The Maverick Paradox Podcast

In this Short Talk episode Judith Germain speaks to Kristi Spencer who is the Founder of The Polite Company about etiquette in business. As a graduate of The Emily Post Institute Kristi shares her beliefs and how leaders can progress once they understand the nuance of etiquette that fuels relationships. How does etiquette empower us and still be culturally appropriate? In this conversion they expl...

In today's episode Judith Germain speaks to Shaara Roman about how different generations view the workplace and what that means for the future of work and leadership. Shaara shares her belief that organisations need to pay attention to the purpose and value driven Generation Z. For our organisations to succeed we need to break through the constraints we have put on them. Judith explains why leader...

In this episode Judith Germain speaks to Meg Stafford about how to build deep trust with teams. She shares how to do this and why it is necessary. Judith explains the difference between being trusted and being trustworthy. She also shares how external processors can communicate their thinking process. Meg Stafford has been a social worker in private practice for many years, holds graduate certific...

In this Short Talk episode Judith Germain speaks to Frank Forencich about how the enemy is never wrong and the human predicament. Frank talks about how to be continuously flexible and adaptable. He shares the need to relinquish your expectations of how someone is going to react and how to cope with hyper complex systems. In this conversation find out why he has a call to creativity rather than act...

In today's episode Judith Germain with Sheila Akbar about how to help young adults become independent leaders and make the world a better place. They discuss how to stop asking limiting questions about future careers, and choosing more inspiring ones. Sheila shares about the questions that will help with their preparation and how to prepare for an Ai technology driven future. Judith provides sugge...

In today's episode Judith Germain speaks to Tom Crosshill about the myth of excellence. They discuss whether you should focus on one thing to be truly successful or should your foci be on many things. How do you gain excellence and avoid be mediocre? Tom believes he has the answer. Listen to the conversation to see if you agree. Tom shares through examples from his own journey how to find life sat...

In this Short Talk episode Judith Germain speaks to Drew Vernon about screen free education. They discuss the importance of this and how screens affect behaviour and reduces curiosity. Drew talks about the difficulty of parenting or are educating without screens and provides the alternative. This is a short conversation taking a maverick response to how we pacify and engage children. ---- Maverick...

In this episode Judith Germain speaks to Laura Reardon about how the critical skills of parenting are essential for leadership. She shares how to use your social and emotional skills at work and what happens if you don't.  In this conversation we learn how to deal with responding to conflict in the workplace in a more peaceful way. Laura Reardon is a certified Child Behaviour Specialist, she is tr...

In today's conversation Judith Germain speaks to Jake Sasseville about how to create from a place of surrender not hustle. They discuss the difference between coping and disassociation and the journey he has taken to commercial success and the lessons he can now share. He also shares how he stepped in as CEO during Covid when the company was in a tailspin. In 2 years, he turned it around, achieve...

In today's conversation Judith Germain speaks to Tim Redmond about the mistakes that businesses make. He believes that you can widen your reach by narrowing your focus. He also shares how to capture people's attention. Tim is a serial entrepreneur and shares lessons for growth by avoiding the mistakes and engaging the prospect. He discusses how to avoid planning for your business to be small. He a...

In today's episode Judith Germain speaks to Catherine Llewellyn about self mastery being the first step to self leadership. She discusses that self mastery doesn't mean you do it all yourself, it can mean working with others. It is a courageous act to choose to walk the path of mastery. How to dance yourself to awareness is conscious dancing which is an enlightening and liberating process which is...

In this 300th episode Judith Germain speaks to Nick Day MD of the multi -award wining Recruitment Agency JGA and Woosh Raza Director of People, Culture and Inclusion of NCVO. He is also Co-chair of the CIPD Central London Branch. They discuss whether you should really bring your whole self to work from an identity viewpoint; and how you should do it. First point of discussion is whether it's actua...

In this episode Judith Germain speaks to Lori Leavitt about how pivots are not fast! They discuss the 6 alignment indicators for a pivot, and what do they do to make it happen. Lori shares what is nimble decision making and how you do it, and the fact that conflict isn't always bad. They ponder whether leaders can lead without clarity, Lori shares examples to back up her argument. This is an inter...

In this episode Keith Haney interviews Judith Germain on what is the Maverick Mindset? for his Becoming Bridge Builders Podcast. In this podcast Judith helps you utilise Maverick Leadership to improve the impact and influence that you, your business, or your leadership teams can make. The conversation covers her mentors, what Maverick Leadership means and shows up, how can leaders improve their im...

These are the views of Edward Cronin and are not necessarily shared by the host or Maverick Paradox. In today's episode  Judith Germain speaks to Edward Cronin about establishing trust in communities. Edward shares his experiences about how he was hired to combat the 'war on crime' and how he decided to take a Maverick approach and work with communities. He explains how using system thinking chang...

In today's Short Talk  episode  Judith Germain speaks to Howie Zales about the lessons that businesses can learn from his broadcasting experience. This conversation is about his journey of pivoting through Covid and deciding to create additional businesses that compete or compliments the main business.  Howie shares the mindset required to make change happen. Howie Zales is an Emmy Award winning C...

In today's Short Talk, Judith Germain speaks to Elizabeth Correia about the 4 pillars to self-worth. Elizabeth shares how to achieve and demonstrate each pillar, and how leaders can build trust with their employees to enhance their employee's own self worth. This is a conversation about how to improve your self-esteem using Elizabeth's story as a base. Elizabeth is a transformational speaker, coac...

In this episode Judith Germain speaks to Douglas Squirrel about his response to being fired consistently because he was too good at his job. They discuss why talented Maverick Leaders tend not to stay in organisations and take their talents into their own businesses. Willing to do something that is not normally associated with your job title is the maverick way! Douglas talks about Bing's Ai assis...

In this SHORT TALK! Judith Germain speaks to Andrea Lukac about how to avoid burnout through managing your thoughts. Andrea shares how to set clear boundaries for wellbeing. She also speaks about how to avoid manipulation by others, how to live your life to the fullest and silence the inner critic. --- Maverick leadership is all about thinking outside the box and challenging the status quo. It's a...

In today's conversation Judith Germain speaks to Nishika de Rosairo about people and impact. She focuses on unlocking left brain and right brain thinking in humans allowing them to activate all parts of their brain and live whole, fulfilled, and impactful lives. Nishika shares the danger of educating children to believe in the binary nature of the human brain. They discuss the need to focus on the...

In this episode  Judith Germain speaks to Ben Albert about how to go from zero to hero in under 12 months (even if you're broke, unemployed, and feel completely hopeless). During Covid Ben lost his job and he needed to find work but no one was hiring marketing professionals. Ben decided to start his own podcast which led to his first job during Covid, teaching students how to podcast. He decided t...

In this episode Judith Germain speaks to Kendra Lee about shared culture and white allies. They discuss the importance of allyship and who tells the stories of marginalised communities. Does the choice of different races providing allyship training the right thing or is it just appeasing the majority group. How much 'uncomfortableness' is necessary for the training to be effective. Kendra asks how...

In this episode Judith Germain speaks to Victoria Pelletier about becoming one of the youngest Chief Operating Officers at the age of 24, a President by 35 and a CEO by age 41. This is her story where she shares her vulnerability, insights and beliefs that enabled her to take her Socialised Maverick nature and apply it to the cut throat corporate world. They discuss the nonsense of relationship ma...

In this conversation Judith Germain speaks to Catherine Morgan about how the employer can act as a decent human. Catherine explains the need for employers to take active steps to support employees' mental health and sites a study in the UK that show that when they do, each employee in the company is more productive by 11 days. This is regardless of whether they have directly benefited from mental...

This episode was originally recorded on 24 January 2023 and the views expressed in this programme are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Maverick Paradox or its employees. An award winning speaker and founder of the UK Professional Speaking Association, Judith Germain's guest Rikki Arundle has faced considerable discrimination when they came out as t...