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Ep 089 Authentic Harmony Nov 03, 2022

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As the designer of Gender Dynamics Intelligence (GDI©) Dr Pauline Crawford has a vision for embedding principles for authentic harmony among men and women in leadership roles. With over 30 years' experience in corporate UK, Europe, Asia, and the USA, she is Chief Visionary of the Corporate Heart International; President-Elect 2023-24 Rotary Club of Global Impact, and G100 Global Chair #PositiveMasculinity.

An author and international speaker, Dr Crawford delivers a unique Magical Conversation formula for workplace engagement to seed Healthy High-Performance Cultures. Known as The "Conversation Changemaker", she is a Certified Entreprenologist PHD, Magical Conversations Host, Author, and Speaker, her mission is to educate leaders in the benefits of personal and professional Value Creation, a living philosophy that improves conversations, relationships, and performance. She is focused on entrepreneurs and corporate leaders keen to create meaningful and profitable success through unlocking people's natural relational energy and performance excellence.

Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Dr Pauline Crawford about in an authentic harmony.

Here is what to expect on this week's show:

● Dr Pauline's passion.

● What to do when things go wrong.

● Authentic harmony is to understand each other.

● The importance of being open minded in business.

● Authenticity is an expression of who we are.

● What does authentic harmony mean for our world?

● Advice for people who don't make time to listen and be thoughtful.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulinecrawford/

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https://www.iuenow.org/

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Ep 088 The Healthy Team Oct 27, 2022

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When it comes to mental health in the workplace, Sheila, by her own admission, has learned from her mistakes. She saw first-hand how businesses and organisations weren't taking mental health seriously and what a detrimental impact that was having on industry as a whole.

In an effort to tackle this head-on, Sheila started BMR and today the company leads the way in mental health support programmes, all of which have a definitive return on investment.

Well known for her ability to 'cut to the chase', Sheila believes that workplace wellbeing isn't just about fruit bowls and yoga and that you can't simply magic away employee stress by 'fixing' people.

Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Sheila Lord about being on and providing a healthy team.

Here is what to expect on this week's show:

● What is Sheila's business?

● Leaders that inspire and motivate their people.

● The importance of creating a psychologically safe environment.

● Is it now and employee's market or an employer's market?

● The shift in needs and requirements for millennials.

● The challenges of working at home on your own.

● The importance of having a growth mindset.

● Step out of your comfort zone and make mistakes.

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/bmr-health-and-wellbeing/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheila-lord-bmr/

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Ep 087 Preparing Your Mind Oct 19, 2022

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Bill is a consulting-educator with over 50 years of experience spanning four separate

careers: military (USMC), engineering, business consulting, and education.

He's a founding Principal of MindPrep Resource Center, a veteran-owned business that

specializes in helping emerging leaders learn from the past, deal with today and prepare

for the future. He does this through writing, workshops, team facilitation, and one-on-one coaching.

Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Bill Welter about caring.

Here is what to expect on this week's show:

● Your only job is to take care of your troops. They will take care of you.

● Why aren't some people thoughtful when they have the capacity to be?

● We have 25 milliseconds before we respond or react to something.

● The importance of intention in the world of business.

● We make choices every moment of our lives.

● Sometimes failures are the steppingstones to success.

● Caring is something you get from life experiences.

● Not everyone chooses to care. Or maybe they don't know how.

● Important skills for leaders at this current time.

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MindPrep.com

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Ep 086 Who Do You Trust? Oct 13, 2022

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Mindy Gibbins-Klein is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant who teaches leaders on how to be thoughtful and to create a culture of thought leadership in organizations.

Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Mindy Gibbins-Klein

About trust.

Here is what to expect on this week's show:

● What does it take for someone to earn your trust?

● What was your reaction when someone cheated you?

● What does it take for someone to lose your trust?

● Be direct before you start with a suggestion or request.

● Self-awareness creates internal boundaries for trusting.

● Direct communication helps resolve unsure thoughts about someone.

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Ep 085 Reconnect to Your Vision Oct 06, 2022

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Janet Mohapi-Banks is an Executive Coach, Leadership Consultant, Spiritual Speaker, and International Best-Selling Author for her book Habits for Happiness published in November 2019.

For years she's worked with amazing women in the entrepreneurial and creative space because art, in all forms, is the greatest expression of one's soul and the expansive and transformational work that I do allows them to reach new heights of creativity and consciousness.

Recently I've felt myself being pulled into working with high-level executives and leadership teams in SMEs and corporations who are changing the way that they conduct business to a human-centric model. I help them become more conscious, more heart-led, more inclusive, and more sustainable.

Graduating with an MBA with Distinction in September 2022, I'm a single mother of two autistic teenagers, having flown across the world in the middle of the pandemic to start a new life in Vancouver, Canada.

Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Janet Mohapi-Banks

about entrepreneurship.

Here is what to expect on this week's show:

● Working 36 hour shifts and having gastroparesis.

● How to do business in a way that doesn't kill you.

● We get to make all the decisions every single step of the way.

● The psychosis of entrepreneurship and how to overcome it.

● What is the difference between a leader and a boss?

● What is the best for the group as opposed to what's best for me.

● Janets advice for leaders today.

Connect with Janet:

Website: https://jmbconsciousconsulting.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/janetmohapibanks

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Ep 084 Creating Credibility Sep 29, 2022

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Global Credibility Expert Mitchell Levy is a 2x TEDx speaker, an international bestselling author of over 60 books, and an executive coach at Marshall Goldsmith's 100 Coaches. After interviewing 500 thought leaders on credibility, he published a 7-country international bestselling book, delivered a powerful TEDx on humanity, created courses, and created the Credibility Nation membership community to help those live, learn and surround themselves with others on the credibility journey.

He's an accomplished Entrepreneur who has created twenty businesses in Silicon Valley including four publishing companies that have published over 750 books. He's provided strategic consulting to hundreds of companies and has been the chairman of a board of a NASDAQ-listed company. Mitchell has been happily married for thirty-three years and prior to covid-19, regularly spent four weeks a year in Europe with family and friends.

Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Mitchell about becoming credible.

Here is what to expect on this week's show:

● The triad of being bold, opinionated and respectful.

● You have to earn your credibility, twice.

● How to be more credible to someone else.

● Has society become a place where flaky is acceptable?

● How do we talk about credibility?

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LinkedIn: https://Linkedin.com/in/MitchellLevy

Facebook: https://Facebook.com/HappyAbout

Twitter: https://Twitter.com/HappyAbout

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Ep 083 Is Gratitude Keeping You Poor? Sep 22, 2022

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Lesley Thomas is the founder of The Money Confidence Academy and host of the 'Let's Talk Money and more' Podcast. Lesley works with service-based business owners and entrepreneurs, to help them improve their relationship and confidence about money. Having already created a very successful family business over 16 years ago, she understands the intricacies and financial responsibilities involved in owning your own business.

With a considerable corporate background in sales, creative marketing and mentoring, across global joint ventures, Lesley developed a keen interest in the power of building strong relationships and synergies, resulting in an impressive portfolio of over-achieving on targets. Although Lesley is an advocator for practical business principles, she also believes that in order to lead a lucrative business, you have to create a brand that sets you apart from the cookie cutter crowd and be visible!

An ex-pat from Wales, when Lesley in not working on creating powerful money make-overs for her clients, she can be found at her home in Wiltshire – with her amazingly supportive husband and two sons, or treading the boards in her local village hall, microphone in hand, or accompanying her family to the Alpine mountains, to indulge in their favourite outdoor pursuits.

Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Lesley Thomas

about money and emotions.

Here is what to expect on this week's show:

● Lesleys Money Confidence Academy

● Is it all about the money or is there something else?

● Lesleys thoughts on gratitude as an excuse to not take action

● You need to become aware when there's a disconnect

● The importance of gratitude in business

● 8 money archetypes. Which 3 define you?

● What happens to your activity and your action when you don't follow your money mindset?

● Never put yourself in someone else's bank account or wallet

Connect with Lesley:

Links Mentioned:

themoneyconfidenceacademy.com

facebook.com/themoneyconfidenceacademy/

instagram.com/lesleythomascoaching/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesley-thomas/

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Ep 082 Superpower of the Introverted Leader Sep 15, 2022

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Joanna founded Flourishing Introverts to shift this extraversion bias in business using a simple but robust approach and to enable individuals to recognise their natural strengths so they can fulfil their potential without pretending to be something they are not. This starts with enabling introverts to identify and own their strengths, something Joanna does in her group coaching programmes and 1:1 with clients.

With her clear purpose and unshakable passion, she works with companies and organisations to help them recognise and encourage the contribution introverts can make to their business. This is Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in action.

Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Joanna Rawbone

about different leadership types, how they work and how to lead your best.

Here is what to expect on this week's show:

● Not all leaders are extroverts

● Is there a downside to putting a label on yourself?

● What energy do leaders need to have?

● Pretend listening vs real listening

● Awareness is the most important tool for a leader

● Different styles need to compliment each other.

● Give introverts time to contribute

● Things aren't getting back to normal. This is the new normal.

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https://flourishingintroverts.com/

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Ep 081 Encouraging Diversity of Thought Sep 08, 2022

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Mindy Gibbins-Klein is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant who teaches leaders on how to be thoughtful and to create a culture of thought leadership in organizations.

Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode about diversity of thought, it's affect and how to include it in your business and life.

Here is what to expect on this week's show:

● How to encourage more diversity of thought

● Some biases are unconscious

● Make an extra effort to give more people a chance

● Making a small effort to reach out is an immediate feel good

● How to make your event to be more diverse

● Why we should be allowing comments on our blogs

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Ep 080 Thinking Long Term Sep 01, 2022

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Victoria Shiroma Wilson is the President of Exceptional Futures, which empowers leaders of world-class organizations to discover their purpose, develop a powerful vision, and design a strategy toward transformation. Victoria is valued as a big-picture visionary who works with her clients to examine their leadership impact through the cultural and systemic influences that influence their work.

Victoria began her career in Silicon Valley managing strategic partnership programs for global technology organizations. Her years of experience working in marketing and business development functions within a number of startup companies allowed her to understand the importance of being nimble and adaptable within an ever-evolving business environment.

As part of her doctoral studies, Victoria conducted original research on culturally sustainable coaching practices and is an expert in coaching across cultural boundaries. Victoria is also passionate about education as a societal investment and has served on non-profit school boards and educational program steering committees.

Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Victoria Shiroma Wilson about culture and society.

Here is what to expect on this week's show:

● How reverse culture shock can be even more jarring

● Victorias book about culture

● Sometimes you need to change yourself to be yourself

● To be thoughtful, Victoria needed to slow down

● Being unique is something that should be celebrated

● Awareness, alignment, action

Connect with Victoria:

www.exceptionalfutures.com

www.linkedin.com/in/victoriashiromawilson

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