Leadership Shenanigans

Gaslighting was the most searched term on Google in 2022 even though the term has been around since the 1930’s it appears to become the new ‘it’ word.  Gaslighting is when one person manipulates another to make them question reality.  In the episode learn about who are the instigators and victims and how to protect yourself of workplace bullies who use gaslighting. Enjoy!

Episode Links:

Very Well Mind – What is Gaslighting - https://www.verywellmind.com/is-someone-gaslighting-you-4147470

Fingerprint for Success – 10 sneaky signs of gaslighting at work (and how to stop it) - https://www.fingerprintforsuccess.com/blog/gaslighting-at-work

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We all have toxic people in our lives who we wish would find someone else to torment.  But what if the person you find exhaustedly emotionally draining is at work.  How do you know they are toxic?, Why are they being such a self-esteem vampire? And what can you do to combat their impact on you? Learn all this and more. Cause lets face it, humans are complicated!

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In July 2022, I presented at the WorkSafe Tasmania Conference, Safe Minds, Safe Bodies. This is the audio recording of my presentation, Enjoy!

Workplace culture can make or break the mental health and well-being of employees. One of the key impacts on culture can be individual interactions in the office, at the warehouse or around the water cooler if respect and empathy are missing.

This presentation will provide an overview of emotional bullying in the workplace and how these impacts on the productivity, culture, and the bottom line. Attendees will understand what to look for and how to mitigate the risks associated with bullying in the workplace, how to improve workplace well-being and where to seek assistance as an employee, a manager or an organisation.

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R E S P E C T .... it can sometimes be hard to get as a leader.  In this episode you will learn about how to give and receive respect as a leader.  You will be learn 5 key ways to gain respect from your employees as well as how to develop an understanding of why someone might be disrespectful. 

Enjoy

Fiona :) 

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I can't believe its nearly been 2 years since I last recorded a podcast, why? Because I have been procrastinating.

I could give you a million excuses but what it comes down to is a list of poor excuses. 

Episode #7 will discuss procrastination and a few strategies for over coming putting things off for another day, so like me you don't get 2 years down the track and still not done anything on your to do list. 

Enjoy

Fiona :) 

Links

Tim Urban - Inside the mind of a master procrastinator - TED Talk

https://youtu.be/arj7oStGLkU

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A deadly virus is a psychopath’s dream and although non-criminal psychopaths known as primary psychopaths or successful psychopaths are not normally killers they could essentially become secret killers in a pandemic.

In the workplace, a psychopath may use this time to carelessly put staff in danger. They may appear to be abiding by the rules giving out hand sanitizer or expecting you to bring your own yet not using it themselves believing they are invincible or sadistically hoping they will contract the virus enabling them to spread it around licking your favorite pen when your away from your desk or coughing uncontrollably on your mouse.

This episode discusses psychopaths in the workplace during a pandemic and how they can thrive in an environment of fear and use the pandemic as another tool to manipulate and be crawl to employees and others.

Links

Coronavirus: ‘The future has come roaring at us and it feels as if it doesn’t like us’: Nikki Gemmell – The Australian

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/weekend-australian-magazine/coronavirus-the-future-has-come-roaring-at-us-and-it-feels-as-if-it-doesnt-like-us/news-story/ecacd0b85fbad8f876a53b1328a0fa27

Coronavirus: Japanese man dies after going to bar to spread virus: Natalie Brown

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/coronavirus-japanese-man-dies-after-going-to-bar-to-spread-virus/news-story/5a826d923a810d9a0dda604ba1a2b670#.li1di

 JobKeeper: Dodgy bosses ripping off workers over coronavirus – Samantha Maiden – 16th April 2020

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/jobkeeper-dodgy-bosses-ripping-off-workers-over-coronavirus/news-story/2adcdec26b68d693061c9f6f910faba4

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Followership is an important component of leadership not often spoken about. Without followers, you are not a leader and without leaders, followers have no one to ... well, follow.  In this podcast, I draw on pop culture and social media influences to better understand the importance and psychology behind followership.  I, unfortunately, keep calling it "followship" instead of the current term "followership" so you will have to bear with this error as it became a bit of a tongue twister for me. Enjoy! Fiona x

Below are some useful links:

Why Followership is now more important than Leadership? Forbes Magazine January 2016, Rob Asghar – Leadership Strategist  https://www.forbes.com/sites/robasghar/2016/01/17/why-followership-is-now-more-important-than-leadership/#77b194795d64

Are you a leader or a follower? Travis Bradberry – Author, Talent Smart, Entrepreneur Asia Pacific, 16 July 2015 https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/248293

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Demonstrating the value of a community support organisations (CSOs), can be challenging.  Measuring community impact and client outcomes beyond “numbers through the door” can provide an understanding of the value of CSOs to consumers, the public and Government. 

One way in which outcomes can be measured is through considering the value provided by a service to the public.  Public value (PV) is a framework which has been used as a vessel for understanding the activities of Government and clarifying policy and service delivery (O'Flynn, 2007).  In essence, “public value creation is the process of adding value to public sector organisations through the exercising of increased managerial autonomy” (Grant et al., 2014, p.18). 

The value provided by CSOs could potentially be evaluated with this same framework which has previously served as a structure for health care improvement (Porter, 2010) to benefit all key stakeholders including individual consumers, organisations and Government.  Government is typically responsible for creating an environment and resources to provide PV, while the organisation generates the social impact within the environment (Alford & Hughes, 2008). 

Commonly PV has only been used as a governance tool for performance measurement (Alford & O'Flynn, 2009) and to determine decisions about budgets, policies and laws (Chapman, 2005), however, it is proposed that PV can be used to facilitate mutually beneficial partnerships and collaboration between Government and CSOs.  The PV Framework has primarily been used in the public sector and to date there has been little application of the concept of PV to CSOs. 

The PV Framework encourages managers to seek out opportunities for change that can increase value for money and improve services to the public within current resources (Moore, 2013).  By understanding what the public need and providing services to fill any identified gaps PV is created; building trust between the community and Government or CSOs.  Trust is at the centre of PV and fulfils the desire for freedom and security and the need for flexibility and control (Talbot, 2008).

This research project suggests that the concept of PV can be applied to CSOs as a tool for evaluating services and as a vessel for understanding the broader value these services provide beyond the services delivered.  PV could be used as a quality improvement framework to provide increased service efficiency and quality, better outcomes for consumers and communities, and greater consumer confidence in Government health investments.  This presentation will explore the potential use of PV by CSOs in the contemporary Australian social environment and seek feedback on whether a generic or specific service approach would be most useful when applying the PV framework in the private sector. 

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In Episode 3, Fiona discusses the traits of workplace psychopaths as well as what organisations can do to ensure they do not promote these individuals to leadership roles, where they can do the most damage.  "The wisdom of psychopaths" by Kevin Dutton is the prompt for this episode and recommended as a great read for people interested in this area. 

Fiona

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Episode #2

Episode two covers the topic of becoming a manager and what to expect from this experience and also what things you should consider before moving up in your career.  I talk about my experiences of management and the things I failed to consider when I moved in to a high level role.  Hope this provides some food for thought. Enjoy!

Anne even joins in on the chat this time - meowww

Fiona & Annie

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