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

Episodes

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Jun 15, 2022 • 13min

EP48: Career Q&A: Expanding Your Community. Finding a Mentor and Becoming a Thought Leader

Explore how to expand your professional network and the role of further education in career transitions. Discover the importance of mentorship in navigating new industries and learn how to develop the skills needed for success. Gain insights on communicating transferable skills, utilizing the STAR interview method, and engaging in thought leadership. Tips on cultivating a leadership mindset in the workplace will inspire listeners to elevate their careers and embrace new opportunities.

Jun 8, 2022 • 19min

EP44: Because Your Coach Should Have a Coach - High Performance with James Simpson

In this episode, Kimberly welcomes James Simpson, a high-performance coach known for not only pushing entrepreneurs to the next level but pushing them to levels of success they never thought possible! Responsible for Kimberly setting the date for her resignation from corporate, tune in as James discusses when you might need a coach and the difference between a business coach and a high-performance one. From trusting your instincts to recognizing self-sabotage, don't miss this discussion on daring to dream as an entrepreneur and going beyond great! KEY POINTS: - The difference between regular coaching vs high-performance coaching - Why does James Simpson work specifically with entrepreneurs? - Turbulence in entrepreneurship is normal! - How to combat common scaling barriers - The ways self-sabotage manifests in entrepreneurs - Doing business on the terms of your life, not the reverse QUOTABLES: "Business coaching follows traditional rules. It follows boundaries. There are barriers. There's 'set this', 'don't do this', and 'this is the norm'. High-performance coaching trumps the norm and says there is no norm, there are no rules." GUEST RESOURCES: Connect with James Simpson on social media! IG | instagram.com/iamjamessimpson Find out more at workwithjamessimpson.com 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 20, 2022 • 15min

EP43: Side Hustling vs Growing Your Career - Can You Do Both? I Did.

A story she doesn't often share, Kimberly reflects on her decision to become a full-time entrepreneur and her journey building a career in higher education, transitioning to corporate, developing her own business, and at times doing it all simultaneously! Tune in as your host recounts "doing it both" - taking pride in building her career while also wanting and striving for more. From her experience, listen in as she then goes on to ask you to consider your path and challenges you to think about what type of career, side hustle, and business you want. Because, yes, you can have both! KEY POINTS: - How Kimberly got the side hustle bug - Kimberly's transition from career to corporate to entrepreneur - The value of imperfection - When Kimberly knew she had to go hard or go home - What is the vision for your life, business, career? QUOTABLES: "I want to challenge you to think about what type of career do you want? And what type of company, side hustle, business, do you want? Because can you have both? Yes, you absolutely can have both. But what is your life going to look like?" 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 13, 2022 • 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 → 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 6, 2022 • 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 → 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

Mar 30, 2022 • 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: "Rejection is merely a redirection, a course correction to your destiny." 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

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