In this episode Deepa shares her 3 ways to reduce internal negative voices. A very simple and holistic approach that involves the Body, Mind and Soul. In just 14mins you will learn 3 simple techniques to reduce the percentage of time your negative voices run you. Meet your potential by reducing the percentage of time the limiting voices are active. 

What is the cost of being Action Biased? What is the impact of being in action all the time. The #1 trait of a high Achiever is to be action oriented. In this episode Deepa shares four counter intuitive moves to being action biased. If you want to know the 5 other traits of a High Achiever check out the ebook: www.meetmypotential.com/ebook to learn about strengths and liabilities of each of the 6 traits of a High Achiever.Here's a video on this episode: https://youtu.be/lkD8FxLm0Dw

Matthieu a serial entrepreneur talks about the importance of values in an organisation. What do you do when employees are brilliant and don’t adhere to key values? What happens when you put results on top of values?Points covered in this episodeMatthieu's proverb: "Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee". Why is it important to take time to think, analyse and then act quicklyWhat is the culture that inspires people across generations?Why are values important to a company? How do they help make decisions?What do you do when employees are brilliant and don’t adhere to key values?What happens when you put results on top of values?Matthieu shares the importance of well being at work.About Matthieu StefaniMatthieu is an serial entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of CosaVostra. An agency that provides consulting in innovation and digital strategy. Matthieu has a french podcast, Generation: Do it yourself. https://www.gdiy.frIn Generation Do It Yourself, Matthieu shares in-depth stories and lessons on entrepreneurship, success factors and failure stories. Contact Matthieu at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefani/

What will you learn in this episode:What are the 5 mindtraps that detail us in complex times?An in-depth overview of the "control" mind trap.What happens when we control too much in complexity. How do we get into a negative spiral with control and how that impacts the culture at work.Jennifer Garvey Berger shares one simple tip on how we can let go a bit and start to influence our systems more?About Jennifer Garvey Berger:Jennifer Garvey Berger has a masters and a doctorate from Harvard University. She coaches some of the world leaders and teaches and runs leadership programs. She has written 3 books. The last one being Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps: How to Thrive in ComplexityResources: Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps: How to Thrive in ComplexityJennifer's website: https://www.cultivatingleadership.co.nz

 In this episode Deepa share’s with you: ONE simple way to deal with blame. How most people respond when they feel blamed. How can we stop the conversation from becoming toxic and going downhill?Learn one simple and powerful tip to deal with blame. Based on the research of Dr. John Gottman. What will you get from this episode:Blame can make us feel that we are not good enough. Here you will learn ONE simple way to deal with blame.What is the most common response when people feel blamed?How can we stop the conversation from becoming toxic and going downhill? 

 Why do people play organisational Politics? In simple terms how does our brain work? Understand some simple things that explains the human behaviour. Why to people allow others to fail in an organisation? Why do people hold grudges and take revenge? How can you tap into the wisdom and the sage in you with your prefrontal cortex? Lori shares one TIP to have more peace and convergence in organisation. Insights you will get from listening to Lori (21min)What is politics? Is it something negative / pejorative?What is the origin of organisational politics?How does the survival brain get in the way of us responding from a rational creative way?What does our emotional limbic brain do when threatened?How can we activate more of our reasoning : prefrontal cortex?A lot of times we think we are logical when in fact we are driven by the emotional brain. This happens subconsciously or unconsciously.What triggers our limbic brain that makes us take revenge, hold grudges?“No one person can hold the complexity of everything. The minute you think that things are simple, that’s an indication that your limbic system is in charge of you.” About Lori ShookLori Shook has more than 20 years of experience in creating experimental learning. her programs are based on neuroscience and she is passionate about making learning stick. She loves to bring science, people development into organisations and societies.Website: https://shooksvensen.com  

 What is an Agile Organisation? Why is it important to reinvent your organisation? What is the ONE Big challenge organisations face to become more agile? What behaviours do we see in a Agile organisation? Learn ONE simple TIP that will take you a step closer to becoming more agile.About Peter StoppelenburgPeter Stoppelenburg is the founder of House of transformation with 25 years of experience in Business and transforming organisations. He helps teams become high performing teams.Insights you will get from listening to Peter (27min)What does an Agile Organisation look like?What is the biggest challenge that gets in the way of becoming an Agile organisation?How does too much Control, over perfection, pleasing and distancing take people from an Agile organisation.70% of the ingredients needed for an Agile Organisation is: Culture, Mindset and Attitude.Why is it hard to enrol people in a transformation?The importance of Kindness and Support in organisations.What’s fundamentally needed to build trust.Learn more about Peter at: http://houseoftransformation.nl

When do you know you are successful? Who is a successful person for you? What is it about them that makes them successful? What gets in the way of us feeling like we are successful? Anya answers some of these questions from a very simple and different perspective. Listen 18min on how you can feel successful.What you will get from this episodeWhen will you know you are successful? What does that look like? What are those metrics?Anya answers how she measures success and shares her perspective on “When is it enough?” “When do you know that you have arrived?”What is the feeling and emotion you are desiring about success?What’s important about Presence. Authority. Confidence.What comes in the way of feeling successful?What is the measure of success for you?About Anya Romanova:Anya Romanova is a certified coach, and facilitator who specialises in Diversity and Inclusion. She has build her own community of 700 women member and has now created an online program and teaches other coaches to build their communities through life workshop.She is the co-founder of Modern Love Project , where she runs events for conscious singles in Toronto. She has spearheaded a women’s leadership group “Spark Your Life Sisterhood” with over 700 members. Has designed and lead over 60 workshops in the last 3 years.Website: https://www.anyaromanova.com

  In 7 min you get key answers to some of these questions. Why is blame so easy? How to reduce blame in the midst of organisation politics? How do you diffuse the blame you receive?Blame is easy. Engaging in a real dialogue and leaning into ambiguity of what you will hear is hard.It is easier to stay with blame. Blame allows one to look good. Looking good unfortunately can equate to self-promotion, leading to carrier advancement, recognition and potentially monetary benefits.From various interviews I found that: In a politically charged environment, BLAME is always present. I have blamed people. When I blame, I have a feeling of being in control. I behave from a place of I know what is wrong. I talk as if I know how things should actually be done.  Blame helps us to keep control. Although I have reduced the percentage of time I blame, I cannot say I am Non-Blamer. The question for me is:Can we reduce percentage of time we end up blaming and allow blame to become a toxic culture?2 ways to reduce blame1. Have a real conversation. Step 1:If you are receiving blame, normalise the situation to stop the blaming process by: Accepting your part of the problem: Start by looking at the 2% truth in what’s being said. OR. Look for the intension behind the blame.Step 2: Ask to have a dialogue where you can curiously explore how things were setup for failure.Bréne Brown says:Blame is simply the discharge of discomfort, pain and anger.When something goes wrong, we’re too busy making connections as quickly as we can about whose fault it is, instead of slowing down, listening, and leaving enough space for empathy to arise.Bravery is about engaging in a conversation that can take surprising directions and the outcomes of which can impact the way you do things. We are all collectively co-responsible for any failure in a system. When we adopt this mindset, teams and organizations can quickly jump into a real conversation.2. Bring more clarityTalk about what success looks like.Paint a clear picture. We so baldly want to go fast and want people to do things just like how we imagine. Bringing clarity means taking time to make others successful.If you do find yourself blaming, remember it’s good you caught yourself being there.Forgive yourself and take a deep breath the next time, blame slips in. We have all been blamers. What we want to do is reduce the percentage of time that we go around blaming and eventually create co-responsibility.Read also: Trapped by politics and yearning to show your potential at workWhat is the Impact of Organisational Politics on stress?Impact of Organisational Politics on peopleAbout the author:Deepa has been helping organisations make change happen through mindset change programs. She was intrigued by the power of politics. So she interviewed 20 people in 4 different organisations and they shared numerous stories with her. Many managers feel alone and want to talk about this subject and reduce the inefficiency it creates. Deepa is currently building a program on brave leadership to free the mind of politics.To know more about the pilot program, please write to her at: Deepa@meetmypotential.com

 What is Politics? What is organisational Politics? What words come to your mind when you hear politics? How does that impact your mind? What is one thing you can do to create more clear spaces and free your mind.  Key Points discussed in the PodcastAristotle’s definition of Politics: Politics is a “practical science” because it deals with making citizens happy.Michael Jarrett, Prof from INSEAD Singapore describes Organisational Politics as: ” Organisational politics refers to a variety of activities associated with the use ofinfluence tactics to improve personal or organisational interests.”Politics makes people Hyper vigilant.Hyper Vigilant is an intense anxiety that gets created about all the things that can go wrong. Its a sense of Vigilance that is too alert and doesn’t rest.3 Main Impacts of being Hyper vigilant: Becoming Self-protectiveBecoming Paranoid Feeling LonelyOne TIPBring more clarity by courageously sharing the story you are makinge.g. The story I am making is that ______(story: you are waiting for me to fail) and that makes me ________(feeling: not trust you), I need _________(your need: you to share the more information with my team).You have the choice to switch off that TV channel in your brain that makes stories i.e. you have the choice to believe every thought you have.Remember: CLARITY means peace of mind.CLARITY means efficiency.I hope you will take one step forward to creating a clear space around you.Questions, suggestions, want to share your story with me…I would love to hear from you.About my work on Organisational Politics:I have been helping organisations make change happen through mindset change programs. I was intrigued by the power of politics. So I interviewed about 20 people in 4 different organisations and they shared numerous stories with me. Some of the managers spoke to me for almost 1,5 hrs when we had only 45 min schedule. There is a strong need for manager in organisations to talk about this subject and reduce the inefficiency it creates. I am currently building a program on brave leadership to free the mind of politics.To know more about the pilot program, please write to me at: Deepa@meetmypotential.com