We were delighted to be joined this week by Jamie Shapiro, CEO of Connected ED, Master Certified Executive Leadership Coach, professional speaker, researcher, facilitator, and nutritionist. Jamie's wealth of expertise is channeled into her vision to bring a new form of full body coaching to people in the business world. In this episode, we speak about the importance of looking after not just the mind but also the body and the spirit in order for us to be at our best.

To see more about Jamie and her work, check out the links below:

Connected EC

Brilliant: Be the leadership who shines brightly without burning out

Burning bright or burning out: a qualitative investigation of leader vitality

The Leader Vitality Scale: Development, Psychometric Assessment, and Validation

We are delighted to launch Season 3 with a wonderful conversation with Bidita Sadiq, International Baccalaureate teacher living and working in London. Bidita is passionate about exploring diverse perspectives of leadership and gaining insight into leadership from a variety of cultures and contexts. This conversation focuses on the importance of opening up our thinking in this space. Bidita also shares some fabulous examples of lived leadership from a community perspective. We were hanging on her every word!

Listener caution is advised for this episode. In this conversation, we discuss matters such depression, anxiety, and suicide in the context of executive loneliness which some listeners may find upsetting.

This week, we speak with Nick Jonsson, co-founder and managing director of Executives' Global Network (EGN) Singapore, Malaysia & Indonesia. Nick is an international speaker, executive coach, and is a world-class IRONMAN triathlon age-group athlete. He is the author of international bestselling book "Executive Loneliness: The 5 Pathways to Overcoming Isolation, Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in the Modern Business World" which is what our conversation is based on. Nick has an incredible story to tell, and while his experiences are largely based in the business world, there are so many insights for leadership in general. Enjoy!

To read more about Nick and his work visit his website: https://www.nickjonsson.com/ or LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-jonsson/

This week, we speak with Dr. Tony Humphreys, psychologist, author, lecturer and international speaker. We discuss many aspects of Tony's work including how a potentiality model of human behaviour underpins his work and how his work offers opportunities for individuals to deepen their sense of self and create more conscious relationships with self and others. His comments on the importance of separateness as the basis for healthy relationships particularly resonated. It felt like being in the presence of thinking royalty for sure! Tony’s work is deeply appreciative of the individuality of the person seeking help, and affirms the intelligent and creative ways that individuals protect themselves in the face of adverse experiences.

To learn more about Tony’s work please see https://www.tonyhumphreys.ie/

Tony’s book that we discuss specifically is called Creating Psychological Safety. Published by Panoma Press in 2020.

If you would like to hear more, Tony will also be joining the International Workplace Bullying Awareness Event on the 18th of October. To see more information, or to register please follow the link - https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0c37d50c-001c-4acf-805c-8f10a077e882@0084b924-3ab4-4116-9251-9939f695e54c

In this episode we speak with Linda Crockett about the difficult topic of workplace bullying. Linda is the founder of the Canadian Institute of Workplace Bullying Resources. She is a trail blazer in seeking to eradicate workplace incivility and bullying and she is internationally renowned as an international expert on the topic of workplace psychological harassment. Linda has been specializing in workplace harassment and anti-bullying for 13 years, a certified workplace trauma consultant/coach/therapist for 12 years, and a professional social worker for 36 years. As a fully recovered – repeated witness and target of Workplace Harassment and Bullying in her own profession, her career is dedicated to development of the Canadian Institute of Workplace Harassment and Violence (not for profit), and The Canadian Institute of Workplace Bullying Resources Inc. (for profit). You will find more on Linda's work here: Workplace Harassment Resources - The Canadian Institute of Workplace Bullying Resources Linda founded the international Workplace Bullying Awareness Week which takes place between the 16th and 22nd of October this year. This episode comes as an precursor to an Irish event on Wednesday the 18th, which Linda will be joining.

We will be joining that event. To see more information, or to register please follow the link - https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0c37d50c-001c-4acf-805c-8f10a077e882@0084b924-3ab4-4116-9251-9939f695e54c

We finally got the speak with Kathryn Corbett and Rachel O'Connor from the WILL (Women in Leadership and Learning) network! Rachel and Kathryn have a wealth of experience in leadership at both school and systems levels and have created the network for aspiring and inspiring female teacher leaders in education to support, share and learn from each other. So after a WILL brunch it was time to sit down and chat with them after one of their fabulous brunches - what a buzz!

For more information on the WILL network:

Twitter - https://x.com/network_will?s=20

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/networkwill/

Register for the news letter - https://t.co/OdJPRK4po6

Listener caution is advised for this episode. In this conversation, we discuss matters such as harmful sexual behaviour and sexual assault within the context of research and sex education, which some listeners may find upsetting.

In this week's episode, we spoke to Susan Quain, qualified primary school teacher with 10 years experience working in a large special school. Susan currently works as an Assistant Psychologist for a specialist service within TUSLA for young people who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviour and their families. Susan has also recently launched a company called PsyClass which aims to empower and equip educators with the psychological tools needed to respond to their students' needs with calm, confidence and compassion, which we discuss in our conversation.

There is a 10% discount for listeners for any whole school training with PsyClass which you can avail of by visiting https://www.psyclass.ie/ and quoting 'Leadership Unwrapped'. Enoy!

We loved every minute of our chat with Liam Moggan! Liam is a graduate of Thomond College, where he qualified as a post-primary school teacher. He has had a rich and varied career, becoming renowned as a successful coach. Liam describes his work as a coach of people rather than a sports coach and his life's work is based on the premise of focusing on the individual before all else. His passion is palpable and his knowledge, experience, and values shine through in this conversation! Enjoy!