Have you ever been the subject of a redundancy? has it happened more than once?

This week Fulyana takes us through a case study about redundancy. Kim shares some of her insights in this area with both personal and professional suggestions for managing yourself and the situation.

If you have your own redundancy story you would like to share with our listeners, please drop us a line.

To some of you this title will seem contradictory. How can complaining be successful?

This week Kim and Fulyana look at how to approach the complaint process and whether a pro-active or reactive approach is more successful.

Do you “delegate”? Is it successful?

In this week’s podcast, Kim and Fulyana explore a different way of approaching what we have been conditioned to think of as “delegation”.

Can a new approach build you a better team and still get all the tasks done?

This week we continue our Case Study about managing both a team and yourself in an environment of organisational change.

How do you create a “safe” environment to allow new approaches during this time?

If you haven’t yet listened to Part 1 of this Case Study, here is the link

Case Study – Managing In An Environment of Change – Part 1

Most of us have been in a team, either as a member or leader, when an organisation is undergoing massive change.

What is the best way to negotiate the range of emotions in the team as well as keeping focus on the tasks at hand?

This week Fulyana works through a recent case study to share the approach taken by one of her colleagues. In Part 2 (next time) we hear how this approach worked and further developments of the situation.

For some of you having the words Christmas and Mental Wellbeing in the same vicinity will be a challenge!

This week Fulyana and Kim reflect on what makes them “feel good” at this time of year and relate some stories where random acts of kindness have made a difference in their own lives.

Kim and Fulyana discuss how to assess on your own performance by using the L-O-R-E technique.

No, it’s not storytelling or a popular tv show, as we find out from Fulyana when she shares a case study.

See if it will work for you!

L – listening

O – observing

R – reflecting

E – engaging

Have you ever been given feedback during a performance review indicating you should be more confident? What does that mean? How can you measure it?

This week Kim and Fulyana answer a question posed by a listener about how to be more confident.

Do you need to know this too?

What is your reaction when someone confronts you with negative feedback on your performance or your team? Not during a review or performance assessment but out of the blue?

This week Kim discusses with Fulyana a recent incident where she was given unexpected negative feedback in an open environment (not an office). Together they explore how Kim handled the interaction and her reactions with Fulyana relaying what she has learned about the methods she uses in these situations.

Further down are the links to Ben Baker’s podcasts Kim mentions in this episode.

Ben Baker Part 1

Ben Baker Part 2

How long is it since your last break from work? How long did you take to leave work behind and concentrate on having a “holiday”?

Many senior executives have built a work pattern that does not allow for a break – career building, consolidating positions and industry upheavals are always looming, so we convince ourselves we can keep working, we don’t need time off.

Kim and Fulyana explore how to actually have some time off and what you should NOT do during that time.