The Workplace Podcast in association with Dynamic Partners

Smadar Cohen-Chen joins host William Corless in this episode to discuss negotiation through the female lens. Smadar is currently a senior lecturer in the management department, in the Sussex Business School at University of Sussex. 

She received her PhD in social psychology from the University of Sheffield in 2014 and then spent two years as a visiting Assistant Professor in The Kellogg School of Management, North Western University.

Her research focuses on the role of emotions and emotional expression and regulation in interpersonal and social processes. This includes conflict, conflict resolution, decision-making, and negotiations. 

She's been teaching negotiations for seven years for MBA students, executive postgraduate and undergraduates and she has also conducted workshops on cross cultural negotiation, specifically negotiation for women.

Join William and Smadar for this truly insightful discussion where they focus on topics such as:

• The role that emotions play in negotiating

In this episode host William Corless is joined by Berry Kruijning, Principal and Founder of Crowning Communications. A trained and accredited professional life coach, certified NLP Master Practitioner coach and mediator, Berry uses the principles of Authenticity, Courage and Excellence to guide new and introverted individuals to become impactful leaders.

As an introvert coach and leader, Berry understands the challenges introverted professionals face in today’s loud and demanding world. She guides her clients by coaching them in private sessions on leadership issues, whether it is how to coach and give feedback, handle conflict and negotiate, speak up confidently in meetings, develop and engage their direct reports and peers, or manage up.

Crowning Communications serves clients from small (50 employees) to large (50,000+ employees) organisations and Berry has worked internationally with over 2,500 leaders, teams, and individuals in a variety of industries such as high tech, finance, government and academia.

Berry’s skills and experience are based on her educational background as a Master in Law from Utrecht University and experience from having worked for many years in Human Resources.

Whether you are an introvert, are led by an introvert or work on a team with introverts there are so many useful insights and takeaways from this episode as William and Berry discuss:

• The strengths of the introverted leader

Find out more about the work that Berry does here: Growth Project | Crowning Communications

Lifelong cowgirl Beth Anstandig joins host William Corless in this episode where they discuss tapping into your natural leadership. A licensed psychotherapist and university faculty member for over 25 years, Beth has worked with human herds providing leadership, corporate culture, and well-being programs, through The Circle Up Experience. She has trained thousands of CEOs, managers, and teams from companies, universities, and non-profits, helping them tap into their Natural Leadership, to live, lead and work with genuine connection. Beth is the author of the critically acclaimed new book The Human Herd: Awakening Our Natural Leadership. She has been featured in global media including BBC World Service and PBS.

Listeners will gain valuable insights from this episode as Beth and William examine natural leadership together and explore many topics including:

• The equine approach to natural leadership

Find out more about the work Beth does here: About Circle Up Experience | Why We Circle Up (thecircleupexperience.com)

A lecturer in the management discipline for over 20 years, Dr. Deirdre Curran joins host William Corless in this episode to discuss the role of an apology in mediation. Together with her colleague Alec Coakley, Deirdre has recently published on this topic with the Journal of Mediation & Applied Conflict Analysis.

Deirdre is actively involved in researching the lived experience of hospitality workers in Ireland with a view to highlighting issues and promoting positive change. She also maintains a scholarly interest in workplace mediation as a dispute resolution process. She leads a national level workplace mediation research group, housed within the Kennedy Institute of Conflict Intervention at Maynooth University. She also represents the College of Business, Public Policy and Law as a steering committee member of the University of Sanctuary initiative, aimed at making NUIG a welcoming place for refugees, asylum seekers and members of the Travelling Community. 

Listeners will gain valuable insights from this episode as Deirdre and William delve deeper into this topic, asking what it truly means to apologise and discussing the crucial role this plays in mediation.

You can read Deirdre’s paper here: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/15192/

In this episode, host William Corless talks to Dr. Michael Gervais, Sport and Performance Psychologist. Together they tackle the all important question ‘How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think of You’.

Drawing on his experience over a 20-year career working with world class performers and organizations, Dr. Gervais delves into topics around, managing the fear of other people’s opinions, how to create a team philosophy and how to build your own personal philosophy statement.

There are valuable insights and learnings to be gained from this episode as William and Michael explore these issues.

Find out more about the work that Michael does here: FindingMastery: High Performance Psychology with Michael Gervais

A globally recognised authority on Diversity and Inclusion, Dr. Jonathan Ashong - Lamptey joins host William Corless in this episode to discuss Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace. Currently on his mission to help 1 million people around the world make the workplace more inclusive, Jonathan offers his insights on important questions such as: how to create a sense of belonging in the workplace, understanding and navigating microaggressions and the importance of integrating with new people in the workplace. There are valuable insights to be gained from this episode as William and Jonathan explore the topics of culture and procedural justice together.

For more info you can contact Jonathan through his website.

https://elementofinclusion.com

• Best practice approaches to designing a leadership development framework -focusing on mindsets versus competencies

Cinnie Noble is a pioneer of conflict management coaching. In this episode, Cinnie and our host William Corless discuss the cross over between coaching and mediation. They share their insights and experience, our listeners will discover:

• Why people elect to choose conflict coaching over mediation

A former lawyer with a Masters of Law in Dispute Resolution. Cinnie Noble is a Chartered Mediator and Professional Certified Coach. Cinnie mediates workplace and other interpersonal disputes and also,  coaches individual clients worldwide to strengthen their conflict competence and more effectively engage in their interpersonal disputes. She and her international team of trainers conduct workshops for mediators, coaches and others in her unique CINERGY® Model. Cinnie is the author of two coaching books  Conflict Mastery: Questions to Guide You and Conflict Management Coaching: The CINERGY™ Model  www.cinergycoaching.com

To download your Chapter two of her book, use the password : GetFreeChapter

Denise White-Hughes, head of employee relations with LIDL Ireland and Northern Ireland joins our host William Corless to discuss mediation in relation to employee relations. 

In this episode Denise highlights

• the benefits and cost savings the mediation has brought Lidl.

This episode was sponsored by the Mediation Foundation of Ireland. Europes premier provider of mediation training.

www.mfi.ie