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Sensei Karen engages with leading experts and accomplished business leaders, diving deep into what it means to be an outstanding leader of people while thriving at work and in life.
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Episode 91: Winning The War for Talent
Join Karen and Richard Triggs in this engaging conversation as they delve into the latest trends in talent acquisition, uncover the power of employer branding and reveal key strategies for building high-performance teams.
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In this episode, we sat down with Bryan Whitefield, a leading expert in team dynamics and decision-making.
Read BlogEpisode 88: Leadership Lessons from an Airline Pilot
A recently retired airline captain, Chris Smith joins us to unpack decades of valuable lessons gained both in the air and on the ground.
Read BlogEpisode 87: Complexities of Managing Noisy and Challenging Employees
Award-winning entrepreneur and business coach, Shivani Gupta, joins Karen to share her insights on managing difficult employees. Together, they'll discuss practical solutions to transform workplace challenges into opportunities.
Read BlogEpisode 84: Transformative Blueprint for Leaders to Thrive with Vision, Empathy, and Resilience in the 21st Century
Karen joins forces with organizational change and service management expert Karen Ferris. Author of "The Leadership Mindset," Ferris provides a transformative framework for 21st-century leaders. Together, they delve into the "REMARKABLE" acronym, unpacking essential leadership qualities.
Read BlogEpisode 83: High Cost of Poor Leadership: Why Bad Bosses Can't Stay
Michelle Gibbings, an expert in workplace culture, global keynote speaker, and accomplished author, joins Karen for an insightful discussion on the heavy price of poor leadership and the reasons ineffective bosses can no longer stick around.
Read BlogEpisode 80: Sales Leadership - Building a High-Performance Sales Team and Culture
Learn from the best. In this episode, we sit down with Fran Pratt, Founder and Director of Metisan, to discuss the secrets to building a successful sales team.
Read BlogEpisode 77: Why Soft Skills Are the New Hard Skills That Every Leader Needs
Karen welcomes Leah Mether, an expert in communication and human skills, a seasoned speaker, trainer, facilitator and two-time published author, to explore why soft skills have become the essential hard skills every leader needs.
Read BlogEpisode 76: Why Leadership is Broken
Dr. Paige Williams, a renowned keynote speaker, organizational psychologist, and Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne, joins Karen to discuss why leadership is broken and what we need to do about it.
Read BlogEpisode 71: Rewiring Your Brain
Karen and Kim Hazendonk, a Neuropsychologist, come together to discuss the influence of the unconscious mind and strategies for rewiring the brain.
Read BlogEpisode 69: Leadership in Education
Karen is honored to be joined by Tony Mackay, a highly respected leader in the education sector, to delve into the topic of leadership in Education.
Read BlogEpisode 68: Leadership Lessons from the Gym
Join us as we dive into the intersection of strength and strategy with Wioletta Hislop, the powerhouse mentor bridging bodybuilding and business on Work Savvy!
Read BlogEpisode 66: Mindset Matters
What separates high performers from the rest? Join Karen and Kew Jaliens as they explore the role of mindset in achieving your goals.
Read BlogEpisode 63: Being A Successful Entrepreneur
On the show today we’re going to kick off by talking all about what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.
Read BlogEpisode 54: Burnout
Mindfulness expert Melo Calarco joined the show to chat all about burnout.
Read BlogEpisode 53: Lessons Learned in Building a Successful Business and Team
Business owner Olivia Mangold joins the show to chat all about the keys to building a successful business and team.
Read BlogEpisode 52: Managing Performance Remotely
This week Maddie is interviewing Karen all about leadership and remote work.
Read BlogEpisode 50: Why Thank You Is More Important Than Money
Happy 50th episode! Today we have Wendy Hanrahan joining us to talk all about why thank you matters more than money.
Read BlogEpisode 45: Performance Management
HR expert Sonya Law is back on the podcast to chat all about performance management systems.
Read BlogEpisode 44: High Performing Executive Teams
Gwen Pinnington joins Karen and Maddie to chat all about Exec teams.
Read BlogEpisode 31: Managing Versus Coaching
Richard Day is back on the podcast to chat about coaching.
Read BlogEpisode 27: What It Takes to Be an Effective Executive Leader
Alexis Gladstone joins Work Savvy to chat all about Executive leaders.
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