Leadership On The Run

If back to back Zoom meetings, constant updates through MS Teams and SMS messages from work buzzing for your attention during the night sounds familiar, than its time to listen up and find out how to manage the boundaries between work and play.

Virtual presentation nerves are mostly focussed on two things: how to deliver the best presentation ever and how to engage the audience and keep them engaged throughout. In this episode of leadership on the run Jeanine and Paul highlight the special considerations required to make your virtual presentation a hit.

Get all the necessary tips for presenting virtually.

Leaders are currently grappling with how to sustain team engagement, development, and productivity in the hybrid work environment.

In this episode Jeanine and Paul discuss the action points for leaders in hybrid work environments that create meaning and engage their employees. They provide practical examples of how successful leaders are meeting the hybrid work environment challenges using technology and communication skills and reveal 3 major communication skills a hybrid leader will need in their toolkit to lead effectively in a hybrid work environment.

What is your networking style - learner, seeker or conduit?

In this episode of Leadership on the run Jeanine Browne and Paul Saunders are joined by two experts in networking.

Discover your style and how to maximise your networking experiences.

Building on a previous episode where we discussed the style of your conflict resolution communications this episode looks at how to identify and manage the real sources of workplace conflict. Jeanine and Paul talk you through Christopher Moore's CIrcle of Conflict and provide tips on how to use it when managing conflict in your workplace.

From house to hotel – car to taxi!

Airbnb & uber are examples of companies that disrupted industries. This led (forced) others to change and a whole new ball game for change managers was created…its called change leadership.

Organisations are seeking to transform and according to Anderson & Ackerman Anderson (2009) leaders need to understand and embrace change leadership.

In this episode, Paul and Jeanine are exercising in their home office as Covid-19 impacts their globetrotting for a time…and apparently their ability to articulate the word ‘authentications’!!!!

Using Lewis-Parkers transition curve (1981) as a framework they explore three types of changes individuals encounter on a regular basis, how to use the model to your advantage to make personal change and the four choices you have when placed in an untenable situation.

Today Jeanine and Paul provide answers for that universal question….how do I stop worrying about work?

Listen as they explain the neurological mechanisms involved in worrying and how to change the worry pathways in your brain so you can become worry free.

They draw inspiration from articles by Psychologists (Trevnor,2003) ( Ottavani 2013) and (Joorman 2006) HR practitioners, Psychology magazine journalists and provide work examples from their own experiences working with corporations, government bodies and private businesses.

This episode commences with Jeanine relaying inspiration she received from an article on her LinkedIn feed.

Are you using the 'dark side of the force' to influence others? Defaulting to avoidance, manipulation, intimidation or threatening behaviour when you need to influence someone?

If this sounds familiar, you're gong to want to listen to this episode to uncover how much more effective you will be when you use three of the most effective influencing tactics. Jeanine and Paul discuss the research of psychologists Yukl and Terry Bacon (2011) and provide practical steps on how to use a combination of approaches to enhance the way you influence others.

Being an effective critical thinker and a strategic decision maker are vital skills for leaders – especially during a crisis. Some crisis impact the life’s of you, your team or the broader community, like Covid-19. Others, like a company merger, might impact the psychological wellbeing of you, your team and your stakeholders. Regardless of the type of crisis or its size, positive leadership is about ensuring you create a means for the business to survive and a psychological safety net for your people.