The Fulfilled Leader with Jean Balfour

We all find work hard at times.Even the best job is challenging at moments and we procrastinate, complain, resist....In this episode Jean share Eckhart Tolle's 3 modalities for doing and how we can apply them in our own work to move towards Acceptance, Enjoyment and EnthusiasmYou can find Eckhart's book A New Earth here:https://shop.eckharttolle.com/collections/books/products/a-new-earth-awakening-to-your-lifes-purposeYou can find Jean here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jean.balfour/ Sign up to my weekly newsletter. Book a free strategy call: https://calendly.com/jean-balfour/30min Learn more about my work: https://jeanbalfour.com/ For more information on the podcast, show notes and journaling prompts visit my substack blog: https://jeanbalfour.substack.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/

Jean is joined by Louise Tagliante Louise and Jean talk aboutThe wide impact a mentoring programme has in an organisationHow to reinvent yourself when hit a career roadblockWhat a well structured and impactful mentoring programme includesThe slow progress we are making on gender parity and the role mentoring playsHow setbacks often help us to learn to ask for helpLouise Tagliante is Managing Director & Founder of Differentiate – owner of Protégé-Business MentoringDriven by her Purpose, “Live YOUR Passion, Live YOUR Life”, Louise encourages young business professionals to live a life of purpose, passion and meaning by making choices that often challenge their beliefs, values and culture, while effectively managing the expectations of others.Through Protégé Business Mentoring She has built a learning and collaborative community for mentors and coaches, enhancing their leadership skills, their ability to generously support others and creating opportunities to ‘pay-it forward’ for the next generation of leaders. Her entrepreneurial approach to business is founded on more than 30 years corporate experience in the financial services sector, having worked both globally and regionally in senior leadership roles.Prior to founding Differentiate in 2006, she designed and launched the Visa Business School across all countries in Asia Pacific and headed the ABN AMRO Asia Pacific Training Academy. She created Protégé-Business Mentoring in 2011 to support new leaders to find their own voice and ensure they have a ‘seat at the table’. In addition to having been a leadership coach and consultant with organisations such as INSEAD, CORE Leadership Institute and Harvard Business School, she was the first in Asia Pacific to become an accredited Coaching Supervisor.Connect with Louise Tagliante here:www.linkedin.com/company/protege-businessmentoringsg.linkedin.com/in/louisejtagliante/www.protege-mentoring.comFinding your True Northhttps://www.amazon.com/Finding-Your-True-North-Personal/dp/0470261366You can find Jean here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jean.balfour/ Sign up to my weekly newsletter. Book a free strategy call: https://calendly.com/jean-balfour/30min Learn more about my work: https://jeanbalfour.com/ For more information on the podcast, show notes and journaling prompts visit my substack blog: https://jeanbalfour.substack.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/

Are you Quiet Quitting?For the last couple of months there's been a lot of talk about Quiet Quitting.What is it and why does it matter?I this episode Jean explores some of the causes of this phenomena and what we might do about it.  Sign up to my weekly newsletter. Book a free strategy call: https://calendly.com/jean-balfour/30min Learn more about my work: https://jeanbalfour.com/ For more information on the podcast, show notes and journaling prompts visit my substack blog: https://jeanbalfour.substack.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/

In this short episode Jean shares some reflections on the impact of our devices on our holidays. Sign up to my weekly newsletter. Book a free strategy call: https://calendly.com/jean-balfour/30min Learn more about my work: https://jeanbalfour.com/ For more information on the podcast, show notes and journaling prompts visit my substack blog: https://jeanbalfour.substack.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/

Jean is joined by Aliza Knox. Aliza and Jean talk aboutPortfolio careersBeing the first Twitter employee in AsiaThe importance of serendipity in our careersHow to take a chance in your careerHow stamina helps in our careersHow to prepare for promotionThe role a personal board of directors in our careersAliza built and led APAC businesses for three of the world's top technology firms—Google, Twitter and Cloudflare. Named 2020 APAC IT Woman of The Year, she spent decades as a global finance and consulting executive, and is now a non-executive board director and a senior advisor for Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Aliza now shares her passion and lessons learned with the next generation of business leaders, guiding companies across new frontiers while building and maintaining strong connections between teams around the world.Ailza has been featured in Business Insider, Quartz, The Muse, TechCrunch and The Economic Times, and is a regular columnist for Forbes, where she shares her wisdom (and humor) to help professionals who dream of "doing it all." She’s the author of the new book Don't Quit Your Day Job: The 6 Mindshifts You Need to Rise and Thrive at Work [Wiley, April 25, 2022], which presents the six empowering, essential mindshifts necessary to rise and thrive in your career – and to love your life at the same time.Connect with Aliza Knox on:Official Site: www.alizaknox.comLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alizaknoxTwitter: twitter.com/alizaknoxYou can find Jean here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jean.balfour/ Sign up to my weekly newsletter. Book a free strategy call: https://calendly.com/jean-balfour/30min Learn more about my work: https://jeanbalfour.com/ For more information on the podcast, show notes and journaling prompts visit my substack blog: https://jeanbalfour.substack.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/

Andy and Jean talk about strengths in our working lives. They coverThe importance of assuming positive intent in others Living our strengths at workHow we can be distinctive at workHow strengths overplayed can become weaknessesThe importance of taking a breathe momentAndy is the PwC Global Sector Leaders for International Development and the PwCGlobal Client Partner for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). He and his teams are committed to unlocking the full power of the PwC network globally to support the collective efforts of the International Development / Global Development sector.Andy has been focused on the International Development market for over 12 years.Alongside his client role, in 2018 he took on a two year cycle of experience leading the PwC UK Sales and Marketing function as the firm's first UK Chief Sales and Marketing Officer. And this led him to be awarded Fellow of the Chartered Institute Of Marketing (FCIM) status, he is also a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute (CCMI).Andy is a regular public speaker, usually focusing on strengths based development, innovation, diversity, and inclusion. He has given two TED Talks and has also spoken on Gender Equality at the United Nations HQ in New York. Most recently Andy published his first book This is your Moment in which he provides a practical guide to those of us who are in transitions on how prepare for and sustain themselves for a more uncertain future.You can find Andy here:https://www.andywoodfield.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/andywoodfield/You can find Jean here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jean.balfour/ Sign up to my weekly newsletter. Book a free strategy call: https://calendly.com/jean-balfour/30min Learn more about my work: https://jeanbalfour.com/ For more information on the podcast, show notes and journaling prompts visit my substack blog: https://jeanbalfour.substack.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/

Jean’s guest on the podcast is David Balfour - her father. At 89 David is still working as an Anglican priest in the Church of Scotland. David has spent nearly all of his career as an ordained priest in the Anglican church. He grew up in the UK, India and Myanmar/Burma and then emigrated to New Zealand when he was 21 working for the Bank of New Zealand. Then when he was 29 he was ordained in the church. David then worked as a vicar in New Zealand for 46 years before his first retirement. The 2nd still hasn’t happened, and he moved to the UK in 2002 and from 2007 picked up clergy work again.David shares, towards the end, his 3 main lessons from a long career. Remain true to yourself It’s okay to failIt’s okay to be a successIn their conversation they talk about his long career and what he learnt about leadership, teams and how he sees the idea of retirement. You can get in touch with David via Jean.You can find Jean here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jean.balfour/ Sign up to my weekly newsletter. Book a free strategy call: https://calendly.com/jean-balfour/30min Learn more about my work: https://jeanbalfour.com/ For more information on the podcast, show notes and journaling prompts visit my substack blog: https://jeanbalfour.substack.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/

Covid-19 brought workplace wellbeing to the fore in organisations. The combination of the sudden change in ways of working along with the pandemic led to an urgent need to take employees' physical, emotional and mental health seriously.In this episode of Making Sense of Work, Bianca Stringuini shares her experience of leading through Covid.Bianca and Jean discussHow the lack of boundaries between work and life during the pandemic took a toll on people’s healthThe tension between our individual responsibility to look after ourselves and the role leaders and managers play creating inclusive and psychologically safe environments. How psychological safety is key to enabling employees to discuss their wellbeing. The connection between wellbeing and inclusion at workThe very personal nature of both well being and inclusionFor the past 15 years Bianca has been responsible for creating and implementing Inclusion, Diversity (I&D), Wellbeing, Engagement and Change Management strategies for Fortune 500 companies across multiple markets.Most recently she led the People Experience and Culture team at KPMG in Singapore. Their aim was to create the best employee value proposition and experience to everyone in an inclusive and human centric manner.Prior to this Bianca led Inclusion, Diversity and Wellbeing for Visa Asia Pacific, and prior to that, led I&D at JP Morgan Chase, AIG and American Express across Asia. She also headed the I&D practice for Mercer in Asia and has spearheaded strategy, business development and branding, as well as change, talent and performance management projects throughout my career.Bianca is a certified facilitator in cultural awareness, change management and cultural transformation, an I&D and wellbeing thought leader speaker.She is also an example of diverse experiences, originally from Brazil, Bianca has lived and worked in Asia, Europe and South America. Her background is in trade and international affairs and her passion continues to be global inclusive growth and impact.You can find Bianca here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/bianca-stringuini-3245592/ Sign up to my weekly newsletter. Book a free strategy call: https://calendly.com/jean-balfour/30min Learn more about my work: https://jeanbalfour.com/ For more information on the podcast, show notes and journaling prompts visit my substack blog: https://jeanbalfour.substack.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/

We all procrastinate in small ways or large ways. At times procrastination can serve us as it helps us to think more deeply about something. At other times it causes us and possibly others pain, as something simply doesn’t get done.In this episode Jean Balfour share some of the reasons we procrastinate and then identifies different ways to moving towards action. She shares 3 key strategies AwareAcknowledgeActAlong with a range of smaller strategies for moving towards action. If you are interested in our personal and professional development Looking to work with a coach. You can find Jean at Linked in - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/ or on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jean.balfour/ Sign up to my weekly newsletter. Book a free strategy call: https://calendly.com/jean-balfour/30min Learn more about my work: https://jeanbalfour.com/ For more information on the podcast, show notes and journaling prompts visit my substack blog: https://jeanbalfour.substack.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/

Jean is joined by Danielle Van de Velde. Dani helps others understand and master the art of meditation, transformative inner practice, and healing through private coaching, energy sessions, courses, and tailored programs for individuals, schools, and organizations. A sought-after healer and spiritual mentor, Dani is a popular speaker at industry forums, a published writer, and holds regular retreats in Asia and Australia. Dani has also recently published her first book -  Spirited: A Guide to your Innate Spiritual Design to Transform your Life. In Spirited Dani reframes meditation as an intentional practice to transform from reactive, to responsive, to expansive, and ultimately to creative living. She helps you remember who and what you really are, to live in active cohesion and co-creation with life and to operate creatively and intuitively in a state of flow. She shares how to remember this is when we heal and come back to our true nature and design. This is being spirited.Dani is host of the Modern Crone Podcast, has some wonderful guided meditations available on spotify and insight timer , offering Reiki and intuitive healing – and so much more. In this conversation Dani shares Her transition from corporate leader to spiritual teacher and healerHow starting her day out to be open to possibility through the ritual of greeting the dawn sets her up to be ready for whatever the day brings.The importance of taking our career and life experiences as learning experiences and not to be regretted.How to work with Head, Heart and Gut in making decisions in daily life.You can find Dani in the following places. Spirited is available on all major online bookstores and via her website. https://daniellevandevelde.comhttps://www.facebook.com/danivandeveldethemeditationteacherJoin the Spirited Community at https://instagram.com/spiritedbydaniThe Modern Crone Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/the-modern-crone/id1600664134Dani’s meditations can be found here:https://insighttimer.com/daniellevandeveldehttps://open.spotify.com/artist/5jKYHUtzl5pYLlVyGfaKot?si=L5RI8oGgRrKcBrpcN5MwgwThe Game of Life and How to Play it -  Florence Scovel Shinnhttps://www.amazon.com/Game-Life-How-Play/dp/1614270791 Sign up to my weekly newsletter. Book a free strategy call: https://calendly.com/jean-balfour/30min Learn more about my work: https://jeanbalfour.com/ For more information on the podcast, show notes and journaling prompts visit my substack blog: https://jeanbalfour.substack.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/