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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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Good Followership
2w ago00:23:41Tap to summarizeFollowership has as much impact on organizational effectiveness as leadership. Followers execute strategy, create ideas and options based on their lived experiences, and have the power to impact sustainable change. But it doesn't happen by accident. Let's spend time exploring how good followership begins.
Transcribe →Leading From the Bottom, Middle...and Anywhere Else
3w ago00:09:56Tap to summarizeI keep having these conversations with people who are trying to figure out how best to have influence. They want to develop the capacity to be referent leaders. It's a topic I've addressed before. However, it keeps coming up in my leadership education and organizational consulting. Let's dive into how you can lead from anywhere.
Transcribe →Spirit at Work, Featuring Dericka Canada Cunningham, PhD, Pt.1
Jun 1700:27:49Tap to summarizeHow do you bring all of who you are to work? This means your faith, your spirituality...all of who you are. How do you accept your calling to share that faith in environments that may or may not be welcoming? Dr. Dericka Canada Cunningham, founder of Grounded Black Women, helps us grapple with those questions.
Transcribe →Leave it on the Court
Jun 1100:27:38Tap to summarizeWhat is it you need to shed, to leave behind? I've learned a lot from the women of the WNBA about leaving it on the court. This episode shores ideas for moving on, for moving forward.
Transcribe →Communication Competencies, Featuring Julie Mobley
Jun 300:23:44Tap to summarizeWho doesn't want to learn how to communicate with more confidence? Who doesn't need a refresher on good ways to be heard and have our messages understood? Julie Mobley, consultant and trainer, provides a practical refresher on communication competencies. Listen and learn...
Transcribe →Brain Matters, Featuring Michelle Heritage, Pt. 1
May 2700:20:07Tap 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
May 2000:25:01Tap 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
May 1300:20:26Tap 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.
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