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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 81: Ending Body Burnout
We explore the root causes of body burnout with renowned nutritionist and wellness expert, Filipa Bellette.
Listen NowEpisode 78: Taming the Black Dog
Karen is joined by Adam Blum, the author of "Easy Target: Taming the Blackdog," a keynote speaker, First Responder Firefighter, and host of the TrueBlueConversations Podcast, to discuss the steps you can take to overcome depression.
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 61: Trauma and Its Influence on How People Show Up at Work
Did you know that past trauma can significantly impact how people behave at work? In this episode, Karen and Bonnie Souter delve into the complex relationship between trauma and workplace dynamics.
Listen NowEpisode 57: Difficult Times
Karen and Maddie are interviewing Jenny Stilwell and talking all about dealing with the difficult stuff.
Listen NowEpisode 54: Burnout
Mindfulness expert Melo Calarco joined the show to chat all about burnout.
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 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 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 24: Performance Reviews
Maddie interviews Karen all about getting the most out of performance reviews.
Listen NowEpisode 22: Mental Health
Maddie is back interviewing Karen all about the common workplace impacts on mental health and what to do about them.
Listen NowEpisode 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.
Listen NowEpisode 12: Mental Health and Connection
Karen and Maddie were joined by the creators of Mind You, Liv Downing and Caroline Weinstein to chat all things mental health.
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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