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
The Three C's of Culture
In this Quick Take episode, Andy interviewed Nina about what it takes to cultivate a positive workplace culture. Nina shared the three C's and the two of them explore how pitfalls and …
Climate Change on the Roof of the World with James Fountain
James Fountain is a documentarian, a sustainability leader and a storyteller. He has an extensive career trajectory that includes leadership roles in Big 4 public accounting firms, str…
JEDI Coaching with Dr. Priya Nalkur
Dr. Priya Nalkur is the President of the Roundtable Institute a professional coaching and training firm that helps leaders raise their awareness, action, and advocacy for organizational…
Doing Good and Making Money with Bessi Graham
Bessi Graham is an investor, entrepreneur and writer with a passion for using business as an agent for change. For the past 20 years she has focused on unlocking capital to deliver pos…
Learning from Transitions with Dr. Elijah Nicholas
Dr. Elijah Nicholas is an 11-time published author with his most recent work is his LGBTQI+ friendly children's book series which promotes love, family, compassion, inclusion, and authe…
4 Ways to Cultivate Better Listening
In the Season Five Opener, Nina shares four ways to cultivate better listening. She also makes a key distinction between managing and leading and why it matters to listen well.
How to …
Three Leadership Lessons from Season 4
Nina reflects on the three leadership lessons from Season 4.
The meta questions we asked this season included: how does a leader cultivate a culture of belonging and inclusion? What's…
Enabling Visionary Leadership with Maria Gerea
Maria Gerea is the founder and owner of Coevolution. As an experienced executive coach and team development facilitator, she supports leaders and teams to connect the dots between coll…
Talking about Hard Things with Dr. Nancy Dome
Dr. Nancy Dome is the Founder/CEO of Epoch Education who’s primary charge is to provide accessible and transforming professional development for educators and business leaders in diver…
Holding Change
In this Quicktake, I share three ways leaders can hold change, whether it's a job loss or an organizational initiative. These three approaches may seem paradoxical but can accelerat…
Leading Change with Andy Simonds
Andy Simonds is the co-producer and sound engineer for the show but his new day job is as the Chief Product Officer of Talent.com. Since Andy has been leading product and organizatio…
Leadership Presence
Clients often come to me focused on learning tactics or strategies for being a better leader. What I have learned over time is that effective leadership is as much about who you are b…
Resilience Inside & Out with Sharmin Banu
Sharmin Banu is an executive coach and the former president of the Washington State Chapter of International Coach Federation. She is also the Pacific Regional Lead for Braver Angels,…
Four Mindsets for Greater Empathy
Nina shares four ways of being that cultivate empathy. It's easy to focus on techniques and skills for building empathy. Your mindset and way of approaching others is equally important…
Creative Expression with Abigail Morgan Prout
Abigail Morgan Prout is a professional leadership coach and a midwife for emerging patterns toward a more feminine-forward leadership. She is the author of a new collection of poetry -…
Authenticity at Work with Jenny Leman
Jenny Leman is the President at CareerPlug, a software and service company that makes hiring easier for small and mid-size businesses. Native to Texas, Jenny graduated from the Univers…
Who's Talking Now?
I share one of the essential tools for creating an authentic and fulfilling life - understanding the difference between your inner critic and your true nature. This is the first of sev…
Leading Inclusively with Akasha
In this Season 4 Opener I spoke with Akasha of Cultivating Leadership, a professional coaching and training firm that supports organizations in developing the workforce of the future. …
The Power of Story with Matt Scott
Matt Scott is the Manager of Storytelling & Engagement with Project Drawdown, a nonprofit organization that seeks to help the world reach “drawdown”—the future point in time when levels…