Sharon Jones is founder of Be A Better You and passionate about using feedback to build self-awareness in people so they can be the best professionals they can possibly be. In this episode she shares her insights on the power of building soft skills and advice for HR teams who are looking to make more impact with their leadership development programs.

Sharon wrote her book in 2019 – you can find it here:

https://a.co/d/cRxkwlX

You can follow Sharon on LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonjones

See the article she referenced here:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sharonjones_beabetteryou-alwayslearning-greatmanager-activity-7325855813850341378-2KJo

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http://www.beabetteryou.ca/

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This week Naomi catches up with Kevin Eikenberry who shares insight from his most recent book – Flexible Leadership. Kevin is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group and has spent more than three decades in the leadership space. His new book identifies the important of being flexible as a leader. Many leadership frameworks simplify our approach to leadership resulting in the unintended consequence of leaders creating set identities.

You can learn more about Kevin’s work including his book here:

https://kevineikenberry.com

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In this week’s episode, Mark has the opportunity to connect with Joe Davis – author of The Generous Leader. Joe spent much of his career in senior roles at Boston Consulting Group providing him with the opportunity to identify the value for leaders of giving of themselves without any expectation. In this episode you’ll learn lessons from Joe about how to deliver on this objective.

You can learn more about Joe’s book here:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-generous-leader-7-ways-to-give-of-yourself-for-everyone-s-gain-joe-davis/20253745

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/joedavis1313/

In the episode, Joe references how Marriott International CEO Arne Sorenson exemplified authenticity during COVID. You can read more here:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2020/03/21/marriotts-ceo-demonstrates-truly-authentic-leadership-in-a-remarkably-emotional-video/

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This week, co-host Naomi Titleman has Katya Laviolette on the podcast. Katya is Chief People Officer of Canadian company 1Password. She shares her experience building a culture in their fully remote environment that attracts and retains top talent.

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/1password/

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In this week’s episode, co-host Naomi TItleman connects with Cydney Roach to talk about the impact of the erosion of trust on work. Cydney is the former Global Chair of Workplace Advisory & Business Transformation at Edelman and has a depth of experience across different sectors.

Cydney provides a helpful definition of trust and a framework for us to think about what makes up trust. She provides insight from Edelman research that give us important context about how an erosion of trust is impacting the workplace.

You can read the report here:

https://www.edelman.com/trend-report-2025

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/cydneyroach/

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In this week’s episode, co-host Mark Edgar spends time with Carey-Ann Oestreicher to talk about the traumatic life events that have shaped her and how she’s uses these experiences to provide a holistic approach for her coaching clients.

Carey-Ann is a coach and founder of Potential Unlimited. You can learn more about her work here:

https://www.potentialunlimited.ca

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/careyannoestreicher/

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Andrea Greenhous is CEO and founder of Vision2Voice – an internal communications agency. In this episode, Andrea shares experience from 25 years working with companies to ensure communicationis a culture builder.

You can learn more about Vision2Voice here:

https://www.vision2voice.ca

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In this week’s special episode, co-hosts Mark Edgar and Naomi Titleman connect with CEO of Work Forward and future of work expert Brian Elliott. Mark and Naomi recently collaborated with Brian to create a white paper on the human impacts of six macro trends on the world of work.

The macro trends are:

The evolution of technology and AI

1. Shifting demographics
2. Erosion of trust
3. Sustainability
4. Increased nationalism
5. Heightened uncertainty

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You can learn more about Brian’s work here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/belliott/

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https://theworkforward.substack.com/

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