This episode is a rare and honest window into the world of international leadership. Eva Lundahl, an international HR leader specialising in talent acquisition, joins me for an initial conversation about her career journey, achievements, her motivation and the challenges along the way as well as her approach to managing team members and helping them to achieve their potential and their place in the team.

In the second half, she talks to the current challenges in 2022/3: recruitment and retention in international organisations and the need to adjust to the cultural shift we're seeing after COVID and communicate the wider benefits to joining a company to the market.

Eva is both visionary and pragmatic: tune in to be inspired and get her precious advice!


About Eva:
Eva is a Swedish national with 25+ years of experience in HR across multiple industries such as pharma biotech, IT/Telecom, Outsourcing/Consulting Services, Mining, Automotive and most recently in the Energy Sector at GE Renewables.

Throughout her career she has been a variety of roles, although mainly in HR with a specialization in Recruitment, she’s also managed the change connected to large HR & TA system implementations such as SAP, Taleo, Cornerstone & WD.

She’s built and managed recruitment teams and models varying from in-house, outsourced, off-shored and hybrid in large multi-national organisations both regionally & globally. Her motivation lies in being able to leverage her experience and help organisations build and adapt their TA models to the needs and context of the business.

There is no one best model, but a multitude of variations to be considered to support business growth. Enabling her team to have access to the right number and level of resources, tools & slick processes are elements she looks at when considering the set-up. Supporting her team, helping them to develop and identify their strengths and weaknesses to complement each other on their journey is what keeps her going.

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Coaching can feel like a black box! Why does it work? How can asking questions help someone change the way they think and behave? Exploring the neuroscience behind transformation and effectiveness is important not only for coaches, but also for leaders who are embarking on coaching to make the most of a coaching programme and even take it further for themselves.

My guest today is the leader of the Advanced Diploma that I'm studying right now: Ann Betz. Ann explains why she was drawn to neuroscience and how she has used it to take her coaching to a different level, understanding what we need to be truly effective and creative: an appropriate amount of stimulation, an ability to regulate emotions and to allow our brains to function with flexibility and adaptability by understanding the different components of the brain. The best leaders are those who use those parts of their brains to be flexible to communicate the big picture with empathy and to provide detail and structure: to zoom in and out, using both sides of the brain effectively to communicate well.

References: Daniel Siegel, Mindsight: The Science of Personal Transformation 2011

About Ann Betz:
Ann Betz, CPCC, PCC, MNTC, is the co-founder of BEabove Leadership and an international speaker and trainer on the intersection of neuroscience, coaching and human transformation. In 2011, Ann studied neuroscience at the graduate level, and using this fascinating research, in 2012 co-developed (and is senior leader for) BEabove Leadership’s popular training program for advanced coaches: Neuroscience, Consciousness and Transformational Coaching. This program has been offered in-person worldwide and is now available in an in-depth virtual format.

Ann was a faculty member and served as the neuroscience consultant to The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) for many years. She provides neuroscience, leadership and coaching consulting to many other corporations and non-profits, including the International Coach Federation. A certified professional coach for 20 years, Ann is the author of a groundbreaking white paper on brain research and coaching. She contributes to Choice Magazine, Coaching at Work, Coaching World, the ICF and CTI’s blogs, and other coaching and HR publications.

Ann is the lead author of Integration, the power of being Co-Active in work and life, an exploration of consciousness and the future (John Hunt Publishing, 2015), as well as a ground-breaking white paper on the neuroscience of the International Coach Federation coaching competencies. Read Ann’s blog on the brain at www.yourcoachingbrain.wordpress.com and poetry at www.eccentricspirit.wordpress.com.

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Tom Hadcroft has a wealth of educational leadership experience in the UK and internationally and he is currently Head Teacher at Berkhamsted Boys' School in the UK.

In this episode he shares how he approaches facing "unknown unknowns" in relation to managing his own leadership transitions and how he uses that to empower and support others. His down to earth style is refreshing and empowering.

In this wide-ranging conversation, he shares some highlights and challenges. He references a particularly difficult moment when he needed to support members of a school after the community tragically lost a member of staff in a terrorist attack in London. In discussing his leadership, he shows his own vulnerability and we can see clearly how he creates a culture of both openness and courage.

This episode is a masterclass in how to put wellbeing at the heart of a leadership agenda with courage, intention and daily action - with no fluff in sight.

About Tom:

Tom is an experienced Senior Leader with a demonstrated history of excelling in the Educational Management sector. Skilled in Coaching, People Management, Mental Health First Aid training, supporting international students, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, and IT Strategy. Strong education professional working who recently completed a MEd in Educational Leadership.

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In this episode I talk with Mike Thorne about leadership and his experience as a coach who works with CEO's.

Mike is very passionate about sports which plays an important part of his approach in his coaching work and it is a really interesting conversation about how sports and leadership link together so well.


About Mike:

Mike's mission is to restore people’s sense of dignity to unleash their greatness. His vision is a world where people are celebrated for who they are and recognise that they are worthy of self-esteem simply because they are here. He specialises in facilitating transformations in human beings and business leaders by helping them create trust communities and cultures of inclusion. These communities and cultures help people feel inspired, increase their engagement, and improve organisational performance on every level. Mike injects a passion for excellence into those he serves while delivering impact through sustainable growth.

Over the course of Mike's career, he has worked in sales, business development, and leadership in seven different industries, including as President of the Wholesale Division for Yankee Candle; Senior Vice President of Global Sales, Customer Service, and Analytics for Rawlings Sporting Goods; and CEO of Challenger Turf Inc. For the past five years, he has advised business executives through his own company, Ask Inside which he is transitioning to Trust Inside. In 2021, Mike continued that work by becoming a Vistage Chair, facilitating meetings of northern New England’s business owners and CEO’s who come together to solve problems, support each other, and design innovative solutions to grow their businesses. Members come in as CEO’s and leave as human being’s.

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This is the second part of two episodes on time management, where I talk about a challenge that comes up very frequently for my clients: getting to the bottom of issues around time management.

In part 1, I talked about the four beliefs around time that I frequently see holding leaders back. We often dive into how to improve time management and we miss an important step: investigating what we believe about time.

In this episode, I look at how to change these beliefs.

I talk about my own experience of identifying a belief around time that had held me back for many years and how I started to change it using coaching techniques. I walk you through a simple 4 step process that could help you to reflect your own beliefs around time and make dramatic shifts in the way you live your life!

This episode is a must for any busy leader!

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If you've ever wondered why managing time is so difficult, you're not alone! You are probably used to reflecting on how you use your time in the bid to be more efficient, but are you questioning your own beliefs about time?

Why is that important?

Our beliefs around time impact our thoughts and in turn determine our actions!

But how do we identify our beliefs about time in the first place?

This takes a bit of digging, but in this podcast, I talk about the 4 beliefs that I see commonly holding back senior leaders:

1. Time is the problem: I need to be more efficient!
2. Busy (and therefore time scarce) means successful
3. I "should" spending time doing....
4. Downtime is a luxury

As soon as you can identify these often hidden beliefs and consider how you might want to shift them, you start to take different action.

Tune in to hear more about these 4 beliefs and in part 2, I talk about how to change them.

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In this episode I have an incredibly interesting conversation with Mick Williams who is passionate about helping people and organisations to manage change. He brings a wealth of experience from a varied career including many years in the Royal Air Force and then in management consulting, but what really stood out for me are the personal qualities he brings to leadership, especially in his ability to seek out and understand the unique perspectives of people impacted by change within an organisation.

We explored many aspects of leadership from forming new teams to managing change in "difficult times" and thinking about personal change in leadership.

With Mick's positive and yet very pragmatic approach, it's easy to see why he is regarded as an inspiring and highly effective leader, bringing out the best in others around him, with a dose of good humour too!

I left the conversation feeling inspired, with a changed perspective around talking about "difficult times" and hugely grateful to him for the opportunity to explore this topic together.

About Mick:

Mick Williams is a People and Change generalist who has achieved professional impact in several fields: the armed forces; the senior civil service; and management consulting (both self-employed and ‘big four’). He is served by a set of strong values and invaluable life experiences and, typically, gets things done by creating the conditions to allow others to succeed. He thrives when driving the four ‘engines’ of purpose, change, governance and delivery, all with a constant focus on the people context.

It is important to Mick to be able to influence society positively and he seeks out people, organisations and projects that share his values, Mick has just returned to freelancing in order to build more choice and variety into his professional life, with a new mantra of ‘work less, work better’.

He is rarely happier professionally when the people around him grow, develop, and succeed, and he hopes that a little of that will rub off on his own professional experience.

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A short episode, but maybe one of the most important to date on the podcast! I used to be someone who always replied, "Really busy!" when asked how I was. When I started coaching, I realised I wasn't alone and that this stock response was quite damaging on a number of levels. I also saw that working on it and replacing it with a more self-aware response was life changing for me and now, for my clients.

Tune in to discover my 3-step process to escaping the busyness trap for good. Many clients find that this is the first important step towards achieving their biggest goals - maybe it could be for you too?

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