Lessons for Leaders

Welcome to Lessons for Leaders.  Can you believe it’s episode 100?

The goal has always been to share lessons, learnings, tips and advice and even when things got tough with it, I’ve enjoyed it more a…

This week I'm sharing top tips and conversations that I have frequently with people in organisations to help them know how to persuade leaders to invest in wellbeing.

We're covering:

What to do to pe…

This week I'm joined by Gemma Woodward who is People & Culture Manager for Netsells in York.  We are talking about leadership and autonomy.  Listen in for:

• What are the benefits of allowing autonomy…

What on earth is back to the floor?

I start with that and why I'm covering the subject (it was inspired by my wonderful friend and leader Tina.  So I'm also covering today:

Why is it important to kno…

This week on the podcast I'm talking about Why it's Worth Investing in Stress Awareness.

I wonder if you've ever had a time when you've ever felt stressed and known what would help ... but not bother…

Two years since the UK locked down from the Covid 19 virus.  In fact pretty much the world locked down.

It changed so many things

• About how we live
• How we work
• Connections & communication
• Wellbein…

In honour of International Women's Day, I’m here to give ideas of ways that you can support women in leadership roles.  There can be a number of reasons why there are less women than men in leadershi…

This week I'm talking to you about why empathy is crucial for great leaders.

I cover :

What is empathy

Why does it matter in leadership

Whether empathy can be learned 

How it can improve performanc…

Do you find it difficult to say no to people?  Perhaps it means you end up being busy, stressed, over-committed?  Often when we struggle to say no to people it can leave us feeling used, put up-on, j…

This week I'm sharing tips and information about De-stigmatizing Mental Health.  I share key points on:

• Why mental health is stigmatized
• How stigma brings shame and what that looks like
• How it wil…

Since this week is Children's Mental Health Week, I'm sharing some of my top tips and experience that I've used with my own children and hope will be helpful for you too.

1 in 6 children and young pe…

When we tell stories there are areas of the brain that light up and create feel good chemicals and reactors in the brain that mean that stories are retained much better than just facts or figures.

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Paul McGregor joins Emma to talk about Challenging the Stigma of Mental Health.

Paul is a Mental Health speaker and founder of Everymind at Work.

Listen in where we talk about

• The key reasons Paul d…

I'm sharing some insider secrets and top tips about the conversations I've been having.  Im' sharing some of the trends I've seen and the issues that people tell me they have in their organisations.

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It might feel like a time to hibernate and stay inside with the damp cold weather, the long January with credit card bills coming from Christmas spends, but I’m here to share some easy and simple way…

This week I’m sharing my 7 steps to successful planning.  Whether this is for you personally or a wellbeing plan, leadership plan or other plan in your organisation listen in for my tips that cover:

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I’m sharing a recap of the top 5 episodes for 2021.  These are the podcast episodes that have had the highest listens throughout the year and I though it useful to recap them for you.  People are oft…

Not all of us get oodles of holiday time over Christmas.  After the couple of years we’ve had it’s important to set boundaries and ensure that you get time for you and time to prioritise and enjoy Ch…

This week I'm joined by Louise Westra and we talk about

Why you need to ensure you put you first.

How to look out for compassion fatigue and what you can do about it.

Why work-life balance is still i…

You're not alone right now if you feel frazzled and burned out. 

I’m hearing from a LOT of people that they’re struggling right now.  Some are even contemplating leaving their jobs because of pressur…