Coaching Culture

In this podcast, Coaching Culture co-founder Jo Wright is joined by Louisa Fryer, an experienced HR professional in the cultural development space with a passion for wellbeing and personal development. She has worked in retail and telecoms, and is now one of the senior leaders at Restore plc, helping to lead their organisational transformation activity and deliver their growth plans.

Driven by her desire to help people and organisations change their relationship with alcohol for greater wellbeing, happiness, and productivity, Louisa is soon to qualify as a Sober Coach. In this episode, she and Jo discuss the habitual nature of drinking and the importance of properly educating ourselves about the topic of alcohol. Louisa highlights the fact that in organisations there are often few wellbeing strategies specifically relating to alcohol awareness – despite the detrimental effects it has not only on individuals but on organisational performance too. 

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In this podcast, Coaching Culture co-founder Jo Wright is joined by psychological safety expert Stephan Wiedner, whose career has focused on developing and sustaining high performing leaders, teams, and organisations. His passion for unleashing the collective potential of people led him to co-found Noomii.com: the web’s largest network of professional coaches, Skillsetter.com: a deliberate practice platform for interpersonal skills, and Zarango.com to help organisations use the power of psychological safety to create and sustain high-performance work environments.

In this episode, Stephan and Jo discuss what affects the lens through which individuals view psychological safety. Stephan explains that psychological safety is essential for an environment where everyone has the courage to speak up and the confidence to know they'll be heard. Is psychological safety something that’s being fostered in your organisation?

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In this podcast, Coaching Culture co-founder Jo Wright is joined by Andy Goram, co-author of the book “Professional Leadership” and host of the popular “Sticky From The Inside” podcast. He is also an active volunteer with Engage for Success, the UK’s leading voice on employee engagement, and is a co-host of their long-running Engage For Success Radio Show.

After working in senior corporate roles in operations, HR, brand and marketing, Andy set up his employee engagement and workplace culture consultancy Bizjuicer at the end of 2018.

Bizjuicer helps organisations become “stickier” from the inside out, helping them to retain more of their great people, and becoming more attractive to new talent by uncovering, articulating and connecting what drives the organisation with what drives the people within it.

In this episode, Andy and Jo discuss that vital sense of connection between an organisation and its people. They debate why leaders are still rewarded even when the culture is poor, and reiterate the importance of investing as much time and energy engaging with colleagues as with customers.

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In this podcast, Coaching Culture co-founder Jo Wright is joined by international bestselling author, belonging leadership coach and diversity and inclusion global keynote speaker Nicholé McGill-Higgins. Her consultancy, http://Changez.Life/ Bee-longing, focuses on belonging, equality, equity, and behavioural change. A positive disrupter, Nicholé uses coaching and design-led thinking to help organisations experience their own awakening, and change hearts and minds.   

In this episode, Nicholé and Jo discuss what leaders, managers and individuals throughout organisations can do to help themselves and others develop a greater sense of belonging and a more inclusive mindset. Nicholé often says 'Be unapologetically you' – so let's collectively help her spread that message.  

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In this podcast, Coaching Culture co-founder Jo Wright is joined by David Liddle, founder and CEO of the TCM Group. David was named as one of the Top 20 HR Most Influential Thinkers in 2021 and a Thinkers50 Radar Thinker in 2022. He is the author of two highly acclaimed books: 'Managing Conflict', and 'Transformational Culture' which was shortlisted at The Business Book Awards 2022.

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In this podcast, Coaching Culture co-founder Jo Wright is joined by John Mark Williams, CEO at the Institute of Leadership & Management. John was formerly the CEO at The Agile Business Consortium, the professional body behind the AgilePM handbook and AgilePM®, the world’s leading certification in agile project management. He is also CEO and founder of the strategic advisory and leadership development business Gosforth & Co.  

In this episode, John and Jo discuss the key differences between leadership and management - one being that leadership is the achievement of an outcome that cannot be better achieved any other way. So which is your preferred style?  

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In this podcast, Coaching Culture co-founder Jo Wright is joined by Dr. Toomas Sarev, Consultant Cardiologist at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. With over 20 years of experience in Interventional Cardiology and 6 years of leadership experience in the NHS, Dr. Toomas helps executives, leaders and senior medical professionals find clarity in their thought processes and discover new ways of thinking to inspire and create lasting transformation.   

In this episode, Dr. Toomas and Jo discuss the benefits of trust and why it's the basis of every relationship. Dr. Toomas also highlights the importance of pausing, taking a step back and a deep breath, and looking at the bigger picture when working in high-pressure environments. Is this something you can implement more often in your life?  

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In this podcast, Coaching Culture co-founder Jo Wright is joined by Dr. Toomas Sarev, Consultant Cardiologist at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. With over 20 years of experience in Interventional Cardiology and 6 years of leadership experience in the NHS, Dr. Toomas helps executives, leaders and senior medical professionals find clarity in their thought processes and discover new ways of thinking to inspire and create lasting transformation.   

In this episode, Dr. Toomas and Jo discuss the benefits of trust and why it's the basis of every relationship. Dr. Toomas also highlights the importance of pausing, taking a step back and a deep breath, and looking at the bigger picture when working in high-pressure environments. Is this something you can implement more often in your life?  

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In this podcast, Coaching Culture CEO Jo Wright is joined by Andy Lopata, acclaimed professional relationships strategist, whose global clients include PayPal, GlaxoSmithKline and Brother. He has written five books on networking and professional relationships and has often been quoted in the media, including The Sunday Times, The Financial Times and Inc. In fact, the FT called Andy ‘one of Europe’s leading business networking strategists’ and both Forbes.com and The Independent have referred to him as ‘a true master of networking’.

In this episode, Andy and Jo discuss the power of professional relationships, and explore how he has personally learnt the value of vulnerable leadership. Andy reiterates that being vulnerable can simply mean just being yourself, and encourages others to change their perspective of vulnerability to recognise it as a strength, not a weakness.

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In this episode, Coaching Culture CEO Jo Wright is joined by Jamil Qureshi, TEDx Speaker, Performance Coach and Author of 'The Mind Coach: Be the Person You Really Want to be'. Jamil is one of today’s foremost practitioners of performance psychology and is an expert in high performance. As the co-founder of several change agencies Jamil has enjoyed working with a diverse range of some of the most talented business and sports people and teams in the world. 

In this podcast, Jamil and Jo discuss the shift in organisational psychology behind high performing teams and highlight the power of team coaching. Jamil touches on the opportunity that disrupting habits presents, explaining that all great achievements are the result of many small achievements... so what change can you make today?  

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