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EPISODE 447 – How Work Works with Dr. Michelle P. King
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In this podcast, Debra Kasowski interviews Dr. Michelle P. King, author of How Work Works. Michelle states won’t be able to read a room until you have a good grasp on your own personality and how others might perceive you. Michelle P. King talks about the importance of informal networking (e.g., dinner with bosses after work) for building professional advancement support. Debra and Michelle dive deeper into talking about how we create our job security by continuously learning and developing new skills to maintain our ’employability.’
Dr. Michelle P. King is a globally recognized expert on inequality and organizational culture. Based on over a decade’s worth of research, Michelle believes that we need to learn how workplaces work, so we can make them work for everyone. She is the host of a popular podcast called The Fix. Michelle is the author of the bestselling, award-winning book: The Fix: Overcome the Invisible Barriers that are Holding Women Back at Work. Her second book, How Work Works: The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself, was published internationally on October 10th, 2023 (HarperCollins).
Michelle is an award-winning academic with five degrees including a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Organizational Psychology, a Master of Arts in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, a Master of Business Administration, a Postgraduate Degree in Journalism and a PhD in Management. Michelle is pursuing a post-doctoral research fellowship with Cranfield University in the United Kingdom.
In addition, Michelle is an award-winning speaker, having spoken at over 500 events worldwide including conferences like the Nobel Peace Prize Conference, Ellevate Network Conference, The Massachusetts Conference for Women, Texas Conference for Women, SXSW, She Summit and the Pennsylvania Conference for Women. Michelle is represented by London Speakers Bureau and regularly hosts keynotes, fireside chats or masterclasses with companies like, Amazon, FIFA, Guardian, Dior, FedEx, Netflix, BNP Paribas, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Met Life to name a few. Michelle is the founder of The Culture Practice, a global consultancy that provides leaders with the assessment, development, and inclusion coaching needed to build cultures that value difference. In addition, Michelle is a Senior Advisor to the UN Foundation’s Girl Up Campaign, where she leads the NextGen Leadership Development Program, which enables young women to navigate and overcome the barriers to their success. Before this, Michelle was the Director of Inclusion at Netflix. Before that, she was the head of UN Women’s Global Innovation Coalition for Change, which includes managing over 30 private sector partnerships to accelerate the achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment. Michelle has two decades of international experience working in the private sector.
How Work Works draws from Dr. King’s 20 years of experience and research examining corporate cultures, which includes 72 original interviews with executives and two surveys on large multinational consulting firms with over 3000 participants. Here, Dr. King reveals why, in the new world of work, it is critical to know how to read and interpret other people’s feelings and intentions so you can manage your informal interactions with them–a phenomenon otherwise known as “reading the air.” After all, when it comes to working life, what you see is not always what you get.
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Debra Kasowski is the charismatic podcast host of The Millionaire Woman Show, 3X Best Selling Author, Speaker, and Certified Executive Coach. She interviews incredible speakers, authors, CEO, Business and Organizational Leaders and drops solo episodes with tips, strategies, and techniques for your success.
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EPISODE 446 – Pushing Limits to Build Resilience
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Pushing Limits to Build Resilience with Karen Dean
In this podcast/video, Debra Kasowski interviews Resiliency Expert, Karen Dean about her life’s journey through abuse, toxic relationships, and medical issues while coming out stronger on the other side of these challenges. Karen offers strategies and tips to push limits to build your resiliency.
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Resilience Expert, Inspiring Speaker, Entrepreneur, Success Coach, Fierce Leader, Bestselling Author, Mentor, Mom, Survivor, Advocate, Limit-Pusher
Karen Dean is an incredible motivational speaker, coach, entrepreneur, and bestselling author who shares her own personal stories of resilience and proven tools for success, while inspiring audiences and clients with an amazing sense of positivity. She has been featured on CBC, Global TV and CTV Atlantic, as well as numerous podcasts around the world, and publications like the Chronicle Herald, Truro Daily News, and Hub Now. Recognized by the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards as a Nominee four times, Karen has operated successful businesses in many different industries for over 25 years. Karen has published two books to date: We Are Unbreakable: Raw, Real Stories of Resilience from Women in Nova Scotia in 2020 is a compilation book sharing inspiring stories from 22 women. Fierce & Fabulous: A Self-Love Journal which provides readers with a daily practice to reconnect to their inner self and become even more successful.
Karen’s messages spring from a mountain of lived experience, and she is passionate about her mission to help people reboot their resilience and live their best life, personally and professionally, a purpose she lives in her own life every day.
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Grab a listen to my podcast when you are on moving or relaxing wherever you are! Don’t forget to subscribe to get notified of every video that is released! Debra Kasowski is the charismatic podcast host of The Millionaire Woman Show, 3X Best Selling Author, Speaker, and Certified Executive Coach. She interviews incredible speakers, authors, CEO, Business and Organizational Leaders and drops solo episodes with tips, strategies, and techniques for your success. ***GET YOUR GIFT*** Go to www.debrakasowski.com for your FREE 10 pg PDF of Reset Your Mindset download when you sign up for our Success Secrets Newsletter. Book your Complimentary Discovery Session with Debra today!
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What Leadership Legacy Do You Want to Leave?
Sometimes it takes a thought-provoking question to make us stop and reflect on what we want. One question I love and enjoy asking leaders of all stages of their leadership journey, whether they have been in a leadership role for a long time or are evolving in their leadership, is “What legacy do you want to leave as a leader?”
The leader often pauses and says, “That’s a great question. I do not think I have stopped to think about this.” I reassure them that this response is quite normal.
Leaders have been focused on achieving results, performance, and productivity. Achieving results is what many leaders get promoted for not usually the leaders they develop within the organization.
Imagine if leaders started their careers thinking about the legacy they would like to be remembered for. Leaders are acquired for their knowledge, talents, skills, and abilities with a history of achieving results. Do we think that future leaders are developed through osmosis or solely based on observation? No, not likely.
As leaders reflect on this question, I often see a concentrated look turn into a big white wide smile as they describe the difference they want to make in the lives of the people they serve and the mark they want to leave in the organization. They start speaking passionately about building capacity, innovation, and creativity in overcoming perceived, potential, and real barriers standing in their way on the road to success. They talk about a collective and collaborative approach to achieving results while leveraging each other’s strengths. I cannot help but smile back as I get caught up in their enthusiasm for their leadership legacy.
If you are reading this and thinking to yourself, “I don’t know what legacy I want to leave as a leader.”
Consider the following questions:
What values are most important to me?
What qualities and characteristics do I want to role model?
In what ways, would I prepare a future leader while leveraging their unique gifts?
What stories and lessons do I want to impart to others to save them time, money, or resources?
Using my gifts, what difference would I like to make in the world?
As a leader and a coach, I feel a sense of obligation to ensure that people not only share their unique gifts; I want to ensure they do not hold themselves back from stepping into their potential and making the difference they have been called to make. I believe it is a privilege to be a leader, I have the opportunity to walk in front and walk from behind. Most of the time, I am walking alongside the people I lead. We learn from each other. We learn by doing and reflecting. We create a safe space to open up conversations and brainstorm ideas. Together we achieve results.
The most important aspect of defining your leadership legacy is knowing that as a leader YOU matter. Your legacy matters. It will live on for generations to come in the leaders you lead and those who lead after them in the stories, lessons, and the impact you make.
Stop, pause, and take a moment to think about the leadership legacy you want to leave. Where is your focus, attention, and intention to achieve this outcome?
EPISODE 445 – Your Legacy As A Leader
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In this podcast, Debra talks about your legacy as a leader. Whether you have been a leader for many years or you are an evolving leader. it is important to reflect on the legacy you want to leave as a leader. Your focus and attention need to be where your intentions are in conversations, boardroom meetings, phone calls, and other forms of communication. You have an innate gift to share with the world to make a positive impact in the world. Don’t hide it! You matter! Your leadership matters.