This week we begin a 3 part discussion with Rico Nasol about leadership. Rico is a seasoned leader with over 20 years of global experience, rising from humble beginnings to make a profound impact at Zappos and Netflix to running his own service of 1-to-1 transformative leadership coaching as well as a 90 day programme.

In this introductory session we meet Rico and explore what a “creative” is.

For more about Rico and his work, there are links on his Guest profile page. Click here for details.

In the final part of our discussion with Aneace Haddad, Kim and guest host Jamie Wadley discover what teams might look like in the coming years and the emergence of leaders with humility.

In our continuing discussion with Aneace Haddad, this week we hear about physiological changes to our brains that happen as we age and how we can harness those changes to be transformational leaders.

This week Kim is joined by Jamie Wadley (in Fulyana’s absence) to talk with Aneace Haddad.

Aneace is an executive coach and author of “The Eagle That Drank Hummingbird Nectar.” He has worked with leaders from major companies like Citibank, Deloitte, HSBC, McKinsey, MasterCard, and Visa, helping them with transformational leadership, mindful leadership, and creating high-performance cultures.

We begin our 3 part discussion by examining today’s approach to transformational leadership. What is the real connection between leaders and organizational change? Do organizations only change when leaders do?

We also hear the background to the book title “The Eagle That Drank Hummingbird Nectar.”

This week we have a case study, suggested by a listener, looking at how to address a perceived imbalance in the value of your input for an unpaid (but desirable) role where there is a business element to the situation.

If you have also experienced this, let us know and we will include your thoughts for our listeners to consider.

We all have to make BIG decisions in our worklife and careers. How do you decide whether to accept a redundancy offer or not? his week Kim and Fulyana look at some of the areas to consider apart from the financial aspect.

As always, should you have particular concerns or some ideas for others to consider, please let us know via email.

We travel back to starting a career this week as Kim and Fulyana look at ways you can find first hand experience in a career path that interests you. Although the podcast talks about starting a career from the basis of high school or early university, it is equally relevant to those contemplating a career change. After all, the statistics indicate the majority of people make a complete change of careers at least three times in their lives.

This week we look at what to do when salaries do not match market rates. As always, Kim and Fulyana use their professional experience to consider this topic from both sides of the issue – the employer and the employee.

Have you been caught with a great employee that isn’t being paid current market rates? How would you manage if that person had to be replaced?

This week the tables are turned as Fulyana interviews Kim about withdrawing from a project she has worked on for almost 10 years. What happens when you have a surprisingly large amount of time and the opportunity to actually follow through on one of your long term ideas?

Do you have projects “in the wings” that you yearn to find time to implement?

In the early years of our careers, inhouse training and development was highly regarded as part of a path to more senior positions. These days there seems to be some resistance to providing these opportunities mostly based on the economic viability of training someone only to have them leave the organisation.

This week Kim and Fulyana look at innovations in this area that apply to any size organisation as well as the relative investment being made for the return to bot the individual and the organisation.