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Leadership podcast. Stop playing the game, start writing the rules! We are humble, driven allies and leadership advocates who are obsessed with supporting leaders to stand up and step up so that the workplaces of today and tomorrow truly work for all. Everything we do supports YOU to lead and to shift the status quo forever by taking one human step in a smarter direction. It all starts with U... Dr Karen Wilson & Elle Sheppard hold over six decades of proven results of multi-industry operati ...
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How To Take Charge & Stand Out In Your Career
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Send us a Text Message. This episode explores how many people manage their climb up their career ladder. We discuss how § Morphing to match company values and rules can cause leaders to ‘lose themselves’. § Loss of self leads to uncomfortable compromises in values creating daily stress. § Leaders who lose themselves are less likely to progress or m…
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How Self-Talk Gets In The Way of Leadership & Career
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we explore how self-talk ‘gets in the way’ and stops leaders from being themselves and from reaching their potential. We also touch on the dreaded concept of ‘impostor syndrome and refer back to Episode #3 where we meet the Inner Judge and Critic. Today, we talk about § Why we have self talk and it’s real pur…
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Downsizing And Still Thriving When Companies Shrink
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Send us a Text Message. As we see many companies cutting costs and downsizing we discuss how this affects the people who stay, those who leave, the leaders driving the change, and those who have to give the ‘tough messages’. We explore the upsides and risks to people and organisations in terms of productivity, talent, financial performance, and how…
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Lip Service vs Reality For Leaders And Their People
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Send us a Text Message. Today we talk about career choices and how and when we make changes; or don’t. We talk about what motivates and demotivates us all – from the moment we meet a new employer to the day-to-day work experience. We explore the effect stress has on leaders and why businesses are tough on their people. And lastly, why it’s easy to …
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we chat about how we choose to work where we work and what stops us from leaving. We explore… Why it is that great people get stuck in roles that aren’t working for them. Why we tolerate situations that are unhealthy for us. What stops us leaving. We refer to the book “Quit: The Power of Knowing When To Walk …
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Financial Growth & The Return On Human Capital
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Send us a Text Message. Today we chat about how successful growth companies lock in success. What do they do that others don’t? What does this mean for the leaders in the company? And what levers can a company pull to get the most out of its people so they choose to go the extra mile? We talk about what motivates and demotivates us all – from the m…
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Why Leaders Struggle & How To It Differently
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we discuss ow leadership is often defined – as a bunch of people ‘following the leader’ and why this doesn’t always work. We explore what makes leading difficult and importantly things you can do to be more effective and get people behind you! We talk about · What are the different (and most common) ways in w…
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Send us a Text Message. We look at what drives people to want promotions – is it money, power, wanting to do the next job, boredom, competition or something else? We talk about what gets people promoted and what traits, behaviours and habits successful people use that gets them noticed and elevated! And we place control back in your hands. And we p…
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Beware Of The Soundbites, Bad Messages & Generalisations
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Send us a Text Message. What messages are we being fed that don’t serve us and disconnect us from ourselves and the REAL world around us. How do you balance your integrity vs the fear of standing up. We talk about soundbites and their impact on our mental health and sense of reality. We pose the questions… · What do you CHOOSE to listen to and CHOO…
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Send us a Text Message. Find out how close you are to suffering from a stress-related illness. In this episode we share the Holmes & Rahe Stress scale and how you can use this to get clues as to how close you may be to suffering an illness due to stress. And what you can do to be more aware? What is your body TRYING to tell you and what actions can…
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Overstressed, Overwhelmed, Over It & How To Recover
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Send us a Text Message. Discover what it REALLY feels like to be STUCK and how to unstick yourself. We talk about overthinking, decision-making, what it feels like to be paralysed, and feel unable to choose. We pose the questions… · What do you usually do? · What drives that action? · What usually happens as a result? And… · What enables you to piv…
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Send us a Text Message. Stress. Control, Creativity & Surrender For anyone who struggles to stop, get off the hamster wheel and let go of stress. In this episode we explore the link between stress and the need for control... We discuss how ‘surrendering’ reduces biological and psychological stress and boosts creativity. The question is what’s stopp…
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Send us a Text Message. Do you struggle to try to prove yourself in work and in other relationships? What drives you to try and prove yourself? In this week's episode we dive into this very subject - pretty much everyone likes to be liked, to feel like they are doing well and to be good enough - it's universal! Which box do you often find yourself …
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Who's Running Your Inner Boardroom - Your Brain Or Your Body?
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Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, we delve into our 'Inner Boardroom' what it is and who those members are The most important relationship we have as a leader is the one with yourself. Most people tend to look at their relationships with the outside world world and completely skate over the relationship they have with themselves. So, …
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What's Your Winning Formula? And...Why It Doesn't Work
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Send us a Text Message. This week sees the final episode of our three part series around Ego in Leadership. If you're overworking and doing too much, it's really good to stop and ask yourself why you are doing it. What do you work really hard at? How do you show up with other people that takes loads of energy? Success is when you recognise your win…
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Send us a Text Message. This week we move to the second chapter of our three part series around Ego in Leadership - How to spot leaders with a healthy ego? What are the traits of a healthy ego? What does great leadership looks like and the positive impact it has on others and tangible value it creates as a result. We also share our own personal exp…
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Ego In Leadership - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
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Send us a Text Message. Part one of a three part series, this week we chat about ego in leadership. What is it? What is the difference between a healthy /unhealthy ego and what does that look like? Ego is a learnt pattern of behaviour. It's often hard to admit and hard to accept and is also something we weren't necessarily taught about. But... By b…
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Every Chance To Lead = A Chance To Partner
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Send us a Text Message. This week we chat about how we build great organisations and workplaces by creating healthy connections with each other. We often forget that businesses are only made up of people. We get obsessed with ROI, value creation, impact, deadlines, looking good, being seen and deliverables etc - in other words, jargon that dehumani…
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How Do You Stand Up With Confidence EVEN IF You Don't Feel It
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Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode we chat about how to take small solid bite-sized actions on your own behalf to stand up with confidence even if you don't feel it. It's easy to get stuck in your comfort zone of stress and keep working harder, doing more, trying to fix things or rescue people or situations - this may feel familiar and …
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Be Vulnerable AND Take Responsibility Without Fear
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Send us a Text Message. In this new episode we unravel how taking responsibility, standing up and how vulnerability in the workplace defines leaders and gives others permission to be human. How vulnerability in the workplace allows people to truly 'see' you and taking responsibility and telling the truth are shortcuts to gaining respect We discuss …
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It's In our Biology! Let's talk about Stress
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we chat about Stress.. What is stress? What causes it? How does it affect behaviours and what does that look like? When we see stress and when we feel stress we always have a choice and we always have the ability to switch from a stress response to a recovery response. Today we share 10 proven and simple ways…
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Send us a Text Message. Today we chat about the notion of Hierarchy & Power in the workplace "The more we recognise that we are dealing with people and the less we stand on role, title and all that sort of stuff, and use it as a tool to wield against others, the better businesses perform and the better the workplace is" Where does the notion of hie…
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Stop Playing The Game. Write The Rules...
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Send us a Text Message. In our first leadership podcast we talk about the rules and beliefs that we all take to work. The truth is, what we believe drives how we behave which dictates the results that we get. In order to change the workplace, we need to choose to shift our beliefs, so that they deliver the results that we want and then take the act…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we talk about the importance of boundaries, both in the workplace and in life. What are boundaries? The difference between a healthy boundary, an unhealthy boundary and the impact of both How to recognise when a boundary is needed or a boundary is not working and how to set (or reset) a boundary with confiden…
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Send us a Text Message. Thanks for the input but... Today we talk about our inner critic and judge in the workplace - where do they come from and why NOT to silence them. How are you being unkind to yourself? How does that play out? And, what you can do differently, to have a better outcome for not only yourself, but the people around you. It start…
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