REVEALED Unlocking Your Full Potential (and Compensation): Executive Coaching Series
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Think executive coaching is just for underperformers or when you’re in crisis mode? It’s a common misconception. In this episode of Life and Leadership Podcast, Tegan Tovaro busts the biggest misconceptions about executive coaching and reveal why it’s a power move for high-performing leaders. From onboarding to growth strategy, you'll learn when coaching delivers the most impact — and how to make the case for it. Grab all the links and resources mentioned in this episode at: Connect with Tegan Subscribe to Life+Leadership on or
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Human Leadership in the Age of AI: Oliver Smith on Ethics and Transition
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Can leaders truly harness AI’s potential without losing the human touch? In this episode of The Life + Leadership Podcast, Oliver Smith, founder and director of Deadalus Futures - a consultancy specialising in responsible AI. He shares how senior executives can integrate AI into their workflows while staying rooted in human connection and emotional intelligence. He emphasizes the importance of firsthand experimentation with AI, challenging leaders to use it as a tool for strategic thinking rather than just automation. Grab all the links and resources mentioned in this episode...
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The Business Case for Equity: How Inclusive Workplaces Drive Success
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Whether or not the language around DEI evolves, the need for organizations to create environments where employees feel valued, engaged, and supported isn't going away. The companies that get this right will not only attract top talent but will also sustain performance and innovation in a rapidly changing world. With over fifteen years of experience in design thinking and social innovation, Nicole has pioneered a data-driven approach to workplace equity, helping organizations build more inclusive and responsive environments. Under her leadership, Eloquate launched the nation's first...
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Building Uncommon Coalitions to Tackle Complex Problems with Dr. Kelly Firesheets
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At first glance, it may seem as though civil interventions and the corporate sector have nothing in common. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. Dr. Kelly Firesheets joins us today to share critical leadership lessons she learned after being tasked with solving the opioid epidemic in her community. She shares innovative solutions she put to the test, the most impactful investments she made, and which changes she implemented are not only still in use, but have been adopted by other communities. Most importantly, Kelly gets us to think critically about how to engage people in a variety...
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Reframing the Future: A Data-Backed Look at Human Potential
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In this episode, Don MacPherson, researcher, futurist, and host of the 12 Geniuses podcast, joins Tegan Trovato to challenge the common narrative of decline and instead offer a data-backed perspective on human progress. Drawing from decades of research on leadership, workplace culture, and global trends, Don breaks down why looking at the bigger picture over time tells a far more hopeful story about our world. From advances in healthcare and technology to the rise of abundance and longevity, he makes the case for why humanity is on a positive trajectory—even if it doesn’t always feel that...
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Bringing Curiosity into Leadership with Dr. Russell Robinson
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We live in a world filled with leaders who are using tools to lead that worked 10-15 years ago. To bring leadership toolkits up to speed requires clarity around core values, resilience, emotional intelligence, and most of all—curiosity. Today’s guest, Dr. Russell Robinson, is extremely well-versed in this topic. He’s involved in leadership development and is a professor at American University. In this conversation you’re about to hear, Dr. Russell guides us through what must replace command and control leadership, the importance of asking the right question, the value of pacing over...
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The Future of Work and How to Fix It with Josh Allan Dykstra
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You may not have heard the concept of human energy, but it impacts your productivity on a daily basis. The research and findings around this topic will specifically impact executives and senior leaders in the very near future. Joining us on the podcast today is the world’s foremost practitioner on Human Energy™, Josh Allan Dykstra. He’s been in the work of helping work not suck for as many humans as humanly possible for nearly two decades. Josh shares his extensive insights about the future of work, the importance of human energy in the workplace, the collective impact of leadership on...
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The Future of Leadership with Rebecca Ryan
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Futurists study the future by researching trends. These findings and predictions can be particularly useful to those in leadership positions because of the impact it has not only on the team but the organization as a whole. Today, we welcome Rebecca Ryan back to the podcast. She was last on 5+ years ago—pre-pandemic. The focus of this conversation is largely on a thought piece she and her team published about 10 Trends for the Next 10 Years. In this conversation, Rebecca shares what you need to know about churn as a leader, the unwinnable model of the CEO role in an organization, how...
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Neuroscience and Change Leadership with Dr. Elizabeth Moran
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You’ve heard the adage “the only constant is change.” That couldn’t be more true than within an organization. And that means leaders are tasked with getting teams on board with and motivated to enact these changes—when change is almost always seen as a threat. On this episode of the Life + Leadership podcast, hear from Dr. Elizabeth Moran who also helps humans and organizations change. Her career has taken her to ADP, Bloomberg, Lehman Brothers, Getty Images, and Time Inc. Dr. Elizabeth took her experience and research and published her book Forward: Leading Your Team Through...
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Charting Your Course from VP to the C-Suite with Suzanne Coonan and Lars Schmidt
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What does it take to successfully transition into the C-Suite? In this episode, we’re unpacking the key mindset shifts and leadership strategies with Lars Schmidt, Founder & CEO of Amplify Talent, and executive coach Suzanne Coonan. Adapted from our Bright Arrow webinar Charting Your Course from VP to the C-Suite, we explore how to expand your focus from your department to the entire organization and why building strong relationships is essential at the highest levels of leadership. We also dive into the importance of staying curious and being honest about what you know—and don’t...
info_outlineWould you believe that a simple business initiative can decrease turnover by 50% AND inspire double-digit improvements in engagement and productivity? And it all starts with making work more human.
Today, we’re joined by Derek Irvine, the Senior VP of Client Strategy and Consulting at Workhuman, the fastest-growing social recognition and continuous performance management platform in the world. Workhuman is on a mission to shape the future of work by helping organizations connect culture to a shared purpose. In his role, Derek supports clients in leveraging proven strategies and best practices to elevate employee engagement, increase retention and improve bottom-line results. A renowned speaker and author on the topic of making work more human, Derek is the coauthor of Winning with a Culture of Recognition and The Power of Thanks, and his work is regularly featured in the country’s top HR publications.
Derek starts by sharing Workhuman’s mission to help people bring their humanness to work, discussing how anyone in an organization can initiate that change. He describes Workhuman’s dual focus on gratitude and employee recognition as well as continuous performance management. Derek also offers insight around how a high frequency of recognition positively impacts other business metrics, including productivity, engagement and employee retention. Listen in to understand what differentiates Workhuman Live from other conferences of its kind and learn how to make the business case for making work more human.
Themes explored in this week’s episode:
- How Derek’s background in performance improvement and brand marketing inform his work at Workhuman
- The difference between Theory X and Theory Y management styles
- The toxicity of a work culture where feedback is weaponized
- Workhuman’s aim to help people come to work as themselves and how anyone can initiate that change in the workplace
- Workhuman’s dual focus around gratitude and employee recognition + continuous performance management
- How the concept of social recognition empowers ALL employees to recognize each other
- How a shift from governance and control to humanness impacts pay equity, diversity and inclusion, and performance management
- How recognition leads to double-digit improvements in business metrics like productivity, engagement, retention and connectedness
- The disproportionate focus on constructive over positive feedback in traditional performance management systems
- What differentiates Workhuman Live from other conferences of its kind and how organizers live the message with unique opportunities for gratitude and recognition
- Leaning into your values and having the courage to bring them to life
Resources from this episode:
- Connect with Derek at https://www.workhuman.com/
- Access the Workhuman Resource Center for Case Studies
- Visit the Workhuman Blog or attend Workhuman Live
- Learn more about Derek’s books on social recognition
- Explore the work of Gary Hamel, Brené Brown and Dan Pink
- Meet FOCUS Brands President Kat Cole or Urban Monk Pandit Dasa
- Understand Brené Brown’s system for living into our values
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