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Something a little different today! Last week, our parent entity, C2C Organizational Development in association with Take 5 Global LLC launched an innovative and visionary learning journey for leaders created by none other than the only person to have come on our podcast as a guest twice, Paul Dupuis! The launch featured an engaging conversation around future-ready leadership with Dhruti Shah, host of The Resilient Entrepreneur podcast and Director C2C-OD, Dr. Anurag Batra, Group Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld BW Group and Founder, exchange4media, and Paul and Vinay of course. The launch was supported by Business World People as Outreach Partner.

Based on Paul’s bestselling book, ‘The Rule of 5’, Future Ready Leadership Gym© is a hybrid leadership development programme designed to equip leaders with the essential skills and insights to navigate and thrive in the ever-evolving business landscape of ‘today, tomorrow and day after tomorrow’. It address core leadership themes connecting concept with real-life examples, stories and ‘how to’ applications. The program features an 11-episode video series e-learning which culminates with a mastermind, one-day facilitated workshop in-person with Paul, followed by one-on-one coaching with Paul.  

We are pleased to bring you this launch webinar with an exclusive sneak peek into the Future Ready Leadership Gym© conducted live on Zoom on November 12, as a Shiny Happy People special – hit play to tune in to the conversation and glean insights from the experts. 

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We are back with one of our favourite subjects – it’s time for facilitation! Our guest today is seasoned facilitator who started her journey in agriculture development and is today a leading force in the facilitation community in Serbia and the region. Meet Tamara Živadinović who specialises in designing and facilitating multi-stakeholder processes and social learning, with more than 20 years of facilitation experience of working with different groups and cultural settings, from local communities to governmental bodies in Serbia, Europe and across the globe. Tamara is also the current Regional Director of Europe and Middle East Region of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) and the president of Serbian Association of Facilitators. In January 2025, she will be taking over as Vice Chair of the IAF. Hit play for her incredible story! 

[02:57s] Journey into facilitation 

[10:06s] Working at the grassroots- Genesis of Mena Group  

[16:23s] Facilitation and Rural Development in Serbia  

[24:21s] Promoting the power of facilitation 

[30:43s] Insights as Regional Director of IAF Europe & Middle East

[41:06s] RWL: READ Peter Senge's The Fifth Discipline, Ingrid Bens’ ‘Advanced Facilitation Strategies’ , Maureen R. Jenkins & Jon C. Jenkins' ‘The 9 Disciplines of a Facilitator’     

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Spread the power of facilitation – join the growing global community of International Association of Facilitators (IAF) here: www.iaf-world.org/ 

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On June 8, last year, on Episode 115, we had had a very special guest on this podcast – Joel Godi. The social psychologist, social entrepreneur and coach, whose life changed after discovering that he was neurodivergent, ADHD & Autistic (ASD1) in his early 40s, had been on a mission ever since to improve the quality of life of the neurodivergent community. Through his company NeuroGifted®, Joel worked tirelessly to create awareness and education, give voice to the neurodivergent community through advocacy, improve employability, help support neurodiversity initiatives and create value for individuals and organizations. 

On October 7 this year, the world lost a true gem of a person with Joel’s sudden demise. 

The Shiny Happy People podcast is committed now more than ever to take Joel’s legacy and his work on neuro-diversity to more people – we bring you this re-release of Vinay’s conversation with Joel from Episode 115 as a tribute to an extraordinary human being who touched the lives of many, many people, and more than that, gave a new meaning to their existence.     

Rest in peace, Joel, you are sorely missed. 

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On this Shiny Happy People special, we shine the spotlight on a subject very close to our hearts: impact of training and learning effectiveness. And to bring home the point, we bring in the experts or, as they say, the big guns! Meet the President and CEO of Kirkpatrick Partners, Vanessa Alzate, and Kirkpatrick Certified Facilitator, Jawad Ahmed, who together bring you fresh insights, solid cases, top tips and best practices on the world’s leading methodology in training evaluation, the New World Kirkpatrick Four Levels®. This episode goes out especially to all the HR and L&D leaders and their business counterparts – hit play to get the lowdown on how you can transform training programs for your organization and maximize their impact aligned to your business goals.

[04:13s] Top myths about the Kirkpatrick Four Levels®

[07:59s] ROE (return on expectation) versus ROI (return on investment); case studies

[20:13s] Challenges: Why aren't more companies using the Kirkpatrick Model?

[25:30s] Best practices: How can we enable training evaluation impact for more organizations?

[35:15s] Future plans for Kirkpatrick Partners

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Dream. Believe. Achieve. That’s the lead-in on his LinkedIn bio, and sure enough, his work is moving worlds to make these three words a reality for thousands of children living in poverty. Our guest this episode is Paul McLean, Chief Learning Officer, Master Facilitator & Coach at IGNITE Performance, and Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit, Dreams For Life. With over 15 years of sales acumen, Paul at IGNITE Performance, a boutique human learning & development consultancy, has delivered applied learning & enablement outcomes for over 5,000+ individuals, 300+ teams globally. Paul’s deep passion for learning and supporting human development sowed the seeds for ‘Dreams For Life’ which is working to eliminate poverty by making early education a reality for underprivileged children in Indonesia and now Australia. Hit play to witness the force that is Paul McLean!

[03:06s] The origin story 

[07:55s] Australia to Asia: The Cultural Transition

[12:42s] Corporate to Consulting: The Career Transition

[17:10s] ‘Dreams For Life’: Genesis and story so far

[36:04s] RWL: Read ‘Be Your Own Leadership Coach’ by Karen Stein and ‘Never Split the Difference’by Chris Voss

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More on Dreams For Life at www.dreamsforlife.org 

Join Dreams For Life’s mission. Volunteer. Sponsor. Partner. Connect: https://dreamsforlife.org/involved 

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In the midst of his travels between the Philippines, Singapore and India, Vinay gives you a quick update on our upcoming episodes - stay tuned next week for the next guest episode!   

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This episode, we have someone who helps C-suite executive unlock their leadership superpowers to transform into high-performing teams by ‘tapping into the profound, transformative energies of midlife – the final frontier in adult development’. Meet Aneace Haddad, a former tech CEO who became an executive coach after discovering that he liked people more than computers! He is the author of ‘Soaring Beyond Midlife: The Surprisingly Natural Emergence of Leadership Superpowers in Life’s Second Half’.

With a career that spans four decades and multiple continents, Aneace offers deep insights into adaptability and renewal. His unique perspective to leadership coaching and development results in a natural, organic emergence of leadership excellence. Aneace is a senior advisor at McKinsey and an external facilitator at Deloitte University.

[02:27s] The origin story
[05:02s] Pivot to the world of consulting
[12:01s] Genesis of ‘Soaring Beyond Midlife’
[15:34s] Shifts in midlife transformations
[25:38s] ‘Letting go’: Tipping point for leaders
[31:02s] Top takeaways of ‘Soaring Beyond Midlife’

RWL: READ Aneace’s bestseller ‘Soaring Beyond Midlife: The Surprisingly Natural Emergence of Leadership Superpowers in Life’s Second Half’ 

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More on his work at www.aneace.com 
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Look who’s on our podcast today! Meet the veritable Jack Sim, better known globally as ‘Mr. Toilet’, Founder of the World Toilet Organization, the global non-profit which has been working to improve toilet and sanitation conditions worldwide since 2001. Today, it has 15 members and has now grown to 151 member organizations in 53 countries.

The Singaporean serial entrepreneur whose motto is ‘to live a useful life’ has started and run 16 businesses and 8 social businesses. Jack then retired at age 40 to devote his time towards changing the world. He has founded the Restroom Association of Singapore in 1998 and created the UN World Toilet Day observed on November 19 every year.

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[03:00s] Genesis of the World Toilet Organization
[11:33s] Making toilets ‘fashionable’
[19:00s] The need to talk more about the global sanitation issue
[33:33s] What’s next for the World Toilet Org

Look out for Jack’s book ‘The Gumption of Mr. Toilet’ releasing on August 27, 2024 by Penguin Random House.

More about the World Toilet Organization at https://worldtoilet.org/   

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Her magical childhood lived on a tea estate in Kerala laid the genesis for her deep connection to nature and her passionate advocacy for environmental conservation. Meet Sunitha Srinivasan, the brilliant mind and soul behind EIB Solutions, a family-owned manufacturing enterprise that produces eco-friendly, biodegradable cleaning formulations that are human and animal-safe. 

With nearly 30 years of professional experience across various industries, Sunitha holds the exciting laurel to have started her career as India’s first female tea taster and blender! She then went on to work in the retail sector for over two decades in across five countries before she started EIBS. 

Sunitha has pioneered a retail skill development course for underprivileged children through Jeevika Skills Foundation, a CSR initiative of C2C Organizational Development. Sunitha is also an author with two historical narratives in her repertoire, while she is currently working on her third book. 

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[04:00s] Starting her career as India’s first woman tea taster!

[06:25s] From retail to entrepreneurship and sustainability

[18:00s] Of safe, sustainable chemical manufacturing at EIBS  

[22:30s] The economics of it all, the business model

[25:00s] Influencing mindsets towards sustainability 

[39:36s] RWL Read Sunitha’s books, ‘Trailblazers of the Travancore Plantations’ and ‘Echoes of History: Travancore’s Legacy’;  ‘Secret Life of Trees’ by Peter Wohlleben (what Sunitha refers to as ‘Book of Forests’ in the podcast)

More about Sunitha’s work at EIBS here: https://www.eibs.co.in/ 

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