S2 Ep 1. Identity, connection and belonging Why social and emotional learning must take priority in the future of learning.

In today's rapidly evolving world, our agility and capacity to change contributes to a multitide of success outcomes, including our ability to deliver impact. Enter Sharon Connolly, a change management expert loved by leaders around the globe for her innovative approach to communications and change training that looks as beautiful as it is effective.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, teacher, head of communications and marketing or a change consultant yourself, keep a pen and paper handy. You’ll want to note down all the practical communication, creativity, tech and mindset strategies that increase learner engagement, motivate change in others, and help you feel confident as you create and deliver impact! 

Episode Highlights: 

2:24 Sharon's Unexpected Journey to Change Leadership
6:30 Tech's Evolution and Its Effect on Communication
11:51 Authenticity in Leadership and Communication
13:52 Defining Your Unique Value and Purpose
18:58 Prioritization for Enhanced Productivity and Performance
21:40 Exploring the Role of a Change Manager
23:01 The Importance of Support Through Change
24:37 Strategies for Engaging Communication and Learning
33:40 Amplifying Visibility for Women and Menopause Awareness
36:24 Leveraging Influence for Impact
37:54 Personal Development and Living a Meaningful Life

LINKS FOR THE SHOW:

For a full list of resources and links to today’s shownotes, see the episode webpage here 

Connect with Sharon via LinkedIn here, and via her website here 

Join Messy Magic, an online program helping ADHD women to lead with more confidence, creativity and clarity here

To discover how The Posify Group can support your school or workplace in achieving its diversity and inclusion learning and development goals, visit www.theposifygroup.com.au

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Ever found yourself questioning your achievements, or feeling like a fraud amidst your successes? You're not alone. Imposter Syndrome whispers doubts and fuels fears driven by ‘never enough’ thinking in up to 70% of adults, world-wide!

Today’s guest, Alison Shamir, is an imposter syndrome expert, international speaker, certified coach and media contributor. Through her work, she empowers global organizations, teams, and individuals with the knowledge, tools, and methods grounded in science that they need to overcome imposter syndrome, so they can present and perform as their most confident selves. 

Join host Mariane Power in conversation with Alison, as she shares both her lived experience and professional insights to help you unlock your own confidence. Through an inclusive, systems thinking lens, Alison emphasises the power of self-acceptance, and the importance of shifting perspectives to develop a healthy and whole self-identity. One that enables you to put your best foot forward in the world. 

In this episode, we dive into:

01:35 Alison’s personal experience of debilitating imposter syndrome 

06:41 Understanding imposter syndrome, who it impacts and why

10:37 Differentiating imposter phenomenon and the inner critic

16:37 Imposter syndrome in minority groups

18:14 Practical ways to support yourself and others 

27:25 What we can learn from people who don’t experience imposter phenomenon

38:03 What Alison wishes she could tell her younger self

42:29 Lightning Round: Impact Mindset

45:17 Lightning Round: Creating Change

50:06 Lightning Round: Favourite reads, podcasts and resources

54:11 Lightning Round: LGBTQIA+ resources and influence

58:16 What living a meaningful life looks like for Alison

LINKS FOR THE SHOW:

For a full list of resources and links to today’s shownotes, see the episode webpage here 

Connect with Alison via LinkedIn here, and via her website here 

Join Messy Magic, an online program supporting women with ADHD here

To discover how The Posify Group can support your school or workplace in achieving its diversity and inclusion learning and development goals, visit www.theposifygroup.com.au

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Welcome back! I'm your host, Mariane Power, and I'm excited to be bringing you Season 4 of the podcast, featuring conversations with people from diverse minds, bodies, cultures and backgrounds, in a series that explores what it takes to create ‘Inclusive Impact’. 

Each of our guests brings unique lived experience insights and science backed strategies that will help us all to imagine and create an inclusive future of learning, work and leadership. 

To offer context, this episode includes a bonus 15 minute excerpt from a keynote that introduces the Impact Mindset Theory and Framework which resulted from research conducted by The Posify Group, and that inspired this series. 

Then, you'll meet our first guest, Grace Koelma, Education Specialist, Certified Breathwork & Meditation Teacher and Founder of Future ADHD, who was diagnosed with ADHD at 33. 

Grace shares her own transformative journey, from her late diagnosis of ADHD to becoming an entrepreneur who's created a globally recognised ADHD friendly digitial planner. Women with ADHD will find a kindred spirit in Grace, as she shares both the joys and struggles that colour her lived experience of learning, working, leading and parenting as a neurodivergent woman. 

Need an inspiring and inclusive digital planner to capture your big ideas and manage your schedule? Buy the FutureADHD Digital Planner here 

In this episode, we dive into:

02:21: The Impact Mindset, and the 6 pillars of individual and cultural characteristics reported by organisations leading the way in delivering IMPACT

11:09: The importance of transformational opportunities at work, and the emergence of Transcendent Leadership

15:14: Grace's journey into entrepreneurship

33:21: A considered conversation around the need for educational reform to better support diverse minds

45:07: Self-criticism, shame cycles and the instances in ADHD

52:18: The future of learning, and how it relates to our neurodivergent communities

56:22: The importance of self-compassion 

LINKS FOR THE SHOW:

For a full list of resources and links to today’s shownotes, see the episode webpage here 

Shop the FutureADHD digital planner here

Join Messy Magic, an online program supporting women with ADHD here

To discover how The Posify Group can support your school or workplace in achieving its diversity and inclusion learning and development goals, visit www.theposifygroup.com.au

Liked this episode? Remember to Rate, Review and Follow on Apple Podcasts here

This helps us support more people, just like you, to imagine and create inclusive impact that benefits our future! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to share what you loved most about this and other episodes! 

And if you haven't already done so, be sure to visit my homepage here and sign up to my weekly newsletter, where I share bonus updates, behind the scenes action and hand-picked recommended readings for every episode here on Classroom 5.0. 

From serving fried chicken to co-ordinating military air traffic for the Royal Australian Air Force, Lucy's career has been anything but straightforward. Today, as CEO and founder of Study Life Grow, she uses the leadership skills she learned in her ADFA days to help hundreds of thousands of kids figure out what life after school looks like for them. In this episode, we unpack the 6 careers clusters her team have uncovered, explore the future world of work through the eyes of Gen Z, and unpack the importance and value of starting meaningful careers conversations early. 

For links to tips and tools discussed, and free insight to action cheatsheet, visit the episode page - https://www.marianepower.com.au/blog/navigating-careers-conversations-with-gen-z 

To watch the conversation in action, head over to YouTube via the link here https://youtu.be/2UfnwzdCWtM

With special thanks to My Video Producer, for sponsoring Season 3 of Classroom 5.0! 

Check out their good work by visiting https://www.myvideoproducer.com.au/

Want to learn how Who Gives A Crap is revolutionizing the future of work? Our latest episode of Classroom 5.0 features Catalina Lopera, Wellbeing & Workplace Director of Who Gives a Crap

Who Gives A Crap is not your average toilet paper company. They're making waves in the industry by prioritizing purpose-driven leadership and culture over pure profit focus, and it's working. In the war on talent and consumer loyalty, Who Gives A Crap is ‘flush’ with success. In this episode, we explore the new way of working, where leadership that prioritizes wellbeing, development, purpose, and inclusive culture wins. 

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How purpose-driven leadership and culture are attracting top talent and creating consumer loyalty
• The importance of self-care and well-being at work, and why that's an appealing employee value proposition, especially for the younger generation
• The role of identity and individuality in creating a thriving work environment
• Tips for designing organizational solutions that keep your 'future self' in mind
• The importance of self responsibility when it comes to exploring and taking action on your mental health and neurodiversity needs

And more! Don't miss out on this insightful conversation. If you too want to learn more about how you can ready yourself for the future of work, get in touch to see how our psychology coaching and career consulting can help!

Sharon, a mother to three amazing neurodivergent children, was no stranger to chaos, mess, and mayhem. But when her stress levels reached a breaking point, she knew something had to change for the sake of her health and her family's well-being.

With a background in executive consulting, Sharon used her expertise to develop neuro-friendly organizational strategies to better understand her family's unique needs. The personal transformation was so significant that she founded The Functional Family to share her insights and help others live happier and calmer lives.

In this conversation with Mariane Power, co-founder of The Posify Group and creator of Messy Magic, Sharon shares her practical and easy-to-implement tips that have helped countless families streamline their day-to-day tasks. Listen in, and discover the transformative power of neuro-friendly organization! 

For links to tips and resources shared in this episode, and to download your free idea to impact cheatsheet, visit the episode webpage here 

https://www.marianepower.com.au/blog/organised-happy-homes-for-neurodivergent-families-with-sharon-collins

Learn about Messy Magic, the coaching program for ADHD women discussed in the conversation here 

www.marianepower.com.au/messymagic

Learn about The Posify Group, a social enterprise helping the next gen prepare for the future workforce with a sense of purpose here 

www.theposifygroup.com.au

Loved the episode? Be sure to leave a review, and subscribe for more conversations on the future of work, learning and leadership!  

Having navigated leadership roles from mother, to classroom teacher, to school principal and CEO of Australia’s Steiner Education, today’s guest, Tracey Taylor,  has recently stepped into the role as Director of Education Policy for Independent Schools Association. Tracey has a lot to say about leadership and the future of learning, and the role education has to play in shaping our future workforce and communities. She’s unapologetic about her optimistic vision of a future education that takes a holistic approach to learning, and is determined to walk alongside those who share her vision, take action together, and ensure it's brought to life.

For links to resources shared in this episode, and to download your free Idea to Impact 
PDF, head to the episode page - https://www.marianepower.com.au/blog/podcast-tracey-taylor

This season of Classroom 5.0 was kindly sponsored by My Video Producer and The Posify Academy, Australia's first digital, clinically informed combined wellbeing and career readiness platform for teens, currently free to access Visit - academy.theposifygroup.com.au 

See MVP : https://www.myvideoproducer.com.au/

Imagine being told by a doctor that the best option for your child's future education and wellbeing will be an institution, where you can leave them, and forget about them.

To parents today, that proposition might seem unfathomable. But to those raising children with disabilities in the mid 1980s, this was their far too common reality. Thankfully, today, things have changed, thanks largely to the good work of pioneers in inclusive education like my guest today, Professor Suzanne Carrington. But there’s still a lot more work to be done.

In this heartwarming conversation, Professor Carrington helps paint what the work to date, as well as the path ahead, looks like. Her practical approach will leave you feeling both inspired and equipped to take action toward creating a future of inclusive education, leadership and work that uses inclusive everyday leadership practices to celebrate and promote diversity. 

It's that time of year again where many of us are reflecting on our time - how we've spent it, who with, and for what purpose. Today's guest, author, researcher and expert speaker on all things related to purposeful leadership shares what the data says about the value of meaningful living and work, the rise in demand for dignity, the role of spirituality and the significance of mattering. This episode is packed with big thinking and rich coaching questions you can use as reflective prompts, to support new year goal setting that puts the important things in life, first. 

Wondered what a career in the entertainment industry looks like? Our guest, Clint Ranse, has travelled the world as the go-to-guru in pyrotechnics for some of the biggest names in music including Kiss, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce and Slipknot. Today, he's enjoying his family's sea-change to Port Macquarie, and sharing other people's stories through his company, My Video Producer. Clint shares what he's learned about defining your own success, mental health, and fatherhood, a role he believes is his most significant one yet. We're beyond grateful to Clint and MVP for sponsoring Season 3 of Classroom 5.0, and can't wait to share his story with you!