ADVANCE: Take Your Next Step with Mike Acker
76 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsTake Your Next Step in Leadership, Communication, and Life. Welcome to the ADVANCE Podcast by Mike Acker, a conversation designed to help entrepreneurs, business leaders, and other professionals break through barriers by improving their practical leadership skills and increasing confidence in speaking. Mike Acker is a bestselling author, executive coach, and founder of two companies aimed at providing an edge for leaders. For additional information or to book Mike Acker to work with your organization visit mikeacker.com.
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Ep 22 | 10 Minutes to be Repetitive and Creative
March 15, 2021 14:00 - 11 minutes - 7.89 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 22 Do you want to get better but stay interested at the same time? If yes, how do you make sure you're not in a Groundhog Day by Bill Murray’s system, living the same day over and over again? What rhythm can you create that would leave you some space to bring in something new from time to time? Join Mike on this episode of the Advance Podcast as he shows you how repetitive doing and creativity could go hand in hand and why you cannot choose to compromise on either o...
Ep 21 | Creating an 'Alchemy Network' with Dov Gordon
March 12, 2021 15:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 21 Imagine being in a network comprising of people just like you but in different companies. Aren’t these the kinds of people you would want to have more conversations with? How do you benefit from such an alchemy network? And how do you form one in the first place? “The Alchemist Entrepreneur” Dov Gordon joins Mike Acker in today’s episode to talk about how you can get your ideal clients by becoming an under-the-radar leader, how to build and leverage profitable re...
Ep 20 | Hype Marketing with Michael Schein
March 09, 2021 17:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 20 How does hype help in promoting your business? How do you use it to impact people with what you do today? Marketing strategies of our times increasingly revolve around hype. The excitement factor around your product or service goes a long way in promoting your business among the audience. In this episode, Mike speaks with Michael Schein of Microfame Media about hype in marketing, how it can help get your business, message, or platform out there, what the hip ho...
Ep 19 | Connect Through Emotional Intelligence
March 01, 2021 13:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 19 Does emotional intelligence aid in better connection with people? If so, where do you start? Any connection starts with you. Being aware of yourself first and then learning to understand others can help you connect with your people better. Join Mike Acker in today’s episode as he teaches you the fine art of emotional intelligence and how you can use it to build healthy relationships with your colleagues and partners at work. (For the full show notes and more re...
Ep 18 | Excellence in Speaking - Guidance (Csuite Advantage Pt3)
February 15, 2021 13:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 18 You must have all had that one person in life who phenomenally transformed your path to the destination. How do some people become your greatest influencers in life? What makes them strikingly different from a majority of other speakers and leaders? To become a great speaker, you have to learn to take people with you as you talk and guide them to their path. In today's episode, Mike discusses the C-suite advantage of Guidance and how it can help you achieve excel...
Ep 17 | Build Your Brand with Marina Barayeva
February 11, 2021 16:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 17 Leadership is all about influence. Nothing more, nothing less. But how do influencers create their brands? It all starts with you, who you are as a person, where you are right now, why people should listen to you, and how you can help them. In the episode today, Mike interviews international speaker and coach Marina Barayeva. Marina helps entrepreneurs build their influence and create a life of purpose. Join them as they discuss the 5-step authority system, bui...
Ep 15 | Innovation - Create the Future with Bella Rushi
February 05, 2021 19:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 15 Innovation has become a hot topic of discussion in the world today. Companies are struggling to come up with breakthrough ideas and strategies. What can they do to adopt the best practices for continuous improvement and innovate better? Join Mike Acker on this episode of the Advance Podcast as he interviews Bella Rushi from Symmetri Consulting, a consulting firm using science and a systematic approach to build innovation strategy and drive communications. Listen...
Ep 16 | Excellence in Speaking - Clarity (Csuite Advantage Pt2)
February 05, 2021 19:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 16 Some of our teachers in school have been our favorites for the way they made us understand the subject very well. Everything they taught was so simple and clear that you needn’t have second thoughts about the matter. What is it that effective communicators have mastered that we all need to, too? Clarity. How do excellent speakers bring about clarity in speaking? In this episode, Mike gives away top strategies to achieving clarity in communication and discusses...
Ep 14 | Excellence in Speaking - Authority (Csuite Advantage Pt1)
January 25, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 14 Powerful speakers, leaders and performers, have all got something incredible in common. Do you realize what that is? It's authority. How does excellence in speaking bring about or reinforce authority? Join Mike Acker on this episode as he gives away top ideas and tips to mastering the art of communication and how to establish your authority for greater success in the business space! (For the full show notes and more resources, at no cost, visit https://connect....
Ep 13 | Exceptional Customer Service
January 20, 2021 16:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 13 On a scale of 10, how would you rate your company's customer service? 8.. 9.. Outstanding? Exceptional Customer Service goes much beyond just convincing a person to choose your services. It not only helps customers feel comfortable, but also incredibly increases your revenue. On the show today, Mike interviews Dr. Kelly Henry, Business Coach and Author of the book “Define and Deliver Exceptional Customer Service: Proven strategies to maximize your profits”. List...
Ep 12 | Revealing the Secret to Self-Success
January 14, 2021 14:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 12 Success is a vague concept with several definitions. However, there is one area that remains constant of the truly successful people. What is that? What is the constant that leads to personal success? (For the full show notes and more resources, at no cost, visit https://connect.stepstoadvance.com) EPISODE 12 SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS: Revealing the Secret to Self-Success Increase your Self-Awareness 02:10 We need to see what other people see. 03:53 We need ...
Ep 11 | One Action to Set the Day in Motion
January 12, 2021 13:00 - 12 minutes - 8.51 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 11 What if there was ONE ACTION that would set your whole day in incredible motion? There is. You can choose to act in such a way that the whole day is under your control. Learn to embrace ONE ACTION to set your day in motion. (For the full show notes and more resources, at no cost, visit https://connect.stepstoadvance.com) EPISODE 11 SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS: One Action to Set the Day in Motion Setting ourselves up 01:10 I don’t want you to be set up for failure....
Ep 10 | Increase Participation and Engagement
January 07, 2021 13:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 10 Do you wonder how to increase engagement and participation in the meetings you lead or the virtual conferences you attend? Learn how to set your audience up for success (both their success and yours)! (For the full show notes and more resources, at no cost, visit https://connect.stepstoadvance.com) EPISODE 10 SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS: Increase Participation and Engagement Discussing Engagement 1:29 Set them up for success. Sometimes it feels like us versus th...
Ep 9 | Financial Leadership with Rachel Richards
January 04, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 9 Everyone leads because everyone influences those around them. Unfortunately, this means that we are often lead without being aware of where we are going. This is very true when it comes to money. Who is leading you financially? Are you in control of your finances or do your finances control you? Discover financial leadership with bestselling author Rachel Richards. (For the full show notes and more resources, at no cost, visit connect.stepstoadvance.com) EPISODE...
Ep 8 | The Ladder of Value - Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome
December 29, 2020 19:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 8 The term “impostor syndrome” conveys the sense that others around us and even our environment has more value than we do. We feel like we don’t bring the same value to the table as others do, and that we don’t quite fit in. The core issue is value. Learn how to solve the core of the impostor syndrome with the Ladder of Value by Mike Acker. (For the full show notes and more resources, at no cost, visit connect.stepstoadvance.com) EPISODE 8 SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS: ...
Ep 7 | Learn a different way to lead and speak - LEAD with Questions
December 21, 2020 13:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 7 Many people are drawn to leadership and speaking so that they can tell others what to do. But there is a better way to speak and there is a better way to lead. (For the full show notes and more resources, at no cost, visit connect.stepstoadvance.com) EPISODE 7 SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS: Lead and Speak with Questions 2:26 3 questions that need to be asked when you’re preparing any type of update or presentation, speech, report, that you’re giving verbally: ● ...
Ep 6 | The Soul of Business, Leadership, & Communication - with Blaine Bartlett
December 14, 2020 12:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 6 How to ensure that the workplace of today and tomorrow enables individuals, society and the planet the opportunity to thrive? The answers to this question are rooted in compassion and how this question is answered makes a difference… Blaine Bartlett persuades us that it is a difference worth pursuing. (For the full show notes and more resources, at no cost, visit connect.stepstoadvance.com) EPISODE 6 SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS The Soul Business 3:13 Blain wrote ...
Ep 5 | Embrace Rejection
December 07, 2020 15:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 5 How do we deal with rejection in leadership and communication? There are incredible benefits to being rejected. Rejection, especially when met with a healthy acceptance somewhere else is really helpful to build someone up. Today, Mike teaches the things you can do when you’re rejected and it’s benefits. (For the full show notes and more resources, at no cost, visit connect.stepstoadvance.com) 4 Things that rejection does: 2:57 1. Rejection will help you wo...
You Need to BREATHE more - with Aimee Bruneau
November 30, 2020 13:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 4 – You Need to BREATHE More (with Aimée Bruneau) Have you ever seen a professional singer sit down while they're doing the performance? Most likely you don't see that very often especially when it comes to opera because the power is in the breath. In leadership and communication, there's so much power that comes from breath. Today, Mike wants to teach you how to have a powerful breath and why it's so important as we dive into this subject with Aimee Bruneau. Aimee...
Ep 4 | You Need to BREATHE more - with Aimee Bruneau
November 30, 2020 13:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 4 – You Need to BREATHE More (with Aimée Bruneau) Have you ever seen a professional singer sit down while they're doing the performance? Most likely you don't see that very often especially when it comes to opera because the power is in the breath. In leadership and communication, there's so much power that comes from breath. Today, Mike wants to teach you how to have a powerful breath and why it's so important as we dive into this subject with Aimee Bruneau. Aimee...
5 Ways to Influence
November 23, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 3 – The Five Ways of Influence How can you and I as leaders and communicators impact and influence the people in our lives? How can we do it intentionally? Leadership and communication go hand in hand. And you're going to see that in the way that we influence people. Now let's discover how influence impacts leadership and communication. (For the full show notes and more resources, at no cost, visit connect.stepstoadvance.com) EPISODE 3 SUMMARY & HIGHLIGHTS What i...
Ep 3 | Five Ways to Influence
November 23, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 3 – The Five Ways of Influence How can you and I as leaders and communicators impact and influence the people in our lives? How can we do it intentionally? Leadership and communication go hand in hand. And you're going to see that in the way that we influence people. Now let's discover how influence impacts leadership and communication. (For the full show notes and more resources, at no cost, visit connect.stepstoadvance.com) EPISODE 3 SUMMARY & HIGHLIGHTS What i...
Ep 2 | Upfront Humility in Leadership & Speaking
November 15, 2020 19:00 - 12 minutes - 8.39 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 2 If you’re an arrogant Leader or Communicator, you feel like you’re better than everyone else, which also means you won't be nervous. Although arrogance get rids of YOUR nerves, you get on the nerves of everyone else. How can a leader or a speaker, a communicator be in upfront positions and remain humble? (For the full show notes and more resources, at no cost, visit connect.stepstoadvance.com) EPISODE 2 SUMMARY & HIGHLIGHTS 1:25 When you first start out in a ...
Upfront Humility in Leadership & Speaking
November 15, 2020 19:00 - 12 minutes - 8.39 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 2 If you’re an arrogant Leader or Communicator, you feel like you’re better than everyone else, which also means you won't be nervous. Although arrogance get rids of YOUR nerves, you get on the nerves of everyone else. How can a leader or a speaker, a communicator be in upfront positions and remain humble? (For the full show notes and more resources, at no cost, visit connect.stepstoadvance.com) EPISODE 2 SUMMARY & HIGHLIGHTS 1:25 When you first start out in a ...
Ep 1 | Don't Miss 'Leg Day' - Leadership & Communication Work Together
November 12, 2020 14:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 1 Leadership and communication go hand in hand, the most successful leaders and the most successful communicators often have these two in tandem. They can lead, they can bring out the best, they can also communicate so that we understand in the best way possible. (For the full show notes and more resources, at no cost, visit connect.stepstoadvance.com) EPISODE 1 SUMMARY & HIGHLIGHTS What is Leadership? 1:25 Leadership is acting, directing, guiding, and working ...
Don't Miss 'Leg Day' - Leadership & Communication Work Together
November 12, 2020 14:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBINTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 1 Leadership and communication go hand in hand, the most successful leaders and the most successful communicators often have these two in tandem. They can lead, they can bring out the best, they can also communicate so that we understand in the best way possible. (For the full show notes and more resources, at no cost, visit connect.stepstoadvance.com) EPISODE 1 SUMMARY & HIGHLIGHTS What is Leadership? 1:25 Leadership is acting, directing, guiding, and working ...