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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 87: Managing Noisy and Challenging Staff
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 87: Managing Noisy and Challenging Staff
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 89 - Managing Noisy and Challenging Staff
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 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 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.
Listen NowEpisode 74: Leading Your Team to Peak Performance
Karen and Graham Winter, a renowned sports psychologist, challenge the myth of the "hustle culture." They discuss the importance of well-being and finding a sustainable work rhythm for peak performance.
Listen NowEpisode 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.
Listen NowEpisode 72: Building Emotional Resilience
Want to increase your resilience and live a more fulfilling life? Join Karen and Dr. Jane Foster as they explore the science of emotional intelligence.
Listen NowEpisode 71: Rewiring Your Brain
Karen and Kim Hazendonk, a Neuropsychologist, come together to discuss the influence of the unconscious mind and strategies for rewiring the brain.
Listen NowEpisode 70: Building A Career That You Love
Karen is joined by Charlotte Blair, one of Australia’s most experienced Gallup Accredited Strengths Coaches, and author of Career Unstuck: How to play to your strengths to find freedom and purpose in your work again, to talk about how to build a career that you love.
Listen NowEpisode 68: Leadership Lessons from the Gym
Join us as we dive into the intersection of strength and strategy with Wioletta Hislop, the powerhouse mentor bridging bodybuilding and business on Work Savvy!
Listen NowEpisode 67: Recovering from Burnout
Tune in to this episode to learn how to overcome burnout and build a more sustainable work-life balance.
Listen NowEpisode 65: AI and the Changing Nature of Work
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.
Listen NowEpisode 64: The Psychology of Collaboration
We're diving into the psychology of collaboration. Learn how group dynamics and individual personalities impact teamwork.
Listen NowEpisode 63: Being A Successful Entrepreneur
On the show today we’re going to kick off by talking all about what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.
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 60: Leadership coaching
Karen and Maddie are joined by leadership coach Karen Stein to unpack coaching.
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 58: Building and Running High-Performing Teams
CIO Matthew Perry joins Karen and Maddie to chat all about building and running high-performing teams.
Listen NowEpisode 57: Difficult Times
Karen and Maddie are interviewing Jenny Stilwell and talking all about dealing with the difficult stuff.
Listen NowEpisode 56: Self-Improvement
This week on Work Savvy Cristina Casanovi joins Karen and Maddie to unpack self-improvement and confidence.
Listen NowEpisode 55: The Powerful Combination of Mindset and Strategy
Zenia Wood is on Work Savvy this week to chat all about mindset.
Listen NowEpisode 54: Burnout
Mindfulness expert Melo Calarco joined the show to chat all about burnout.
Listen NowEpisode 53: Lessons Learned in Building a Successful Business and Team
Business owner Olivia Mangold joins the show to chat all about the keys to building a successful business and team.
Listen NowEpisode 52: Managing Performance Remotely
This week Maddie is interviewing Karen all about leadership and remote work.
Listen NowEpisode 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.
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 49: Optimising Impact
Tiffanee Cook joins Work Savvy to chat all about optimising impact.
Listen NowEpisode 48: Letting People Go Well
This week on the show Maddie is interviewing Karen all about how to fire people... correctly!
Listen NowEpisode 45: Performance Management
HR expert Sonya Law is back on the podcast to chat all about performance management systems.
Listen NowEpisode 44: High Performing Executive Teams
Gwen Pinnington joins Karen and Maddie to chat all about Exec teams.
Listen NowEpisode 43: Identifying and Developing Future Leaders
Ros Cardinal is on the show today to unpack leaders.
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 40: Getting the Hiring Decisions Right
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.
Listen NowEpisode 38: Emotional Intelligence and Leadership
Ros Batson is back on the show to chat all things EQ and leadership.
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 34: Finding Passion and Purpose
Peter Cook joins Karen and Maddie to chat all about finding your passion and purpose at work and in life.
Listen NowEpisode 33: Using Cognitive Science to Transform Business Performance
Ethan Glessich from Kognitive joins the show to chat all about cognitive science and business performance.
Listen NowEpisode 32: Energy to Struggle Through Tough Times
Sian Stephens joins the show to chat all about having the energy to struggle through tough times.
Listen NowEpisode 31: Managing Versus Coaching
Richard Day is back on the podcast to chat about coaching.
Listen NowEpisode 30: High Performing Teams
Pete Clark is back on the show with Karen and Maddie to chat all about peformance.
Listen NowEpisode 29: How to Thrive as a Business Owner
Marcus Bird joins the show give Karen and Maddie tips on thriving as a business owner.
Listen NowEpisode 28: Communicating Through Tough Times
Karen and Maddie are joined by Jon Yeo to chat all about communication.
Listen NowEpisode 27: What It Takes to Be an Effective Executive Leader
Alexis Gladstone joins Work Savvy to chat all about Executive leaders.
Listen NowEpisode 26: Building Courage
Margie Warrell joins Karen and Maddie to chat all about courage.
Listen NowEpisode 25: Leading People Through Times of Rapid or Dramatic Change
Karen and Maddie are joined by Angela Boyd to chat all about change.
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.
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