Hello, world. Welcome to Discover Your Talent, Do What Your Love, Number 345. I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.

Every day, I interview someone from around the world who has discovered her talents to do work she loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.

Once a week, I interview a well-known expert from the fields of personal or business development who share experiences, tools, and insights to help our listeners along their journeys.

Today, I'm delighted to bring you our featured expert, Denise Rousseau. Welcome, Denise. Thank you, Don. Nice to be here.

It is a great pleasure having you with us. Denise Brousseau is the CEO of the Thought Leadership Lab,

a lecture at the Stanford Business School, and the author of Ready to Be a Thought Leader by Wally.

She loves working with entrepreneurs and executives, particularly women, on their journey

from leader to thought leader, as she believes that becoming the go-to thought leader in your

niche is the very best career insurance around.

Nice has been featured in Fast company, entrepreneur, and Forbes,

and was recognized as a champion of change by the White House. An amazing resume, Denise. Take the

topic away. Are you ready to be a thought leader and set the table for our listeners around the

world on why that's such a vital topic, especially in today's work world? Well, that's a broad question.

Where do I begin?

Wherever you want to.

Well, let's start with that piece about career insurance.

I mean, I look at this as the differentiation factor, that if we keep putting our head down

and doing our to-do list and no one recognizes the skills and

expertise and the accomplishments that we've had and the knowledge and the ideas that we bring to

the table, we are a cog in the wheel. We're one of many. And when we can stand out and be a change

agent in a particular niche and then make that known what we've

implemented and the success we've had, that's when we become someone others want to work for,

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