Welcome to Building Brand You™, the podcast that helps you accelerate your success by unlocking your greatest asset – you.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

Talk is fundamental to human interaction, talk is inherently purposeful.

There are ways of talking, and we all have them - some voices come harder to some people than others but there's no reason why we can't do them all.

When meetings are viewed as chapters within a broader issue, it assists in dissecting the problem and engaging all participants in sharing their viewpoints.

"To act wisely actually is to take responsibility for our own actions and their impacts on others" - Alan Robertson

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

On the Front Line: The Collected Journalism of Marie Colvin

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Front-Line-Collected-Journalism-2012-04-26/dp/B01K3IQ44E

An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks;

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anthropologist-Mars-Oliver-Sacks/dp/0330343475

ABOUT OUR GUEST:

Alan Robertson has committed his working life to facilitating personal, interpersonal and organisational development. In roles ranging from industrial relations negotiator to business psychologist, executive director to executive coach, visiting university teaching fellow to business entrepreneur, his interest throughout has been on how the quality of communication can improve human interactions, relationships, performance and fulfillment. The culmination of this work is his TalkWise project and his VoicePrint tools for other consultants to use in raising the awareness, skill and impact with which they and their clients talk and listen.

CONNECT WITH ALAN ROBERTSON:

Email: alan@businesscognition.co.uk

Email: hello@talk-wise.com

Website: https://letstalk.voiceprint.global/voiceprint-accreditation/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-robertson-11010414/

Podcast: https://talk-wise.com/podcast/

ABOUT KYM HAMER:

Kym is an international leadership and personal branding thought leader, an executive coach, and a programme design and facilitation practitioner. She is also the creator of Building Brand You™ - a methodology helping organisations, teams, and individuals to build reputation, presence, and gravitas. Kym works with leaders - both individually and in organisational development initiatives - to inspire and engage thinking styles and behaviour that achieve results and leave legacy.

In 2020, just one year after launching her business, she was nominated by Thinkers360 as one of the Top 100 Women B2B Leadership influencers and is currently in the Top 15 Personal Branding and Top 10 Marketing Influencers in the world. For 5 years running Kym has also been one of Thinkers360's Top 10 Thought Leaders on Entrepreneurship and in 2023, 2024 and 2025, was recognised as one of their Top Voices globally.

She has been part of Homeward Bound Projects faculty since 2020, a global initiative reaching 1.8 billion people, equipping women and non-binary people with a STEMM background to lead conversations for a sustainable future. She is currently the Program Design and Faculty Lead for the 10th on-line cohort and was part of the on-board faculty who voyaged to Antarctica in 2023 and 2025, to deliver the initiative's immersive component.

In between all of these things, you'll find her curled up in a corner with her nose in a book.

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HOSTED BY: Kym Hamer

DISCLAIMER:

The views, information, or opinions expressed during the Building Brand You™ podcast series are solely those of the individuals involved. They do not necessarily represent any other entities, agencies, organisations, or companies. Building Brand You™ is not responsible and does not verify the accuracy of any of the information in the podcast available for listening on this site. The primary purpose of this podcast is to educate and inform. This podcast does not constitute legal advice or services