How Can You Get Lucky While Building Thought Leadership? The Making Of A Thought Leader podcast

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In the times when your digital presence precedes physical presence, knowing about reputation has become a business 101. From large organisations to start-ups, anyone can face a crisis situation. Along with Evan Nierman, the PR and Crisis communication guru, host Surbhi Dedhia discusses how building one's reputation is so close to the topic of building thought leadership. Today, we all are in the public eye, thanks to our digital footprint. So how do we proactively take steps to manage and build our reputation. In the episode, learn about Understanding the different challenges that can arise in managing reputation. Why companies should proactively have a manifesto for crisis management and therefore for safeguarding reputation How public relations techniques can better prepare you to navigate a not-so-favourable situation. Examples of what should brands do when they get a negative reviews and much more. This short episode packs a lot of info and therefore it is a great listen if you are short on time yet want actionable ideas. Tune in to listen! Get to know more about Evan's work at the following links: Website : www.evannierman.com Social Media: ● Twitter - @EvanNierman ● Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RedBanyan/ ● LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-nierman Book : The Cancel Culture Curse: From Rage to Redemption in a World Gone Mad Special Audience Giveaway : ● GIVEAWAY TITLE: 10 Ways to Prevent You or Your Business from Being Canceled ● URL: www.avoidbeingcanceled.com Thank you for listening! You can connect with the host - Surbhi Dedhia - on LinkedIn to share ideas and thoughts on building your #thoughtleadership The Making of a Thought Leader podcast is brought to you by Jot My Bio.com Jot My Bio helps executives and entrepreneurs to narrate their professional experience through personal bios. Personal bios are essential to position one's work experience and skill sets to attract more interactions, be it on the About us section of the website, Linkedin or on presentation slides. To get a professionally handcrafted bio, get in touch with https://www.JotMybio.com…

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Design your Leadership style with Enneagram 39:40

2 years ago39:40

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In the routine of life, we often tend to operate from a default mode. While cultivating and nurturing leadership, it is essential we know each others motivations, fears and also our own. The guest on this episode, Tracy O'Malley shares that we must design how we lead and operate. Giving her own example, she shares how she discovered the Enneagram personality test at a turning point life and that helped her transform both in life and business. This episode covers in depth: - Why one must operate from design not default - Leadership involves leading people and it is important to understand each members motives and fears. - Why Enneagram personality test and how it can benefit you. - How can you apply Enneagram in your daily life. - Knowing yourself is the critical for building thought leadership and much more. Tune in this episode with host Surbhi Dedhia and guest speaker Tracy O'Malley. ***As a listener of this podcast, use a discount code THOUGHTLEADER to receive your blueprint from Tracy O'Malley: https://www.tracyomalley.com/offers/ompAoGjd/checkout Know more about Tracy: Website: https://www.tracyomalley.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracy_omalley/ Podcast: https://www.tracyomalley.com/podcast Thank you for listening! You can connect with the host - Surbhi Dedhia - on LinkedIn to share ideas and thoughts on building your #thoughtleadership The Making of a Thought Leader podcast is brought to you by Jot My Bio.com Jot My Bio helps executives and entrepreneurs to narrate their professional experience through personal bios. Personal bios are essential to position one's work experience and skill sets to attract more interactions, be it on the About us section of the website, Linkedin or on presentation slides. To get a professionally handcrafted bio, get in touch with https://www.JotMybio.com…

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Entrepreneurial Thought Leadership with Sidarth Mahindra 26:30

2 years ago26:30

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Are you an entrepreneur who knows the potential of engaging your audience on digital landscape. And yet, you've been putting that aspect of being online and visible on the back burner? Well, tune in to this episode as our guest speaker today has an advice for you. Meet Sidarth Mahindra, founder and owner of Pet Corner, an all-inclusive pet care service brand. Sidarth's rallying cry for all entrepreneurs is to take the leap and use your intuitiveness to navigate the dynamic business landscape. In conversation with Surbhi Dedhia, Sidarth shares a few things he does to keep himself on top of his game and achieve balance between his businesses and self growth. This episode is high energy and packs a punch so do not miss it. Know more about our guest Sidarth Mahindra at: Website: https://www.sidarthmahindra.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidarth-mahindra TikTok: @SidarthMahindra Thank you for listening! You can connect with the host - Surbhi Dedhia - on LinkedIn to share ideas and thoughts on building your #thoughtleadership The Making of a Thought Leader podcast is brought to you by Jot My Bio.com Jot My Bio helps executives and entrepreneurs to narrate their professional experience through personal bios. Personal bios are essential to position one's work experience and skill sets to attract more interactions, be it on the About us section of the website, Linkedin or on presentation slides. To get a professionally handcrafted bio, get in touch with https://www.JotMybio.com…

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Leadership Lessons: Growing and Leading a Family Business 36:23

2 years ago36:23

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Leading a business is hard. Leading Family Business is even harder as one has to work with familial ties and legacy. That said, our guest on this episode had a completely different experience as the family business was handed over to him. Meet Mr. Jaber Abdul Wahab, the group CEO of Bridgeway Group. Bridgeway Group is a transnational conglomerate operating in multitude industries. One may think that when you come from a business family, you naturally grow skills to learn how to run a business. In Jaber's case that was not true. Surbhi Dedhia, host of #TMTLPodcast, had a meaningful conversation with Jaber as he shares: Why he defines himself as one and a half generation of family run business and not the second generation leadership? In the early days of taking over the business, when the decision literally meant identifying sharks and dolphins and then choosing to swim in the ocean accordingly. How he used his learning from Engineering to adapt and learn on the go. The challenges of growing a legacy business, expanding into new sectors and securing profitability. Pivots during the pandemic and the testing time for his leadership. What is his role as a leader to drive the brand Bridgeway within different companies. How he is building his own thought leadership internally and externally. Lastly, his message to all the budding entrepreneurs. This episode is power-packed and covers vast array of topics. Jaber's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaber-abdul-wahab-75572721/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaberpv Bridgeway Group: http://bridgewaygroup.com/ Thank you for listening! You can connect with the host - Surbhi Dedhia - on LinkedIn to share ideas and thoughts on building your #thoughtleadership The Making of a Thought Leader podcast is brought to you by Jot My Bio.com Jot My Bio helps executives and entrepreneurs to narrate their professional experience through personal bios. Personal bios are essential to position one's work experience and skill sets to attract more interactions, be it on the About us section of the website, Linkedin or on presentation slides. To get a professionally handcrafted bio, get in touch with https://www.JotMybio.com…

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Leadership Lessons: Master Influence By Being Intentional 44:11

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We tend to forget that leadership is highly contextual and if we were to apply it from one context to another, without changing perspectives, it may not work. Host Surbhi Dedhia talks to Dr. Karuna Ramanthan in this episode about how leaders can master the art of influence by decoding their organisational narratives and how this can in-turn help to build their thought leadership. Dr. Karuna has an established track record, gained over nearly 3 decades, in supporting Senior Leaders and Organisations through difficult transformations, increasingly in middle manager execution challenges, and in values, people and culture change. With his rich experience and illustrious background in the Singapore military forces, the episode goes over: 1. How being in Military allowed Dr. Karuna to decode deep rooted knowledge of leadership. 2. Why leadership is contextual and how can one identify with different perspectives. 3. Why organisations must tap into the middle level managers and educate them about the power of influence. 4. We should move from being accidental to being intentional in our lives and create opportunities for us. 5. Artificial intelligence is here and while the future of work is still a mystery, building intentional thought leadership will be a competitive advantage. The discussion is replete with examples and offers ideas to apply in our daily lives. If you'd like to contact Dr. Karuna, his website and social media details are below: Website: https://krk.sg/ Email: Karuna@krk.sg Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-karuna-ramanathan-885b52a/ Thank you for listening! You can connect with the host - Surbhi Dedhia - on LinkedIn to share ideas and thoughts on building your #thoughtleadership The Making of a Thought Leader podcast is brought to you by Jot My Bio.com Jot My Bio helps executives and entrepreneurs to narrate their professional experience through personal bios. Personal bios are essential to position one's work experience and skill sets to attract more interactions, be it on the About us section of the website, Linkedin or on presentation slides. To get a professionally handcrafted bio, get in touch with https://www.JotMybio.com…

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Power of Communities to Build Thought Leadership 45:54

2 years ago45:54

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Each of us belong to some group, such as a university alumni or an industry association or a business group, etc. And we humans like it that way. When it comes to professional environment, especially for a business owner it can get lonelier and difficult and that's where belonging to a professional community can help. In this episode, host Surbhi Dedhia is talking with Mr. Chirantan Joshi who is a leading businessman in UAE and is also the National Director of Corporate Connections - a select community for business owners. Chirantan a.k.a. CJ has successfully built this community from ground up. On the show, he shares: What made him bring Corporate Connections to UAE? Why it is different than other community he was a part of. Why building a community was important for him and how using key virtues of patience and empathy helped him to lead better? Defining the success of the community and localising a global brand to local needs Growing the community from strength to strength - Challenges and Wins Growing his own thought leadership with the community on topics close his heart. and much more Listen to the full episode as CJ shares generously about building a community and making it thrive under his leadership. Know more about Chirantan Joshi: His personal brand website: https://www.chirantanjoshi.com/ Connect with him on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshi8/ Download his e-book on Mastering Time: https://www.chirantanjoshi.com/wp-content/uploads/Mastering_time_book_8-15-19.pdf Thank you for listening! You can connect with the host - Surbhi Dedhia - on LinkedIn to share ideas and thoughts on building your #thoughtleadership The Making of a Thought Leader podcast is brought to you by Jot My Bio.com Jot My Bio helps executives and entrepreneurs to narrate their professional experience through personal bios. Personal bios are essential to position one's work experience and skill sets to attract more interactions, be it on the About us section of the website, Linkedin or on presentation slides. To get a professionally handcrafted bio, get in touch with https://www.JotMybio.com…

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Visionary Storytelling To Build Thought Leadership 45:44

2 years ago45:44

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Storytelling is often quoted in context of building brands. Yet, not every organisation gets it quite right. Either the algorithms have filtered the message out or the organisation is stuck in the echo chamber. Rahul Mudgal joins Surbhi Dedhia in this episode to unpack the idea of Visionary Storytelling for building thought leadership. Rahul is a seasoned marketer in APAC region and has helped organisation's he has worked for build thought leadership with visionary storytelling. This episode covers a vast landscape of storytelling, looks in to companies who are thriving with storytelling, being authentic white navigating the digital conundrum plus a lot more. Rahul shares his opinions on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bezpredelmudgal/ and on Twitter - https://twitter.com/suigeneris_1 Thank you for listening! You can connect with the host - Surbhi Dedhia - on LinkedIn to share ideas and thoughts on building your #thoughtleadership The Making of a Thought Leader podcast is brought to you by Jot My Bio.com Jot My Bio helps executives and entrepreneurs to narrate their professional experience through personal bios. Personal bios are essential to position one's work experience and skill sets to attract more interactions, be it on the About us section of the website, Linkedin or on presentation slides. To get a professionally handcrafted bio, get in touch with https://www.JotMybio.com…

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Boost Your Confidence with Body Language 29:07

2 years ago29:07

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In developing personal brand, body language is usually the elephant in the room. We all know its there but no one pays attention to. Research studies show that body language count for a whooping 60% of our total communications. The nonverbal signals make up a huge part of our daily communications. In this episode, Surbhi is joined by Jane Hanson who is a 9-time Emmy award winner for her work in journalism and now is a sought-after coach by executives to help them communicate better. In the episode, Surbhi and Jane talk about practical ways that you can bring awareness about your body language in daily communications. Different sensorial parts make up for over all body language. Jane discusses how one can consider each of it and then hone the overall body language. Enjoy this episode. If you’d like to connect with Jane, below listed are few links to get in touch with Jane directly: Website: https://www.Janehanson.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janehansontv/ Email : jane@janehanson.com Thank you for listening! You can connect with the host - Surbhi Dedhia - on LinkedIn to share ideas and thoughts on building your #thoughtleadership The Making of a Thought Leader podcast is brought to you by Jot My Bio.com Jot My Bio helps executives and entrepreneurs to narrate their professional experience through personal bios. Personal bios are essential to position one's work experience and skill sets to attract more interactions, be it on the About us section of the website, Linkedin or on presentation slides. To get a professionally handcrafted bio, get in touch with https://www.JotMybio.com…

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Building Likability and Trust with Professional Photographs 38:07

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We humans are a visual species. We are also perceptive which means to like and trust someone we will observe different aspects of that individual. When a personal photo is put up on website or social media site, the likelihood of building connections get higher. A personal photograph showcases your personality and thus contributes to building trust. With the remote and global nature of business today, to build trust and connections, a professional photo goes a long long way. In the episode, host Surbhi chats with Alan Bell from Pixel Rose all about professional photography. Alan is a professional photographer and he shares some of the most common things people miss out when they DIY professional photograph. In this episode, find out What are the missed branding opportunities? Important things to know when taking professional photographs What not to do while taking professional photographs? Why your business needs professional photography? How can thought leaders build a library of photos to show their personalities? How Alan uses subliminal marketing and why taking action is important. and much more! Some of the websites Alan refers to on the episode are below: https://www.pixelroses.com/ https://www.awesomeprofilepics.com/ https://www.photofeeler.com/ Alan can be reached on LinkedIn too - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-bell-photographer/ Thank you for listening! You can connect with the host - Surbhi Dedhia - on LinkedIn to share ideas and thoughts on building your #thoughtleadership The Making of a Thought Leader podcast is brought to you by Jot My Bio.com Jot My Bio helps executives and entrepreneurs to narrate their professional experience through personal bios. Personal bios are essential to position one's work experience and skill sets to attract more interactions, be it on the About us section of the website, Linkedin or on presentation slides. To get a professionally handcrafted bio, get in touch with https://www.JotMybio.com…

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Business driven by strong values and leadership lessons 43:08

3 years ago43:08

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In this episode we steer towards mission driven and values- based business. Recognised for its innovative transperant business offer and doing good, Nobul is a disruptor in the real-estate business. Surbhi chats with the founder, Regan McGee on How is Nobul bringing the difference in the real-estate business. How Nobul is thriving on strong values system Why do they turn down business even it means better revenue streams? Drawing the bridge between employees goals and brand's mission Embracing change - going fully remote right at the start of the pandemic Sustaining the change and brining the global team together. Convergence of industries and how real-estate tech works Innovating in a rigid industry rules and much more. The candid conversation elucidates lessons in leadership, building a business on values, pivoting and embracing change. Find out more about Nobul - www.Nobul.com Connect with Regan McGee - https://www.linkedin.com/in/regan-mcgee/ Thank you for listening! You can connect with the host - Surbhi Dedhia - on LinkedIn to share ideas and thoughts on building your #thoughtleadership The Making of a Thought Leader podcast is brought to you by Jot My Bio.com Jot My Bio helps executives and entrepreneurs to narrate their professional experience through personal bios. Personal bios are essential to position one's work experience and skill sets to attract more interactions, be it on the About us section of the website, Linkedin or on presentation slides. To get a professionally handcrafted bio, get in touch with https://www.JotMybio.com…

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Data Storytelling for Building Thought Leadership 30:22

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The future of storytelling wll be visual and data-driven. And to decipher and decode data in a way that can create influence will be the next level for storytelling skills. In this episode, host Surbhi Dedhia, paints the landscape for data storytelling - 1. How did it all come to this point of using data to harness stories? 2. What kind of future job opportunities is this creating? 3. How can we now build data storytelling into our content strategy? 4. What role does Machine Learning play in Data storytelling 5. Why should brands build thought leadership with data storytelling? This episode is an easy listen with lots of examples to get insight from. If you liked this episode or have questions on the topic, feel free to write to Surbhi at the rate DigitalGenie.co Thank you for listening! You can connect with the host - Surbhi Dedhia - on LinkedIn to share ideas and thoughts on building your #thoughtleadership The Making of a Thought Leader podcast is brought to you by Jot My Bio.com Jot My Bio helps executives and entrepreneurs to narrate their professional experience through personal bios. Personal bios are essential to position one's work experience and skill sets to attract more interactions, be it on the About us section of the website, Linkedin or on presentation slides. To get a professionally handcrafted bio, get in touch with https://www.JotMybio.com…

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Building Thought Leadership on Twitter 40:57

3 years ago40:57

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With 500 million tweets per day and 436 million monthly active users (2022), Twitter is one of the world's popular social media platforms. Many brands - individuals and organisations - are on twitter and engaging their audiences effectively with 280 characters. It is an epitome of short -form content. In this episode, Surbhi chats with Samantha Kelly who is famously known as #TweetingGodess and had built an entire business starting off with Twitter, organically. She shares her story on how she got introduced to Twitter and how the domino-effect worked in in her favour as she got the first rule of social right, "Value over Sales, always!" Our candid conversation covers: Twitter as a medium to engage your community How does one start building a community on Twitter? How your unique story can attract clients, supporters and followers? Essentials of Twitter to have in place and How to build continuity in communications on any chosen social media platform? Join in their conversation as there are lots of ideas, also for someone who uses Twitter daily. Samantha is also the founder of Women's Inspire Network supported by Wedo and very soon their annual event is happening. Please see the link below to check out the line up of speakers and networking options. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/wedoventuresltd/714902 And you can follow Samantha on the following social handles too: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tweetinggoddess Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tweetinggoddess Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tweetinggoddess/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tweetinggoddess/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tweetinggoddess Website: https://www.tweetinggoddess.com/ Thank you for listening! You can connect with the host - Surbhi Dedhia - on LinkedIn to share ideas and thoughts on building your #thoughtleadership The Making of a Thought Leader podcast is brought to you by Jot My Bio.com Jot My Bio helps executives and entrepreneurs to narrate their professional experience through personal bios. Personal bios are essential to position one's work experience and skill sets to attract more interactions, be it on the About us section of the website, Linkedin or on presentation slides. To get a professionally handcrafted bio, get in touch with https://www.JotMybio.com…

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How to Create and Grow your Personal Brand 40:15

3 years ago40:15

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Creating a personal brand can seem to be a dauting task, at the bottom of your to-do list, one on your wish-list or outrightly a mythical idea. Yet, the recent data points around personal brand are hollering quite the opposite which is personal branding works and it is here to stay. Joining host Surbhi Dedhia on this engaging episode is Michelle B. Griffin who is a personal branding consultant and a visibility strategist. Michelle runn two very popular podcasts and will also soon be a published author. Her methodology towards building your personal brand is simple and actionable. Throughout the episode, Michelle shares her systematic approach to building a personal brand and examples of how one can embark on personal branding journey systematically and benefit from it too. This episode has lots of tips that you can take back to your world and action it. Hope you enjoy this episode. Here are some useful links: Website: https://michellebgriffin.com/ Podcast : https://michellebgriffin.com/podcast/ The LinkedIn Branding Show Podcast: https://michellesquared.com/ The 365 Creators LinkedIn community: https://michellebgriffin.com/the365creators/ Michelle mentions various personality tests on the episode, here are the links: https://www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test https://www.16personalities.com/ https://www.123test.com/disc-personality-test/ https://high5test.com/ Thank you for listening! You can connect with the host - Surbhi Dedhia - on LinkedIn to share ideas and thoughts on building your #thoughtleadership The Making of a Thought Leader podcast is brought to you by Jot My Bio.com Jot My Bio helps executives and entrepreneurs to narrate their professional experience through personal bios. Personal bios are essential to position one's work experience and skill sets to attract more interactions, be it on the About us section of the website, Linkedin or on presentation slides. To get a professionally handcrafted bio, get in touch with https://www.JotMybio.com…

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How to Build Thought Leadership with Videos 55:13

3 years ago55:13

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More than 500 million hours of video are watched on YouTube every day. 85% of Facebook videos are watched without sound. 45% of people watch more than an hour of videos on Facebook or YouTube per week. 69% of people prefer video over text when learning about a product or service. Above listed are some of the valid statistics ( source:Wyzowl) confirming the fact that video era is now and it is here to stay. In this episode, host Surbhi Dedhia chats with Reim El Houni on how business owners and brands can leverage on video to build their thought leadership. In the conversation they cover - Video consumption increased during the pandemic and it continues to grow. How do content based company cope with outputing so much content. What is the ideal length of the video for it to work? Videos are working as they provide distraction - which type of videos should we go for educational or entertaining? What is the ideal frequency of video posting and how much of video content is too much? Why before embarking on video journey, there needs to be a mindset shift to overcome self limiting beliefs. Reim also shares her experience with producing a daily show at the world's greatest show - Expo 2020 This episode is packed with value, quirky ideas and laughs. Do tune in! Get in touch with Reim - https://www.linkedin.com/in/reimelhouni/ Thank you for listening! You can connect with the host - Surbhi Dedhia - on LinkedIn to share ideas and thoughts on building your #thoughtleadership The Making of a Thought Leader podcast is brought to you by Jot My Bio.com Jot My Bio helps executives and entrepreneurs to narrate their professional experience through personal bios. Personal bios are essential to position one's work experience and skill sets to attract more interactions, be it on the About us section of the website, Linkedin or on presentation slides. To get a professionally handcrafted bio, get in touch with https://www.JotMybio.com…

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Bonus Episode: How to Engage Followers While Evolving Your Thought Leadership Niche 22:00

3 years ago22:00