Ways to Change the Workplace with Prina Shah

The Power of Clarity for Your Organisational Culture What is the difference between lack of productivity and lack of clarity? What is the secret to getting everyone in your workplace working toward a common goal? Can your workplace thrive without a framework for decision-making and success? Do you really know how to lead clear and effective meetings?   About today’s episode:   Today I chat with An...

Have you ever been cheated on? Remember how it stings? Remember how it was to rebuild trust? Or perhaps you never got to that stage, as often, when trust is broken, it is difficult or near impossible to regain. Let's think about breaking of trust in a workplace... I regularly talk about the concept of positional power that you hold in the workplace. If you break trust of your team, peers, col...

Sooooo many people chicken out of giving or asking for feedback due to fear. It is a tale as old as time. Why is it that many find it difficult to be assertive in giving and receiving feedback? This is something I have been pondering on for a while. In the workplace, it is because many have not been trained on how to deliver feedback effectively - without the special sh1t sandwich formula...   I h...

How can you create a meaningful career that pays the bills AND gives you joy? You know you need to make changes in your career, but don’t know how to… Spoiler alert: we are all heading to one destination (death) – therefore make your work life matter more…   About today’s episode: Today I chat with Tammy Gooler Loeb, the author of Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and D...

Trigger warning for anyone affected by alcoholism or domestic violence. My story is one I haven't told anyone. Michelle, my client, recently asked me why I do what I do. She wanted to know what motivates me to work with organisations to develop their people, teams and cultures. I gave her the most generic response because I didn't know how to articulate my story. My story begins with fin...

Influence like an influencer! View the youtube version here! Have you conducted a skills audit on the way that you influence others? Do you influence others using friendliness? bargaining? reasoning? use of power? anger? assertiveness? or coalition building? There's many ways in which you can influence others. Try, doing an influencing skills audit this week and see the techniques that you ar...

4 Types of Organisational Change! Refer to the YouTube training video link to accompany this podcast episode. Are your organisation's change efforts resulting in:   A sinking ship. People flying blind. Are people onboard and ready to take flight. Or is it simply plain sailing? I have seen all 4 play out in workplaces. If you want to develop your organisational cultures so change isn't pa...

Cheer Up: Is Toxic Positivity Ruining Your Culture?   How can you find ways to change the workplace culture if you find yourself in an environment of toxic positivity? How can you create an environment where depth of conversation can exist in place of toxic positivity, when it comes to emotional intelligence in the workplace? How can you interpret the value of negative emotions as data in order to...

Detachment. It is the trait of Zen Masters and you can learn it too! A lot of the toxic team issues I have helped rectify have been the result of people holding on to grudges, past traumas and work place wrongs. You know holding onto such things can affect you mentally and physically? Learn to how let go of unnecessary stuff in this episode! Send Prina a text to let her know how you'd change t...

Are you an inclusive leader? I have had the pleasure of supporting many CEOs and senior leaders to become more inclusive and I share practical tips with you! The way you include your people will impact the way you are perceived and trusted.  Subscribe to Prina’s monthly-ish newsletter  Email Prina with your query   I share examples of what you can do to be more inclusive.  More about your host, Pr...

Have you noticed something about the best leaders at your workplace?  What is it about them that makes them the best? Is it technical knowledge? Is it their leadership skills? Or could it be that they take you on a journey… Subscribe to Prina’s monthly-ish newsletter   Work with Prina - email her! Help yourself to free stuff! About today’s episode: Today I speak with Author Jamie Dixon about How L...

Are you a corporate martyr or a realist? You can't do it all- therefore you need to learn the fine art of delegation. This week I have a few questions for you to consider about how you delegate and communicate. Try my easy formula and let me know how you go! Wouldn’t you love that as a people manager? It can be done... Subscribe to Prina’s monthly-ish newsletter Prina (Helping you find GREAT...

Avoid these traps if you are a new CEO... I have had the pleasure of Coaching many CEOs and senior leaders to begin their new roles effectively. The way you start any job will determine how you are perceived, liked and followed by those you lead.  Subscribe to Prina’s monthly-ish newsletter  Email Prina with your query   Are you new as a CEO?  Do you have mandates from the Board / Investors or Sha...

Do you feel like a fake, phony and fraud at work? Are you holding back parts of you? Did you know that many people of colour don’t enjoy being in the workplace because of a raft of reasons… Has your workplace rolled out Unconscious Bias training as part of their diversity and equity efforts? Have they missed the mark? Subscribe to Prina’s monthly-ish newsletter   Watch the YouTube version here! Ab...

Have you built a solutions focused team? Imagine this: John has come to you with an issue that he has just uncovered, and he doesn't know how to respond to it. A stressful verbal avalanche awaits you! Versus John has come to you with an issue that he has discovered, and he has shared with you potential solutions to this issue, including the potential costs and risk implications and people imp...

4 ways to benefit from the great resignation Subscribe to Prina’s monthly-ish newsletter to get practical tips, tools and more! Have people left your workplace?  Have they quit to move on to other things? Have they been fired because they refused to get vaccinated? Either way, you’re probably doing more work with fewer people.  You may be in it for the long game. If that is you, this episode speak...

How Effective is Group and Team Coaching?   How can you break silos at your workplace? How can you foster genuine collaboration and innovation? How can you use the brains of ALL and not the chosen few high potentials? How are Ro and I disillusioned HR people?  We talk about all that and more! Reach out to learn how you can enable group or team coaching at your workplace!  About today’s episode:  ...

It felt like everyone wanted a piece of me when I became a manager; to ask questions, to get direction, to update me, to make decisions! It was overwhelming until I took carriage of it with an interruptions / distractions log and my analysis of it was so insightful! This week I have a few questions for you to consider in relation to how you are uisng your time - are you an active or a passive pass...

The larger the organisation, the larger its woes, often.  I have supported many organisations with these issues. Do reach out to me if you need help: prina@prinashah.com   This is what I talk to in this episode. About today’s episode: 5 Problems that Hierarchical Structures Face 1.    Is your leadership pecking order in effect causing your leaders to negatively compete with each other? 2.    Has y...

How can you fit in to a work culture being a migrant woman? How can workplaces be more open to diverse experiences of their workforce? Are you ready to move your workplace beyond lip service diversity measures?     About today’s episode:   Today I chat with Sharn Khaira who is the CEO of the Asian Female Entrepreneurs Collective in the UK.  Sharn has a great back story about being a child of migra...

Burnout, stress, fatigue, anxiety, depression - they are all common ailments, often relating from our jobs. How awful is that?  One thing that helps is to be more introspective. Not in a naval gazing way, but to do a practical selfcare audit. Sign up to the FREE Leadership Coaching Question Series where you get video snippets + BONUS coaching tools and resources delivered to your inbox every week...

Have you got a new relationship with your job? (You’re not alone…) Have you redefined what you want in your career, what you stand for and what you stand against? If you’re an employer, the link of your workforce’s psychological contract and your workplace culture are immense. Have you checked in? About today’s episode: Today is a solo episode about: The Great Realisation (not the Great Resignatio...

How can you develop a collaborative organisational culture?   How can you develop working relationships that can weather any storm?   How can you enable people to think strategically with a long term mindset? How can you develop a strong team brand?     About today’s episode: Today I chat with Business Relationship Management Expert, Malini Jayaganesh. I speak with Malini about: Becoming Better at...

Are you that busy, "I have no time" type? Or are you the type that carves thinking and strategic time into your week as a non-negotiable? Guess what style Execs, high achievers and the more content folk amongst us tend to apply...? Do you get off the dance floor and take balcony time? Prina ( wishing you well in your leadership journey ) Shah Sign up to the FREE Leadership Coaching Quest...

Should I stay, or should I go? Have you had enough of your job? Is it time for a change? Are you considering quitting your job? Tune in to this episode first…   About today’s episode:   It is a solo episode with moi today on the topic of: Should I Stay, or Should I Go? (Before you quit, listen to this!) I discuss:  The reasons you may be considering quitting your job. The analogy of - don’t do any...