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How Can You Build the Confidence and Visibility of Your Team?

One of the best ways that you can create visibility for your team members is for you to talk about their accomplishments in front of management and influencers. It helps to build their brand in the eyes of decision-makers. The team members may not be in meetings with these people yet so they can’t always advocate for themselves. Management will take the credibility that you have and give it to the team members that you lead because of what you tell them. …
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Are You Helping Your Team Become More Visible?

I thought I would share a small excerpt from my upcoming book, The Visibility Factor with you on Team Visibility. The book is for corporate leaders who work hard and think that should be enough to help them advance their careers. What they don’t realize is the importance of being in front of their management to show their capabilities and the value that they bring. Readers will learn about the importance of visibility, be able to create a customized visibility plan,…
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How to Leverage Curiosity for Stronger Networking Conversations

One of my clients, Tom, works on a team and is interested in moving up to a manager role. He said that he wanted to increase his visibility to show his management that he is ready for a promotion. I asked him, “What are you doing now to increase your visibility?” He responded, “I meet with my manager and my peers on a regular basis. I have made some presentations to my leadership team and received positive feedback for them.” I asked, “Have…
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Are You Ready to Try a New Approach to Expand Your Network?

Jennifer is thinking about changing companies in the next year. She wanted to expand her external network, but wasn’t sure where to begin. We started with the basics first. I asked her, “Who are the people that you want to meet with? Certain levels, industries, companies, titles?” Sometimes it helps to narrow down and focus when it feels too overwhelming for people. She answered, “I am a Director now and I would like to meet with more VPs so I can…
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Would You Like to Have a High Quality Network?

Does the word networking imply meeting a bunch of people in a big room for you?  The goal seems to be to maximize the number of people that you meet at one time. Think back to the last event you attended, did you add everyone that you met to your list? How many of those people did you have an additional conversation with after the event?  How many of those connections that you made are still people that you talk to years…
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Are You Willing to Give Before You Get?

When it comes to networking events, there are those who love them and others who dread them. The inability to do these in person right now has forced some opportunities to leverage technology for networking in a different way. I was in an experience that moved people into breakout rooms to meet and discuss topics. It worked pretty well and I met some new people. As a person who can be overwhelmed by a big ballroom of people all at…
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It is Time To Value Yourself, So Others Value You Too

Coaches are some of the most supportive people on the planet, but we also deliver the truth to our clients. Sometimes we are the messengers of the truth that they already know deep down inside, but need to hear it out loud from someone else to begin to accept it.  Tammy brought me a potential role that she was interested in for another company. I was surprised to see it because she had been at her company for a long…
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Is it Time to Advocate for Yourself?

woman surrounded by stacks of work

Tom was in over his head at work. He took on this role a year ago and was so excited about the work he would do. Over time the role grew so much in size and scale that Tom couldn’t manage all the work on his own anymore. Things began to slip through the cracks and he worked more hours to stay afloat. He didn’t complain to his manager because he assumed that his manager saw it was too much for…
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Can You Stand Out as a Leader in a Tough Situation?

I like to believe that most leaders are good and do the best that they can for their teams.  However, what do you do if you have a manager who is not a good leader and doesn’t even try to improve or support you? We could dive into understanding why they are this way, but I would rather have you consider how this type of situation impacts you and figure out what you want to do. Can you continue to…
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Have You Used Stories to Create Visibility?

Elise wasn’t good at talking about the things that she had accomplished. She would change the subject if someone would bring up something she did so she didn’t sound like she was bragging. She grew up with the belief that hard work was important, but you didn’t need to talk about your accomplishments.  She set up a time to meet with me after we talked about her situation at a networking event. I asked her if she felt like she was valuable…
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