From Academic to Award-Winning Entrepreneur With Jill Schiefelbein
In today’s episode, business communication expert Jill Schiefelbein reveals how she moved from an academic to an award-winning entrepreneur and author. During our conversation, Jill also shares some insights from her latest book Dynamic Communication, breaks down the steps (and frameworks) she followed to create her own mastermind group, and reveals how cultivating her own community helped her accomplish her goals while doing what she loves.
Topics include:
- Why being open (and vulnerable) is the key to reaching your potential
- Gaining value from a diverse group of people and industries
- Why (and how) our communication needs to evolve
- Why success means becoming more specific with your asks
Jill Schiefelbein is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, and recovering academic. She taught business communication at Arizona State University for 11 years before venturing into entrepreneurship. Jill’s business, The Dynamic Communicator®, helps organizations increase sales and create consumer advocates. Jill also runs the Dynamic Accelerator program, helping solo and micro-entrepreneurs accelerate business growth. Her latest book, Dynamic Communication: 27 Strategies to Grow, Lead, and Manage Your Business hit stores in March 2017.
Learn more about Jill at LinkedIn and Twitter.
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About the author, David Shriner-Cahn
David is the podcast host and community builder behind Smashing the Plateau, an online platform offering resources, accountability, and camaraderie to high-performing professionals who are making the leap from the corporate career track to entrepreneurial business ownership.