Podcast
SmikleSpeaks
Hosted by Joanne L. Smikle, PhD · EN
Joanne L. Smikle, PhD is a respected authority on leadership and organization development. She provides learning that helps you soar! Each episode prepares you to lead in our ever-evolving world. Subscribe today...content is updated all of the time! Get more relevant tools from The SmikleSpeaks YouTube Channel and the library at smiklespeaks.com. Contact Joanne for assistance with your individual and organizational development.
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Brain Matters, Featuring Michelle Heritage, Pt. 1
1w ago00:20:07Tap to summarizeMichelle Heritage, Executive Director of the American Brain Foundation, leads us in gaining a deeper understanding of brain diseases, brain health, and the importance of scientific research. She shares her personal experiences with brain diseases.
Transcribe →Nuances of Aging Services, Featuring Katie Smith Sloan
2w ago00:25:01Tap to summarizeKatie Smith Sloan is the CEO of Leading Age, a community of nonprofit aging services providers and other mission-driven organizations serving aging adults. Leading Age is committed to is an America that values older adults. Katie will share are some of the changes in the past 5 to 10 years that have impacted aging services.
Transcribe →Maximizing Mindfulness
3w ago00:20:26Tap to summarizeIt's not about chanting or sitting legs crossed and eyes closed at you desk. Mindfulness is the gift of full presence that we give ourselves and the people we interact with. This episode provides practical strategies on ways to become more centered, focused, and connected.
Transcribe →Leadership Communication Competencies
May 600:17:39Tap to summarizeWe all need refreshers on communication. This podcast reviews basic skills and introduces strategies that leaders can use to raise the bar on their abilities to create meaningful dialogue.
Transcribe →Professional Joy, Featuring Steven H. Cady, PhD, Pt. 2
Apr 2900:38:02Tap to summarizeLet's continue our exploration of professional joy. That's the deep satisfaction we seek in our careers. In this episode Dr. Cady introduces more strategies that we can use to maximize our working hours.
Transcribe →How Leaders Create Conflict
Apr 2200:24:08Tap to summarizeWhile we like to think of leaders as great conflict managers, in fact, some leaders are actually conflict creators. Whether knowingly or not, the result is the same: conflict. Let's explore the how and why of leaders as conflict creators.
Transcribe →Professional Joy, Featuring Steven H. Cady, PhD, Pt. 1
Apr 1500:43:38Tap to summarizeWho doesn't want to experience fulfillment and joy in their careers? We all do! Listen as Dr. Steven Cady shares his insights on attaining professional joy.
Transcribe →Improving Leadership Communication Skills
Apr 800:22:56Tap to summarizeEffective communication is an essential leadership skill. It enables leaders to convey vision and strategy, engage people in the mission, build trust and engagement, resolve conflicts, and create environments where people feel heard, valued, and motivated.Yet this skill is problematic for many leaders. That skill deficit can undermine organizational performance and team morale. Improving communication skills requires intentional practice, self-awareness, and a repertoire of techniques that leaders can refine over time.
Transcribe →Next Chapters, Featuring Dr. Portia Rawles, Pt. 3
Apr 100:26:49Tap to summarizeDr. Portia Rawles has returned for another segment of the Next Chapters series. If you’ve been listening, you know that Dr. Rawles was the CEO of Rawles & Associates, a mental health provider in Virginia and North Carolina. She’s also on the faculty at Saybrook University.Before all of this she had another career as a leader in the fire service in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. Rawles is the author of two books and a slew of other publications. Her books, Uncovering and Healing Your Woundedness and Sisters in the Fire, are both bestsellers on Amazon. If you haven’t read them, you need to order them today.
Transcribe →I Can't Hear You...Communication Mistakes
Mar 2500:29:25Tap to summarizeGood communication doesn’t just happen. It’s learned, practiced, refined, learned, practiced and refined, learned practiced and refined. It’s just a never-ending journey!Even the most thoughtful people make communication mistakes — at home, at work, in relationships, and in public life. I’m going to address the 15 most common communication mistakes, why they happen, and potential fixes.
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