Calm Edged Rebels

Welcome to the Calm Edged Rebels podcast.

Trudy, Jenni and Advita are back with season four of our award-winning podcast. 

In our weekly podcast, we share our views on the big subjects for professional communicators, leaders and coaches. We also take the opportunity to share topical issues with you. 

Our news section today is a heartfelt chat about the impact a podcast episode had on all of us. Find out what that episode is, how it helped us identify the things we can change and what we’ve resolved to do about the things we can’t.

We revisit our thoughts on imposter syndrome for our big topic this week. It’s a subject that’s been in the spotlight online recently, giving us the opportunity to reflect on how our own views have changed since we last talked them over for the very first episode of Calm Edged Rebels.

How can we stop people using imposter syndrome as a label to limit their own development? How can we identify the people in our community who can help us develop our confidence, or who actually trigger our imposter syndrome more? 

We share our experience of consciously building our own confidence and getting past our own inner imposters.

Find out why we think blanket approaches to combating imposter syndrome don’t necessarily work and what top tips we have for anyone who feels they want to develop greater self confidence.

Throughout the conversation we refer to the following books, articles and reports:

The Diary of a CEO by Steven Bartlett with Mo Gawdat

‎The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: The Happiness Expert That Made 51 Million People Happier: Mo Gawdat on Apple Podcasts

Rising Strong: how owning our stories gives the power to write a new ending by Brene Brown

Rising Strong a book by Brene Brown. (bookshop.org)

How to beat Imposter Syndrome podcast by Calm Edged Rebels

How to Beat Imposter Syndrome - Calm Edged Rebels

Stop telling women that have imposter syndrome by Ruchika Tulshyan and Jodi-Ann Burey in Harvard Business Review

Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome (hbr.org)

Remotely Interested research into deskless workers by Redefining Communications

Remotely interested? - Redefining Communications (redefiningcomms.com)

Comms Rebel online store

Shop — Comms Rebel

Ikigai

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrismyers/2018/02/23/how-to-find-your-ikigai-and-transform-your-outlook-on-life-and-business/?sh=5748f2242ed4

a Leader Like Me

Home - A Leader Like Me

Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles

Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life: Amazon.co.uk: Héctor García, Francesc Miralles: 9781786330895: Books

If you want to find out more about this topic, or about us, head over to https://calmedgedrebels.com for all the info. 

Welcome to the Calm Edged Rebels podcast.

Trudy, Jenni and Advita are back with season four of our award-winning podcast. 

In our weekly podcast, we share our views on the big subjects for professional communicators, leaders and coaches. We also take the opportunity to share topical issues with you. 

In our news section Advita and Trudy talk about meeting up at events, in person or virtually, including the recent Big Yak un-conference and the Diversity in PR conference. What are the benefits of meeting up in person and what do we get out of events? We also announce an exciting new podcast.

Our big topic is all about the role of technology in our lives and the way it’s changed  our behaviours. 

We’re aware of the important role technology played in connecting us through the pandemic, but did the rapid rise of virtual working mean we failed to create the behavioural rules needed to know how to use technology with good grace?

Why do we feel more ‘human’ when we meet in person and how do we build those human traits into our meetings and interactions when we’re using technology?

We talk about the implications for meeting etiquette, the role of vulnerability and connection and the potential for gaining more social advantages from technology.

Throughout the conversation we refer to the following books, articles and reports:

Redefining Communications research download: Communicating with Generations Y and Z  Downloads - Redefining Communications (redefiningcomms.com)

Calm Edged Rebels blog: The practice of Productive Disagreements The positive practice of productive disagreement - Calm Edged Rebels

Simon Sinek podcast with Brené Brown Episode 27: The One With Brené Brown | Simon Sinek

Redefining Communications download: Seven tips for running better online meetings Downloads - Redefining Communications (redefiningcomms.com)

Redefining Communications workshop: Productivity Power of productivity workshop - Redefining Communications (redefiningcomms.com)

Comms Rebel coaching workshops Coaching and Mentoring Packages — Comms Rebel

Colinear Executive Coaching: EXECUTIVE COACHING - Colinear

If you want to find out more about this topic, or about us, head over to https://calmedgedrebels.com for all the info. 

Welcome to the Calm Edged Rebels podcast.

Trudy, Jenni and Advita are back with season four of our award-winning podcast. 

In our weekly episodes, we share our views on the big subjects for professional communicators, leaders and coaches. We also take the opportunity to share topical issues with you. 

In this week’s news section, we discuss the issues that have surfaced around FaceBook in the past week and consider what that means for us, as social media users as well as professional communicators.

Our big topic takes on the tricky subject of listening actively in an age of hybrid working. We compare experiences most of us have, of meetings where some participants are in the room, some are remote.

How can we develop better methods of listening, being curious and demonstrating our interest in our people? 

We talk about the challenges of encouraging leaders to be clear about the difference between issues that are open to dialogue and topics that are not open to feedback. We also share our top tips on developing listening skills and improving the quality of listening in organisations.

Throughout the conversation we refer to the following books, articles and reports:

Research by Dr Kevin Ruck, Howard Krais and Mike Poundsford Listening to employees: from measurement to meaning - PR Academy

Productive disagreement The positive practice of productive disagreement - Calm Edged Rebels

https://twitter.com/mrsjennifield

Line of Sight: research into Line Management Line of Sight - Redefining Communications (redefiningcomms.com) – Redefining Communications

If you want to find out more about this topic, or about us, head over to https://calmedgedrebels.com for all the info. 

Welcome to Calm Edged Rebels. 

Trudy, Jenni and Advita are back with season four of our award-winning podcast. 

In our weekly podcast, we share our views on the big subjects for professional communicators, leaders and coaches. We also take the opportunity to share topical issues with you. 

In this week’s news section, Trudy and Advita talk about entrepreneurship and the demands of running a business through the pandemic.

Our conversation links nicely with our big topic this week, which was recorded live at the 2021 Comms Hero Week. We spoke about Intention. Being intentional is something we all discuss often in our roles and we see it as a broad, important topic.

How relevant is it to have the right intentions for the work you do? How does being intentional, and maintaining commitment to your intentions, help you achieve your aims?

We discuss the link between purpose and intention and the importance of clarity and boundary setting.

As it’s a live recording you get to listen in as we answer questions about intention from other Comms Hero Week attendees.

With our thanks to the Comms Hero Week team for inviting us to take part and to Carly Cook for moderating the questions during the event.

Throughout the conversation we refer to the following books, articles and reports:

Deepak Chopra Deepak Chopra™️ - Official Website

Ikigai: https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrismyers/2018/02/23/how-to-find-your-ikigai-and-transform-your-outlook-on-life-and-business/?sh=5748f2242ed4

Matt Haig: The Midnight Library The Midnight Library: The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and worldwide phenomenon eBook : Haig, Matt: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Jackie Le Fevre Magma Effect

Brené Brown: The Shame Spiral Brené Brown: Listening to shame | TED Talk

Eisenhower Decision Matrix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT89OZ7TNwc

Triage tasks Darria Long: An ER doctor on triaging your "crazy busy" life | TED Talk

If you want to find out more about this topic, or about us, head over to https://calmedgedrebels.com for all the info. 

Welcome to Calm Edged Rebels. 

Trudy, Jenni and Advita are back with season four of our award-winning podcast. 

In our weekly podcast, we share our views on the big subjects for professional communicators, leaders and coaches. We also take the opportunity to share topical issues with you. 

We’re always keenly interested in diversity, equity and inclusion, so in this week’s news section, we explain why those topics are particularly top of mind for us. Find out what we’ve been learning and doing about this recently and what you can get involved in too.

Our big topic this week is all about motivation. How do you get motivated and how do you keep it going, so you can make an impact?

How helpful are those motivational quotes people share on social media and why does a sense of community and shared understanding help?

We share how important is it to us to have clear parameters around work time and social time and how we achieve the right balance. We talk honestly about what affects us and how we deal with those days where motivation is lacking.

We also consider how leaders can impact the motivation of their teams and how you can adjust your style and approach to motivation to match the needs of the individuals in your teams.

Throughout the conversation we refer to the following books, articles and reports:

Mel Robbins: The 5 Second Rule The 5 Second Rule: Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage (Audio Download): Mel Robbins, Mel Robbins, Mel Robbins Productions Inc.: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Simon Sinek: Soft Skills are Human Skills There's NO Such Thing as "Soft Skills" | Simon Sinek - Bing video

Hilary Scarlett: Neuroscience for Organizational Change Neuroscience for Organizational Change: An Evidence-based Practical Guide to Managing Change: Amazon.co.uk: Scarlett, Hilary: 9780749493189: Books

Stephen Bartlett: Happy Sexy Millionaire Happy Sexy Millionaire: Unexpected Truths about Fulfilment, Love and Success: Amazon.co.uk: Bartlett, Steven: 9781529301496: Books

Matt Haig: Notes on a Nervous Planet Amazon.co.uk : notes on a nervous planet - matt haig

Brené Brown Podcasts - Brené Brown (brenebrown.com)

Amy Cuddy: re power posing Amy Cuddy: Your body language may shape who you are | TED Talk

Matt Coates: 7 Types of Motivation 7 Types of Motivation You Need to Acknowledge - Mindvalley Blog

The privilege wheel: https://www.ala.org/advocacy/sites/ala.org.advocacy/files/content/DPL2018_CulturalHumilityWheel.jpg.pdf

If you want to find out more about this topic, or about us, head over to https://calmedgedrebels.com for all the info. 

Welcome to Calm Edged Rebels. 

Trudy, Jenni and Advita are back with season four of our award-winning podcast. 

In our weekly podcast, we share our views on the big subjects for professional communicators, leaders and coaches. We also take the opportunity to share topical issues with you. 

Our news section of this episode is inspired by our heroine, Brenè Brown. We talk about why this stage of the pandemic is making people feel anxious, how that might be affecting our mood and what we can do to get through it.

Our big topic this week is all about the art of productive disagreement. 

Do you walk away from conversations that seem like they may become argumentative, rather than trying to come up with a solution? 

How can you enter into a debate and keep an open mind, so you can reach the best outcome? What would be the benefits if we could encourage others into a constructive debate, even in a culture where there’s a strict hierarchy?

We talk over situations where we’ve experienced productive disagreement and share our top tips for having better conversations and debates.

Throughout the conversation we refer to the following books, articles, podcasts and reports:

Brené Brown & Amy Cuddy  Brené with Amy Cuddy on Pandemic Flux Syndrome - Brené Brown (brenebrown.com)

Amy's book Presence Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges: Amazon.co.uk: Cuddy, Amy: 9781409156017: Books

Matthew Syed’s book Rebel Ideas: Rebel Ideas: The Power of Thinking Differently: Amazon.co.uk: Syed, Matthew, Ltd, Matthew Syed Consulting: 9781529348408: Books

Matthew Syed’s Book Black box Thinking: Black Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth About Success eBook : Syed, Matthew, Ltd, Matthew Syed Consulting: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Amy Edmondson’s book The Fearless Organisation:  The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth: Amazon.co.uk: Edmondson, Amy C.: 9781119477242: Books

Ted Talks: Julia Dahr How to have constructive conversations Julia Dhar | Speaker | TED

Buster Benson: Be willing to be wrong. Be excited, even it means you'll be more right going forward. Buster Benson | Cognitive Biases

If you want to find out more about this topic, or about us, head over to https://calmedgedrebels.com for all the info. 

Welcome to Calm Edged Rebels. 

Trudy, Jenni and Advita are back with season four of our award-winning podcast. 

In our weekly podcast, we share our views on the big subjects for professional communicators, leaders and coaches. We also take the opportunity to share topical issues with you. 

For the news section of this first episode of season four, we bring you up to date with what’s been happening over the past few months. We’ve got some exciting plans to share with you too. 

Our big topic this week is all about remote working and the challenges of recreating ‘water cooler’ moments for colleagues away from offices. As some people start to return to their workplaces, we consider the cultural implications and the steps you can take to make sure remote workers keep up to date with the conversation. 

Throughout the conversation we refer to the following books, articles and reports: 

Remote Work by Chris Dyer and Kim Shepherd 

https://www.koganpage.com/product/remote-work-9781398600362 

Rebel Ideas by Matthew Syed 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rebel-Ideas-Matthew-Syed/dp/ 

LinkedIn post from Jenni Field on  

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jennifield_watch-or-listen-to-the-full-conversation-activity-6813012258856288256-jI3C

Culture shock - why we need to be more intentional when communicating organisational culture 

https://redefiningcomms.com/culture-shock-why-we-need-to-be-more-intentional-when-communicating-organisational-culture/ 

We also share our tips and experience of handling hybrid working patterns and discuss the characteristics and behaviours that help people survive and thrive in remote locations. Finally, we explore whether the latest trends in improving employee experience, like providing yoga classes and ice cream, really work. 

If you want to find out more about this topic, or about us, head over to https://calmedgedrebels.com for all the info. 

Welcome to the Calm Edged Rebels podcast. Trudy, Jenni and Advita’s bigger and better podcast for season three! 

This is the last episode of the season where we’ve been sharing our views on the big subjects for professional communicators and coaches, and taking the opportunity to share topical issues with you too.

In this week’s episode we share insight into our annual comms retreats. We talk about how we make good use of that time away to coach each other and focus on our aims and goals. We’re also planning to share this opportunity with you, so listen in to find out more.

Our big topic this week is an exploration of the links between fear, trust and professionalism.

We consider whether the spread of fake news and global terror reports have adversely affected our sense of fear and mistrust. We talk about the way levels of fear and trust influence our judgement and decision making and what the role of professionalism is, in light of this.

Listen in as we compare our thoughts on how to put things into perspective and find strategies to decide who we can trust.

If you want to find out more about this topic, or about us, head over to https://calmedgedrebels.com for all the info.

Welcome to the Calm Edged Rebels podcast. Trudy, Jenni and Advita are back with a bigger and better podcast for season three! 

We're publishing our podcast weekly. We're continuing to share our views on the big subjects for professional communicators and coaches, but we're also taking the opportunity to share topical issues with you too.

 This week's news section is packed with inspiration as we share the books, podcasts and resources that are making us think and supporting our work, currently. We’ve shared the links to those so you can follow up on the things you like the sound of.

Our big topic this week is all about purpose; what it is, why is it important and how can organisations bring their purpose to life?

We share the approaches we take with our clients and coaching partners when we’re exploring the impact of purpose for them. 

Listen in as we compare our views on how purpose makes a difference and how we can live up to our own personal purpose.

If you want to find out more about this topic, or about us, head over to https://calmedgedrebels.com for all the info.

Here are the links to all the resources we mentioned:

The interview with Stuart Lancaster on the Inspiring Change podcast: https://www.inspiringchange.ie/podcast

Rebel ideas book by Matthew Syed – Jenni's book review on it: https://influenceonline.co.uk/2021/06/28/rebel-ideas-by-matthew-syed-a-must-read-for-2021/

Authentic Gravitas by Dr Rebecca Newton: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Authentic-Gravitas-Dr-Rebecca-Newton/dp/1841883433

Unleashed by Frances Frei and Anne Morriss: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unleashed-Unapologetic-Leaders-Empowering-Everyone/dp/1633697045

Influence – the psychology of persuasion by Robert Cialdini: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Influence-Psychology-Robert-Cialdini-PhD/dp/006124189X

TED talk with Frances Frei called How to Build and Rebuild Trust: https://www.ted.com/talks/frances_frei_how_to_build_and_rebuild_trust#t-737421

Simon Sinek’s podcast: https://simonsinek.com/podcast

Diary of a CEO podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diary-of-a-ceo-with-steven-bartlett/id1291423644

Welcome to the Calm Edged Rebels podcast.

Trudy, Jenni and Advita are back with a bigger and better podcast for season three!

We're publishing our podcast weekly. We're continuing to share our views on the big subjects for professional communicators and coaches, but we're also taking the opportunity to share topical issues with you too.

In this week's news section, we focus on the debate that’s springing up on social media about returning to offices and workplaces. We reflect on why this topic sparks such heated debate and what the implications of moving away from offices may be.

Our big topic this week is all about having a sense of belonging at work. What does it mean to belong and how can leaders create a sense of belonging with their teams?

We consider how diversity, inclusion and the concept of bringing your whole self to work fits with the idea of belonging.

Listen in as we compare our experiences of feeling a sense of belonging and being made to feel we don’t fit in.

If you want to find out more about this topic, or about us, head over to https://calmedgedrebels.com for all the info.