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We’ve all heard the phrase “women in leadership” but how do we help them break through and rise to their full potential? When striving for better representation of women in top-level positions, it is essential that Human Resource directors, managers, and other leaders are working towards creating an environment of support. By encouraging genuine inclusion and providing the resources needed to succeed, we can begin to see a shift in gender equality within organizations.

The key points of the podcast were: 

- What distracts us from our goals?

- Women balancing the mental load of everyday life and career.

- The importance of helping women stay engaged.

- The unique role women in leadership play. 

The key points of this podcast were: 

- What mental health means? 

- The importance of prevention habits and asking for help 

- The bond between mental health and happiness

Key points of the talk:

📍 Think about managing up as a way of “joining upward” and partnering with your leadership.

📍Take a step back and listen closely to how leaders talk about their pain points.

📍Ensure your approach is focused on listening, learning, empathy, and understanding.

In this episode we are joined with inaugural Forefront cohort members, Dr. Karyn Edwards and Dr. Mira Brancu. Both share their journey to where they are today and their work with empowering women in the workforce.

I had the pleasure to be invited to Dr. Gary Mcgrath's podcast "Leading from the Front" where we discussed: 

-  The implications of being an immigrant in professional development

- The importance of context and big mistakes

- Being comfortable with the discomfort

The key points of the podcast were:  

-  Leader development is outdated, where there's the model of the single leader who needs to know some very static, specific skills.

-  It's okay to make mistakes. It's okay to fail. Don't even call it failure. It's just continuous improvement.

Office politics exist in virtually all organisations in the world. They often get a bad rep because, more often than not, people use them to push their agendas or grow their power and influence. But what are they, and what's their role in today's office environment?

In this episode, I share my “favorite mistake” story about an early job as a school counsellor and how I felt compelled to send a lengthy email about an ethics situation “straight to the top” and how that was “not well received.” 

In this episode, we cover the following:

-What “playing politics” means in an organization. -How to lead with your values and show up as a leader within big organizations proactively.

-Consequences of not engaging in workplace politics.

-Understanding other people’s political language.

Key Takeaways:

- Political savvy plays an important role in moving toward results and getting things done.

- Things are not always as straightforward as we think. You can’t avoid workplace politics. You need to understand and learn how to navigate within the system.

- You have to learn a skill set for understanding a system.

This podcast dives deeper into self-care and being kind to yourself. As BMW’s wearing so many hats and managing multiple people and projects, it’s pretty easy to get overwhelmed.

The highlights of this podcast are:

- Saying Yes to the Right Opportunities (00:00) Mira Brancu teaches us how to say yes to new situations and opportunities.

- Seasonal Depression (18:31)

- Developing Healthy Family Relationships (50:38) Emily Taylor joins us to talk about developing as well as maintaining healthy family relationships.

Most of us have tripped over workplace politics at some point in our career. Many think they can take the high road and avoid playing the political game altogether. Perhaps a better approach is to take the high road AND engage with workplace politics, since it really can’t be avoided anyway.

In this special issue, there are six articles on equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). Some articles focus on the content of consulting on EDI topics, and others focus on the process of consulting on EDI topics. The authors of these articles summarize three fundamental themes that can help consulting psychologists improve their work in this area: evolving terminology, emerging trends, and training needs.

The key point of this interview are:

(1) Is there still a glass ceiling?

(2) What was your glass ceiling moment?

(3) Have you encountered a barrier as a result of a stereotype or a lingering stigma?

I had the pleasure to be invited by Noi Ha Nguyen for his #InsightsSharing podcast. These are a few highlights of the talk:

📌 Rethink our assumptions

📌 Growth thinking

📌 Observing

📌 Creating impact

We're all working harder than ever before and wondering what challenges 2021 will bring. There is a lot that is out of our control right now, but in our effort to prepare ourselves to manage it all, we sometimes do things that might actually make things worse! In this quickfire interactive keynote, you'll learn 5 ways to shift your mindset that might seem counterintuitive but are much more effective in the long run.

The key points of this talk are:

- first exposure to class differences

- Are there organizations that are not hierarchical

- Labels and terms

- Awareness 

Ep566: Mira Brancu | Founder & CEO, Brancu & Associates

Fun fact: "I proposed (marriage) to my husband - got down on one knee, had a ring for him, and even asked his parents for permission in advance."