Bellwether Hub Podcast

I get it - "leadership" as a topic is a bit basic. But moving beyond "how" a leader should act and into the emotional connection of leadership is a step not enough people take.

Much has been said about the “new economy” and where the world is going to go once the pandemic is over, but not enough around the vastly different ways that organizations are viewing their employees.

https://youtu.be/2bLIinNYSAs Happy April. This week we’re covering your PR plan.  As the workplace evolves, the stakes get higher on making sure we are able to influence the story that precedes us. Reputation, personal “brands,” and other stories impact our ability to move up in an organization, as well as build our community of people around us.  That said, it’s a good exercise to build a PR plan. I share more detail on the podcast, but in order to influence our future and our community, we have to push an agenda based on where we want to go. It’s our own responsibility to ensure the message we want to communicate is getting out, and there are three audiences to focus on. Those three audiences are clients, shareholders and employees. Or, even more basic, those above us, below us, and around us.  Who composes your audiences will change as you grow. A senior leader in an organization has different members of the “shareholder” audience than a front line employee. Regardless, the basic tenets remain

https://youtu.be/nJmc3YMy1Xs I love learning new things.  Last week I discussed the need to build your own community - and how much of that community may be beyond the borders of your physical community.  It naturally follows that we have a guest on the show this week: Sam Kelly, aka the Tweeting Goddess. Sam is top-tier, a legend in the Twitter space, and an expert on how to appropriately utilize social media.  There will always be a debate on social media - the negatives and the positives - and that’s great; there should be. But at the end of the day, especially for entrepreneurs, the need for an effective social media presence is table stakes and won’t be going away.  For me, I’ve always approached social media with part willingness, part hesitation and a nine foot pole at the ready. I’ve seen people embrace it and enjoy it; I’ve seen people rely solely on it for validation (in a depressing kind of way). It’s an environment rife with inauthenticity, judgment and negativity.  But so is li

Recents events have shown me that we now have the platform to have more influence to build the community to make us better.

From the office to the individual - adapting to change is the new skill set we can all use.

From the "purpose" question to "how do I get a job" ... here are the fundamentals to a career coach session.

While 2020 can be considered a dumpster fire, there are plenty of positive, important lessons to bring into the new year.

The first question to start your inner dialogue is, "What Do I Need Right Now?" - Your ultimate response to managing change.

As we differentiate ourselves in the new economy, we have to ask ourselves: what are we creating that has value?

This week we cover the burnout that is driven by uncertainty, stages of workplace burnout, and the only way to beat it: recovery.

This week - we’re covering the uncertainty aspect that 2020 has brought, and how tapping into the new favorite corporate buzzword: resiliency.

Humility and Humiliation go hand in hand and can both be detrimental to your success in the new economy.

Last week we chatted accountability; this week is about creating a filter to make decisions. All decisions I make are based on the filter of: will I have to worry about this later?

Welcome to the final 100 days of the year. Let's dive into accountability and what we can accomplish before the year is out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RET1kiAMXcw If you know me, you know my favorite holiday is St. Patrick’s Day. I don’t celebrate just a day - I call it “the season,” and the events and celebrations can last for over a month. As a proud Irish American, the opportunity to celebrate the culture of my forebears brings happiness, pride and nostalgia. Many of my happiest memories revolve around something Irish.  And they should. The Irish have one of the most outsized influences on the world of any group of people. From the arts; literature, poetry and music, straight through the amazing technology and business growth of the 21st century, having the Irish in our blood is certainly something to be celebrated.  But there is another aspect of the culture and reputation of the Irish that some would like to leave behind. Especially around the time of the St. Patrick’s day, there is a level of binge drinking and excess that occurs, to the point where even going into the city is fairly untenable. Now, some would

This week: I'm cheering you on. Let's chat unrealized dreams, the assumptions you make on why you can't do it, and how to get started.

There is lots of stress in this world right now: pandemics, politics, protests and more. It's manifesting into a dismissive anger that goes beyond just "frustration." I even got angry at spinach. Here's how I'm dealing.

There are lots of things to think about when picking an executive coach. Here are the things you should be looking for.

Financial independence is now more important than ever - simply for the fact that it will eliminate your money worries.