REAL Women in Leadership

In this episode, Kylah Morrison speaks with Deb Allan, Manager of Mackay Manufacturing Hub and a regional woman in leadership.  Here are some key takeaways from the episode: It's not about the technical skills we make, just have the ability to listen to people and to be able to connect them with the people they need to be connected with. It's okay to be you and make a difference when it comes to impostor syndrome. If you can actually look inside what it is you want, and set those goals and find those opportunities to being prepared for them, then that's where the magic really is. Keep trying new things. Because you just don't know what's gonna click. Reflect on things that you really enjoyed. Reflect on your past experiences and think about where in you've done things that has given you so much energy. Try to focus on how you will leverage more on opportunities. Find happiness when you leverage your strengths against the challenges and that's where the energy comes. It's very powerful if you have someone who believes in you before you believe in yourself. Learn more about our guest expert, Deb Allan by visiting her LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deb-allan  

Intersectionality is something that each and everyone of us are exposed on a daily basis and we may not just realize how to coin the term and what it means. In this episode, Violet Dhu and Tanya Finnie continues their discussion about intersectionality.  "In essence, intersectionality is about a series of different things, what makes us up as a human being. For example, you have that little bits that makes you who you are, you have your age, you have your language that you speak, your sexual orientation, your genders. Those are those intersections of our different life or of an individual's life. But surrounding all of those things you also have be the social paths of your lives," Tanya Finnie explains.  About Tanya Finnie Tanya Finnie, the founding principal of RedHead Communications, is a global cultural strategist with over 20 years of experience working in leadership and cultural domains. Over time, she has built valuable cultural and intellectual experience to coincide with her academic knowledge on cultural topics and challenges.  Tanya is passionate about bringing people together through rapport building and culturally appropriate communication. Her work has a strong focus on diversity and inclusion, body language, and motivation, all of which ultimately increase confidence and grow stronger, more innovative, and collaborative teams and leaders. Check out Tanya's latest magazine: https://www.redheadcommunications.com/cultural-times-diversity-inclusion/ Contact them if you'd like to contribute to the magazine if you have an appropriate story to share.   The upcoming Diversity and inclusion Summit: https://diversityandinclusionsummit.com.au/ NOTE: They may still be able to take on an exceptional speaker. Contact them if you're interested.

In this podcast episode, Violet Dhu and Guest Expert Tanya Finnie talks about inclusion in practice. Inclusion is about being feeling part of a team, feeling part of a group. It is not just about discussing statistics but also actions and strategies. Some of the keypoints in this episode include: - When it come to psychological safety, the organizations should do feel safe in the workplace. - Part of change is our behavior. It's about practicing it.  - We should have an open conversations. We should need a push button to open the doors and they will feel more inclusive. - Change does not happen overnight. - Becoming aware of the language that we use and making the small changes should make everyone feel included. About Tanya FinnieTanya Finnie, the founding principal of RedHead Communications, is a global cultural strategist with over 20 years of experience working in leadership and cultural domains. Over time, she has built valuable cultural and intellectual experience to coincide with her academic knowledge on cultural topics and challenges.  Tanya is passionate about bringing people together through rapport building and culturally appropriate communication. Her work has a strong focus on diversity and inclusion, body language, and motivation, all of which ultimately increase confidence and grow stronger, more innovative, and collaborative teams and leaders. Check out Tanya's latest magazine: https://www.redheadcommunications.com/cultural-times-diversity-inclusion/ Contact them if you'd like to contribute to the magazine if you have an appropriate story to share.   The upcoming Diversity and inclusion Summit: https://diversityandinclusionsummit.com.au/ NOTE: They may still be able to take on an exceptional speaker. Contact them if you're interested.

Are you looking to move to a leadership or higher leadership role? Are these opportunities available for you in your current career path?  In this podcast episode, Violet and Kylah discuss with guest expert, Sonja Price, how anyone can easily maximize their earning potential and move into a leadership or higher management role. If these opportunities are not in front of you right now with your current organisation, you need to bring these opportunities about and start lining them up to yourself.  Listen to the entire episode to learn how you can create opportunity for yourself and how you can seek out new opportunities to help you move higher in your career path.

This episode is where Violet and Kylah go deeper into resistance and how it presents and how to work through it.  Resistance is to refuse or not wanting to comply. It is often attached to change and workplaces because as leaders, we need to be aware that when we implement change, we need to expect resistance and have a plan to deal with that resistance. Resistance is an opportunity and it's a healthy process that leaders can go through to have a conversation about an outcome that you want to achieve. 

In this episode, Violet and Kylah talkabout setting boundaries and how it can affect you as a leader. Setting boundaries is not selfish. In fact, havings boundaries is being generous because we give to ourselves and we give our best self. Boundaries is knowing your limits and having an understanding of how much you will give or not give. Look after your self in setting boundaries mentally and physically. It's really helpful to slow things down enough to have that space to be mindful of decisions you are making. Be gentle on your self so it will feel manageable and won't overwhelm you. 

The idea of psycho social safety is the safety on leadership and management of work.  Violet, Kylah, and guest expert, Tasha, continue to talk about psychosocial safety in this second part and they explore the importance of having intersectional inclusion. Continue listening to this episode and listen through to the end to find out about work health safety (WHS) legislation changes. 

Psycho-social safety is about systems, management, and leadership around how we minimize psychological and emotional risks to the individual within work systems. In this episode, Kylah Morrison and Violet Dhu go deeper into the topic of psychosocial safety in the workplace. Guest expert, Tasha Broomhall, shares her knowledge and expertise around the subject and why it's extremely important today. 

In this podcast episode, Violet and Kylah talked about how to improve presentation skills with Elizabeth Bachman, who is a speaking coach for high profile women in the corporate arena. Specifically, Elizabeth coaches in speaking, presentation skills, sales, and leadership to ensure that the people she coaches are able to perfect the art of presenting. Elizabeth helps people become visible so that they will have more value.  Listen to this episode if you want to learn about why women in the corporate world feel invisible and how improving your presentation and communication skills can empower women to feel more visible and have more value.

In this episode, Violet Dhu and Kylah Morrison are interviewing Angie Chaplin who is the founder and CEO of Mindful Leadership. The ladies talk about the Hidden Leader Within. Listen through the entire episode and learn more about how women can find and discover their leader within. 

In this episode, Violet Dhu and Kylah Morrison talk about how to take the lead when things don't go into plan, including how to manage expectations, frustrations, and assumptions that we feel when things are out of our control. In life, unexpected things happen. We cannot control everything and it's helpful to go to a growth mindset rather than a fixed mindset in order for us to effectively manage the unexpected situation. Listen to the entire episode for more tips based on real leadership experiences and stories!

In this podcast episode, Violet Dhu and Kylah Morrison discuss finding and making the most of a mentor with guest expert Alicia Curtis. Alicia Curtis is the CEO and Founder of Alyceum and she's passionate about leadership that creates a better world. She believes that leadership is not only for CEO's. Everyone can be a leader regardless of the level in the organization. Leadership is about having a greater purpose and connection to people. Having a mentor and how to find one is so important in leadership because as a leader, if you continue yearning and looking for the next opportunities - that makes you the best leader you can be and having a mentor can really help with that.

In this podcast, Kylah Morrison will talk about identifying burn out and how to be more "Brain Fit" with our guest expert, Dr. Jenny Brockis. In Part 1, they discuss what burn out and brain fit means and how to identify the signs of burning out. In Part 2, they talk about Physiological Intelligence and work out how can we be more brain fit and get the best performance out of ourselves.

In this podcast, Kylah Morrison will talk about identifying burn out and how to be more "Brain Fit" with our guest expert, Dr. Jenny Brockis. In Part 1, they discuss what burn out and brain fit means and how to identify the signs of burning out. In Part 2, they talk about Physiological Intelligence and work out how can we be more brain fit and get the best performance out of ourselves.

On Part 2 of this guest interview with Dr. Sarah Woodhouse, a trauma expert and research psychologist, the ladies go deeper into trauma and talk about how to identify traumatic experiences and how as a leader and in the workplace, you can help your team who come to you about a traumatic experience and how you can overcome experiences that have a traumatic reaction to the body.

In this 2-part episode, Kylah Morrison and Violet Dhu interviewing their guest expert, Dr. Sarah Woodhouse who wrote a book called You're Not Broken. Kylah, Violet and Sarah will discuss and unpack what is trauma and how do we deal with it. The ladies share their expertise about trauma and also talk about healing from tauma.

In this 2-part podcast episode, Violet Dhu and Kylah Morrison discuss life changing habits of successful leaders with With Alaina Schwartz, Business and Mindset Coach.  Part 1 is where they talk about the Power of NeuroScience in peak performance and the risk of burnout when you don't prioritise yourself. In the second part, they cover how to leverage your strengths and communicate like a leader to motivate the best performance from our teams. 

In this 2-part podcast episode, Violet Dhu and Kylah Morrison discuss life changing habits of successful leaders with With Alaina Schwartz, Business and Mindset Coach.  Part 1 is where they talk about the Power of NeuroScience in peak performance and the risk of burnout when you don't prioritise yourself. In the second part, they cover how to leverage your strengths and communicate like a leader to motivate the best performance from our teams. 

This is the final episode of the series on the risks to your career. These episodes are inspired by the book, "How Women Rise" by Sally Helgesen & Marshall Goldsmith. In this episode, Kylah and Violet talks about the risks to your career when you get stuck in the past. Kylah and Violet share their experiences on how this particular behaviour has affected their careers. Research tells us that women tend to ruminate more than men. When do you get stuck ruminating? What happens when you get stuck looking in the past? How does that impact your career and the people around you?

In this episode, Violet and Kylah talk about the risk to your career when you are a "people-pleaser" or when you have a need to be liked. Kylah shares her story on how she changed from being a peer to a leader of a group, her experiences being a leader and reporting to a board and how as a people pleaser you might jump on what they asked without really considering it. Violet shares valuable insights and content on the risks when you are a people pleaser. She kicks off the podcast by reflecting on the choices she made and how many of those were influenced by her being a "people-pleaser". Listen to the podcast to learn more about how being a people pleaser affects your career and how you can improve on it to become a better leader.

In this podcast episode Violet Dhu and Kylah MOrrison are going to be talking about the perils of perfection and the risks to your career when you get caught in the perfection trap. They've covered that perfectionism can come in two forms: perfectionism in ourselves and perfectionism when you are in a leadership role and you see someone else who is struggling with perfectionism and not getting through their workload and potentially getting towards burnout. Listen to the entire podcast and learn how perfectionism can affect your career and how you can potentially manage it.

In this 2-part series, we are interviewing Jess Baker who is a business psychologist and a woman's leadership coach from the UK. Jess and Kylah connected in London at the end of 2019 when Kylah flew to the country for her husband's work. They met at an event and got to know more about each other. Jess runs a program called "Tame your Inner Critic" where she's helping a lot of women in leadership. In Part 1 of this 2-part series, Kylah, Violet and Jess talked about how to identify your inner critic and understand how it might show up in your thoughts and behaviours. In this second part of the series, we are going to talk about how to tame your inner critic.

In this 2-part series, we are interviewing Jess Baker who is a business psychologist and a woman's leadership coach from the UK. Jess and Kylah connected in London at the end of 2019 when Kylah flew to the country for her husband's work. They met at an event and got to know more about each other. Jess runs a program called "Tame your Inner Critic" where she's helping a lot of women in leadership. In Part 1 of this 2-part series, Kylah, Violet and Jess are going to talk about how to identify your inner critic.

This is the second half of a 2-part series, where Violet Dhu and Kylah Morrison are doing a live coaching session with Enrika Grogan, Business Life Strategist at Mind Your Money. In part 2, they talk about giving and receiving feedback on leadership and communication style. They also discuss and share helpful tips on performing under pressure.

In this 2-part series, Violet Dhu and Kylah Morrison are doing a live coaching session with Enrika Grogan, Business Life Strategist at Mind Your Money. Part 1 is where they discuss struggles in the leadership journey, the imposter syndrome, self doubt, and many others. All three ladies share stories and valuable lessons they learned throughout their journey.

In this episode, Kylah and Violet talk about the risks to your career if you don't leverage your relationships and instead focus on building them without getting the most out of those relationships. Violet discusses about difference between how men and women leverage their relationships and how these impact their career. Kylah talks about how she leverages relationships in a strategic way and how does has helped her become exceptional in her career path. Listen to this episode now and learn why you need to start leveraging your relationships.

In this series, we dive into the risks to your career when you don't do a certain number of things which are covered in the book called, "How Women Rise". And on this episode, we're going to bill on the previous episode and really unpack how when we overvalue our experience, we're doing ourselves a disservice. Violet is going to talk about the four types of power that we should leverage to be the most influential and effective leaders that we can. And we are going to share stories about how we overvalued experience.

This episode's topic is all about the risk to your career when you have that assumption that hard work alone is going to get you the next promotion or get noticed. Both Violet and Kylah have experience in this area and they have shared some personal stories. They are also going to cover some research to analyze what the experts say. Violet and Kylah have unpacked this assumption and shared some strategies on how you can best self-promote in the most appropriate way. They also talked about the real risk if you don't engage those things.

In this episode, Violet Dhu and Kylah Morrison talk about what holds us back in terms of our career and being visible. They will identify what are some of our fears around celebrating success. They also discuss the importance of having someone or a group of people who will call us out. This episode will also include a discussion on how we can celebrate our success and put ourselves forward and not get caught up with a fear of being judged.

In this podcast episode, Violet Dhu and Kylah Morrison talks about three key areas in the topic of Transition: How much our profession and the work that we do is tied with transitions When transitions are planned and we are able to transition with more integrity and energy Things that worked and didn't work in the transitions that they've been through They also talked about the experiences of women they've worked with in their Women in Leadership Masterclass Program who have gone through transition at work including transition to a leadership role, transition from an extended leave from work and transition from a structured 9-to-5 corporate schedule to a more flexible, portfolio or entrepreneurial type of work schedule.

In this episode, Violet and Kylah talk about how to prepare for difficult conversations. This is one of Violet's areas of expertise, she has studied at Harvard on this specific content. Here are some of the areas that are discussed in this podcast episode: How to manage the fear as you prepare for difficult conversations How to get in the other person's shoes to try and mitigate their response to get the best outcome in a difficult conversation Violet also shares her knowledge and wisdom gained from all the years of studying at Harvard and doing coaching about difficult conversations.

In this podcast episode, Violet Dhu and Kylah Morrison will have an open and honest discussion about boundaries. What does it really mean to you? Why are they important at work and at home? Setting boundaries is tricky as Violet has recently discovered when she needed to set a boundary with someone who is close to her. When she reflected back, Violet says there was a lot of emotion when setting boundaries and a lot of that was connected with feeling guilty about putting her needs before the other person. Setting boundaries can be tricky, personally and professionally.

In this podcast episode, we are going to be talking about the importance of and what to do to prepare for your next performance review or pay review, whether that be in a mid-cycle or out-of-cycle one. Here are some key take aways from this episode: Why performance reviews are important and what you could to prepare How any negotiation needs to start with a negotiation with yourself first Assumptions around performance reviews and pay negotiations Productivity tips to help you perform at your best These will hopefully help you prepare for your performance reviews so that when you come to your negotiations, you have everything at your fingertips to prove that you're doing an exceptional job.

Why is empathy so important? What is empathy and what is it not? What are the risks of empathy in leadership? When we talk about empathy, we often talk about putting ourselves in other people's shoes. According to Paul Ekman, there are 3 levels of empathy: Cognitive Empathy - knowing and understanding the other person's perspective Emotional Empathy - understanding the other person's feelings and experience Compassionate Empathy - combining both the cognitive and emotional empathy and then taking action In the workplace, there are employees who feel empathic to their colleague but their colleague doesn't feel their empathy and gives them feedback that they are not being empathic enough. With empathy, it's one of those situations where we need to be able to stop and slow down and reflect.

In episode 2, Kylah and Violet are going to talk about the power play and how it can be useful in building resilience, connection and creativity.  Kylah is going to share how she undertook a self-project last year to do 100 consecutive days of play. This was recommended to her by her speaking coach when they hit a brick wall in the development of her TED Talk that she really wants to do.  Kylah discusses all the benefits she gained from doing 100 days of play and how it has helped her create more space to breathe, cope with uncertainty and get in touch with herself again in terms of her creativity.  Listen in and find out how the power of play is relevant in the workplace and how leaders can bring more play into their work and lives. 

In this episode, Violet and Kylah talk about honest conversations and dealing with the tough emotions when facing uncertainty and change. For everyone around the world at the moment, there is a massive amount of uncertainty considering the situation with the health crisis. There are some amazing things that have come out of it, however, at a microscopic level in ourselves, in our emotions, in our family units - there's a lot of turmoil. So, we are going to talk about our emotions and how that affects us as leaders and how we show up as leaders in our communities, families, businesses and organisations.