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Sensei Karen engages with leading experts and accomplished business leaders, diving deep into what it means to be an outstanding leader of people while thriving at work and in life.

Get ready to be inspired as Karen and her guests share their journeys through captivating stories, offering hard-won wisdom and practical advice that you can use right now.

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Episode 71: Rewiring Your Brain

30-Apr-24 12:53pm

Karen and Kim Hazendonk, a Neuropsychologist, come together to discuss the influence of the unconscious mind and strategies for rewiring the brain.

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Episode 67: Recovering from Burnout

12-Mar-24 1:00pm

On the show today we’re going to kick off, by talking all about Recovering from Burnout.

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Episode 62: Psychological Safety at Work

15-Jan-24 1:22pm

On the show today we’re going to kick off, by talking all about Psychological Safety at Work. To help us unpack this topic, we are joined by Brett Pomroy. Brett is the Principal Lawyer at Salt Legal.

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Episode 60: Leadership coaching

4-Dec-23 6:00am

Karen and Maddie are joined by leadership coach Karen Stein to unpack coaching.

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Episode 58: Building and Running High-Performing Teams

6-Nov-23 6:00am

CIO Matthew Perry joins Karen and Maddie to chat all about building and running high-performing teams.

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Episode 57: Difficult Times

23-Oct-23 6:00am

Karen and Maddie are interviewing Jenny Stilwell and talking all about dealing with the difficult stuff.

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Episode 56: Self-Improvement

9-Oct-23 6:00am

This week on Work Savvy Cristina Casanovi joins Karen and Maddie to unpack self-improvement and confidence.

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Episode 55: The Powerful Combination of Mindset and Strategy

25-Sep-23 6:00am

Zenia Wood is on Work Savvy this week to chat all about mindset.

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Episode 54: Burnout

11-Sep-23 6:00am

Mindfulness expert Melo Calarco joined the show to chat all about burnout.

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Episode 53: Lessons Learned in Building a Successful Business and Team

28-Aug-23 6:00am

Business owner Olivia Mangold joins the show to chat all about the keys to building a successful business and team.

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Episode 52: Managing Performance Remotely

14-Aug-23 6:00am

This week Maddie is interviewing Karen all about leadership and remote work.

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Episode 50: Why Thank You Is More Important Than Money

17-Jul-23 6:00am

Happy 50th episode! Today we have Wendy Hanrahan joining us to talk all about why thank you matters more than money.

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Episode 49: Optimising Impact

3-Jul-23 6:00am

Tiffanee Cook joins Work Savvy to chat all about optimising impact.

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Episode 48: Letting People Go Well

19-Jun-23 6:00am

This week on the show Maddie is interviewing Karen all about how to fire people... correctly!

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Episode 46: Martial Arts in the Workplace

22-May-23 6:00am

Nadine Champion joins Karen and Maddie on Work Savvy to chat all about martial arts!

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Episode 45: Performance Management

8-May-23 6:00am

HR expert Sonya Law is back on the podcast to chat all about performance management systems.

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Episode 44: High Performing Executive Teams

24-Apr-23 6:00am

Gwen Pinnington joins Karen and Maddie to chat all about Exec teams.

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Episode 43: Identifying and Developing Future Leaders

10-Apr-23 6:00am

Ros Cardinal is on the show today to unpack leaders.

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Episode 42: Driving Out Bullying from the Workplace

27-Mar-23 6:00am

Cam is back on the podcast to chat all about bullying.

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Episode 41: Addressing Poor Performance

13-Mar-23 6:00am

Catie is back on the show to chat about performance.

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Episode 40: Getting the Hiring Decisions Right

27-Feb-23 6:00am

Angela Horkings is on the podcast this week to chat about getting hiring decisions right and how to avoid hiring the wrong people for your team or business.

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Episode 39: Finding Inner Peace

13-Feb-23 6:00am

Fiona Redding joins the show again, this time to chat all about how to find inner peace.

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Episode 38: Emotional Intelligence and Leadership

30-Jan-23 6:00am

Ros Batson is back on the show to chat all things EQ and leadership.

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Episode 37: Unconscious Bias in the Workplace

16-Jan-23 6:00am

We are back for 2023! Karen is back in the hot seat, with Maddie interviewing her all about unconscious bias.

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Episode 36: Building Self-Awareness

19-Dec-22 6:00am

The Happiness Hunter herself, Fiona Redding, joins the show to chat all about self-awareness.

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Episode 35: Creating a Learning Culture

5-Dec-22 6:00am

Gayle Smerdon joins Karen and Maddie to unpack learning cultures and focus.

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Episode 34: Finding Passion and Purpose

21-Nov-22 6:00am

Peter Cook joins Karen and Maddie to chat all about finding your passion and purpose at work and in life.

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Episode 33: Using Cognitive Science to Transform Business Performance

7-Nov-22 6:00am

Ethan Glessich from Kognitive joins the show to chat all about cognitive science and business performance.

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Episode 32: Energy to Struggle Through Tough Times

24-Oct-22 6:00am

Sian Stephens joins the show to chat all about having the energy to struggle through tough times.

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Episode 31: Managing Versus Coaching

10-Oct-22 6:00am

Richard Day is back on the podcast to chat about coaching.

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Episode 30: High Performing Teams

26-Sep-22 6:00am

Pete Clark is back on the show with Karen and Maddie to chat all about peformance.

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Episode 29: How to Thrive as a Business Owner

12-Sep-22 6:00am

Marcus Bird joins the show give Karen and Maddie tips on thriving as a business owner.

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Episode 28: Communicating Through Tough Times

29-Aug-22 6:00am

Karen and Maddie are joined by Jon Yeo to chat all about communication.

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Episode 27: What It Takes to Be an Effective Executive Leader

15-Aug-22 6:00am

Alexis Gladstone joins Work Savvy to chat all about Executive leaders.

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Episode 26: Building Courage

1-Aug-22 6:00am

Margie Warrell joins Karen and Maddie to chat all about courage.

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Episode 25: Leading People Through Times of Rapid or Dramatic Change

18-Jul-22 6:00am

Karen and Maddie are joined by Angela Boyd to chat all about change.

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Episode 23: Resilience

20-Jun-22 6:00am

Karen and Maddie are joined by Catie to chat about resilience, at work and in life.

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Episode 22: Mental Health

6-Jun-22 6:00am

Maddie is back interviewing Karen all about the common workplace impacts on mental health and what to do about them.

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Episode 21: EQ and Team Culture

23-May-22 6:00am

Karen and Maddie are joined by Ros Batson to discuss the link between EQ and team culture.

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Episode 20: How to Optimize the Impact of HR

9-May-22 6:00am

Karen and Maddie chat to Angela Horkings (Director of Tandem Partners) and attempt to answer everyone's favourite question, "How do I optimise the impact of my HR team?"

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Episode 19: Emotional intelligence

25-Apr-22 6:00am

Maddie is back interviewing Karen to chat all about EQ!

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Episode 18: Culture Driven Governance

11-Apr-22 6:00am

Mark Licciardo from Mertons join Karen and Maddie to discuss corporate governance.

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Episode 17: Driving Customer Appreciation Through Culture

28-Mar-22 6:00am

Karen and Maddie are joined by customer experience expert Darrell from Saguity.

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Episode 16: Getting More Than a Compliant Contribution from Your Team

14-Mar-22 6:00am

This week on Work Savvy, Pete Clark joins Karen and Maddie to chat about getting more from your people.

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Episode 15: Building Careers

28-Feb-22 6:00am

Karen and Maddie are joined by Nikki Smith, career coach, to chat all about building careers and finding the right career path.

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Episode 14: Assessing Candidates Accurately

14-Feb-22 6:00am

Maddie is back interviewing Karen, but this time they are talking about candidates. So, how do you assess candidates correctly? In the wake of the Great Resignation, lots of HR leaders will be hiring new people so it's a perfect time to share some tips on how to do this right.

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