Leadership in Business - podcast with Klaudyna Smit

Ep 15: Do You Feel Valued At Work?

Over 65% of employees do not feel recognized at work. It is a lot! What does it mean for us, as employees? What does it say about our employers, our leaders? Moreover, what does it say about us as leaders? Listen to todays episode in which Klaudyna highlights the importance of recognition at work, benefits of people being recognized, the importance of re-evaluation, staying realistic and being transparent. Did you talk to your boss about how you feel? Are you the kind of leader people feel comfortable speaking to about their value?
 
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Ep 14: Why Do You Need a Mentor?

Mentorship is one of the most valuable relationships you can establish. Not only for your business, but also a personal growth. How does a mentor differ from a business coach? What is a true mentorship relationship about? How to pick a great mentor? How to finalize a mentoring relationship? All of that and so much more on this episode.
 
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Ep 13: Niven Postma - Why Should Anyone Be Led By You? Leadership in Light of Office Politics

Why should anyone be led by you? How does power differ from authority in a true and authentic leadership? Why not everyone who is in a leadership position is a leader? Why a true and a great leader is like a gardener? How do office politics impact leadership? Is office politics something we can escape? Did you know that sometimes people get fired over the office politics? Those and so many other questions are answered in an incredibly interesting way by Niven Postma - Klaudyna's very special guest of this 13th and a lucky episode. 
Niven Postma is a world-known and a strongly recognized on a global arena leadership expert. She has held executive positions since she was 29, in a career that has spanned multiple sectors and roles. Before starting up her own consultancy and embarking on her PhD, her positions included being CEO of the Businesswomen’s Association, Head of the SARB Academy at the South African Reserve Bank and Head of Leadership and Culture for the Standard Bank Group (the largest bank by assets in Africa). She is a Harvard Business Review and Inc. Africa contributor, a strategy and culture facilitator for clients in industries as diverse as financial services, retail, media and manufacturing and an expert lecturer and facilitator on women’s leadership development programmes around the world. She is also the Chairman of the Board of Cotlands, an NGO that does cutting edge work in the Early Childhood Development space in South Africa and beyond. Niven is also an author of a book focusing on office politics "IF YOU DON'T DO POLITICS, POLITICS WILL DO YOU…: A guide to navigating office politics effectively and ethically. (And yes, it is possible.)". 
This conversation will change your perspective on leadership and office politics. It will show you a perspective of those both topics you will not forget about.
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Ep 12: Leading a Change Through People in Small and Large Organizations

Yesterday I gave a seminar to the MBA students and alumni at Cracow Business School. I was invited as a special guest to share my knowledge and experience as a leader. The topic we covered was about leading a change in small and large organizations. The session was so interactive, I got so many questions, we got into so many interesting conversations and even though I knew that leading a change is a topic that is so important, the session made me realize that there needs to be definitely more awareness around it too. I am happy to bring to you this episode in which I cover:
Defining a change and its impact on people and the organization;
Leadership of the people through the change – the lifecycle of a change;
Influencing and leading a change – effective change leadership vs change management
Importance of strong leadership among organizational changes;
Cultural impact on change leadership.
Be the leader for your people who leads them through the change, understand the difference between leading a change vs change management. 
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Ep 11: A Power of Trust & Storytelling in Leadership - discussion with Magda Petryniak

Imagine that you are on a beautiful island, spending there an amazing day with your favorite person in the world, just enjoying the day. 
Now... did you mind take you there as you were reading it? Were you able to put yourself in this story?
Storytelling is very powerful. In a story, we can make anything happen. If that's the case, why not bring it to business? Why not leverage a power of storytelling in leadership?
In this episode Klaudyna hosts a special guest, Magdalena Petryniak. Magda is a CEO Story Seekers Poland and Leadership and Communication Consultant & Trainer. Klaudyna & Magda, both so passionate about leadership go into a deep dive conversation around true and authentic leadership and what it comes down to. They talk about the importance of trust and empathy and a power of storytelling and... Tune in & enjoy!
 
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Ep 10: Life’s Too Short For Having a Job You Don’t Love

The fact is that 90 000 hours is what we spend at work. That's 10 long years of our lifetime. If you don't have a job that you love, it's time to change it. Find something that you do indeed love, be great at it, achieve success! I know - it's not as simple as that. How to do it then? Listen to the episode to get an inspiration about finding the job you love, to understand the importance of it and to get some ideas on where to begin and how to make it happen.
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Ep 9: Brian Lynch about a successful transition from a corporate to a start-up world.

"No job is too small for you" - Brian Lynch.
Do you have to plan your career in order to achieve success in business? How can your career look like in a financial industry? Does a career in a corporate world differ from planning a career at a start-up? What are the differences between big corporations and start-ups from a business career stand point and how do you transition from one to another? Is there a personality type that fits a start-up environment but not a corporate one? Listen to this episode to get all the answers to those questions and so much more!
In todays episode Klaudyna is hosting Brian Lynch, the President of the U.S. Business at SteelEye - an incredibly successful person who knows all about fintech world and will share his perspective on this business with us today. After 25 years in financial industry working in global corporations and then moving on to start-ups, Brian talks to Klaudyna about a successful transition from a corporate to a start-up environment,  what the transition really entails and how much it surprised him. Brian uncovers how an unplanned career can turn into a successful and satisfying path, what does "working for the men" mean, how does a day-to-day at a start-up look like and how different it is from a well-oiled machines like big corporations. This conversation is going to inspire you so listen to it now!
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Ep 8: Sharing feedback. Give people a chance to grow.

Did you know that 65% of employees want more feedback? Did you know that people on the end of receiving feedback feel more comfortable than those who share it? Feedback is a critical factor for growth. Klaudyna talks all about it while sharing interesting experiences and stories. She is also noticing how we judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior.
Listen to this episode to understand the importance of sharing feedback, to learn the rules of effective and valuable feedback sharing conversations. 
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Ep 7: Stop Talking. Be The Leader Who Listens.

How much of information do you think you retain from your conversations with people? What is your speaking to listening ratio? Do you multitask while speaking with your team? Do you think you listen with an intent to listen or with an intent to reply? Is listening to our people as leaders the same as hearing them out, and what does Kodak, Blackberry and Boeing have to do with it all?
Listen to this episode to get all the answers and inspiration for yourself as a leader.
 
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Ep 6: Self-Doubt in Leadership

Do you ever doubt yourself as a leader? Do you question your actions, your decision-making process? In this episode, Klaudyna talks about self-doubt in leadership; what it really means and whether it is healthy and helpful to have self-doubts being a leader. 
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