Play Your Position With Mary Lou Kayser

If you thought you knew about personal branding, wait until you hear today's conversation with PR and Branding expert, Frances Reimers.   This woman is K.N.O.W.L.E.D.G.A.B.L.E.   I bet you'll walk away from our conversation with your head full of practical tips and strategies for moving your ball into that metaphorical endzone.   She works with high profile athletes and professionals to elevate their brands in the marketplace so they can achieve their goals. Her energy is palpable. Her experience is first class. You will learn so much about the ins and outs of building, repositioning, renovating, or even starting a personal brand.   You will also learn why Joan Rivers is one of her idols and how what Joan taught her helps professional football players play a bigger game online.   = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience

As the COVID-19 crisis continues to rage around the globe, I want to continue sharing with you useful and relevant conversations that offer solutions to leadership challenges both large and small. Today's conversation with Bill Eckstrom does just that. We talk about setting up boundaries, strengthening our resilience, and embracing changes beyond our control. Bill is a wise and humble leader. Enjoy the show!   = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   Here are a few ways I can help you do that: Share this episode with one person who could use a bo

Ryan Cote is the Director of Digital Services and Partner at Ballantine, a third-generation, family-owned direct mail and digital marketing company based out of Fairfield, NJ. Ballantine has been serving small-business clients since 1966 when it was founded by Ryan’s great-uncle. Ryan has been with his family’s agency since 2003, and today he manages the growing digital marketing division. From lead generation to marketing strategy for small businesses, Ryan Cote and his company rise above the get-featured-quick schemes so often attributed to digital marketing. He loves to geek out on technical marketing talk as well as work with real-world business owners about growing their book of business in today’s online world.   = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspir

In this third part of my micro-series on making the transition to working remotely, Kimberli Allen of Everything Webinar and I discuss slide decks for virtual presentations. Specifically, Kimberli shares the three slides almost everyone neglects to include in their online presentations and why they are critical for the success of your webinar, online meeting, etc.    Useful Links and Resources from Today's Show code: mlk-1430 EverythingWebinar.com Connect with Kimberli on LinkedIn Twitter Facebook YouTube   = = = = = Thanks for listening!   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome with a review of the show, now’s your chance! Leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustl

Thanks for listening!   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   Here are a few ways I can help you do that: Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader.   Buy one of my books on Amazon and leave me a 5-star review.   Want to work with me privately on developing your leadership content & publishing strategy? Book a call with me here to see if we’re a good fit. 

A lot has happened in a week since I last sat down with Kimberli Allen about making the transition to working remotely. In today's conversation, Part 2 of our micro-series on working virtually, Kimberli shares tips on how you can set up a virtual policy so your company and team succeed in this new territory. She also has some excellent advice for parents who suddenly find themselves at home managing their own work online as well as their kids logging into online versions of school. Kimberli is a fountain of knowledge --This is a series you don't want to miss!    = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome with a review of the show, now’s your chance! Leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, a

Thanks for listening!   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   Here are a few ways I can help you do that: Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader.   Buy one of my books on Amazon and leave me a 5-star review.   Want to work with me privately on developing your leadership content & publishing strategy? Book a call with me here to see if we’re a good fit. 

Today's episode of the Play Your Position Podcast is the first of a micro-series I am starting with the Founder and CEO of Everything Webinar, Kimberli Allen. Kimberli and I plan to check in over the coming weeks and talk about what it takes to successfully run a business virtually, build powerful virtual teams, create virtual policies, and how to strengthen your virtual leadership brand.   With the COVID19 pandemic shutting down sports, conferences, concerts, and schools around the world -- just to name a few of the organizations being impacted by the global pandemic -- working virtually is fast becoming a necessity to keep business going. In today's conversation, you will get to know more about Kimberli Allen and her company Everything Webinar, as well as what to do to transition your business, team, or organization into working virtually.    We have a lot of fun talking about this topic and think you will benefit from our conversation as the current COVID19 crisis continues to dominate conversations everyw

Domenic Rinaldi is the Owner and Managing Partner of Sun Acquisitions, a mergers, and acquisitions firm that specializes in helping to maximize value for business buyers and sellers. Domenic has been personally involved in over 300 business transactions across a broad range of industries and is considered an expert in the field of business brokerage.   Domenic is also a speaker, author, and podcast host at M&A Unplugged, where he interviews business buyers, sellers, and advisors, sharing firsthand accounts of their transaction experiences. Domenic is here today to share valuable insights and actionable takeaways so that you can maximize the value of your business acquisition or sale!   Useful Links & Resources Connect with Dominic Listen to Dominic's Podcast  Show notes Halftime Newsletter Nominate a Guest for the Show We always appreciate your rating and review on iTunes!  

Where will your next adventure take you? That's the big question Mary Lou asks in this episode of the Play Your Position Podcast. 

In an uncertain world, entrepreneurs like Nigel Bennett are our best hope for the future.   At a young age, Nigel was shocked to witness first-hand the real impact of oil spills on our natural world. After almost being shot down by FARC guerrillas on the Venezuela-Colombia border and being forced to escape Egypt while working for his father’s oil spill contingency planning company, he decided to break away and start Aqua-Guard Spill Response. Aqua-Guard now provides equipment and services that protect water, the planet’s most precious resource, in over 100 countries.   His extraordinary journey from dyslexic high school graduate to global entrepreneur, adventurer and philanthropist have much to teach us about responsibility, freedom and the bravery that surfaces in moments when everything is on the line.   In Nigel’s book Take That Leap - Risking It All for What Really Matters, he recounts his unanticipated adventures as an entrepreneur, emerging philanthropist and always avid outdoorsman. Readers get a peek

Dr. Nancy Gordon is Chairperson of the Department of Counseling, Leadership, and Expressive Arts at Salve Regina University. She received her Doctor of Education degree from Harvard University and has been a member of the Salve Regina faculty since 1993. Now an Associate Professor, she was granted tenure in 2015.   Dr. Gordon is also the graduate program director for the Holistic programs, with oversight of five master’s programs, five Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (post-master’s) programs and five Certificate of Graduate Studies programs. In addition to course development, she teaches in the program. Her current graduate courses include “Leading Holistically,” “Creative Leadership Intervention Skills,” and “Leading System Change and Transformation.”   Her most recent published work is Gordon, N. (2013). Women and Leadership: An Integrative Focus on Equality. Journal of Interdisciplinary Feminist Thought (Vol.7, I). Up until 2015, Dr. Gordon was also co-proprietor of a consulting firm that assi

Brands these days invest a lot of time and money into making sure their customer service departments deliver exceptional experiences for customers. Why? Because customers won't stick around for long if they feel like companies don't care about them. In today's final installment of the Expectations Mini-Series this week, Mary Lou explores what can happen when we intentionally set out to exceed the expectations we have of ourselves, and some simple ways to do that.     Enjoy and Thanks for listening! 

If you’ve ever caught yourself saying to yourself or someone else, “I thought I’d be farther along than I am today in… having a relationship, building a business, getting fit, etc…   Then you are familiar with the darker side of not meeting expectations we set for ourselves. In today's episode of the Play Your Position Podcast, Mary Lou shares ways to set and manage our own expectations so that life is more fulfilling and less stressful and disappointing.

In today's episode of the Play Your Position podcast, Mary Lou talks with Josh Fonger who helps business owners considerably reduce their stress levels. If you are a business owner or know one you care about, have a listen to what Josh shares about making running a business a joy again. Bio: Josh Fonger is a consultant, coach, and speaker who is recognized as the leading authority in Business Performance Architecture. With his unique ability to develop and implement systematic solutions to complex business problems, Josh has personally consulted or coached over 600 business owners from more than 100 industries, from small startup businesses to large $500M enterprises. Due to his phenomenal success rate, and a mountain of client testimonials, he has quickly become one of the most in-demand small business consultants in North America.   In 2011, Josh connected with Sam Carpenter after reading Sam’s book Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less. Recognizing their shared vision of h

The world is grieving and trying to make sense of the loss of Kobe Bryant, a man, a father, a basketball superstar, and a symbol of all that is good about being human and playing our positions throughout our lives. The world is also grieving the loss of his 13-year old daughter Gianna and seven other passengers who died tragically in a helicopter crash on Sunday, January 26, 2020.    Today's episode is a tribute to Kobe Bryant who exemplifies all that this show stands for. May his sudden and unexpected passing be yet another part of his tremendous legacy and inspire all of us to love harder, grow stronger, and be better for each other and for the world moving forward.

This week on the Play Your Position Podcast, Mary Lou dives into the topic of expectations and the role they play in our lives. Expectations for ourselves -- expectations of and for others. Some of the questions she will explore include:   What are expectations?  How do they play a role in us playing our positions?  What happens when we don’t meet our expectations or others don’t meet what we expect of them?  What are some expectations beyond the playing field we can consider for developing a sound leadership practice and experiencing a higher quality of life?   Expectations play a huge role in how we think and act. They play a big role in our overall quality of life, how satisfied we feel. When we take the time to sit down and think through the expectations we’ve set for ourselves and others, we can begin to pinpoint what's causing us to feel dissatisfied and then -- if we want to improve -- we can make strides to replace them with ones that lead to feelings of more satisfaction.   Thanks so much for liste

In today's episode of the Play Your Position Podcast, Mary Lou shares the story of when she first learned about looking at life through the lens of it being one big experiment...and the impact doing that has had.     She also shares some of the lessons she's learned from publishing PYP 5x a week and what she sees in the show's future.      What topics would you enjoy hearing Mary Lou tackle in future episodes? Share your thoughts via Twitter or Facebook! Or write to us here coach@pypodcast.com  Thanks for listening!

How many of the images we see on our daily social media feeds have been altered via one filter app or another? What are all these filters doing to us psychologically and emotionally? Does the use of filters on photos we share make us less authentic?     These are some of the questions Mary Lou wrestles with on today's episode of the Play Your Position Podcast. What do you think about filters? Share your thoughts via Twitter or Facebook!

Sports fans are pretty much guaranteed of hearing snippets from a handful of iconic rock songs when they attend live events. Songs like "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC; "We Are the Champions" by Queen; "I Am Iron Man" by Black Sabbath.     In today's episode of the Play Your Position Podcast, Mary Lou explores the philosophical question:   Is it time to retire "I Am Iron Man" from live sporting events? What should replace this long-time favorite let's-get-the-fans-riled-up list of rock-n-roll songs?     What do you think? Can a hockey be a hockey game without an excerpt from an AC/DC song rocking the rink? Share your thoughts with me via Twitter or Facebook!