Everyday Leadership

In this episode, I talk to Ruth about her journey to finding joy which took over 20 years and involved navigating an abusive relationship, why we need to live in alignment in all areas of our life and why it is so important we take responsibility for our lives both personally and professionally.

About Ruth Penfold:
Ruth is the People Practice Lead at bp Launchpad. She has held previous senior leadership roles as People VP at Onfido and Director, Talent Acquisition at Shazam. Her reason for being is "Creating space for people to become the best possible versions of themselves"

Ruth is also a practicing yoga instructor and podcast host of Pancakes and Peacocks a podcast that explores joyful living in all its forms

Ruth Website
https://ruthpenfold.com/

Ruth's Blog
https://ruthpenfold.com/blog/

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Linkedin - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/ruthpenfold
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In Episode 05 of EverydayDay Leadership, Ruth and I discuss (times are approximate):

• What does joy actually mean - 3:00
• Measuring yourself based on other people and the impact that had on her life - 4:30
• Friendship revealed a 20-year old blindspot which started awakening - 6:30
• The small things count in a relationship - 8:20
• Series of fortunate events lead to freedom from abusive relationships both personally and professionally  - 9:10
• Setting the bar for how others treat you - 11:10
• The pain of staying small - 13.25
• How do you stop comparing yourself to other people: - 17:00
• Becoming your own psychologist - 19:30
• Coming out of a psychologically abusive relationship - 21:30
• How to have a mutually beneficial growth driven personal and professional relationship - 22:30
• Definition of Leadership - 23:30
• Showing up as a leader: 25:00
• The difference between joy and happiness - 28:00
• Running away from coaching - 30.30
• What is coaching - 31:00
• Giving yourself permission to show up authentically not waiting for an invite - 38.50
• Stepping up to bigger roles despite feeling underqualified  - 43:00
• Why BP is the best place she has ever worked - 45:00
• We don’t have to be perfect - 46:31
• Take responsibility for your life - 47:27
• How companies can create inclusive environments - 49:10

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In this episode, I talk to Christina about finding the courage to step away from the titles and allure of corporate life when she realised that her life was out of balance impacting her mental health. We discuss transferable skills, the importance of family and opening up to friends when going through dark times as well as leadership, unconscious bias, imposter syndrome, and what it means to be a leader who truly cares.

About Christina Economou:
Christina is the Commercial Director for Ezra who is on a passionate mission for equality. Using technology at Ezra she is removing the elitism around coaching.
Using her voice she speaks up about racism and gender equality.

Follow Christina
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceconomou/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChrissieEco

To find out more about providing coaching for your whole organisation
https://www.helloezra.com/

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In Episode 04 of EverydayDay Leadership, Christina and I discuss (times are approximate):

• Demystifying the elitism around coaching  - 2:50
• How companies have embraced tech for coaching - 4:00
• Leveraging previous mental health issues to deal with lockdown - 5:30
• Identifying when your mental health is out of sync and you need to act - 7:10
• Opening up to work and family about mental health - 8:45 
• What a company that truly cares about people looks like - 9:45
• Being brave enough to walk away from a career and put yourself first - 11:15
• Dealing with Imposter Syndrome - 13:15
• Transferring corporate skills to the family business - 14:30
• 70-year-old dad embracing digitised way of working - 16:00
• Connecting the dots looking backwards - 17:15
• Changing the culture in the shop - 11:45
• What is leadership? - 21.15
• Business owners need to remember - 22.30
• Family is the backbone despite having a different lived experience  - 22:40
• Taking learning from home and applying them in the corporate world - 25.40
• Leaders showing genuine concern and showing they care  - 26:45
• Leading with empathy and the impact that has on people - 30:20
• Not getting seduced by the PR, awards and accolades around inclusion - 32:30
• Experience of unconscious bias as a woman: 33:20
• Power of vulnerability and opening up to people - 38.40
• Struggling with switching off from work and being intentional  - 42:30
• 3 guiding principles to live life by - 45:00
• Definition of success - 46:50
• Thriving and not surviving - 48:20

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Sade Salami is a black serial entrepreneur running 3 successfully businesses working with reputable names in the media, fashion, sport and entertainment such as Google, Grazia, Manchester United etc

In this episode, we discuss topics such as:

• Leading yourself - 03:00
• Distinction between a fake entrepreneur and a real entrepreneur - 03:20
• Ideology v reality of work/life balance for entrepreneurs - 05:20
• Learning to talk to yourself & trust your gut - 08:00
• Benefits of being counter-cultural when it comes to social media -  11:00
• Adding value & shifting the attention away from oneself  - 12:30
• CV’s are a waste of time - 15:50
• Key qualities required when building a team - 17:00
• Developing trust in a team - 19:02
• Using dyslexia to help her - 20:25
• Just do it - 25:15
• Connecting the dots from childhood games - 28:00
• People are soft - 30:42
• Building character in the next generation - 32:37
• Dealing with the loneliness of being an entrepreneur  - 36:00
• How to become an entrepreneur - 39:45
• Being a black female entrepreneur and the stereotypes associated with that  - 43:22
  
  

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Event's Management|Social Media Management|Brand Management

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• https://www.instagram.com/everydayfroday/
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In this episode, I talk to Andy about designing the lifestyle you want, developing self-awareness, learning from failure, privilege, the value of nurturing relationships and so much more.

About Andy Ayim:

Andy Ayim is the founder of The Angel Investing School, an investor, author, public speaker and also a consultant to large companies in highly regulated industries teaching them how to set up and scale agile Product teams utilising Product Playbooks. He was the Managing Director of Backstage Capital and serves as a Board advisor for companies like YSYS, Flipside and Mixtape Madness to a name a few.

Get to know Andy - https://andyayim.com/

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In this episode of Everyday Day Leadership, Andy and I discuss (times are approximate):

• 02:30 What he has learnt through Covid
• 05:30 Work/life balance
• 07:00 Building trust
• 10:30 Developing self-awareness 
• 15:00 Dealing with failure
• 21:30 Understanding his privilege
• 23:30 Living a no limit life regardless of background
• 24:30 Learning as a fiancee and father.
• 28:00 Not all friendships are created equal
• 34:00 Diversity, Inclusion & Meaningful Change
• 42:00 Nurturing Relationships
• 45:00 What does leadership mean?

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In this episode, I talk to leadership coach and author Jennifer Garvey Berger's about racism, white fragility, understanding and confronting white privilege.

About Jennifer Garvey Berger:

Jennifer Garvey Berger has a masters and a doctorate from Harvard University, she is an author of 3 books and CEO of Cultivating Leadership where she and her partner’s design and teach leadership programs, coach senior teams, and supports new ways of thinking about strategy and people with senior leaders in the private, non-profit, and government sectors around the world. 

Jennifer loves to write, to walk her dog through the streets of London, to scuba dive, to travel with her husband and their nearly-adult children, and figure out how to make whole organizations work better.

Follow Jennifer
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-garvey-berger-7b4a264/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/jgberger
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jennifergarveyberger/

Get to know Jennifer - https://www.cultivatingleadership.com/our-team/jennifer-garvey-berger

Link to Jennifer’s article -  Confronting my White Privilege: Flashback in black and white

Link to Jennifer’s Business - https://www.cultivatingleadership.com/

Jennifer's Blog - https://www.cultivatingleadership.com/research-resources/blog

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In Episode 01 of Everyday Day Leadership, Jennifer and I discuss (times are approximate):

• 04:30 Struggle of talking about white privilege without coming across as condescending
• 06:40 Silence is its own kind of violence
• 08:20 What does white privilege mean?
• 09:30 Changing her organisations approach to make it more diverse 
• 16:00 Having crucial conversations around race
• 19:30 Understanding the lived experience of black people
• 22:30 What does anti-racism and allyship look like?
• 29:30 Leaders should be willing to make mistakes.
• 36:30 Leaders need to be willing to lose power to create a better world
• 38:30 Why leaders we need to change who they are
• 46:00 The next generation talking to their parents on racism

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