The Thoughtful Leader

This episode explores the challenges of standing out in a crowded market where everyone seems to be an expert. It suggests that instead of trying to be the "best" or most "expert," individuals should focus on presenting their authentic selves and embracing their unique strengths. This approach, the hosts argue, allows for stronger personal branding, fosters genuine connections with potential clients, and ultimately creates a "niche of one" that distinguishes individuals from the competition.

Becoming a thoguhtful leader is a journey. This episode covers what's involved. Maybe yoiu will discover that you are actually more thoughtful than you thought! :)

This episode summarizes one of the most important elements of the REAL Thoughtn Leaders methodology and video series: Authority. You will discover that everyone is an authority in their own right; they just need to find the best way to put that across to the market.

Based on a keynote speech delivered in Noordwijk, Holland in 2011, this episode summarizes the 4 key attributes of REAL thought leaders.

First published as a LinkedIn article in April 2022, this discussion revolves around employee retention and some techniques to ensure you keep hold of your best employees by investing in them as thought leaders.

Based on an article I published in Red Onine in September 2015, this episode talks about how thoughtful leadership is necessary in today's world, where information is (too?) readily available.

Based on an article I wrote for Irish Tech News in 2020, this episode highlights some of the methods I shared. I wish you the best for your thought leadership journey!

A summary of the executive report I wrote for Emerals Publishing back in 2011. Still very relevant today! Hope it helps you and your team.

This episode is the result of a clever partnership between me and Google NotebookLM. It's the summary of one of my LinkedIn articles but it also expands on my insights.  I'm blown away by this and I hope you like it. Let me know if you do and I will get more of my articles turned into podcast episodes for you! Love... Mindy

This episode is the result of a clever partnership between me and Google NotebookLM. It's the summary of one of my LinkedIn articles but it also expands on my insights.  I'm blown away by this and I hope you like it. Let me know if you do and I will get more of my articles turned into podcast episodes for you! Love... Mindy  

Mindy Gibbins-Klein is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant who teaches leaders on how to be thoughtful and to create a culture of thought leadership in organizations.   Listen to this inspirational episode of The Thoughtful Leader with Mindy Gibbins-Klein about having to say goodbye. Here is what to expect on this week's show: The importance of having a team around you. If you don't know where to start, speak with an expert. Why we don't like saying goodbye. The meaning that we give our lives. Step outside the situation and be the architect.   Connect with Mindy: https://linktr.ee/thoughtful_leadership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caner is a true sustainability pioneer with over 15 years' of experience in building and scaling sustainable start-ups. In 2020, he co-founded KIND Community, a growth marketing agency that launches and scales impact brands. Caner's previous success includes founding and scaling Liquiproof, the global care brand that supports the circular economy by prolonging the life of garments and furniture. Liquiproof gained notoriety as one of the highest investments in Dragon's Den history, being named among the Top 100 UK Start-ups twice and has worked with global brands such as Adidas, Burberry, and IKEA. Listen to this inspirational episode of The Thoughtful Leader with Caner Veli about sustainability. Here is what to expect on this week's show: How business owners can impact the world. The importance of putting ESG goals first in business. The economics of more sustainable business practices. The most sustainable features of humanity are communities. Every individual is making their choices and together that has a compound effect. Give yourself space to become thoughtful.     Connect with Caner: Kind.community Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Anderson is the founder and managing director of Convex Foundation Limited. Before that Mike worked for a decade at McKinsey and company as an associate director where he was recognized for his software development and programme management. In between Convex and McKinsey, Mike has been the CTO of several firms. He graduated with two degrees from Cambridge University, mathematics and economics. Then Mike earned his MBA from Insead. He has lived in Singapore in more recent years. Listen to this inspirational episode of The Thoughtful Leader with Mike Anderson about his new blockchain platform for the future. Here is what to expect on this week's show: Replacing old blockchain inefficiency with new and more efficient platforms. Convex is a non-profit organization. The right values and mission will drive an organization. You need to be agile and responsive to react to challenges appropriately. Clear communication keeps everyone on track, no matter their role. The ecological crisis is one of his most concerning things. Always question your assumptions. Mike has a passion for dancing in his spare time. Connect with Mike: mike@convex.world https://convex.world Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter; @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook: @mindy.gibbinsklein https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Catherine Chapman, Wellbeing and Vitality Coach, International Retreat Facilitator and creator of Vitality Rooms – the online wellbeing membership looking after the whole of you. Through coaching, courses and Vitality Rooms, Catherine helps women feel joy and peace in their bodies, mind and spirit. Her passion is to help women make wellbeing their no.1 priority, helping them recognize and remove old stories and stuck emotions that limit them from living a life in flow. Listen to this inspirational episode of The Thoughtful Leader with Catherine Chapman about celebrating your beautiful self.   Here is what to expect on this week's show: Catherine's passion for health and wellness. The things that Catherine finds herself telling clients all the time that makes them become more thoughtful about their health. Catherine has been more thoughtful lately about covering up with more clothing and how it affects your mindset. The best advice for young women. Celebrating yourself doesn't mean taking your clothes off.   Connect with Catherine: https://www.facebook.com/CatherineChapmanPilates https://www.instagram.com/catherine_vitality_chapman/ Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mindy Gibbins-Klein is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant who teaches leaders on how to be thoughtful and to create a culture of thought leadership in organizations. Listen to this inspirational episode of The Thoughtful Leader with Mindy Gibbins-Klein about being open and communication.   Here is what to expect on this week's show: Being open to a one-to-one conversation. Your voice has influence and can create positive or negative feeling. When talking to a group of people we communicate differently. Ask yourself if this is something that you can address. We are open more at certain times of the day. How to allow yourself to be open to feedback. The importance of thoughtful leadership through your writing. Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carri Nicholson is a mentor, advisor, consultant, and 7 times entrepreneur with a 32-year track record of delivering results for businesses and their leaders – as well as for national and regional governments and public sector agencies across Europe (and now the US). Over this time, Carri has worked with over a thousand organizations, and has developed specialist expertise in company creation and growth; organizational transformation; and the Leadership Mindset. But her superpower is helping STEM Owner/Founders successfully scale then exit their businesses. Known to her clients as the Leader Whisperer, one of Carri's key strengths as a mentor and business counsellor is that she's walked in her clients' shoes, as both business Owner/Founder and a “hired gun” CEO. Carri's thousands of hours of 1-2-1 conversations with CEOs and business leaders means that there's virtually no business challenge that she's not previously seen or discussed   Listen to this inspirational episode of The Thoughtful Leader with Carri Nicholson about leading with intent and thought.   Here is what to expect on this week's show: There is direct correlation between profitability, productivity, and employee engagement. How to change the culture by changing the terms. Why you need to incorporate the Gallop Q12 into your company. Not everyone in your company should be the same. You need some difference. How to handle an employee that is not happy. Why the term human resources needs to be eliminated. Carri's book recommendation.   Connect with Carri: https://www.carrinicholson.com https://growth-circles.com/?sfw=pass1670366009 Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Mercer is an entrepreneur and founder of Portable Power Technology, an off-grid power solutions company based in the UK. Starting out as an engineer with British Aerospace and then transitioning into technical sales, Paul accumulated his knowledge and began designing and supplying power products to Africa and leisure applications. This later led to the birth of Portable Power Technology in 2014.   Paul thrives off problem-solving, being in front of customers promoting the amazing work Portable Power Technology do and building the amazing team they have. Paul also suffers from a chronic pain condition which adds extra challenges to both life and business but has only made him stronger and more resilient.   Listen to this inspirational episode of The Thoughtful Leader with Paul Mercer about being vulnerable when leading teams.   Here is what to expect on this week's show: How Paul got into power solutions. Why you need to be the right thoughtful instead of just thoughtful. Challenges Paul has had and how it changed his life. A mastermind group helped Paul through the pandemic. Paul's thoughtful behavior during the pandemic. How to be vulnerable instead of just talking about it. A thoughtful leader doesn't stop pushing themselves.   Connect with Paul: www.portablepowertech.com Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Borrelli is a compliance and regulatory specialist with an unrelenting passion for the blockchain sector. He has almost a decade in financial services at both buy-side and sell-side firms putting in place tailored regulatory architecture for FICC trading as well as crypto assets. He has held senior positions in firms regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and at a virtual asset service provider working across and with teams in the back-, middle- and front-office.   Michael acts as the chief operating officer for Convex, a real-time decentralised blockchain platform, and continues to drive change in the cryptoasset sector. He has a passion for using academic rigour and research capabilities to solve the challenges faced by firms today.   Michael has a BA in economics, a master's in law, an MBA and has completed the renowned courses in crypto at the University of Oxford and the Massachusetts institute of Technology.   Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Michael Borrelli about taking a leap of faith.   Here is what to expect on this week's show: Michael's approach to working with new people. Why age is not relevant is you're adding value. What's exciting about the blockchain world? What appeals to you most about Web 3? Do you think people need to become more savvy with the technicality or will it become ubiquitous like the internet? The parallel between the thoughtful leader and the marathon runner. The transition between sleep and awake is exhausting Connect with Michael: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-borrelli-mba-llm-6a557253/ Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob Eckert is CEO at New & Improved. His focus is on helping organizations harness and develop the innovative brain power of their people to deliver new and improved results. A sought-after facilitator, trainer and speaker, Bob uses his organizational design experience to make change efforts stick. Fast Company calls him an “Innovation thought leader” and he has been quoted in publications such as Forbes and Inc.com. He has written extensively about innovation leadership in both Demystifying Innovation Culture Efforts  and More Lightning, Less Thunder: How to Energize Innovation Teams (co-authored with Jonathan Vehar). He has been globally impacting the creativity/innovation world for more than 30 years. A Scoutmaster and avid outdoorsman who's as comfortable driving a tractor as he is driving meetings in corporate boardrooms, Bob lives with his wife on their active tree farm in the Adirondack Park, where they also operate Adirondack Adventure Base together.   Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Bob Eckert about creativity.   Here is what to expect on this week's show:      How much the average person uses their creative potential.      The importance of being humble and curious in your work.      Bob has three businesses and what are they?      You can bring creativity to anything you do.      Mental clutter and how it controls us.      Bob's most challenging thing in his career.      How do you overcome the feeling of low impact?      How do you know if you're making an impact?      There's no such thing as a “grown-up”.   Connect with Bob: www.newandimproved.com  www.adirondackadventurebase https://www.linkedin.com/in/innovationspecialist/ Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mindy Gibbins-Klein is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant who teaches leaders on how to be thoughtful and to create a culture of thought leadership in organizations. Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode about being content. Here is what to expect on this week's show: ●     If your heart is content, what does it mean? ●     The importance of being aware of and managing your state. ●     You can be content with what you have and what you've achieved. ●     The best kind of writing is the kind that comes from the heart. ●     Your best insights and ideas come from your heart. ●     If something isn't working, then it's time to change it. ●     Mindy's thoughts on doing what you want to do. Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Martin Cowart, Founder and CEO of Financial Heart Space, is a Spiritual Mindset Coach helping LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurs, Business Leaders, Change Agents and Influencers, open the heart, quiet the mind, and unlock the gate of infinite potential. Martin is the host of “Speak'n the Truth About Money with Martin Cowart and Joy the Wise Woman”, a weekly live broadcast/podcast for anyone ready and willing to examine their negative thinking about money, let go of the false narrative of the scarcity mindset, and have the courage to change the way they think and talk about money. Martin is on a mission to bring everyone into the creative energy, frequency, and vibration of unconditional love. Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Martin Cowart about connecting and building a community. Here is what to expect on this week's show: ●     The Global LGBTQ Community Coaching Program. ●     Martin's defining moment. ●     Letting things go is the way to live a happy and fulfilling life. ●     What does thoughtful leadership mean to Martin? ●     Humans are 100% energy. ●     What is an ego shadow work coach?   Connect with Martin: https://www.facebook.com/martin.cowart https://www.instagram.com/martincowartcoaching/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speakn-the-truth-about-money/id1508984936 https://www.linkedin.com/in/martincowartcoaching/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnsv4zOEBJKy72Ii50CGa4w Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the designer of Gender Dynamics Intelligence (GDI©) Dr Pauline Crawford has a vision for embedding principles for authentic harmony among men and women in leadership roles. With over 30 years' experience in corporate UK, Europe, Asia, and the USA, she is Chief Visionary of the Corporate Heart International; President-Elect 2023-24 Rotary Club of Global Impact, and G100 Global Chair #PositiveMasculinity. An author and international speaker, Dr Crawford delivers a unique Magical Conversation formula for workplace engagement to seed Healthy High-Performance Cultures. Known as The “Conversation Changemaker”, she is a Certified Entreprenologist PHD, Magical Conversations Host, Author, and Speaker, her mission is to educate leaders in the benefits of personal and professional Value Creation, a living philosophy that improves conversations, relationships, and performance. She is focused on entrepreneurs and corporate leaders keen to create meaningful and profitable success through unlocking people's natural relational energy and performance excellence.  Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Dr Pauline Crawford about in an authentic harmony.   Here is what to expect on this week's show: ●     Dr Pauline's passion. ●     What to do when things go wrong. ●     Authentic harmony is to understand each other. ●     The importance of being open minded in business. ●     Authenticity is an expression of who we are. ●     What does authentic harmony mean for our world? ●     Advice for people who don't make time to listen and be thoughtful.   Connect with Pauline: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulinecrawford/ https://www.instagram.com/paulinecrawfordmc/ https://www.iuenow.org/ Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to mental health in the workplace, Sheila, by her own admission, has learned from her mistakes. She saw first-hand how businesses and organisations weren't taking mental health seriously and what a detrimental impact that was having on industry as a whole. In an effort to tackle this head-on, Sheila started BMR and today the company leads the way in mental health support programmes, all of which have a definitive return on investment. Well known for her ability to ‘cut to the chase', Sheila believes that workplace wellbeing isn't just about fruit bowls and yoga and that you can't simply magic away employee stress by ‘fixing' people. Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Sheila Lord about being on and providing a healthy team.  Here is what to expect on this week's show: ●     What is Sheila's business? ●     Leaders that inspire and motivate their people. ●     The importance of creating a psychologically safe environment. ●     Is it now and employee's market or an employer's market? ●     The shift in needs and requirements for millennials. ●     The challenges of working at home on your own. ●     The importance of having a growth mindset. ●     Step out of your comfort zone and make mistakes.   Connect with Sheila: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bmr-health-and-wellbeing/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheila-lord-bmr/ Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill is a consulting-educator with over 50 years of experience spanning four separate careers: military (USMC), engineering, business consulting, and education. He's a founding Principal of MindPrep Resource Center, a veteran-owned business that specializes in helping emerging leaders learn from the past, deal with today and prepare for the future. He does this through writing, workshops, team facilitation, and one-on-one coaching.   Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Bill Welter about caring.   Here is what to expect on this week's show: ●     Your only job is to take care of your troops. They will take care of you. ●     Why aren't some people thoughtful when they have the capacity to be? ●     We have 25 milliseconds before we respond or react to something. ●     The importance of intention in the world of business. ●     We make choices every moment of our lives. ●     Sometimes failures are the steppingstones to success. ●     Caring is something you get from life experiences. ●     Not everyone chooses to care. Or maybe they don't know how. ●     Important skills for leaders at this current time.   Connect with Bill: MindPrep.com Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mindy Gibbins-Klein is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant who teaches leaders on how to be thoughtful and to create a culture of thought leadership in organizations. Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Mindy Gibbins-Klein About trust. Here is what to expect on this week's show: ●     What does it take for someone to earn your trust? ●     What was your reaction when someone cheated you? ●     What does it take for someone to lose your trust?       ●     Be direct before you start with a suggestion or request. ●     Self-awareness creates internal boundaries for trusting. ●     Direct communication helps resolve unsure thoughts about someone.   Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Janet Mohapi-Banks is an Executive Coach, Leadership Consultant, Spiritual Speaker, and International Best-Selling Author for her book Habits for Happiness published in November 2019.  For years she's worked with amazing women in the entrepreneurial and creative space because art, in all forms, is the greatest expression of one's soul and the expansive and transformational work that I do allows them to reach new heights of creativity and consciousness. Recently I've felt myself being pulled into working with high-level executives and leadership teams in SMEs and corporations who are changing the way that they conduct business to a human-centric model. I help them become more conscious, more heart-led, more inclusive, and more sustainable. Graduating with an MBA with Distinction in September 2022, I'm a single mother of two autistic teenagers, having flown across the world in the middle of the pandemic to start a new life in Vancouver, Canada.   Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Janet Mohapi-Banks about entrepreneurship. Here is what to expect on this week's show: ●     Working 36 hour shifts and having gastroparesis. ●     How to do business in a way that doesn't kill you. ●     We get to make all the decisions every single step of the way. ●     The psychosis of entrepreneurship and how to overcome it. ●     What is the difference between a leader and a boss? ●     What is the best for the group as opposed to what's best for me. ●     Janets advice for leaders today.   Connect with Janet: Website:  https://jmbconsciousconsulting.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/janetmohapibanks  Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global Credibility Expert Mitchell Levy is a 2x TEDx speaker, an international bestselling author of over 60 books, and an executive coach at Marshall Goldsmith's 100 Coaches. After interviewing 500 thought leaders on credibility, he published a 7-country international bestselling book, delivered a powerful TEDx on humanity, created courses, and created the Credibility Nation membership community to help those live, learn and surround themselves with others on the credibility journey. He's an accomplished Entrepreneur who has created twenty businesses in Silicon Valley including four publishing companies that have published over 750 books. He's provided strategic consulting to hundreds of companies and has been the chairman of a board of a NASDAQ-listed company. Mitchell has been happily married for thirty-three years and prior to covid-19, regularly spent four weeks a year in Europe with family and friends. Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Mitchell about becoming credible. Here is what to expect on this week's show: ●     The triad of being bold, opinionated and respectful. ●     You have to earn your credibility, twice. ●     How to be more credible to someone else. ●     Has society become a place where flaky is acceptable? ●     How do we talk about credibility?   Connect with Mitchell: Guest Contact Info: LinkedIn: https://Linkedin.com/in/MitchellLevy Facebook: https://Facebook.com/HappyAbout Twitter: https://Twitter.com/HappyAbout Pinterest: https://Pinterest.com/THiNKaha Instagram: https://Instagram.com/Mitchell.Levy Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lesley Thomas is the founder of The Money Confidence Academy and host of the ‘Let's Talk Money and more' Podcast. Lesley works with service-based business owners and entrepreneurs, to help them improve their relationship and confidence about money. Having already created a very successful family business over 16 years ago, she understands the intricacies and financial responsibilities involved in owning your own business. With a considerable corporate background in sales, creative marketing and mentoring, across global joint ventures, Lesley developed a keen interest in the power of building strong relationships and synergies, resulting in an impressive portfolio of over-achieving on targets. Although Lesley is an advocator for practical business principles, she also believes that in order to lead a lucrative business, you have to create a brand that sets you apart from the cookie cutter crowd and be visible! An ex-pat from Wales, when Lesley in not working on creating powerful money make-overs for her clients, she can be found at her home in Wiltshire – with her amazingly supportive husband and two sons, or treading the boards in her local village hall, microphone in hand, or accompanying her family to the Alpine mountains, to indulge in their favourite outdoor pursuits.   Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Lesley Thomas about money and emotions. Here is what to expect on this week's show: ●     Lesleys Money Confidence Academy ●     Is it all about the money or is there something else? ●     Lesleys thoughts on gratitude as an excuse to not take action ●     You need to become aware when there's a disconnect ●     The importance of gratitude in business ●     8 money archetypes. Which 3 define you? ●     What happens to your activity and your action when you don't follow your money mindset? ●     Never put yourself in someone else's bank account or wallet   Connect with Lesley: Links Mentioned: themoneyconfidenceacademy.com facebook.com/themoneyconfidenceacademy/ instagram.com/lesleythomascoaching/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesley-thomas/ Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joanna founded Flourishing Introverts to shift this extraversion bias in business using a simple but robust approach and to enable individuals to recognise their natural strengths so they can fulfil their potential without pretending to be something they are not. This starts with enabling introverts to identify and own their strengths, something Joanna does in her group coaching programmes and 1:1 with clients.   With her clear purpose and unshakable passion, she works with companies and organisations to help them recognise and encourage the contribution introverts can make to their business. This is Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in action.   Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Joanna Rawbone about different leadership types, how they work and how to lead your best. Here is what to expect on this week's show: ● Not all leaders are extroverts ● Is there a downside to putting a label on yourself? ● What energy do leaders need to have? ● Pretend listening vs real listening ● Awareness is the most important tool for a leader ● Different styles need to compliment each other.  ● Give introverts time to contribute ● Things aren't getting back to normal. This is the new normal. Connect with Joanna: Links Mentioned: https://flourishingintroverts.com/ Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mindy Gibbins-Klein is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant who teaches leaders on how to be thoughtful and to create a culture of thought leadership in organizations. Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode about diversity of thought, it's affect and how to include it in your business and life. Here is what to expect on this week's show: ●     How to encourage more diversity of thought ●     Some biases are unconscious ●     Make an extra effort to give more people a chance ●     Making a small effort to reach out is an immediate feel good ●     How to make your event to be more diverse ●     Why we should be allowing comments on our blogs Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Victoria Shiroma Wilson is the President of Exceptional Futures, which empowers leaders of world-class organizations to discover their purpose, develop a powerful vision, and design a strategy toward transformation. Victoria is valued as a big-picture visionary who works with her clients to examine their leadership impact through the cultural and systemic influences that influence their work. Victoria began her career in Silicon Valley managing strategic partnership programs for global technology organizations. Her years of experience working in marketing and business development functions within a number of startup companies allowed her to understand the importance of being nimble and adaptable within an ever-evolving business environment. As part of her doctoral studies, Victoria conducted original research on culturally sustainable coaching practices and is an expert in coaching across cultural boundaries. Victoria is also passionate about education as a societal investment and has served on non-profit school boards and educational program steering committees.   Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Victoria Shiroma Wilson about culture and society. Here is what to expect on this week's show: ●     How reverse culture shock can be even more jarring ●     Victorias book about culture ●     Sometimes you need to change yourself to be yourself ●     To be thoughtful, Victoria needed to slow down ●     Being unique is something that should be celebrated ●     Awareness, alignment, action   Connect with Victoria: www.exceptionalfutures.com www.linkedin.com/in/victoriashiromawilson Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After years of successfully climbing the ladder in the tough world of corporate finance and becoming one of the UK's best performing, brightest stars, Louise established her own exclusive financial wealth management company, Wealth Ideas.   An accomplished, forward thinking, financial and business consultant to individuals and corporate clients, Louise brings sound and respected financial stewardship to any individual and business she assists. Her ability to quickly identify the root cause of a problem, with the skills and influence to successfully implement immediate change resulting in effective and efficient solutions to her clients' problems.     Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Louise Baldock about her ability to turn a company around and dealing with people in that process.   Here is what to expect on this week's show: ●     Insights of working in the financial services industry for over 30 years. ●     Understanding your options when your business is crumbling. ●     KNOW YOUR NUMBERS! ●     Empower people so that they can make the right decisions. ●     Relaxing is important for clearing your head and being ready to work. ●     How common bad professional advice is and Louise's mission to bring them down.     Connect with Louise: Links Mentioned: www.wealthideas.co.uk Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ysanne Lewis is based near London, in Guildford, and has worked as a professional astrologer, forecaster and timing expert since 1979. She works internationally in Europe, USA, many European countries, Iceland, HK, Oman, Dubai and S. Africa. She acts as a navigating bridge between the maps of the heavens and our inner maps and landscapes. Her consultations in person or via zoom or skype are for families, individuals, businesses, start-ups and events, partnerships, babies charts for parents and grandparents, re location and career direction and changes. She is a public speaker, radio presenter and the published author of The Time Catcher: a book reminding us all of the magic and mystery in life and how there is symmetry parallels and geometric connection between the cosmos, the atom, in plants and in our bodies. She recently appeared on ITV's This Morning Programme, being interviewed by Dermot O'Leary and Alison Hammond about babies charts #babyastrologer     Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Ysanne Lewis about astrology and how it affects your life and being a thoughtful leader. Here is what to expect on this week's show: ●     Astrology is the second oldest profession. ●     After decades of work, simplicity is the best. ●     Inexperienced astrologers can cause more harm than good. ●     The moon cycle influence professions and physical attributes of nature. ●     Decisions you can make to time important events. ●     Leo season is a great time for events. ●     Thoughtful leadership and timing are synonymous   Connect with Ysanne: www.ysanne.com Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As CEO of Beep2B, Mike Jones has made it his mission to help as many people as possible be productive in their LinkedIn marketing efforts, giving them the freedom to do the things that really bring value and joy to their business and their lives in general! He achieves this by delivering effective TACTICS, TRAINING and TECHNOLOGY to world-class businesses so they can efficiently build business relationships, built on a trust, which in turn creates opportunities their competitors can only dream of.   When he's not helping clients excel in Social Selling, what brings him joy is spending time with his family and testing the limits of his mind and body by training for ultra marathons.   Here is what to expect on this week's show: -Having an urgency while living. -Watching his father die taught him a lot. -Engineering your thoughts. -Your life. The ultimate project. -How to manage people with different personality types. -Just because you're not the most skilled, doesn't mean you're not valuable.   Connect with Mike: www.beep2b.com Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mindy Gibbins-Klein is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant who teaches leaders on how to be thoughtful and to create a culture of thought leadership in organizations. Listen to this inspirational The Thoughtful Leader episode with Mindy Gibbins-Klein about making assumptions. We need to make some assumptions and can't second guess everything in our lives. More importantly we need to be self-aware and reflect on the insights. Here is what to expect on this week's show: - Not all assumptions are bad - Don't assume about things you're not familiar with - The story of Mindy assuming a worst-case scenario - Self awareness is one of the best traits - The unconscious bias - Reflect and use the insights   Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susan Popoola runs Mosaic Fusions Ltd, a Business and Talent Development Support organisation which works with organisations to develop highly productive and fulfilling workplaces that reflect the rich diversity of society. She has extensive cross-sector experience inclusive of international experience working with organisations and delegates from Europe, Africa, the Middle East, China and the US. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the Good Work Guild. Susan has a deep-rooted belief in human value and is an established speaker and the author of Touching the Heart of Milton Keynes: A Social Perspective; Consequences: Diverse to Mosaic Britain, and most recently, Male Perspectives on The Value of Women at Work.  Susan also does work in support of young people who have been brought up in Care/without parental support. Highlights include: -       What human value optimisation is -       What her three books are about -       How the pandemic changed the workplace for thoughtful leaders -       Why having conversations with other people can be so powerful -       The importance of understanding your employees Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey! Connect with Susan: Website: https://www.MosaicWorld.live Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SusanPopoola/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanpopoola/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SusanPopoola   Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharon Gaskin is the founder of The Trainers Training Company – helping freelance trainers to create and grow successful businesses. Following a spell in corporate life she went freelance in 2002. In 2009, she wrote an ebook called How to Launch a Training Business in 30 Days. She didn't believe anyone would pay for it – they did – and The Trainers Training Company was born. Great timing as her son Ryan was heavily involved in junior tennis and needed ferrying around! A year later she launched her community, Trainer Talk, to provide a safe space for freelance trainers to grow their business. A place where people get who they are, what they are trying to do and the problems they face. Her business continues to evolve as do her offerings ranging now from her Opportunity Alert service, to her 1-2-1 Coaching, Transformers Mastermind and her Complete Trainer Programme. Sharon lives in South Wales and loves walking her cocker spaniel Lilly on the lovely sandy beaches and countryside. Otherwise, she's hitting the gym, doing another course, engrossed in reading, or watching her favourite tennis champion, Rafa Nadal! Highlights include: - How Sharon started her business - The importance of being thoughtful in decision making - The future plans for her business - Tips for how trainers can be thoughtful - Why we need to pay attention to business models Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey! Connect with Sharon: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheTrainersTrainingCompany LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharongaskin/ Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the past 15 years, Deborah has been serving companies in the USA, Europe and Africa in leadership and high-performing teams, in sectors such as a banking, bio pharma and telecommunications. She is passionate about creating new business value by optimising people cultures. With her unwavering conviction that culture is the key to 95% of organisational problems, she enables leaders and their teams to carve out a working culture that serves them best, resulting in the emergence of high-performance         cultures. A burnout recoverer, Deborah no longer tippy-toes when it comes to championing people in the workplace. Her mission is to re-ignite human spirit inside companies, from which connection, powerful teams and thereby innovation are possible. A coach-facilitator in leadership and team cohesion, she has the knack of drawing out the best in people; she enables them to crack the code of their seemingly unresolvable situations. She accompanies her clients as a strategic business partner, capturing their needs, priorities and challenges and addressing these by designing, developing and delivering people solutions. Deborah works with boundless curiosity, never afraid to navigate the unknown, accompanying her clients across cultures, generations and sectors, honouring her core values of growth and connectedness. Highlights include: -       How burnout led Deborah to become a thoughtful leader -       Why being a workaholic is a distraction -       How Deborah works with leaders -       The best tips for somebody to become a more thoughtful leader -       Advice for when challenges surface in the workplace Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey! Connect with Deborah: LinkedIn: https://ch.linkedin.com/in/highperformingcultures     Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Ruth Gotian is the Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology and former founding Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine. She has been hailed by the journal Nature and Columbia University as an expert in mentorship and leadership development. In 2021, she was selected as one of 30 people worldwide to be named to the Thinkers50 Radar List, dubbed the Oscars of management thinking, and recently won the Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement “Radar” Award ranking her the #1 emerging management thinker in the world to bridge theory and practice. She is also a semi-finalist for the Forbes 50 Over 50 list. In addition to publishing in academic journals, she is a contributor to Forbes and Psychology Today where she writes about ‘optimizing success'. Her research is about the mindset and skill set of peak performers, including Nobel laureates, astronauts, and Olympic champions, which she writes about in her book, The Success Factor. Highlights include: -       Why your passions change when you go through life transitions -       The four mindsets you can implement to be successful -       Why it is important to cut out negative people in your life -       What Ruth learned while writing her book -       How writing the book out of order helped her Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey!   Connect with Ruth: Website: www.ruthgotian.com     Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mindy Gibbins-Klein is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant who teaches leaders on how to be thoughtful and to create a culture of thought leadership in organizations. In this episode, Mindy gives her perspective on owning your emotional energy, enjoy and employ it! And if someone tells you to calm down, remember that only you can control your emotional state. Mindy's thought-provoking ideas include: What the best reason to write a book is The tragic story about her friend which led to her writing her book The process of writing the book and getting it published The difference between “I should” and “I must” Finding the motivation to write your book Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey! Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mac has extensive research into what works as well as having interviewed some of the world's best LinkedIn experts. This has resulted in helping businesses in India, Australia, US, Canada, Malaysia, China, Holland, Ireland and the UK to name but a few. He has created valuable connections and introductions through applying these strategies and teaching this to his clients.  Highlights include: - The issue with people focusing on creating a persona for likes instead of being their authentic self -The trouble of focusing on likes on social media instead of building relationships -The blurred lines between virtual and in person business meetings -How the pandemic has allowed Mac to branch out to build new relationships -The best tips to build quality and authentic relationships Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey! Connect with Mac: Clubhouse: @MacM4Motiv8 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MacLaubscherOfficial/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/m4motiv8/ LinkedIn: https://www.thelinkedinexpert.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/m4motiv8?   Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Marisol Capellan is the CEO of The Capellan Institute, a coaching certification and training & development company. Dr. Capellan has extensive experience creating and leading leadership , diversity, equity & inclusion and coaching programs and trainings for corporations and academia. She is an internationally recognized, award-winning educator and professional & executive certified coach. Dr. Capellan is a former educator from the University of Miami. She is also a TEDx and keynote speaker. As an Afro-Latina, she has witnessed many of the institutional and systemic barriers and biases that Black women face in their career trajectory to leadership roles. Dr. Capellan is redefining the word leadership in her upcoming book, Leadership is a Responsibility, where she highlights the importance of inclusive leadership and the need to increase the representation of women in positions of power. Highlights include: Why we need leaders who can take action to make a change for women in the workplace What pink collar professions are What the glass escalator is Why women have more expectations than men in the workplace How women can be entrepreneurs How the pandemic changed the way we work, especially for women who want to work from home Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey! Connect with Marisol: Instagram:  instagram.com/profcapellan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marisolcapellan Twitter: https://twitter.com/profcapellan      Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Piddington is a Health & Safety, Wellbeing & Mental Health expert who provides services as a consultant, trainer and speaker. She has worked with 100+ corporate and public sector organisations helping them to transform their workplaces and improve organisational performance through improved Health and Safety, Wellbeing & Mental Health strategies. Highlights include: Why the workplace is safer when a person is well Why management should have training to provide support for employees struggling with their mental health How to start discussions on providing resources to improve the mental health of employees The future of working from home Why we need to look at organizations as individuals Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey! Connect with Sarah: Website: https://safeandwelltogether.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahpiddington/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/safe-and-well-together/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAVOs4_MTP9geF9Qp6O7MCw Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Graeme Codrington is a futurist and scenario planner specialising in the future of work. He helps companies around the world understand the forces that are shaping our lives, whether it's the current Covid-disruption or the disruptive trends that will define the rest of the 2020s. Graeme is an author of six best-selling books and lectures at a number of top business schools. As one of the founders of the strategy consulting firm TomorrowToday, he works with a global research team to ensure his insights are constantly updated and relevant to each of his clients. He now works with clients around the world from his fully equipped home video studio in Johannesburg. Highlights include: How Graeme decides what to post on his social media accounts Why he allows long debates in the comments of his social media posts How he juggles keeping his social media page a safe place and a place for people to vent Why it is important to provoke thought Why you shouldn't be scared to think again Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey! Connect with Graeme: Website:  https://www.graemecodrington.com/   Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mindy Gibbins-Klein is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant who teaches leaders on how to be thoughtful and to create a culture of thought leadership in organizations. In this episode, Mindy gives her perspective on owning your emotional energy, enjoy and employ it! And if someone tells you to calm down, remember that only you can control your emotional state. Mindy's thought-provoking ideas include: What to do when ideas come to you Why you need to ask yourself if your idea is truly unique Why you should sift through the many ideas that may come to your mind throughout your day How social media can overwhelm you when it comes to people's opinions How you can use your creative mind when starting a business Why you should say “what else” when coming up with ideas Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey! Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Avins is an award winning business coach, speaker and mastermind mentor who is highly sought after in the UK by entrepreneurs and business owners to help them breakthrough the Scale Up Ceiling to create real Shareholder Value. With an impressive 17 year track record of helping business owners generate hundreds of millions of pounds in additional sales, profits and shareholder value, Paul is the catalyst business owners seek out when then feel frustrated, overwhelmed or want to accelerate their growth for a potential exit. Paul's Grown Up Business System is designed specifically to help Founders and Family Owned Businesses to successfully Level Up, Team Up and Scale Up - the three keys to a Grown Up Business.  He's coached over 550 UK companies through this business growth system with many clients selling their businesses for life changing sums, giving them the time and money freedom they wanted. Highlights include: How to level yourself up to become a better leader Why everyone is a leader The 3-step tool to help you improve as a leader Why one of the best leadership skills is reflection The importance of determining what you can and can't control in situations Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey! Connect with Paul: Website:  https://www.paulavins.com/businessgrowthcoach LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/paulavins   Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaia Ferreira helps business owners and entrepreneurs avoid breakdown. Through deep inner work, she addresses the values and belief systems that create the fear and courage from which we operate. Her work focuses on discovering your inner purpose, gaining clarity into the unconscious patterns that hold you back, and creating new ways to lead with authenticity. The goal is to align your mind, heart, and soul to the way you show up to lead your Self and your team to do good things and be great people.   Gaia is an author, speaker and coach on personal fulfilment and heart-focused leadership and the creator of the Total Intelligence® Method. She has shared the stage with Brian Tracy, Harrison Klein, Dr. Demartini, and spoken at a Tony Robbins event. She's an expert hugger, sings loudly in the shower, and starts and finishes everyday with snuggling her kids.  Highlights include: How the pursuit of happiness can make people unhappy How the competitive nature of human beings sets us up for disappointment when accomplishing goals Why striving for achievements will never feel like enough  The importance of ‘lighting your soul' to feel alive through your passions Learning to be joyful and at peace with yourself Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey! Connect with Gaia: Website: https://gaiaferreira.com LinkedIn: ie.linkedin.com/in/gaia.ferreira Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gaiaferreiratitans/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gaiaferreiratitans Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jane Piper   – The Thoughtful Leader with Mindy Gibbins-Klein Episode 063 New ways of working and thinking with Jane Piper, Organisational Psychologist  Jane Piper is an organizational psychologist who helps mid-life individuals and teams enjoy both their career and personal lives. She studies the intersection of humans and technology and challenges people to look at the impact that technology is having on work, well-being, and happiness. Jane is a best-selling author of Focus in the Age of Distraction, which looks at the impact of digital technology on our wellbeing and ways of working. Our conversation concentrates on changes in the workplace over the past few years, employer advantages and opportunities of working with remote teams. Highlights include: Focus and do the things you are good at and delegate some of the rest. The pandemic may have given us more time, but instead of enjoying it, people just started working more. The culture shock of working from home and life changes.  Working from home is here to stay. Tips, including a hybrid team working agreement and respecting people's time. Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey! Connect with Jane: Website:  https://pipsy.ch/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janepiperpipsy/ Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Focus-Age-Distraction-tips-focus/dp/1784521264 Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stuart Harris   – The Thoughtful Leader with Mindy Gibbins-Klein Episode 062 The joy of attention, Stuart Harris, Coach and Mentor  Stuart Harris is a coach that is quick to point out that 70 percent of people at some point in their lifetime will get that overwhelming sensation of Impostor Syndrome. As a coach and mentor, Stuart helps people, including high achievers, how to overcome those feelings with a simple but profound process of understanding the path to clarity, confidence, and connection.  Stuart helps by using a powerful combination of body and mind techniques that helps clients develop simple strategies for greater productivity. His coaching gives clients immediate insights into how they should proceed and assures them that the practices he teaches are techniques that can be learned and applied quickly. Stuart's strategies are simple, yet powerful. In our conversation, we discuss: The misconception that an intellectual thinker isn't a physical person. Reflection doesn't have to take a lot of time, but it's a skill that must be practiced. We need to stop instant reaction. The importance of paying attention. Staying with an idea when meditating. Don't sleepwalk through life. Pay attention to your intentions. Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey! Connect with Stuart Website:  https://attention-space.com/ Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mindy Gibbins-Klein   – The Thoughtful Leader with Mindy Gibbins-Klein Episode 061 Enjoy your energy, employ your energy with Mindy Gibbins-Klein Mindy Gibbins-Klein is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant who teaches leaders on how to be thoughtful and to create a culture of thought leadership in organizations. In this episode, Mindy gives her perspective on owning your emotional energy, enjoy and employ it! And if someone tells you to calm down, remember that only you can control your emotional state. Mindy's thought-provoking ideas include: Only you can choose your emotional state and if you want to shift it. Be aware of how you are feeling. Be intentional with your energy. Understand how compassion works in managing your emotional state. Thoughts about humor and managing your emotional state. An exercise on working with others - understanding your energy and triggers. Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey! Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liz Carney   – The Thoughtful Leader with Mindy Gibbins-Klein Episode 060 This is me, with Liz Carney, Professional Woman's Coach It happens more often than one thinks. Women in mid-life may work in corporate or have a great career and, just like that, the rug is pulled out from under them. Not only have they suffered from career loss, but they may also find themselves with changing home life situations such as divorce, being an empty nester or taking on the role of being a family caregiver to aging parents. Liz Carney is a Woman's Coach who understands women who are going through these changes, and she points out that women in those positions are not alone. Liz is an accredited Master Coach with a BA in Communication Studies and a MSc in Education and Training Management. She also has a diploma in Business Analysis and is a Six Sigma, Process Improvement, Black Belt.  She has over 25 years International corporate and consulting experience and is an expert in improving processes, but it's her personal story that benefits the clients she serves. Her best piece of advice is “Follow your dreams.” In our conversation, we discuss: The commonality of mid-life women who feel a sense of embarrassment, failure, or loss of self-worth. Helping people in crisis, or those needing guidance to work through bumps in the road. An opportunity to work with Liz in her Italian safe haven. People need to find their quiet space to chill before they can open up and create a new path. The road trip to Italy. Liz's toolkit to help each unique individual. Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey! Connect with Liz: Website:  https://elizabethcarney.co.uk/ Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices