We're big fans of podcasts in the office. We've put together this list of 5 podcasts you should listen to as well as how they relate to Human Synergistics.
Freakonomics – “How to be more productive”
All of us only have 24 hours each day. What are the right goals I should be chasing after? Charles Duhigg explores the difference between efficiency and effectiveness. This podcast plays to the concept of achievement thinking and how to choose goals that lead to you being more productive.
There is also an exploration of 8 key tools/skills and they spread across individual, group and organisational strategies that enable better productivity. They can also be applied to personal life. There is a lot of gold in this podcast that could be built into coaching, facilitation and consulting practices on leadership and culture.
Best Practice - "Culture: How We Do It Around Here"
An interview with Human Synergistics' Shaun McCarthy, Sanitarium's Peter Hartnett, and Mary Lemonis from Campbell-Arnott's. Some of the talking points are: What culture is and why it matters; why Aggressive Cultures can work in the short term but aren't sustainable over the long term; How engagement relates to culture; whether to include the CEO in culture change; navigating paradoxes in HR; and more. This is a great interview that covers a range of topics - use it as a conversation starter for your team.
The Psychology Podcast – “Increasing your emotional agility”
Susan David is interviewed in this podcast talking about how to be more emotionally agile. The content is closely aligned with the undefended principles of self actualisation, whereby emotional agility is the process that enables people to navigate life’s challenges and changes with self-acceptance, clarity and an open mind. What you will learn from listening to the podcast is the ways in which you can develop a greater sense of self-actualisation through understanding your own why and developing a greater sense of living at the edge of your own abilities through forming habits, mindsets and goals that are aligned with your “why”.
Team Guru - "Grant Dale - Giving Navy a Cultural Refresh"
Grant Dale played a crucial role in the cultural refresh that took place in the Australian Navy over the past few years. Grant was part of a team that was tasked with developing an organisation-wide leadership program that would change the dated culture of the entire Navy. The New Generation Navy program used Human Synergistics Culture and leadership diagnostics for development and, in this interview, Grant talks about how they approached the Navy cultural program. A must listen for someone looking to undertake wide-spread cultural change.
HBR Ideacast - Find Your Happy Place at Work
We often blame being unhappy on others. We blame it on the organization. We blame it on our bosses. We blame it on our coworkers. But we are responsible for finding our own happiness - and we can. Annie McKee talks about how to avoid the traps when leads to people getting stuck in an unfulfilling cycle of chasing things that don't actually lead to happiness. It's about leading from the inside out rather than the outside in. This interview relates to the Self Actualising style in LSI1 - our thinking determines our interpretation of our situations.
And, of course, our very own Podcast: Culture Bites:
We'd love you hear your podcast recommendations too.
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