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Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · 7d

At Royal Festival Hall, @southbankcentre.bsky.social in London to see @harlancoben.bsky.social & @reesewitherspoon speak tonight - quite excited!🤓

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Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · 28d

open.substack.com/pub/kymhamer...

Press pause...

It's been an intense week of long days and lots of facilitating and coaching in preparation for my trip to Durham, NC next week.

open.substack.com

Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · Jul 7

The sweet taste of success

Yesterday was #WorldChocolateDay so it seems a good time to share a reading recommendation about leadership, legacy and what really happens behind the scenes...

Enjoy!

#personalbranding #leadership #legacy #reading #branding #chocolate #Mars #Hershey

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Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · Jul 7

#MondayMoment

This week's quote is from the autobiography of one of my favourite authors and the 2014 Man Booker prize winner, #RichardFlanagan:

"Experience is but a moment. Making sense of that experience is a life."

Moments matter...

#personalbranding #leadership #experience #moments #reading

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Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · Jun 29

#MondayMoment

This week's quote is from Starbucks Founder, Howard Schultz:

"Everyone starts strong. Success comes to those with unwavering commitment to be at the end.

What will you commit to this week?

#personalbranding #leadership #commitment #perseverence

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Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · Jun 29

#SundayShare

A wonderful weekend here in St Lawrence made even more so with a gorgeous #EssexSunset last night...

Love spending time here with my beautiful friends.

How's your weekend?

💕
#friends #celebration #weekend #sunset #essex

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Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · Jun 23

I came across this article I wrote in 2020 & as I read it, I realised that these foundations remain one of the red threads through my work.

As the saying goes, everything old is new again - or not as my photo clearly demonstrates

Enjoy!

bit.ly/3T6UUmF
#personalbranding #leadership #visibility

4 simple ways you can increase your visibility

(Part of the Building Brand You series) Developing your visibility in line with your brand, reputation or profile is essential. It's not just because it's good to be remembered.

bit.ly

Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · Jun 22

#MondayMoment

This week's quote is from Australian author Pip Williams' wonderful novel, The Dictionary of Lost Words:

Encourage (v.); To inspire with courage sufficient for any undertaking; to embolden, make confident.

Who will you inspire with #courage this week?

#fiction #reading #encourage

Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · Jun 19

#FeelGoodFridays

Here we are, heading into yet another #weekend so here's a thought...

"If you are not getting as much from life as you want, then examine the state of your enthusiasm." ~ Norman Vicent Peale

(The pic says it all!)

Wishing you a weekend of #enthusiasm

Kym @ Building Brand You

Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · Jun 15

#MondayMoment

This week's quote is from Nancy Kline's Time To Think

"Giving everyone a turn increases the intelligence of groups. Knoiwing they won't be interrupted frees people to think faster and say less."

Will you give everyone a turn this week?

#leadership #listening #groups #intelligence

Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · Jun 8

#MondayMoment

This week's quote is from MIND UK

"Good mental health isn't something you have, but something you do. To be mentally healthy you must value and accept yourself."

What will you do to value and accept yourself this week?

#personalbranding #leadership #mentalhealth #acceptance #value

Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · Jun 8

Who's in the driver's seat?

The future landed snack-bang in the present for me in San Francisco this week with my first experience in a Waymo autonomous - and that means driver-less - car.

Enjoy the ride...

@WaymoLLC

#thefutureishere #leadership #waymo #driverlesscars #transport #experiences

Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · Jun 1

#MondayMoment

When a group comes together, noise is easy.

Just a few people have to make a commotion for noise to happen.

But silence requires everyone to be in sync.

#personalbranding #leadership #insync #alignment #teamwork

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Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · Jun 1

#SundayShare

Best. Do Not Disturb Sign. Ever.

(from inside the pillow fort)

#axiomhotel #sanfrancisco #travel #hospitality #thelittlethings #momentsofjoy

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Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · May 25

#MondayMoment

Every day, the world will drag by the hand, yelling, "This is important! And this! And this!" And each day, it's up to you to yank your hand back, put it on your heart and say, "No. This is what's important."

What's important this week?

#personalbranding #leadership #priorities

Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · May 23

Because sometimes we need a little feel-good...⠀⠀⠀

Plant seeds for a new season this weekend.⠀

Kym @ Building Brand You

#doyourbest #leadership #feelgood #future #ogmandino #roses #momentsofjoy

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Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · May 21

We all find it hard to be disciplined

And #energy...
just like #time #attention & #money...
is a resource we need to manage

Because energy without direction is just heat

⬇️

Energy with direction is the work we need to be doing

#leadership #focus #direction #personalbranding #effectiveness

Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · May 18

#MondayMoment

"Once you've hit a ball there's no point watching where it's going. You can't change its flight path now. You have to think about your next move. Not what you should have done. What you do now."

What will you do this week?

#personalbranding #leadership #yournextmove #Liane Moriarty

Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · May 11

#MondayMoment

In this week's Building Brand You podcast (S10 E3) guest Pracheta Budhwar shared that she chose being happy over being good. This week's quote from painter Georgia O'Keeffe felt like a perfect partner.

What will you choose this week?
#personalbranding #leadership #choice #beinghappy

Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · May 10

In case you missed this week's episode...

LEADERSHIP IS A CHOICE...

I explored personal branding as the foundation for effective & authentic leadership.

Listen on
Apple - apple.co/4d1J9qB
Spotify - spoti.fi/3GILhaM

Enjoy!

#personalbranding #authenticity #leadership #BuildingBrandYou #podcast

Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · May 9

#booksky 💙📚
#books
#reading

I've just finished reading Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society & have left many orange tabs on its pages to help me navigate the sections I would like to revisit.

Books like this are a keeper for me.

Profound reading.

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Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · May 4

#MondayMoment

Today I've chosen a quote I absolutely love from World Champion Adventure Racer & Firefighter Robyn Benincasa:

"Remember that heroism elevates one of us, but humility elevates all of us"

How will you elevate others this week?

#personalbranding #leadership #humility #RobynBenincasa

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Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · Apr 30

LATEST EPISODE NOW LIVE

I explore the role personal branding plays in being an authentic & effective leader with peers, teams and organisations

Listen on Apple - bit.ly/3YhLtE0
Listen on Spotify - bit.ly/3EKTxGH

#personalbranding #influence #authenticity #leadership #podcast #BuildingBrandYou

Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · Apr 28

COMING THIS WEDNESDAY...

Building Brand You is back with Season 10 Wednesday April 30 & it's all about personal branding for leadership.

So get ready to accelerate your results by subscribing on:

apple.co/3Y12h1T
spoti.fi/4jwsPAc

#BBY #podcast #personalbranding #leadership

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Kym @ Building Brand You @buildingbrandyou.bsky.social · Apr 21

#MondayMoment

Today is World Health Day so I've chosen something from nutritionist, author and businesswoman, #DonnaAston

"Remember, it's the overall consistency that counts."

How will you show up this week?

#personalbranding #leadership #consistency #perfectionism #purpose #WorldHealthDay

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