Impactful Authenticity

Today we welcome Darby Vannier on the show. Darby has over 20 years of experience, as a seasoned leader adept at building and growing organisations. 

As President & CEO of Indispensable Leadership Group, he excels as an executive coach, consultant, speaker, and fractional COO, focusing on strategic and leadership development. 

Darby built his career on the philosophy that developing the right people is the key to success. Which is something we are absolutely going to dig into more. He is also the author of The Indispensable Leader: How to Use Your Inner Manager and Visionary to Achieve Leadership Success

What you’ll hear about:

• Making the right decisions not the easy decisions
• Using data to back-up your decisions
• Communication and education
• Balancing holding back and speaking your truth
• Owning your mistakes
• Understanding our impact on others as leaders
• Enabling spaces for people to be authentic
• Finding your best manager and visionary characteristics
• Understanding we all have an impact in our organisations
• Informal leadership
• Be Kind

Weekly Challenge : What are those moments you may have seen as insignificant which may be huge to someone you interacted with

Power of Music : Any Caribbean style music

Links:

Darby’s LinkedIN

Indispensable Leadership Group Website

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Today you’ll hear about 5 different books. From our last four guests on the podcast : Kristin Demoranville, Jack Leigh, Bernadette Smith, Kate Galli

You’ll have to listen to match the book to the person :) 

What you’ll hear about:

• The Big Leap by Gay Hendrix
• Throne of Glass series by Sara J Maas
• The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams 
• Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
• The World Peace Diet by Will Tuttle 

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Today we welcome Kate Galli on the show. Kate is a health coach and author. She is relentlessly focused on creating a healthy, happy, compassionate world. She specialises in creating the Mindset that makes your best eating and exercising choices simple and sustainable. She also hosts the The Healthification Podcast. 

What you’ll hear about:

• Walk the talk
• Align a goal with a value
• Meet people where they are in any advocacy work
• Censoring yourself all the time
• Lead with delicious food
• The importance of mindset
• Reframing words towards positive
• Overcoming overwhelm
• Lower the bar to raise your chance of success
• How’s that working for you? 
• How to increase self-care
• Use your beliefs and values as a filter 
• Filter the people you spend time with
• The pleasure of taking action
• Back yourself

Weekly Challenge : Elicit your personal values and link it to your goals and ambitions

Power of Music : The logical song by Supertramp

Links:

Kate’s LinkedIN

Strong Body Green Planet Website

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Today we chat to Bernadette Smith. Bernadette is a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Speaker and is also a Bestselling Author. Her 4th book, Inclusive 360: Proven Solutions for an Equitable Organization was an instant bestseller. 

For over 10 years, Bernadette has spoken to thousands of enthusiastic business leaders and her expertise has been sought after by the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Fast Company. She’s appeared on the Today Show, the BBC, National Public Radio, CNN and more. 

Bernadette is the host of her own weekly podcast, 5 Things In 15 Minutes: Bringing Good Vibes to DEI. 

What you’ll hear about:

• Appreciating where you are 
• Being true to what you love
• Finding connection in your work
• Knowing your boundaries  
• Identity crisis
• Impact and financially viable
• Journey of self-love and self-worth
• Know your personal story Why is DEI personally important to you
• Know the data!
• It’s not enough just to train and recruit to hit your DEI ambitions
• Moving out of your comfort zone
• Intention is required and taking accountability
• Measuring metrics that matter
• Using the ARC method to help you speak up for yourself and others

Weekly Challenge : Follow the ARC method - Ask, Respect, Connect

Power of Music : Traditional Irish pub songs – The Wild Rover 

Links:

Bernadette’s LinkedIN

Bernadette’s Website

The ARC Method

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Today we chatted with Jack Leigh. Jack has been working in the video production industry for 12 years, involved in a variety of projects, from high-end film and TV productions like 'Fast and Furious 6', 'Peaky Blinders', and 'Last Tango in Halifax', to directing documentaries around the world in Africa, the US, and even the Arctic. For the last seven years, Jack has been leading a production company called Eight Engines, which produces commercial and marketing films, as well as broadcast and arts work.

One of the specialities of EIght engines is working with interviewees, especially those who have experienced intense trauma, to help them appear relaxed and authentic on camera. Since speaking on camera can be very challenging for our interviewees, Eight Engines devote significant time to coaching them, ensuring their authenticity throughout the process.

What you’ll hear about:

• Learnings from having worked in a blame culture
• The challenges of freelance working
• Knowing what environments allow your authenticity to shine
• Empathy versus detachment
• Creating impactful stories
• Giving people the space to talk and you just listen
• Growing confidence on video
• Get good at editing
• Tips to showing authenticity on screen
• Focus on having a conversation versus reading a script
• Don’t worry about the quality, concentrate on the content
• Give yourself the chance to make mistakes and don’t panic
• Finding an engaging and creative way for any topic
• Understanding what you client and their customers want
• How to influence 

Weekly Challenge : Book an hour long call to record some content and see how many one minute videos you can make from it 

Power of Music : American Pie by Don Maclean

Links:

Website: https://www.eightengines.com/

Jack’s linkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackleigh/

Rich is the Life: https://vimeo.com/270342907?share=copy

PolyPipe: https://www.eightengines.com/case-studies/polypipe-a-question-of-regs

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Kristin Demoranville is the visionary Founder and CEO of AnzenSage, a cybersecurity firm focused on the food industry.  With a quarter-century in the tech sector, Kristin is pioneering a transformative approach by intertwining cybersecurity and food protection culture.  She challenges conventional tech boundaries by centering her philosophy on the pivotal role of people and processes.  

Her collaborations with Fortune 500 powerhouses and an academic background in Environmental Management equip her with a holistic perspective that allows her to make unique connections between people, processes, and technology.  A recognized figure in leading publications and a coveted speaker at various events, Kristin stands as a bridge between food protection and cybersecurity.  

Beyond her corporate feats, she's the charismatic host of the "Bites & Bytes Podcast," fostering enlightening dialogues between food and cybersecurity professionals.

What you’ll hear about:

• Taking brave steps
• The importance of common sense
• Reacting to expectations and negative feedback
• Hiding yourself within a protection cocoon
• Self-analysis
• Embracing who I am or Do I shrink
• Using feminine power as a mask
• Stepping into the role of a CEO
• Mentoring the next generation
• Finding your voice 
• Getting the right people around you
• Don’t ask for my opinion if you don’t want it!
• Diverse opinions increases security
• Advocate for yourself
• Belonging
• The Bites & Bytes podcast

Weekly Challenge : Be present. Be curious about why people & yourself react in certain ways

Power of Music : The Journey by H.E.R

Links:

Kristin’s LinkedIN

AnzenSage

Bites and Bytes podcast (website) also available on your favourite streaming platforms

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Today you’ll hear about 5 different books. From our last four guests on the podcast : Michael Ostland, Genevieve Piturro, Bill Benjamin, Jenn Cordz 

You’ll have to listen to match the book to the person :) 

What you’ll hear about:

• J. P. Pawliw-Fry - Performing Under Pressure
• Heinrich Boll - An Anecdote Concerning the Lowering of Productivity 
• Ed Mylett - The power of one more
• Emily Frisella - Relationships first
• Napoleon Hill - Think and Grow Rich

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This week I share an insightful conversation I had with Ryan Hamilton. 

Ryan is the creator and founder of the wine experience which has been going for over 12 years and in 2022 he founded Universimm which is an Entertainment app that focuses on hyper-relevant content, like-minded engagement & better social connections! 

Universimm is a tale of the underdogs who dared to challenge the titans of social media with an opposing business model. Their ultimate goal is to revolutionise a new market segment creating big disruption in this space! 

What you’ll hear about:

• Ryan’s entrepreneurial journey
• Discovering purpose and values unlocked his authenticity
• The need for self-reflection
• Being open to vulnerability
• Embracing imperfection
• Going the extra mile & being proactive
• Know your boundaries
• Finding the courage to be yourself
• Journey of self-discovery
• Social authenticity
• Overcoming fear
• Take that first step

Weekly Challenge : Set some boundaries this week. Grow in confidence saying No.

Power of Music : Love you ‘till the end by The Pogues and Eye of the Tiger by Survivor

Links:

Ryan’s LinkedIN

Universimm website

Universimm Instagram

You can download the UNIVERSIMM app via your app store. 

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This week I share an insightful conversation I had with Bill Benjamin on the show. Bill is a partner at the Institute for Health & Human Potential, who are global leaders in delivering Culture and Emotional Intelligence training.

Bill is a mathematician & computer scientist who learnt the power of managing emotions while he was in the tech industry. He is known for his honesty about the struggles he had early in his career as a leader.

His degrees in mathematics and computer science lead him to take a practical and scientific approach to helping people understand how the brain responds under pressure, and to leverage that to increase leadership and performance. 

Bill has over 30 years of business experience and has provided his expertise on performance and leadership with diverse groups in many high-pressure environments, including the U.S. Marines, NASA, Intel and Amazon

What you’ll hear about:

• Being your best & speaking your truth in your last 8% moments 
• Managing your emotions
• Growing comfortable with stepping into the difficult moments
• Authenticity is the number 1 ranked competency for emotional intelligence
• Build up self-awareness practices
• Understanding your emotional responses 
• People remember how you show up in those critical moments
• How memories are stored in your memory
• The importance of connection and courage within culture
• Knowing your emotional triggers and finding ways to manage them where possible
• Having agency around your emotions
• Your initial imprints are made by the age of 5
• You’re not alone. We all struggle

Weekly Challenge : Listen to the video and see where you start dropping markers to start your journey of awareness.

Power of Music : Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin

Links:

Bill’s LinkedIN

Bill’s video on understanding your emotional responses

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This week I share an insightful conversation I had with Jenn Cordz. Jenn is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Avnir.

Jenn is leading the digital transformation of two decades of professional services methodology into a Generative AI-enabled platform to digitize strategic relationship identification, nurturing, development, and capitalization.

She currently serves on two non-profit Boards, lending her expertise to various environmental and sustainability initiatives. Jenn is also a member of the United States Women's Fly Fishing team.

What you’ll hear about:

• Finding what your passionate about 
• Sticking up for your core values
• Continually re-evaluating whether your core values align with who you are today
• Asking questions with the intent of learning
• Being confident in being a beginner and not looking bad
• The exponential learning curve working in a start-up company
• The importance of holding your space 
• Rely on your skills & be undeniable at what you do
• You don’t have to be the smartest in the room, but you need to contribute in a valuable way
• Find your allies
• Leadership is not an inherent trait
• Paying attention to the fundamentals when it comes to leadership 
• Continual feedback loops & maintaining your curiosity
• Pay attention to the things not being said or opportunities not being offered
• Asking good questions if you want good answers
• Invest in others and yourself
• The importance of continual learning

Weekly Challenge : Create a time in your calendar (10-30 mins) to improve your own self-growth 

Power of Music : Perfect by P!NK

Links:

Jenn’s LinkedIN

Jenn’s webpage with Anvir

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