Making Shift Happen Podcast
Episodes
Episode 30: Strategic Networking II
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Networking or Networthing? In the second episode of our strategic networking miniseries, Jay and Anne discuss even more tools for the key leadership s...
Episode 29: Strategic Networking I
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Networking or Networthing? In this episode, Jay and Anne discuss a key leadership skill: strategic networking. What is it and how can successful leade...
Episode 28: Make Meetings Great Again
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you been frustrated by a meeting recently? Chances are, you have! In this episode, Jay and Anne sit down to vent their frustrations about the gre...
Episode 27: Let them
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jay and Anne sit down to discuss how leaders can apply the famous "Let Them" theory, coined by Mel Robbins, to make work mo...
Episode 26: The Trust Shift
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jay and Anne give you an overview of the new Making Shift Happen microbook "The Trust Shift" and explore how trust can unlo...
Episode 25: Hit Your Dreams with Smaller Teams
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jay and Anne sit down to chat about the golden rules of team sizes. How big is too big? And what principles should leaders follow in order to create s...
Episode 24: PowerPoint for Pros
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jay sits down with Fiona Walsh, authorised Microsoft Master Instructor and founder of Empower Presentations, to share some of her fav...
Episode 23: The Four Agreements in Leadership
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jay and Anne talk about their leadership tool that is based on Don Miguel Ruiz' best-selling book The Four Agreements. Originally...
Episode 22: Breathe to Perform
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jay and Anne sit down to talk about one of their favourite energy management tools, the 4-6-8 breathing technique. This technique can...
Episode 21: In Conversation With Executive Coach Eamon Foley
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jay sits down with executive coach Eamon Foley to discuss the power of strong values and the importance of culture in order to delive...
Episode 20: Principles of Building Strong Relationships at Work
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jay and Anne share the Making Shift Happen principles of building strong relationships at work, and how truly listening and fuelling ...
Episode 19: Leadership Tools from the Road
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jay and Anne chat about three essential leadership tools that were popular in our recent Making Shift Happen workshops and sessions a...
Episode 18: March Forward With Your Career
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Making Shift Happen Podcast, Jay and special guest Fionann give an exclusive preview to their upcoming leadership session March...
Episode 17: The Importance of Self-Belief in Leadership
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Making Shift Happen Podcast, Jay and special guest Lucy Gernon talk about the role of self-belief in leadership. They dive deep...
Episode 16: Managing Your Mindset
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jay and Anne unpack the first of the Making Shift Happen Energy Management Habits: managing your mindset. We discuss three effective ...
Episode 15: Introduction to Energy Management Habits
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Making Shift Happen Podcast, Jay and Anne introduce you to the Making Shift Happen energy management habits. How can we effecti...
Episode 14: The 5 D's of Career Shifts II
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Making Shift Happen Podcast, Jay and Anne unpack the second part of our 5 D's of Career Shifts. Have you ever thought about...
Episode 13: The 5 D's of Career Shifts I
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Making Shift Happen Podcast, Jay and Anne unpack the first part of our 5 D's of Career Shifts. Have you ever thought about ...
Episode 12: The Career Shift
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To kick off our Career Shift mini series, Jay and Anne reflect on Jay’s own career shifts and the key principles he followed as he moved from being ...
Episode 11: Emotional Control at Work
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Making Shift Happen Podcast, Jay and Anne discuss how to control and regulate your negative emotions and responses in the workp...
Episode 10: From Excuses to Getting Stuff Done
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Making Shift Happen podcast, our managing director Jay Chopra discusses how we can challenge and overcome our inner belief syst...
Episode 9: Leadershift Deep Dive: From Telling to Asking
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Making Shift Happen podcast, we take a deep dive into our second leadershift From Controlling to Empowering and explore how we ...
Episode 8: Intentional Leadership: From Controlling to Empowering
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Making Shift Happen Podcast, we talk about our leadershift “From Controlling to Empowering”, and dig deep into the science ...
Episode 7: Intentional Leadership: From Busy to Productive
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Making Shift Happen Podcast, we talk about leadershift no. 3: From Busy to Productive. Jay interviews Anne on the difference be...
Episode 6: Intentional Leadership: Looking Inward
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with another episode of the Making Shift Happen Podcast, the podcast all about making work more human! In this episode, Jay and Anne unpac...
Episode 5: Introduction to Intentional Leadership
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with the Making Shift Happen Podcast, the podcast all about making work more human! In this brand-new season, we focus on intentional lead...
Episode 4: How Whole-Brain Thinking Can Help Us Navigate in a Hybrid Working World
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of our hybrid working topic, we are tying all aspects of hybrid working (communication, trust, and leadership) together with the ...
Episode 3: Leadership in the Hybrid Working World
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Making Shift Happen Podcast, Jay and Anne sit down with Pilar Orti to chat about leadership in the new hybrid work environment....
Episode 2: The Importance of Communication in Hybrid Working Environments
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Making Shift Happen Podcast, Jay and Anne sit down with Owen Fitzpatrick, Social Psychologist, international best-selling autho...
Episode 1: Hybrid Working & Trust
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Making Shift Happen Podcast, Jay sits down with Richard Hogan, Fulbright Scholar and columnist with the Irish Examiner, to chat...