In this episode host Jim Karrh talks with an expert on leadership communication, conflict, and coaching. Liz Kislik has 30 years of experience as a management consultant, executive coach, and facilitator. She has worked with clients such as American Express, Orvis, the Girl Scouts to family-run businesses – coaching and mentoring from the C-suite to…
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Which skills and competencies do you need most for advancing your career? In this episode host Jim Karrh talks with executive coach and writer Anne Sugar. Anne has advised top leaders at companies including TripAdvisor, Sanofi Genzyme, and Havas. She’s an executive coach for Harvard Business School Executive Education and has guest lectured at MIT….
In this episode, host Jim Karrh talks with Tom Schwab—an expert on podcast conversations, and persuasive business communications more generally. Tom has a rather unique vantage point as a Navy veteran who ran nuclear power plants and was, as he describes it, an “inbound marketing engineer.” Tom now focuses on how time-tested strategy connects to…
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How can companies bring sales and marketing closer together? In this episode of The Manage Your Message Podcast host Jim Karrh talks with Jeff Davis, author of the new book, Create Togetherness: Transform Sales and Marketing to Exceed Modern Buyers’ Expectations and Increase Revenue. Jeff describes himself as “a marketer with the soul of a…
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In this episode, host Jim Karrh talks with Constance Dierickx about the high-stakes world of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures—and how messaging and culture are often more important to ultimate success than are integrating technology or financial reporting. Constance has a clear, no-nonsense, and yet empathetic approach to executive clients. Her point of view has been…
Continue reading 50: Constance Dierickx: The Message of the Merger
What are the challenges, innovations, priorities, and predictions of chief marketing officers across the US? In this episode of The Manage Your Message Podcast host Jim Karrh talks with Prof. Christine Moorman about results from the latest edition of The CMO Survey. Dr. Moorman is the T. Austin Finch, Sr. Professor of Marketing at Duke…
In this episode of The Manage Your Message Podcast host Jim Karrh shares the “how” (and the “why”) for growing your business with the help of a messaging playbook. Jim begins by acknowledging how important a consistently engaging message is today – and how difficult it can be to create and manage. A playbook approach…
Continue reading 48: Jim Goes Solo: How to Build Your Messaging Playbook
In this episode host Jim Karrh talks with Steve Gordon–a bestselling author, founder of The Unstoppable CEO, and host of The Unstoppable CEO Podcast. Through his firm, he helps service business entrepreneurs grow revenue while also spending less time on business development. Steve was in the fire early—at age 28 he became the CEO of…
In this episode, host Jim Karrh talks with a legend in the world of infomercials and video marketing. Rick Cesari had a direct hand in building brands such as the George Foreman Grill, the Juice Man juicer, Sonicare toothbrushes, OxiClean, and GoPro. Today Rick is the author of Video Persuasion: Grow Your Brand, Increase Sales,…
Continue reading 46: Rick Cesari: Tips from a Video Marketing Pioneer
In this episode host Jim Karrh talks with his friend and colleague Matt McClendon, President of DSG Consulting. DSG is a sales-enablement agency that has, over the course of 25 years, helped more than 100,000 sales people in 30 countries—across industries ranging from hi-tech to manufacturing, business services, financial services, healthcare, and telecommunications. What’s the…
Continue reading 45: Matt McClendon: How to Equip Sales Pros and Teams