Welcome to Live the 8Wise™️ Way, a brand new podcast hosted by psychotherapist, therapeutic coach and author Kim Rutherford. The aim of this podcast is to help you develop better mental health and wellbeing, so that you can have a healthier, happier mind and live the life you want. I know the content in this podcast works because I used to battle my own mental health issues. Part of my recovery was realising I needed to implement practical tools and techniques that were going to work for me. ...
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Life as Christian is a safe space for believers and followers of Christ to share their experiences. Here on this podcast we will discuss our own personal struggles with walking in the faith as well as share some practical tips with you on how to overcome these challenges.
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Are you a business owner, executive, leader, team leader, aspiring future leader, leadership junkie, a scientist, a design thinker, or simply the leader of your own life? If you are, then you are a leader, and as such, you should be experimenting! Welcome to The Experimental Leader, a podcast where we tackle the ways leaders are experimenting in their own work. Hosted by Melanie Parish and Dr. Mel Rutherford, we dive into the most interesting questions about leaders and get into real-life co ...
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Leading Change: Effective Decision-Making and Team Involvement
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In this insightful episode of The Experimental Leader, explore the dynamic world of leadership, decision-making, and change management. Dive into the complexities of experimenting with change management strategies on an academic campus, offering a fresh perspective on leadership styles across various settings. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review…
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Explore the importance of honoring marginalized perspectives, challenging implicit biases, and fostering an inclusive workplace culture. Learn how engaging with diverse political views and listening to differing opinions can lead to more robust solutions and a deeper understanding. Discover actionable steps to overcome biases, promote diversity in …
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Experimenting with Collective Agreements with Jane Mulkewich
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Explore the nexus of leadership and legal frameworks in this insightful podcast episode. Explore shared leadership, workplace dynamics, and unions' pivotal role in advocating for workers' rights. Gain actionable strategies for fostering inclusive cultures, navigating legal complexities, and driving organizational excellence. Tune in for essential i…
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Experimenting with Learning about Sexuality with Dr. Kim Alexander
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Join us on The Experimental Leader as we delve into uncharted territories with Dr. Kim Alexander in an episode that redefines leadership and sexual health education. From navigating leadership transitions to unraveling the complexities of sexual education, we explore the intersections and implications for personal growth and organizational dynamics…
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White People Work: Anti-Racism Work for White People
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In this podcast episode, Melanie Parish and Beverly Horton navigate the complexities of leadership, mental health, and workplace inclusivity. They introduce an eye-opening anti-racism program, shedding light on the internal journey for individuals. The conversation delves into the challenges of fostering dialogue and self-reflection on race and ide…
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Healing and Transformation: Unveiling the Power Within with Gul Sonmez
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Explore leadership, self-care, and equitable assignments. Dive into mindfulness tools, meditation, and unique perspectives on personal growth. Discover the transformative power of psychic abilities in trauma healing, individually and collectively. Uncover insights into coaching, authenticity, and the importance of tailored approaches. Join us for a…
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Transitioning in the Workplace with Hannah Howard
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Embark on a journey of positivity and inclusivity in this episode of The Experimental Leader. From overcoming challenges with grace to embracing the power of Kanban boards in gender identity transitions, discover the uplifting impact of effective communication and self-actualization. Personal anecdotes shed light on the joyous moments of navigating…
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Unleashing Youth Champions: Empowering with Chris Romulo
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Embark on a journey of empowerment and resilience in this episode of The Experimental Leader. Muay Thai champion Chris Romulo shares his transformative story, from conquering self-doubt to becoming a youth advocate. Discover the keys to decision-making, overcoming obstacles, and championing positive change. Gain insights into Chris's vision for emp…
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Explore the synergy of leadership, indigenous music, and the power of apologies. Join the conversation on land acknowledgment, nature-inspired music, and the unique perspectives of indigenous composers. Delve into water conservation and the transformative nature of music. Discover the voices and stories shaping the orchestra's future. This episode …
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Revolutionizing Education: Unleashing the College Success Formula with Tameka L. Williamson
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In this episode, we delve into the ever-evolving landscape of education and leadership. Explore essential topics, including gratitude, college funding, admissions, and the significance of acknowledging others' contributions. Discover insights from an array of speakers as they shed light on the challenges and opportunities within the educational jou…
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Living Your Dream Life with Josselyne Herman-Saccio
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Explore transforming boundaries and reactivity on The Experimental Leader podcast. Break free from limiting beliefs with guest Josselyne Herman-Saccio. Discover being "unmessable with" and detaching rewards from dreams. Delve into ontology, linguistics, and personal freedom. Tune in now! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How…
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Unconventional Partnerships for Change with Nisha Anand
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Join Nisha Anand on The Experimental Leader podcast as she shares insights into fostering unconventional partnerships for transformative change. From bipartisan successes to student loan equity, discover the power of collaboration and inclusive leadership. Tune in now! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join The Experim…
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Courageous Leadership with Lisa Marie Platske
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In this episode, host Melanie Parish engages in a captivating conversation with leadership expert Lisa Marie Platske. Together, they explore the power of courageous leadership, emphasizing the importance of connection, vulnerability, and embracing discomfort. From navigating challenging conversations to the transformative impact of 360-degree asses…
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Plaintiff as Activist for Human Rights (a special episode for PRIDE)
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Join host Melanie Parish in a special PRIDE Month episode of The Experimental Leader podcast. Explore the power of activism, the fight for recognition, and the importance of embracing one's identity with pride. Uncover inspiring stories, legal battles, and the pursuit of equality. Tune in to this podcast that celebrates PRIDE and the relentless pur…
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Unbelievable future? AI and Coaching with Kerryn Griffiths
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In this episode, I'm thrilled to dive into the captivating world of coaching alongside Kerryn Griffiths, the brilliant founder of Reciprocal Coach. Together, we'll unravel the enchantment of reciprocal peer coaching and examine the future of this transformative industry. Prepare to be amazed as we explore the interplay between AI and coaching, and …
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Chatting about coaching and accountability with Gail Rappolt
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Join me, Melanie Parish, on The Experimental Leader podcast as I dive into a compelling conversation with coaching and accountability expert Gail Rappolt. Discover the true essence of accountability and how it transforms relationships. We challenge common beliefs, explore neural pathways, and uncover the power of vulnerability. Get practical insigh…
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Join me, Melanie Parish, on The Experimental Leader podcast as we delve into the inspiring world of "Women in Coaching & Leadership." Hear from guests Darlene Chrissley, Marita Fridjhon, and Libby Robinson as we discuss the evolving landscape of coaching and the importance of diversity. Discover the rewards of a coaching career and explore thought-…
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Organizational Agility with Angela Johnson
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It's been so fun to be here with you today. And I love talking with Angela Johnson. It was fun to look at processes that we share, things that come from Toyota, things that come from Scrum, and things that come from Goldratt. And to dive into the things that we think about when we're trying to create teams. I love the humility aspect that Angela hi…
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How Employee Engagement Will Improve the Results of your Organization with Paul ter Wal
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It's been so fun to be with Paul talking about human beings. And I love the idea of giving and receiving as opposed to giving and taking of feeling of generosity and acceptance of what comes our way. I love the power of language that he used in those word choices that he was making. I challenge you to think about your language choices and how they …
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Know Thyself: Clarify Your Picture, Create Balance, and Live the Life of Your Dreams with Lee Davy
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It's been a pleasure being here with you today. I love talking with Lee Devy about things as foundational as breath, how we can change that, and many things about us. It's been so fun to be here. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join The Experimental Leader community today: melanieparish.com YouTube…
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Leading the Way with Music with Jeffrey Pollock
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It was great being here with you today. It was great talking with Jeffrey Pollock. Look for where you can innovate and look for where you can measure your innovation. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join The Experimental Leader community today: melanieparish.com YouTube…
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Better Conversations for Stronger Relationships: Insights from an Experimental Leader
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In this episode, I share my recent experience with a vendor and how it made me realize the importance of having better conversations to build stronger relationships. I discuss the need to understand each other's needs and motivations and how asking the right questions can lead to better collaboration and mutual understanding. Tune in for some valua…
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Helping Managers to Lead Better with Lori Michele Leavitt
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It was great to be here today with Lori Michele Leavitt. And to talk about leadership. It's it was amusing to talk about how managers can lead better. I am left thinking about we manage work and lead people. I think that's such a powerful statement. I also think it's essential for us to continue to think about what we measure in the work that we do…
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It has been great to be here with Guillaume Wiatr. I think our story is so important to who we are as authentic leaders. It's important to share our stories as we lead others because it's essential for them to know who we are. It's important in our mentorship of others that we know that they know who we are and how we think. Love the show? Subscrib…
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Creating Healthy Boundaries with Theresa Ommert
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On todays episode of Life as Christian Podcast, Theresa and I discuss boundaries. Theresa shares a lot of great information on how to create healthy ones. For more information or resources on setting boundaries, Theresa's website is www.eagleswingsvirtualsolutions.com Thanks for watching! Be encouraged, be inspired and be blessed!…
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It's amazing to be here with Leigh Marz and her book "Golden" today. I want to challenge you to think about yourself and consider paying attention to your needs around silence. And to be curious about how you find it in your life. I'm sure you have ways that you do it. And then my second challenge is to find it. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, revi…
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Goodbye Part 4 - Take Care of Your Lifestyle Dimension
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As we wind down the final few episodes of the Live the 8 Wise Way podcast, I am going to recap all of the key things, the real big stuff that you need to take from this podcast, if nothing else! Of course if you like what you hear, go back and listen to the whole series so you can get a full, in depth and completely free podcast talking you through…
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Today I honor my great-aunt Sarah. Her journey and her life were where she lived fully. She's a businesswoman and a loving family member for her whole life. And I challenge you to figure out the best ways to grapple with your leadership's loneliness and create the fullest life you can for yourself.
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Goodbye Part 3 - Take Care of Your External Dimension
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As we wind down the final few episodes of the Live the 8 Wise Way podcast, I am going to recap all of the key things, the real big stuff that you need to take from this podcast, if nothing else! Of course if you like what you hear, go back and listen to the whole series so you can get a full, in depth and completely free podcast talking you through…
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Embrace the Power of You with Tricia Timm
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It's been great being here with you today. I love talking to Tricia Timm about her book. And I'm a huge advocate for how we figure out how to be authentic and let others be authentic. So my challenge to you is, what barriers do you need to remove for yourself to be more authentically in the world this week? And what can you do to remove a barrier f…
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Goodbye Part 2 - Take Care of Your Internal Dimension
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As we wind down the final few episodes of the Live the 8 Wise Way podcast, I am going to recap all of the key things, the real big stuff that you need to take from this podcast, if nothing else! Of course if you like what you hear, go back and listen to the whole series so you can get a full, in depth and completely free podcast talking you through…
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When Your Career Starts to Itch, Ya Gotta Scratch with Randi Roberts
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Well, this was a fascinating day at The Experimental Leader podcast. I love talking to Randi Roberts and thinking about career development. What do you intend for your career? And then, how do you intend to leave if you decide to go? What do you intend to create for yourself? Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join The …
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Goodbye Part 1 - Take Care of Your Foundation Dimension
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As we wind down the final few episodes of the Live the 8 Wise Way podcast, I am going to recap all of the key things, the real big stuff that you need to take from this podcast, if nothing else! Of course if you like what you hear, go back and listen to the whole series so you can get a full, in depth and completely free podcast talking you through…
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Living and Leading on Purpose with Amy Wong
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It's been great being with you here today. I loved Amy Wong's perspective on that, something I always talked about. Think about where the flow is constricted and where it's good, where the energy, the money, the light, the joy flows, where it doesn't, and what the bottlenecks are. And how you can remove them to restore and optimize flow in the ways…
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Developing Healthy Coping Mechanisms: Part 3 – Debunking Stress Myths
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Did you know that stress can be a factor in up to 75% of mental health issues, and is a contributing symptom to the six most common causes of death? Many of us, particularly career-driven individuals, wear stress like a badge of honour. A stressful day at work is seen as a productive day, or maybe you feel like you’re motivated by stress. Well this…
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Creating Happiness and Success in the Same Life with Lisa Hale
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It was so great to be here with Lisa Hale. It was amazing to get to hear her thoughts. It's so rare for me to have on-air conversations with other master-certified coaches. And I love this idea of really looking at fulfillment. I love that different emotions can live in us at any one time. We can be happy. We can grieve. We can experience everythin…
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Developing Healthy Coping Mechanisms: Part 2 – Mindfulness & Meditation
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How are your New Year’s resolutions going? I predict that many of you have set big, huge goals which are now beginning to fail, and that’s because you’ve made them too big and too huge rather than focusing on the smaller, achievable targets. Maybe your frustration at not hitting your goals is causing some additional stress. Maybe you have a busy li…
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Developing Healthy Coping Mechanisms: Part 1
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Are you ready to jump into the new year, hit the ground running and achieve all of your resolutions and goals? It’s ok to say no! There will be times, particularly at the start of a new year, when we will like things can get on top of us. Maybe we put too much pressure on ourselves, or perhaps we have so many plans that life just spirals away from …
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On Today's episode I talk about my struggle with not spending enough time in the word of God and what I have been doing to address it. Be inspired, be encouraged and be blessed!By Sherlette Rutherford
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Can you believe it – we have made it all the way to 2023. The new year is here, so I want to take the opportunity and thank you all for listening, and welcome those who have only just discovered the podcast. This episode is a bit of a recap of the 8Wise model, giving you a whistlestop tour of all the stuff we covered in the earlier episodes, so tha…
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As New Year’s Eve fast approaches, it’s a time many of us will be reflecting back on 2022. You will celebrate the things that went well, but you’ll also be dwelling on the things that didn’t go so well. In this episode I’m here to tell you to draw a line under it and move on. I was going to do a special episode about the new year, but instead I dec…
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Managing the Festive Season - Part 4: Grief & Loss
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We’re approaching the holiday season once again, and though ‘tis the season to be merry, many of us often feel this time of year brings other feelings such as stress, anxiety, loneliness, and depression. Throughout this special mini-series I am going to help you manage your festive season better, whether you celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, something…
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Making Decisions Based on Measured Results with Fred Fowler
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Well, it was super fun talking to Fred Fowler about experimenting. And I love that. He said anytime you try something new; you're experimenting. I believe this wholeheartedly. And I think one of the things I want to challenge you or you need to do is, if you are doing something new, think of it as an experiment number one or two. Think about how lo…
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Managing the Festive Season - Part 3: Loneliness
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We’re approaching the holiday season once again, and though ‘tis the season to be merry, many of us often feel this time of year brings other feelings such as stress, anxiety, loneliness, and depression. Throughout this special mini-series I am going to help you manage your festive season better, whether you celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, something…
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"Power Skills" - Formerly Misrepresented as Soft Skills with Alexandra Blum
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It's been great being here with Alexandra Blum today. I loved our conversation. I want to challenge you to go out and look at your leadership. Look at your people. Look at where you can infuse. Look at where you can infuse empathy into the conversations that you're having. Look where they are struggling and not connected to your brand, where you ca…
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Managing the Festive Season - Part 2: Managing Time
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We’re approaching the holiday season once again, and though ‘tis the season to be merry, many of us often feel this time of year brings other feelings such as stress, anxiety, loneliness, and depression. Throughout this special mini-series I am going to help you manage your festive season better, whether you celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, something…
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Being Boring and Making Mistakes During Presentations. What To Do and Not Do As A Leader with Marsha Redmon
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It has been so fun being here with Marsha Redmon. And I love thinking about how we experiment with virtual teams and how we get people. We treat the people in our meetings virtually, and how you give them a voice by pairing them with others. I think that's a great thing to experiment with. To create some equity and to get their ideas into a room. I…
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Managing the Festive Season - Part 1: Festive Stress
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We’re approaching the holiday season once again, and though ‘tis the season to be merry, many of us often feel this time of year brings other feelings such as stress, anxiety, loneliness, and depression. In this special mini-series I am going to help you manage your festive season better, whether you celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, something else or…
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It was great talking to Brandi Olson. I enjoyed our conversation. And as I was thinking about it, I was thinking about a couple of things that are part of my leadership toolkit with people. One is I often recommend that leaders end meetings when they're done. Set aside one meeting every couple of weeks with your team. Where you check in and do all …
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One of the most common questions I get asked by my clients is ‘how did I get like this?’ That’s why, in this episode, I’m going to talk you through a timeline exercise I do with my private clients. By doing this, you will start to reflect in so much more detail on all of the significant moments in your life; some will be good, some will be negative…
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