Episode #38 - How Employees Can Become Thought Leaders (with Ashley Faus)

The Internal Marketing Podcast

Being a thought leader can have a powerful impact on both employees' personal brands and the brand of the company that they represent. Marketer, writer and speaker Ashley Faus shares how employees can build their brands as thought leaders, and how the companies they represent can empower them to do so.

The Internal Marketing Podcast is the unique podcast series that 'flips' the marketing conversation, from external to internal, sharing everything you need to know, to build the company brand and drive growth, by engaging and empowering its employees to become advocates of the company brand. If you're not already subscribed to The Internal Marketing Podcast, then join the 'internal marketing tribe' and subscribe, leave a review and share the podcast with anyone in your network whom, you believe, will find it valuable. Thanks for listening!

ABOUT ASHLEY FAUS

Ashley Faus is a marketer, writer, and speaker by day, and a singer, actor, and fitness fiend by night. Her work has been featured in TIME, Forbes, and The Journal of Brand Strategy, and she's shared insights with audiences at Harvard Business Review, INBOUND, and MarketingProfs. She works for Atlassian, a collaboration software maker on a mission to unleash the potential of every team. Follow her on LinkedIn and Twitter (X), @ashleyfaus.

X (nee Twitter): https://twitter.com/ashleyfaus

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyfaus/

ABOUT KERRY-ANN STIMPSON (The Internal Marketing Podcast's Producer and Host)

Kerry-Ann is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the JMMB Group, a financial services group of companies, headquartered in Kingston, Jamaica, with operations across the Caribbean. She is also the producer and host of The Internal Marketing Podcast, a personal passion project that was borne out of her belief that a company's growth and marketing strategies can't succeed, unless company employees (its most powerful advocates) are authentically engaged and empowered to deliver on the brand promise and to become advocates of the company brand. You can follow and connect with Kerry-Ann on LinkedIn.

ABOUT WORKSHOP (The Internal Marketing Podcast's Season 4 Sponsor)

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