The Maverick Paradox Podcast

In this episode Judith Germain speaks to David Taylor Smith   on managing businesses through choppy waters. David also provides an overview of his career, which has spanned public service, the charitable sector, and the business world. He is currently writing a book about the meaning of Britishness and the role of the landscape in shaping national identity. Key Takeaways Understand the market deep...

In today's Short Talk episode Judith Germain speaks to Marie Young about stress management for entrepreneurs. Marie shares insights on the unique stresses faced by entrepreneurs, such as burnout from wearing multiple hats and the loneliness of leadership. She emphasises the importance of reconnecting with one's purpose and finding ways to regularly recharge. Key Takeaways Marie is a stress managem...

In this Short Talk episode Judith Germain speaks to Aneace Haddad about whether it's possible to have success in leadership without personal transformation. Aneace shares his background, including his career transition from being a tech entrepreneur to becoming an executive coach, and his recent family trip to Italy. Key Takeaways Personal transformation is essential for effective leadership, espe...

In today's episode Judith Germain speaks to Kelly L Campbell about trauma-informed leadership. Kelly shares her personal journey, including starting a successful digital marketing agency in her 20s, but eventually feeling unfulfilled and selling the company. This led her to become a trauma-informed leadership coach, focusing on helping leaders integrate their own past trauma and lead from a place...

In today's episode Judith Germain speaks to Carlo Taormina about overcoming mental blocks and Carlo Taormina's journey as a high performance mindset coach. Key Takeaways Carlo overcame a severe depression and suicidal period by making one decision to take action (going on a trip) Changing your body language/physiology can shift your mental state and allow better decisions Focus on what serves you...

In today's conversation Judith Germain is speaking to Mark Shekter about how to unlock creative potential. Mark shares the story of how he initially planned to become a lawyer like his family, but ultimately found his true passion in music, comedy, and television writing. He describes the pivotal moments that led him to leave law school and pursue a creative career, despite the skepticism of those...

In today's conversation Judith Germain speaks to Nathan Andres discuss his book "Your Real Life, get Authentic, be Resilient & Make it Count" and his work on thriving, well-being, and resilience in the workplace. Nathan shares his background, explaining that he has extensive experience in the corporate world, working for large brands and helping them with business and culture growth. He now does H...

In today's episode Judith Germain speaks to Norman Bacal about slaying the mythical two-headed Perality (Perception and Reality) beast. Norman shares with Judith the collapse of his successful Canadian Law Firm and how he felt and dealt with the feelings of failure and loss. He wrote three books (the Take Charge series) based from this time.  They discuss the differences in perceptions and how to...

In this episode Judith Germain speaks to Greg Nutter about the  common mistakes B2B sales people and companies make Key Takeaways Don't spend too much time talking about your product - focus on solving the customer's problems and opportunities Influence through asking questions, not telling - get the customer thinking Plan and strategise around the customer's buying process, not just your selling...

In this episode Judith Germain speaks to Kapil Kulshreshtha about finding your voice, increasing influence, and breaking the corporate status quo. Key Takeaways Finding your voice means knowing your core identity, values, and letting that drive your expression authentically Increasing influence happens naturally when coming from a place of being, leveraging strategies/tactics like branding, networ...

In this episode Judith Germain speaks to Steve Scanlon about hi s concept of "inside-out leadership" and how he applies neuroscience principles in his coaching practice. Key Takeaways Inside-out leadership focuses on internal motivation and self-awareness rather than external factors Metacognition (thinking about one's thinking patterns) is a key practice for developing self-awareness and agency o...

In today's conversation Judith Germain speaks to Mark Nesbitt and Thomas Lebor from New Leaf on leader's decision making. Mark and Thomas introduce themselves as long-time business partners who have started and run several companies together over the past 24 years.  They discuss their previous ventures, including Urban Chill (a massage company) and Urban Leaf (a fundraising company), and how they...

In this episode Judith Germain speaks to Karin Hurt about  "Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict" and how to address conflicts proactively. Key Takeaways The book provides practical tools, techniques, and phrases to have productive conflict conversations It's based on research showing people wish they had spoken up sooner in conflicts The phrases are grounded in 4 dimensions: conne...

In this episode Judith Germain speaks to Efren A. Delgado about  discovering your unexpected enemies, allies and purpose. Efren shares details about his background, including his love of music (especially classic rock and Baroque classical), his work as a bodyguard, and his previous career as an FBI agent in both the National Security and Criminal Divisions. He explains the different missions and...

In this episode Judith Germain speaks to Scott Shute about conscious business practices and mindfulness in the workplace. Scott shares that he had a career as an executive at LinkedIn, where he led the mindfulness and compassion programmes, and is now an entrepreneur and speaker focused on conscious business practices. Key Takeaways Companies that operate with compassion and focus on employees, cu...

In this episode Judith Germain speaks to Nik Kinley about how to rewrite our Leadership Code. Nik outlines strategies for leaders to identify their underlying tendencies, understand where they come from, and consciously work to interrupt or replace unhelpful patterns with new, more purposeful behaviours. He emphasises that this is an ongoing process, not a quick fix, and requires self-awareness an...

In this episode Judith Germain speaks to Grant Baldwin about getting paid to speak. He shares his SPEAK Framework™ and his thoughts on whether you should have a set talk or one that is highly customised. Grant explains that speakers want to be the steakhouse and not the buffer and the need for your own 'movie trailer'. In this conversation they discuss whether there is a need to hire a speaker age...

In this conversation Judith Germain speaks to Eliana Gilad about finding your inner voice via your healing sound. Eliana shares how to triumph through uncertainity and the need to be who you are and how you can find your voice to make a difference. They discuss how to avoid fear stopping you from doing what you need to do. She developed a medically-proven healing voice system that creates confiden...

In this Short Talk episode  Judith Germain speaks to Danny Barber about his passion project, STEAM Arena , which aims to create community-based centres where children can engage in hands-on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) activities and creative problem-solving. He shares his vision for making these centers accessible and dynamic, with the goal of expanding STEAM Arena nationw...

In this Short Talk episode  Judith Germain speaks to Alyssa Cox about learning from failure and our attitude to risk. This conversation was originally recorded in July 22 and shares Alyssa's thoughts around fear for your own personal status. They discuss the differences between risk inclined and the risk averse organisations and how it impacts on the success of the organisations. Judith also share...

In this Short Talk episode Judith Germain speaks to Becca Powers about the need to put people before profits. This conversation was originally recorded in July 22. Becca is the author of Harness your inner CEO, she notices that when your self worth increases so does your networth. They discuss how a leader can help someone who has self worth issues. In this conversation they discuss the need to ac...

Continuing with World Creativity and Innovation Week The Maverick Paradox continues to mark the occasion with a discussion on innovation and ethical leadership from The Maverick Paradox's 6 Featured Columnists. The columnists are based in a number of countries and work asynchronous to each other. Therefore to hear the views of all the columnists we have created two short panels. In this Innovation...

Continuing with World Creativity and Innovation Week The Maverick Paradox continues to mark the occasion with a discussion on innovation and ethical leadership from The Maverick Paradox's 6 Featured Columnists. The columnists are based in a number of countries and work asynchronous to each other. Therefore to hear the views of all the columnists we have created two short panels. In this Innovation...

Continuing with World Creativity and Innovation Week The Maverick Paradox continues to mark the occasion with a discussion on innovation from The Maverick Paradox's 6 Featured Columnists. The columnists are based in a number of countries and work asynchronous to each other. Therefore to hear the views of all the columnists we have created two short panels. This is the second panel and features Jud...

It is World Creativity and Innovation Week and The Maverick Paradox has chosen to mark the occasion with a discussion on innovation from The Maverick Paradox's 6 Featured Columnists. The columnists are based in a number of countries and work asynchronous to each other. Therefore to hear the views of all the columnists we have created two short panels. This is the first panel and features Judith Ge...