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

Episode 87: Complexities of Managing Noisy and Challenging Employees
Award-winning entrepreneur and business coach, Shivani Gupta, joins Karen to share her insights on managing difficult employees. Together, they'll discuss practical solutions to transform workplace challenges into opportunities.
Listen NowEpisode 84: Transformative Blueprint for Leaders to Thrive with Vision, Empathy, and Resilience in the 21st Century
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.
Listen NowEpisode 62: Psychological Safety at Work
Ever felt hesitant to share your ideas at work, even if they're brilliant? Join Karen and Brett Pomroy as they explore the power of psychological safety and how it can unlock your team's full potential.
Listen NowEpisode 59: Financial Finesse for Business Owners
Join Karen, Maddie, and money expert Jacqui Clark as they discuss budgeting, saving, and investing.
Listen NowEpisode 57: Difficult Times
Karen and Maddie are interviewing Jenny Stilwell and talking all about dealing with the difficult stuff.
Listen NowEpisode 52: Managing Performance Remotely
This week Maddie is interviewing Karen all about leadership and remote work.
Listen NowEpisode 50: Why Thank You Is More Important Than Money
Happy 50th episode! Today we have Wendy Hanrahan joining us to talk all about why thank you matters more than money.
Listen NowEpisode 45: Performance Management
HR expert Sonya Law is back on the podcast to chat all about performance management systems.
Listen NowEpisode 42: Driving Out Bullying from the Workplace
Cam is back on the podcast to chat all about bullying.
Listen NowEpisode 41: Addressing Poor Performance
Catie is back on the show to chat about performance.
Listen NowEpisode 37: Unconscious Bias in the Workplace
We are back for 2023! Karen is back in the hot seat, with Maddie interviewing her all about unconscious bias.
Listen NowEpisode 35: Creating a Learning Culture
Gayle Smerdon joins Karen and Maddie to unpack learning cultures and focus.
Listen NowEpisode 24: Performance Reviews
Maddie interviews Karen all about getting the most out of performance reviews.
Listen NowEpisode 21: EQ and Team Culture
Karen and Maddie are joined by Ros Batson to discuss the link between EQ and team culture.
Listen NowEpisode 17: Driving Customer Appreciation Through Culture
Karen and Maddie are joined by customer experience expert Darrell from Saguity.
Listen NowEpisode 10: The Link Between Culture and High Staff Turnover
Karen and Maddie are joined by Sonya Law to chat about workplace culture.
Listen NowEpisode 9: How to Design the Right Culture for Your Business
Karen and Maddie are joined by fellow HR expert, Cam Shepherd.
Listen NowEpisode 8: What to Do When New Team Members Aren't Performing
Karen and Maddie are joined by Catie Paterson to chat about recognising performance issues.
Listen NowEpisode 6: Working and leading remotely
On this podcast episode Karen and Maddie are joined by their favourite ‘Potentialist’, Richard Day.
Listen NowEpisode 5: Smashing the Glass Ceiling
On this podcast episode Karen and Maddie are lucky enough to be joined by Gemma Lloyd fromWork180.
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