Abundant Leaders with Tenji Moyana

Today I'm joined by a fellow student from my Harvard days, Susan Lieu – a management consultant turned author, playwright, and performer. She joins us to explore how unhealed intergenerational trauma shapes how we lead, the choices we make in our careers, and our ability to live a life that's authentic to our values instead of focussed on survival and pleasing our families. We have a deeply vulnerable, soul-elevating conversation about how hard it is to go against the grain and follow your calling into the life that you were truly created for, even if it upsets people you love. Susan and I also discuss her critically acclaimed memoir, “The Manicurist's Daughter,” and the wisdom she's gained from writing about how her mother's death during a tummy tuck changed her life and her family forever. Topics discussed:Intergenerational trauma, the cost of silence and protecting our families secretsOvercoming the fear of pivoting careers from corporate to the arts as an A-type high-achieving financially-driven Harvard graduateHow hard it is to find enoughness in your leadership and career journey, and as a parentHow Susan brought more fulfilment into her career by discovering her top 3 valuesThe role our careers play in our personal growth stories and the unfolding of our soul's highest purpose Order Susan's book “The Manicurist's Daughter , follow her on LinkedIn and Instagram or visit her website. Themes: Trauma-healing, trusting your career path, leaders of colour, career fulfilment, self-worth, inner work--Sign up for the mailing list to hear when leadership support circles launch and get early access discounts to upcoming eventsBook a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for retreats, workshop facilitation, or 1x1 and group leadership coaching for your companyFind me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠

Many of us have been raised to believe that hard work, focus, practicality and responsibility are the keys to success. As a society we most celebrate the rags to riches stories that involve grit, resilience and hustle. But what often goes undiscussed is that these great inventors and business mavericks were often following their hearts – or the calls of their soul. The grit etc was in response to the scale of desire that thrummed within them for something different, more, exciting, wondrous, impossible, but oh so true to their soul's purpose and heart's desire.As leaders we so often struggle to harness the incredible power of our hearts' desires in favour of ruling ourselves with our heads and following the proven method. The wild unknown path terrifies us, and thus its gift of newness, fulfilment, expansion and purpose alignment is lost to us. How do we learn to listen to, trust and follow our hearts in our career pathways and leadership approach and trust that we will be successful?Topics discussed:What is lost to us when we rule with our heads over our heartsOur reptilian brain's need for security and guaranteed returns and why it leads us down the beaten path and away from our hopes and desires How to heal your relationship with desire, the unknown, your sense of duty and fear of loss to let your desires bring you successMy story of bringing strategy vs desire, mind vs heart, duty vs passion into harmony so that they work together for my highest good Themes: Mindset mastery; owning your desires, heart-centred leadership, mind vs heart-based decision-making, trusting the unknown, self-trust, career expansion --Sign up for the mailing list to hear when leadership support circles launch and get early access discounts to upcoming eventsBook a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for retreats, workshop facilitation, or 1x1 and group leadership coaching for your companyFind me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠

Change is hard – even when it's good for us. We often unconsciously resist it for months until it uses suffering to force our hand. Why do we resist it so much and what can we do to help ourselves to better accept the writing on the wall so that we can be decisive, accept a new paradigm, and return to being in flow and, ultimately, on the path of success and abundance?Today I use a live example from my own leadership and business journey that has challenged me to let go of the more popular and conventionally accepted approach to leadership growth that has brought me so much success to date and embrace my evolution into a more holistic mind-body-heart-soul approach that departs from convention but is more true to me. I struggled to accept how I was changing despite seeing the measurable client impact like new jobs, promotions, successful business launches.I hope my experience inspires you take the leap past anything stale in your career that it's time to let go of.Topics discussed:The difficult journey of accepting that change was here and why our minds resist it so muchHow I helped my mind to accept this change and how you can do the same for yoursThe key mindset shift that I needed to make to accept this change and how you can explore what your limiting belief could beUsing your body's wisdom to show you where you're blockedThe imperative of operating from a regulated nervous system to help you handle the psychological stress of change  Themes: Mindset shift, career transitions, change, mind-body connection, leadership growth --Sign up for the mailing list to hear when leadership support circles launch and get early access discounts to upcoming eventsBook a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for retreats, workshop facilitation, or 1x1 and group leadership coaching for your companyFind me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠Sponsor an episode

How do you think about the vision for your career in an ever changing world?When you are constantly evolving, conditions are ever changing and your ability to take action on your goals is sometimes compromised by the limitations of circumstances in our lives, how often do you step back to reassess?Is your true expansive vision or your “rogue” limited vision (e.g., insecurity, fear, lack) running your career?If you have a vision for your career, do you also have a vision for your leadership style and experience?Do you even have a vision? Maybe you've just had your head down trying to learn, achieve financial security, make a name for yourself, get a good review, not lose your job, get promoted. But now that you're feeling more secure and confident, you realise you haven't had an explicit vision or purpose. Today I explore the nuances and complexities with creating and sustaining an empowering but adaptable vision that can motivate you but grow and change with you as you evolve and mature in your career and leadership journey.Topics discussed:I wonder what my late father's vision was and how it needed to change from “revolutionary” to “nation builder” when Zimbabwe achieved independence while he was working abroadI invite you to think about whether your conscious vision or your rogue vision is running your life based on whether the direction you've been going in alights with what you actually want (a big one!)I explore the various changes and setbacks I've faced as I lived out my career and tested the feasibility, desirability, and applicability of my career vision until I finally found one that stuck (for now)I explore the importance of making your vision spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically coherent so that it's humane, truly aligned with your purpose, and holistically meaningful --Sign up for the mailing list to hear when leadership support circles launch and get early access discounts to upcoming eventsBook a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for retreats, workshop facilitation, or 1x1 and group leadership coaching for your companyFind me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠

Carice Anderson is the Global Head of People Manager Strategy at BlackRock. She is also an executive coach and author of “Intelligence Isn't Enough: A Black Professional's Guide to Thriving in the Workplace”. As people of colour, so many of us spend the early part of our careers spinning our wheels because we believe that if we put our heads down, work hard, stay humble and build the right technical skills, we will succeed. But it's never that simple. Carice joins us to discuss how important it is for us to know ourselves, and be deliberate about communicating and leveraging our strengths, while being deliberate about putting ourselves in the right environments that will support our competitive advantage to shine out.Topics discussed:·       Playing an active role in managing your career – at every stage of your leadership path·       Differentiating yourself despite prevailing stereotypes about black people in the workplace·       Making difficult trade-offs in your career – especially between your personal goals and professional ambitions·       Empowering yourself to change as you mature in your career and start wanting different things Learn more about Carice, visit her website follow her on Instagram and click here to find out more about her *now released* course based on her book “Intelligence Isn't Enough”. Themes: Career progression, work-life balance, managing your career, black leaders, leaders of colour--Sign up for the mailing list to hear when leadership support circles launch and get early access discounts to upcoming eventsBook a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for retreats, workshop facilitation, or 1x1 and group leadership coaching for your companyFind me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠Sponsor an episode

Today's episode is close to my heart because last year I was in a career winter and it would have helped so much to have realised it sooner so that I could have managed my expectations and leaned into trust. One of the bravest things that we can do as leaders is trust the season we're in to bring us what we need instead of trying to force it to bring us what we want. Just as Earth moves in seasons and cycles, our careers go through times of expansion and new beginnings (Spring), success and attainment (Summer), change and slow down (Autumn), integration and rest (Winter). When we move with our seasons, we understand what life is asking of us and can show up for what is needed with intention, resourcefulness, the right mindset and security that we are in the right place and the right time, no matter what our circumstances may suggest.  In this episode I share  * A detailed deep dive into each career season and its impact on your energy levels, opportunity generation, internal vs external orientation, pace of career progress and more * My approach to understanding the season you're in * Determining what your season means for how you invest your time and energy and calibrate your expectations * How to combine career seasons with annual themes (listen to Part 1 in Episode 41) to set the right goals for your leadership and career that will actually make you successful in the long term * Using the themes of your season to review your year in an empowering way that keeps your self-confidence intact - especially if you're in a career Winter   Themes: Leadership, goal-setting, career vision, seasonal planning, annual planning, grounded mindset, self-leadership   -- Join me in the Abundant Leaders Circle for “Starting strong: Setting your 2025 career goals”, an online annual planning workshop for high-performance leaders on Saturday 25 January 2025. Together we will avoid the overwhelm and overambition that sets us up for disappointment by setting inspiring but achievable practical goals for our year that align with our vision, honour the limitations of our demanding careers and put the right mindset and enabling support in place to help us to succeed. Find out more or visit www.tenjimoyana.com/startingstrong -- Sign up for the mailing list to hear when monthly support circles launch and get early access discounts to upcoming events Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for retreats, workshop facilitation, or 1x1 and group leadership coaching for your company Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sponsor an episode

Join me as we explore a different way to set annual goals. Last year I decided to plan my year based primarily on 4 themes instead of a list of goals and it transformed my growth. I was able to consistently show up to the theme more than I had ever been able to show up in the past for a long list of daily actions. It also brought me more balance to how I managed my energy during the year. Instead of consistently pressing for achievement and change, I left space for reflection on the theme, learning about its wisdom, taking actions big and small, and leaving capacity for things to change.  Topics discussed: * A practical way to use themes instead of goals in your annual planning for your leadership and career aspirations * A detailed understanding of 9 core universal themes that govern the human experience * Accepting the shadow that comes with the light of each theme * Understanding your hero's journey across your career and how to figure out where you are in your story arc so you can work with vs. against its energy * Identifying which theme resonates for you in 2025 and how to work with it this year   -- Join me in the Abundant Leaders Circle for “Starting strong: Setting your 2025 career goals”, an online annual planning workshop for high-performance leaders on Saturday 25 January 2025. Together we will avoid the overwhelm and overambition that sets us up for disappointment by setting inspiring but achievable practical goals for our year that align with our vision, honour the limitations of our demanding careers and put the right mindset and enabling support in place to help us to succeed. Find out more ⁠or visit www.tenjimoyana.com/startingstrong. -- Sign up for the mailing list to hear when monthly support circles launch and get early access discounts to upcoming events Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for retreats, workshop facilitation, or 1x1 and group leadership coaching for your company Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sponsor an episode

Get 20% off when you join my year end leadership retreat, Taking Stock: Celebrating and Releasing 2024, before Friday midnight. Use code “LUCKYME” at checkout.   As ambitious high-performance leaders, we often get to the end of the year stressed, overwhelmed, exhausted and carrying all the baggage of our failures, disappointments, and negative emotions into the new year.  From this place we make choices and set plans to have a better experience in the coming year, but we are still carrying the same beliefs, perspectives and emotional energies that were the result of challenging experiences we had the year before.  As leaders who want to keep growing, conquering new territory in our careers, reaching forth boldly into new opportunities, it is vital that we clear our minds and energy systems of all the thoughts, beliefs and emotions that no longer serve us so that we can create from a place of confidence, inner clarity, higher perspective and positivity.  Topics discussed: The power of mindset cleansing to manifest what you desire The responsibility you have to yourself to do frequent mental and emotional housekeeping Understanding why the mind anchors to negative experiences instead of positive ones Using self-love and acceptance to create a safe space to accept and release difficult experiences   -- Join my year-end mini-retreat – Taking Stock: Celebrating and Releasing 2024 and get 20% off your ticket before Friday 6 Dec (coupon code: LUCKYME). Together we will take stock of the year, celebrate your strengths and what went well, accept and release your losses while retaining your self-confidence, and let go of your stress so you can power down into rest.  This event will give you the buffer you need so that you don't take the stress of 2024 into the holiday season and let it influence your mindset and goals in the new year. Find out more. -- Sign up for the mailing list to hear when monthly support circles launch and get early access discounts to upcoming events Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for retreats, workshop facilitation, or 1x1 and group leadership coaching for your company Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sponsor an episode

Get 20% off when you join my year end leadership retreat, Taking Stock: Celebrating and Releasing 2024, before Friday midnight. Use code “LUCKYME” at checkout.   I'm back to the podcast after a brief break for creative rest. This week is an unusual episode. I'm coming to you with a major business update to keep you informed of what is changing in my universe and how you can continue to get support from me on your leadership journey.  I officially announce the launch of the Abundant Leaders Circle – an event-driven space of learning, self-reflection, intimate connection and community support for like-minded leaders. I take you through the changes to the podcast you need to be aware of, my new and exciting events offering and a niched-down content focus on leadership self-mastery.  You will still be able to work with me in many of the traditional ways – 1x1 and group coaching, leadership development facilitation and leadership and talent development consulting. Topics discussed What underpins the changes I'm making – major personal shifts, aligning more with my energy type and greater clarity on my strengths and my calling The different event types offered as part of the Abundant Leaders Circle behind the event offering An invitation to join monthly support circles starting January 2025 An introduction to leadership self-mastery and how it can bring you more confidence, inner alignment and career impact   -- Join my year-end mini-retreat – Taking Stock: Celebrating and Releasing 2024 and get 20% off your ticket before Friday 6 Dec (coupon code: LUCKYME). Together we will take stock of the year, celebrate your strengths and what went well, accept and release your losses while retaining your self-confidence, and let go of your stress so you can power down into rest.  This event will give you the buffer you need so that you don't take the stress of 2024 into the holiday season and let it influence your mindset and goals in the new year. Find out more. -- Sign up for the mailing list to hear when monthly support circles launch and get early access discounts to upcoming events Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for retreats, workshop facilitation, or 1x1 and group leadership coaching for your company Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sponsor an episode

Tamara Makoni is the Founder & CEO of Kazuri Consulting. She is an inclusion & culture advisor, facilitator and speaker who helps organisations use diversity, equity and inclusion to empower diverse teams and achieve strategic objectives. Today we explore how we can be more inclusive as leaders by unpacking our pasts and confronting our unconscious biases. As black leaders, we think a lot about whether or not we're being included, understood and empowered to thrive but don't always see how we aren't including others who may have different economic backgrounds, sexual orientations, ethnicity, etc. We unpack why that is, our unconscious biases and what we need to do differently to bring about holistic inclusion on our teams.    Topics discussed: * DEI and intersectionality * Our personal stories about growing up black but different, including my own unconscious biases about Tamara! * How colonisation, apartheid and slavery created mindsets of lack and competition for limited roles * How black and African culture creates fierce in-group and out-group mentalities that make it difficult for outsides to fit in * The mindset shift that will empower us to be more self-aware and inclusive * Advice for how to better support the underrepresented members of our teams   Find Tamara on Kazuri Consulting, LinkedIn, YouTube and read her article on DEI and intersectionality   -- Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode

It's Women's Month in South Africa and this episode is for the ladies! My fellow female leaders, it is time to heal our relationship with power so that we can rise up and have the influence we are here to have. In my journey as a leader, I have struggled to own my voice, take up space, stand in the spotlight with all eyes on me, and go against the grain. I've asked for permission instead of taking what is mine. And, heartbreakingly, I have coached so many C-suite women who struggle with the same thing. Imposter syndrome, low confidence and shrinking back is not our portion in life. It is our divine right to lead, to influence, and to want and have power without being shamed, judged or punished for it. In today's episode, I take us on a journey that can help us heal our relationship with power so that we can have the leadership impact and experience the freedom that we were created for. Topics discussed: * How society sets women up to distrust our own power and judges us for wanting it   * What healthy power looks like and how vital it is to life * Overcoming our unhelpful beliefs and stories about being a woman with power * My story as a recovering permission-seeking, over-functioning people pleaser * A few reflection questions that can help step into more of your power   -- Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode

Audrey Kusambiza Bolo is the Global Talent Acquisition Director for One Acre Fund while moonlighting as a a talent consultant & team well-being coach in her company, Your Truth Coach. She joins us to discuss how to build healthy, happy teams that also perform well. Key to this is distinguishing between management and leadership to help us elevate from being primarily focussed on delivery oversight and output management to also managing the strategic vision, team culture and health, and our team's ability to thrive holistically. We explore how leaders can make this transition successfully, and the emotional and social skills necessary to do so.  Topics discussed: * How Audrey reframed her definition of leadership when she became a team leader * The need to be strategic about the vision you have for your team's culture and DNA * Being intentional about showing up as the type of leader you want to be instead of leaving it to chance * Embracing vulnerability and authenticity to build buy-in and form deeper connections with your team * How to make time in our busy days to be strategic about how we lead people   Learn more about Audrey on LinkedIn, follow her on Instagram, and visit her website to learn more about her new team leadership workshop.   -- Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode

Are you ready to have unshakeable confidence in yourself and finally have a breakthrough in the management and leadership challenges you've struggled to overcome for ages? The scientifically proven fields of neuroscience and epigenetics have given us the hacks of the century!  Neuroscience has proven that, through the power of our words, we can rewire our brains to change how we think and approach life and thus easily and rapidly create any new behaviour we need in order to have what we've always wanted.  Epigenetics affirms this principle in the field of biology. Say we want to supercharge our energy levels so we can meet the demands of a high-performance career. We can tell your cells they are full of vitality and, in so doing, reprogramme them to reorganise themselves towards strength, vitality and regeneration.  Through exploring the work of Dr Joe Dispenza, Dr Bruce Lipton and Dr Tara Swart, I am in the depths of an experiment with these two topics regarding my physical health. Hear my story and discover how you can bring this alive for yourself in any area of your life. Topics discussed: * How neuroplasticity and epigenetics work to create a new reality for you * The foundational tools you can integrate into your daily routine to easily reprogram your body and mind * Where I've seen this work for me with manifesting financial provision * How I'm currently experimenting with this to transform my health   Learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode: Dr Bruce Lipton's interview on Dr Tara Swart's podcast: Changing the Programme with Bruce Lipton The Source by Dr Tara Swart - neuroplasticity Dr Joe Dispenza – neuroscience Dr Bruce Lipton - epigenetics   -- Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop FREE RESOURCE: Chart your course for 2024 using this short, guided teaching that builds on the 4 leadership themes for the year that I shared in Episode 26 Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode

Marika Messager is a consciousness researcher, teacher, advisor, and the founder of ConsciousLeadership.org. She was previously Head of Cash Equities at Société Générale. She joins us to discuss what conscious leadership is and how it helps us to bring more of our humanity to how we lead. We talk about letting go of outdated leadership archetypes and returning to a place of quiet confidence in our humanity, personal story and natural way of behaving – something she learned the hard way as a young investment banker on a trading floor dominated by men. We also explore how to find personal agency and overcome survival mode that keeps us in roles and behaviours that no longer serve us. Topics discussed *The three dimensions of conscious leadership *Letting go of trying to fit in as a woman in a male-dominated environment *How to overcome survival mode and a mindset of lack so that you can transcend the past and create a different future *Being deliberate in choosing how you show up so you can find your agency and personal power *Where to start on your journey to being more conscious in how you lead and navigate your career Learn more about Marika on LinkedIn, work with her or connect on Instagram or Facebook   -- Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop FREE RESOURCE: Chart your course for 2024 using this short, guided teaching that builds on the 4 leadership themes for the year that I shared in Episode 26 Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode

If you're anything like me, you've fallen into the trap of believing that your purpose is something that you do or achieve when you're in a great job doing work that you're passionate about. But what happens when you're doing work that you're passionate about but you aren't happy? Or you build your whole identity around what you do and something unexpected like chronic illness or parenthood fundamentally limits your ability to give your all to it or to work in the same field in the same way? What happens to your ability to live out your purpose then?  Our journey as leaders is to discover that our purpose does not lie in what we do, it lies in who we are, authentically, in every moment and leadership role. Let's explore how we can build a more empowering framework for what purpose is and, in so doing, find an easier way to structure our lives and careers so that we always feel like we are in purpose and exactly where we need to be, being who we were meant to be and confidently having impact on the world.  Topics discussed: * Why the current definition of what purpose is and how to find it no longer works * How to find your true purpose – it's so simple! * The link between purpose and authenticity * How opportunities effortlessly flow to us when we are simply being ourselves  -- Move into effortless purpose by uncovering and feeding the essence of who you are with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop FREE RESOURCE: Chart your course for 2024 using this short, guided teaching that builds on the 4 leadership themes for the year that I shared in Episode 26 Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

My next guest, Marjorie Ngwenya, is a leadership coach, author and speaker and is a former executive at both Liberty Group South Africa and Old Mutual's African operations. She was both the youngest and first black female President of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in the United Kingdom. She broke down her own internal barriers to embrace and subsequently thrive in her appointment and now she's written a book to help us do the same.  Marjorie takes on challenges head on, bravely processes difficult emotions and is not afraid to let go of an identity or a long-held dream if it no longer supports who she's becoming. Her new book “Empowered Evolution: Shape Your Mindset, Discover Your Meaning and Thrive With Momentum” helps you overcome limiting mindsets so that you can go after a career that truly gives you meaning, in a way that's practical and strategic, without running out of momentum on the way there. Topics discussed: Are we truly limitless? How we can challenge our own limiting beliefs What helps Marjorie to take big risks How to create a life that is meaningful Facing difficult emotions so that we can be resilient in life's impossible moments, e.g., facing Marjorie's father's dementia diagnosis   Learn more about Marjorie, buy her book Empowered Evolution, and contact her for business opportunities or a coaching consultation. -- Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop FREE RESOURCE: Chart your course for 2024 using this short, guided teaching that builds on the 4 leadership themes for the year that I shared in Episode 26 Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

We all want to feel great in our careers. We want influence, opportunities, confidence, satisfaction, a sense of achievement, purpose. We want abundance. But it can feel hard to really grasp. What does abundance mean? Is it even possible in a world that seems to have finite resources? I'm discovering on my own path that abundance is not something we get from outside, it's something we create from within. And when we cultivate our inner abundance it becomes a powerful radiance that we bring into the world. And from that place opportunities, freedom and fullness flows – and that's how we manifest outer abundance. Topics discussed: What is abundance in theory and in practice? The relationship between inner abundance and outer success We can have abundance in some areas of our lives while we are growing in others Practical strategies for how we can create abundance lives and cultivate its presence -- Cultivate your inner abundance by uncovering and feeding the essence of who you are with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop FREE RESOURCE: Chart your course for 2024 using this short, guided teaching that builds on the 4 leadership themes for the year that I shared in Episode 26 Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode Send a Spotify voice note: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tenji-moyana/message  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

Andrew Johnson is a professional life coach and my second guest expert on the podcast. He joins us to discuss how he helps leaders to find more balance in their careers by mastering their calendars as a gateway to owning their time and clarifying their priorities. We discuss the importance of confronting the truth about yourself and life, managing your ego, and practicing being present in the moment in order to unlock your leadership genius, flow states and deeper trust in your body's innate wisdom.   Topics discussed: * Andrew's work as a life coach and how he helps executives to approach work more sustainably * The power of pausing to help you make difficult decisions * How to say “No” without saying “No” so that you find more flexibility * Asking the tough questions to stretch yourself into more growth * What Brazilian Jujitsu and open water swimming have taught him about himself and how to manage his ego   Contact Andrew for coaching by email or on +27 (82) 947-4884   The experts series brings you leadership experts in different disciplines who can help you bring your fullest-self to the table in your leadership and your career. We cover topics related to personal mastery, professional performance and personal development with skilled professionals you can reach out to after the episode to get the support you need.   -- **NEW** Announcing the launch of Lead Authentically – a leadership growth journey that will help you to courageously explore and accept who you are at your core and deliberately use your uniqueness as your competitive advantage and source of strength in your leadership. The first workshop, Discover What Gives You Meaning, is now available. -- Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter Sponsor an episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

Fear shows up in so many ways in our leadership journeys - as imposter syndrome, fear of taking on a meatier role, fear of negotiating the right compensation package, fear of having difficult conversations, fear of taking the risk to dive into a new market or to recall a product that is no longer working, on and on. In order to lead successfully, we need to learn how to turn towards fear instead of away from it. When we're able to lean in and ask fear what it's telling us, it will always lead us into more – more growth, opportunities and maturity; deeper connection; and the discovery of what we care about most. Topics discussed: A Women's Month ode to powerful women leaders everywhere who are exemplifying abundant leadership in spaces where we were previously excluded How fear shows up and the things we do to avoid feeling or addressing it The cost of being afraid of fear What fear is actually telling us vs. what we think it is How to alchemise fear and transform it into abundance -- FREE RESOURCE: Chart your course for 2024 using this short, guided teaching that builds on the 4 leadership themes for the year that I shared in Episode 26 Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

Thokozile Lewanika is a coach, speaker and facilitator with a rich leadership career as a talent executive at Absa Group, Discovery Group and Novartis, and an organisational performance expert at McKinsey & Company. In Part 2 of our conversation, we explore the shifting motivation behind her career choices from primarily solving for making an impact to increasingly solving for happiness. She's bravely transcending her identity as a high achiever, redefining what is considered a “worthy” career and creating a legacy that she can be proud of.  Topics discussed in Part 2: * How Thokozile has made career choices, her driving motivation and her golden thread * The conundrum of being a C-suite executive who does not enjoy managing people * Letting go of titles and role levels so that we can embrace a more expansive identity and create lives that will make us happy * The legacy she wants to leave behind and the one thing she wants her children to have learned from her   Learn more about Thokozile and contact her for business opportunities. -- FREE RESOURCE Chart your course for 2024 using this short, guided teaching that builds on the 4 leadership themes for the year that I shared in Episode 26 Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter Sponsor an episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

Thokozile Lewanika is a coach, speaker and facilitator with a rich leadership career as a talent executive at Absa Group, Discovery Group and Novartis, and an organisational performance expert at McKinsey & Company. Today we discuss how she's transitioned successfully in these meaty roles in order to have impact quickly and overcome setbacks. For Thokozile, a deep abiding faith in her ability to learn anything, as well as her faith in God, are some of the foundations that hold her mindset steady during change, emboldening her to take risks. Topics discussed: * Thokozile's early career journey from academia to management consulting to the C-Suite * Two practices you can use to support your mindset when you experience self-doubt and uncertainty – especially in new roles * How mentors have supported her at major career junctures and when she faces challenges * How she gained and continues to cultivate unshakeable self-belief Learn more about Thokozile and contact her for business opportunities. -- FREE RESOURCE Chart your course for 2024 using this short, guided teaching that builds on the 4 leadership themes for the year that I shared in Episode 26 Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter Sponsor an episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

2024 is an opportunity for us to make significant strides by empowering ourselves to make bold, strategic moves in our careers, in how we lead our teams and in how we drive the business agenda. I share 4 key themes that are emerging as an energy for the year based on what I'm seeing in my coaching clients, podcast listeners, the leadership development community and social trends that are shaping the world of work. This is a wave of supportive collective energy that we can piggyback on and personalise to have the year we desire – whatever our individual goals are. Topics discussed: * 4 themes for 2024: personal empowerment, strategic intention, taking decisive action and building a solid foundation * 5 things that it will take for us to achieve these goals, including clarity, confidence in our capabilities and 3 more * How to time when you set your goals for the year – it doesn't have to be 1 January!   -- UPCOMING EVENT I'm hosting a FREE in person event with leaders from multiple sectors and disciples to discuss: What leader do you want to be in the next season of your career and how do you get there? There will be a short talk followed by rich discussion and idea sharing among the group with time for individual reflection at the end. It's in Johannesburg on Saturday 17 February 2024 and seating is limited to 10 leaders. Register here to attend. -- FREE RESOURCE As mentioned in the episode, here's a short, guided teaching that can help you turn these 3 themes into an action plan for the year. -- Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter Sponsor an episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

Traditional corporate culture, work culture and performance culture is not working for us anymore. It's being disrupted by our growth – our desire for more freedom, authenticity, alignment, meaning, support and ease in our lived experience. If you're growing in any of these ways, you're playing a vital role as a trail-blazing paradigm-shifter on the behalf of humanity. Your role is important, the work you are doing on yourself will reap benefits if you keep pressing in to the difficult but brave work of challenging the status quo with your boundaries, inclusivity, self-awareness and authenticity. It may ruffle feathers, but it's worth it. I celebrate you. We need you.   Topics discussed: * The new paradigm of work and leadership * The role that anyone doing personal development work on themselves is playing in this shift * Navigating the complexity of outgrowing people and environments * Celebrating your courage and enoughness in 2023   -- **NEW** Announcing the launch of Lead Authentically – a leadership growth journey that will help you to courageously explore and accept who you are at your core and deliberately use your uniqueness as your competitive advantage and source of strength in your leadership. The first workshop, Discover What Gives You Meaning, is now available. -- Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter Sponsor an episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

Alinafe is back for the third installment of the Real Talk series. Alinafe Thupa is a management consultant and my dear friend. Today we discuss the problem with believing that leaders should have all the answers. We've found in our own experiences that the best leaders create space for their teams to explore ideas, problem-solve together, resourcefully gather insights from experts and, effectively, create a container in which the answer can be found. However, when we were new managers, we fell into the trap of thinking that we needed to know everything and have an answer to every question – which limited our effectiveness. How do you avoid falling into the same trap?   Topics discussed: * The leaders that have made us feel most safe and the environments they created for us * What the real role of the leader is * The insecurities we had to overcome so that we could become more expansive leaders   * What to do if your superpower is in asking the right question vs. giving the perfect answer? * How we have to learn to market ourselves so that we're recognised for our leadership skills vs. content knowledge   Learn more about Alinafe and follow her on Instagram @fashion_kill_her   The Real Talk series is a regular segment where I'm chatting casually with my friends about our on the ground career and leadership experiences. I hope these relatable conversations inspire you to have chats of your own with friends that you trust about what's going on at work.   -- **NEW** Announcing the launch of Lead Authentically – a leadership growth journey that will help you to courageously explore and accept who you are at your core and deliberately use your uniqueness as your competitive advantage and source of strength in your leadership. The first workshop, Discover What Gives You Meaning, is now available. -- Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for leadership development for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter Sponsor an episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

I'm online dating right now and discovering so many parallels between what makes for successful dating and what makes for a fruitful job hunt. In both cases, you have to be intentional, clear about what you want, clear and confident about what you bring to the table and honest about whether there's a fit between what you're offering a potential employer and what they have to give. Let's have a fun but practical conversation and take notes if you're planning to go back into the market soon.   Topics discussed: * Understanding the state of the market before you dive in * Getting intel on who you are and what you bring to the table * Dating around by speaking to different companies before locking yourself down * Doing the right due diligence to avoid jumping out of the frying pan into the fire * Working your network for quality opportunities   -- *NEW* Discover What Gives You Meaning, is a 90-minute one-on-one or on demand workshop that can help you get clear on what you want in your next job, what you're bringing to the table, and how to shape this into the right company and role that will help you to thrive. If you are gearing up for your next career move or just want more fulfilment and alignment in your current role, check it out. -- Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for leadership development for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter Sponsor an episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

I was recently interviewed by Charles Cormier on the CEO Wisdom Podcast. We discussed my career history, lessons I've learned from entrepreneurship and how I coach senior leaders to get results.   Topics discussed: * My history in entrepreneurship as an interior designer and now as a coach and lessons I learned * Struggling to market myself and fear of rejection limited my business' growth * The gift of being in flow and leveraging your most important skills * The power of operational leverage for cash-lean entrepreneurs * Running Kuva Performance differently to avoid burnout * Our relationship with the past informs our experience of the present – how this shapes my coaching approach   Watch the video interview and explore the CEO Wisdom Podcast. Learn more about Charles Cormier.   -- *NEW* Discover What Gives You Meaning, is a 90-minute 1x1 or on demand workshop that can help you get clear on what you want in your next job, what you're bringing to the table, and how to shape this into the right company and role that will help you to thrive. If you are gearing up for your next career move or just want more fulfilment and alignment in your current role, check it out. -- Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for leadership development for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter Sponsor an episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

Simbah Mutasa is a Managing Director in Investment Banking at Bank of America, South Africa. One of Simbah's foundational values is enabling the growth and expansion of the community he's in. This has shaped how he approaches leadership, invests in his teams and defines success. He shows us that it's possible and rewarding to be a heart-led people-leader in demanding corporate environments without sacrificing the bottom line.   Topics discussed: * Leadership as a responsibility to grow and empower your team * Negotiating values conflicts and coming to peace with decisions you regret * Almost dropping out of his master's degree at the University of Cambridge, and how his grandfather changed his mind * Balancing being a senior leader with being a present and supportive husband and father   Learn more about Simbah and support Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO)   The Real Leaders series explores the person behind the leader, what's shaped who they are, their success and what leading abundantly means to them and looks like in practice. I hope these stories inspire you and make you feel more connected to other leaders like you. -- **NEW** Announcing the launch of Lead Authentically – a leadership growth journey that will help you to courageously explore and accept who you are at your core and deliberately use your uniqueness as your competitive advantage and source of strength in your leadership. The first workshop, Discover What Gives You Meaning, is now available. -- Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for leadership development for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter Sponsor an episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

I have spent my life searching for safety and security. I've looked for it in financial security, the approval of others, the prestige of my role, the value of my skillset, my ability to perform and deliver, on and on. Many of my clients have felt the same and it's led all of us nowhere because the trick to safety, acceptance and belonging is that it lives within us. We will never find it in anything external to us, but it requires us to be brave enough to go within, to back ourselves, and to never be the ones who let us go. This sounds like a personal topic but it's actually leadership topic because we have all seen the havoc that can be wreaked by insecure leaders and we just cannot afford to be them.   Topics discussed: * What is safety and why are we so desperate for it? * What happens to our lives and leadership when we put our safety in external sources * The journey of going within – it all starts with accepting ourselves * The abundance that becomes available to us when we become our source of safety.   -- **NEW** Announcing the launch of Lead Authentically – a leadership growth journey that will help you to courageously explore and accept who you are at your core and deliberately use your uniqueness as your competitive advantage and source of strength in your leadership. -- Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for leadership development for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter Sponsor an episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

In the second Real Talk episode, I'm joined by my girls Alison Cohen and Rehema Kutua. We're best friends from college with a standing monthly date to coach each other on our businesses and careers. It's lonely at the top and entrepreneurs and leaders feel it significantly. Fewer people check in on you, offer you honest developmental feedback, invite you to informally socialise at work or feel comfortable creating space for you to be vulnerable.   Alison, Rehema and I wanted to avoid this so we created a structure that could hold us in safety where we could ask for help, share our struggles and support each other in a challenging, lonely role. Welcome to our career coaching circle. I hope you feel inspired to create one of your own.   Topics discussed: * Why Rehema and Alison said YES to starting our coaching circle * What we've each gotten out of it * How the circle has helped us grow and heal in unexpected ways * What's helped our support group to be successful * Advice for how you can start your own   Learn more about Alison, Rehema and ConnectWellEd   The Real Talk series is a regular segment where I'm chatting casually with my friends about our on the ground career and leadership experiences. I hope these relatable conversations inspire you to have chats of your own with friends that you trust about what's going on at work.   -- Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for leadership development for your company. Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

Bringing our full selves to work and leveraging our uniqueness as a source of differentiation and competitive advantage is a game-changer for driving our performance, impact, and resonance as leaders. However, we aren't always in spaces where we are able to fully be ourselves or our unique approach and way of leading isn't celebrated. What then? How do we determine if we're in the right company, role set-up, and team/relationship dynamic that supports us to thrive as our best selves? If we aren't well enabled, what can we do about it? And if it's time to move on, how do we avoid ending up in the same situation again?   Topics discussed: * Four areas to look at to determine whether your company or role is the right place and set up for you * A few questions to ask yourself to determine whether to stay or go * How to exercise your agency to co-create an enabling environment without pulling the plug * You need to believe it's possible to thrive, with a bit of hard work, in order to change your experience at work   -- **NEW** Announcing the launch of Lead Authentically – a leadership growth journey that will help you to courageously explore and accept who you are at your core and deliberately use your uniqueness as your competitive advantage and source of strength in your leadership. The first workshop, Discover What Gives You Meaning, is now available. -- Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for leadership development for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter Sponsor an episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

Amira Elmissiry-Sulai is a lawyer, investor and development professional with unshakeable confidence in what she brings to the table as a senior leader. She knows her strengths, celebrates her ethnic and gender diversity and is deliberate about creating environments that support her and others to thrive. Stillness is a fundamental skill that helps her to return to herself and to be able to steer the ship during turbulent times.   Topics discussed: * 3 things Amira knows she brings to the table * Why we can't afford to not find our voice * The responsibility that comes with having a seat at the table * How pregnancy catalysed her career * How she turned around an environment that wasn't supporting her talents * The importance of being still during a crisis   Learn more about Amira and look out for the I'ndira Collection -- **NEW** Announcing the launch of Lead Authentically – a leadership growth journey that will help you to courageously explore and accept who you are at your core and deliberately use your uniqueness as your competitive advantage and source of strength in your leadership. The first workshop, Discover What Gives You Meaning, is now available. -- Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for leadership development for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter Sponsor an episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

We've been raised to believe that the harder we work, the more successful we'll be, the more money we'll make, the faster we'll rise up the ranks – the more valuable we are. But is that still true? We're squarely in the era of the knowledge and experiences economy, which means value is created not in terms of widgets produced but something more intangible. The game has changed and it's inviting leaders to let go of a hustle productivity mentality, and start focusing on meaningful outcomes, experiences and value created.   Topics discussed: * How hustle culture traps us in hyper-activity and makes us less impactful * A better measure of productivity and how you can use it * How to position yourself away from hyper-productivity roles and towards your zone of genius * Trusting how you create value at your level   -- Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for leadership development for your company. Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

This is the first conversation in the Real Talk series and my first visitor is Alinafe Thupa, a management consultant and my dear friend. Today we explore a belief we were both raised with that the best way to have a strong, stable career was to pick one company, work steadily up the ranks then retire as loyal employees. But neither of our careers have looked anything like this. We've had to break free from our parents' expectations and fears to chart new paths for ourselves. We're trusting our own decisions and following our true norths to create careers we're both proud of and can sustain.   Topics discussed: * What our non-linear paths have looked like - career pivots, intrapreneurship, entrepreneurship and portfolio careers * Our parents' legacy and the curse of colonisation and Apartheid * How we've pivoted into new roles, sectors and functions successfully * Finding our golden thread to build continuity in our stories * What we've had to believe about safety in order to face our fears of changing jobs * The litmus test we use to test if it's time for a change   Learn more about Alinafe and follow her on Instagram @fashion_kill_her   The Real Talk series is a regular segment where I'm chatting casually with my friends about our on the ground career and leadership experiences. I hope these relatable conversations inspire you to have chats of your own with friends that you trust about what's going on at work. -- **NEW** Announcing the launch of Lead Authentically – a leadership growth journey that will help you to courageously explore and accept who you are at your core and deliberately use your uniqueness as your competitive advantage and source of strength in your leadership. The first workshop, Discover What Gives You Meaning, is now available.  -- Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Reach out for leadership development for your company or book a free coaching discovery call Sign up to receive my leadership letter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

We're suffering from a global burnout pandemic and I have not escaped it. I burned out 3 times before I realised that I was the root of the problem – what I believed about work, high-performance, myself and others was at the heart of the choices I was making in my career and the extent of ownership I was taking for my outcomes. Join me as I share the 5 things I have done progressively over the past 5 years to sustainably eliminate burnout from my story.   Topics discussed: * What is burnout and what form do you have? * My burnout story from J.P. Morgan to McKinsey * The problem is me - how I finally broke the cycle * The 5 steps I took to recover - and my major discovery about boundaries * The 2 mindset shifts we need to make if we want our changes to last Episode correction: I took 5-6 weeks off work initially, not 5-6 months Resources:  Harvard Business Review article - Why burnout happens – and how bosses can help My burnout story My video on your “work body” aka your body's subconscious response to work   -- Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Reach out for leadership development for your company or book a free coaching discovery call Sign up to receive my leadership letter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

This is my first expert interview and I'm joined by Ida Achiume Shiaka, a mental health consultant, coach and advocate, and the CEO of Mental Wealth. Many of us have experienced imposter syndrome, lack of confidence, and feeling the need to shape-shift in order to belong, succeed, and avoid rejection. But at what cost? Ida shares her personal story of struggling to fit in, her journey to finding herself again, and the impact of not being our authentic selves on our mental and physical health, and our emotional wellbeing.   Topics discussed: * Ida's story of trying to fit in and the heavy cost she paid * Ida's journey of returning to herself * The impact of not being yourself on your mental health and ability to perform * How to meet yourself and discover who you are and want to be * What changes for you when you live as YOU * How you can get support   Learn more about Ida, find Mental Wealth on Instagram @mental_wealth_with_ida or email her for coaching.   The experts series brings you leadership experts in different disciplines who can help you bring your fullest-self to the table in your leadership and your career. We cover topics related to personal mastery, professional performance and personal development with skilled professionals you can reach out to after the episode to get the support you need. -- **NEW** Announcing the launch of Lead Authentically – a leadership growth journey that will help you to courageously explore and accept who you are at your core and deliberately use your uniqueness as your competitive advantage and source of strength in your leadership. The first workshop, Discover What Gives You Meaning, is now available.  -- Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Reach out for leadership development for your company or book a free coaching discovery call Sign up to receive my leadership letter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

We've spoken about the shadow of being too resilient (Episode 9) but what happens when we leave too soon? We can miss out on a chance to grow, to exercise our agency, rally support around us, and renew stagnant situations if we pull the plug too early. The balance we need to find as leaders is knowing when to press in because more is being demanded of us, and when to cut our losses and leave a bad situation. Let's explore this delicate balance together so that we don't forgo personal growth opportunities or fall victim to temporary discomfort that will pass. Topics discussed: * 3 types of situations you should never stay in * Getting to the bottom of what's really going on * Taking ownership, manning up and exercising your agency * How to know if you're bypassing growth * The tough lesson I'm learning about sticking with my business -- Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Reach out for leadership development for your company or book a free coaching discovery call Sign up to receive my leadership letter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

We are under the illusion that we can do anything, overcome anything, become anything. I believed I could. But we can't. And life shows us this everyday but we often butt heads with this reality because it can make us feel weak, scared, uncertain of the future, and like our dreams are at risk. Yet, it is in accepting this reality that we can begin to be resourceful, mindful of how we spend our time and more likely to build products, teams and strategies that succeed and last because they proactively solve for reality and limitations.   Topics discussed: * 10 gifts of accepting limitation, including stronger performance, greater peace, more confidence, more followership from others, and more (17:05) * What I learned from being diagnosed with a chronic illness (7:24) * Why it's hard to let go of our hero complex * The important reframe that helped me let go (49:00) Listen to Kate Bowler's podcast. I loved this episode with BJ Miller. -- Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

In the second Real Leaders conversation, I'm joined by Charmagne Mazhindu, the Regional Marketing Lead for Sub Saharan Africa at Amazon Web Services. We explore how our definitions of success change as we grow and evolve in our careers and how much of the safety that we seek in financial success and career progression should really be found in ourselves. Charmagne shares how much who we are from within shapes our sense of fulfilment in our careers, our ability to build followership how readily we can make bold moves for our businesses and ourselves. This rich conversation was the definition of soul food. Topics discussed: * Redefining success as we advance * How to rebound from failure * How we can feel safe and secure in an uncertain world * The power of vulnerability to unlock self-acceptance and courageous leadership * The self-care practices that support her to show up fully at work Learn more about Charmagne and Women Chats. Listen to Brené Brown's vulnerability Ted Talk and explore her books. The Real Leaders series explores the person behind the leader, what's shaped who they are, their success and what leading abundantly means to them and looks like in practice. I hope these stories inspire you and make you feel more connected to other leaders like you. -- **NEW** Announcing the launch of Lead Authentically – a leadership growth journey that will help you to courageously explore and accept who you are at your core and deliberately use your uniqueness as your competitive advantage and source of strength in your leadership. The first workshop, Discover What Gives You Meaning, is now available. -- Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

Resilience is a virtue – in its highest expression it makes us adaptable, resourceful, scrappy and results-focussed. However, sometimes it can go too far by making us habituate to hardship and desensitise to suffering. We then fail to notice or respond when changes are needed to bring about more ease and flow so that we can perform better and deliver better experiences to our teams, clients and ourselves. In this episode we ask: Is your ability to “thug it out” working against you? If so, what can you do about it?   Topics discussed: * The impact protracted hardship has on our sense of agency and creativity * What ease looks like and how you can create more of it * A redefinition of resilience that gives us more, not less   -- Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

In this first conversation in the Real Leaders guest series, I'm joined by Kundayi Munzara, co-founder and executive director of Sesfikile Capital, as we explore what it can look like to be guided by your strengths and what matters most to you. For Kundayi, a deep desire for freedom has shaped his career opportunities, the sale of his business, and how he leads his teams and makes decisions. Join me as we go under the hood in this illuminating interview.   Topics discussed: * Liberation is one of his guiding values - how he solves for it * 2 defining moments that shaped his career * His competitive advantage * How he's built a rich network and how he sustains it and uses it as a safety net * How he handles rejection   Learn more about Sesfikile and Kundayi   The Real Leaders series explores the person behind the leader, what's shaped who they are, their success and what leading abundantly means to them and looks like in practice. I hope these stories inspire you and make you feel more connected to other leaders like you. -- **NEW** Announcing the launch of Lead Authentically – a leadership growth journey that will help you to courageously explore and accept who you are at your core and deliberately use your uniqueness as your competitive advantage and source of strength in your leadership. The first workshop, Discover What Gives You Meaning, is now available. -- Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

Feminine energy has a bad rep. So much of corporate culture and the patriarchy tell women and men that displaying “feminine” traits is soft. Yet these are the very traits that help us to nurture strong talent, collaborate, adapt to shifting trends, take risks, co-create answers that are more fit-for-purpose, and many more critical leadership skills. Our “softness” is actually critical to our ability to perform and lead well. How do we undo the damage so that we can integrate the gifts of this energy into our leadership toolkit?   Topics discussed: * My story – can you relate? * The gifts of feminine energy and cost of shunning it * What makes it hard for both men and women to show up in this energy at work * Empowering yourself to integrate your feminine energy   -- Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

When we're in more junior roles, our value comes from our ability to deliver operationally i.e., technical execution and sharing highly specific content knowledge. But once we become senior managers and leaders, our value comes from our ability to enable value creation against the company's strategic goals – this requires a different type of skill. It's helpful to redefine what “expertise” means so that we upgrade our understanding of our own expertise and can bring it to bear so that we don't feel like imposters, undersell ourselves, or miss out on great opportunities.   Topics discussed: * What expertise is and isn't once you're a leader * The unspoken value of being a generalist * How to build and run your team so that you don't have to know all the detail * The leadership mindsets that can help you break out of the technical skill and delivery rat race   -- **NEW** Announcing the launch of Lead Authentically – a leadership growth journey that will help you to courageously explore and accept who you are at your core and deliberately use your uniqueness as your competitive advantage and source of strength in your leadership. The first workshop, Discover What Gives You Meaning, is now available. -- Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

The biggest key to our success as leaders is our ability to continuously grow so that we can take on new challenges. We must stretch ourselves and lead in new ways – but how do we do this when the old us keeps showing up with their old behaviours, mindsets and limitations? If you're feeling stuck in an old pattern of leadership despite all of your best efforts to evolve, it may be time to hack your subconscious mind – your growth superpower – and ask it for help.   Harness this proven behavioural science method to accelerate your growth.   Topics discussed: * The big mistake we make when we try to change our behaviour * The #1 question to ask yourself if you're not getting results: Who do I need to be? * Your subconscious is your growth superpower – learn how to use it * 4 behavioural triggers to master in order to overcome your limitations -- Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

We all have a style of influencing others that comes most naturally to us. This is how we exert our personal power in order to build support and drive results in our roles as leaders. I've observed 3 styles of influencing that we all fall into - which is yours? Do you embrace and trust your personal style – even if it looks different to what we've been taught is the “right way” to show power and have leadership impact? Is fear, imitation or self-editing getting in the way? Topics discussed: * What are the 3 influencing styles? * What are their strengths and weaknesses? * How do you learn to trust your style and experiment with it? * What limits the impact of our attempts to influence? -- Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

We move on constantly in our careers – to a new role, team, job, company, career path... Sometimes it goes well, but when it doesn't it can leave us floundering in the new role, struggling to pick up momentum again and wondering if we made the right choice. Grief, acceptance and not throwing out the baby with the bath water can help us successfully navigate difficult transitions   Topics discussed: * Grief sabotages us later if we don't let ourselves feel it * Move towards abundance instead of away from fear * How not to burn down the house   -- Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

We believe that finding our purpose will make us happy so we chase it our whole lives. But what if we get there, and find that something is still missing? We can find lasting fulfilment, peace, and flow if we focus instead on living in continual alignment with what gives us meaning. Let's explore what this could look like.   Topics discussed: * How societal expectations can set us up to be miserable * How focusing on purpose can limit us * The things we sacrifice in pursuit of purpose * What life could look like if we focused on meaning   -- **NEW** Announcing the launch of Lead Authentically – a leadership growth journey that will help you to courageously explore and accept who you are at your core and deliberately use your uniqueness as your competitive advantage and source of strength in your leadership. The first workshop, Discover What Gives You Meaning, is now available. -- Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message

Welcome to the Abundant Leaders Podcast with Tenji Moyana. Let's explore what it means to lead and live abundantly – to have business impact you can be proud of, flow and authenticity in your leadership style, fulfilment in your career and life, and wholeness in your relationship with yourself. Topics discussed: * How this podcast will support you as a leader * Who I am * An empowering vision for abundant leadership * Where you can find me and get support -- Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company Accelerate your career advancement with the ⁠Get Promoted online course⁠ Find me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Sign up to receive my leadership letter, get discounts and early access to events Sponsor an episode  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abundantleaderswithtenji/message