I had an honest and energising chat with Kate Russell on The Huddle Leadership Podcast about the ways gender bias quietly persists in our workplacesโand what we can actually do about it. Tune in here.
I had the absolute pleasure of joining Dionne Payn (PhD) on the ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ podcast, and let me tell youโthis woman is a force for good.
Dionne isnโt just talking about financial empowerment for women; sheโs actively reshaping the landscape. As the CEO of ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ, sheโs on a mission to create real, lasting impactโleveraging ethical investments to empower women and girls, drive social change, and build a more equitable future. Her work is not just inspiring; itโs transformational. I do love a woman who makes stuff happen!
I had the pleasure of joining Helga Svendsenโs podcast to dive into one of my favorite topics: Influence with Impact.
In the boardroom (or anywhere, really), influence isnโt just about making noiseโitโs about understanding whoโs in the room, what matters to them, and why. As I like to say, influence is just good communication on steroids!
In our chat we covered the subtle yet powerful art of connecting with decision-makers and peers alikeโbecause sometimes, influence has to happen without the power of a title. Itโs all about those informal, meaningful connections that really move the needle.
Letโs talk about team communication.
Itโs not enough THAT we talk to each other, itโs also HOW we talk to each other that counts. And to get better at that we need to reflect, review and refine the process of our discussions, not just the content of them.
Itโs like trying to get better at piano by playing for 10,000 hours without review or adjustment. The 10,000 hours of playing bad piano wonโt make you an expert, but 10,000 hours that is constantly reviewed, refine and adjusted, definitely will.
Ed Frauenheim's insights about masculinity during our Spotlighting Success Webinar, really resonated with the work I do in gender equality. Women AND men are all limited by the stereotypes that dictate our cultural norms in society. Women as โniceโ and emotional care takers and home makers and men as โstrongโ and stoic bread winners and financial providers.
Good news! The second episode of the Difference project is here! I was invited once again for the second episode of the Difference project: a series of live digital conversations that aims to shape a whole new hypothesis on how to use difference to make a differenceโฆto make systemic change toward a safer, fairer, more inclusive world. Watch the episode here.
Honoured to be profiled in the December 2021 issue of the Training and Development magazine. Fresh off my win as Dr. Alastair Rylatt Learning and Development Professional of the Year, 2021 the editor and I had a bit of fun with the Q&A. So if you want to know my biggest training fail, or why the editor said, โYour answer to the zombie question made me snort out loud!!โ then check out the profile piece here.
I was delighted to be a guest for the Difference Project, Episode 1 - "What sort of workplace does the future require? In this episode, we discussed how experiences and perspectives that come from unique differences become an essential quality of the workplace of the future. Watch the recorded episode here.
๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐คโฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐, ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ. Recently The Audacious Agency interviewed some award winners to hear what they gained by entering awards. Thanks ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง for including me, and to ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฆ and ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ for supporting me in my awards journey this year. As the recent ๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, 2021, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ป๐ซโ๐ ๐ณ&๐ซ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, 2021, I certainly have had a big year with awards! And I can honestly say itโs taken a lot of work - AND it was worth every single second and not just because of the wins. I gained valuable insights and reflections about what makes my business work, what my customers really value and what it takes to keep it all going.
The ability to persuade and inspire is essential in business, and you do that by the words and sentences you use. In this ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ, I share three tips on effective communication: think in headlines, employ short sentences, and use simple words. Have a listen here.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ก? This is the question Rob Hartnett asked me, whilst chatting recently on his podcast. For me it's about psychological safety. Creating an environment where people feel safe to be themselves. But I began by saying it was about '๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ' and '๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ'. I want to be clear here - you don't necessarily have to be friends with your coach, or even like them particularly, to get value, but you do need to trust that they have your back, and can help you. I'm curious though... what do you think?
I was honoured to be a panelist on the first episode of ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ, a series of live digital conversations about how our differences might bring us together to pursue common goals, rather than divide us. We discussed how to use Difference to make a difference...to make systemic change toward a safer, fairer, more inclusive world.
