What makes a Maverick ?

By Carol GloverBusiness

What makes a Maverick ? episodes

August 06, 2020 The Maverick Intrapreneur
This episode is the story of what happens when you send a 13 year old Maverick out to work and they realise its their passion and what came next.
This episode was cathartic for me, hope you enjoy it.
For the last 3 years, via deep inner work and reflective thinking I've pieced together my story.
How a not very academic, ginger, sporty, teen from Douglas, Isle of Man, got to have such a fun, senior and varied worldwide career .
And because of that i am ultra motivated to help others do the same - because i know you can be and have anything you want - if you want it enough.
Creative thinker, leader, communicator, problem solver, people person and pivoter - the Intrapreneurial skillset for leaders in the 2020s.
And how a huge Growth Mindset, well developed emotional intelligence and Maverick based authenticity, becomes an irresistible combination.
Today i get to do lots of it all again, coaching senior leaders and professionals who want to connect with the Intrapreneurial skillset and reduce pressure and stress by being true to themselves.
Mentoring young "founders" means i get to see it all through their eyes, again.
To me, this episode is the secret ingredient in how to succeed at work and leadership in the post pandemic world - see what you think.
14 min
July 23, 2020 The Maverick Bookworm
As the eldest of a large , excitable , not well off family, my escape from the noise and craziness was reading.
I read from a young age, developed a ridiculous passion for spelling and words, read all the books in Douglas children's library and then borrowed from teachers and friends.
Reading is a great escape for me .
On holiday i spend hours in coffee shops reading local mags, journals and papers,
Its a good day if i learn something from reading each day, that i didn't already know.
It feeds my growth mindset .
Also adore literature and theatre.
I think Shakespeare is the consummate story teller of all time .
I adore the wit and brilliance of Oscar Wilde.
Over the last 4 years, I've read lots for my studies as a Coach, to understand the amazing developments in human potential, psychology, peak performance, thinking differently and self leadership.
For these books i awake an hour early each morning , read a chapter, make notes and reflect.
This activity, lights up my brain and unlocks my creative flow .
At night i read before sleep every single night. I speed read fiction and with a Kindle average 3-5 books a week.
Books are my constant companion, they teach me, make me laugh, cry, smile and want to know more.
Most of all they help me connect to my best version of Maverick Carol.
12 min
July 09, 2020 The Punk Years
I was so fortunate to be a student in late 70s Britain. The country was pretty drab and dirty then and London was a pretty dangerous place.
Out of this malaise came a movement of unbelievable passion, energy and attitude - Punk Rock.
With its roots in New York it really made its mark here.
I was a working class misfit late teen , who suddenly met lots of other like me.
Often it wasn't about the music, as many early bands couldn't really play their instruments, it was about chaos.
It gave you an attitude to hook onto, that said "I can be anything i want to be and no-one can stop me".
Today i see a lot of the the essence of punk, in startup entrepreneurs i work with.
They've got high energy, ideas and belief and they'll learn as they go - the ultimate extreme growth mindset.
In this episode i really enjoy sharing my love for the music that talks to my inner being.
The fun i had and most importantly what i learnt from being a punk.
That being authentic,true to yourself and with like minded people is a hugely freeing place to be .
13 min
June 25, 2020 A Maverick Student - Why doing it "your way" matters to your happiness, success and career.
Many of us don't feel school was for us. I worked hard there, learnt how to study, got a couple of "A " levels, largely thanks to being in a top class with very bright, academic classmates, and i was determined and conscientious.. This episode covers what i did learn at school that helped me in later life, what working from the age of 13 taught me and how when i went off to Polytechnic, a long way from home, my life changed, for many reasons. No matter what, i stayed true to myself, who i was and who i believed i could be. It didn't hurt that i was criticized at school, along with my other sisters, for being "disruptive" and "chatty" - two of the key skills that leaders need in the 2020s. 10 years after leaving school i lead a team buying hundreds of millions per annum for one of the UKs dominant retailers. How? By being a curious Maverick thinker with a huge thirst for learning.
8 min
June 18, 2020 Wevolution - co-creating our future, NOW
Today's podcast is one recorded last week for our local University College Mann (UCM) podcast series " Reconstructing Normal " - not that i think there will be reconstructing or normal in the new future.
The series features a wide range of perspectives from a knowledgeable & talented group of speakers, many professors, and me 😎.
All sharing our take on what we've learnt over the last 3 months and "What Now?"
A wEVOLution is happening, in plain sight.
Can you see it ?
Can you feel it?
What does it look like?"
Key to our future will be :
Community
Collaboration
Collectives
Between March and May 2020 we learnt #togetherwearestronger
And the strength came from within:
#Compassion
#Kindness
#Gratitude
All human emotions that:
✅Help us relate to others
✅Improve positive mood
✅Help regulate blood pressure
✅Support sleep
And in social terms improve empathy, communication and interpersonal skills.
The essence of Emotional Intelligence (EQ).
The #1 in demand skillset for the future for humans at work .
Everyone gets a seat at the "co-creation" table.
This will be the last episode in the "what makes a Maverick, In a crisis" series.
🙌🏻Join me next time “ on the other side.”
12 min
June 04, 2020 Shed Talks Takeover - Join us in the wEVOLution.
Welcome to a very special "What makes a Maverick" Podcast today, from a huge hearted Maverick, Community Champion and International Coach, Marion Morrison and someone whose lived with a Maverick for 35 years - Peter Glover.
One of the biggest songs of the pandemic in the UK was "Times Like These", a collaboration between performers, skills, instruments, ages, styles and genres, all reminding us that "It's times like these we learn to live again, give to give again, and learn to love again" - and didn't we just?
As a punk i have appreciated Foo Fighters, my sister Val is a huge fan, however i didn't really know these lyrics.
For me the words, the contribution and the use of tech encapsulate the "WE-volution " that we are all living through.
We now know that they keys to our future as humans will be "WE": #Community #Collaboration #Collectives
Between March and May 2020 in Isle of Man where i live, we lived #togetherwearestronger
And the strength came from within:#Compassion #Kindness #Gratitude
All human emotions that help us relate to others, improve positive mood, help regulate blood pressure, support sleep and reconnect us to the positive neuroscience of our own bodies.
There's a reason we feel good when we help others or others help us. It's called Oxytocin, one of the feelgood chemicals of our brain.
And in social terms, improving empathy, communication and interpersonal skills is the essence of Emotional Intelligence (EQ), the #1 in demand skill set for the future for humans at work .
Today's podcast is a “takeover” of the “SHED Talks” show last Friday on Quing TV, by two people i admire and respect greatly.
Community Champion & International Coach Marion Morrison and Peter Glover of “Share & Grow”.
It’s a fab show, with leading edge thinking, tips and techniques about how to harness Love and key emotions to move from Me to We.
🙌🏻Join us “ on the other side.”
1 hr
May 28, 2020 The Future, Now.
When does the future start?
What about now!
Post Pandemic life , is likely to be very different from life in February 2020.
You can start by choosing to create your own future, now.
The lockdown phase of the pandemic, has given us all a chance to find, unlock or rediscover, values, beliefs and skills that have lay dormant.
We have had a chance to "be" rather than "do".
We now know what "lights us up".
Many people are getting to enjoy the new way of living.
Everyone of us has learnt something about ourselves that we didn't realise before.
The #staysafe phase is where we get to stretch out again into our new world.
Don't we owe it to ourselves to build all of this new self knowledge into creating our new future.
This episode helps you to see how to do that .
Enjoy.

11 min
May 21, 2020 Clarity begins at Home
Clarity begins at my home and your home - or in my case my SHED.
I work in the SHED, coach there and film there.
So last week when clients asked me to do a session on ,
"How to think clearly when you're working at home?"
It seemed the obvious place to cover this topic.
So this weeks podcast is the audio of last weeks SHED Talks broadcast on Quing TV on.
As well as considering the negatives of distraction, isolation and lack of focus, this podcast also opens up the positives of how good your thinking can be at home when you remove the obstacles and distractions.
Going into more detail on how you clutter your thinking, how do you find the clarity you need to be able to come up with new ideas, to keep going, to finish work and also for those who run businesses, or are at the top of the business
How do you keep developing, growing and pushing forward with the business when you're isolated from everything that's going on in it?
The session includes client tips gained recently on how to identify priorities, check thinking when isolated and how to stay focused on what matters when distracted.
Working in isolation at home may not be temporary, so the need to build your skills and productivity may be here for quite some time .
Initially working at home was a bit of a novelty and probably felt strange, however once but we got used to the technology, we built some routines and new habits - all of which are really important to creating normality around working from home.
Hope these tips for how we can improve the clarity, quality and creativity of our thinking, while at home are useful.
More importantly how by thinking differently about working at home, we can improve our motivation, creativity, happiness and job satisfaction.
51 min
May 14, 2020 People who need People
"People who need people, are the luckiest people in the world,"according to JLo in the One World concert recently.
Whether we believed that or not back in February 2020, we've certainly had a huge chance to review our own position on this, over the last 6 weeks.
The very words "social isolation" are uncomfortable and make us sound disconnected.
As humans we thrive on human connection .
Its one of our key attributes that set us apart form all other species.
Whilst governments have thrown funds at financial hardship, human isolation, especially from loved ones has been a huge deficit for most.
Personally i love people and interacting with them - I'm and enthusiastic, chattering extrovert.
I love "the interestingness of people " and i believe that everyone has a unique backstory and has done amazing things in their life.
Often without realising it.
so, whilst i have been super busy and productive during lockdown , i have missed people.
I bet you have too.
So when this relaxes, how are you going to fix this.
With the growth of nano- tech, Human connection is more important than ever.
Our inherent human skills of "emotional Intelligence" and "communication" will be even more vital in the post coronavirus world of work, and so how we approach re-engaging is important to the development of our race and what we do next.
IN this episode, a few tips from someone who loves connecting with people .

9 min
May 07, 2020 Times Like These
It takes some of the biggest music artists of our time and a seminal track from the Foo Fighters, to remind us of what really matters as we, hopefully, pass the peak of the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic.
We have the chance to learn to live again, give to give again and learn to love again.
Are we going to take it?
In this week's episode i share what this has meant to me and those i mentor, as the pandemic has progressed..
What we can all pay attention to currently that will help us truly learn from this experience and how this learning can help us live, better, happier and more fulfilled lives for ourselves, our family and our work.
And how through gratitude we can continue on a path of learning, living and loving to take the best form the current experience and build it into our life for the future.
11 min