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The Penny Drop

One story, shared in five minutes, once a week - with a penny-dropping moment every time. Hanging out with engagement and communications expert Penny Terry on The Penny Drop is the simplest way to turn these so-called soft skills into rock-hard results - personally and professionally.

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Update frequency
every 9 days
Average duration
6 minutes
Episodes
78
Years Active
2022 - 2025
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It just is, is it?

It just is, is it?

This week on the Penny Drop, Penny Terry has a great little test you can do to find out if you need to ask more questions about the way you work. And yep, she learned it from someone much smarter tha…

00:05:12  |   Mon 07 Aug 2023
The Third Drawer Down

The Third Drawer Down

This week on the Penny Drop, Penny goes through her kitchen drawers and realises that how we tend to organise them isn't too different from how we organise information in our heads! When you hear wha…

00:06:01  |   Mon 24 Jul 2023
The switch we all need

The switch we all need

It's life hack time on the Penny Drop as Penny unpacks the simplest life hack that she's recently learned from her five-year-old Vin. It's so good that it's now something that Penny does for a living…

00:04:46  |   Mon 10 Jul 2023
The lost art of pondering

The lost art of pondering

This week on the Penny Drop Penny ponders aloud which takes her back to the time she developed an app idea about... pondering, which leads her to share the most important two words you can say aloud …

00:06:54  |   Tue 27 Jun 2023
Walking in time

Walking in time

This week on the Penny Drop, Penny reflects on something that happened to her at the supermarket which she reckons has happened to you too... hopefully, maybe, we'll you'll just have to listen to fin…

00:05:05  |   Tue 13 Jun 2023
It's time to get a mirror

It's time to get a mirror

Penny recorded the Penny Drop this week just after she re-read an email she was about to send... but then didn't. It reminded her of something she learned in her 20's when she went to a dress-up part…

00:06:29  |   Tue 30 May 2023
The Third Voice

The Third Voice

This week on The Penny Drop Penny talks about a Penny-dropping-moment she had while fiddling with some tech settings during a client session. What started as an unfortunate echo, sent Penny down the …

00:04:06  |   Mon 15 May 2023
The view at a different angle

The view at a different angle

Penny had no idea that she'd end up recording this episode of The Penny Drop quite like this. There she was, looking up into the sky and just had to grab her microphone because the view took her some…

00:03:09  |   Mon 01 May 2023
Are you good at opening gates?

Are you good at opening gates?

Penny takes you out on the farm and to a gateway on this week's episode of The Penny Drop as she discusses why all leaders need to get good at opening gates.

The simple ones and the hard ones. And al…

00:04:34  |   Mon 17 Apr 2023
A question about questions

A question about questions

Penny has a guest producer for this episode of the Penny Drop and while he provides little help with the production he has provided plenty of inspiration...

This week, Penny shares a story about her …

00:06:53  |   Mon 03 Apr 2023
Good starts

Good starts

This week on The Penny Drop, Penny Terry recounts an early morning announcement and what it taught her about the importance of good starts.

If you'd like to chat with Penny about how she could work w…

00:04:22  |   Mon 20 Mar 2023
Is it time to break the template?

Is it time to break the template?

This week on the Penny Drop, Penny Terry had some thoughts (out loud) while trying to create a mock-up book cover for a book she's working on. She's wondering if we're trading 'easy' for 'interesting…

00:04:32  |   Mon 06 Mar 2023
Lessons from talkback radio

Lessons from talkback radio

This week on The Penny Drop Penny recalls one of her top five talkback segments from her days as a radio presenter with the ABC. She unpacks one of the reasons why people couldn't help but call in an…

00:03:32  |   Mon 27 Feb 2023
The view from the bathroom window

The view from the bathroom window

This week on the Penny Drop, Penny takes you on a tour of her home but she can't stop looking out the windows as she wanders around. Turns out, we can learn a lot about how to ask good questions by l…

00:06:04  |   Mon 20 Feb 2023
Beating boring

Beating boring

Penny's back after a Summer break that's her with more questions than answers... which she reckons this is the best thing that can happen to any of us!

In this episode of the Penny Drop, Penny asks Y…

00:04:54  |   Mon 13 Feb 2023
There's something special about roses

There's something special about roses

This week on The Penny Drop, Penny Terry re-lives an awkward conversation with her manager and chats about what she learned about authenticity from a little green weatherboard house. 

See omnystudio.c…

00:08:57  |   Mon 19 Dec 2022
Dipping your toe into a conversation

Dipping your toe into a conversation

In this episode, things get a bit gory as Penny explains a recent (quite ridiculous) injury and what she learned from the conversations at the Doctor's surgery.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…

00:09:21  |   Mon 12 Dec 2022
Driving through the fog

Driving through the fog

Penny's drive to work this morning was a little bit different, which got her thinking about a key point in our conversations where things become much clearer.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i…

00:03:55  |   Mon 05 Dec 2022
A tool to test the connection

A tool to test the connection

This week Penny moves onto the second step of her six-step conversation framework. Somehow she links it to a recent conversation with her husband, farm equipment and a Christmas list... 

SHOW NOTES: 

00:04:45  |   Mon 21 Nov 2022
Need some chocolate to get to the top?

Need some chocolate to get to the top?

This week Penny goes off-script and even starts commentating her own podcast! She's got something exciting to tell (sell) you and uses it to demonstrate how metaphor stories work.

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SHOW NOTE…

00:08:41  |   Mon 14 Nov 2022
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