Mentors To Executives Worldwide

For the first time since we began weekly podcasts in 2015, broadcasting a guest’s interview has been delayed whilst the employing organisation reviews the content for approval. We respect their right to do this and will wait for their decision. In the meantime, we felt that the content of the discussion was worthy of sharing […]

In the concluding part to our discussion with Rico Nasol, we explore how to prepare a “leadership plan” for yourself and the value of internal peer support networks in organisations. Rico also outlines his 90 program and the most important questions you can ask yourself to move towards your career goals.

In the second part of our discussion, Rico outlines his 3Cs approach to leadership as well as sharing some insight to leading a team of creatives in this enhanced technology age. For more information on Rico and his program click here

This week we begin a 3 part discussion with Rico Nasol about leadership. Rico is a seasoned leader with over 20 years of global experience, rising from humble beginnings to make a profound impact at Zappos and Netflix to running his own service of 1-to-1 transformative leadership coaching as well as a 90 day programme. […]

In the final part of our discussion with Aneace Haddad, Kim and guest host Jamie Wadley discover what teams might look like in the coming years and the emergence of leaders with humility.

In our continuing discussion with Aneace Haddad, this week we hear about physiological changes to our brains that happen as we age and how we can harness those changes to be transformational leaders.

This week Kim is joined by Jamie Wadley (in Fulyana’s absence) to talk with Aneace Haddad. Aneace is an executive coach and author of “The Eagle That Drank Hummingbird Nectar.” He has worked with leaders from major companies like Citibank, Deloitte, HSBC, McKinsey, MasterCard, and Visa, helping them with transformational leadership, mindful leadership, and creating […]

This week we have a case study, suggested by a listener, looking at how to address a perceived imbalance in the value of your input for an unpaid (but desirable) role where there is a business element to the situation. If you have also experienced this, let us know and we will include your thoughts […]

We all have to make BIG decisions in our worklife and careers. How do you decide whether to accept a redundancy offer or not? his week Kim and Fulyana look at some of the areas to consider apart from the financial aspect. As always, should you have particular concerns or some ideas for others to […]

We travel back to starting a career this week as Kim and Fulyana look at ways you can find first hand experience in a career path that interests you. Although the podcast talks about starting a career from the basis of high school or early university, it is equally relevant to those contemplating a career […]

This week we look at what to do when salaries do not match market rates. As always, Kim and Fulyana use their professional experience to consider this topic from both sides of the issue – the employer and the employee. Have you been caught with a great employee that isn’t being paid current market rates? […]

This week the tables are turned as Fulyana interviews Kim about withdrawing from a project she has worked on for almost 10 years. What happens when you have a surprisingly large amount of time and the opportunity to actually follow through on one of your long term ideas? Do you have projects “in the wings” […]

In the early years of our careers, inhouse training and development was highly regarded as part of a path to more senior positions. These days there seems to be some resistance to providing these opportunities mostly based on the economic viability of training someone only to have them leave the organisation. This week Kim and […]

Fulyana is back! So that means we are in full “talk” mode, this week about what you are communicating by your behaviour patterns in the workplace. Have you reflected lately on what your behaviour pattern around meetings and work community activities might mean to others? Are you sending the message you want to be sending?

In our conclusion to this three part discussion with Karan, Kim and Fulyana learn about the qualities we should be identifying in future leaders as well as the results of a survey of thousands of leaders across varied industries looking at common leadership “qualities”. Can you identify the same leadership qualities in your organisation?

As we continue our discussion with Karan Ferrell-Rhodes, this week we explore ways to create a leadership brand as well as how workplaces will change their approach to resourcing work areas and projects.

This week we begin a 3 part discussion with Karan Ferrell-Rhodes about leadership in the current organisational environment. Karan is an organisational strategist who is, in her own words, obsessed with up-leveling leadership capability and optimizing workforces to do their best work. This introductory session looks at the relevance/value of HR specific sections in the […]

Last week we suggested a couple of Simon Sinek videos for you to watch and then send through your thoughts and questions. If you haven’t already seen/heard it, click here. This week we have our thoughts on the areas you expressed as well as some suggestions for incorporating into your own performance appraisals.

In the final part of our discussion with Gary Ross we actually get to Question 2 of the list we sent to him but more importantly we hear about choosing the right form of communication for within an organisation and why that might be more than one method and why that method is as important […]

Does your organisation use a “style manual”? Are you expected to conform to a particular way of communicating in writing whether its email, IM or letters? This week we explore Gary’s must haves for getting communication right. There are three things he considers the number 1 essential (yes, three things tied for the number 1 […]