Posts in Media Mentions
Managing up: Leveraging one-on-one check-ins for your professional development

Most managers are well-intentioned, but for one reason or another, people are left feeling like they are lost and alone in career development. If you’re one of these people, the empowered way to navigate a situation like that is to focus on what you can control. One way to own your development is to take the reins with your manager check-ins.

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Your Biggest Leadership Hurdle: 4 Tips for Navigating Impostor Syndrome

At Wolf & Heron, we do a lot of one-on-one work with leaders through our coaching practice. Most of the time, these leaders, although well established in their careers, still believe they have more to accomplish professionally; they haven’t reached their end-goal, and their ambition remains strong. We’ve noticed that one of the key hurdles of leaders stepping into their own leadership is their personal belief that they’re not yet ready.

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Cross-Cultural Storytelling: How To Be Authentic, Engaging And Resonant With Your Audience

At the end of a talk or presentation, I usually get questions about the line between authenticity and dramatization. Stories, in particular, lend themselves to being dramatized—in some ways, dramatization makes the story more interesting and engaging—but that very same dramatization has the potential to feel affected or “put on” by the storyteller.

In this article, Stephanie Judd is featured as a Forbes Council Member who shares how to be authentic, engaging and resonant with your audience.

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14 Time-Management Practices For Completing Your To-Do List

Without building the right technical and soft skills to attain a leadership role, you may find your career stalled out at tAs busy and successful coaching professionals, the members of Forbes Coaches Council use time-management strategies to ensure they can give their clients sufficient time and energy while still thriving in their own professional and personal lives.

In this article, Stephanie Judd is featured as one of 14 coaches who share time-management practices they use to manage their own work responsibilities and why they recommend these tactics to others.

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Moving From Command & Control to Coaching & Collaboration

The number one leadership initiative in any organization today is improved coaching. Coaching empowers employees, empowerment drives engagement, and engagement drives performance. At its core, coaching is about transformation. Leading distributed teams requires transforming how we coach and changing our play calls and playbooks to get things done. As a part of our interview series called “Moving From Command & Control to Coaching & Collaboration; How Leaders and Managers Can Become Better Coaches,” we had the pleasure to interview Stephanie Judd and Kara Davidson.

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Elevate Your Executive Presence With Intentional Storytelling

In her book Executive Presence, Sylvia Ann Hewlett describes executive presence as resting on three pillars: gravitas, communication and appearance. As a storytelling and presentation skills coach, I work with clients on all three of these pillars. Here’s my tip: If you’re aiming to develop your executive presence, consider developing your storytelling skills as one way to do so. Here are a few reasons why becoming an intentional storyteller can help build your executive presence.

Stephanie Judd authored this article as a Forbes Council contribution.

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Three Product Manager Storytelling Myths

The product management field can be a cutthroat one, and Product Managers know that becoming a more compelling communicator is a great way to differentiate themselves from the pack. But many of these PMs have misconceptions about storytelling. Here are three common storytelling myths held by PMs and why you shouldn’t believe them.

Stephanie Judd authored this article as a Forbes Council contribution.

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How to Help Your Sales Team Personalize The Pitch Deck With Stories

One of the most common challenges of sales leaders is enabling their teams to take the demo deck and make it their own—uniquely, authentically and personally theirs. Read this article for some ways you can empower your salespeople to adapt the deck for a more relatable and engaging presentation.

Stephanie Judd authored this article as a Forbes Council contribution.

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15 Ways To Ensure A Successful Outcome From Any Negotiation

When entering into a discussion where both parties have something to gain and something to lose, there are effective ways to make sure everyone comes away feeling it was a win. In this article, Stephanie Judd is featured as one of 15 coaches who discuss things junior-level professionals, senior leaders and C-suite executives can do to achieve the best possible results in any negotiation.

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