Me: Have you ever disagreed with a colleague at work?

You: YES

Me: Did you try to correct your colleague's perceptions, lecturing him/her about why you’re right and why they’re wrong?

You: YES

Me: And?

You: It made it worse

I am delighted to be joined by @David Barrett this week in my latest episode of #leadingthecoachingchange podcast to discuss how to resolve conflict with mediation

David shares his philosophy on what successful mediation is about. He explains

✔️ Why arguing can be valuable

✔️ What the three common points between coaching and mediation are

✔️ The five types of courage in mediation

✔️ The two techniques to manage differences of opinions

✔️ Why it is easier to do online mediation

My favourite quote from this episode:

💬 “Every effective communication is an opportunity to build trust”

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Welcome to the 69th episode of my latest podcast #Leadingthecoachingchange.

You may know that 2 weeks ago I qualified civil, commercial and workplace mediator. It makes sense to start talking more about the power of meditation in my podcast. So for this week's podcast, I invited David Liddle as my guest of honour. David is the director and CEO of TMC. David and I got into a 45-minutes conversation about the power of mediation.   

If you want to listen to someone who truly loves what he is doing in his working life, then listen to how David talks passionately about mediation. 

David says:

• Dissonance and lack of clarity are the major antecedents of conflict
• One of the beauties of mediation is an opportunity for insight growth and learning

In our conversation, David and I 

⭐️ explored what mediation really is

⭐️ delve into how to manage the difference of opinions

⭐️ examined the future of mediation in the UK and globally?

⭐️ discussed the courageous conversations that disruptive leaders are having

We referred to Marshall Rosenberg and non-violent communication, Sidney Dekker and Daniel Goleman. 

My favourite quote from this episode:

💬  “We're not taking those moments to stop to check-in and to check me,  am I feeling as well?"

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Are you a Talent Development Specialist who is considering buying my ONLINE LICENSED TRAINING programme on 'Managing Difficult Conversations' but not sure whether it’s right for your organisation? If so you probably have a lot of questions to ask me.  🥇 What kind of results can we expect when we buy the online LICENSED training programme (and how quickly)? 🤔 What exactly is included/not included in the online licensed training programme and how does it work?

🤔What’s the hot seat?

🤔 Who can help me if I am stuck? 🤷‍♀️ Is the programme suitable for an HR/ER professional, Junior, Middle and Senior Managers? ⏰ How much time we will need to spend on each module of the online licensed training programme if we decide to buy them separately? 💰 And how much does it cost? If that sounds familiar then listen to this special BONUS podcast episode where I'm explaining everything you need to know about my online licensed training programme. I'll even talk you through the results that my clients have had so far 🥇. 

This training programme is no longer available but if you are curious about how can help leverage your leadership strengths, please visit my website.

IN A WORLD WHERE YOU CAN BE ANYTHING - BE YOURSELF!

My guest this week is Jo Soley. As a Business Coach, Jo shows you how to harness the power of the energies of Numerology to elevate your business success. 

I first heard about Jo when she was invited to a Podcast with Janet Murray, back in January 2020 and I got curious! I had 2 urgent questions:

1. Why did I need to understand my numbers (based on my date of birth) to elevate my business success when I'd never used those numbers before and was doing quite well so far?
2. How could the day I was born affect my life, work and career?

I hesitated in inviting Jo on my podcast because It’s not the kind of podcast interview I normally do and I knew that potentially we could have a difficult conversation on Zoom because, for a start, I did not believe in numerology.

In this podcast episode of #Leadingthecoachingchange, Jo reminds us that 'Numerology is as old as the hills. Emperor Nero is associated with it. The Egyptians used in the Hieroglyphics. The Ancient Greeks used it. Pythagoras referenced it in terms of the religion of numbers. Music uses Numerology with strings and tones.' 

Jo introduces us to Bizology and says:

- We are all unique - we are meant to be. We can do things and act in a way that no-one else can do

- Be yourself because everyone else is taken

- Today I will do what others won't. So tomorrow I can do what others can't

- There's a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally

- Ultimately our success is down to us

Jo and I talked about

• What Numerology is and isn't
• How to use Numerology in business
• How to move forward our business (there are better times and easier times to do things)
• How we can't go go go all the times - it's impossible

 My favourite quote from this episode:

"I'm saying keep your seatbelts on to the end of the year, stay in your lane with regards to your numeric energies, concentrate on the personal year you're in, do what you have to do until the end of the year. So I'm saying kind of ride it out, energetically'.

If you are concerned that the difficult conversations that your leaders need to have are being compromised by remote working – then you need to speak to me!  Email me today at [email protected].

If you are curious about how can help leverage your leadership strengths, please visit my website.

Welcome to the 65th episode of my latest podcast #Leadingthecoachingchange.

I’ve invited Fay Wallis who is a Career Coach, an Executive Coach and Outplacement Specialist. I met Fay when I was a member of Janet Murray’s community 4 years ago. What I really like about Fay is her authenticity, her sense of perfection, her professionalism and her positivity.

Be not mistaken, the next few months and years are going to be not only challenging but uncertain because of the ongoing economic impact from Coronavirus around the world. In this episode, Fay and I are going to share with you how she is supporting employees and HR professionals with redeployment and redundancies.

Fay says:

• Some of the most difficult conversations HR professionals have is around redundancies
• It’s hard to deliver bad news. How do you do that?
• It’s ok to feel upset or confused or angry
• As a Career Coach, you’ve got to be able to make that call and decided when it might actually be more helpful for that client to be offered counselling.

Fay and I together, we

- explore how we can best help people when their role is being made redundant

- share strategic steps that people can take to find a job as there are jobs available.

- examine what the ‘survivor syndrome is’ and how you can best navigate it

- discuss the courageous conversations that HR professionals are having

And if want to know the ONE tool that you should be using if you are writing up your CV or a letter of application, Fay reveals it all.

My favourite quote from this episode:

💬 “This time is yours: what do you want to use it for”.

Fay and I have put together a list of professional bodies to help you:

• CIPD: for HR professionals
• ACCA: for Accountancy professionals
• CIM: for Marketing professionals
• CMI:Chartered Management Institute – for anyone in a management or leadership role
• A full list of professional bodies can be found at this site:https://www.ukecc-services.net/ukpbata.cfm

Fay’s website at https://www.brightskycareercoaching.co.uk/

If you are concerned that the difficult conversations that your employees need to have are being compromised by remote working – then you need to speak to me!  Email me today at [email protected].

If you are curious about how can help leverage your leadership strengths, please visit my website.

"I have a concern because we live in a racist society and within institutionally racist institutions, that minority communities have a difficult challenge to be able to live their lives" says Rotimi Akinsete.

"How can I do better as a human? How can I do better as a woman? How can I do better as a white woman?" says Nadine Powrie

I am delighted to be join by Rotimi Akinsete, Associate Dean Of Students at University of the Arts London, in my 64th episode of #leadingthecoachingchange podcast to discuss racial equality.

We discussed

✔️ The importance of doing what we say we're going to do

✔️ What we are prepared to do about making the necessary changes

✔️ What discriminations we need to eradicate in the world

My favourite quote from this episode:

💬 “We can think about being part of solution, or we can continue to be part of the problem”

As an Executive and Leadership Coach, I enable leaders to influence change faster through the power of conversations.

If you are curious about how can help leverage your leadership strengths, please visit my website.

Do you remember when I talked about Disruptive Leadership with Simon Harmer ‘Zig when everyone zags’ in my podcast?

Louise Hall, Director of HR and OD at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust commented on Linkedin that 'It’s easier to do this when you are a senior leader'. Well, I invited Louise Hall on my latest episode of #leadingthecoachingchange podcast to discuss transformational leadership and she immediately accepted. I love that! 

Louise and I talked about

- The importance of doing the right thing

-  How relationships can shape the transformation

-  What the best teams look like

-   How not to become the leader that you don't want to be

My favourite quote from this episode:

💬  “As you get more senior, it’s easier to challenge the status quo. There is an acceptance, whether it’s right or wrong, because of the position you’re in, that you can do what you think is right, as opposed to just do what the policies or standards of ways of doing things is’

As an Executive and Leadership Coach, I enable leaders to influence change faster through the power of conversations. 

If you are curious about how can help leverage your leadership strengths, please visit my website.

"I'm writing to encourage us to look at what we can do because it's so easy to become despondent and to really feed defeated. How can I make the world a better place with my actions" says Leisa Grace Wilson

"How can I do better as a human? How can I do better as a woman? How can I do better as a white woman?" says Nadine Powrie

I am delighted to be join by Leisa Grace Wilson in one of my episodes of #leadingthecoachingchange podcast to discuss racial equality.

We discussed

✔️ How we can make a difference through our actions

✔️ The types of questions that we need to eradicate in our daily conversations

✔️ How to analyze problems from a broader perspective and challenge established ways of thinking

My favourite quote from this episode:

💬 “You're not going to get rid of ideological thinking and white supremacy by marching through the streets”

As an Executive and Leadership Coach, I enable leaders to influence change faster through the power of conversations. 

If you are curious about how can help leverage your leadership strengths, please visit my website.

Apparently, to be the most interesting person in the room, you need to be confident, smile and have things to talk about. Do that and people will be intrigued by you. That’s what people say!

To be the most interesting person in the room, be disruptive. That’s what I'd say.  

Explore the power of conversations. Light the fire and sit in it. See the process unfold and work with it. How do you notice the disruption in the room?

Give yourself permission to ask 3 questions. Keep asking those questions.

1 of them you must ask 5 times (at least)

Guaranteed results...

I challenge you to try!

My favourite quotes from this episode:

💬 “What genius do you bring to your organisation?”

💬 “What is the level of safety here”?

I enable leaders to influence change faster through the power of conversations. 

If you are curious about how can help leverage your leadership strengths, please visit my website.