In this episode we share some of the research - our own and others - about the challenges women who lead face in the workplace.

The lived experiences of men and women at work are significantly different. Despite being aware of the gap, organisations are still a long way from closing it. Many organisational techniques have focused on mending the women rather than the organisation, encouraging them to be more demanding, to lean in, to be more like men.

Despite the obstacles, there are women in these institutions who are thriving.

What we think you'll find interesting is the differences in the language used in the conversations from our own research and the language that social media platforms and business publications use.

We also share more about Broughton Sanctuary, our own backgrounds and examples of the work we have done and the work were planning to do there in April 2024.

You can watch the video version of the podcast here (highly recommended) or download it from wherever you usually get your podcasts from.

We love to receive your questions and answer them on each subsequent episode. To ask your question, please leave us a voice message here

In this episode we share some of the research - our own and others - about the challenges women who lead face in the workplace.

What we think you may find interesting is the differences in the language used in the conversations from our own research and the language that social media platforms and business publications use.

We also share more about Broughton Sanctuary, our own backgrounds and examples of the work we have done with women who lead.

We also begin to share more about the work were planning to do there in April 2024.

Find more our about Asha's work here and find out more about Paul's work here.

Welcome to the launch episode of The Pocket Dojō podcast.

The practical steps needed to cut the real, invisible business costs of not working well together requires leaders and teams to improve how they lead themselves and each other.

Leadership is a set of skills that can be learned and practiced and a dojō is simply a place to learn and practice how we learn how to lead ourselves and each other better.

The Pocket Dojō is a place to learn and practice the skills needed to: - have better conversations - ask better questions - create better connections with your peers and colleagues to solve your business problems.

Every time you choose to do one or more of these things, one or more invisible costs within your business is cut and often cut significantly.

In this podcast our intention is to share what these individuals and collectives have learned and how they apply these lessons in their businesses.

We'll bring you interviews, panel discussions and tools that help you develop your own individual and collective practices to improve the financial prosperity of your business and how everyone works together.

You’ll find the video version on our You Tube channel which will build step by step each week with interviews, panels as well as sharing some of the content we teach in our workshops and retreats that aim to enable participants to build leadership capacity and practices for our current times.

We’re just getting started on and looking forward to our 5 year journey to becoming an overnight success. Thanks for listening/watching.

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If you’d like to join in the conversation and shape the direction of conversation in future episodes, please consider asking a question by leaving us a voicemail on our voicemail page here.

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Thank you for choose to step on to the mat for the first time. The Pocket Dojō is a place where we build our capacity and capabilities to lead ourselves and each other.

Whilst most would agree that by most measures there is a disconnect between what is taught about leadership and how it is actually applied. Set against that are exemplars of how leadership practice has successfully evolved to achieve a new standards and apply new approaches.

In this podcast our intention is to share what these individuals and collectives have learned and how they apply this in their day to day lives. We'll bring you interviews, panel discussions and tools that help you develop your own individual and collective practices.

In addition, we'd like to invite you to help shape the conversation. You can ask us a question by leaving us a voice message and we'll answer it in next episode.

Ask a question by following this link.

Note: The tool we use to record questions works with the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox on Android devices. It also now works with IOS and Safari too.

Consider finding out more about our ideas and the work we're doing at The Pocket Dojō on Substack and Learning Through Doing.

Thanks for listening!