Where Do We Go From Here?

Steve Magness researches, writes, and coaches on health, performance, and sustainable success. He is the bestselling author of “Peak Performance” and “The Passion Paradox”. Co-Founder of The Growth Equation. Writing has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Wired, Outside, NY Magazine, and Forbes. His new book “Do Hard Things” is out in June 2022.Stephanie Parry http://www.stephanie-parry.com/This episode was produced and edited by Hattie Moir

Welcome back to the second season of Where Do We Go From Here? In this season Stephanie sets out to dig into some of the challenges that we're facing such as learning to live with COVID, responding to the climate crisis and facing the shadow of war in Ukraine, as well as other global conflicts. What does it mean to be a leader in a world of constant crisis? Which can have a major impact in the way we think about work. This season's guests are thinking about these challenges through their own particular lenses.Debbie Bullock is the Wellbeing Lead at Aviva in the UK. Debbie talks about the latest research on wellbeing from Aviva, the research is benchmarked with data pre-pandemic, at the start of 2020. So it is possible to see the impact of the pandemic on our wellbeing.RESEARCH: Thriving in the Age of Ambiguity - Aviva https://www.aviva.co.uk/business/business-perspectives/featured-articles-hub/how-employers-can-thrive/This episode was recorded before the war in Ukraine.Stephanie Parry http://www.stephanie-parry.com/This episode was produced and edited by Hattie Moir

Welcome to the International Women's Day Special of 'Where Do We Go From Here?'. In this episode, Stephanie is joined by 5 women from different locations, backgrounds and generations, to ask what International Women's Day means to them and challenges the idea of breaking the gender bias. Stephanie's guests are:Irene Rodgers – Retired, former owner of ICM Consultants, FranceMaddie Banks – Student, TASIS School, UKChitupa Mung'omba - Executive Development Consultant, UKNathalie Lafrie - Communication & CSR Educ-Up, Holistic strategist & entrepreneurGisela Banken - Human Resources Director Europe at Cognex CorporationStephanie Parry http://www.stephanie-parry.com/This episode was produced and edited by Hattie Moir 

In this episode of Where Do We Go From Here? Stephanie is joined by Dan Bethelmy-Rada, General Manager YSL France at L’Oréal. Dan joins Stephanie to talk about social responsibility, especially Black Lives Matter, and what leaders can do in their sphere of influence to make a difference. They discuss social and racial bias and how understanding your own biases is an important step towards equality. Stephanie Parry: http://www.stephanie-parry.com/A StoryHunter Production

In each episode, Stephanie asks her guests, where do we go from here? Hear from the first four guests as they answer the burning question, within the context of leadership and work. More episodes of Where Do We Go From Here? Coming Soon. Where Do We Go From Here? Is a StoryHunter Production. 

In Episode 4 of 'Where Do We Go From Here?' Dr. Fred Kiel joins Stephanie to discuss the idea of character within the world of leadership. Dr. Fred Kiel has drawn international attention to the critical issue of leadership character—which is the source-code of organisational success. His groundbreaking research on the connection between the character of senior leadership and profitability is re-setting organisational expectations. Author of Return on Character and co-author of Moral Intelligence 2.0, Fred talks about the key character and moral habits in senior leadership, and how putting those habits into practice can positively effect your leadership skills and relationships.Stephanie Parry: http://www.stephanie-parry.com/A StoryHunter Production

Stephanie is joined by Linda Moir, customer, employee and leadership experience expert. Linda lead the front line team at the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012 and prior to that was the Director of Customer Service at Virgin Atlantic. Quoting Bruce Springsteen, “how you conduct yourself and do your work really matters”, Linda and Stephanie, both Springsteen fans, discuss how important is it to conduct yourself as a leader. Stephanie Parry: http://www.stephanie-parry.com/A StoryHunter Production

In Episode 2, Dr Mandy Fealy joins Stephanie to discuss her PHD "The Good Enough Survivor: Research on Psychological Preparation for Collective Trauma". Mandy is an organisational psychologist, and is a specialist in dealing with collective trauma and working with leaders within that. Living through the earthquakes in New Zealand in 2010 and 2011, and as a psychologist, Mandy worked with the New Zealand Earthquake Commission to support survivors of the earthquakes, leaders and employees within organisations. Stephanie and Mandy discuss what we can take from previous trauma's to apply that to the current Covid Crisis, and taking steps to appreciate the new normal. REF: PERMAH https://permahsurvey.com/the-science/Stephanie Parry http://www.stephanie-parry.com/A StoryHunter Production

In this episode, Stephanie talks to Joe Gibbons. Joe’s experience is in leadership and organisational development, his most recent role was Global Head of Organisational Development and Effectiveness at IBM. Stephanie and Joe discuss how you can learn from previous crises, and apply those learnings to the current COVID crisis. Joe discusses how important it is for leaders to respond appropriately to the crisis and Stephanie talks about creating a hybrid model of virtual and face to face working practices. Stephanie Parry: http://www.stephanie-parry.com/A StoryHunter Production