The Visibility Factor

44. Design Your 2023 Plan

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)

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

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

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! 

40. Upon Reflection (with Randy Hain)

40. Upon Reflection (with Randy Hain)
Randy Hain is the founder and president of Serviam Partners (ServiamPartners.com) and the co-founder of the Leadership Foundry (MyLeadershipFoundry.com). With a successful 30+ year career in senior leadership roles, corporate talent and executive search, he is a sought-after executive coach for senior leaders at some of the best-known companies in the U.S. who are seeking candid and expert guidance on how to identify and overcome obstacles to their success or develop new leadership skills. He is also an expert at onboarding and cultural assimilation for senior leaders as well as helping senior leadership teams improve trust, collaboration and candid communication. Randy's deep expertise in building trusting business relationships and his respectfully candid approach are true areas of differentiation for him and Serviam Partners.  
He is a husband, father, active community leader and serves on the boards of the causes he cares about most. Randy has earned a reputation as a creative business partner and generous thought leader through his books, articles and speaking engagements. Randy is the award-winning author of nine books, including the brand new Upon Reflection: Helpful Insights and Timeless Lessons for the Busy Professional and 2021's Essential Wisdom for Leaders of Every Generation. 
Randy shares why the book was important for him to write.
He explains what the overall message he wants people to take away from reading the book.
He shares whether or not pulling the things he learned from his Mom into the advice he shares and the metaphor about removing dead trees have been impactful for his readers.
He shares his experience with impactful people in his life.
He shares with the audience his take on FOMO.
He explains why he chose to focus on the specific terms: thoughtfulness, generosity and kindness.   
He shares his favorite part of this book.
He has written many books and coached many leaders, and shares what he wants to be remembered for.
Here are a few links to connect and learn more about Randy: 
www.ServiamPartners.com
Randy on LinkedIn (ln/randyhein)
Randy's book recommendation is:
Coached by Joan of Arc by Alexandre Harvard
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! 

39. Success Redefined (with Gail Meriel)

39. Success Redefined (with Gail Meriel)
Gail Meriel is a Project Manager, award-winning motivational speaker, author, and mindset coach. She holds an MBA degree, Professional Project Management certification, and has over 25 years of corporate experience. She has also been recognized as one of the Inspiring Women in Technology 2021 by the Association of Telecom, Mobility, and IT Management Professionals. Gail helps inspire and empower women who lost confidence or feel unworthy from self-doubt or failure learn how to regain self-esteem through self-discovery, overcome imposter syndrome so they can realize their value, take controllable action, and redefine their success. 
Her new book, co-authored with 15 other women, Inspiring Women Professionals Who BossUp, is launching during the holiday season. Gail's chapter focuses on bringing awareness to imposter syndrome. 
In this episode:
Gail discusses moving out of corporate into consulting.
She shares about the speaking award that she won.
She talks about how she decided to focus on impostor syndrome.
She explains how she was invited to contribute to the book.
She shares what helped her to come out of her shell and how she discovered speaking.
She shares which of the impostor syndrome types have impacted her the most.
She shares what she has done to overcome or manage them.
How she thought about what she wanted to do next once her son went off to college.
To order Gail’s new book:
Inspiring Women Professionals Who BossUp
Here are a few links to connect and learn more about Gail: 
www.GailMeriel.com
Gail Meriel on LinkedIn (ln/gail-meriel-mba)
Gail Meriel on FaceBook (@successredefined)
Gail Meriel on Clubhouse (@gailm21)
Gail's book recommendation is:
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber
Here is a link to episode 6 of The Visibility Factor that Gail mentions: 
Episode 6 of The Visibility Factor
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! 

38. Moving Teams Forward (with Mark Kenny)

38. Moving Teams Forward (with Mark Kenny)
Mark Kenny works with executive and leadership teams who need to embrace forward change, together, so their organizations can thrive amid change and disruption. Mark brings almost three decades of experience, first in IT and operations, followed by founding a software company, and later in keynote speaking and consulting. For the past ten years, he has worked with leaders to create healthier, more cohesive teams and organizations. Mark is the author of The Hippo Solution.
In this episode:
Mark shares his thoughts on issues within organizations about teams and how they’re working together.
He speaks about challenges leaders have leading a remote workforce.
He shares how he assesses a senior team who isn't trusting each other, who isn't working well together to help them move past that situation.
He talks about things he has done to help people come back to the room and have those types of conversations versus doing back channels or trying to have them outside of the room.
He shares how he would help leaders who don’t feel like it's their job to bring a team together come to a different conclusion.
Mark explains a situation he had been in involving groups that had disagreements.
He shares what he believes to be the top three issues in companies right now.
In terms of visibility, Mark explains what he has seen leaders do in companies to either be visible or recognize that it's important.
Here are a few links to connect and learn more about Mark: 
markkennyspeaks.com
Mark Kenny on LinkedIn (ln/markskenny)
The Becoming Unassailable Podcast
Mark’s book recommendations are:
Originals by Adam Grant
The 6 Types of Working Genius: A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team by Patrick Lencioni
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! 

37. Mastering Difficult Conversations

37. Mastering Difficult Conversations
Today’s episode is focused on mastering difficult conversations. 
Although it is difficult to have these conversations, it is part of your role, and you are doing what is right for your team and the company. Your team is seeing the lack of performance just as much as you are. Your management is watching to ensure that you are going to handle the issue. Have the courage to hold people accountable, but also remember to have compassion for the person going through it.
Most of the time the anticipation of having the conversation is way worse than the actual conversation itself. Just like sitting in traffic, you just need to have the patience to wait, plan out your conversation, go forward and make it happen. The only way to get through difficult conversations is not going around it but going through it. You will be able to both move forward and reach a great outcome. The art of having difficult conversations should always be about creating a win-win situation for all involved. Even if it’s not the outcome you originally planned for.
In this episode:
Is there an art to having difficult conversations?
How do you prepare for a difficult conversation?
What are all the things that you need to say?
How can you say it to help them receive it in the best way?
What objections will they have that you can address proactively?
What questions can you ask to better understand the situation?
What do you think you may be assuming that could be wrong?
Do you understand really why they're struggling?
What if you assume that they are doing their best, but something is holding them back?
Is there something going on in their personal life? Do they need more support from you or additional?
Why do some people avoid conflict while others seem to thrive on it? Does it have to do with their personality style, and/or confidence level?
What if the person's in the wrong job for them based on their style and strengths?
What would you do if someone stated in front of a room of people that you and or your team didn't do what was expected on something?
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! 

36. Trusting Yourself

36. Trusting Yourself
Today’s episode is focused on self-trust. The trust that you have (or don’t have yet) in yourself and why it is important. When you don’t trust yourself, you look around for others to give you validation. What do they think about vs what do you think about. It comes from a lack of confidence in what you know and can do. It signals that you think others know more than you, that they may make better decisions and that you have put them on a pedestal. You care more about them and their thoughts than your own, which makes it hard to trust yourself and your decisions.
In this episode:
Why do people care what others think anyway? 
Examples of choices that people make simply to make others happy – even if it doesn’t make them happy.
What are the choices that you have made in your life?
“What people think about you is not important, what you think of yourself means everything.” 
Do you have the courage to stand up for something that you believe in…even if no one else does? Can you say what others will not and be the one to do what is right?
Do you trust your gut when making decisions vs needing external validation and approval?
Do you accept a no or view it as a not yet?
Are you willing to stand up for members of your team and defend them when necessary?
“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how much they seldom do.” 
Track your decisions in a decision journal so you can see how many times that you are right!
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! 

35. Make Your Team Shine (with Marcelo De Santis)

35. Make Your Team Shine (with Marcelo De Santis)
Marcelo is a digital leader, entrepreneur and angel investor with 20+ years of global experience in creating growth with new business models, innovative technology and disruptive go-to-market approaches. He is currently Chief Digital Officer at ThoughtWorks and works with C-suite executives to invent, launch, and scale digital business models that leverage their company’s core capabilities and create new revenue streams. Previously he held the positions of Chief Digital and Information Officer at Kraft Foods, Mondelez and Pirelli.
Marcelo is co-founder of Angeles Investors, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of UNICEF and Hispanic IT Executive Council. He has been featured by HITEC as one of the top 100 most influential and notable Hispanic Professionals in the technology, in 2019, 2020 and 2022. In 2019 he was nominated by Crain’s as one of Top 50 CEOs, entrepreneurs and technologists.
In this episode:
Marcelo introduces himself and tells the audience about his career.
He shares his biggest challenges when becoming a leader of people versus being an individual contributor driving change for himself.
He shares his experience on what it felt like to be highlighted as a great leader of people by his former CIO.
He shares his thoughts about leaders who may feel threatened by making their team shine more than themselves.
We talked about some of the advice that he shared when I interviewed him for The Visibility Factor.
He talks about his takeaways from living in different places and what it taught him.
He discusses the differences in transition in his current leadership role at a consulting company as compared to many of the companies he has worked for.
He gives his top three pieces of advice on what a new leader should think about doing to have success.
Marcelo's book recommendation is:
Leadership is an Art
Here are links to connect and learn more about Marcelo: 
Marcelo De Santis on LinkedIn (ln/marcelodesantis)
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!