Leadership Unwrapped

In this episode of Off the Shelf, we discuss some of our key takeaways from the world-renowned book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey.

This is a special one for us! We are truly over the moon to bring you this episode with the wonderful Marian Byrne, professional coach, executive mentor and leadership development specialist. With over 22 years’ experience as a coach, Marian Byrne brings a uniquely supportive, practical, and transformational approach to leadership development anchored in a deep belief in human potential. To see mo...

We are back with our second episode of Off the Shelf! In this episode we discuss the book The Keys to Kindness by Claudia Hammond, which is a wonderful reminder that kindness really is all around.

In this episode, we are joined by Aoife O'Brien, founder of Happier at Work, and host of the award winning Happier at Work® podcast. We absolutely loved this conversation where we chat about Aoife's work on cultivating human-centred workplace cultures that prioritise wellbeing, career growth, and meaningful impact as well as our thoughts on the importance of workplace happiness and what all of thi...

Welcome to our first episode of Off the Shelf! We are starting strong with a discussion about one of our favourite books of all time, The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.

We are excited to announce that Leadership Unwrapped will soon be releasing the first of our "Off the Shelf" series, where we have short conversations about books with big ideas. If you have a book that you think we would be interested in, please do send it our way!

We are back from the summer break with a fabulous episode with Michelle Stowe, educator at heart and Founder and Director of Connect RP. This conversation is grounded in the restorative philosophy which acknowledges and honours that we are all profoundly relational and interconnected. Michelle truly embodies this restorative way of being and we came away from this chat absolutely beaming! There is...

In this episode, we were joined by the incredible Síle Walsh, founder of ELIS Advantage and highly experienced coach. Síle is passionate about inclusion, psychological safety at work and is fascinated by group dynamics and culture, all of which we touched on in this episode. We could have stayed chatting for another couple of hours! Síle has a new book on Inclusive Leadership upcoming which we can...

We were delighted to be joined this week by Jamie Shapiro, CEO of Connected ED, Master Certified Executive Leadership Coach, professional speaker, researcher, facilitator, and nutritionist. Jamie's wealth of expertise is channeled into her vision to bring a new form of full body coaching to people in the business world. In this episode, we speak about the importance of looking after not just t...

We are delighted to launch Season 3 with a wonderful conversation with Bidita Sadiq, International Baccalaureate teacher living and working in London. Bidita is passionate about exploring diverse perspectives of leadership and gaining insight into leadership from a variety of cultures and contexts. This conversation focuses on the importance of opening up our thinking in this space. Bidita also sh...

Listener caution is advised for this episode. In this conversation, we discuss matters such depression, anxiety, and suicide in the context of executive loneliness which some listeners may find upsetting. This week, we speak with Nick Jonsson, co-founder and managing director of Executives' Global Network (EGN) Singapore, Malaysia & Indonesia. Nick is an international speaker, executive co...

This week, we speak with Dr. Tony Humphreys, psychologist, author, lecturer and international speaker. We discuss many aspects of Tony's work including how a potentiality model of human behaviour underpins his work and how his work offers opportunities for individuals to deepen their sense of self and create more conscious relationships with self and others. His comments on the importance of s...

In this episode we speak with Linda Crockett about the difficult topic of workplace bullying. Linda is the founder of the Canadian Institute of Workplace Bullying Resources. She is a trail blazer in seeking to eradicate workplace incivility and bullying and she is internationally renowned as an international expert on the topic of workplace psychological harassment. Linda has been specializing in...

We finally got the speak with Kathryn Corbett and Rachel O'Connor from the WILL (Women in Leadership and Learning) network! Rachel and Kathryn have a wealth of experience in leadership at both school and systems levels and have created the network for aspiring and inspiring female teacher leaders in education to support, share and learn from each other. So after a WILL brunch it was time to si...

Listener caution is advised for this episode. In this conversation, we discuss matters such as harmful sexual behaviour and sexual assault within the context of research and sex education, which some listeners may find upsetting. In this week's episode, we spoke to Susan Quain, qualified primary school teacher with 10 years experience working in a large special school. Susan currently works as...

We loved every minute of our chat with Liam Moggan! Liam is a graduate of Thomond College, where he qualified as a post-primary school teacher. He has had a rich and varied career, becoming renowned as a successful coach. Liam describes his work as a coach of people rather than a sports coach and his life's work is based on the premise of focusing on the individual before all else. His passion...

It was such a joy to chat to Chloë Enright about her love for mental health promotion and her new company Compassionate Co. Chloë recently launched this company with the aim of helping others to cultivate self-compassion through her guided journal. She discussed her own journey with mental health and the motivation behind the creation of Compassionate Co. This included a combination of experience,...

This week, we spoke to Kingsley Aikins, Economics and Politics Graduate from Trinity College Dublin and CEO of The Networking Institute. At The Networking Institute, Kingsley and his colleagues have developed a unique and distinctive approach to Networking training which they are sharing worldwide. In our conversation, Kingsley shares some of his insight into what networking means, why it is so im...

Leadership guru, Jo Owen, joined us in this episode for an amazing conversation about all things leadership. Jo is an award winning author, keynote speaker and social entrepreneur and is the only three time winner of the Chartered Management Institute Gold Award for books. The conversation is based on his book entitled "Myths of Leadership". It is not often that you get to speak to the a...

In this podcast we speak with Dr. Marie Connolly, Director of Human Rights at the University of Limerick in Ireland. Marie has had a career of firsts in championing equality, diversity, and inclusion. She has over thirty years experience in leading, driving, and implementing key change initiatives within industry and higher education. Marie is a leader in the field on gender equality at sectoral a...

Kieran Golden is the current principal of Mayfield Community School and past president of the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience which he shares with us openly, and it was an absolute pleasure to join him at Mayfield Community School to chat about all things leadership. We speak about Kieran's journey to leadership, the joys of...

This week's episode is with the wonderful Thomas McCormack. Speaking with Thomas is like a breath of fresh air! He has an incredible way of opening up a conversation and creating a real sense of connection in a room. We took so much away from this conversation about presence and connection and we really hope that you do too. Enjoy!

Chatting to Dr. Denise Mifsud about her experiences in leadership was an absolute treat. Denise is currently Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Bath, and has over two decades of practitioner experience in education settings in both teaching and high-level leadership roles within the Maltese Ministry for Education. Denise brings a unique viewpoint through her experie...

We chat to Professor Giles Warrington, current Head of Department at the Physical Education and Sport Sciences (PESS) Department at the University of Limerick and Professor of Sport and Exercise Physiology. We chat about Giles' career in high performance sports and academia, his insights into coaching, and his research on sleep. Giles shares insights into his humanistic approach to leadership and...

In this episode, we speak with Professor Jim Spillane. Jim's work on educational leadership and policy has had a profound influence on of research, policy, and practice. It was a privilege to speak to Jim about his developing insights on distributed leadership, which we are currently researching within the Irish context, as well as an insider's perspective on his new book, with co-author Rebecca L...