Leadership Unwrapped
Episodes
Off the Shelf Episode 3: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Off the Shelf, we discuss some of our key takeaways from the world-renowned book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen...
Episode 32: Leading with Heart
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special one for us! We are truly over the moon to bring you this episode with the wonderful Marian Byrne, professional coach, executive ment...
Off the Shelf Episode 2: The Keys to Kindness
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with our second episode of Off the Shelf! In this episode we discuss the book The Keys to Kindness by Claudia Hammond, which is a wonderfu...
Episode 31: Happier at Work®
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Aoife O'Brien, founder of Happier at Work, and host of the award winning Happier at Work® podcast.We absolutely lov...
Off the Shelf Episode 1: The Four Agreements
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our first episode of Off the Shelf! We are starting strong with a discussion about one of our favourite books of all time, The Four Agreeme...
Off the Shelf: Coming Soon
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are excited to announce that Leadership Unwrapped will soon be releasing the first of our "Off the Shelf" series, where we have short conversations...
Episode 30: Restorative Practice: Healing People Heal People
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are back from the summer break with a fabulous episode with Michelle Stowe, educator at heart and Founder and Director of Connect RP. This conversa...
Episode 29: Inclusive Leadership
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we were joined by the incredible Síle Walsh, founder of ELIS Advantage and highly experienced coach. Síle is passionate about inclu...
Episode 28: Full Body Coaching
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We were delighted to be joined this week by Jamie Shapiro, CEO of Connected ED, Master Certified Executive Leadership Coach, professional speaker, res...
Episode 27: Contextualising Leadership
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are delighted to launch Season 3 with a wonderful conversation with Bidita Sadiq, International Baccalaureate teacher living and working in London....
Episode 26: Executive Loneliness
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listener caution is advised for this episode. In this conversation, we discuss matters such depression, anxiety, and suicide in the context of executi...
Episode 25: Potentiality
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we speak with Dr. Tony Humphreys, psychologist, author, lecturer and international speaker. We discuss many aspects of Tony's work incl...
Episode 24: Walk my Talk
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we speak with Linda Crockett about the difficult topic of workplace bullying. Linda is the founder of the Canadian Institute of Workpl...
Episode 23: Women in Leadership and Learning
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We finally got the speak with Kathryn Corbett and Rachel O'Connor from the WILL (Women in Leadership and Learning) network! Rachel and Kathryn hav...
Episode 22: It’s Complicated: Supporting Children with Complex Needs
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listener caution is advised for this episode. In this conversation, we discuss matters such as harmful sexual behaviour and sexual assault within the ...
Episode 21: The Coaches' Coach
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We loved every minute of our chat with Liam Moggan! Liam is a graduate of Thomond College, where he qualified as a post-primary school teacher. He has...
Episode 20: Wounds to Wisdom
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It was such a joy to chat to Chloë Enright about her love for mental health promotion and her new company Compassionate Co. Chloë recently launched ...
Episode 19: Life is a Game of Inches
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we spoke to Kingsley Aikins, Economics and Politics Graduate from Trinity College Dublin and CEO of The Networking Institute. At The Networ...
Episode 18: Leadership is a Team Sport
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Leadership guru, Jo Owen, joined us in this episode for an amazing conversation about all things leadership. Jo is an award winning author, keynote sp...
Episode 17: Leadership for Inclusion
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast we speak with Dr. Marie Connolly, Director of Human Rights at the University of Limerick in Ireland. Marie has had a career of firsts ...
Episode 16: Great Ideas Ignite
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kieran Golden is the current principal of Mayfield Community School and past president of the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals...
Episode 15: Presence
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode is with the wonderful Thomas McCormack. Speaking with Thomas is like a breath of fresh air! He has an incredible way of openin...
Episode 14: Triaging Research, Policy & Practice
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chatting to Dr. Denise Mifsud about her experiences in leadership was an absolute treat. Denise is currently Associate Professor of Educational Leader...
Episode 13: Following your Passion
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We chat to Professor Giles Warrington, current Head of Department at the Physical Education and Sport Sciences (PESS) Department at the University of ...
Episode 12: Navigating Principalship
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Professor Jim Spillane. Jim's work on educational leadership and policy has had a profound influence on of research, po...
Episode 11: Collaboration: From Theory to Practice
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Leadership Unwrapped, we speak to Dr. Paul Campbell. Paul is Vice Principal at an international school in Hong Kong and scholar-pra...
Episode 10: Don't be Afraid to Change Lanes
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"I believe so strongly that we all have gifts. We are all so worthy of so much." In Episode 10, we speak with Aimée McKenzie, Secretary General of th...
Episode 9: No Time Like the Present: Supporting School Leaders
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"It's all about growing yourself initially, but once you become a leader, it's all about growing others." We are delighted to be back with our first e...
Episode 8: Succession
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, we chat to Dr. Berni Moreno. Berni is an expert on principal integration in schools. She gives practical insights from her r...
Episode 7: Back to Me
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we chat to Dr Teresa Shiels, expert in neurodiversity and education. Teresa gives a first hand account of living with Traumatic Brain Injury...
Episode 6: Leadership isn’t Accidental
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we speak to Catherine McNamara, a leader in education in the prison setting. We hear about the importance of values and how they influence w...
Episode 5: Scholar Freedom
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is Dr. Pooja Sawrikar, a successful academic and critical thinker. Pooja is leading the way in reclaiming scholarship and in challengi...
Episode 4: Where to Start
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat to Dr. Niekie Blom, an expert in design education and leadership. We hear about his insights as a director of an internationa...
Episode 3: Rooted in Truth
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat to Dr. Declan Fahie, primary school teacher, academic and tireless champion of inclusion. We chat about many things including...
Episode 2: The Importance of Connection
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“You have to make a conscious decision to connect with staff and when you are interested in what is happening in their lives, then that is the found...
Episode 1: Welcome
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Leadership Unwrapped! In this short introductory episode, Patricia and Niamh introduce themselves along with their plans for future episode...