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Tune in to Work Savvy for a burst of inspiration and insights on Leadership and Self Mastery.

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.

We're excited for you to listen and discover how to be Work Savvy!

You can listen to the latest episode below or browse our library to catch up on any episodes you might have missed.

Episode 84: Transformative Blueprint for Leaders to Thrive with Vision, Empathy, and Resilience in the 21st Century

7-Oct-24 12:33pm

Karen joins forces with organizational change and service management expert Karen Ferris. Author of "The Leadership Mindset," Ferris provides a transformative framework for 21st-century leaders. Together, they delve into the "REMARKABLE" acronym, unpacking essential leadership qualities.

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Episode 83: High Cost of Poor Leadership: Why Bad Bosses Can't Stay

23-Sep-24 12:42pm

Michelle Gibbings, an expert in workplace culture, global keynote speaker, and accomplished author, joins Karen for an insightful discussion on the heavy price of poor leadership and the reasons ineffective bosses can no longer stick around.

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Episode 80: Sales Leadership - Building a High-Performance Sales Team and Culture

27-Aug-24 10:12am

Learn from the best. In this episode, we sit down with Fran Pratt, Founder and Director of Metisan, to discuss the secrets to building a successful sales team.

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Episode 75: Building Peak Performance Sales Teams

17-Jun-24 11:20am

On today's episode, Karen welcomes Anna Glynn, a dynamic speaker, coach, and author of Strong: How the Best Sales Leaders Engage, Achieve, and Thrive. Together, they'll dive into the strategies for building peak-performance sales teams.

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Episode 74: Leading Your Team to Peak Performance

3-Jun-24 10:42am

Karen is joined by Graham Winter, the brilliant mind behind the best-selling book "Think One Team" and co-author of new book Toolkit for Turbulence: the mindset and methods that leaders need to turn adversity to advantage, to talk about leading your team to peak performance.

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Episode 73: The Role Humans Have in the Future of Service

20-May-24 10:27am

Karen is joined by Jaquie Scammell, Australia’s leading Customer Service expert and Founder of ServiceQ, to discuss the role humans have in the future of service.

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Episode 69: Leadership in Education

8-Apr-24 10:09am

Karen is honored to be joined by Tony Mackay, a highly respected leader in the education sector, to delve into the topic of leadership in Education.

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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 65: AI and the Changing Nature of Work

12-Feb-24 12:27pm

On the show today we’re going to kick off, by talking all about AI and the Changing Nature of Work. To help us unpack this topic, we are joined by Belinda Fyffe. Belinda is the CEO of The Proven Group, a People and Culture Consultancy.

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Episode 64: The Psychology of Collaboration

29-Jan-24 12:04pm

On the show today we’re going to kick off, by talking all about The Psychology of Collaboration: Dive into the psychological aspects of collaboration, including how group dynamics and individual personalities affect teamwork.

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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 59: Financial Finesse for Business Owners

20-Nov-23 6:00am

Karen and Maddie are joined by money expert Jacqui Clark to chat all about financial finesse.

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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 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 51: Avoiding Turnover

31-Jul-23 6:00am

This week on the show Karen and Maddie have Jane Betts from Aussie Broadband on to chat all about avoiding turnover in the early stages of employment.

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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 47: Communicating with Impact

5-Jun-23 6:00am

Communication and presentation skills pro Justin O'Brien joins Karen and Maddie to chat all about how to communicate with impact.

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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 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 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 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 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 24: Performance Reviews

4-Jul-22 6:00am

Maddie interviews Karen all about getting the most out of performance reviews.

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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 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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