Good Boss Bad Boss Podcast

Irial O'Farrell is our first returning guest on the podcast. She has written a new book on unlocking the problem-solving potential of your team. It's good for you as the leader and you as the team. We also had a great chat about company values and the problems and pitfalls that commonly occur.

Lucie Cunningham is CEO and founder of The HomeShare, a unique and modern solution to the challenge of accommodation and companionship in later life. In this episode, Lucie talks about setting up a social enterprise, helping others find a home while losing your own and why making your employees feel part of something worthwhile is so important.

Good Boss Bad Boss Podcast Episode 26 is LIVE!

Kevin Keegan is an HR Leader with 25 years experience across a number of really high profile organisations. His CV spans sectors including finance, pharma and food production. Kevin is a partner with Boyden. Boyden’s team in Ireland provide three distinct service lines in Executive Search, Interim Management, and Leadership Consulting. It was the Executive Search topic that piqued my interest as I have always wondered how the world of headhunting works and I thought you might too. So for one of our regular chats I turned on the microphones. I hope you enjoy episode 26.

Tony O'Connor is Managing Director of PDI and has 16 years’ service in the Military as a commissioned officer and over 20 years’ experience in Leadership Services, Executive Coaching and Talent Management across Europe and the Middle East in cross sector and cross culture in Insurance, Pharma, Software Development, Technology and IT Services sectors. His speciality is designing and delivering Leadership Programme for High Potential Leaders. I invited Tony on to talk about his experience of leadership and to share his formula for a successful leader.

Vicky Ferrier is Director of Talent and Capability at the Very Group. This conversation is all about creating yourself in your career and being your own story. Vicky's story is one of growth and discovery and I think it is a great example of how to reinvent yourself and redefine who you are and what you can do. In this episode, Vicky talks about finding your space, bringing your skills to each role and the state of female leadership and the leadership shark tank.

Our guest this month on the Good Boss Bad Boss Podcast is Susie Horgan. Susie is MD of Springboard Communications, an award-winning communications specialist and a champion showjumper. Susie and her company recently carried out research into the attitudes of Irish workers to internal communications and the results show that even though there are more communications being sent out, a lot of companies are missing the mark completely.

This month on the Good Boss Bad Boss Podcast is Seanie Meyler. Seanie is a sales expert and trains companies in how to sell with purpose and sustainability. He's also a former intercounty footballer with 2 Ulster provincial titles for Tyrone and he raised 29k for intensive care units in April last year by running a marathon in his shed! He is a powerhouse of knowledge a great guy to get to know. You'll enjoy this one!

My guest on the Good Boss Bad Boss Podcast this month is Bobby Power. Bobby is an entrepreneur and Go Wild Ireland magazine publisher which focuses on the tourism industry. Originally, I wanted to talk about the type of leadership Irish tourism needs but this talk is so much more. If you are feeling low on optimism after the trials of 2020 then this is the episode for you. Bobby has the ability to see the silver lining in every situation. His can-do attitude is infectious.

My guest on the Good Boss Bad Boss Podcast this month is Irial O'Farrell. She wrote the book that gets to the root of SMART objective setting and knows how to help leaders at all levels, take their goals from tick-box to top-notch. It's no surprise that 80% of companies have a formal system in place for managing objectives that cascade down through the organisation. It may surprise you to know that despite that, 66% of senior managers and 84% of frontline employees say they can't name or don’t understand the company goals. It sounds like something that needs to be fixed and Irial is here to help.

In the age of video conferencing, the face is all we have to go on and that's only if they turn their cameras on! Are you good at reading the faces of the people you meet? What is the story that your face tells? My guest this month on the Good Boss Bad Boss Podcast is Joseph McGuire who is a facial profiler. With over thirty years' experience in reading people's faces, Joseph has developed an unusual skill that is very applicable in the business world. By reading the shape, lines, features and size of a face Joseph can provide a precise and detailed analysis of a person's behaviour, personality, and a host of other insights. Tune in and you will get to hear Joseph read my face too! I was blown away by how accurate he was. Listen, learn and enjoy!