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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 85: The Chocolate Bar Life: Redefining Success and Finding Fulfillment on Your Own Terms

21-Oct-24 12:49pm

Karen is joined by Danielle Colley, author of "The Chocolate Bar Life," who is an integrative life coach, speaker, event facilitator, and writer, to talk about redefining Success and Finding Fulfillment on Your Own Terms.

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Episode 82 : Finding the Courage To Be You

9-Sep-24 9:33am

Unlock your true potential and embrace your authentic self with Joe Pane, a leading expert in human behavior and creator of the Emotional Fitness Formula.

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Episode 81: Ending Body Burnout

2-Sep-24 9:53am

We explore the root causes of body burnout with renowned nutritionist and wellness expert, Filipa Bellette.

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Episode 79: The Performance vs. Wellbeing Myth

12-Aug-24 4:50pm

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 Achieving both high performance and wellbeing.

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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 71: Rewiring Your Brain

30-Apr-24 12:53pm

Karen and Kim Hazendonk, a Neuropsychologist, come together to discuss the influence of the unconscious mind and strategies for rewiring the brain.

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Episode 70: Building A Career That You Love

22-Apr-24 9:54am

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.

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Episode 68: Leadership Lessons from the Gym

25-Mar-24 11:47am

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!

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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 66: Mindset Matters

26-Feb-24 11:38am

Karen is joined by Kew Jaliens, a former footballer and Olympian, and now Business Coach to talk about the link between mindset and success.

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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 63: Being A Successful Entrepreneur

17-Jan-24 11:08am

On the show today we’re going to kick off by talking all about what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.

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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 61: Trauma and Its Influence on How People Show Up at Work

18-Dec-23 2:13pm

This week on Work Savvy Karen is joined by Bonnie Souter to talk about What leaders need to understand about the influence of trauma on how people show up at work.

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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 56: Self-Improvement

9-Oct-23 6:00am

This week on Work Savvy Cristina Casanovi joins Karen and Maddie to unpack self-improvement and confidence.

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Episode 54: Burnout

11-Sep-23 6:00am

Mindfulness expert Melo Calarco joined the show to chat all about burnout.

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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 50: Why Thank You Is More Important Than Money

17-Jul-23 6:00am

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

3-Jul-23 6:00am

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

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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 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 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 36: Building Self-Awareness

19-Dec-22 6:00am

The Happiness Hunter herself, Fiona Redding, joins the show to chat all about self-awareness.

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Episode 34: Finding Passion and Purpose

21-Nov-22 6:00am

Peter Cook joins Karen and Maddie to chat all about finding your passion and purpose at work and in life.

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Episode 33: Using Cognitive Science to Transform Business Performance

7-Nov-22 6:00am

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

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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 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 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 23: Resilience

20-Jun-22 6:00am

Karen and Maddie are joined by Catie to chat about resilience, at work and in life.

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Episode 22: Mental Health

6-Jun-22 6:00am

Maddie is back interviewing Karen all about the common workplace impacts on mental health and what to do about them.

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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 19: Emotional intelligence

25-Apr-22 6:00am

Maddie is back interviewing Karen to chat all about EQ!

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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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