Mentors To Executives Worldwide

WE’RE BACK!!!! Yes, after a break for both of us on other tasks, we are now back into a recording routine with lots of topics to cover. The topics are ones that have been suggested from our followers – here’s the first one about being part of a team when you are working from home. […]

Personal growth was a catch cry for executive development in the 1990s. Is it still relevant? Do you give yourself the opportunity or do you feel it is no longer necessary at your level of management? This week Kim shares a challenge she has recently completed that tested both her views on and her ability […]

Do you use social and professional media platforms such as LinkedIn or Facebook? What use are they? What kind of impression does your profile make? This week’s discussion centres on how you can stay in control of the image you are presenting in the digital world. What is the difference between a physical “networking meeting” […]

When was the last real day off you had? Do you need a whole day or is a few hours sufficient to recharge your enthusiasm? How can you give yourself permission or organise your tasks so time off is a reality? This week Kim and Fulyana share the methods they each use individually to structure […]

Do you need to process some work worries but don’t know how? This week Kim and Fulyana look at what you can do to help yourself when you have issues, either identified or not, that seem to detract from your enjoyment or sense of success at work.

This week Kim and Fulyana talk through their experiences and suggestions around external investigations, takeovers, mergers and buyouts. What do you say to an investigator? What do you say when people you know and trust, outside your workplace, ask about the situation?

We all bring qualities to a leadership role. How often do we try to incorporate traits that we would have appreciated from other leaders? Is this a good idea? How do you work out what is right for your team or project? This week Kim and Fulyana explore  case study of a manager who has […]

Is it really possible to make decisions without emotional investment? How do you identify when, where and how your emotions are playing a part in your decision making process? This week, Kim and Fulyana consider how they approach decision making and how they try to manage their emotional investment in projects and people.

In this last part of our discussion with Rodney Watson OAM, Kim and Fulyana hardly get a word in! Rodney takes us through a range of issues around Board memberships including the research you need to do when you are thinking about being a Board member. It was a noisy location to record so there […]

In Part 2 of our three part discussion with Rodney Watson OAM, Kim and Fulyana explore Rodney’s views on responsible governance, the similarities of managing a business or a sporting association (with upwards of 3,000 registered players), the changing roles of volunteers and the impact of legislation on volunteer based administration. Have you ever embarked […]

It’s old home week at Inside-Exec as Kim and Fulyana talk with a former work colleague, Rodney Watson OAM, about his lifelong involvement with sports administration whilst pursuing his successful career in executive management positions across Australia. What are the similarities in management? What are the challenges? In Part 1, of a 3 part series, […]

Do you consider yourself “brave” at work? What about courageous? This week Kim and Fulyana explore what being brave and/or courageous means in the workplace. Looking at some examples from their own experience, we hear exactly what these terms mean in a work environment and how you, too, can benefit from be “brave aware”.  

In the second part of our discussion with Daniel Hakim, Kim and Fulyana hear what planning goes in to moving a business and building new premises, the challenges of industry regulators as well as the value of focused industry support groups. We hear that the issues for business owners are very similar regardless of the size […]

In this first part of a two part discussion, Kim and Fulyana talk with Daniel Hakim about how a passion for cars has kept him in business for over 10 years within a highly competitive retail and wholesale sector. How do you manage a team that is older than you? How do you get the […]

What is the difference between personal best and personal excellence? Which is more important for your career? How do you measure them? Why should you measure them? This week Kim and Fulyana explore the connection and differences between personal best and personal excellence. As always, we welcome your feedback and views on these topics. You […]

How often do you measure your job satisfaction? Once a year when it’s review time? Are you really satisfied with your job and your performance? In this podcast Kim and Fulyana talk through some of the issues that we like to generalise about when referring to our job satisfaction. It’s time to be realistic and […]

Do you feel as though you are on a career treadmill? Is every week the same? Are you trapped in a cycle of work/eat/sleep? This week Kim and Fulyana explore what it means to be in a rut, as the expression goes, and what you can realistically do about it. Not necessarily massive change, which […]

Even when we are surrounded by work associates, we can feel alone or isolated. How do you address this? What are some simple ways to reconnect with the humanity around you? Where do you start? This week Kim and Fulyana explore some ways they use to keep the human connection happening in their various work […]

Many of you have already experienced the downsizing interview where it is your job to break the news to someone that perhaps you’ve worked with for years, that their position will be no longer required by the organisation. Or it might be a performance review that needs to be addressed. Whatever the situation, as managers, […]

Whether you are returning as a consultant or contractor, changing from being a contractor to an employee, there are steps you need to take to manage yourself and the new situation in a workplace that you have previously known. This week Kim and Fulyana talk through the various scenarios and suggest approaches based on their […]