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078 | [Series] Conversations about Gossip - Learn to Lead with Greatness with Dr Jim Salvucci

Grab a coffee and join me in this insightful conversation with Jim Salvucci regarding leadership, workplace culture and workplace gossip!
Guest Bio:
Dr. Jim Salvucci is an author, keynote speaker, coach, and consultant. He served higher education for 30 years as an English professor, dean, and vice president before founding Guidance for Greatness to guide young bosses to become the next generation of great leaders. He is a certified Tiny Habits coach as well as a certified Thrive Global coach and life coach and holds leadership certificates from Harvard University and the Council of Independent Colleges. Central to Jim’s leadership philosophy is that all great leaders are decent humans as well as great teachers, guiding their people and their organizations through values toward success.
Discussion points:
How did you get into leadership consulting?
Is there anyone who played a pivotal role in your leadership journey?
What’s your experience with workplace gossip?
What systems did your work have that allowed the gossip to fester?
Discussing bosses that support or listen to gossip.
What advice would you give to a leader who feels that gossip is out of control, who wants to be a good leader, and who doesn’t want to get roped in by gossip?
Dismissals and protections for employees/Tenure
Having difficult/tough conversations - what advice would you give to someone who is scared of having them?
Connect with Dr Jim Salvucci
Website: https://www.guidanceforgreatness.com 
Newsletter/podcast: https://jimsalvucci.substack.com
Free Resource: https://www.thegreatleadershiptoolkit.com
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077 | 5 Ways to Show Appreciation to Your Team + 1 Bonus Tip

Showing appreciation to your team is an essential part of being a leader.
Everyone on this planet wants to feel valued and as if their life has meaning.
It starts with you as their line manager and boss. You can also show appreciation to your colleagues using the 5 suggestions listed in the episode. 
Get a notebook and pen handy, because this episode is jam packed with ideas and strategies to show appreciation to your team at work. 
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076 | The Podcast is 1 Year Old! Let's Celebrate! Enter the Draw to Win!

Happy 1st birthday to the show!
What do you give a show for its first birthday?
A review, of course!
Please leave a 5-star review on Apple podcast!
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075 | 8 Ways to Fix a Toxic Workplace Culture (& Answering a Listener Question)

Today's episode is a follow-up from episode 73, where I discussed the 10 red flags indicating you have a toxic workplace culture.
Listen, as I unpack the following roadmap for you to implement to fix a toxic workplace culture:
Recognition
Discussion
Expectations
Communication
Accountability
Role Modelling
Promote a positive workplace culture
Regular check-ins
Listener question
I also take a moment to answer a listener question:
"How we do one on one meetings with team members that is holding on the past?"
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074 | [Series] Conversations about Gossip: Uncorking the Truth about Alcohol in the Workplace with Sarah Rusbatch

In this episode, we discuss how the use of alcohol, even just low-level use, can affect your behaviour at work and can be the cause of gossip in the workplace.
Bio: Sarah Rusbatch
Sarah is the author of the best-selling book “Beyond Booze, how to create a life you love Alcohol Free’, a multi-award-winning Health and Wellbeing Coach, an accredited Grey Area Drinking Coach, a menopause coach and a Key-Note speaker sharing her journey to Sobriety and impact of alcohol on mental health to global audiences. Sarah works tirelessly to support women all over the world to create and live their best lives as they age.
In this episode we discuss:
Sarah’s expertise in grey-area drinking
Sarah’s journey with grey-area drinking
Is it very common to go out drinking with your colleagues in Australia?
Drinking on mine sites/FIFO (Fly In Fly Out) workers
What advice would you give to someone who struggles with grey-area drinking? Where can they get started?
Sobriety as a superpower
A study about alcohol use in women (Alcohol Use Disorder)
Normalising alcohol use in society
Peer pressure and alcohol use
What strategies/excuses do you give to people not to drink at a work function/business meeting?
Does social drinking fall into the category of grey-area drinking?
Connect with Sarah
Beyond Booze Book
sarahrusbatch.com
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073 | 10 Signs that Your Workplace Culture is Toxic - Watch Out for These Red Flags

Do you suspect that you might have a toxic workplace culture? Here are 10 red flags alerting you to your toxic workplace culture. Listen as I unpack each of these. Then in an upcoming episode, I will share strategies on how you can improve this and turn those red flags into green flags. 
Lack of Respect
Poor Communication
Unrealistic Workload
Lack of Work-Life Balance
Favouritism and Cliques
Gaslighting
Lack of Recognition and Appreciation
Negative and Pessimistic Atmosphere
Unhealthy Competition
Lack of Ethical Behaviour
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072 | One-on-One Meetings - Having Tough Conversations, How You Can Prepare, and What to Do when it Goes Pear-shaped

Listen in as I share strategies for having successful 1:1 conversations/meetings with your team and why they are important.
Do you have to have tough conversations?
Yes, you absolutely do. As a leader, this is non-negotiable. 
Why should you have them?
Accountability,
Connection,
Support,
Performance management
Annual Performance Reviews
When should you have them?
As soon as possible after an incident or something happened. Once every 3-6 months, annual reviews once a year.
Otherwise, after onboarding:
3, 6 weeks
3, 6 months
For Performance Management related information, listen to episode 36!
How to prepare
Remember, when we're in a stressful situation, we either fight, flight or freeze. So, preparation is key!
What if things go pear-shaped?
Stop the meeting. Say I can see you are getting frustrated, I can see that we won’t agree today, before someone gets upset, let’s reconvene in 24 hours.
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071 | Help! My Boss Wants Me to Agree with Her Lies in Front of Others, what should I do? - Listener question

Listener question: Help! My Boss Wants Me to Agree with his/her Lies in Front of Others, what should I do?
What would you do if you were constantly placed in a difficult situation by your boos/line manager where you are expected to agree with their lies in front of others?
Would you agree with it, so that you can save your job, save face or avoid bullying or even worse, being fired?
Or would you stand up against it and say something?
What would you do?
In this episode, I'm going to look at:
1. lying from a biblical perspective and how God feels about lying and yourself agreeing with people who lie. 
2. practical tips and strategies that you can implement to NOT agree with the lies. 
Bible verses mentioned in the episode:
Proverbs 12:17 - An honest witness tells the truth, a false witness tells lies.
 
Exodus 20:16 - You must not testify falsely against your neighbour.
 
Psalm 24:4-5 - Only those whose hands and hearts are pure, who do not worship idols and never tell lies. They will receive the Lord’s blessing and have a right relationship with God, their saviour.
 
Proverbs 2:7 - He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest. He is a shield to those who walk with integrity. This section here is titled: “The benefits of wisdom”. Now, remember, Solomon was the wisest man that ever lived. God told him that he could ask for anything, and he asked for wisdom, and that’s what God gave him.
 
Proverbs 6:16-19 - There are six things the LORD hates— no, seven things he detests: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family.
 
Proverbs 12:22-24 - The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in those who tell the truth. The wise don’t make a show of their knowledge, but fools broadcast their foolishness. Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and become a slave.
 
Proverbs 10:9 - People with integrity walk safely, but those who follow crooked paths will slip and fall
 
Psalm 25:19-21 - See how many enemies I have and how viciously they hate me! Protect me! Rescue my life from them! Do not let me be disgraced, for in you I take refuge. May integrity and honesty protect me, for I put my hope in you!
 
Other verses in the bible about lying and bearing false witness
Lying
Proverbs 26:28 - A lying tongue hates its victims, and flattering words cause ruin.
 
Proverbs 17:22 - The crooked heart will not prosper; the lying tongue tumbles into trouble.
 
Proverbs 21:6 - Wealth created by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist and a deadly trap.
 
Proverbs 25:18 - Telling lies about others is as harmful as hitting them with an ax, wounding them with a sword, or shooting them with a sharp arrow.
 
Exodus 23:1 - You must not pass along false rumours. You must not cooperate with evil people by lying on the witness stand.
 
Matthew 15:19 - For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.
 
Bearing false witness
Proverbs 14:5 - An honest witness does not lie; a false witness breathes lies.
 
Proverbs 14:25 - A truthful witness saves lives, but a false witness is a traitor.
 
Proverbs 19:5 - A false witness will not go unpunished, nor will a liar escape.
 
Proverbs 21:28 - A false witness will be cut off, but a credible witness will be allowed to speak.
 
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070 | [Series] Conversations About Gossip with Brandon Gano - The Leader's role in managing gossip

In this first instalment of our new series, Conversations About Gossip, I speak with Brandon Gano. We cover many topics and questions, which are listed below.
Brandon's bio: Brandon is a visionary entrepreneur who turned frustration into a successful business, which he built, franchised, and later sold for a significant profit. Now, with his business partner and friend Sean Delaney, he's pioneering an unprecedented approach to educate and empower small business owners to achieve business growth like never before.
Topics/Questions discussed in this podcast episode:
In what ways have you seen can gossip be detrimental to an organisation, a business or to a team
In what ways have you seen can gossip be detrimental to an organisation, a business or to a team
What processes are or are not in place to cause gossip
What was the reason why you didn’t take gossip sooner?
The process of tackling gossip
The frustration that gossip causes leaders
Battling the perceptions of gossip
The importance of leadership
Connect With Brandon
Podcast: Harmonious at Lunch
On Apple
On Spotify
Website
Free Assessment to get Clarity into your business and Confidence in what you need to do next to grow.
CLICK HERE to access the website
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069 | Introducing new 'Conversations about Gossip' series and upcoming podcast episodes

*Celebrating becoming a Top 3% ranked podcast globally!* Thank you for your support!
In today's podcast update, I share some upcoming episodes as well as about a new series called 'Conversations about Gossip'. This series will tackle real-world examples of how gossip can hurt people, confuse people and cause big BIG problems in businesses, organisations and working environments. 
In the next couple of weeks, I will also be answering a listener question regarding what to do where your boss expects you to lie for them or do the wrong thing.
I'll also be sharing my testimony of the work that the Lord is doing in my life to focus more on this podcast and to serve YOU ALL as women of faith in leadership!
I can't wait!
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I look forward to chatting with you in the next episode. Make sure you don't miss it!