Speaking and Communicating Podcast

Speaking and Communicating Podcast

This podcast is a platform for sharing expertise on how to improve communication skills, both personally and professionally. Soft skills in the workplace are crucial for job promotions, C-suite and entrepreneurship. Developing and mastering them also improves the quality of your personal relationships. These human-centered skills are not usually the focus of tertiary institutions. Whether you are interviewed for your dream job or climbing the corporate ladder - these skills will be the determining factor between maximizing your success and getting left behind!

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May 7, 2025 36 mins

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What internal story have you been telling yourself?

How can you use your internal story externally?

Meet Chris Cannon!

Chris is a Creator of Story Selling School, Bestselling Author and Business Coach Helping Purpose Driven Entrepreneurs Turn Stories Into The Life They Love.

He has delivered 500+ public speaking appearances, a bestselling author, and the visionary behind Wealthversity™. The ultimate community that helps purpos...

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Your brand is what Google and AI say it is!

Are you prepared to leave your most valuable asset in the hands of the machines?

Meet Jason Barnard!

Jason is a World Authority on Digital Brand Intelligence, Serial Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author, Acclaimed Keynote Speaker, Award-winning Innovator and CEO at Kalicube.

Kalicube is a groundbreaking digital marketing agency that helps the world’s most dynamic business leaders move fr...

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What kind of leader are you becoming?

Meet Damon Lembi!

For nearly three decades, Damon has led Learnit, a global training company. In that time, they have upskilled over 1.8 million individuals in the workplace. Through this journey, Damon has gained insights into what helps organizations grow, how great leaders learn, and why learn-it-all companies outpace their competitors every time.

Coming to business from a career in b...

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If you’re a VP or C-suite leader navigating change, looking to level up (you and/or your team), or feeling like you’re herding cats while juggling flaming torches, you’re not alone—and you’ve come to the right place.

Morag Barrett helps leaders achieve outstanding results through the power of their professional relationships. She is an in-demand keynote speaker, executive coach, leadership expert, and bestselling author of ...

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How can humor help you with depression and anxiety?

Meet Dave Mowry!

Dave is an Author of 2 books about living with a mental illness. OMG That’s Me! and OMG That’s Me! 3. Teacher of stand-up comedy to folks with a mental illness, Co-executive director at NAMI, and popular podcast guest.

What started out as a couple of blog posts blossomed into a following of over 1,000,000 people—who have all read and been touched by Dave’s s...

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How do you lead people so they become a thriving, high-performance team?

Meet Laura Buckley!

Laura is on a mission to help you create a workplace where everyone (including you) is excited to show up every day


With 15+ years of leadership consulting, she guides leaders through their most complex challenges and facilitate meaningful meetings that turn great ideas into action.

As a former Army officer, Laura knows the power o...

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Dr. Bonnie Wims is a Counseling Psychologist trained in London, England, where she established her private practice, Wims & Associates, specializing in aiding individuals and couples.

Her professional journey solidified a mission: guiding those whose self-belief and perception of their potential hinder their pursuit of a fulfilling life.

Beyond personalized client work, Dr. Wims crafts workshops and courses centered on...

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How do you succeed in this global culturally-diverse business environment?

Meet Latifa Aarab!

Latifa is a Leadership Coach & Intercultural Expert who helps senior executives in global companies manage multicultural teams and lead across cultures. She is also an Award-winning Speaker.

As the founder of Compatible, I offer a truly international perspective. Born in France to Moroccan parents, I am fluent in French, English,...

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How do you contribute to the community in building future leaders?

Meet Dr. Colonel Josh McConkey!

As an emergency physician, Dr. McConkey sees the growing mental health crisis. As a commander he sees the lack of leadership and resiliency in our younger generation.

His leadership ethos, 'Be the Weight Behind the Spear' is a call to action for today's leaders to engage our communities. America's best resource is its people- t...

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What exactly is DEI?

Meet Mathias Lemos Castillo!

Mathias is passionate about fostering diversity and growth as an inclusive and compassionate advocate. He believes in people and communities connecting and creating a positive impact together!

Mathias has held multiple leadership roles and worked to foster collaboration, partnership and community. He has also focused on advocating on the unique challenges faced by underreprese...

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How is fear holding you back?

Meet Rhonda Britten!

Rhonda's oe of the first original life coaches when the industry was in its infancy.

She starred in Emmy-winning TV show "Starting Over" to demonstrate good life coaching. Rhonda overcame personal trauma to become a coach, realizing "your mess becomes your message"

Rhonda's "Wheel of Fear" model explains how fear manifests and impacts behavior. "Stretch Risk or Die" course tea...

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What do you do when work feels terriblre and you feel powerless?

Dr. Craig Mattson is an Organizational Researcher and Communications Professor at Calvin University.

He is the Author of a recent book Digital Overwhelm (2024) and Host of The Mode/Switch Substack Podcast.


We’re tackling burnout, salary issues, workplace pettiness, working when the world is on fire, generational workplace divides & more. 

Dr. Mattson does...

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What is the significance of fully engaging your team through being transparent?

Meet Bill Gruber!

Bill recently retired after working in sales and management for over 30 years.

He had the opportunity to work with incredible people who have become lifelong friends and taught him a lot about sales, marketing, management, raising money for startup businesses, and selling companies.

Bill was successful because he worked hard and...

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Keep It HUMAN! The age of command and control is over.

Meet Jim Bouchard! 

Jim is an Interactive Keynote Speaker, Leadership Activist, Corporate Consultant, Executive Coach, Author and Founder of TheHumanCentricLeader.org

Today, Jim helps leaders around the world connect on a deeply human level to attract, engage, and lead people to their highest levels of performance and productivity.

Jim provokes thought. He instigates parti...

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Are you frustrated with political division and disappointed by the absence of true leadership?

Meet Damien Dubose!

Damien is a Washington, DC-based financial professional with roots in Baltimore, Maryland.

In his debut book, “America’s Ethical Archetype,” Damien leverages his extensive analytical expertise to explore ethics through an interdisciplinary approach, integrating insights from psychology and philosophy.

Damien's ...

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How do you create a healthy relationship with money and yourself?

Meet Pericles Rellas!

Pericles is a Money Mindset expert who has worked with tens of thousands of people over the past two decades to live lives of power, purpose and prosperity.

About 25 years ago, Pericles noticed that his coaching clients exhibited similar patterns around money.

Regardless of how much more they made, their situation and experience around mon...

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Why do we need therapy?

Meet Phyllis Leavitt, M.A.!

When Phyllis became a psychotherapist, she never imagined she would one day be entering a “political” arena.

But the more she worked with widespread family dysfunction and its horrifying legacy of pain and violence, the more she realized that the greatest threat to our survival as a country and as a species is our declining mental health.

Phyllis knew that what we have learn...

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How do you raise children who excel and care about bigger causes than themselves?

Meet Nathaniel (Nate) A. Turner!

Nate overcame many childhood challenges, developed a ‘Backward Design’ life template that secured his son over $10M in scholarships and admission to top universities. 

As an educational consultant, he now helps families achieve similar academic success for their children.


Connect with Nathaniel:
Website: h...

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