Episode 117: Leverage Your Community when Book Writing with Kim Benoit
As a writer, it is always important to leverage your community. This means connecting with like-minded people and working together to make something happen. In this episode with Kimberly, we explore how authors can harness the power of their community as a resource for ideas and content. Being an author, do not let your business process swallow you. Share it with others and collaborate. Leverage your community, ask many questions, and keep building that network. The communities include book designers, editors, publishers, distributors, etc.
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Key Highlights from the Episode
[00:00] Episode intro and a quick bio of the guest; Kimberly Benoit
[02:20] Why Kimberly decided to write a book instead of a course or workshop
[03:57] Why great books are always unplanned
[05:40] Conversation-style books will win
[08:07] The good and the ugly of her book-writing process
[11:18] Being vulnerable is okay in book writing
[12:10] The best thing that has happened since Kimberly published her book
[17:15] The deficiencies of perfectionism in the current world
[18:30] Kimberly’s advice to other business owners that wants to write a book
[22:30] Kimberly’s book recommendation
[25:37] Episode wrap-up and call to action
Resources Mentioned
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Kimberly Benoit (Guest)
Kimberly is a certified leadership coach, consultant, and best-selling author, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is an accomplished strategic and operational leader with extensive expertise in program management, change management, strategy development, and organizational effectiveness. Her 23-year career spans from small non-profits to Fortune 500 companies, where she created and led high-profile initiatives, organizational transformations, and professional development programs. Through a compassionate approach, she empowers them to confront real issues and create realistic next steps to move forward confidently. Her experience has also allowed her to see the best and worst of leadership, which has led her to her most recent book, We’ve All Done It: Getting Real About the Role We Each Play in a Toxic Workplace, which is launching/launched in Jan 2023.
She holds a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology from Missouri State University and a Master of Arts in Criminal Justice from University of Louisiana. In 2020, Kimberly began enhancing her coaching and training development offerings by earning certification in the Mindful Leader’s Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program and achieved ACC status with the International Coaching Foundation in 2022.
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