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Susan M. Barber

Have You Tried Slowing Down to Speed Up?

When someone first told me that I should “slow down to speed up,” I couldn’t even process what that would mean for me. There was too much to do and no time to get it all done! If I slowed down, then I would fall behind even further.   What I came to realize though, is

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Be Present, Blog, credibility, focus, get things done, Making Decisions, mindset shift, planning, visibility

Are You Taking Advantage of Opportunities?

Are you letting opportunities pass you by? In every organization, there are processes that are inefficient, people who need training, frustrations about workload, and problems that need to be solved. These are just a few examples and there are many more that exist in a company.   How come no one is trying to solve them?

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Blog, change, Confidence, empowerment, fear, Making Decisions, self-belief, self-promote, visibility

It’s Time to Share Your Story!

What are the top experiences that you have had in your career? Think of some project or team that you were a part of that made a huge impact on you. That experience helped you gain knowledge, learn a lesson, grow as a leader, bond as a team, or perhaps you made the impossible, possible.

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accomplishments, Blog, Confidence, credibility, empowerment, Leadership, self-belief, self-promote, visibility

Do You Think Boundaries are Bad or Good?

Someone asked me, what are your thoughts about boundaries? Hmm…good question I thought. My initial reaction was that I know that they are a good thing now, but I used to have so much resistance to putting boundaries in place for myself. I didn’t think of them as bad necessarily, but I felt like others

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Blog, Boundaries, business, communications, Leadership, Making Decisions, visibility

What If You Could Accomplish Multiple Goals at Once?

How do you accomplish your goals? Do you plan everything out or work with your team to do it? I know for me and my team, we would put together a plan for the goals. We would start by determining the outcome that we wanted for each goal, break the goal down into smaller milestones,

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accomplishments, Blog, business, collaborate, get things done, Leadership, Making Decisions, visibility

The Visibility Factor Book is One Year Old Today!

One year ago today I launched The Visibility Factor book out into the world! I thought you might like a peek behind the curtain at what that day was like for me! It was like giving birth to a child (without having to go to the hospital, the pain, having a crying infant, and the

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Blog, business, Coaching, empowerment, Leadership, self-belief, visibility

The Five Things That Helped Me Grow as a Leader

Which leader in your life made a difference for you in your career? I can think of several throughout my career, although they may not have even known it. They didn’t see what they did or said as anything special. To them, they were just doing their job and what they thought was right for

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Blog, Confidence, credibility, get things done, ideas, influence, Leadership, self-belief, visibility

How Well Do You Know Your Team?

What does a leader who develops their people do, that other leaders don’t? I am sure that just like me, you could look back over your career, and see leaders that you enjoyed working for and some that you did not.  What were the differences between those two groups of people?  In my own experience,

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Blog, connections, credibility, get things done, ideas, Leadership, visibility

When Is the Last Time You Asked for Help?

It’s okay to ask for help. This wasn’t something that I believed for many years. I saw it as a negative thing. I thought you had to do it all yourself and if you couldn’t then you were a failure. I know that this isn’t true now, but back when I was still learning about

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Blog, communications, courage, Making Decisions, mindset shift, self-belief, solving problems, visibility

Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Visibility?

“Is there such a thing as too much visibility?” This is a question that I get in nearly every speaking engagement that I do. When I press them for more information, it is usually a response similar to this one: “I don’t want to be seen as someone who brags or who takes up all

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assumptions, Blog, comparison, credibility, Making Decisions, mindset shift, planning, presenting, visibility

What Is Your Personal Brand Saying About You?

It’s time to check in on the perception of your personal brand. What perception do you think that you have and is it the one that you want?  Your personal brand is judged by people each and every day, usually in the first few seconds. As soon as they meet you they are looking at

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Blog, credibility, perception, personal brand, planning, presenting, visibility

Are You Focused on the Right Things?

When is the last time you reviewed the work that you are doing? I have spent time with a few different people this week on the work that they are doing in their groups and exploring if they could accomplish it in a new way. The conversation usually starts with a few questions like, “where

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Blog, delegation, focus, get things done, Making Decisions, mindset shift, planning, preparing, visibility