Becoming a Thought Leader – Dave Crenshaw

Join author and business coach Dave Crenshaw as he shows you the keys to becoming a respected thought leader and authority in your field. Whether you’re already a visible professional or hoping to improve your presence, decision-making ability, and influence, this course can prepare you to take a meaningful step forward. Being recognized as a thought leader and authority inside and outside your company builds career capital and paves the way for new opportunities. This course demonstrates a step-by-step process to help you identify your thought leadership focus, find a mentor, develop expertise within your company, build a meaningful network externally, and develop personal publicity.

This course is one of a series of five Dave Crenshaw courses based on his Invaluable teaching methodology for professional development.

Topics include:

• Discovering areas where you can contribute thought leadership
• Developing company knowledge that makes you an expert
• Building an authority ladder externally
• Gaining publicity

Contents:

Introduction 3m 29s

• Welcome 2m 47s
• Using the exercise files 42s

1. Preparing to Build Authority 7m 13s

• Determining your area of authority 2m 32s
• Scheduling time to build authority 1m 22s
• Selecting a mentor 3m 19s

2. Building Authority within a Company 14m 39s

• Becoming a systems expert 2m 15s
• Getting company buy-in 2m 49s
• Documenting the “what” in systems 3m 55s
• Documenting the “how” in systems 3m 17s
• Formalizing systems 2m 23s

3. Building Authority in the Public 18m 40s

• Finding your path to authority 2m 12s
• Climbing the authority ladder 3m 41s
• Building a library 3m 43s
• Building an online network 2m 53s
• Building an offline network 2m 55s
• Gaining personal publicity 3m 16s

Conclusion 57s

• Final thoughts 57s

Author:

Dave Crenshaw is an author, speaker, and business coach who has appeared in TIME and Forbes magazine, as well as on SIRIUS XM Radio and BBC News. His first book, The Myth of Multitasking: How “Doing It All” Gets Nothing Done, has been published in six languages and is a time management bestseller. His latest book is Invaluable: The Secret to Becoming Irreplaceable, and Dave is the founder of Invaluable, Inc., a coaching and training corporation dedicated to helping companies, their leaders, and their employees become truly invaluable.