Welcome to the 5 Day Life, Leadership and Purpose Challenge with me, Ann Collins and the first of five sessions where we're taking a close look at purpose.
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It was great to catch up with a fellow expat on this Leaders Who Love What They Do Podcast with Linda Mueller. Linda fully understands the opportunities and the challenges that expat partners encounter while living abroad often because their spouse is in a leadership role and she is passionate about supporting those who are on a similar journey.
This is for successful senior leaders who know they can do more, they want to do more, but they're maybe fearful of rocking what is essentially a comfortable boat.... but that nagging feeling of knowing they can do more is becoming more prominent. Time is precious and you know that the time is now to invest in yourself, your career and the contribution you want to make and finally put yourself at the top of the to-do list.
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This is a newly created free course for senior leaders, executives and business owners who want to discover the essential skills and mindset to becoming a courageous leader.
Day 4 is all about courageous communication: the common pitfalls and how to avoid them, leaning in to difficult conversations as a priority and how to prepare for difficult conversations.
I refer to this table about the art of listening: HERE
This is part 2 in a series looking at the impact of COVID and working from home on leaders and their teams (for part 1, please look at the previous BONUS episode!).
This is part 2 in a series looking at the impact of COVID and working from home on leaders and their teams (for part 1, please look at the previous BONUS episode!).
A departure from our usual format today as I had the privilege of welcoming both Patrick Latham and Wesley Durston, cricketers, coaches and authors, to talk about leadership in the game of cricket and in particular the "mental game". A fascinating discussion looking at cricket and leadership and the possible lessons for leaders in all sectors are clear to see!
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A solo LIVE podcast from Ann Collins reporting on her research on how the COVID crisis and working from home has impacted on leaders. This episode is part 1, looking at the unexpected positive effects. Part 2, coming in the next BONUS episode will be looking at strategies to help leaders continue to lead remotely during this period of lockdown.
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A solo LIVE podcast episode from Ann Collins talking about her work in the field of leadership coaching and how she uses coaching and research alongside each other to serve her coaching clients. She uses the example of her recent research on the impact of COVID and working from home on senior leaders to explain how this works in practice
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In this LIVE solo episode, Ann Collins shares some ideas on how to approach planning ahead to make a great impact in uncertain times. She looks at using intentions as a guide, using well-framed goals that focus on results rather than actions as a way of allowing flexibility and ensuring impact in 2021.
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In this inspiring episode, Marie Benton talks to me about her incredible journey and work with The Choir With No Name, a national charity that she founded and continues to run in the UK. They support some of the most vulnerable people in our society: those who are homeless or marginalised.
In this fascinating episode, Susan speaks very honestly about her experience of working in Nepal in the field of business and English language teaching.
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Founder of Virtual Not Distant, Pilar Orti, an expert in transitioning teams to remote or distributed working, discusses the challenges and opportunities presented to us by the explosion of remote or home working due to the pandemic.
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Head of Operations for Mexico, ICRC Martin de Boer leads multilingual, multidisciplinary teams working in potentially stressful and exhausting situations and creates highly functioning teams while keeping in touch with their wellbeing.
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From teacher to founder of Karma Curry, Jocelyn Latif shares generously not only her secrets to success but also the amazing benefits the venture has brought to her personally in her fifties.
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Adam Williams, COO for Lightwave on ensuring that all members of the team are genuinely included at all stages of projects and in particular how valuing what he terms, "glorious failure" is one of his keys to success.
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Valéry Vuillermoz, a logistics expert in pharmaceutical supply chain worked tirelessly with his team to procure and deliver medical supplies across a region that was particularly impacted by the virus
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Join Leadership Coach and Trainer, Ann Collins as she talks to Helene Jewell, a professional Facilitator and entrepreneur, on how she works with creative teams with diverse and sometimes competing ideas to work together towards defining a strategy
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