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You are confident, accomplished and an expert in your field but somehow, you never seem to quite get it right when choosing what to wear, You may have visited exclusive stores and bought designer outfits, but no matter how much money you throw at your wardrobe, something isn’t working-Gail Morgan

Gail Morgan – Style Expert & Master Image Consultant at Gail Morgan Style from UK checks in to the cafe to talk about "Why Dressing with intention has a major impact on your perception & emotions?"

Dressing with intention is at its core, a true reflection of our personal style. It might be a uniform you wear day in and day out; a form of self-expression; or, it may be more deliberate. Carefully constructed outfits which reflect your lifestyle. One thing to always keep in mind, is that when you’re dressing with intention, you’re dressing for yourself and not for others. It’s an outfit that is intrinsically you. Be confident with your choices. don’t wear clothing that you don’t feel comfortable in. Be authentically you. Don’t try to duplicate someone else’s style.  Sure, be inspired by others. We all learn from and are inspired by each other, but you are you with your own unique style sauce.  Colour has meaning and gives energy. If you want to feel powerful, then wear some red. If you feel happy, slip on something with yellow.

Gail Morgan did share some amazing insights & tips on dressing, to explore more of the work what Gail does log on to www.gailmorganstyle.com or you can get connect to Gail Morgan via linkedin 

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In today's competitive business environment, how well you engage your employees can mean the difference between a healthy, productive workforce or turnover rates that suffocate your organisation's growth. When your employees are engaged with the work they do, they tend to bring their best selves to every project and stick around with your organisation for a long time.

When your employees are engaged, they'll be more productive and innovative. In today's talent market, employees are looking for jobs with employers they can trust to take care of them. The good news is that most people want to do well at their jobs and stay engaged with their peers and projects. This means that they will be more inclined to meet you halfway by doing their best at work and staying more loyal to your organisation. 

Susanne Heiss- Facilitator for Change & Culture checked in to the cafe from Germany & share some amazing insights & experiences on Employee engagement. Susanne mentioned that the most important aspect is to provide sufficient time & space for employees to be themselves where ideation & creative process can be generated.Open & honest communication will be key factor in future employee engagement. With the digital tone coming in how well you will communicate with your team to keep them informed about organisation.

You can get connected to Susanne Heiss via her linked & check out her website www.the-texturalists.com for more information.

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Customer Experience (CX) – a buzzword that's shaken the marketing world in recent years like no other. CX in the digital era is constantly evolving, which is why marketers must make an effort to keep up with the latest customer experience trends. Improving and personalising the customer experience, which leads to better customer satisfaction is the top priority for over 55% of companies.

Customer experience is a continuously evolving entity, with trends fading in and out in yearly cycles influenced by the changes in technology, industry, and innovation. The current trends will fade out in a couple of years, evolving into newer versions that fit with the customer needs of the time. Adrian did share about the Punk version of the customer experience, how Punk music has evolved with the basics & even customer experience has to be evolved with the time. Not only by doing the basics right for the customer, more individual attention given with Empathy can lead to better customer experience. He further shared not to get defined to a Territory or model of customer experience, consider every customer as different customer make his or her experience a remarkable one. Further Leadership plays vital role as considering Leader’s experience is important as it reflects on Employee experience.

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There are many potential benefits of practicing positive psychology including an increase in self-esteem, improved relationships, and a greater outlook on life. Research in the realm of positive psychology has found that gratitude, social connection, and kindness are all important to living our best lives.Practices of positive psychology include showing your appreciation for your loved ones, building personal strengths, and employing the daily diary method. 

Change, in business and life, can be chaotic. While change may be a natural occurrence, accepting it is not, which is why we (humans) are creatures of habit and enjoy personal security. How we human can really thrive ? How we can channel our energy towards thriving ? Can Positive Psychology be the vital component ?

Wendy-Ann Smith is a coach, psychologist, trainer, facilitator, checked in to the cafe to share her insights & experience on How to channel your energy to thrive via Positive Psychology.  Wendy is the lead editor of Positive Psychology Coaching in the Workplace (2021) Wendy-Ann regularly coaches a small number of one-to-one clients. Her interest is in enhancing coaches’ development and practice with positive psychology, coaching psychology and ethics in practice.

Optimistic thinking, having & creating hope, having great relationship influence positive psychology. Relationship is one of the crucial mechanism people can really develop to thrive in difficult times. What kind of relationship you have ? are they supporting you ? are they lifting you up ? are they trusted ? & if not why not. These relationship gives lot of energy for you to thrive.

Wendy even shared the people who challenge you are not negative experience, they are the one we can learn from to thrive & over come challenges, which need to be in good intention  to raise the bar. In this element Emotional Intelligence also plays crucial role, where empathy & compassion should be reflect in your relationship to ask those challenging question to help you grow. Always work on your values when you want to thrive which will channel your energy towards your efforts to thrive.

Wendy did shared some insights on Leadership, how important to be engaged with their employees to develop better connection & Coaching can be a great tool for leaders to adopt.

If you want to use Positive Psychology READ, read on the subject matter & reflect how it can be applied in your own situation.

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Goals are the ones that drive us forward in life and help us achieve our desired results. They motivate us to do more. Goal setting is one of the most important actions to do big things. It is necessary to be aware of the importance of goal setting and to apply this knowledge in your life. But why some of us become unsuccessful in this journey & Who can keep us on track ?

Abdallah Aljurf Shared his life story & how the questioning technique have transformed his life and made him to achieve his goals. Have a success partner & making him or her to ask question on daily basis to track whether planed daily activities are met. This technique will allow you to stay on track in term of your goals. To listen to full episode check in to the cafe & get inspired.

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What is not Emotional Intelligence ? as I am stepping in to the 50th Episode I thought of reflect how this journey understanding emotional intelligence. I have interviewed 49 different individual from all 5 continents, I was really amazed to understand the different perspective brought in to the conversation around Ei. The Podcast I started due to lockdown has given me a true inspiration to run 4 seasons & more over the vast amount knowledge I gained is not replaceable. So this led me to keep exploring different topics with different personalities. The right word would be curiosity…

Every single topic was connected to Ei, So my doubt is what is not Emotional Intelligence? 

John D mayer- Famous Personality analysis : Emotional intelligence is often claimed to be many things it is not: Journalistic accounts of EI often have equated it to other personality traits. Emotional intelligence, however, is not agreeableness. It is not optimism. It is not happiness. It is not calmness. It is not motivation. Such qualities, although important, have little to do with intelligence, little to do with emotions, and nearly nothing to do with actual emotional intelligence.

WHAT IS NOT EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ? It is not about being emotional! Being emotional in this sense means being out of control, or being controlled by one’s emotions. A frequent temptation is to support individuals who are displaying a heightened emotional response to a given stimulus and become personally affected by the issue. EI is also not about using or manipulating the emotions of other people to achieve one’s own goals in a malicious way

Here some key signs of Lack of Ei

1.Always Have to Be 'Right'

2. Behave Insensitively

3. Blame Others for our own Problems

4. They Have Poor Coping Skills

5. Have Emotional Outbursts

I always believed that there Is no Positive or Negative emotions. Emotions are Data. It is our own choice how to recognize these data & make useful for own selves. I want to bring to your notice that Ei can be developed & when it became part & parcel of yourself it is going to be a different person overall .  So here I am ending my 50thEpisode, Season 4 with the end of 2021, but it is not end of my journey of podcasting to discover Emotional Intelligence & how it can help people to live a meaningful live & pursue their passion.

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Now the question is does organizations have a culture that encourage performance?

Gustavo Razzetti - Founder & Workplace culture consultant at Fearless culture checked in to the café to have a conversation around. Influence of corporate culture on the performance of employees and overall organization. Most Organizations Don’t Lack Ideas, Talent or Resources Instead, they lack a conducive culture where employees are encouraged to collaborate, take initiative and experiment beyond perceived limitations. People develop positive relationships with their workplace if they feel they are a part of the culture. Gustavo did share that "Cultures can be designed & empathizing plays vital role in that process". There is a need for one to identify with an organization’s values, to be empowered to achieve their best work and to know they are listened to and cared for. This builds trust, which is the basis of all positive relationships.

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Gamification has been a hot topic in learning for some time now and it’s no surprise. We all love playing games. The feeling of accomplishment, of improving, of beating an opponent, and the feedback and rewards that you get are the sorts of things that keep you coming back for more. But the question is how it can help for people development ?

Fernando Mendes - Co founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gaminar.net checked in to the café and shared insights & experiences on utilizing gamified learning in the space of People development. Fernando stressed the importance of corporates providing experiential learning methodology for its people intervention. Enjoyment and Fun will drive people to remember the experience which is provided by the Gamified learning. 

Gamification in corporate training has also proven to yield better task completion rates and increased chances of practical usage and application of learning at work if executed correctly. As with all other techniques, the effect can be the exact opposite if the execution of this idea is not well planned.  A well-known benefit of gamified corporate training is that it makes training sessions interesting and fun for the participants.  gamification offers several others benefits: Better learning, Improved teamwork and collaboration, The ability to measure the progress of learners through defined learning objectives

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From deadlines and performance quotas, to budget cuts and restructuring, the workplace can be a very high-stress environment. At the right level, stress is not necessarily a bad thing and can actually motivate and challenge your team, encourage creativity and improve productivity. But when the pressure for an employee to perform, meet expectations or face uncertainty becomes overwhelming, the consequences—physically, emotionally and organizationally—can be troubling and get in the way of achieving success. The result of too much stress for too long can be burnout. Burnout is a mental, emotional and physical state of exhaustion.

Melissa Curran –. Founder & CEO of Modern Mind Group UK checked in to the café & shared some amazing insights & facts with practical examples on Emotional Burnout & how it can impact performance. Melissa did Share that Organization Should Consider wellbeing strategy Business as Usual & not consider as another project. Develop Leaders with the relevant tools & techniques to enable their emotional intelligence Unhealthy stress and resulting burnout can take a heavy toll on virtually all aspects of your team’s performance

Lower productivity: The high level of anxiety associated with excess stress and the exhaustion and apathy that come with burnout can clog up workflows, causing workers to miss deadlines, quotas or complete tasks at an unacceptably slow rate, Employees suffering from excessive stress or burnout may feel disconnected from the world around them, drained of energy and may also experience strain on a personal and professional level, Demotivation & Detachment.

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Coaching is another transformative process of guiding and enabling change within a coachee for positive outcomes. neuroscience is the study of the brain and the nervous system and how these systems function physiologically to transform sensory stimuli into output, actions and/or reactions. Coupling these two provides a deep impact emphasis of self-awareness about how one’s brain is wired to process information, learn and create habits while simultaneously using that awareness to dismantle self-limiting beliefs, doubts, anxieties, narrow perspectives and biases.

So how can Leaders & Coaches can get the benefit by Applying Neuroscience for their coaching process?

GILL McKay –  Speaker, Author, Applied Neuroscience Coach & Co founder of MyBrain International checked in to the café & shared some great insights & facts with practical examples how Applied Neuroscience can help coaches.

The study of the brain has become of increasing interest and importance to the field of human evolution and development. As coaches it’s beneficial to understand how the brain works because we can develop our coaching to align with how the brain naturally functions. Most people come to coaches to create change and ultimately to transform the way they think, behave, perform, interact with others and approach their work and lives. In order to be effective we need to understand how the brain supports change and transformation. Coaching helps the coachee give focused attention to their insights and to possibilities. Where your coachee puts their attention creates connections in their brain and this increases the mental resources. This provides more energy to resist homeostasis and supports their long-term transformation. Gill Shared an amazing Golden Nugget, what is good for your body, good for your brain, have sufficient sleep, good nourishment, Healthy routine, nature they are friends not only for our body, but for our brains too.

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