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For this episode Nell is joined by Tash Pieterse. Tash is an internationally certified and award-nominated success and mindset coach, Leader, and Mother.

Tash works with ambitious professionals to help them own their value and build their courage so they can step up as strategic players and create sustainable career success.

She holds many professional accolades in HR and coaching and runs impactful coaching programmes that help professionals learn how to thrive at work. 

Nell admires how Tash leads with real heart and strongly connects people to purpose, a great example of human-centred work.

Tash and Nell connected through the DisruptHR community, and Nell was lucky enough to hear her speak for a second time in March at DisruptHR Wellington 6.0.  

In this episode, Nell and Tash talk about the role of coaching in the future of work.

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For this episode, I am joined by Ainsley Benefield, Founder and Director of Hive Consulting. 

Ainsley is a powerhouse in all things people and culture, but has significant expertise in employment relations, as a qualified mediator and specialist in workplace reviews and investigations. One of the things I admire most about Ainsley is how she is challenging the status quo in the employment relations area and bringing restorative practice into her work to create a better experience for those who go through challenges at work. A much more human-centred approach than that of traditional people practices. 

Ainsley is an impressive leader with a growing people and culture consultancy, Hive. Hive believes that great workplaces are about flexibility and communication, so the team at Hive take this approach with their clients too. 

Today we are going to talk about how to solve problems when your problems are human beings. 

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For this episode, Nell is joined by Rachael Fitzjohn CEO of Morgo. 

Rachael is a highly experienced leader, coach, and people partner. She has worked for high-profile organisations and start-ups such as Xero, Bank of New Zealand, CoGo and is now the CEO of Morgo.

Rachael has done her own advisory and consultancy work as a trusted partner to many executive-level leaders. She is on the Empowerment Board of BloomHQ, who are a strong ally to Cheerleader based on our aligned goals to lift up the cheerleaders and rebels of todays workforce. 

Rachael is valued for her ability to work alongside and lead technical teams as a “non-technical” person. She is known for her ability to command a room and get everyone laughing, her second-to-none relationship building, her ability to build high performing teams, and her skill in leading within Startup environments. 

In this episode we discuss prioritising people and the positive impact People & Culture practitioners can have in organisations. 

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For this episode Nell joined by Haley Farrar. Haley is a restorative practices educator, facilitator, coach, and the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Aspen Consulting.

Haley began her professional career as a lawyer and transitioned to the field of restorative justice in 2013. Originally from the United States, Haley came to New Zealand as a Fulbright fellow in 2015.

Haley holds many professional accolades, but what Nell admires the most about Haley is her commitment to, and expertise in, addressing significant harm. The skill and deep care that this requires cannot be underestimated. 

In this episode Nell and Haley talk about the role of restorative practice in the future of work. 

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For this episode, Nell is joined by Clare Swallow, Managing Director of Mulberry Street. 

Clare is a dynamic change catalyst and problem-solving strategist, dedicated to driving impactful cultural transformation within organisations. With a career spanning over two decades in culture, organisational change, and innovation, Clare is no stranger to tackling some big strategic problems.

Clare and Nell share a hatred for bandaid fixes and a love for foundational problem-solving. In this episode they explore the art of problem-solving for cultural change.

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For this episode Nell is joined by Katie Quinney, an experienced healthcare professional turned coach and facilitator.

With three decades of healthcare experience, starting as a Nurse in East Sussex in the mid-90s, and moving to NZ in 2008, Katie has over 20 years of people leadership in her backpack. Katie states that some of her key insights come from learning by doing, understanding that the magic happens within teams, and a focus on the individual needs of a leader and the team they lead.

In this episode, Nell and Katie talk about Katie's human-centred approach to leadership in healthcare, her learnings, and any gems she has to share with the CheerSquad about being coach and a facilitator in one of the toughest professions in the world. 

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For this episode Nell is joined by Olivia Dyet, Founder of Empathix. 

Olivia and her company Empathix are on a mission to disrupt traditional recruitment practices and bridge the gap between employers and top-quality candidates. 

In this episode, Nell and Olivia dive into the fascinating intersection between AI and human-centered practice, and Olivia's startup story.

Olivia shares her experience building Empathix in the Startmate Launch Club and Accelerator Programme, and her story of digging down into her problem statement with future customers to create a day 1 revenue-generating startup. She shares her truly inspiring story about her journey and how she leveraged her expertise to build a revolutionary product.

Listen now!

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This month Nell is joined by fellow EX Designer, Kayleigh Wang! 

They talk about building an HR career, becoming an EX Designer, and applying EX in their everyday work. 

Kayleigh says that the mindset of being humble is “so critical to being an EX Designer, you can’t be precious about your ideas” and Nell 100% agrees. On the pod, Nell discusses how she learned this the hard way. 

If you are interested in:

• Hearing about the journey of a positive disruptor
• Learning how to advocate for yourself
• Being imperfect in HR
• Valuing the journey over the big win
• Bringing the human back to HR

…then this episode is for you! 

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In this episode Nell tells us more about her story to founding Cheerleader. 
A follow up to her article, Imposter to Cheerleader, Nell tells us more about her aspirations for Cheerleader. She dives into the behind the scenes development and discusses her personal motivators. 
Nell says she started before she was ready and would recommend others to do that same.
She talks about who belongs in the Cheer Squad and has a special dedication at the end of the episode. 
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Happy New Year and a huge welcome to the first episode of the Cheerleader podcast, CheerPod!

In this episode, I chat with my favourite Gen Zer about the future of work, and get to understand a little bit more about what these confusing cats want their experience of work to be like.

We touch on feminism, a sense of both hope and hopelessness, wanting to change the world, neurodivergence in the workplace, equity, and what businesses could do to engage more young people in work.

My guest says that “women are often forced to show our best side”, I wholeheartedly agree and wonder if this will ever change. 

I ask my guest, as I will all guests on CheerPod, if you could wish for one thing in the future of work what would it be? Listen to find out her answer! 

Get ready for more podcast content to come in 2024!

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