Leading with Humanity is series 4 of The People Mentor's Podcasts. These Podcasts look at leading more humanely, using empathy and compassion to get results for both individuals and the business. Nicola taps into her operational days of leading and how taking people with her got the results. Nicola has over 30 years experience leading and managing including change projects. Now, she helps small and medium-sized businesses grow their business by tapping into their teams. Listen now for insights.
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What’s Up Martial Artists! Welcome to The Black Belt Podcast a Martial Arts Lifestyle Show hosted by highly acclaimed multi style martial artist Sifu Harinder Singh in partnership with Black Belt Magazine. “We are going to bridge the gap between sport, tradition, and reality. Join me as I sit down with world class practitioners to discuss their lifestyles to teach you about their mindset, training, and fighting methods so that we can grow from their wisdom.” Season 1 guests include Michael J ...
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Conversations about Software Engineering (CaSE) is an interview podcast for software developers and architects about Software Engineering and related topics. We release a new episode every three weeks.
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#2: John Little – Be Yourself - Bruce Lee’s Path to Self-Mastery
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"To always be yourself. Have faith in yourself. Don’t look for a successful personality and duplicate it. These are very strong pointers to truth, but they’re dismissed by a lot of people. If you understand this, it makes your life way more exciting and open to learning." – John Little Welcome to another enlightening episode of The Black Belt Podca…
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#1: Mike Lee Kanarek – Those Who Constantly Evolve, See the Future First.
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“Train like a fighter, think like a soldier, fight like a warrior. I believe confidence has to be done with inoculation. In martial arts we have stress and aggression drills that inoculate us to pain, it’s like they give us a little bit of poison, and the next night a little more poison, then a year and a half later, when we are in the arena with r…
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In this episode, Nicola from The People Mentor tackles the challenge of managing an underperforming team member when your boss undermines your efforts. She provides practical strategies for: - Documenting performance issues systematically - Having constructive conversations with underperforming employees - Creating and implementing effective Person…
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Struggling with employee social media issues? In this must-listen episode, Nicola from The People Mentor tackles the challenge of confronting staff about inappropriate online behaviour. You'll learn practical strategies for professionally addressing social media concerns, protecting your business, and strengthening team relationships. Discover how …
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In this episode, Nicola from The People Mentor tackles the thorny issue of being 'too nice' in the workplace. With her signature blend of warmth and straight-talking advice, Nicola explains why avoiding difficult conversations can hurt your business. She shares practical strategies for delivering constructive criticism effectively, including the po…
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Nobody enjoys difficult conversations, and if you need to have such a conversation with your boss, it can intensify the feelings of dread and anxiety you might have. In this podcast, I share my tips and techniques for having successful, difficult conversations with your boss that will help improve your relationship.…
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Join Nicola from The People Mentor as she shares valuable insights on creating an inclusive workplace for neurodiverse individuals. Learn practical strategies to support employees with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and other neurological differences during difficult conversations. Discover how small adjustments alongside empathy can lead to better commun…
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Difficult conversations trigger our fight-or-flight response, so it’s not surprising that managing emotions can feel difficult. In this episode of The People Mentor podcast, Nicola shares some strategies for staying calm, empathetic, and focused on constructive solutions.Di Nicola Richardson
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If recent years have taught us anything, it’s that you can never be too prepared for a crisis. But how prepared are you? How can you be the leader that people need in times of crisis so that everyone thrives instead of just surviving? In this podcast, I share some strategies for thriving in volatile times.…
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Compassionate leadership is badly needed in an increasingly stressful world. However, how do leaders balance compassion with strength and professionalism? I explore this, particularly in relation to difficult conversations.Di Nicola Richardson
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#16: Dexter Fletcher – Form Follows Function when Hunting Monsters
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“When you go into a Hostage Rescue you have to see it as if you are protecting or trying to save your own child, your own mother, your own brother. If you can’t put yourself in a situation to see it that way you can’t do that job. And that’s the way Miami Dade SWAT SRT, that is what our perspective was. The Job that we do is real, and you are going…
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You love your job. But the one thing that takes the shine off it is the office politics. The taking credit for people’s work. The blame culture. The gossiping and the backbiting. It can really discourage people and affect performance, and it can even affect your integrity as a leader. Here’s how you can navigate negative office politics while maint…
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#15: Chris Kent – The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do
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“Jeet Kune Do to me is not about the perpetuation of an art, it is about the personal cultivation of an individual. To me Jeet Kune Do is a state of being. It’s a dynamic way of thinking and acting that encompasses the same fluid operating principles you use in dealing with opponents that you would use every day in the arena of life. I would like t…
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What if I told you that the single most important factor in your success as a leader is knowing yourself? That understanding how you think and react can make you a more effective, compassionate, and innovative leader? This episode of The People Mentor podcast is all about mindful leadership and how to use this self-knowledge to be present and culti…
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#14: Nicolas Saignac – Express Yourself and Be Free
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“You want to find this place with the person that you are working with, sparring is working with people, it’s not working against people, you are going to receive what you give. If it’s too hard, and you do not respect the parameters that are set, something is not going to go right. Work with people in the gym, don’t work against them. You express …
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#13: Fariborz Azhakh – How To Be A Master Teacher
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“I never wanted to be the greatest martial artist ever, I always saw myself as a teacher. I want to influence people, I don’t want them to be impressed by what I do, I want to be a vehicle for them to learn. To me integrity is a moment by moment choice. My work is to challenge myself to choose the way I respond to situations. Who we are is more imp…
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#12: Tom Callos – The Martial Art of Kindness
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“The real goal is not to be a great martial artist, but to be a great human being. A Black Belt is a good human being that is constantly working on themselves, it is somebody of a high level of skill, that brings their practice to life in ways that makes other people stop and look and listen. It’s about the Artist that brings the practice to life.”…
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#11: Harinder Singh – Master Your Center and Flow in Chaos
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“Spiritual Growth is not necessarily found on a yoga mat, in the dojo, or in a meditation room, it’s found in the space between your thoughts, it’s found in the space between your decisions, it’s found in the still point in the transition between stimulus and response. If I can pause and master those transitions and come to center in those moments …
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#10: Alexandre “Xande” Ribeiro – The Iron Mind of a Champion
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“Champions have a very strong spiritual understanding of when is the right moment to throw a perfect technique, using time and timing to understand the right moment. It’s impossible to put into the an equation how it feels, because if you stop to think, you are late, flow is not a motion, flow is a state, it’s a congruence, it’s a rhythm that you a…
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#9: Chip Townsend – Breaking Through Barriers
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“When pushing the boundaries of the human body, either I’m going to break, or it is. Can I pull the trigger and go? It can be this way in self-defense, life, and everything else that we do. A great question is to ask what is the absolute worst that could happen in this situation, when you can wrap your mind around that worst-case scenario, I know t…
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#8: Willie “The Bam” Johnson – The Art of Honest Self Expression
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“The Jail that I was in was easy. The Jail that most people are in today without being incarcerated in a Jail Cell, is the Jail cell of the mind and the heart. It wasn’t till I learned to love me in Jail, it wasn’t until I learned to express me in jail, that I was able to look at myself in the mirror, and say, Let’s Go Bam.” My guest this episode i…
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#7: James Hundon – Slow is Smooth and Smooth is Fast
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“Everyone has a gift, but not everyone seeks to find it, or has the patience to go within themselves to find it. It’s passion, what are you passionate about? What part of you gives you the drive to work hard to get good at something, no matter what it is. We can be mediocre or we can be average, but what makes a person driven to become extra ordina…
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#6: Graciela Casillas - Trailblaze Your Own Style
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“My goal in training is to build a student’s reflexes not just memorizing a technique. Building reflexes by discarding the drills, and eventually being able to free flow, so you can react to any angle of attack, if you train that way you will never be caught off guard because you are prepared for any line of attack, it doesn’t matter the trajectory…
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#5: Val Mijailovic – Karate is Harmony
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“When I was coming up, we didn’t look at anybody else, we didn’t glorify anybody else, instead we learned by discovering what we could do. Everybody was different. Now days there is so much information out there and it is so easily available. So now we try to become like others, and this takes away from that spiritual and physical muscle memory exp…
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Aino Corry on Better Tech Meetings
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Sven Johann talks with Aino Corry about better Tech Meetings Aino on TwitterVideo from Aino on meetings on Dave Farleys channel Article about her book on Martin Fowlers website The book Liberating structures Fearless Change bookDi CaSE Podcast Team
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#4: Billy Blanks – "Heart of a Champion (Transformation Begins from the Inside Out)"
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“Tae Bo sold 115 million copies and revolutionized the fitness world. It changed the way people talked about fitness, I was the first person that talked about inside out. Most people didn’t really talk about the inside, most people talked about changing your hips, your legs, your bum, and your arms, but nobody talked about the heart. I was the only…
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#3: Erik Paulson - "The Creative Act of Martial Arts"
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“It doesn’t matter where it comes from as long as it works, and you don’t know if it works unless you experiment with it. In order to get good at everything you got to break it all up and pull it apart. Find the common thread, that’s how the styles will merge.” -- Erik Paulson My guest on this episode is Erik Paulson who is an Encyclopedia of Marti…
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#2: Michael Jai White – The Ego is The Enemy
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“Don’t take yourself too seriously, if you do it is about your ego. If I get my ass kicked, I will brag about it, because then it means I am learning something. We go into these things as insecure beings, I was no different. But be willing to learn, my philosophy revolves around the concept of learning. I have progressed a great deal, because every…
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#1: Big John McCarthy – “Let’s Get It On”
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“The ability to relax under pressure is the trait that all the greats share. Panic is the most useless emotion that humans can have in any situation. Fear is a good thing, it tells you , you have a problem, the question is how do I fix that problem, bringing panic into it is not going to help the problem. The people that are the ones that tend to c…
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Welcome to my podcast, your go-to guide for leading with heart and results in high-pressure times. Today I am chatting about all things burnout prevention, handling tough conversations, and boosting team well-being. Peppered with actionable advice, expert insights, and a hearty dose of empathy, this is your essential toolkit to navigate leadership …
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Are you struggling to manage long-term employees who have become challenging in your business? In my latest podcast, I provide you with valuable strategies and insights on effectively navigating this situation. Discover how to unlock the potential of these employees, foster a positive work environment, and drive the continued success of your team. …
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Looking to boost productivity in your SME team? Look no further! My podcast, "How to Increase Productivity in Your SME Team to Achieve the Results You Want," is packed with actionable strategies to optimise your team's efficiency. Join me as I explore time management, effective delegation, and productivity that will help you achieve outstanding res…
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Today I’m sharing some insights today about building a powerful culture in your SME business. A strong company culture is the secret sauce that can take your business to new heights. It's not just about having a cool office or fancy perks; it's about creating an environment where your employees can thrive, be engaged, and deliver their best work. A…
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#16: Gerry Chisolm “Lady Sensei” – Make The Weak Strong
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“The Mind is the primary weapon. Everything else is just a means to an end. When the body fails the mind takes over. When the mind fails the spirit takes over. There is no greater study, higher study than the study of self.” – Gerry Chisolm "Lady Sensei" My guest this episode is Gerry Chisolm, who is known as the Lady Sensei. She is the founding pr…
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Can leadership skills be learned or are they innate? In this episode of The People Mentor podcast, I talk about whether leadership is in our nature or whether leadership skills can be nurtured. Here’s my take on it.Di Nicola Richardson
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