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Kim Willis on LinkedIn Mastery

Kim Willis on LinkedIn Mastery

Episode 85 – From Door-to-Door Sales to Digital Influence: Kim Willis on Building Authority, Relationships, and Business Growth through Content Strategy

The Audience Effect

The Audience Effect

Episode 84 - Shifting from Data Targeting to Audience Connection: Building Authentic Influence through Strategic Thought Leadership Content

Thought Leadership in Skills-First Hiring with Dr. Mark Smith

Thought Leadership in Skills-First Hiring with Dr. Mark Smith

Episode 83 - Revolutionizing Talent Acquisition: How Skills-Based Hiring is Transforming Recruitment Practices and Challenging Traditional Hiring Models

Turning Brand Crises into Opportunities with Drs. Shalini and Shailendra Jain

Turning Brand Crises into Opportunities with Drs. Shalini and Shailendra Jain

Episode 82 - Navigating Brand Transgressions: Principles for Accountability, Transparency, and Long-Term Success from the Authors of Managing Brand Transgressions

Self-Mastery and Business Success with Jason Yarusi

Self-Mastery and Business Success with Jason Yarusi

Episode 80 - Harnessing the Power of Routines, Mental Clarity, and Focus to Elevate Personal and Professional Growth

Matching Marketers to Companies with Behdad Jamshidi

Matching Marketers to Companies with Behdad Jamshidi

Episode 79 - Strategic Matchmaking in Marketing: Behdad Jamshidi on Finding Passionate Partners, Leveraging AI, and Advancing Online Messaging

Closing the Deal with Bob King

Closing the Deal with Bob King

Episode 78 - Mastering the Art of Sales: Bob King on Ethical Closing Techniques, Building Customer Trust, and Transforming Sales Teams

Intentional Leadership with Jamie Damsker

Intentional Leadership with Jamie Damsker

Episode 77 - Awakening to Authentic Leadership: Jamie Damsker's Journey from Fighter Aviator to Transformative Coach

Mastering B2B PR with Michelle Garrett

Mastering B2B PR with Michelle Garrett

Episode 76 - Strategies for Building Credibility and Thought Leadership: Insights from a Top PR Pro and Author

Unlocking Creative Team Dynamics through Art with Karen D Grosz

Unlocking Creative Team Dynamics through Art with Karen D Grosz

Episode 75 - Transforming Corporate Culture: Harnessing Creativity and Silent Collaboration to Foster Innovation and Change with the Founder of Canvas Creek Team Building

Mastering Strategy with Rich Horwath

Mastering Strategy with Rich Horwath

Episode 74 - Elevating Leadership: Harnessing Strategic Thinking and Planning for Executive Success with the Author of "Strategic"

Digital Marketing Mastery and Entrepreneurial Evolution with V Michael Santoro

Digital Marketing Mastery and Entrepreneurial Evolution with V Michael Santoro

Episode 72 - Charting the Journey: From SEO Expertise to Digital Marketing Innovation and Self Mastery in Business

Cultivating Inspirational Leadership with Mark Nitz

Cultivating Inspirational Leadership with Mark Nitz

Episode 71 - Shaping the Future of Work: Insights on Autonomy, Knowledge Management, and Decentralization from ClearSight Leadership

Social Media Magic with the Tweeting Goddess Samantha Kelly

Social Media Magic with the Tweeting Goddess Samantha Kelly

Episode 70 - Harnessing the Power of Authenticity and Community: Insights from Samantha Kelly on Building Influence and Positive Change Through Social Media

Unveiling the Essence of Strategic Thought Leadership with Chris McNeil

Unveiling the Essence of Strategic Thought Leadership with Chris McNeil

Episode 69 - Decoding the Dynamics of Influence: Chris McNeil's Journey from Fitness Training Studios to Thought Leadership Strategist and Coach

 Elevating Leadership Communication with Dr. Alexa Chilcutt

Elevating Leadership Communication with Dr. Alexa Chilcutt

Episode 68 - Crafting Executive Presence and Influence: Insights from Dr. Alexa Chilcutt on Mastering the Dynamics of Leadership Communication

Video for Thought Leadership with Jack Leigh of Eight Engines

Video for Thought Leadership with Jack Leigh of Eight Engines

Episode 65 - Mastering the Art of Video Storytelling: Jack Leigh's Insights on Authenticity and Engagement in Digital Narratives

Systems Thinking in Marketing

Systems Thinking in Marketing

Episode 64 - Find Leverage Points for Marketing Breakthrough from Systems Learning and Strategic Thought Leadership

Gina London on Executive Presence

Gina London on Executive Presence

Episode 63 - From Reporting the News on CNN to Helping Create It. Authenticity and Presence in Leadership.

Scaling Up with Herb Cogliano

Scaling Up with Herb Cogliano

Episode 62 - Scaling New Heights: Herb Cogliano's Insights on Leadership and Business Growth

Unpacking Biases and Building Bridges: Dr. Poornima Luthra's Approach to DEI

Unpacking Biases and Building Bridges: Dr. Poornima Luthra's Approach to DEI

Episode 61 -Empowering Change Through Insight: Dr. Poornima Luthra's Journey in Transforming Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Perspectives

Optimizing the Sales Process with Scott Moss of M Sales Growth Advisors

Optimizing the Sales Process with Scott Moss of M Sales Growth Advisors

Episode 60- Navigating the Sales Maze with Empathy-Driven Sales Strategies

Are Your Cows Lying Down? David Nordel on What Leaders Need to Notice

Are Your Cows Lying Down? David Nordel on What Leaders Need to Notice

Episode 59 - Author and Leadership Consultant David Nordel Discusses his New Book and Why and How to Notice Signs of Change Early

From Standup Comedy to Brand Therapy with Hersh Rephun

From Standup Comedy to Brand Therapy with Hersh Rephun

Episode 57 - Dive into the importance of humor, empathy, and authenticity in building a strong brand voice.

Karl Feldman Interview - AI and The Visible Expert Revolution

Karl Feldman Interview - AI and The Visible Expert Revolution

Episode 55 - Exploring the Intersection of AI and Marketing: the Challenges and Opportunities it Presents.

Interview with Dr. Brian Sullivan of ADOH Scientific

Interview with Dr. Brian Sullivan of ADOH Scientific

Episode 53 - Emotii and Dr. Brian Sullivan's Journey of Insight and Innovation. Recognizing opportunities for innovation and bringing them to life, humanizing data gathering and making the subjective objective.

The Balance Man - Interview with Dr. Travis Parry

The Balance Man - Interview with Dr. Travis Parry

Episode 52- Want to grow? Grow with Balance and Get Your Time and Life Back with Insight from Dr. Travis Parry

Get Bold with Your Marketing with Brooke Janousek

Get Bold with Your Marketing with Brooke Janousek

Episode 50 - Interview with Brooke Janousek, the Grow CMO, on embracing boldness, leaving the comfort zone, aligning brand values, and the journey of the digital nomad

How to See the Invisible Structure of Thought Leadership

How to See the Invisible Structure of Thought Leadership

Episode 46 - Levels of story-telling beyond the basic structures, accelerated learning, high-level influence, and the power of myth

Interview with Marko Kasic the founder of FundLife

Interview with Marko Kasic the founder of FundLife

Episode 45 - Explore the layers of growth, including building hope, identity, purpose, and influence, to create lasting change. with Marko Kasic of FundLife

Interview with Zack Gutin of Think Alike Media

Interview with Zack Gutin of Think Alike Media

Episode 44 - On Why Great Minds Think Alike and Scripting the Stories of Marketing

Keeping Your Seat at the Table - Interview with Author Nori Jabba

Keeping Your Seat at the Table - Interview with Author Nori Jabba

Episode 43 - Learn from Nori's transformative journey. What can be said in exactly 100 words? Why is a table a great metaphor? How and why to bring yourself to a story?

How to Scale a Coaching or Consulting Practice - Interview with Jessica Yarbrough

How to Scale a Coaching or Consulting Practice - Interview with Jessica Yarbrough

Episode 42 - Combining mindset, self-belief, and the right strategy for your coaching or consulting practice

From Safe to Great with Skip Bowman - Interview on TLS

From Safe to Great with Skip Bowman - Interview on TLS

Episode 41 - Author, consultant and keynote speaker focuses on how to transform with a growth mindset and psychological safety

Interview with George Huff CEO of Opal Labs

Interview with George Huff CEO of Opal Labs

Episode 40 - Gain insight into the founding and vision of marketing tech company Opal Labs from its founder

How AI Can Support Thought Leadership with the Skyscraper Strategy

How AI Can Support Thought Leadership with the Skyscraper Strategy

Episode 39- AI versus Search Engines like Google, methods for using ChatGPT for Thought Leadership, adapting the Skyscraper Strategy from SEO

Interview with R. Karl Hebenstreit- Taking Care of Business with the Enneagram

Interview with R. Karl Hebenstreit- Taking Care of Business with the Enneagram

Episode 38 - Interview with R. Karl Hebenstreit- Lead and Persuade More Effectively by Using the Enneagram

Interview with Chad Brown

Interview with Chad Brown

Episode 37- Leading as a practice, the power of story-telling, and more from Chad Brown of Take New Ground.

Interview with John Seddon, Inventor of the Vanguard Method

Interview with John Seddon, Inventor of the Vanguard Method

Episode 36- Beyond Command and Control: Breakthroughs for Service Businesses and Marketing.
Systems Thinking Insights from the man I regard as the "Deming of Service Businesses".

6 People Who Inspired the Birth of the  THAUT Process of Strategic Thought Leadership

6 People Who Inspired the Birth of the THAUT Process of Strategic Thought Leadership

Episode 35 - Pivotal Influences in designing Thaut as a structure for strategic, positive market impact and exponential growth

The Magic of Multiple Perspectives

The Magic of Multiple Perspectives

Episode 34 - Mental Skills for Thought Leadership and Market Leadership - How Taking Multiple Perspectives Opens Up Creative Possibilities and Enables High-Impact Positive Influence

How Strategic is Your Content Marketing? Can ChatGPT Help?

How Strategic is Your Content Marketing? Can ChatGPT Help?

Episode 32 - Learn a six-question Self-Assessment of the Depth of Strategy in Your Content Marketing or PR Campaign. Including Prompts that use ChatGPT to help build Strategic Thought Leadership.

6 Times for Organized Influence

6 Times for Organized Influence

Episode 31 - Intentionally structure communication to move people to your point of view. Without attention to a structure of influence, communication may be eloquent but still fall short of its intended impact

How to Pick and Win Your Battles of Ideas

How to Pick and Win Your Battles of Ideas

Episode 30 Thought Leadership implies changing thinking. How to identify thinking that is ripe for change yet has high impact.

From Ideas to Impact - The Leadership Brain Scan

From Ideas to Impact - The Leadership Brain Scan

Nearly everyone who has been in business for a while has insights that could form the basis of a strong thought leadership position. The Leadership Brain Scan interview method helps harvest and package these ideas.

Interview with Andrew Miller of True North Advisory

Interview with Andrew Miller of True North Advisory

Episode 29 - Translate ideas into full business impact. Round out your go-to-market approach with the wisdom of consultant Andrew Miller

Interview with Mark Smith, Ph.D. of SHRM

Interview with Mark Smith, Ph.D. of SHRM

Episode 28 - Interview with Director of HR Thought Leadership for the Society of Human Resource Management - On working at home, the thought leadership role in an organization, creativity in the workplace, and accelerated learning through VR.

The 9 Building Blocks of a Thought Leadership Model

The 9 Building Blocks of a Thought Leadership Model

Building a robust Thought Leadership Model is like a construction project. The structure needs to be complete, and this includes the parts that aren't visible in the end product.

Interview with Bestselling Leadership Author, Speaker, and Podcaster Jon Rennie

Interview with Bestselling Leadership Author, Speaker, and Podcaster Jon Rennie

Episode 26- The Deep Dive Into How Being a Submarine Commander Informs Leadership with Author and Leadership Guru Jon Rennie

Interview with David Nordel, Author of Giving Back!

Interview with David Nordel, Author of Giving Back!

Episode 25: Master Storyteller David Nordel Weaves an Engaging Spell of Powerful Leadership Lessons.

The Seven Aspects of the Peak Performance State

The Seven Aspects of the Peak Performance State

Episode 24 - Attain and Apply the Ideal State for Strategic Thought Leadership and Other Areas of Performance with the CHAIFIE method

Interview with LaTisha Styles - Marketing Expert, Coach, and Mentor to High Achievers

Interview with LaTisha Styles - Marketing Expert, Coach, and Mentor to High Achievers

Episode 23 - Identify and overcome internal and external obstacles to thought leadership with marketing expert and mentor LaTisha Styles.

Infographic - 5 Prerequisites to Strategic Thought Leadership

Infographic - 5 Prerequisites to Strategic Thought Leadership

You need all of these to succeed with Strategic Thought Leadership. Consider them a series of traffic lights to your Thought Leadership destination.

The 7 Levels of Learning and Influence

The 7 Levels of Learning and Influence

Know what level you Influence on to maximize your positive impact. Tap into the power of higher level influence and higher level learning.

How to Organize Your Ideas for Impact

How to Organize Your Ideas for Impact

Episode 21: Overcome Common Misconceptions About Thought Leadership and Create a Powerful Model Using the Structure of Language

Jim Harris Interview - Disruptive Innovation Speaker and Best Selling Author

Jim Harris Interview - Disruptive Innovation Speaker and Best Selling Author

Episode 20- Insights from best selling author, keynote speaker, and master of disruptive innovation Jim Harris.

Don't Miss the Opportunity of Your Prospects' Online Research

Don't Miss the Opportunity of Your Prospects' Online Research

Because it is off the radar, many businesses let others teach their segment how and what to buy. Expand your influence to their off-radar learning and increase your leads.

Thought Leadership FAQs

Thought Leadership FAQs

Thought Leadership is influencing an audience to embrace a particular “model”, or way of thinking about a topic. The model becomes the way to think about it.

4 Methods of Multiple Level Communication

4 Methods of Multiple Level Communication

Episode Nineteen - Increase your positive influence by adding depth and power to your communication.

The Future of Marketing- Two Upcoming Trends

The Future of Marketing- Two Upcoming Trends

Episode Eighteen: There are Great Advantages in Being Early.
Get Ahead of the Curve and Embrace Change for Strategic Advantage.

Evan Kirstel Interview - Using Social Media for Thought Leadership

Evan Kirstel Interview - Using Social Media for Thought Leadership

Episode Seventeen: Learn how to use social media for thought leadership from B2B thought leader and top technology influencer Evan Kirstel.

Avoid the Accidental Brand

Avoid the Accidental Brand

When the marketplace disagrees with the intended brand, accidental branding takes over. Let's take a tour of the Brandscape.

Training Your Creativity - The Abstract Sculpture Thought Experiment

Training Your Creativity - The Abstract Sculpture Thought Experiment

Episode Sixteen: Strategic Thought Leadership includes leading people to new thinking. And, if it's truly new thinking, then it's coming from a place of creativity. The right thought experiments help access creativity.

How to Implement Three Key Aspects of Elon Musk and Teslas Thought Leadership

How to Implement Three Key Aspects of Elon Musk and Teslas Thought Leadership

Tesla is one of the most valuable companies in the world. They have no marketing department, Ad Agency or marketing budget. This top-10 company is marketed purely by Elon Musk's Thought Leadership. What can we model and realistically implement?

How Thought Leadership is Like Being an Adventure Guide

How Thought Leadership is Like Being an Adventure Guide

Episode Fifteen: An adventure tour guide will lead their group out of the "ordinary world" into more of a "magical world" that evokes states of wonder and awe. This matches up nicely both with Campbell's Hero's Journey and Strategic Thought Leadership

Ability Suits and Limitation Masks for Marketing and Leadership

Ability Suits and Limitation Masks for Marketing and Leadership

Empathy and awareness are very helpful in marketing and leadership. What if we could see, hear, and feel things from our audiences' different perspectives of what we do? How would that change how we educate and empower them?

How to Change the Game by Changing the Frame

How to Change the Game by Changing the Frame

Episode Thirteen: Step outside the common assumptions of your field, business, or profession, be an effective rule-breaker, and lead your audience to new thinking.

Pullfillment - Why Your Business is a Black Box

Pullfillment - Why Your Business is a Black Box

No matter what your business ...Profits result from what it creates outside of it. That's where your customers are and where they experience the benefits. Extend this philosophy to your web content and prosper.

Effective Content Marketing Requires Thought Leadership

Effective Content Marketing Requires Thought Leadership

Thought Leadership teaches your marketplace to be smarter customers who get more value out of what you sell. Strategic Thought Leadership can also position your business as the only way to get important, distinctive advantages.

5 Steps to Market Insight

5 Steps to Market Insight

Episode Twelve: An introduction to Audience Attunement and a Challenge to the Data-Targeting Paradigm

5 Powerful Applications for NLP in Business

5 Powerful Applications for NLP in Business

Do you value excellence in business? One definition of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) is the study and replication of excellence. As such, it has many applications in business, particularly in Strategic Thought Leadership

4 Thought Experiments to Enhance Creativity

4 Thought Experiments to Enhance Creativity

Thought Experiments can be instruments of creativity, the Inspiration essential to Strategic Thought Leadership. Here are 4 such types of Thought Experiments.

Let's Expand Our Vision of Marketing Leadership

Let's Expand Our Vision of Marketing Leadership

Episode Ten: Expand your message by aiming for more global impact. Expand your audience with a more universal mission.

Infographic - LEO model of Thought Leadership

Infographic - LEO model of Thought Leadership

A Triple Perspective Approach to making Thought Leadership Effective and Strategic:
L = Listen E = Envision O = Output

Endless Content Marketing Ideas in Three Stages

Endless Content Marketing Ideas in Three Stages

Episode Nine: How to Always Have Plenty of Internet Marketing Topic, Copy, and Media Ideas... and do it in a way that is supported by a solid strategic direction.

How to Harvest Your Hidden Thought Leadership

How to Harvest Your Hidden Thought Leadership

Episode Eight: How to package, organize and codify your thinking for maximum impact.

2 Methods for Creativity in Thought Leadership

2 Methods for Creativity in Thought Leadership

Thought Leadership implies leading to the new. That means creative thinking. Enter Thought Leadership Studio and dream new futures.

The Shift Hits the Fans and Paradigms Collapse

The Shift Hits the Fans and Paradigms Collapse

Paradigms are entrenched mindsets that act as filters. They are like sunglasses that only let in certain colors but not others.

Why NLP is Awesome for Thought Leadership

Why NLP is Awesome for Thought Leadership

Episode Seven: Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is key for the market insight that finds opportunities and the impact that comes from high level persuasion. It also helps access states of inspiration necessary for the creative side of business.

The Mindscape of the Strategic Thought Leader

The Mindscape of the Strategic Thought Leader

Episode Six: Using the imagination to build out dramatic thought leadership using a cocktail of the Memory Palace Technique, NLP and Design Human Engineering

The Power of a Back Story

The Power of a Back Story

Episode Five: A back-story is a hidden structure like a skeleton. George Lucas' use of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey for Star Wars is an example of the archetype level of back story. And there are 2 other levels of back-story building used in Strategic Thought Leadership.

4 Key Examples of Paradigm Shifts

4 Key Examples of Paradigm Shifts

Buckminster Fuller wrote, "We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims."

About the Thought Leadership Studio Podcast

About the Thought Leadership Studio Podcast

Thought Leadership Studio is an ongoing workshop in positive mass influence.

Strategic Thought Leadership Can Give Freedom

Strategic Thought Leadership Can Give Freedom

When you help people loosen the grip of previously held mental limitations with new, more empowering ways of thinking, you are expanding their worlds.

21 Quotes that Demonstrate Marketing is Best When Performed as a Service
How to Make Your Message Magnetic

How to Make Your Message Magnetic

Episode Four: Draw an Enraptured Audience to a Magnetic Vision of Your Thought Leadership

The Time Machine Thought Experiment

The Time Machine Thought Experiment

Episode Three: Thought Experiments to Stimulate Creativity: The Time Machine

The Definition of Thought Leadership

The Definition of Thought Leadership

What is exactly is Thought Leadership ... in particular, what is Strategic Thought Leadership?

Your Host Chris McNeil

Your Host Chris McNeil

NLP Master, Innovation Award-Winning Entrepreneur, Strategic Thought Leadership Coach/Consultant, Marketing Wizard, and Musician.

Three Ways Strategic Thought Leadership is Like Making a Movie

Three Ways Strategic Thought Leadership is Like Making a Movie

Episode Two: Shift between the role of the audience, the director, and the screenplay writer for a triple-perspective approach to thought leadership. And the 3-Eyed Lion.

A Tale of Two Subwoofer Companies

A Tale of Two Subwoofer Companies

Episode One: a real life story about strategic thought leadership and its use in marketing

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