< 36:30 >

This episode we're turning the mic around for a reverse interview with Nina Sunday by Pip Savaris, one of Nina's inhouse assistants.

Talking points include:

- Best practice for leading online team meetings

- Pro tips to look and sound professional

- Tools and functions that make the presentation engaging and interactive

- What leaders should NEVER do in a meeting 

Nina Sunday says,

'A manager needs to become competent with all the bells and whistles of their platform, whether MS Teams, Zoom, GoToMeeting, Webex, etc. I've used all these platforms, and in this session I'll discuss equipment and setup relevant to all online presenting, while including advanced tips for engagement.'

Certified Virtual Presenter, Nina Sunday (CSP, BA, Dip Ed), is an international virtual presenter and face-to-face workshop leader in Australia on productivity, communication and workplace culture.

Producer of the business podcast, Manage Self, Lead Others Nina Sunday interviews key experts in self-leadership and leading others, highlighting emerging trends since COVID.

Her book, ‘Workplace Wisdom for 9 to thrive; Proven Tactics and Hacks to Get Ahead in Today’s Workplace’ is a selection of the C-Suite Network Book Club.

Founder and Managing Director of training company, Brainpower Training Pty Ltd, www.BrainpowerTraining.com.au, she leads a team of Facilitators Australia-wide.

Video version can be viewed here: https://www.brainpowertraining.com/Q&A-10-zoom-tips

Invite Nina Sunday as a virtual speaker for your conference globally, or in-person in Australia, or to lead a one-day workshop or series. Visit https://ninasunday.com or https://www.brainpowertraining.com.au/signature-programs/

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< 29:01 >

David McIvor Ph.D., author of 'Working From Home Safety Handbook', published 2018 explores traps and pitfalls associated with working from home and offers suggestions on how to avoid them.

Talking points include:

- Ergonomics of the home office

- Safety and Security of the home workplace

- Setting boundaries: claiming ‘My Space’ and ‘My Time’

- Psychological safety and avoiding psychosocial hazards

- Accepting the new normal, adapting and appreciating the benefits. 

DR DAVID MCIVOR Ph.D. is an Australian workplace health and safety consultant and trainer with over 30 years’ experience. A Chartered OHS Professional with the Australian Institute of Health and Safety, David is a Member of the Ergonomics Society of Australia, a Professional Member of Professional Speakers Australia and an Inaugural Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Link to the free checklists: https://worksafety.safechkout.net/wfh-downloads

To get a copy of Dr. McIvor's book: http://www.worksafetyathome.com.au/

Video version can be viewed here: https://www.brainpowertraining.com/q-a-11-david-mcivor-1

About Nina Sunday CSP

In the Manage Self, Lead Others podcast, Nina Sunday speaks with key experts from across the globe who share their insights in self-leadership and leading others, highlighting emerging trends since COVID.

A Certified Virtual Presenter, Nina Sunday present virtually internationally on workplace culture, productivity and communication. Her book, ‘Workplace Wisdom for 9 to thrive; proven tactics and hacks to get ahead in today’s workplace’ is a selection of the C-Suite Book Club. 

Invite Nina Sunday as a virtual speaker for your conference globally, or in-person in Australia, or to lead a one-day workshop or series. Visit https://ninasunday.com or https://www.brainpowertraining.com.au/signature-programs/

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< 28:33 >

Based on the findings of a recent Gallup global meta-analysis of 62,965 business units and teams and published in the organizational science journal, Human Performance, May 2020, Nina Sunday interviews Australian Leadership expert, Kirk Fisher.

This global study identifies five attributes that differentiate resilient business unit cultures from others:

1. Clear expectations.

2. Right materials and equipment.

3. Opportunities for employees to do what they do best. 

4. Connection to the mission or purpose of the organization.

5. Coworkers committed to quality work. 

Talking points include:

WORK CITED:

'Is Your Culture Resilient Enough to Survive Coronavirus'. https://www.gallup.com/workplace/311270/culture-resilient-enough-survive-coronavirus.aspx 

Video version can be viewed here: https://www.brainpowertraining.com/Q&A-9-mistakes-managing-remotely

About Nina Sunday CSP

In the Manage Self, Lead Others podcast, Nina Sunday speaks with key experts from across the globe who share their insights in self-leadership and leading others, highlighting emerging trends since COVID.

A Certified Virtual Presenter, Nina Sunday present virtually internationally on workplace culture, productivity and communication. Her book, ‘Workplace Wisdom for 9 to thrive; proven tactics and hacks to get ahead in today’s workplace’ is a selection of the C-Suite Book Club. 

Invite Nina Sunday as a virtual speaker for your conference globally, or in-person in Australia, or to lead a one-day workshop or series. Visit https://ninasunday.com or https://www.brainpowertraining.com.au/signature-programs/

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< 28:22 >

Research published 30 June 2020 by the Adecco Group, 'Resetting Normal: Defining the new era of work', captures input from 8,000 office-based workers in eight countries. Five trends are emerging. 

In this episode, I interview highly commended former Royal Australian Air Force Leadership expert, Mark Jones, about these 5 changes to workplace culture:

1. The future of work will be flexible. A hybrid model of a perfect mix of remote and office work will be the norm.

2. Tracking results, not number of hours, as the new way to measure productivity.

3. High-EQ leadership is the new best practice, but leaders need to lift their game in that area. Workers want leaders to display more empathy and support for their mental wellbeing during worklife after the pandemic. Managers will need help knowing these new norms and behaviours.

4. Increased appetite for upskilling in digital skills as well as soft skills and how to manage remote working.

5. Workers surveyed feel it’s up to employers to understand there’s a shift, and be proactive to drive these changes (not rely on workers to ask for it).

MARK JONES, Dip. Assessment and Workplace Training, RAAF Leadership training, NLP Practitioner, former Leadership trainer with the Royal Australian Air Force, is a dynamic Leadership Facilitator (Brisbane) with over 19 years’ experience in learning and development. 

Formerly a Senior Facilitator in Airmen Leadership for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), the Commander of RAAF Training awarded Mark a commendation for excellence in Leadership training. 

He can be reached through Brainpower Training Pty Ltd and [email protected]

Video version available here: https://www.brainpowertraining.com/Q&A-8-resetting-normal-defining-the-new-era-of-work

About Nina Sunday CSP

In the Manage Self, Lead Others podcast, Nina Sunday speaks with key experts from across the globe who share their insights in self-leadership and leading others, highlighting emerging trends since COVID.

A Certified Virtual Presenter, Nina Sunday present virtually internationally on workplace culture, productivity and communication. Her book, ‘Workplace Wisdom for 9 to thrive; proven tactics and hacks to get ahead in today’s workplace’ is a selection of the C-Suite Book Club. 

Invite Nina Sunday as a virtual speaker for your conference globally, or in-person in Australia, or to lead a one-day workshop or series. Visit https://ninasunday.com or https://www.brainpowertraining.com.au/signature-programs/

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< 28:33 > Video version can be viewed here: https://www.brainpowertraining.com/Q&A-7-Millennial-Decision-Makers

Nina Sunday interviews Brainpower Training Selling Skills expert, Matt Featherstone.

Talking points include:

- What sellers need to know to influence millennial B2B decision-makers

- When making a buying decision, millennials prefer to self-educate

- Why it's crucial for a seller to avoid the ’telling’ trap

- How millennials are influenced and who do they take advice from?

- How to 'nudge' a millennial to know what they don’t know

Matt Featherstone BA (Psych), Cert. Adv. Facilitation Adult Lrning, Cert IV Training and Assessment is an experienced Facilitator in Sales, Key Account Management and Winning Tenders and Bids.

After nine years IBM, Matt was promoted to Senior Manager, Product Strategy. During five years at Telstra Business Services Group (Corporate) he became National General Manager. Subsequently, he joined another telco, Macquarie Telecom, then other tech startups.

If you'd like Matt Featherstone to work with your people for either virtual online or face-to-face (Sydney) sales training, he can be contacted through Brainpower Training Pty Ltd or [email protected] .

About Nina Sunday CSP

In the Manage Self, Lead Others podcast, Nina Sunday speaks with key experts from across the globe who share their insights in self-leadership and leading others, highlighting emerging trends since COVID.

A Certified Virtual Presenter, Nina Sunday present virtually internationally on workplace culture, productivity and communication. Her book, ‘Workplace Wisdom for 9 to thrive; proven tactics and hacks to get ahead in today’s workplace’ is a selection of the C-Suite Book Club. 

Invite Nina Sunday as a virtual speaker for your conference globally, or in-person in Australia, or to lead a one-day workshop or series. Visit https://ninasunday.com or https://www.brainpowertraining.com.au/signature-programs/

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< 20:48 >

Nina Sunday interviews Australian Strategic Planning Facilitator, Cecille Heath. 

Recently a client from a large government organisation contacted Nina Sunday for a facilitated session with their IT team to co-create their own Vision and Mission statement, as distinct from the big organisation goal, and one they can identify with and commit to.

That got her wondering, do more teams need to do this? She asked Sydney-based Facilitator, Cecille Heath.

Leading mission and vision sessions with teams is what Cecille does, both as face-to-face and live virtual sessions.

This episode explores:

- What is the difference between a Vision and a Mission?

- Why should a team have its own Vision/Mission statement and how does it help them?

- Are some Vision / Mission statements trite and uninspiring?

CECILLE HEATH B. App Sc (Computing), Grad. Dip. Corporate and Applied Finance (Securities Institute), Cert IV (TAE) Training and Assessment.

Former Principal of global consultancy, Rogen International, Cecille managed a team of trainers specializing in driving better business performance through persuasive communication skills and strategies. Cecille has delivered training and strategy sessions to a long list of top 500 clients.

Accreditations include The Predictive Index, Strength Deployment Inventory, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Louis Allen Worldwide Management System and Conflict Resolution (current).

Video version available here: https://www.brainpowertraining.com/q-a-6-cecille-heath

About Nina Sunday CSP

In the Manage Self, Lead Others podcast, Nina Sunday speaks with key experts from across the globe who share their insights in self-leadership and leading others, highlighting emerging trends since COVID.

A Certified Virtual Presenter, Nina Sunday present virtually internationally on workplace culture, productivity and communication. Her book, ‘Workplace Wisdom for 9 to thrive; proven tactics and hacks to get ahead in today’s workplace’ is a selection of the C-Suite Book Club. 

Invite Nina Sunday as a virtual speaker for your conference globally, or in-person in Australia, or to lead a one-day workshop or series. Visit https://ninasunday.com or https://www.brainpowertraining.com.au/signature-programs/

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Nina Sunday interviews Australian Change expert, John Prentice.

With people working from home amid COVID means that employees may re-assess what they really want out of their work life.

To retain top talent, Leaders need to authentically connect with their people, especially if they're working from home (WFH).

At the same time, when people return to the office, be prepared for conversations about what their people have been reflecting on during their WFH time, including their career trajectory.

JOHN PRENTICE, B Ec, Cert Prof Devt (Wharton) has over 20 years’ experience in change and people development. He’s accredited to lead Prosci® Certification and is an accredited ExperiencePoint® facilitator, leading virtual, gamified business simulations for change management and innovation.

He can be contacted through Brainpower Training Pty Ltd and [email protected]

Video version available here: https://www.brainpowertraining.com/Q&A-5-ADKAR-Awareness

About Nina Sunday CSP

In the Manage Self, Lead Others podcast, Nina Sunday speaks with key experts from across the globe who share their insights in self-leadership and leading others, highlighting emerging trends since COVID.

A Certified Virtual Presenter, Nina Sunday present virtually internationally on workplace culture, productivity and communication. Her book, ‘Workplace Wisdom for 9 to thrive; proven tactics and hacks to get ahead in today’s workplace’ is a selection of the C-Suite Book Club. 

Invite Nina Sunday as a virtual speaker for your conference globally, or in-person in Australia, or to lead a one-day workshop or series. Visit https://ninasunday.com or https://www.brainpowertraining.com.au/signature-programs/

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This episode we're turning the mic around for a reverse interview with Nina Sunday by Pip Savaris, one of Nina's inhouse assistants.

Nina shares the biggest no-nos she observes most of the workforce is doing which actually contributes to people feeling under pressure and out of control.

Nina Sunday recently conducted a client survey which showed the number one issue for people working from home (as well as in-office) is how to overcome feelings of overwhelm and mind churn (where the mind keeps going over and over everything they have to do).

'Multi-tasking is a myth', says Nina Sunday. 'It's really switch-tasking. Neuroscience tells us this start/stop/start activity is interruptive and tough on our brains. In fact, it costs us time instead of saving time, and makes us prone to mistakes. It also saps our energy.'

ABOUT NINA SUNDAY

Certified Virtual Presenter, Nina Sunday (CSP, BA, Dip Ed), is an international virtual presenter and face-to-face workshop leader in Australia on productivity, communication and workplace culture.

Producer of the business podcast, Manage Self, Lead Others Nina Sunday interviews key experts in self-leadership and leading others, highlighting emerging trends since COVID.

Her book, ‘Workplace Wisdom for 9 to thrive; Proven Tactics and Hacks to Get Ahead in Today’s Workplace’ is a selection of the C-Suite Network Book Club.

Founder and Managing Director of training company, Brainpower Training Pty Ltd, www.BrainpowerTraining.com.au, she leads a team of Facilitators Australia-wide.

Video version available here: https://www.brainpowertraining.com/Q&A-4-Priority-Management

Invite Nina Sunday as a virtual speaker for your conference globally, or in-person in Australia, or to lead a one-day workshop or series. Visit https://ninasunday.com or https://www.brainpowertraining.com.au/signature-programs/

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< 27:21 >

Nina Sunday interviews Australian Leadership expert, Kirk Fisher (Melbourne) about how leaders find their way when fresh strategy is needed.

It is easy for a leadership team to be overwhelmed by the choices they need to make in a business world turned upside down. 

Kirk Fisher's approach: 

— Use observation, to develop perspectives about what is really going on.

— Use the right level of planning for the complexity of that situation.

— Effectively test and feed back into the system.

KIRK FISHER MA (Human Development), B Music, Dip Business, Dip Business HR

held senior leadership positions - Principal Director of Learning and Development at Workplace Training Advisory of Australia and Director and Head of School at National Excellence in Schools Leadership Institute.

Kirk is skilled in Adaptive Leadership and successfully trained as an Advanced Facilitator with the Groupwork Institute of Australia. He also authored and presented papers on Leadership, Education and Mindfulness and worked in Cultural Change, Communication and Leadership for government and corporate clients.

Accredited in Human Synergistics LSI and OSI, and IECL Level 1 and 2 Executive Coaching, he can be contacted through Brainpower Training Pty Ltd or [email protected]

Video version can be viewed here: https://www.brainpowertraining.com/Q&A-3-Strategic-Planning

About Nina Sunday CSP

In the Manage Self, Lead Others podcast, Nina Sunday speaks with key experts from across the globe who share their insights in self-leadership and leading others, highlighting emerging trends since COVID.

A Certified Virtual Presenter, Nina Sunday present virtually internationally on workplace culture, productivity and communication. Her book, ‘Workplace Wisdom for 9 to thrive; proven tactics and hacks to get ahead in today’s workplace’ is a selection of the C-Suite Book Club. 

Invite Nina Sunday as a virtual speaker for your conference globally, or in-person in Australia, or to lead a one-day workshop or series. Visit https://ninasunday.com or https://www.brainpowertraining.com.au/signature-programs/

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< 22:48 >

The new remote working reality requires a flexible approach. Find out how to empower your team to confidently problem-solve and make competent and intelligent decisions. 

Nina Sunday interviews Mark Jones, former Leadership trainer with the Royal Australian Air Force and expert on leading people.

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MARK JONES, former Leadership trainer with the Royal Australian Air Force, is a dynamic Leadership Facilitator (Brisbane) with over 19 years’ experience in learning and development. 

Formerly a Senior Facilitator in Airmen Leadership for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), the Commander of RAAF Training awarded Mark a commendation for excellence in Leadership training. 

He can be contacted through [email protected]

Video version can be viewed here: https://www.brainpowertraining.com/Q&A1-empower-your-team

About Nina Sunday CSP

In the Manage Self, Lead Others podcast, Nina Sunday speaks with key experts from across the globe who share their insights in self-leadership and leading others, highlighting emerging trends since COVID.

A Certified Virtual Presenter, Nina Sunday present virtually internationally on workplace culture, productivity and communication. Her book, ‘Workplace Wisdom for 9 to thrive; proven tactics and hacks to get ahead in today’s workplace’ is a selection of the C-Suite Book Club. 

Invite Nina Sunday as a virtual speaker for your conference globally, or in-person in Australia, or to lead a one-day workshop or series. Visit https://ninasunday.com or https://www.brainpowertraining.com.au/signature-programs/

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