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?
β¦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.
π§ 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.
π² Want to connect? Find me on Instagram @kimberlybonline or LinkedIn and say hello!
β¬οΈ 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?
β¦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.
π§ 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.
π² Want to connect? Find me on Instagram @kimberlybonline or LinkedIn and say hello!
β¬οΈ Download the 9 Visibility Strategies You're Probably Missing at Work guide at https://kimberlybonline.com/visibility
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Apr 13, 2022 β’ 10min
EP42: Why It's Important to Invest in Your Personal and Professional Development
Many of us are taught that you get a job and work your way up year after year, head down just grinding. So if you work really hard, someone will realize it and promote you. Right? Unfortunately, this is not what always happens. So how can you be sure you aren't stuck in the same place professionally year after year? Tune in as Kimberly explains why personal and professional development is crucial to your success and upward mobility, both in and outside of your organization. And shares her three tips for connecting with professional associations and catapulting your career! KEY POINTS: - How Kimberly was introduced to personal and professional development - You don't want to be in the same place professionally year after year! - "Relationships are still everything" - The value of professional associations and organizations - Embrace the opportunity, show up fully, and hold yourself accountable QUOTABLES: "It's unacceptable, in my opinion, to be in the same place year after year with no change in your own personal and professional growth, especially if you're unsure or unclear, not knowing what your next steps are." Stay In Touch β 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 β 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 β 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 6, 2022 β’ 25min
EP41: Taking the Upper Hand - Technology and the Future of Work With Sherrell Dorsey
With so many initiatives telling minority communities they're not represented, not included, and not able to make a particular income, what if we could flip the narrative and say, "What if someone could give you the upper hand?" Tune in as Sherrell Dorsey, founder and CEO of The Plug, gets the conversation started for families and communities traditionally not included in the dialogue around tech and the future of work. As the CEO of a distinctive black tech news and insight platform covering black pioneers in tech, venture capital, and work policy, Sherrell is changing the idea of who gets to be an innovator and genius and where these conversations exist. Don't miss Sherrell's tips for anyone interested in launching a company in tech and why it's time for the black and brown community to take the upper hand. KEY POINTS: - Who is Sherrell Dorsey? - What inspired "Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us"? - Technology is truly about making creating efficiencies - How the pandemic positively and negatively affected the world of work - Why we need the "Upper Hand" - Bridging the gap of the innovation language barrier QUOTABLES: "Journalism has been intellectually lazy about shaping and building out that narrative of what is a black technologist. What's a brown technologist? What's a female technologist looks like, that's not in a tokenization kind of way." "When I thought about what is my goal, I want people to feel like they are empowered to participate in the future of work. That they wouldn't be a victim of it." GUEST RESOURCES: Check out The Plug and sign-up for weekly briefings at: tpinsights.com Learn more about Sherrell Dorsey at: sherrelldorsey.com IG | instagram.com/sherrell_dorsey Find the "Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us" on Amazon and where all books are sold! Stay In Touch β 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 β 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 β 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
Mar 30, 2022 β’ 10min
EP40: Redirection is NOT Rejection
Rejection can be hard to process. It is easy to attach our professional experience to the identity of who we are, so when we are rejected, it feels personal. But in this episode, Kimberly asks you to reframe your mindset. Rejection is merely redirection, and the alternate outcome might just be better than what you intended. KEY POINTS: - Rejection can feel personal, but it's not! - Kimberly's hardest professional rejection - Why you always need to get it in writing - Confidence comes from not being afraid of a no - How is this rejection redirecting you? QUOTABLES: "ββRejection is merely a redirection, a course correction to your destiny." Stay In Touch β 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 β 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 β 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
Mar 23, 2022 β’ 36min
EP39: Dealing with Burnout Like a PRO with Jessica Hurley
It's part two of Kimberly's reverse interview with CEO and podcast host Jessica Hurley! Tune in as these two powerhouse entrepreneurs discuss burnout, acknowledging their limits, and the things they do to recharge. Believing in relentless consistency, listen in as Kimberly reveals more about what made her the woman she is today and how she balances her seasons of rest and hustle. KEY POINTS: - What made Kimberly Brown the person she is today? - Does Kimberly ever celebrate herself? - How does Kimberly maneuver burnout or personal derailment? - Where is the balance of compulsion and filling your own cup? - Hitting the recharge button and romancing yourself - Why it all boils down to courage and impact QUOTABLES: "I used to always say, I couldn't create the life, or I couldn't give myself the schedule or the flexibility until I hit this much revenue, or this much this or this much that. But then I kind of sat back and I was like, isn't the point of being an entrepreneur doing what you want to do?" "You have to know your own limits, but when you're working toward whatever that thing is, yes, you've got to have a little bit of that relentlessness." GUEST RESOURCES: Check out Jessica Hurley on social media! IG | instagram.com/jessicahurley_ Get your voice, your message, and your brand out there through the power of podcasting at instapodcasts.com Stay In Touch β 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 β 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 β 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
Mar 16, 2022 β’ 10min
EP38: Cultivating "Compulsion" to Drive Towards Your Dreams
In this episode, Kimberly shares her favorite topic and the question she receives most: How do you have the drive to do all the things you've done? Tune in as your host shares why she doesn't care about motivating or inspiring you. Compelled to achieve her dreams, so much so that it never felt like a choice, Kimberly wants to help you take action in order to create change in your life. So what drives you? Listen in as she reveals three questions to guide you toward a vision and compulsion to take action! KEY POINTS: - Motivation and inspiration don't always lead to action - Why it's less about motivation and more about compulsion - How Kimberly defines compulsion - Why you need a clear vision - What gets you excited? QUOTABLES: "We all know motivation doesn't always lead to action. You could feel super excited and motivated after reading a book, but are you actually going to put the plan together that allows you to achieve whatever goal it is that you'd like to achieve?" "My conscious wishes sometimes are to relax, to unwind, to do less. But compulsion drives me to move forward." Have career and leadership development questions? Email Kimberly at podcast@manifestyourself.com Learn more about Kimberly Brown and download a free career strategy template at kimberlybonline.com Read the book "Next Move, Best Move: Transitioning Into a Career You'll Love" at nextmovebestmovebook.com Follow Kimberly on social media: IG | @kimberlybonline - instagram.com/kimberlybonline FB | facebook.com/kimberlybonline Twitter | twitter.com/kimberlybonline LinkedIn | linkedin.com/in/kimberlybonline Your Next Move is edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)
Mar 9, 2022 β’ 9min
EP37: Are You Overwhelmed or Overcapacity?
When the going gets tough, we've all heard or said, "I can't do another thing," "I can't show up in one more meeting," or "It's all too much. I'm overcapacity". But the question in this episode is, are you overcapacity or overwhelmed? Tune in as Kimberly deciphers the difference between overcapacity and overwhelmed and asks you to evaluate which one is it? And learn when it's time to be empowered, advocate for yourself, and put yourself in a position to execute at the highest level that is meaningful to you and does not impact your quality of work. KEY POINTS: - Do you work a 9 to 5? Or more like an 8 to 8? - The difference between overwhelmed and overcapacity - How overwhelmed can be fixed, 100%! - Evaluate which one is it? And create solutions, not just problems QUOTABLES: "When new information is coming at you, deadlines are unclear, deliverables are flexible, it's really hard to decipher from being overwhelmed or being overcapacity." Stay In Touch β 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 β 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 β 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
Mar 2, 2022 β’ 21min
EP36: Do You Have Corporate PTSD with Tara Paton
In this episode, your host welcomes business bestie Tara Paton - a marketing strategy queen who works with beauty and wellness entrepreneurs to increase revenue, build customer traffic, and expand their product line. Launching a business in the middle of the pandemic, Tara reveals the trauma and emotions of breaking away from corporate America. Listen in as Kimberly and Tara discuss how to recover from corporate PTSD, shed the corporate mindset, and learn to do what feels good rather than what we've been told to do. KEY POINTS: - Why did Tara Paton leave the corporate space? - What is corporate PTSD? - How the pandemic spurred a new age of entrepreneurs - The most challenging part of transitioning into entrepreneurship - Tips to shed the corporate mindset QUOTABLES: "When you're in corporate, you're going, going, going, and you're nonstop, and everything is getting from point A to B as fast as you possibly can. You're not really checking in with you as a person." "A lot of the traumas that are put upon us or that we experience are put upon us because of the rigidity of the structure of what is corporate America. And so you go into entrepreneurship, and you think that you have to do the same things. And you actually don't." GUEST RESOURCES: Learn more about Tara Paton and her marketing work at Tarapaton.com IG | instagram.com/tarasoether Listen to the "Stacking M's" podcast on all major streaming platforms! Stay In Touch β 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 β 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 β 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
Feb 23, 2022 β’ 12min
EP35: Four Key Relationships That Accelerate Your Career and Leadership
Who is going to bring your paper into the room? Who can you go your whole career with and without? Who is going to help you level up to that next role? Kimberly answers these questions and more in this episode about one of the most requested topics she receives from her audience, how to identify and develop key relationships in your career. Tune in as she guides you to analyze the people in your workplace and start building authentic relationships to get you to that next level. KEY POINTS: - Why you need peers in and out of your company - The importance of coaches and teachers - Who is a mentor? - What differentiates a sponsor from a mentor? - How to strategically start building relationships QUOTABLES: "Most people know who mentors are, but I explain it as that person who's been there, done that. They have literally been in your shoes before, so they can help you in that situation." "These are the professionals who can take you from where you are to where you rightfully belong. They literally have the power and influence to pull you up from where you are and put you in that next role." Stay In Touch β 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 β 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 β 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
Feb 16, 2022 β’ 24min
EP34: The Importance of Leadership Coaching in the Workplace with Adrien Odate
With so much intersection between mastering your mind and mastering your body, Your Next Move welcomes fitness professional and development coach Adrien Odate. Tune in as Adrien shares his journey to coaching as well as the tools and strategies you need to set and achieve your personal, wellness, and professional goals. Listen in and don't miss Adrien Odate's tips on how to take action now! KEY POINTS: - Do you have to be struggling to need a coach? - Who does Adrien Odate work with? - Why don't more companies offer coaching? - How to find the right coach for you - Thinking strategically and making the leadership shift - Ask yourself: Do I feel fulfilled? Am I where I'm supposed to be? QUOTABLES: "If the top athletes in the world have coaches to help them really optimize their skills, why would anyone not need a coach?" "I'm not telling you anything new. You know that you can do this, but you need somebody to remind you to go out there and take a shot." GUEST RESOURCES: Learn more about Adrien Odate and design the life you deserve at: coachedbyad.com IG | @iamcoachad - instagram.com/iamcoachad Stay In Touch β 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 β 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 β 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
Feb 9, 2022 β’ 13min
EP33: Have You Ever Been Desired in the Workplace?
Does your workplace know what your impact is? And the value that you bring? Do your mentors and sponsors know what roles you're interested in and what you'd be a great fit for? Are you able to articulate the accomplishments that you've made in the workplace? Tune in as your host asks these questions and more, pushing you to identify and build your brand. As Kimberly explains, driving desire in the workplace comes from having a clear personal and professional brand. So what do you want to be known for? KEY POINTS: - Does your brand speak for itself? - Why you need to do more than just the work - you have to speak about it! - How to discover your brand - What is the gap between where you are and where you'd like to be? - Four key relationship types to push your career forward QUOTABLES: "When we're talking about building a strategic career, you want to be desired for roles that are in alignment with what you want to do." "You want to be sought after for your potential if you are a younger employee, or based upon your impact and value that you already have a track record for in the workplace." Stay In Touch β 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 β 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 β 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
