Uncrossing the Ts

Despite doing everything right, going the extra mile and holding down the fort, they fired you....So how do you recover from being a pawn in the corporate space... Lydiah and Arriana share experiences and lessons on why employees succumb to fear and how to find your footing after losing a job.

Teamwork makes the dream work but some dynamic duos are at odds and clash. We discuss how to deal with difficult team mates who sabotage their colleagues and how to overcome the challenges of working when team work doesn't work.

As a new team member with a great deal of excitement and enthusiasm joins a team, they often find the old guard unwilling to embrace their enthusiasm. This leads to clash that leaves the new team member faced with the cynicism and resistance telling them to dim their light and calm down... We need to learn how to keep the new enthusiasm alive and ignite the old with new and fresh perspectives

Sometimes we wait too long to walk away from a job, a business, project or relationship. In this episode, I discuss how to quit with grace. Get out of the comfort zone, have the courage to walk away don't wait to be pushed out, or when its too late.

On this week's episode I have a conversation with Kairu Kuguru, on his work in the creative space and his efforts to document the stories of survivors of the struggle for independence. Kairu shares his story and lessons, how he deals with secondary trauma, creating spaces for creatives to connect and developing inter generational dialogue.

In this episode, I talk to Carol Kagiri, about being better colleagues and giving men a safe space to be heard and assisted when they are faced with mental health struggles. Isolation, loneliness, pressure and judgement are why men shy away from expressing themselves when they are struggling mentally. We explore ways for women to be better colleagues and create awareness on men's mental health awareness.

On this episode, Jamlick "Fushi" Fundi shares how he survived a near fatal road accident as a bike operator and how his friends, clients and passion helped him on his journey to mental and physical recovery. In a sector that is often misunderstood, we have an inside look at the brotherhood and challenges that the bike riders face every day, socially, mentally and physically.

Have you ever told the truth in your job in your business and had it backfire on you? How do you stand in your truth even when it feels like nobody appreciates it. Well today we discuss instances where I told the truth and it paid off in a big way or left me devastated. What is the value of integrity?

Ever wake up and every single step and decision you make that day makes it worse. Well we all have those days where everything that can go wrong goes wrong. It is in those days when we must fall back on our strengths, faith, family, friends and experience. In this episode I delve into how I had a terrible day that went viral and how to deal with a bad day.

Losing a job, or business can be such a distabilising circumstance, in this episode have a conversation with Waruguru wa Kiai on her experiences working in the public sector space, and how she had to learn to pick herself up. The mantra for this episode is You are enough, when things fall apart and you have to start over from scratch, You are enough.