Leveraging Thought Leadership

If you are seeking to take your assessment product to the market place you are going to need to know where the opportunity for growth is! Are you aware of why videos need to be shorter than 8 minutes followed by a questionnaire? Do you want to use an off the shelf tested assessment that thousands of companies use. Or do you want to create your own based on your own content? What competencies do you want to measure? If you are already feeling overwhelmed then stay tuned! This week Dr. Tony Alessandra, CEO of Assessments 24x7 LLC and a prolific author of best-selling books including The NEW Art of Managing People, Charisma; the Platinum Rule, and Communicating at Work joins Peter to shed light on the importance of instructional design to break down your material into specific learning points. Why selling your assessment product on a small scale first can make it easier to get a customer to invest company wide and the importance of keeping in constant contact with your colleagues to get a picture of where the industry is going.

Politics in business is often considered to be taboo and not be be spoken of. Nancy Halpern, a leadership consultant and pioneer in the field of leadership development joins Peter to to discuss how politics can yield positive results and three inspiring tips for anyone starting out on their journey as a Thought Leader.

When it comes to brand marketing it is easy to get lost in the crowd if your not a huge company. This week Adam Witty, Founder and CEO of Advantage | ForbesBooks and author of Authority Marketing shares his insight on how to give credibility to your brand, who you should seek out for feedback, and how quizzes can draw in potential clients. If you are thinking about writing your first book be sure to listen to all the great advise Adam and Peter have to share.

The traditional approach is not always the best. This week Austin Belcak, founder of Cultivated Culture joins Peter to share how he took an unconventional route to landing his dream job at Microsoft and how he turned that method into a business of its own. If you are seeking your dream job, or seeking to grow your network Austin's advice is sure to help you on your way.

As a Thought Leader you might be tempted to hold back from putting all of your content into a book. Stephen M. R. Covey author of "The Speed of Trust", co-founder and CEO of CoveyLink sits down with Peter to talk about why it is okay to put your content out there, how to find the right modality for your client, and how you can make your margin by serving your mission.

When starting a new relationship with a client do you tell them what you have to offer? Or let them tell you what they need? Rose Fass, founder and CEO of fassforward and author of "The Chocolate Conversation" talks with Peter about starting out in the Thought Leader world, how to approach the initial meeting with a new client, and how to make your overwhelmed employees more focused and engaged.

Being authentic can lead to having happy employees from the CEO down to the front line staff. Lesley Everett, Founder and CEO of Walking Tall have been making that happen for corporations worldwide. This week on Leveraging Thought Leadership, Lesley joins Peter to share her insight on the authentic personality of your brand, how to target events to be at, and the changes in eLearning tools in recent years.

Using a journalistic style when starting to write can be an effective method in cutting through the noise in an overcrowded blog space. Internationally recognized executive coach and leadership educator John Baldoni joins Peter this week to discuss how publishing has changed over the years and what you should expect from publishing your first book as well as various means of reaching a wider audience.

Struggling on how to identify and often connect with the audience can be a hurdle for some thought leaders, but today Peter is joined by best selling author and international speaker Dov Baron to discuss the importance of having a strong team around you, identifying your target audience and how being vulnerable can help connect you with your audience in a an impactful and meaningful way.

There's a disconnect between authors and publishers. Publishers are trying to sell books to bookstores. As a thought leader, you want to target the audience and build your brand. David Burkus joins Peter to talk about launching his new book Friend of a Friend and building his speaking business, curating his network, and finding success. If you want tips on driving business growth, this episode is the place to start.