368: Our Thought Leadership Comes from Who We Are and What We've Learned with Erica Hall [Level Up Your Speaking Series]

You’re going to love this episode with my guest and Thought Leader Academy grad Erica Hall!

If you’ve ever felt like you shouldn’t show your real personality to your audiences or that people expect you to be a certain type of person, this conversation is going to be validating and revealing.

Before we get to that part of the conversation, Erica shares her perspective on money mindset and money behaviors and the experiences that shaped her understanding of money.

This is why *who* you are and what you’ve *learned* are essential elements of your thought leadership.

We also dig into the power of frameworks and acronyms and Erica shares what she got out of being in the Thought Leader Academy.

You’ll hear:

• Erica’s perspective on money mindset and money behaviors
• How experiences Erica had when she was younger shaped her understanding of money behavior and led to her thought leadership
• The importance of having a framework, such as an acronym, in your talks and presentations
• Erica’s experience in our Thought Leader Academy, especially how helpful it was to learn our framework and have a repeatable process to use going forward
• How an offhand comment I made about my Enneagram number in a group call helped Erica understand that she can lean into her natural personality and not have to be someone she’s not

This episode is part of our new podcast series called “Level Up Your Speaking.”

Want to develop your speaking skills, thought leadership, and signature talk?

Check out our online coaching program the Thought Leader Academy and our upcoming 3-day in-person speaking intensive.

Links:

Show notes at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/368/

Erica’s website: https://worthplotting.com/

Discover your Speaker Archetype by taking our free quiz at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/quiz/

Connect on LinkedIn:

• Carol Cox = https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolcox
• Erica Hall (guest) = https://www.linkedin.com/in/erica-hall-mba-5288531a/

Related Podcast Episodes:

• Episode 363: From Burned Out to Lit Up: How Cara Houser Turned Her Signature Talk into a Best-Selling Book with Cara Houser
• Episode 353: The Power of Frameworks: How Sharon Ehrlich Found Her Voice and Message with Sharon Ehrlich
• Episode 343: Why YOU are the Messenger for Your Idea and Audience
• Episode 274: The Key to Booking More Speaking Engagements with Sarah Lynn Wallace (Enneagram coach)

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