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Do you wish that you could lead your team in a way that honours and glorifies God? Are you struggling to overcome self-doubt as a leader and have a desire to be more confident in your role? Do you want the courage to deal with difficult people but don’t want to upset anyone?
Well, you’re in the right place!
On this podcast, I’ll teach you how to lead like Jesus, even if you’re not allowed to speak of your faith in your workplace. You’ll learn to become bold and confident as a leader, to speak up and say what God wants you to say and to finally know that you are worthy to be in your current role. Because God chose you, not because you are already a perfect leader, but because HE wants to mold you and use you to be an instrument in the kingdom of God.
Hey, I’m Rika, and for the past 10 years, I’ve been in middle-management leadership roles, where I have led various teams, from big to small, and experienced my fair share of working with difficult people, having tough conversations, hiring and firing people and managing team dynamics.
I thought that I could rely on worldly knowledge of leadership to get me through. I attended various leadership courses and listened to many leadership podcasts, but I was still struggling as a leader. I was feeling frustrated and to be honest, I was not enjoying my leadership role and felt like quitting more often than I probably should have!
I finally realised that if I wanted to be the leader that I truly desired to be (which was a leader who wasn’t shy to speak up, a leader who honoured God with her actions and a leader who could build a cohesive team without the drama), I needed to partner with God and find a Christian leadership mentor to guide me and keep me accountable.
I committed my leadership journey to God and partnered with HIM. I started working with a mentor and stepped out in faith as I did hard things every single day. And I can’t wait to share what I’ve learned with you!
If you’re ready to lead your team in a way that honours God, I’m excited to be your mentor! So, grab your notebook and pen (and don’t forget that Chai Latte), and let’s unlock your God-given leadership potential!
Next steps:
Head to https://www.womenoffaithinleadership.com where you can:
1. Sign up for our weekly newsletter and
2. Find free resources
Head to https://www.womenoffaithinleadership.com/quiz where you can take a free quiz to find out what's holding you back from leading with confidence.
Need to contact me? Email me at support@rikawhelan.com
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167 | [Guest] Boundaries, Identity, and God-Aligned Leadership with Carolon Donnally
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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166 | Leading Through Change Without Overwhelm or Resistance
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May 25, 2026 |
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165 | Feedback Without Fear: How to Give Feedback with Compassion
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May 18, 2026 |
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164 | How to Listen Like Jesus & Use God-given Discernment in Conversations
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May 11, 2026 |
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163 | [Guest] What If Their Behaviour Isn’t the Problem? Seeing People Through God’s Eyes with Dr Melanie Grey
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May 04, 2026 |
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162 | How to Build a Culture of Healthy Accountability
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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161 | I Knew What to Say… So Why Didn’t I Say It?
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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160 | The 5 Communication Mistakes Even Smart Leaders Make
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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159 | [Guest] How Daily Devotionals Can Shape Workplace Culture with Matt Clarke
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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158 | How to Lead Like Jesus When You’re Under Pressure
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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157 | When God Uses Difficult People to Grow You as a Leader
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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156 | 5 Ways Christian Leaders Accidentally Contribute to Toxic Culture (and Don’t Realize It)
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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155 | [Guest] When God Calls You Before You Feel Ready with Rhonda Mincey
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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154 | Wise Decision-Making: What Christian Leaders Can Learn from Proverbs
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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153 | Leadership Loneliness: What to Do When No One Gets What You Carry
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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152 | Staying Spirit-Led When People Push Your Buttons
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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151 | [Guest] Why Joy Matters More Than Hustle in Leadership with Nicole Van Valen
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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150 | When Confidence Isn’t Enough: Rooting Your Leadership Identity in Christ
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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149 | What I Learned Leading in a Toxic Workplace
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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148 | The Legacy Leader: What Your Leadership Leaves Behind
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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147 | [Guest] The Lies We Trade: What Women Need to Stop Believing with Kristine Delano
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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146 | A New Year, A New Season: An update on Women of Faith in Leadership
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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145 | How to create your vision for the new year
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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144 | End of year review - Ask yourself these important questions at the end of every year
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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143 | Leadership lessons from the Christmas Story - What we can learn from Mary and Joseph
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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142 | The Future Leader: What Women Must Know About AI & Leadership
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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141 | Faith First: Leading With Christian Values in Secular Spaces
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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140 | The Culture You Tolerate is the Culture You Produce
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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139 | [Guest] Reclaiming Confidence & Calling in Midlife: Wisdom from Cindee Williams
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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138 | 3 Ways to Go From People Pleasing to People Leading
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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137 | [Series] Leadership Struggles Women Don’t Talk About Part 5 - Managing conflict
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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136 | [Series] Leadership Struggles Women Don’t Talk About Part 4 - Gossip & toxic cultures
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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135 | [Guest] Faithful Leadership Starts with Obedience with Debbie Simmons
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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134 | [Series] Leadership Struggles Women Don’t Talk About Part 3 - Work/life balance
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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133 | [Series] Leadership Struggles Women Don’t Talk About Part 2 - Hard Conversations
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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132 | [Series] Leadership Struggles Women Don’t Talk About - Part 1: Imposter Syndrome
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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131 | [Guest] Restructuring Teams Without the Drama with Dan Tocchini
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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130 | Equipping Yourself with the Armor of God as a Leader
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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129 | Restoring Trust After a Leadership Mistake
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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128 | Situational Awareness: How to Read the Room and Lead With Confidence
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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127 | [Guest] Building Self-Reliant Teams That Thrive with Lisa L. Levy
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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126 | Leading Faithfully When Higher Management Isn’t on Your Side
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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125 | [Series] Leading with Wisdom in the Digital Age - Part 2: 4 Ways to Lead Well
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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124 | [Series] Leading with Wisdom in the Digital Age - Part 1: 3 Digital-Age Challenges Christian Leaders Face
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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123 | [Guest] Your Body Is God’s Temple: How to Lead Without Burning Out with Phyllis Hayes-Reams
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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122 | The Middle Manager's Dilemma: Leading Up & Managing Down
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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121 | 7 Skills Every Christian School Leader Needs So They Can Lead Their School Well
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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120 | 3 Ways School Leaders Can Rebuild a Culture That’s Fallen Apart
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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119 | [Guest] Healthy Leader, Healthy Team with Laurie Hammer
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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118 | The Basics of Biblical Obedience: What the Bible Says About Being Obedient
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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117 | Enough Hesitation! 3 Practical Ways to Be Obedient to God in Your Leadership Role
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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116 | 5 People Skills Every Female Christian Leader Needs
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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115 | [Guest] Why Christian Women Struggle to Rest (and How to Reclaim It Biblically) with Mia Perez
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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114 | Struggling With Difficult People? 5 Bible-Based Tips to Resolve Workplace Conflict
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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113 | The 3 Biggest Integrity Challenges Female Christian Leaders Face and How to Overcome Them
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May 26, 2025 |
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112 | Afraid to Speak Up? Managing (Potential) Conflict with Truth and Grace
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May 19, 2025 |
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111 | [Guest] How Faith Fuels Servant Leadership - Lessons from Tiffany Morice
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May 12, 2025 |
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110 | [Live Coaching] Overcoming Self-Doubt & Imposter Syndrome
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May 05, 2025 |
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109 | [Series] Are you Ready to Step out of the Boat? Peter’s Leadership Story - Lessons from the Bible's Most Reluctant Leaders Part 6
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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108 | [Series] From Persecutor to Preacher - Paul's Radical Leadership Transformation - Lessons from the Bible’s most Reluctant Leaders part 5
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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107 | [Guest] Partnering with the Holy Spirit - with Dr. Deanna Shrodes
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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106 | [Live Coaching] Navigating Difficult Conversations with Confidence
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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105 | [Series] Feeling Unqualified? 4 Things Jeremiah did to Overcame Self-Doubt - Lessons from the Bible’s Most Reluctant Leaders Part 4
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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104 | [Series] Jonah - From self-doubt to surrender - Lessons from the Bible’s Most Reluctant Leaders - Part 3
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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103 | [Guest] Burnout or Breakthrough? The Power of Slowing Down with Tamara Jackson
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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102 | [Series] Gideon’s Struggle with Self-Doubt - Lessons from the Bible’s Most Reluctant Leaders - Part 2
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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101 | [Series] Moses: Called but Not Confident - Lessons from the Bible’s Most Reluctant Leaders - Part 1
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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100 | Celebrating 100 Episodes: Lessons, Gratitude & Coaching Winners!
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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BONUS EPISODE: Free Coaching? Yes, Please!
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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099 | [Guest] Handwritten Notes: Small Gesture, Big Leadership Impact – with Amy Daughters
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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098 | Leading with Confidence When You Still Feel Like an Imposter
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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097 | Why You Are Struggling with Self-Doubt as a Leader—And How to Overcome It!
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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096 | Confidence Isn't About Being Loud – The Secret to Leading with Boldness
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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095 | [Guest] No formal training or experience? How mentorship and on-the-job learning taught Lisa Steven to run a successful nonprofit
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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094 | Struggling with Self-Doubt? 5 Bible Verses to Help You Build Confidence as a Leader
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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093 | How to create your vision for the new year + the podcast’s vision for 2025
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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092 | End of year review - Questions to ask yourself at the end of every year
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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091 | Leadership lessons from the Christmas Story - What we can learn from Mary and Joseph
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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090 | [Guest] What I wish leaders knew about working with neurodivergent people - Kadin McEwen
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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BONUS: Do you have 15 minutes to support the vision of this podcast for 2025?
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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089 | Reviewing SOPs, policies and procedures. The process and common pitfalls!
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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BONUS: Quick Podcast update 2 December 2024
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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088 | 5 Leadership mistakes that push your team to burnout and how to avoid them
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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087 | Experiencing high staff turnover? Review these 5 things ASAP + 5 retention strategies!
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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086 | [Series] Conversations about gossip: Why is gossip so prevalent in the education sector? With Mike McQuillan
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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085 | Don't Underestimate the Importance of a Good Onboarding Program for New Employees
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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084 | Leading a team for the first time? Start here!
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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083 | How to Run Effective Team Meetings
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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082 | [Series] Conversations about Gossip - Overcoming Toxic Workplace Environments - Marie Gasper-Hulvat
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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081 | Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace as a Female Leader
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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080 | Part 2: Maintaining a High-Performance Team
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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079 | Part 1: Building a High-Performance Team
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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078 | [Series] Conversations about Gossip - Learn to Lead with Greatness with Dr Jim Salvucci
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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077 | 5 Ways to Show Appreciation to Your Team + 1 Bonus Tip
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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076 | The Podcast is 1 Year Old! Let's Celebrate! Enter the Draw to Win!
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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075 | 8 Ways to Fix a Toxic Workplace Culture (& Answering a Listener Question)
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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074 | [Series] Conversations about Gossip: Uncorking the Truth about Alcohol in the Workplace with Sarah Rusbatch
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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073 | 10 Signs that Your Workplace Culture is Toxic - Watch Out for These Red Flags
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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072 | One-on-One Meetings - Having Tough Conversations, How You Can Prepare, and What to Do when it Goes Pear-shaped
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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071 | Help! My Boss Wants Me to Agree with Her Lies in Front of Others, what should I do? - Listener question
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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070 | [Series] Conversations About Gossip with Brandon Gano - The Leader's role in managing gossip
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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069 | Introducing new 'Conversations about Gossip' series and upcoming podcast episodes
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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068 | Use THIS gap analysis to improve your leadership skills absolutely free!
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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067 | The 6 characteristics of a healthy work environment - Part 2
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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066 | The 6 Characteristics of a Healthy Work Environment - Part 1
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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065 | Managing Gossip as a Church Leader (Small Group Leader, Women’s Ministry Leader, Children's Church Leader etc.)
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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064 | Gaining Confidence in Your Own Abilities - Part 4: Community Support
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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063 | Gaining Confidence in Your Own Abilities - Part 3: Professional Development
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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062 | Gaining confidence in your own abilities - Part 2: Personal Development
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May 28, 2024 |
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061 | Gaining confidence in your own abilities - Part 1: Spiritual Growth
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May 20, 2024 |
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060 | Should Female Christian Leaders be Assertive?
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May 13, 2024 |
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059 | Leadership Lessons from Women in the Bible - Part 3 - Esther
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May 06, 2024 |
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058 | Leadership Lessons from Women in the Bible - Part 2 - Deborah
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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057 | Leadership Lessons from Women in the Bible - Part 1 - Ruth
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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056 | Rerun - Is it really gossip? Gossip vs Office Chatter
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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055 | Rerun - Dealing with Difficult People at Work
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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054 | Rerun - What is Workplace Culture and Why Should You Care About It?
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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053 | The Struggle with Workplace Boundaries - Taking a short break from the podcast!
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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052 | Your Words Can Hurt - Pay attention to what you say and get involved in - lies, arguments, insults, slander, gossip, rumours, flattery, bragging, belittling
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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051 | Is it Time to Break Free from Corporate Life with Anita Anello
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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050 | Leading Through Tough Times | Servant Leadership | Relational Leadership | Leading like Jesus
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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049 | Leading with Kindness. Leading like Jesus. Kindness is not a weakness!
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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048 | Praying for your team. Being a role-model. Be like Jesus. Being an Instrument of the Lord
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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047 | Engaging a Faith-aligned Mentor
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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046 | When Leaders Gossip in Your Organisation - What You Can Do as a Fellow Leader
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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045 | A 7-step Framework for Eradicating Workplace Gossip
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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044 | Building Gossip-Resilient Teams
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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043 | 8 Ways to gossip-proof your onboarding process
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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042 | 10 ways to include faith in your leadership with Stefanie Gass
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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041 | Unpacking organisational values - Does your organisation’s values mean anything to employees?
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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040 | Let’s Celebrate and Pray For The New Year! 2024 Here We Come!
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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039 | Does your organisation’s processes let you down? Follow these 7 steps to implement change successfully. | Change Management | Influence | Leadership
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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038 | 5 Myths About Workplace Gossip And Why These Limiting Beliefs Are Holding Leaders Back From Dealing With Workplace Gossip
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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037 | Workplace Culture and Leadership with Deb Field
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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036 | Navigating the Minefield of Performance Management
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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035 | Should You Do Annual Performance Reviews?
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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034 | Go Beyond Boring Goals with Your Team
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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033 | In the spotlight: Lindy Langner on Leadership
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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032 | The 6 C’s of Workplace Culture
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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031 | 5 ways to Create a feedback culture in Your Workplace
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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030 | From Gossip to Growth - How to get rid of workplace gossip… for good!
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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029 | Say ”No” Gracefully - The art of saying no
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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028 | 6 Time Management Strategies to implement today and start mastering your minutes - Leadership, Faith, Christianity, women of faith
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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027 | The many hats we wear and all the balls we juggle as leaders - Leadership, workplace culture, women of faith, Christianity, Business, Delegation, Personal Growth
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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026 | Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Building Workplace Relationships
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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025 | 10 red flags to spot during job interviews
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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024 | Dealing with difficult people at work
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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023 | Praying with Purpose
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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022 | Boundaries, Balance, and Self-Care
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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021 | Spiritual Gifts in the Workplace - Using them for God’s glory
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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020 | Balancing Faith and Professionalism
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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019 | 5 Steps for Faith-Based Decision-Making in the Workplace
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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018 | Course Launch! From Conflict To Collaboration - Enrol now!
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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017 | Not dealing with conflict? Here’s the implications - From Conflict to Collaboration #4
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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016 | The characteristics of unhealthy conflict - From Conflict to Collaboration #3
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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015 | Can workplace conflict be healthy? From Conflict to Collaboration #2
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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014 | 3 Reasons Why Conflict Occurs in the Workplace: From Conflict to Collaboration #1
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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013 | 5 Stages Every Team Will Navigate - The Tuckman Model and Theory
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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012 | 3 Ways to set effective boundaries with your team
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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011 | 6 ways to foster a culture of accountability with your team
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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010 | 4 Steps to Become a Resilient Female Christian Leader
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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009 | 6 ways to set clear expectations with your team (Setting Clear Expectations #2)
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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008 | Setting Clear Expectations: 5 ways to tell whether your team understand the expectations
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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007 | 7 steps to deal with workplace gossip as a female Christian leader (Gossip Series #5)
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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006 | 10 Devastating consequences gossip can have on an organisation (Gossip Series #4)
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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005 | 8 Damaging consequences of workplace gossip on individuals (Gossip Series #3)
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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004 | What God Reveals About Gossip in the Bible (Gossip Series #2)
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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003 | Is it really gossip? Office Chatter vs Gossip. (Gossip Series #1)
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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002 | What is workplace culture and why you should care about it - Organisational culture, Christian Leadership, Faith, Work Family
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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001 | Podcast Introduction - My journey, testimony and why I started this podcast - Christianity, Leadership, Faith
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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000 | Welcome to the Women of Faith in Leadership Podcast!
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Aug 28, 2023 |