Mentors To Executives Worldwide

Many years ago in training sessions, we would do an exercise called “Chinese Whispers”. The information given at the start of the exercise had to be relayed along a line of people and then repeated by the last person to receive the information. Invariably the final information had very little of the original information. What […]

We are aware that parts of this recording are difficult to understand as Kim’s microphone was not working properly. The recording below will be replaced with a clearer one as soon as re-editing is completed. Thanks for your understanding. Do you know you are heading for a poor performance review? Have you thought about how […]

This week Kim and Fulyana look at a case study based on a complaint sent to a new (but rotating) management team from a member of the previous management team. What is the best way to reinforce new management decisions?

What is executive presence? How do you develop it and maintain your own style? This week Kim and Fulyana look at ways to ensure you are ready for your next presentation at a board or executive meeting whether it all goes to plan or not!

This week Kim and Fulyana talk through a Case Study sent in by a listener. How would you approach redundancy when you believed (and were told) you were doing a great job? What do you do when there are no reasons given for the redundancy? Link for Nick Plummer’s episodes mentioned in this podcast.

How do you approach a complaint brought to you about a peer manager by one of their team? Does your organisation have a process for handling complaints across different teams? Where does a mentor fit in to this scenario? This week Kim and Fulyana explore the options for you as the “receiver” of the complaint […]

This week Kim and Fulyana look at a situation sent in by a listener. This is someone who loves their job, the people they work with and the organisation, however, they feel a need or have a passion to explore a new direction to expand their skills. How do you leave when you love your […]

This week Fulyana talks through some suggestions for action when a formal mentoring activity ends. Both Kim and Fulyana mentor through structured time limited programmes as well as ongoing sessions, so it is interesting to hear their experience of activities you can try when any type of mentoring programme comes to its logical conclusion.

In this final part of our discussion with John Alford, Kim and Fulyana hear about the impacts of regulatory change as well as the value of finding long term mentors or influencers.

We continue our discussion with John Alford, this week looking at the skills he gained early in his working life that have remained with him. We also explore the difference between a transaction business and a service business when they are in the same industry.

This week we begin a 3 part series talking with John Alford about his fascinating career in the finance industry in areas as diverse as the stock market floor of the 1980s to financial planning. Part 1 looks at an overview of John’s career with some insights into specific benefits of being in a “rough […]

This week Kim and Fulyana look at the small and incremental changes that can happen over a 20 year period, changes that irrevocably alter what you do and how you do it, changes that you don’t really notice until you look back at a milestone.

This week Kim and Fulyana share their reactions to a recent report published by Zoom. The report compares workplace preferences from 2021 to 2022 with an emphasis on how we feel about hybrid work situations in relation to specific work requirements such as customer liaison, team building and peer interactions. A link to the report […]

This week Kim and Fulyana look at when and how you should consider career growth. Do you start with a framework when you join an organisation? When you are in a leadership role should you be vigilant about individual career growth?

When you get conflicting feedback from your 360 surveys or other platforms, where do you start to address it? Should you compare to previous surveys? This week Kim and Fulyana explore what these conflicting issues might mean, where they originate and how you should approach processing them to help you in your leadership role. The […]

This week Kim and Fulyana talk about the best practices you can adopt when you are asked to present information or reports to a senior executive group. We cover both in person and online presentations from experience. Have you developed your personal presentation style for these opportunities?

This week Kim and Fulyana look at a case study scenario that is very close to home for Kim. It comes as a result of our discussion with Brandon Wilson about unconscious “task gathering” that can lead to sabotage of team leadership by creating a second leader within a team – the “information” leader. Links […]

In the final part of our discussion with Brad Tornberg, Kim and Fulyana learn what has changed in the priorities for business leaders when looking at the changes to the workplace after two years of disruption.

In this continuing discussion with Brad Tornberg, Kim and Fulyana look at the benefits of combining your Quality Management System with Brad’s Business Fitness as well as the intrinsic importance of communication.

This week Kim and Fulyana begin a three part discussion with Brad Tornberg covering “business fitness” and what that means for business executives in leadership roles. Today’s topic is focus. Can you identify for yourself and your team exactly what the business focus is?