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Amplify Your Signal with Nicole Roberts

Amplify Your Signal with Nicole Roberts

Written by: Nicole Roberts
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 🎙️ Amplify Your Signal with Nicole Roberts shares authentic stories beyond the resume from job seekers and professionals in transition—highlighting their journeys, challenges, and aspirations. Each episode provides visibility, encouragement, and practical insights to help listeners take their next step. Whether you’re navigating a job search, reinventing your career, transitioning to solopreneurship, or seeking inspiration, this show connects you with valuable advice and amplifies the voices that deserve to be heard. New episodes drop weekly on Spotify, YouTube, LinkedIn, and more.Nicole Roberts Careers Economics Personal Success
Episodes
  • The Bounce Back Factor + Navigating Uncertainty with Kat Kibben

    The Bounce Back Factor + Navigating Uncertainty with Kat Kibben
    Feb 2 2026

    🎙️ Episode Title: The Bounce Back Factor + Navigating Uncertainty with Kat Kibben

    💡 Description:
    In this powerful episode of Amplify Your Signal, host Nicole Roberts sits down with leadership speaker and founder of Three Ears Media, Kat Kibben, to explore how leaders can build resilient teams and navigate uncertainty with confidence. From van life revelations to workplace trauma, Kat shares stories from their book The Bounce Back Factor and offers actionable advice for showing up with integrity, compassion, and courage in leadership.

    ⏱️ Episode Chapters:
    00:00 Introduction to Kat Kibben and Their Work
    02:18 Lessons from Living in a Van: Leadership Redefined
    03:46 The Birth of Three Ears Media: Necessity Over Inspiration
    07:27 The Impact of Toxic Leadership on Personal Growth
    10:36 Creating Psychological Safety in Uncertain Times
    15:20 The Power of Believing in Change
    17:16 The Consequences of Toxic Behavior in Organizations
    20:11 Investing in People: The Key to Business Success
    20:57 Understanding Layoffs: Trauma vs. Non-Trauma
    22:36 Navigating Job Loss with Preparedness
    23:33 How NOT to Do a Layoff
    25:14 The Emotional Impact of Layoffs
    26:25 Compassion in Layoff Conversations
    28:36 The Importance of Human Connection
    31:27 Unlearning Hustle Culture
    37:23 AI has Entered the Chat: Preparing for the Future of Work
    38:52 Lessons in Leadership Collaboration

    📚 Resources:
    – Learn more about The Bounce Back Factor: threeearsmedia.com/the-bounce-back-factor-book
    – Connect with Kat on LinkedIn
    – Subscribe to their newsletter: katrinakibben.com
    – Follow on Instagram

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    If this conversation resonated with you, please rate, review, and share this episode. Your support helps us elevate voices and stories that matter.
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    40 mins
  • Walking Away to Reclaim Yourself: Valencia Kimbrough’s Story of Courage and Community

    Walking Away to Reclaim Yourself: Valencia Kimbrough’s Story of Courage and Community
    Jan 8 2026
    🎙️ Episode Title: Walking Away to Reclaim Yourself: Valencia Kimbrough’s Story of Courage and Community

    Valencia Kimbrough shares the brave story of walking away from a six-figure role in search of alignment, mental health, and meaningful work. In this episode, we talk about how early experiences shape our values, what authenticity looks like in practice, and why listening to discomfort might be the wisest move of your career.

    Whether you’re in the middle of a job search, considering a pivot, or simply feeling disconnected from your current role—this conversation is for you.

    🔗 Connect with Valencia:
    Valencia’s LinkedIn

    ⏱️ Chapters:
    00:00 – Introduction to Valencia Kimbrough's Journey
    02:16 – The Impact of Early Experiences on Career Choices
    05:40 – The Courage to Prioritize Mental Health
    09:33 – Finding Alignment in Career and Values
    12:13 – Shapeshifting Not Required: Authenticity in Practice
    14:45 – Creating Pathways for Others
    21:54 – Navigating the Job Search Landscape
    27:32 – The Importance of Authenticity in the Workplace
    29:59 – Listen to the Discomfort
    33:01 – Closing Thoughts on Purpose and Community

    🔁 If this episode moved you, do your part:
    Share it with your network to help amplify Valencia’s voice—and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode.

    #AmplifyYourSignal #CareerAlignment #MentalHealth #HRVoices #Leadership #JobSearchSupport
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    39 mins
  • From Classical Guitar to Founder — Mission-Driven Leadership with Faiza Alam

    From Classical Guitar to Founder — Mission-Driven Leadership with Faiza Alam
    Dec 22 2025

    Episode: From Classical Guitar to Founder — Mission-Driven Leadership with Faiza Alam

    In this episode of Amplify Your Signal, Nicole Roberts sits down with Faiza Alam—music educator turned two-time founder—whose path from classical guitar to building and exiting a nationally operating music education company (twice) is a masterclass in discipline, sustainability, and people-first leadership.

    Faiza shares what it really takes to bootstrap a business with zero funding, why alignment can become a founder’s strongest currency, how to intentionally design culture across a distributed team, and the mindset shift from “master doer” to “chief systems architect” that paved the groundwork for successful exits.

    Connect with Faiza on LinkedIn:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/faiza-alam-ba7640a6

    Chapters

    • 00:00 Introduction to Faiza Alam's Journey
    • 01:58 The Roots of Musical Passion
    • 03:46 Defining Success and Sustainability in Business
    • 05:49 Building a Business with Zero Funding
    • 07:51 Evolving Company Culture in a Distributed Team
    • 09:57 Mission-Driven Leadership and Scaling
    • 11:34 Mission-Driven Scaling
    • 14:01 Navigating Challenges During COVID-19
    • 16:44 Discovering Values in the Next Chapter
    • 18:01 Advice for Founders Transitioning Away
    • 22:50 Experiencing the Job Market as a Founder
    • 27:59 Closing Thoughts and Future Connections
    • 30:02 Amplify Your Signal YouTube Outro

    If this episode resonated: share it with your network and subscribe so you don’t miss what’s next.
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    30 mins
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