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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. 

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.

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Episode 91: Winning The War for Talent

Episode 91: Winning The War for Talent

Join Karen and Richard Triggs in this engaging conversation as they delve into the latest trends in talent acquisition, uncover the power of employer branding and reveal key strategies for building high-performance teams.

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

Episode 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.

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

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

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 76: Why Leadership is Broken

Episode 76: Why Leadership is Broken

Dr. Paige Williams, a renowned keynote speaker, organizational psychologist, and Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne, joins Karen to discuss why leadership is broken and what we need to do about it.

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Work Savvy Podcast with Jaquie Scammell

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

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 51: Avoiding Turnover

Episode 51: Avoiding Turnover

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 50: Why Thank You Is More Important Than Money

Episode 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. 

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Episode 49: Optimising Impact

Episode 49: Optimising Impact

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

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Episode 33: Using Cognitive Science to Transform Business Performance

Episode 33: Using Cognitive Science to Transform Business Performance

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

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

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

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

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Episode 14: Assessing Candidates Accurately

Episode 14: Assessing Candidates Accurately

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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Episode 8: What to Do When New Team Members Aren't Performing

Episode 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.

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Episode 7: Finding Great Candidates

Episode 7: Finding Great Candidates

Karen and Maddie are joined by Karen O'Brien to chat about recruitment and how you can go about finding great candidates for your team or business.  

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