Maya Gudka

Refreshing Leadership with Maya - Career, Leadership & Life Design

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Hello there High Achiever! You're not alone. Here's the inside track on:- Career clarity for ambitious leaders who’ve outgrown their current role or story - Life design and work-life balance for high performers who don’t want to burn out - The “unwritten rules” of progression to C-Suite or Dream Role- Purpose, identity and dharma – when success on paper stops being enough - How the top 1% of leaders think about time, energy, money and long-term impactBecause inside the Exec Coaching room is where the real, edgy conversations on leadership are happening!

Author

Maya Gudka

Category

Business

Podcast website

www.mayagudka.com

Latest episode

Jul 6, 2026

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Episodes

197. 3 Ways To Declutter Your Work To-Do List | July Career Series 18.07.2024

Welcome to Week 3 of the July Career Series …your curated daily Career Series to enjoy with your morning coffee ☕️ Each week is themed: Week 1. 💭Big picture: how we think about our Careers Week 2. ⁠🎨Re-design our work Week 3. ⁠⏳Reduce hours worked Week 4. ⁠📈Career Acceleration - the secret playbook Week 5. ⁠🌈Career Transition As you listen along, use my Career Blindspots checklist to keep wo...

196. Capability vs Capacity: The Crucial Mistake Multi-Talented People Make | July Career Series 17.07.2024

Welcome to Week 3 of the July Career Series …your curated daily Career Series to enjoy with your morning coffee ☕️ Each week is themed: Week 1. 💭Big picture: how we think about our Careers Week 2. ⁠🎨Re-design our work Week 3. ⁠⏳Reduce hours worked Week 4. ⁠📈Career Acceleration - the secret playbook Week 5. ⁠🌈Career Transition As you listen along, use my Career Blindspots checklist to keep wo...

195. Fierce Prioritisation: Strategies for High Achievers & the Overworked | July Career Series 16.07.2024

Welcome to Week 3 of the July Career Series …your curated daily Career Series to enjoy with your morning coffee ☕️ Each week is themed: Week 1. 💭Big picture: how we think about our Careers Week 2. ⁠🎨Re-design our work Week 3. ⁠⏳Reduce hours worked Week 4. ⁠📈Career Acceleration - the secret playbook Week 5. ⁠🌈Career Transition As you listen along, use my Career Blindspots checklist to keep wo...

194. Getting To The Next Level Inside Organisations: The Unwritten Rules | July Career Series 15.07.2024

Welcome to Week 3 of the July Career Series …your curated daily Career Series to enjoy with your morning coffee ☕️ Each week is themed: Week 1. 💭Big picture: how we think about our Careers Week 2. ⁠🎨Re-design our work Week 3. ⁠⏳Reduce hours worked Week 4. ⁠📈Career Acceleration - the secret playbook Week 5. ⁠🌈Career Transition As you listen along, use my Career Blindspots checklist to keep wo...

193. Designing Your Ideal Monday | July Career Series 12.07.2024

Welcome to Week 2 of the July Career Series …your curated daily Career Series to enjoy with your morning coffee ☕️ Each week is themed: Week 1. 💭Big picture: how we think about our Careers Week 2. ⁠🎨Re-design our work Week 3. ⁠⏳Reduce hours worked Week 4. ⁠📈Career Acceleration - the secret playbook Week 5. ⁠🌈Career Transition As you listen along, use my Career Blindspots checklist to keep wo...

192. 3 Ways To Use Lateral Career moves To Boost Your Career | July Career Series 11.07.2024

Welcome to Week 2 of the July Career Series …your curated daily Career Series to enjoy with your morning coffee ☕️ Each week is themed: Week 1. 💭Big picture: how we think about our Careers Week 2. ⁠🎨Re-design our work Week 3. ⁠⏳Reduce hours worked Week 4. ⁠📈Career Acceleration - the secret playbook Week 5. ⁠🌈Career Transition As you listen along, use my Career Blindspots checklist to keep wo...

191. How To Harness Cycles In Projects, Creativity and Work | July Career Series 10.07.2024

Welcome to Week 2 of the July Career Series …your curated daily Career Series to enjoy with your morning coffee ☕️ Each week is themed: Week 1. 💭Big picture: how we think about our Careers Week 2. ⁠🎨Re-design our work Week 3. ⁠⏳Reduce hours worked Week 4. ⁠📈Career Acceleration - the secret playbook Week 5. ⁠🌈Career Transition As you listen along, use my Career Blindspots checklist to keep wo...

190. How Can I Prioritise Work AND Life? | July Career Series 09.07.2024

Welcome to Week 2 of the July Career Series …your curated daily Career Series to enjoy with your morning coffee ☕️ Each week is themed: Week 1. 💭Big picture: how we think about our Careers Week 2. ⁠🎨Re-design our work Week 3. ⁠⏳Reduce hours worked Week 4. ⁠📈Career Acceleration - the secret playbook Week 5. ⁠🌈Career Transition As you listen along, use my Career Blindspots checklist to keep wo...

189. What Is Slow Productivity and How Has It Changed My Life? | July Career Series 08.07.2024

Welcome to Week 1 of the July Career Series …your curated daily Career Series to enjoy with your morning coffee ☕️ Each week is themed: Week 1. 💭Big picture: how we think about our Careers Week 2. ⁠🎨Re-design our work Week 3. ⁠⏳Reduce hours worked Week 4. ⁠📈Career Acceleration - the secret playbook Week 5. ⁠🌈Career Transition As you listen along, use my Career Blindspots checklist to keep wo...

188. Selecting your personal Cabinet / Front Bench! | CORRECTED EPISODE July Career Series 05.07.2024

*This episode was originally published with an extended intro & error at the start, if you'd previously downloaded this episode, apologies - it should be updated now!* A slight title tweak in light of the recent UK elections - as the Prime Minister confirms his front bench, we can think about our versions too! Welcome to Week 1 of the July Career Series …your curated daily Career Series to...

187. How Do I Reframe Career Regret? | July Career Series 04.07.2024

Welcome to Week 1 of the July Career Series …your curated daily Career Series to enjoy with your morning coffee ☕️ Each week is themed: Week 1. 💭Big picture: how we think about our Careers Week 2. ⁠🎨Re-design our work Week 3. ⁠⏳Reduce hours worked Week 4. ⁠📈Career Acceleration - the secret playbook Week 5. ⁠🌈Career Transition As you listen along, use my Career Blindspots checklist to keep wo...

186. The Top 5 Career Regrets | July Career Series 03.07.2024

Welcome to Week 1 of the July Career Series …your curated daily Career Series to enjoy with your morning coffee ☕️ Each week is themed: Week 1. 💭Big picture: how we think about our Careers Week 2. ⁠🎨Re-design our work Week 3. ⁠⏳Reduce hours worked Week 4. ⁠📈Career Acceleration - the secret playbook Week 5. ⁠🌈Career Transition As you listen along, use my Career Blindspots checklist to keep wo...

185. Reigniting Your Drive For Work: Beyond The Hype Of Passion Driven Careers | July Career Series 02.07.2024

Welcome to Week 1 of the July Career Series …your curated daily Career Series to enjoy with your morning coffee ☕️ Each week is themed: Week 1. 💭Big picture: how we think about our Careers Week 2. ⁠🎨Re-design our work Week 3. ⁠⏳Reduce hours worked Week 4. ⁠📈Career Acceleration - the secret playbook Week 5. ⁠🌈Career Transition As you listen along, use my Career Blindspots checklist to keep wo...

July Career Series | Intro 01.07.2024

Welcome to Week 1 of the July Career Series …your curated daily Career Series to enjoy with your morning coffee ☕️ Each week is themed: Week 1. 💭Big picture: how we think about our Careers Week 2. ⁠🎨Re-design our work Week 3. ⁠⏳Reduce hours worked Week 4. ⁠📈Career Acceleration - the secret playbook Week 5. ⁠🌈Career Transition As you listen along, use my Career Blindspots checklist to keep wo...

BONUS EP: Mid-year Goals Check In! 28.06.2024

Join me for a guided review of the first half of this year! p.s. over the summer I will be sharing a few videos over on YouTube so follow me over there! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE8JBk-eQ0dA8zv1eWJZelA?sub_confirmation=1

183. Money & Finance practicalities 24.06.2024

Having set up the strategy, mindset and some principles we are ready to dive into some more practical matters today: How much of our budgets should we allocate - to which pots?! And here's the link to the vision builder programme: https://www.mayagudka.com/vision-builder

182. Is FIRE (Financial independence retire early) for you? 17.06.2024

Today we think through a concept that has become a movement in the last decade: FIRE! I share my take on FIRE - the pros and the cons. Learn the specifics of the Vision Builder Programme here (and message me for a special 30% discount): https://www.mayagudka.com/vision-builder

181. Are you building real wealth/assets? + other Rich Dad Poor Dad concepts 10.06.2024

Are you building real wealth through proper assets or are you just following the motions - house, car etc? Rich Dad Poor Dad made waves when it was first published. I finally read it last summer. It certainly did influence me, despite various caveats. I share some concepts from the book which might be of interest / contain some foundational concepts and some which are less intuitive, even if not n...

180. Dial up your Rich Life (using Ramit's Money Dials) 03.06.2024

This is the podcast that helps you move from overwork in a vague direction, to a place of clarity, ease and success in work and life. Today I have a concept that I think is both fascinating and so important if we are to truly experience our personal financial self discovery. Credit again to Remit Sethi here - he is an absolute wealth of knowledge on this, and this is absolutely his concept. It’s t...

174. What is your personal Rich Life Vision? 19.05.2024

Welcome to the first part of the money and finance mini series! This is a bit of a financial self-discovery journey. We build on concepts by Rameet Sethi (of I Will Make you Rich). Caveats, even though I have the rather hard to obtain CFA qualification, this episode or mini series does not constitute financial advice. Link to vision info: https://www.mayagudka.com/free-resources

173. When 'High Standards' block Success & Big Ambition, and other major client shifts 13.05.2024

Today I'm sharing with you a typical client-focused day, with a typical set of client 'ahah' moments: 1) why high standards are not the same as being ambitious and can actually block our success 2a) how to own it when we are different in some way, from the typical leadership profile at work 2b) how to advocate for your career whilst not coming across self-centred! 3) what to do when th...

172. Designing your Ideal Monday - LIVE Coaching Episode! 06.05.2024

Kyrene is back with me and I coach her on her future plans - specifically how she can build her independent work into her very busy schedule. Disclaimer - coaching is usually confidential so the nature of this conversation will not go quite as deep as I might in typical coaching - but it will still give you a taste of what's possible. Listen to Kyrene's fab podcast for social workers here:...

171. When you want to Quit on a Big Goal - Listen to this First! 30.04.2024

I have one of my wonderful social work clients, Kyrene Darko with me today. We reflect on some recent coaching / mentoring work we did together and the pivotal impact it had when she was ready to give up on a project that had a huge impact on her career. Listen to Kyrene's podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/social-work-leaders/id1700670387 If you or your team need coaching, re...

170. How should I approach AI? 25.04.2024

In today's episode I'm rejoined by Prerna Manchanda , founder of ⁠Technically Spiritual⁠ for the second half of our conversation (see the previous episode); having discussed social media usage in Part 1 (go back and listen to that if you are considering adjusting your own usage), we now move on to the considerations when using AI (or more accurately, when it is using us!). Prerna helps us...

169. How do I optimise my Instagram Usage? 22.04.2024

In today's episode I'm joined by Prerna Manchanda , founder of ⁠ Technically Spiritual⁠ . If you’ve been following the recent movement regarding smartphones and teens, you might also have questioned your own screen use, especially if you’re an Instagram (or TikTok user) - I know I have. Today, you will hear about the benefits Perna experienced when taking a year off IG, and the pros and co...

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