Your Next Move Podcast
Kimberly Brown
You've led million-dollar projects, delivered results that speak for themselves, and built a reputation for excellence, only to watch someone else get chosen for the opportunity you deserved. Not because you weren't ready, but because your name didn't come to mind first.
Welcome to Your Next Move, the podcast for high-performing professionals in leadership who are ready to elevate their visibility, build a powerful personal brand and position themselves for opportunities that accelerate their path to industry-wide recognition or higher level roles.
I'm Kimberly Brown, a globally recognized career and leadership expert, keynote speaker, and bestselling author of Next Move, Best Move. I've coached hundreds of mid- to executive-level professionals working in Fortune 500 companies to grow their visibility, influence, and leadership presence, without leaving their jobs.
Here's what I've learned: being great at your job isn't enough. If people don't know who you are, the value only you can offer, or the impact you're here to make, you'll keep executing someone else's vision.
Each episode delivers practical visibility strategies, powerful mindset shifts, and the leadership tools you need to build a speaker brand that positions you for your next big move, whether that's speaking on national stages, landing your next promotion, or becoming a recognized voice in your industry.
You'll learn how to elevate your visibility without "doing the most", speak with authority without fear of being seen as self-promotional and become known as a thought leader inside (and outside) your current company.
If you're wondering:
How do I position myself as a thought leader at work?
Why am I being overlooked for promotions when I'm good at my job?
How do I build a leadership brand?
Can I stay in my current company and grow my career?
How do I make people remember my name in the right rooms?
…you're in the right place.
Tune in for expert advice, behind-the-scenes coaching, and my signature no-fluff perspective on what it really takes to accelerate your leadership trajectory and step into the rooms where real decisions are made.
🎧 Follow Your Next Move wherever you listen to podcasts, and start building a career that gets you seen, heard, and recognized for what you do best.
📲 Want to connect? Find me on Instagram @kimberlybonline or LinkedIn and say hello!
⬇️ Download the 9 Visibility Strategies You're Probably Missing at Work guide at https://kimberlybonline.com/visibility
Welcome to Your Next Move, the podcast for high-performing professionals in leadership who are ready to elevate their visibility, build a powerful personal brand and position themselves for opportunities that accelerate their path to industry-wide recognition or higher level roles.
I'm Kimberly Brown, a globally recognized career and leadership expert, keynote speaker, and bestselling author of Next Move, Best Move. I've coached hundreds of mid- to executive-level professionals working in Fortune 500 companies to grow their visibility, influence, and leadership presence, without leaving their jobs.
Here's what I've learned: being great at your job isn't enough. If people don't know who you are, the value only you can offer, or the impact you're here to make, you'll keep executing someone else's vision.
Each episode delivers practical visibility strategies, powerful mindset shifts, and the leadership tools you need to build a speaker brand that positions you for your next big move, whether that's speaking on national stages, landing your next promotion, or becoming a recognized voice in your industry.
You'll learn how to elevate your visibility without "doing the most", speak with authority without fear of being seen as self-promotional and become known as a thought leader inside (and outside) your current company.
If you're wondering:
How do I position myself as a thought leader at work?
Why am I being overlooked for promotions when I'm good at my job?
How do I build a leadership brand?
Can I stay in my current company and grow my career?
How do I make people remember my name in the right rooms?
…you're in the right place.
Tune in for expert advice, behind-the-scenes coaching, and my signature no-fluff perspective on what it really takes to accelerate your leadership trajectory and step into the rooms where real decisions are made.
🎧 Follow Your Next Move wherever you listen to podcasts, and start building a career that gets you seen, heard, and recognized for what you do best.
📲 Want to connect? Find me on Instagram @kimberlybonline or LinkedIn and say hello!
⬇️ Download the 9 Visibility Strategies You're Probably Missing at Work guide at https://kimberlybonline.com/visibility
Episodes
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Jun 14, 2023 • 21min
EP87: Workplace Communication Styles: 5 Keys To Communicating Effectively In The Workplace
Explore how communication styles in the workplace resemble love languages! Discover why analytical thinkers thrive with data, while intuitives prefer visionary ideas. Learn to engage functional thinkers effectively to turn concepts into action. Personal communicators benefit from light and casual chats. Kimberly shares five essential keys to mastering workplace communication for better relationships and outcomes. Timing and setting are highlighted as crucial elements in delivering successful conversations.
Jun 7, 2023 • 40min
EP86: From 6-Figure Debt to Securing Financial Freedom with Melissa Jean-Baptiste
Melissa Jean-Baptiste thought she was doing all the right things when it came to her finances, but after trying to secure a loan to buy her first home, she quickly realized the reality. She wasn't doing anything, learning how money truly operated, or how to use it as a tool. Fast forward, and Melissa now helps other millennials build generational wealth through debt management strategies, passive income and investing, and a communal digital space to start their debt-free journey. So do you want to know how Melissa paid off $102,000 in debt on a New York City teacher's salary? And how you can also plan for an early work optional retirement? Tune in and find out! KEY POINTS: Why Melissa began her money journey How to pay off debt with other financial goals in mind Pivoting your budget throughout your journey Melissa's ultimate money hack Is a side hustle always a good idea? QUOTABLES: "Sit down with that money. Look at what you have. Look at where you want to go and push past the discomfort." - Melissa Jean-Baptiste "You can use money to leverage a lot of different things that can lead to more money, lead to property assets and growing wealth." - Melissa Jean-Baptiste GUEST RESOURCES: Melissa Jean-Baptiste millennialindebt.com IG | instagram.com/millennialindebt Get Your Copy of So...This Is Why I'm Broke - https://amzn.to/3OYCnIc Stay In Touch → Connect with the community: Follow me on Instagram/TikTok: @KimberlyBOnline Explore Brown Leadership: https://brownleadership.com Read the book "Next Move, Best Move: Transitioning Into a Career You'll Love" at www.nextmovebestmovebook.com → Share your question: Submit your question in a 90-second voice message, and I may address it in an upcoming episode. Submit here: https://www.speakpipe.com/YourNextMove → Apply for a 1:1 coaching session: Participate in a 20-30 minute coaching session that may be featured in a future episode. Apply here: https://bit.ly/YNMCoaching
May 24, 2023 • 11min
EP85: 3 Ways to Maximize Your Conference Experience
Kimberly knows that when you attend professional events such as conferences, you are spending a pretty penny. It's imperative that you can optimize the experience to get the outcome you desire. So in this episode, your host shares the top three steps you need to maximize your time and investment when attending professional events. Whether you're looking for a role at a major corporation or an up-and-coming startup, this episode is for you! KEY POINTS: Are you prepared before you get there? Who are you most excited about? Make a list! Connect, network, and follow up QUOTABLES: "Start speaking with everyone before and after the conference. If you come to the conference and hang out with people you already know you're missing out." - Kimberly Brown Stay In Touch → Connect with the community: Follow me on Instagram/TikTok: @KimberlyBOnline Explore Brown Leadership: https://brownleadership.com Read the book "Next Move, Best Move: Transitioning Into a Career You'll Love" at www.nextmovebestmovebook.com → Share your question: Submit your question in a 90-second voice message, and I may address it in an upcoming episode. Submit here: https://www.speakpipe.com/YourNextMove → Apply for a 1:1 coaching session: Participate in a 20-30 minute coaching session that may be featured in a future episode. Apply here: https://bit.ly/YNMCoaching
May 17, 2023 • 13min
EP84: Leadership Development Tips: 5 Ways to Improve Your Public Speaking Skills
If you know a little bit about Kimberly, you know she does A LOT of public speaking. Whether it be keynotes, workshops, or trainings, public speaking has been a large part of her business and career. And let's be honest, even if you don't consider yourself a public speaker, knowing how to properly articulate your ideas in public settings is crucial to any job. So in this episode, Kimberly leans into her expertise and shares her top 5 tips to take your public speaking to the next level. KEY POINTS: - What's your style of speaking? Embrace your quirks! - Why you need to spend time with your audience - How not to get ruffled when public speaking - Keep the audience engaged and shake things up! - Take an improv class to practice staying on your feet QUOTABLES: "Many times when we want to master a new skill, we try to lean into what our mentors are doing. However, embracing who you are is such a large part of that." - Kimberly Brown Stay In Touch → Connect with the community: Follow me on Instagram/TikTok: @KimberlyBOnline Explore Brown Leadership: https://brownleadership.com Read the book "Next Move, Best Move: Transitioning Into a Career You'll Love" at www.nextmovebestmovebook.com → Share your question: Submit your question in a 90-second voice message, and I may address it in an upcoming episode. Submit here: https://www.speakpipe.com/YourNextMove → Apply for a 1:1 coaching session: Participate in a 20-30 minute coaching session that may be featured in a future episode. Apply here: https://bit.ly/YNMCoaching
May 10, 2023 • 45min
EP83: Authenticity in the Workplace with Lenny Williams
Lenny Williams, co-founder of Trill or Not Trill and a passionate advocate for workplace authenticity, shares his inspiring entrepreneurial journey. He emphasizes knowing yourself and crafting your own narrative. The conversation touches on how Gen Z can successfully transition from college and highlights strategies for companies to retain young talent. Lenny encourages genuine networking, stressing the importance of building meaningful relationships over titles. He also champions staying connected with younger generations for growth and inspiration.
May 3, 2023 • 45min
EP82: Learn, Lose, Live with Jennifer Dent Brown
Struggles with weight loss and body image can impact us in all areas of life and is something Kimberly understands too well. So in this episode, she invites reformed professional dieter turned certified life and weight loss coach, Jennifer Dent Brown, to share how she's helped hundreds of women stop dieting forever. Guiding clients to step off the weight loss struggle bus, tune in as Jennifer reveals her 3-step process for learning to lose weight and embracing a mindset that creates permanent results and management. Using techniques that can be applied across all areas of life and designed specifically for high-achieving professionals! KEY POINTS: - Jennifer's journey from management consultant to life coach - The 3-step process for learning to lose weight - What is bio-individuality? - Why mindset is the key to any diet - The biggest weight loss challenge high-achieving professionals face - Emotional literacy, self-compassion, and self-care QUOTABLES: "This is why my weight loss process is so effective because no other diet teaches you how to think." - Jennifer Dent Brown "I'm teaching my clients that when they become more emotionally literate, you understand how you're feeling. When you understand why you're using food to change your emotions, you can apply that to anything." - Jennifer Dent Brown GUEST RESOURCES: jenniferdent.com IG | instagram.com/jenniferdentbrown Stay In Touch → Connect with the community: Follow me on Instagram/TikTok: @KimberlyBOnline Explore Brown Leadership: https://brownleadership.com Read the book "Next Move, Best Move: Transitioning Into a Career You'll Love" at www.nextmovebestmovebook.com → Share your question: Submit your question in a 90-second voice message, and I may address it in an upcoming episode. Submit here: https://www.speakpipe.com/YourNextMove → Apply for a 1:1 coaching session: Participate in a 20-30 minute coaching session that may be featured in a future episode. Apply here: https://bit.ly/YNMCoaching
Apr 26, 2023 • 19min
EP81: Who's in My Circle?
Today's episode is a little different as your host answers one of your questions - who is in Kimberly Brown's circle? Listen in as Kimberly shares the different types of relationships she has that helps her work, optimize efficiency, take care of her health, and get all the things done on a regular basis. From where she found her circle to how she builds trust, tune in as Kimberly encourages you to think about what you need in your life, career, and business to support the life you desire. Because ultimately, "Your circle is what you need in order to thrive!" KEY POINTS: - Who is in Kimberly's professional circle? - Do you have a health and beauty team? Home and personal? - Why Kimberly is constantly looking to connect - How to build trust within your circle - The importance of aligned standards of excellence QUOTABLES: "You need to spread your relationships out. No one person should be everything. So I've worked really hard to cultivate a close circle, an intimate circle, but there's enough people in it where I can spread around my needs when I have them." - Kimberly Brown "I realized that in order for me to be who I am, to do what I need to do, and to support myself, I can't do all of the things all the time." - Kimberly Brown Stay In Touch → Connect with the community: Follow me on Instagram/TikTok: @KimberlyBOnline Explore Brown Leadership: https://brownleadership.com Read the book "Next Move, Best Move: Transitioning Into a Career You'll Love" at www.nextmovebestmovebook.com → Share your question: Submit your question in a 90-second voice message, and I may address it in an upcoming episode. Submit here: https://www.speakpipe.com/YourNextMove → Apply for a 1:1 coaching session: Participate in a 20-30 minute coaching session that may be featured in a future episode. Apply here: https://bit.ly/YNMCoaching
Apr 18, 2023 • 38min
EP80: Career Coaching: Fear of Success, Ageism, and Making the Jump to Entrepreneurship
Do you feel like you can do your job with your eyes closed? Are you a "lifer" - remaining at your job for years even though you feel unfulfilled? This is exactly how Jackie Janiec feels as she joins Kimberly in another career coaching segment of Your Next Move. Tune in as Jackie chats about her career right now, what she actually wants out of a job, and the limiting stories holding her back from making her dream a reality. And be sure to lean in even closer as Kimberly guides her (and maybe even you!) to find what she needs to make her next move. KEY POINTS: - The "stories" holding Jackie back from making her next move - Overcoming ageism in the business world - "Do you believe that you can be what you create?" - Embracing fear and the courage to act in spite of - What is the support you need in order to thrive? - There is no real "either, or" - identify what YOU want QUOTABLES: "I just feel very unfulfilled. It feels mundane. It's like I can do my work with my eyes closed. And while some people may look at my job and say, that seems great, you work with celebrities. It's still unfulfilling, - Jackie Janiec "The crazy thing about jumping from a nine to five to entrepreneurship is that everyone's journey is so different. And your risk tolerance level is also different. And it's how can you give yourself and create the plan that's going to make you feel comfortable in jumping. - Kimberly Brown Stay In Touch → Connect with the community: Follow me on Instagram/TikTok: @KimberlyBOnline Explore Brown Leadership: https://brownleadership.com Read the book "Next Move, Best Move: Transitioning Into a Career You'll Love" at www.nextmovebestmovebook.com → Share your question: Submit your question in a 90-second voice message, and I may address it in an upcoming episode. Submit here: https://www.speakpipe.com/YourNextMove → Apply for a 1:1 coaching session: Participate in a 20-30 minute coaching session that may be featured in a future episode. Apply here: https://bit.ly/YNMCoaching
Apr 12, 2023 • 17min
EP79: 15 Recent Reads - Kimberly's Reading List
Today Kimberly talks all about books and their importance, even in the age of the internet, coaches, conferences, and workshops. And to kickstart your literary journey, Kimberly shares her top 15 books to help you make her next move, whether it's in business, love, boundaries, or just a few hours of self-care. KEY POINTS: - Why is reading still important? - Kimberly's top 15 favorite reads - What books do you recommend? QUOTABLES: "I think sometimes we forget that there are authors out there, (shameless plug) like me, who have written books that can really help you navigate any issues or dilemmas that you currently have." Order Kimberly's book recommendations here: https://amzn.to/41gblPv Stay In Touch → Connect with the community: Follow me on Instagram/TikTok: @KimberlyBOnline Explore Brown Leadership: https://brownleadership.com Read the book "Next Move, Best Move: Transitioning Into a Career You'll Love" at www.nextmovebestmovebook.com → Share your question: Submit your question in a 90-second voice message, and I may address it in an upcoming episode. Submit here: https://www.speakpipe.com/YourNextMove → Apply for a 1:1 coaching session: Participate in a 20-30 minute coaching session that may be featured in a future episode. Apply here: https://bit.ly/YNMCoaching
Apr 5, 2023 • 43min
EP78: Setting Professional Boundaries and Intentional Self-Care with Ariel Belgrave
Ariel Belgrave is a certified health and fitness coach who helps high-achieving women build healthy habits to better take care of themselves so they can thrive at work and at home. An Under Armour athlete featured in Forbes, NBC, and beyond, you may think she joins Kimberly to talk general health and fitness, but in today's episode, Ariel is here to discuss professional burnout. Tune in as Ariel, the "Burnout Whisperer," shares her own story of corporate burnout as a recovering people pleaser and what you can do to commit to a healthier lifestyle, kickstart your self-care journey, and prevent burnout. KEY POINTS: - Who is Ariel Belgrave, according to her? - Ariel's corporate burnout story - What professional boundaries do you need? - Recognizing and understanding your chronic stressors - Self-soothing versus Self-care - Does Ariel recommend taking leave? - How to spark motivation and kickstart self-care QUOTABLES: "Self-care is prevention. It is planning for self-care with intention so you can thrive. A lot of us actually self-soothe. We are doing things as a result of feeling a certain type of way." "When we think burnout, we think we have to leave, and it's not for me. No, this is an opportunity for you to reassess, rediscover, reset, and come back with some fire." GUEST RESOURCES: Ariel Belgrave LinkedIn | linkedin.com/in/arielbelgrave IG | instagram.com/gymhooky Stay In Touch → Connect with the community: Follow me on Instagram/TikTok: @KimberlyBOnline Explore Brown Leadership: https://brownleadership.com Read the book "Next Move, Best Move: Transitioning Into a Career You'll Love" at www.nextmovebestmovebook.com → Share your question: Submit your question in a 90-second voice message, and I may address it in an upcoming episode. Submit here: https://www.speakpipe.com/YourNextMove → Apply for a 1:1 coaching session: Participate in a 20-30 minute coaching session that may be featured in a future episode. Apply here: https://bit.ly/YNMCoaching
