Dr Fiona M Girkin - Shenanigans Podcast

Followership is an important component of leadership not often spoken about. Without followers, you are not a leader and without leaders, followers have no one to ... well, follow.  In this podcast, I draw on pop culture and social media influences to better understand the importance and psychology behind followership.  I, unfortunately, keep calling it "followship" instead of the current term "fo...

Demonstrating the value of a community support organisations (CSOs), can be challenging.  Measuring community impact and client outcomes beyond “numbers through the door” can provide an understanding of the value of CSOs to consumers, the public and Government.  One way in which outcomes can be measured is through considering the value provided by a service to the public.  Public value (PV) is a f...

In Episode 3, Fiona discusses the traits of workplace psychopaths as well as what organisations can do to ensure they do not promote these individuals to leadership roles, where they can do the most damage.  "The wisdom of psychopaths" by Kevin Dutton is the prompt for this episode and recommended as a great read for people interested in this area.  Fiona drfionagirkin@gmail.com  

Episode #2 Episode two covers the topic of becoming a manager and what to expect from this experience and also what things you should consider before moving up in your career.  I talk about my experiences of management and the things I failed to consider when I moved in to a high level role.  Hope this provides some food for thought. Enjoy! Anne even joins in on the chat this time - meowww Fiona &...