The Visibility Factor

88. Writing a Book Can Change Your Life
As this episode is being recorded, it is The Visibility Factor’s 2nd book birthday! The book was published on November 2, 2021! I wanted to share with you all what the journey looked like for me at the beginning up until now. Many unexpected things have occurred, and it all started with a dream to help others avoid the struggles that I went through many years ago. Do you have a dream for yourself that you would like to create? It may not be writing a book, but whatever it is, I hope you will pursue it!
In this episode:
How I got involved with AJ Harper who helped me learn how to write The Visibility Factor book
Being vulnerable and fearful of putting the book out into the world
Teaching a class to test out the content and the reviews of what the participants learned
Types of opportunities that have been able to do because of the book
Reviews of the book from pre-readers and trade reviewers
Appreciation to all the people and communities who have helped to support my writing
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:
Link to order The Visibility Factor if you would like to purchase a copy. If you have already read the book, thank you so much! 😊 Please leave a review so others can hear what you experienced by reading the book!
https://www.amazon.com/Visibility-Factor-Through-Become-Authentic/dp/1737610442/
To learn more about AJ Harper and her Top 3 Book Workshop. Please let her know you heard about her program on The Visibility Factor Podcast!
https://ajharper.com/top-three-book-workshop/
The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.
Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?
This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?
If you are interested in learning more, visit:
susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/
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! 

87. Visibility Can Be Fun
There is a myth that exists that I used to believe for a long time, and I have heard others share with me as well. Visibility is extra work…it’s hard to do…I don’t have time for it.
All those thoughts will be true if that is what you believe. However, what if you looked at visibility in a different way? What if you thought about gaining visibility as something that is easy to do…that it doesn’t add extra time and that it could actually be fun and playful?
Fun can have a positive impact on your personal brand authenticity. When you inject fun and creativity into your personal brand, you are showcasing your personality and values in a unique way. This can help you establish a more authentic and genuine image that people can trust and rely on. Fun can also help you connect with your team, peers and management on a deeper level, which can help you build stronger relationships with them.
I invite you to stay open to this new possibility and way of thinking as you listen to today’s episode!
In this episode:
Quotes and insights from an article called "Why Do We Stop Playing?"
How are organizations looking at play as form of generating ideas and building an innovative culture.
What if you could overcome impostor syndrome through play?
Examples of how play can create more employee engagement.
Tips and ideas to unleash more play for you in your leadership and in your organization.
Inject more fun into your personal brand and leadership.
See the impact that fun and playfulness can have on your visibility.
Look for opportunities to leverage more fun into your team and workplace.
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:
"Why do we stop playing?" by Shannon Watts
The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.
Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?
This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?
If you are interested in learning more, visit:
susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/
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! 

86. Overcoming Self-Sabotage
Today we are going to talk about self-sabotage. Self-sabotage is a common phenomenon that affects many individuals in various aspects of their lives. It is a pattern of behavior where individuals unknowingly undermine their own success or well-being.
Believe me, I know that being visible can challenge you to step out of your comfort zone. Even when you know that you should be more visible, there is still the worry of making a mistake or failing that holds you back. Fear is so powerful and can take over if you let it. You prevent yourself from taking the actions that you need to do because of that fear, which is also known as self-sabotage.
What if you saw self-sabotage as something that is trying to help you instead of holding you back? How would that impact what you do next?
In this episode:
In what ways does self-sabotage manifest itself for people
What does self-sabotage look like in a work situation?
What are the root causes of self-sabotage and how does it impact you as a leader?
How does impostor syndrome play a role in self-sabotage?
Tips that you can use to build awareness to overcome self-sabotage.
Excerpt from The Visibility Factor book on self-sabotage
Quotes from a book called The Mountain is You that focuses on self-sabotage and how it shows up for us.
Now that you have awareness of self-sabotage, what will be different for you?
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:
The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery by Brianna Wiest
The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.
Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?
This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?
If you are interested in learning more, visit:
susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/
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! 

85. Authentic Leaders (with Christopher R. Jones)
Christopher R. Jones, the founder of Authentic Leader, has over 30 years of leadership development and consultancy expertise across Fortune 500 companies in technology, associations, and HR sectors. Christopher's passion lies in transforming new managers into authentic leaders of high-performing teams. As an established speaker, coach, and workshop facilitator. He equips new managers with practical tools, systems, and frameworks, transforming them from managers to leaders. He has worked with clients throughout the East Coast, where he empowers management teams to foster high performance cultures. Christopher also offers the quarterly public program "New Leader Lab" for new managers, and he provides coaching and consultation services for leaders of management teams in their transition into a "Leader as Coach" approach. He is the host of “The Authentic Leader Show” podcast. where he goes deep into the journey of leadership and personal effectiveness. Christopher joins us today from Richmond, Virginia, where he resides with his wife of 32 years, and together, they have raised three grown children.
In this episode:
Christopher shared his background and the corporate experience he had that led him to create his company called Authentic Leaders.
He talked about what some of his clients, who are newer leaders, struggle with the most.
He shared his own story of going from a struggling new manager to an authentic leader of teams.
He talked about the lessons he learned as a new leader.
The assumptions that many leaders make about their team members ability to be successful.
How to give new leaders opportunities that can help learn and develop new skills that they need.
The experiences that he gained and approaches he used while working with leaders at nuclear power plants.
He shared the ways that he works with clients including his New Leader Lab program
His podcast is called The Authentic Leader and he has a Leadership Diagnostic Tool for New Managers.
Information on Christopher:  
ChristopherRJones.com
Christopher R. Jones on LinkedIn: (in/iamchristopherjones)
Christopher R. Jones on Instagram: (@christopherrjones)
The Books that Christopher Recommends:
Be Your Future Self Now by Dr Benjamin Hardy
Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
Tiny Habits by B.J. Fogg
Exactly What to Say by Phil M. Jones
The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann
The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.
Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?
This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?
If you are interested in learning more, visit:
susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/
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! 

84. A Quality Brand Attracts Quality Clients (with Kim Brundage)
Kim Brundage is a traveling premier personal branding and executive portrait photographer who helps entrepreneurs, coaches, speakers, influencers, CEOs, and executives get branded photos that truly represent WHO they are, so they can show up authentically no matter where they share their photos. Kim is proud of her more than 140 5-star Google reviews from clients who have finally gotten branded photos they love sharing (after years of hating their headshots), increased their social media presence, and increased their revenue specifically because their branded photos genuinely represent them and their brand, which attracts their ideal clients again and again. From 2019 - 2023, Kim won three prestigious awards for her photography, including “Best Photographer in Richmond, VA.”
In this episode:
Kim shared how she first got started in photography.
She talked about her corporate career and the work she did in marketing and branding.
How she took the leap to bring together her love of photography and personal branding.
What she does that other photographers don’t do in this kind of work.
What she loves about her work with people on their branding and how she knows she got “the money shot!”
How she helps clients prepare for their photoshoot and get them in the best mindset for great results.
Her process to help clients feel comfortable and what her team does to help clients look their best.
How she and her husband made the decision to travel in their RV full time.
She shared what has been the most challenging and most rewarding part of living in the RV.
She shared how they decide where to travel to next and how she lets people know where she’ll be.
She recently celebrated 12 years in business and is excited to grow her company to the next level.
Information on Kim:  
KimBrundage.com
Kim Brundage on LinkedIn: (in/kimbrundage)
Kim Brundage on Facebook: (@kimbrundagephotography)
Kim Brundage on Instagram: (@kbrundagephoto)
The Book that Kim Recommends:
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.
Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?
This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?
If you are interested in learning more, visit:
susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/
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! 

83. Creating Visibility Through Writing (with Melissa Newton)
Melissa Newton is an author of 18 books. As a writer, editor, and publisher, she helps single authors and co-author teams to turn ideas into amazing books. She enjoys copyediting projects for experts who submit articles to trade/consumer magazines. Melissa is also a nature photographer, pianist, singer, and storyteller, performing programs in senior living communities and libraries to educate and bring joy to her audiences.
In this episode:
Melissa shared how she got started in her writing as a career.
Lessons that she learned from starting her own business.
We discussed the challenges that authors face to achieve their goal of writing a book.
Future authors can be more successful by reading a lot of books.
She talked about the different ways that her clients wanted to work with her and how she had to pivot her business.
Sharing posts on LinkedIn as a way to get started writing.
We also talked about book marketing and ideas for repurposing the content that is created.
What she would like her legacy to be.
Information on Melissa:  
MelissaNewton.com
Melissa Newton on LinkedIn: (in/melissanewtonpublisher)
The Book that Melissa Recommends:
Just Who Will You Be by Maria Shriver
The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.
Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?
This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?
If you are interested in learning more, visit:
susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/
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! 

82. Embracing Your Mid-Life (with Michelle Newman)
Michelle Newman, is a 50-something entrepreneur, executive coach, and the host of the top 2.5% globally ranked podcast The New Mid. Motivated by her own transformational journey and executive roles at ABC and CBS studios, Michelle is passionate about defying the expectations placed on women both on-and-off screen. With over two decades of experience researching, studying, and guiding women through the mid-life process, Michelle is known for her ability to compassionately identify their specific challenges and help them create lasting transformation. Through her academy and one-on-one coaching, she’s served an international clientele and helped hundreds of women achieve their desired results including, career transitions, losing weight, achieving promotions, and multiplying their overall happiness and fulfillment. Through her podcast, The New Mid, Michelle interviews lifestyle and health experts to help women struggling with embracing their next chapter of life to maximize and enjoy its potential to the fullest.
In this episode:
We talked about Michelle’s transition from working in the TV industry into having her own business and becoming a coach for women in their midlife.
She leveraged her experience and contacts in the entertainment industry to help her get started with her own radio show, which became her podcast called "The New Mid" and her community.
She shared that our midlife has become our power years. We are just getting started to do some incredible things in our second half.
She talked about the expectations that are placed on women on and off screen
How women can get started today to learn more about themselves.
The limiting beliefs that we carry around with us from a comment made by someone when we are kids.
How can we help our kids deal with some of the challenges of comparison and social media?
How we also at times need to hit the reset button. She has a 21 Day Reset Challenge starting on Oct 9th.
Information on Michelle:  
TheNewMid.com
The New Mid Facebook Group
The Books that Michelle Recommends:
Lovable: Embracing What Is Truest About You, So You Can Truly Embrace Your Life by Kelly Flanagan
Why We Get Sick by Benjamin Bikman
The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.
Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?
This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?
If you are interested in learning more, visit:
susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/
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! 

81. Take Imperfect Action
Today’s episode is focused on Imperfect Action. Can you think of people in your life who seem to have it all together? They don’t let obstacles get in their way. They just keep making things happen no matter what.
How do they do it? They take imperfect action where they do experiments and try new things instead of staying stuck to keep making progress. It’s a way to see that 80% completion is good enough vs. spending extra time to go to 100% when it is unnecessary. They focus on imperfect actions because it allows them to finish and move onto the next thing.
In this episode:
Why perfectionists may struggle with imperfect action.
Imperfect action is a gamechanger to move faster.
Are you fearing change?
Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable.
What if you thought about imperfect action in a new way?
How imperfect action helps to free you from perfectionism and procrastination.
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:
Atomic Habits by James Clear
The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.
Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?
This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?
If you are interested in learning more, visit:
susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/ 
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! 

80. Habits Can Change Your Leadership
Today’s episode is focused on the book titled Atomic Habits by James Clear. My recent listen to this audiobook inspired this podcast episode. I took away the key lessons that he referred to in the book and some great actions to implement for myself. My approach in this episode is to share the three lessons and discuss how James talks about them, where I have applied them, and ideas for you to implement for them for yourself.
In this episode:
What is the Atomic Habits book about?
What was different for me in this book vs other habit and productivity books.
What impacted me as I listened to the book.
A review of each of the key lessons that are discussed in the book.
How I have applied these lessons for myself.
Ways to apply these lessons to your visibility and leadership.
Some of the amazing quotes from the book are included within each lesson.
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:
Atomic Habits by James Clear
JamesClear.com - Learn more about James Clear and sign up for his newsletter!
The Visibility Factor Podcast Episode 43 with Nathalie Pincham
The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.
Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?
This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?
If you are interested in learning more, visit:
susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/ 
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! 

79. Create a Thriving Workplace (with Trenia Parham)
My guest on today’s show is Trenia Parham. She is a Leadership Consultant & Strategist for mission-driven leaders and organizations. As a Social Worker and Relationship Coach, she spent the last 20 years leading, training and mentoring in the nonprofit and public sectors as well as running a Relationship Coaching business for 10 years. Now she combines her leadership and relationship coaching experience with an innovative holistic lens to help mission-driven leaders who are on the brink of burnout, lead and work in a way that’s sustainable long-term. She also helps organizations and companies create a thriving workplace by improving tone, climate and culture, reducing conflict and retaining talent.
In this episode:
Trenia shared how she navigated the transitions throughout her career into each of her different roles.
We talked about the signs that show up when leaders are going through burnout.
She went through burnout and shared the story about her experience.
The approach that companies who want to have a thriving workplace can take.
How to recover from burnout when returning to work without returning to old habits.
The challenges that she sees in companies today outside of burnout.
She shared her thoughts on taking a career break or sabbatical.
Information on Trenia:  
Work with Trenia
The Book that Trenia Recommends:
The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
The Visibility Factor Podcast is brought to you in part by the 90-day Visibility Breakthrough Accelerator program.
Do you believe deep down inside that you can have a bigger career, but you don’t know how to get there?
This 90-day program is a powerful experience that is unique to you and provides dedicated time to focus on your specific challenge. This dedicated time will help you see new possibilities, recognize your strengths, and take away key insights that can be leveraged immediately.  Are you ready to create a breakthrough for yourself?
If you are interested in learning more, visit:
susanmbarber.com/visibilitybreakthroughaccelerator/
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!