Dr Fiona M. Girkin

Dr Fiona M Girkin - Shenanigans Podcast

Society EN ↓ 29 episodes

Shenanigans started as a podcast about leading, following and running away, focusing on leadership and coping with toxic behaviour at work and at home. Since completing her PhD, Dr Fiona Girkin from Tasmania, Australia, wants to focus this podcast on the bad side of human nature. You will get to hear about the dark side of everyday people and how psychopathy and other dark traits can cause significant side effects in life. Dr Girkin is an expert in female psychopaths, with the latest series focusing on mothers who harm children.

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Dr Fiona M. Girkin

Episodes

Ep 5 -Followership or followship? Every captain needs deck hands 12.02.2020 14:50

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...

Ep 4 - Beyond the Numbers - Public Value in the Community Sector 19.02.2019 14:38

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...

Ep 3 - I think there’s a psychopath sitting next to me 22.01.2019 18:42

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

Ep 2 - So you want to be a Manager? What should you expect. 16.01.2019 23:05

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 &...