone to courage zone), you can handle change with ease, elegance, and even excitement.
I teach you how in this Your Brilliant Difference Podcast episode.
Learn about these 10 strategies to approach change:
The 80/20 rule Openness to become someone new Repetition Manage your FUDGE energy Anchor in the familiar Focus on skill development Sell the outline Build external support Have a Brilliant Difference project Bring an Edge Move mindset to everything you doLike What You Listen To?
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It’s time to continue your Edge Moves Evolution journey. Get right to the good stuff at 2:26! Thank you for joining Finka for another week and committing to being a transformational leader by actualizing your Brilliant Difference through Edge Moves.
In episode 190, she covered what Edge Moves are and how our brains react to threats, newness, and change. Then, in episode 191, she got deeper into Edge Moves by giving you types to think about applying in your role and work.And now, she’s peeling back the layers even more to help you identify what Edge Moves you can make that are specific to your role and industry in six simple steps:
Identify your problem or goal. Identify your actions that are producing your current results. Visualize where you want to go; define your destination. Determine a person, place, or scenario to apply your Edge Moves. Brainstorm a list of Edge Moves. Choose and act on your first Edge Move.But don’t do it alone. Finka guides you in the episode!
What You’ll Learn:
How Edge Moves fuel personal and professional growth. How to identify a problem or goal within your workplace. Ideas to practice Edge Moves in real situations. How practicing Edge Moves leads to thought leadership and visibility in your organization. The importance of support systems when trying something new. How to strategically ties success metrics to Edge Moves. Why continuous learning and adapting are crucial for being a successful Edge Mover and leader in your company.Get Career Clarity and Direction for 2025: Download the Finka Inc. Career Advancement Forecast
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We’re back to guide you on your Edge Moves Evolution journey. In episode 190, Finka covered what Edge Moves are, what motivates you to change, what your threat responses are to change, and how you can detect those patterns within yourself. This is a powerful episode to tune into if you want to figure out what keeps you in your comfort zone.
But in this episode, Finka shares her own Edge Moves story so you can see what Edge Moves look like at work, as well as the six types of Edge Moves you can make and glean inspiration from:
Mindset Visibility Relationship Leadership Communication InnovationFind out what each Edge Move means, and which aligns with your Brilliant Difference by listening to episode 191 now!
What You’ll Learn:
What FUDGE is and how it impacts your leadership and career. Finka’s personal Edge Moves story and key lessons learned. The importance of incremental, sustainable change. The six types of Edge Moves, and which is best for you. The caveat to making successful Edge Moves.Transform Your People in 2025: Register for The Future of Leadership Forum
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We talk a lot about Brilliant Differences on the Your Brilliant Difference Podcast. After all, it’s in the name. The power of identifying your two words that inform how you think, act, and feel in the workplace is immeasurable. Meaning, once you identify them, you’re unstoppable. Remember, your Brilliant Difference contains your unique talents and how you’re programmed to deliver them in a way no one else does. However, knowing your Brilliant Difference is one thing, putting it into action at work is another. So, how do you apply your Brilliant Difference? Through Edge Moves.
Episode 190 leads the way for a new series called Edge Moves Evolution. In this podcast series you’ll:
Understand what Edge Moves are. Identify real workplace scenarios where you can make Edge Moves. Leave with a list of strategic Edge Moves you can make in your company. Know how to use Edge Moves as a change management tool and technique to adapt and rise no matter the challenges you experience.In episode 190 specifically, you’ll learn what Edge Moves are, what drives fear and keeps us in our comfort zones, as well as the benefits of expanding beyond your comfort zone.
Tune in now to go beyond at work.
What You’ll Learn:
4 ways humans respond to threats and fear. 3 ways we experience change. What Edge Moves are. Why 2x is better than 10x. How to strategically apply your Brilliant Difference at work.Transform Your People in 2025: Register for The Future of Leadership Forum
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Welcome to the concluding episode of the Leadership Mastery for Managers series on the Your Brilliant Difference Podcast. While it’s not detrimental to listen to the first three episodes before this one, we highly recommend you check them out after so you can connect and apply all your learnings at work.
Episode 186: 5 Strategies to Design Your Leadership Growth Pathway Episode 187: Manager vs. Leader: These 7 Skills Will Set You Apart Episode 188: Meaningful Management: How to Lead and Work with PurposeNow, in episode 189, Finka Jerkovic double-clicks on another key finding from the Finka Inc. Career Advancement Forecast: 66% of respondents want a promotion or to move into new role in the next 12-18 months.
If you’re in the same boat and want to move into a more senior level this year, then this episode is for you. Finka highlights a checklist of seven habits you can start right now to prime yourself for this opportunity:
Get clear on and own your Brilliant Difference. Come clean about your weaknesses. Make your managers, senior leaders, and colleagues the heroes. Pitch, pitch, pitch. Master the art of being a storyteller speaker. Always have a project on the side of your desk. Become a centre of influence.What does each habit look like at work
and how can you start putting them into action? Tune in to find out!
What You’ll Learn:
The mindset you need to acquire for senior leadership. How being aware of your weaknesses brightens your Brilliant Difference. How to flip from “what’s in it for me” to “what’s in it for them.” The importance of pitching initiatives within your company. How to pitch ideas. What a side project is and how it can 10x your impact. What being a centre of influence means.Resources:
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Welcome to another episode of the Your Brilliant Difference Podcast and part 3 of the Leadership Mastery for Managers series. If you haven't already, check out episode 186 to design your leadership growth pathway and episode 187 to learn about the skills to prioritize to get to your next leadership and career level.
In episode 188, I outline how to inject meaning and purpose into your work so you can show up as a transformational leader, not just a transactional manager. This theme also stems from a key Finka Inc. Career Advancement Forecast finding: corporate professionals are burnt out, but they still want to make a meaningful difference:
“This will sound cheesy, but my big aspiration is legacy, knowing that I had an impact on peers, colleagues, and especially clients.” “I want to help others have more ease in their life and develop confidence to go after the life they really want.” “I want to make an impact on the employees and company overall for the better and implement lasting changes to lead the company into the future.”Now, purposeful work and finding your mission may feel like a marketing ploy, but when done right, it can fuel your personal and leadership success, as well as the success of your organization.
I’ll show you how to do it the right way by uncovering the 5 benefits of injecting purpose into your work, as well as 5 tangible tactics to help you discover and apply your purpose at work.
Let’s get started!
What You’ll Learn:
How purposeful work leads to fulfillment. Why purpose at work is critical for today’s workforce. The difference between passion and purpose. How purpose fuels resilience. 5 tactics to help you find your purpose and live it out at work.Get Career Clarity and Direction for 2025: Download the Finka Inc. Career Advancement Forecast
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Welcome to another episode of the Your Brilliant Difference Podcast and part 2 of the Leadership Mastery for Managers series. If you haven’t yet already, check out episode 186 to design your career growth pathway.
In episode 187, I’ll be focusing on the seven skills you need in 2025 to help you get to the next level in your career. There’s no doubt about it—a title doesn’t make someone a leader. This is often why, in the workplace, people can pick apart leaders from managers. They carry a certain presence and particular skills that makes them shine from the crowd.
Now, what skills are those? According to my Finka Inc. Career Advancement Forecast, the seven must-have skills to take your career to the next level, to take your management from transactional to transformational leadership are:
Executive presence Influence Relationship building/networking Transformational leadership Personal branding Pitching and selling ideas PresentingWhy are these skills so important, how will they impact your work, and what other themes should you consider when playing the workplace game? Tune in to find out.
What You’ll Learn:
The skills you need for future work and leadership demands. The importance of focusing on interpersonal and communication skills. The top skills corporate professionals and leaders are proficient in today. The top skills corporate professionals and leaders are deficient in today. How executive presence, personal branding, and managing difficult conversations impact your career advancement.Get Career Clarity and Direction for 2025: Download the Finka Inc. Career Advancement Forecast
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Welcome back to the Your Brilliant Difference Podcast! While the show paused over the holidays, Finka Jerkovic is back in action with an exciting new series that will help you pave a successful, meaningful pathway for your leadership and career in 2025: Leadership Mastery for Leaders.
In this four-part series, she gives you high-level, tangible insights from her recent workplace report, Finka Inc. Career Advancement Forecast: Skills and Strategies to Rise at Work in 2025. In episode 186, she double-clicks on how to design your leadership growth pathway to achieve your workplace/career goals.
According to the Finka Inc. report, one of the biggest aspirations people have is to grow, move up, and get promoted, yet the biggest challenge for people is knowing where to go and how to do it. They know they want to grow in a new direction, but they don’t exactly know what’s next or what that direction should be. Are you in the same boat?
Finka gets it. She’s been at this crossroads herself before in her corporate career, which is why she’s helping you get clear on your where and how through her own stories and five strategies:
Be intentional. Go deep or go wide. Have an excellence mindset. Use your Brilliant Difference as an act of service. Futureproof your leadership with skills.What exactly do these strategies mean and how can you implement them? Tune in and find out!
What You’ll Learn:
Why 2025 is a pivotal year for your leadership and impact. The importance of being intentional with your career and leadership moves. Going deep vs. going wide in your career. The difference between an excellence mindset vs. accomplishment mindset. How to lean on your Brilliant Difference and skills development to add value despite a shifting technological landscape.Get Career Clarity and Direction for 2025: Download the Finka Inc. Career Advancement Forecast
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A whole calendar year is 365 days, about 52 weeks, and 12 months. From a high level, it looks like a whole lot of time, yet at the end of every year I find myself saying, “Where did the time go?” It’s already the end of 2024.
Year ends can impact everyone differently. While some feel the pressures of things they didn’t get to throughout the year, some celebrate reaching milestones. No matter if you’re anxious, excited, celebratory, or self-blaming, in this Your Brilliant Difference Podcast episode, I guide you through how to reflect on your 2024 year and set manageable, tangible goals for 2025.
I share some of my own key takeaways, personal and business-related, and as I share my discoveries, I coach you through sets of questions to help you uncover your own.
My biggest takeaway this year was realizing that there’s no space for transactional workshops because that’s not what my clients truly need. It’s easy to look at others and see what they’re doing, straying from your own style and integrity, and sometimes I’ve felt myself wandering too. Especially with corporate leadership development training, you can fall into the pattern of copy and paste. But my intention for this year is to stay true to my customized, personalized leadership development program model that’s backed by data. I want to continue delivering white-glove service that’s intimate and makes each leader feel like the content is being delivered right to them, even in a group setting. This approach is only being re-emphasized, and I am looking forward to delivering for my clients in the coming new year.
Now, it’s time for you to discover your biggest takeaway!
The Agenda for Today’s Episode:
How to reflect on your 2024. Finka’s biggest priorities: family, relationships, and faith. A focus on transformative workshop experiences. How to set intentions for 2025 with manageable, tangible Edge Moves.Get Career Clarity and Direction for 2025: Download the Finka Inc. Career Advancement Forecast
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Public relations can be a powerful tool to help you elevate your brand, thought leadership, and credibility. In fact, it has a key similarity to personal branding. They both involve engaging and tailoring your message so that it best resonates with the audience/public. With personal branding, this is often done through avenues of conferences and social media posts, while PR includes press releases and articles. PR can be a guiding lens to look through for developing your personal brand, helping you know exactly what to say and what not to say.
Who better to light the way than PR veteran and CEO of Greenrose Communications, Abbie Sheridan. She lives to connect people. Pairing her passion for connections with her love of storytelling, Abbie has been working in public relations for nearly 15 years. She initially found and pursued her dream job through a college internship where she pitched tech gadgets and colored toilet paper at New York Fashion Week (which was as fun as it sounds). But she knew she wanted to do something more impactful. When she found financial services, she realized it was where she was meant to be. For close to a decade, Abbie has worked with RIAs, asset managers, custodians, and fintech companies in the wealth management industry. Today, she and her team represent more than a dozen industry leading firms, with a specialization in ESG, SRI, and green investing.
How lucky are we that Abbie is now sharing her insight and experience on the Your Brilliant Difference Podcast, helping you tailor and build your brand with a PR twist.
In Episode 184 You Will Learn:
Exactly what PR is and isn’t. How to leverage PR to boost your brand credibility. How to achieve PR with a limited budget. The power of engaging with media for personal branding. How the media landscape is evolving and the implications of AI. How to start approaching the possibilities of PR to enhance your personal brand.Connect with Abbie Sheridan
Abbie Sheridan on LinkedIn Greenrose CommunicationsCareer Advancement Report Coming December 13th!
For the first time ever, Finka Jerkovic is publishing her first Finka Inc. Career Advancement Report, informing you about what to focus on in 2025 to rise and shine at work. Join her Find Your Brilliance community newsletter and get a copy delivered right to your inbox as soon as it’s released.
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Whether you’re pitching an idea to leadership, leading a meeting, or delivering a keynote at a conference, they’re all forms of presenting. Within each method, you’re presenting your ideas, guiding other’s ideas, and aiming to inspire action within people. All of it can be stressful. Whether you speak to 5 people,15, 50, or 500, your palms may clam up and suddenly you’ve lost your train of thought, derailing from your perfectly crafted script. But here’s the thing — you don’t need a script to efficiently communicate. What you do need is your authentic, confident voice, which Julie Johnson will teach you to hone in this week’s Your Brilliant Difference Podcast episode.
Julie Johnson is the CEO of XY Communication and a leading authority on intergenerational and gender communication. As a current member of the esteemed Forbes Coaches Council and a former Barron's winning SVP with UBS (CFP & CIMA), she has devoted her career to helping professionals and teams build trust, engagement, and loyalty. Specializing in psychological safety and conflict navigation, she is a Certified Behavioral Finance Trainer, a Certified Facilitator in Adam Grant & Ray Dalio’s PrinciplesYou program, a Certified Brene Brown Daring Way Facilitator, a Globally licensed member of the International Coaching Federation, and a Certified Global Speaker through The National Speaker Association.
Listen to this episode and learn from Julie as she teaches you how to tailor your communication to meet people where they are. You’ll also learn how to apply techniques to help you refine your big idea and voice it with confidence, authenticity, and influence.
The Agenda for Today’s Episode:
What exactly is an authentic, confident voice? PrinciplesYou Assessment overview and how it informs workplace communication. How to overcome presentation anxiety. Presentation tips and best practices. How Julie’s public speaking and presenting experience has impacted her career. How to leverage LinkedIn to amplify your authentic, confident voice and build a brand that drives your career.Connect with Julie Johnson
Julie Johnson on LinkedInCareer Advancement Report Coming December 13th!
For the first time ever, Finka Jerkovic is publishing her first Finka Inc. Career Advancement Report, informing you about what to focus on in 2025 to rise and shine at work. Join her Find Your Brilliance community newsletter and get a copy delivered right to your inbox as soon as it’s released.
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Many people face the challenge of a job transition, whether it be from a reorganization or their own choice. When it comes your time to move into a new industry, role, or company, how can you ensure you approach the process the right way and acquire a job that’s aligned with your Brilliant Difference?
Jeff Brown has the answers. Jeff has been through several job transitions and Edge Moves in his career. Born and raised in Toronto, his love for the city drives his work. His experience in human resources and operations was honed on Bay Street, leading transformational real estate projects in banking. This then led him to join The Heaps Estrin Team Real Estate Team, Royal LePage’s #1 Residential Brokerage in Canada for the past five years. Jeff’s focus on developing and growing teams is a hallmark of his leadership.
From entering banking during a financial crisis in 2009 to working in travel and hospitality when COVID-19 hit, Jeff shares his stories about not only how he successfully transitioned jobs, but the resilience he developed during times of adversity. He expands on honing his Brilliant Difference and transferrable skills and offers three strategies you can apply when thinking about making a job change.
The Agenda for Today’s Episode:
02:25 — Career Transition 1: From Banking to Hospitality
12:18 — Cultural Shifts in New Work Environments
18:37 — Crisis Management During the Pandemic
23:23 — Career Transition 2: Embracing New Opportunities in Real Estate
25:12 — Navigating Job Descriptions and Interviews: 3 Strategies
31:48 — Embracing Change and Risk in Career Moves
36:47 — Reaching Out and Building Connections
39:57 — Jeff's Current Endeavors and Future Plans
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‘Tis the season for performance reviews. I can picture it from my corporate days, gathering questions and scheduling meetings to have performance discussions with my employees. But with that comes nerves, excitement, worry, doubt. So how can managers prime the environment to ensure a safe and productive conversation happens for both parties?
Psychotherapist of 40 years and author, Steven Kessler, will teach you how by applying the five personality patterns. Kessler is the author of two books: The 5 Personality Patterns and How to Have Better Relationships. In his first novel, Kessler explains the five personality patterns: Leaving, Merging, Enduring, Aggressive, and Rigid. They don’t depict who you are, but rather what you do. They’re safety strategies we lean on. In his second novel, he explains how these safety strategies and patterns can impact relationships.
Specifically, in this Your Brilliant Difference Podcast episode, we’ll be diving into how these patterns can impact a manager’s performance review conversation with an employee. We walk you through a workplace scenario and give managers tips on how to detect their employees’ personality patterns, as well as how to handle them.
The Agenda for Today’s Episode:
00:00 — An Introduction to the 5 Personality Patterns
03:03 — Understanding Safety Strategies and Personality Development
05:58 — Exploring the Leaving Pattern
09:04 — The Merging Pattern Explained
11:51 — The Enduring Pattern and Its Implications
14:51 — The Aggressive Pattern and Its Dynamics
17:56 — The Rigid Pattern and Its Characteristics
21:06 — Self-Awareness and Patterns in Relationships
24:03 — Utilizing Patterns as Gifts in Professional Settings
26:51 — Navigating Difficult Conversations in the Workplace
32:41 — The Power of Connection and Feedback
39:03 — Understanding Different Patterns in Communication
46:45 — Managing Energy in Interactions
55:11 — Grounding Techniques for Different Patterns
01:03:02 — The Importance of Presence in Life
Previous Episode with Steven Kessler
Episode 136: Exploring the 5 Personality Patterns with Steven KesslerConnect With Steven Kessler
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Regardless of gender, everyone brings a mixture of feminine or masculine energy. Some people lean on one more than the other. Masculine energy is described as “doing” and acting based on logic, knowledge, results, and reason. On the flip side, feminine energy is defined as “being,” acting based on intuition and emotions. Words that often describe masculine energy include confrontation, aggression, and control, whereas words related to feminine energy include oversensitive and co-dependant. So, you can see how these energies aren’t actually tied to a gender—a woman can be aggressive and a man can sensitive. Neither of these energies are wrong. In fact, there are several benefits to both. But it’s about finding a balance at work.
In episode 180 of the Your Brilliant Difference Podcast, Finka shares a personal workplace story where, during a particular situation, there was a dominance in masculine energy and how leaning on her feminine energy as a Brilliant Difference created a meaningful change her workplace needed. Suddenly, people were more comfortable, had open communication, and shared their vulnerabilities, building trust and strong relationships.
Remember, both energies are good, but consider: which should you bring at work? Apply this to situations as you experience them.
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With different personalities, professional and personal backgrounds, and communication preferences, you’re bound to experience conflicting conversations at work. So, how can you handle situations where you don’t see eye-to-eye with someone, in a way that supports your career growth and relationship progression? Through the Simpatico Communication Method.
Who better to talk about the Simpatico Communication Method than Arnie Buss, its co-founder. Arnie is also a Research Associate Professor, a relationship coach, and the co-author of Hear Here: Engaging With Our Aware, Loving Heart. He is passionate about communication and how it impacts workplace relationships.
In this Your Brilliant Difference Podcast episode, you’ll learn about what the Simpatico Communication Method is, how to apply it, and how to become a stronger communicator to rise in your career, even when you don’t necessarily agree with people.
The Agenda for Today’s Episode:
02:38 — Arnie’s Journey in Academia and Military Education
06:22 — The Concept of Vocation in Career Choices
09:09 — Finding Purpose in Corporate Work
11:22 — Communication Dynamics in Military Leadership
20:27 — How Hear Here Came to Be
26:44 — The Power of Empathetic Communication
27:34 — Simple vs. Ease in Communication
29:02 — The Role of the Sender and Receiver
30:32 — Requesting Change: Language to Use
35:25 — Energy Matching in Communication
44:12 — Transforming Conflict into Connection
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