Let's Get Real
Hi, I'm Nina Simonds, a leadership and relationship coach, and Let's Get Real is about having REAL (relevant, engaging and authentic leadership) conversations with people who inspire me. My guests are business leaders, learning professionals, and social impact entrepreneurs who are working toward a more inclusive and equitable world. We explore personal experiences that have been catalysts for their growth and share some of the key concepts and tools that support effective leadership.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 70
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Values-driven Leadership
Anita Barnick is a career coach with a deep understanding of human potential. She makes use of her successful career as a patient-focused engineering executive in Research & Development…
Adaptive Leadership with Anu Ishola
Nina's guest is Anu Ishola who is passionate about leadership development for women. She has over 14+ years of experience working in the global development space. Anu brings her dedicat…
Inner Diversity & Inclusion with Dominic Longo
Nina spoke with Dominic Longo, an executive coach and leadership development expert based in New York City. He is the Founder of Flourishing Gays, Dominic and an affiliate of Cultivatin…
From Fixing to Connecting with Charles Sue-Wah-Sing
Nina spoke with Charles Su-Wah-Sing, a certified leadership and life coach who guides individual leaders, teams and couples to the fullest expression of their humanity.
Nina and Charles…
Developing a Strong Vision
Nina shares the ABC's (and D&E) of creating a compelling and effective vision. The second half of the episode includes a guided process with questions you can answer as you reflect and …
Making the Impossible Possible with Jeff Harmon
Jeff Harmon is the Founder & CEO of My Impossible, a 501c3 organization on a mission to ignite a global movement of individuals stepping beyond their comfort zones to tackle the seeming…
How to Have Healthy Conflict
In this QuickTake, I share the distinction between healthy and unhealth conflict and the four relationship toxins that lead to unhealthy conflict. I also offer three antidotes to the t…
Co-Active Leadership with Edwin Vega
Edwin Vega, is a Certified Executive & Leadership Development Coach and Facilitator who specializes in leading customized retreats for leaders in the tech and pharmaceutical industries,…
Leading with Respect & Curiosity
Nina spoke with Dr. Julie Pham, the founder of CuriosityBased, a consulting practice helping organizations foster more curiosity to build trust, communication, and collaboration. In th…
Leading with Love & Joy
Nina sat down with Connie Tingson Gatuz, Phd., a higher education leader, facilitator, and innovator. Tingson Gatuz is the current chair of the Michigan ACE Network. She is also the As…
Relaxing the Mind
Barron Hanson is recognized as a teacher of Vedic knowledge by the Shankaracharya tradition in India. Barron was living in New York in 2019 when the east coast of australia was devasta…
Staying Creative through Change
Jen Martin is a coach and consultant working with leaders and teams to navigate change creatively. For more than a decade, she has coached and trained thousands of people across industr…
Better Together
In the Opener for Season Six, Nina speaks with Monique Breault and Cai DeLumpa, professional certified coaches with 30+ years experience working in organizations. As husband and wife a…
Being a Relationship Warrior
Our guest is Faith Fuller, co-founder of CRR Global and co-creator of Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC™). She is a psychologist and experienced trainer and coach, w…
Good Grief with Rachel Baldi & Christie Mann
In this time of so much change, I can't think of a better skill set than understanding and being able to help others come to terms with loss. That's one reason I wanted to have this co…
Boundaryless Change with Marita Fridjhon
Our guest is Marita Fridjhon, a thought leader in the paradigm shifts leaders and teams need to make to create systems-inspired change. Over two decades ago, Marita and CRR Global co-f…
Making the Invisible Visible with Eric Kohner
Eric Kohner is an internationally recognized executive coach, keynote speaker, and is considered one of the “godfathers” of Co-Active coaching. He is the founder of ekcoSYSTEM, where …
From Download to Dialogue
In this QuickTake I share my thoughts on the critical skill of tuning into your key stakeholders and moving from a unilateral conversation to a collaborative co-created dialogue.
Theory…
Midlife Mastery: Women in Their Prime
JuJu Hook helps companies find their juju and brand it. In this conversation Nina and Juju explored the power of women in midlfe. Juju also shared insights about how to challenge assum…
Expanding Leadership with Jenny Vazquez-Newsum
Jenny Vazquez-Newsum is a leadership facilitator and CEO of Untapped Leaders, a leadership development organization specializing in uncovering overlooked capacities and untapped talent.…