| 
Michelle Villalobos is a personal Brand Strategist, Professional Speaker and Corporate Trainer, Founder of The Women's Success Summit and Mivista Consulting. She’s the host of “Awaken Your Inner Superstar” podcast on the C‑Suite Radio Network. In episode 39, we discuss: How to cultivate influence and generate more income, aligning your business or career with your personal brand, and streamlining your journey to pinpoint career goals and achievements.
Category: Attitude/Motivation for Managers
How to Improve Your C‑suite Teamwork
Managers spend time and effort reinforcing the teamwork message to employees. Isn’t it time for corporate leaders to apply the teamwork concept to themselves?
Manage Smarter 26 — Mark Minard: Big Life+Career Turnarounds
Mark Minard is an author, podcast host and founder/CEO of Dreamshine, an agency in Ohio serving individuals with special needs. From jail at age 17, to CEO at age 26, Minard, has built his company to a multi-million dollar company over the past 11 years. He is also the host of the podcast Elevating Business. Episode 26 is an uplifting discussion of: the importance of knowing that everyone goes through fear and doubt, and it can be overcome; the importance of belief and culture in your company; and that people can be leaders from any position in the company.
Is Your Praising Style Helping or Hurting Your Team Members?
You’ve heard this one before: it’s important to praise employees for a job well done. In fact, positive reinforcement does much more to motivate a team member than negative reinforcement.
Use The Presence Principle to Boost Your Leadership Effectiveness
In today’s world, the social media scolds will quickly figure out if you’re not authentic. One way to improve your leader effectiveness is to follow the presence principle.
Manage Smarter 24 — Heather Monahan: The Confidence Creator
Heather Monahan, one of our most popular guests from our first 20 episodes, is back to share more tips on building confidence from her new book Confidence Creator. Heather is the CEO of her own company Boss In Heels. She was recognized as a Glass Ceiling Award winner as one of the Most Influential Women in radio in 2017. Heather was recently named the Brand Ambassador for Perry Ellis International’s female brand Rafaella. Previously, she was the Chief Revenue Officer for Beasley Communications.
Manage Smarter 21 — Doug Ulman: Tips for Managing Volunteers
Doug Ulman is the President & Chief Executive Officer of Pelotonia, which began in 2008 as a bike ride in Columbus, Ohio to raise funds for innovative cancer research at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. In just 9 years, the nonprofit has raised $157 million with 100% of donations going to cancer research. In this episode, we discuss the unique challenges/opportunities in managing volunteers, the obligation of empowerment and addressing failure with volunteers and contributors.
Manage Smarter 17 — Michael Stallard: Culture as a Competitive Advantage
Michael Stallard is cofounder and president of the Connection Culture Group, a leadership training and consulting firm that has advised NASA, Costco and other well known American companies. Michael is the primary author of the book Connection Culture: The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy and Understanding at Work. Texas Christian University founded the TCU Center for Connection Culture based on Michael and his colleagues’ work. In episode 17, we discuss the definitions of culture, how managers can improve it (or damage it) and the ROI from a positive culture in the workplace.
Is 'Absentee Leadership' Sucking the Life Out of Your Company?
Are "absentee leaders" wreaking havoc on your employees? Here’s how to identify these leaders and how to avoid putting them into management roles.
Manage Smarter 13 — Jeffrey Gitomer: Attitude is Everything!
Jeffrey Gitomer is the author of The New York Times best seller The Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude — which has just been published a new edition with many new tips to help you find, build and keep a winning attitude. In episode 13, we discuss: why attitude is critical to management and leadership; countering negative attitudes and how to change your attitude by changing what you think about.
Embracing Failure as a Mentor: How it Impacts Your Employees
The great Winston Churchill once said that success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. A true leader, therefore embracing failure, learns the lessons taught by setbacks and continues until they succeed.
Manage Smarter 11 — Heather Monahan: Building Resilience and Your Personal Brand
Heather Monahan is the CEO of her own company Boss In Heels and author of the new book Confidence Creator — which reveals the essential techniques for building confidence and becoming your most powerful self. She was recognized as a Glass Ceiling Award winner as one of the Most Influential Women in radio in 2017. In episode 11, we discuss the need for leaders to build their own personal brand, developing resilience, and being female in the C‑suite.
