The Workplace Podcast in association with YellowWood

Episode 57: How to stop worrying about what other people think of you with Dr. Michael Gervais

In this episode, host William Corless talks to Dr. Michael Gervais, Sport and Performance Psychologist. Together they tackle the all important question ‘How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think of You’.

 

Drawing on his experience over a 20-year career working with world class performers and organizations, Dr. Gervais delves into topics around, managing the fear of other people’s opinions, how to create a team philosophy and how to build your own personal philosophy statement.

 

There are valuable insights and learnings to be gained from this episode as William and Michael explore these issues.

 

Find out more about the work that Michael does here: FindingMastery: High Performance Psychology with Michael Gervais

 

Episode 56: Diversity and Inclusion for the Irish workplace with Dr Jonathan Ashong Lamptey

A globally recognised authority on Diversity and Inclusion, Dr. Jonathan Ashong - Lamptey joins host William Corless in this episode to discuss Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace. Currently on his mission to help 1 million people around the world make the workplace more inclusive, Jonathan offers his insights on important questions such as: how to create a sense of belonging in the workplace, understanding and navigating microaggressions and the importance of integrating with new people in the workplace. There are valuable insights to be gained from this episode as William and Jonathan explore the topics of culture and procedural justice together.

For more info you can contact Jonathan through his website.

https://elementofinclusion.com

 

Episode 55: Leadership Development through the lens of future of work with Marianne Roux

Future of Work Strategist and Professor of Leadership, Marianne Roux joins the Workplace podcast to discuss Leadership Development through the lens of "Future of Work".

 

Marianne joins our host William Corless to discuss:

• Best practice approaches to designing a leadership development framework -focusing on mindsets versus competencies
• Understanding contextual intelligence through six dimensions: environmental, developmental, relational, methodological, temporal & technological
• Providing examples of her work with clients in designing the learning journey in a curated and oft times emergent way to meets the complex and changing needs of a large organisation through co-creation and integration
• How to measure impact of leadership development while solving complex challenges through a strategic lens
• The role of personal agility for leadership in the future of work context.

 

Marianne has 28 years’ global experience as an HR Executive, Future of Work Strategist and Professor of Leadership. She holds a Masters degree in HR and Organisational Psychology and is completing her PHD in Leadership in the Future of Work context

 

This episode was brought to you by WorkMatters Consulting.

People, Culture and Leadership solutions for the changing world of work.

https://workmatters.ie

 

Episode 54: Conflict Coaching with Cinnie Noble

Cinnie Noble is a pioneer of conflict management coaching. In this episode, Cinnie and our host William Corless discuss the cross over between coaching and mediation. They share their insights and experience, our listeners will discover:

• Why people elect to choose conflict coaching over mediation
• The benefits of conflict coaching
• The framework using the CINERGY model 
• Internal reaction to conflict vs the external reaction
• Advice for coaches when it comes to venting
• How to analyse and have a productive coaching session
• Types of Questions
• Examples of where conflict coaching has worked 

A former lawyer with a Masters of Law in Dispute Resolution. Cinnie Noble is a Chartered Mediator and Professional Certified Coach. Cinnie mediates workplace and other interpersonal disputes and also,  coaches individual clients worldwide to strengthen their conflict competence and more effectively engage in their interpersonal disputes. She and her international team of trainers conduct workshops for mediators, coaches and others in her unique CINERGY® Model. Cinnie is the author of two coaching books  Conflict Mastery: Questions to Guide You and Conflict Management Coaching: The CINERGY™ Model  www.cinergycoaching.com

 

To download your Chapter two of her book, use the password : GetFreeChapter

Episode 53: Employee relations through the mediation lense with Denise White-Hughes

Denise White-Hughes, head of employee relations with LIDL Ireland and Northern Ireland joins our host William Corless to discuss mediation in relation to employee relations. 

In this episode Denise highlights

• the benefits and cost savings the mediation has brought Lidl.
• Lidl's learnings about implementing mediation in a large organisation
• Examples where mediation has worked with a real life scenario and the positive outcomes from a complaint on banter was made.
• Her experience of mediation
• Where conflict is inevitable and how to best manager conflict.

This episode was sponsored by the Mediation Foundation of Ireland. Europes premier provider of mediation training.

www.mfi.ie

 

Episode 52: Managing and overcoming trauma with Dr Rashpal K Dhensa-Kahlon

Our host William Corless is joined by Dr Rasphal K Dhensa-Kahlon, an organisational psychologist with Birkbeck, University of London.

In this episode we discuss trauma of the pandemic, terrors attacks and the impact on leaders in the workplace. Of interest to people will be how compassion and self care are crucial, along with sense making as people return to the workplace.

Rashpal conducts research into how individuals manage challenging issues that can have a major impact on their lives both at work, and outside it. This includes studies of individuals who have been mistreated at work, those who are faced with inequality and individuals who are witness to traumatic societal events (such as terror attacks). She has a particular interest in individual adjustment in the face of adversity, include processes around healing, care and growth.

 

Episode 51: Returning to the workplace with Cali William Yost

Cali Yost (Futurist, Strategist, Author, Speaker) joins our host William Corless to discuss returning to the workplace. With the recent relaxation of restrictions Cali offers insights and guidance for employers and employees on best practice. Cali has over 27 years of experience in flexible and remote workplace and is globally recognised as an expert in the future of work.

In this episode Cali provides insights on:

• Reimagining work which is a deliberate process which has fundamentally changed
• Pitfalls to avoid and a call to urgent action, much like the initial response to the pandemic
• Global CEO's and investment communities prioritising the new way of working. The old way of working is gone.
• Focus on supporting people and equipping people with skills
• Creating a flexible dynamic for an intergenerational workforce
• Designing a culture of shared leadership with trust and accountability
• Employers not to be afraid of asking people what they want
• Having guard rails to reset the new reality of work

Episode 50: The man who mistook his job for his life with Naomi Shragai

Naomi Shragai, Author of The 'Man Who Mistook his Job for His Life' Executive Coach, Business Psychotherapist and Journalist; joins our host William Corless to discuss her book.

A quote from the book provides a glimpse of what to expect from this podcast.

"The workplace is a theatre where everyone is acting out their own unique family drama while simultaneously attempting to co-operate and deliver results."

In this podcast we cover topics such as:

• Workaholics
• Understanding emotions and behaviours in the workplace
• Being responsible for your behaviours in the workplace
• Enhance emotional intelligence by framing emotions as part of a continuum
• Dealing with a micro-manager
• Self defeating behaviours such as people pleasing

Naomi Shragai graduated from the University of Southern California and completed her training as a systemic psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic, London. She has more than 30 years’ experience as a psychotherapist and family therapist in private practice, as well as working in the NHS and private hospitals. She now specialises in helping businesses and individuals resolve psychological obstacles that cause work-related problems.

She practices from her consulting room in North West London, and is also available for consultations on video or at your place of work.

As a freelance journalist she has written for The Times and The Guardian and since 2008 has been a regular contributor to the Financial Times, where she writes predominantly about the psychological aspects of working life. Her first book, The Man Who Mistook his Job for his Life, is published in August 2021.

 

Episode 49: Women in Leadership with Sally Helgesen -How Women Rise

Sally Helgesen, cited in Forbes as the world’s premier expert on women’s leadership, is an internationally best-selling author, speaker and leadership coach. She is ranked number 6 among the world’s top 30 leadership thinkers by Global Gurus and number one coach for women leaders by Thinkers50/ 100 Coaches.

Sally joins our host William Corless to discuss Women in Leadership, where we discuss her book "How Women Rise". In this episode we discuss how women rise through the lens of the pandemic and the added challenges that it brings. Topics of discussion include:

• Habits that may hinder success 
• Putting your job before your career
• Impact of the pandemic and the long term consequences for female leadership
• The great reckoning and rethinking our priorities
• The flexible workplace
• Can you have it all - a successful career and a happy family life
• The Sandwich generation
• Conversations with your life partner

Sally’s most recent book, How Women Rise, co-authored with Marshall Goldsmith, became the best-seller in its category within a week of publication and has been translated into 17 languages. Previous books include The Female Advantage: Women’s Ways of Leadership, hailed as a classic and continuously in print since 1990; The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work, which explores how women’s strategic insights can strengthen their careers; and The Web of Inclusion, cited in The Wall Street Journal as one of the best books on leadership of all time and credited with bringing the language of inclusion into business.

Click on the link https://allrise.substack.com

To hear more about Sally's new book and to gain more insights from her newsletters

 

Episode 48: Mediation Mastery through reflective practice with Michael Lang

Mediation pioneer and trailblazer Michael Lang joins the Workplace Podcast.For over 40 years Michael has mediated family, workplace and organizational disputes. He has designed and presented introductory and advanced mediation and conflict management courses, workshops and webinars in the US and internationally.  

Michael joins our host and fellow mediator William Corless to shares his vast wealth of experience. Michael share his insights on: 

• Hallmarks of mastery in mediation including curiosity
• Insights into reflective practice and understanding the fundamentals
• How to have confidence in your competence
• Demonstrating mediator presence- What to do if you get stumped in a mediation

 

Michael created one of the first graduate programs in conflict resolution in the US at Antioch University in 1992 and served in a similar role at Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC.

He has authored The Practitioners Guide to Reflective Practice in Conflict Resolution (2019) and co-authored The Making of a Mediator: Developing Artistry in Practice, (2000).  He is the co-creator and co-editor with his Irish colleague, Peter Nicholson, of Living Together, Separating, Divorcing: Surviving During a Pandemic (2020) and Family Conflict During a Pandemic: Stories of Struggle and Hope (2021).

Michael has created a video series, In Their Voices, www.thereflectivepractitioner.com/video-conversations.

Michael currently facilitates 8 monthly online reflective practice groups for mediators, including a group of Irish mediators.

This episode was sponsored by The Mediation Foundation of Ireland, Europe's premier mediation training provider. To become a mediator or enhance your mediation practice through continuous professional development click on www.mfi.ie