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MWM: Mental Vaccination
10 Mar 2026
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Send a textMidweek Mini – Mental VaccinationWhat’s the worst that could happen?No really. Write it down.This Midweek Mini explores a concept used ...
Episode 253: Business Aphorisms: Are They Actually True?
08 Mar 2026
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Send a textEpisode 253 – Show NotesSacha starts the episode emotionally compromised.Why?Her headphones — her emotional support headphones — fell...
MWM: The Leadership Habit You’re Probably Forgetting
03 Mar 2026
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Send a text Midweek Mini – Closing the Loop Ever had a conversation… made a decision… and then forgot to tell the person who raised it?This we...
Episode 252: Six Leadership Styles (And What Happens Under Pressure)
01 Mar 2026
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Send a textLeadership styles. We all have one.Or six.Fresh from leadership camp, Ish and Sacha unpack the six classic leadership styles — and use so...
MWM - Slow Down to Go Fast
24 Feb 2026
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Send a textMidweek Mini: Slow Down to Go Fast A quick reminder that sometimes going slow makes you exponentially more efficient.The Core PrincipleWan...
Episode 251: The Number One Skill Leaders Want to Work On
22 Feb 2026
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Send a text Not So Breakfast Show - Communication (The Number One Skill Leaders Want to Work On) Sacha's back from the Dominican Republic (nea...
MWM: Focus Check-In. Where's Your Attention Right Now?
17 Feb 2026
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Send a textNot So Breakfast Show - Midweek Mini: Focus Check-In (The Dump Day Follow-Up)A quick midweek pause to audit where your attention actually i...
Episode 250: Always Be Learning (ABL) - And Why Sacha Wears the Same Outfit All Week
15 Feb 2026
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Send a textNot So Breakfast Show - Episode 250: Always Be Learning (ABL) - And Why Sacha Wears the Same Outfit All WeekSacha's wearing the same o...
MWM - Put Out the Match, Not the Bushfire
10 Feb 2026
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Send a textMidweek Mini: Put Out the Match, Not the BushfireHope is not a strategy. When you see that little flare of trouble in your team, process, o...
Episode 249: Disagreeing Without Career Damage
09 Feb 2026
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Send us a textNot So Breakfast Show - Episode 249: How to Be Agreeably DisagreeableSacha's experimenting with fake tan for the first time at near...
MWM - One-Shot Moments (And Why Ed Sheeran's Preparation Matters)
03 Feb 2026
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Send us a textMWM - One-Shot MomentsIsh watched Ed Sheeran's Netflix special - one continuous hour-long shot following him from gig to gig across...
Episode 248: Dump Day: Getting the Thoughts, Tasks & Guilt Out of Your Head
01 Feb 2026
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Send us a textEpisode 248It's Wednesday - traditionally "hump day" - but Sacha and Ish are rebranding it as "dump day" becaus...
MWM - What Is Your Shadow?
27 Jan 2026
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Send us a textThe Not So Breakfast Show - Midweek Mini Episode: What Is Your Shadow?Episode SummaryEvery strength has a shadow side. If Superman were...
Episode 247: How to Speak Without Notes
25 Jan 2026
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Send us a textEpisode Show Notes Season 8 kicks off with Sacha unpacking boxes in her new Christchurch home (can't find her microphone lead!) an...
Help Us Grow The Show
17 Jan 2026
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Send us a textSeason 8 Announcement: Help Us Grow!Happy New Year 2026! A quick message before Season 8 drops. We're excited to bring you more lea...
Episode 246: Christmas Parties, Career-Limiting Moments & Season Seven Wrap-Up
21 Dec 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 246: Christmas Parties, Career-Limiting Moments & Season Seven Wrap-UpSacha's in her pyjamas in Raglan (it was Coffee C...
Episode 245: Hustle Culture: Is Working Harder Still Worth It?
14 Dec 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 245 - Hustle Culture: Is Working Harder Still Worth It?Episode SummaryIsh wins the Exercise New Zealand Award for Outstanding Co...
Episode MWM - What's The One Thing For The Week?
10 Dec 2025
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Send us a textMidweek Mini - What's The One Thing For The Week?Why One Thing? – You have 52 opportunities in a year to get one thing nailed eac...
Episode 243: Bad Words & Breaking Points
07 Dec 2025
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Send us a textThe Not So Breakfast Show - Bad Words & Breaking PointsSometimes you reach the end. The absolute end. Sacha is moving house, dealing...
MWM Episode 242: Hope Is Not a Strategy
03 Dec 2025
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Send us a textMWM: Hope Is Not a Strategy Every time you find yourself saying "I hope sales improve" or "I hope that changes," re...
Episode 241: Are You Calling Me a Quitter?! Understanding Working Genius
30 Nov 2025
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Send us a textThe Working Genius ModelEpisode OverviewIsh has just been certified in the Working Genius model and is excited to share this powerful fr...
MWM Episode 240: What's the Conversation You're Avoiding?
26 Nov 2025
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Send us a textThe Core QuestionWhat conversation has been sitting in the back of your mind, taking up mental bandwidth?Why We Avoid ConversationsHopin...
Episode 239: Is It Good? Is It Bad? It Just Is: Lessons in Resilience
23 Nov 2025
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Send us a textIs It Good? Is It Bad? It Just Is: Lessons in ResilienceFresh off a 17-hour flight from New York and jetlagged beyond belief, Sacha join...
MWM Episode 238: Check the Question Before You Answer
19 Nov 2025
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Send us a textMID WEEK MINI: Check the Question Before You AnswerEver start talking and hope your brain catches up with your mouth? Yeah, we've a...
MWM Episode 237: Building Your Team's Street Cred
12 Nov 2025
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Send us a textMID WEEK MINIYour team is doing amazing work - but does anyone else know about it? Join Ish and Sacha as they explore how to build your ...
Midweek Mini Episode 236 - The Power of Micro-feedback
04 Nov 2025
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Send us a textMid-Week Mini -The Power of MicrofeedbackStop saving up feedback for formal reviews and start creating momentum shifts in real-time. Joi...
Episode 235: Why You Should Start a Podcast, And How to Actually Do It
02 Nov 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 235 Show NotesEver wondered if you should start a podcast? Spoiler: you probably should. Join Ish and Sacha as they unpack why p...
Episode 234: Are You World-Class or Just the Fastest Kid at Your School?
26 Oct 2025
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Send us a textIn this episode, Ish and Sacha dive deep into the power of reflection for leadership and career growth. They explore why the skills that...
Episode 233: Topless Quiz Shows and Uncomfortable Guitars
19 Oct 2025
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Send us a textSacha's texting furiously about house purchases while declaring busyness isn't impressive ("it makes you stupid"), w...
Episode 232: Working at Speed, Guardrails, and Why Big Bird Didn't Explode
12 Oct 2025
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Send us a textSacha's drinking her Moody probiotic soda (unofficial sponsor, awaiting payment confirmation) while stress-managing through tomorro...
Episode 231: Your Roman Empire (And Why Your Brain Won't Shut Up)
05 Oct 2025
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Send us a textYour Roman Empire (And Why Your Brain Won't Shut Up)Sacha's wearing her new Temu t-shirt ("More Spaghetti Less Upsetting&...
Episode 230: Stop Being So Shit (A Leadership Manifesto)
28 Sep 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 230: Stop Being So Shit (A Leadership Manifesto)Recording at actual breakfast time for once, Sacha's successfully navigatin...
Episode 229: The Five Es of Coaching (Plus Naked Gardening Deadlines)
21 Sep 2025
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Send us a textIsh has discovered the joy of AI video creation, pumping out caveman presentation ads that make everyone laugh, while Sacha's fresh...
Episode 228: Laptops, Notebooks, and the Art of Meeting Presence
14 Sep 2025
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Send us a text Laptops, Notebooks, and the Art of Meeting PresenceSacha's fully dressed this week (an achievement after last episode's Jedi...
Episode 227: Momentum Over Motivation: The Art of Doing It Anyway
07 Sep 2025
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Send us a textSacha appears in full Jedi regalia (aka her dressing gown) because house staging has banished all her warm clothes to boxes in the attic...
Episode 226: The Gap Between Expectation and Rain-Soaked Reality
31 Aug 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 226:Â The Gap Between Expectation and Rain-Soaked RealityThe episode opens with something completely unprecedented: Sacha start...
Episode 225: Decision Fatigue
17 Aug 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 225: Decision Fatigue Sacha's sparkling from her early morning gym session (not traditionally a morning person but aging i...
Episode 224: F8 Buttons, Failed Records, and Finding Gratitude
10 Aug 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 224: The Hour of Fails and the Power of ReflectionJoin Ish and Sach for the discovery of the dreaded F8 button, and the ultimate...
Episode 223: Reflections on MoMENtum
03 Aug 2025
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Send us a textListen, laugh, and learn as we share our latest thoughts on staying relevant, contemporary leadership, and doing life right. Ish Cheyne ...
Episode 222: Coffee Culture Chronicles - Building Community One Cup at a Time
27 Jul 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 222: Coffee Culture Chronicles - Building Community One Cup at a TimeSacha's broadcasting live from her Antarctic igloo (ak...
Episode 221: Say What You Mean Without Being Mean
20 Jul 2025
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Send us a textNot So Breakfast Show - Episode 221: Say What You Mean Without Being MeanIsh and Sacha are live and in-person for only the third time in...
Episode 220: Once Upon a Time... The Power of Story in Sales
13 Jul 2025
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Send us a text Episode 220: Once Upon a Time... The Power of Story in SalesIsh opens with a ChatGPT-generated fairy tale intro featuring "the ev...
Episode 219: Special Late Night Edition: The secret life of a Juice Hustler
06 Jul 2025
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Send us a textSpecial Late Night Edition: The secret life of a Juice HustlerIsh stays up past his bedtime (a whopping 8:12 pm!) to chat with Sacha&apo...
When Shame Hits Different (And WhatsApp Groups Become Weapons)
29 Jun 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 218: When Shame Hits Different (And WhatsApp Groups Become Weapons)Sacha returns from Fiji with a tan and a trauma—being uncer...
The Perspective Problem (And Why You'll Start Your Running Program Tomorrow)
21 Jun 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 217: The Perspective Problem (And Why You'll Start Your Running Program Tomorrow)This week, we examine how our personal per...
Episode 216: When LinkedIn Goes Wild (And Why Professional Discourse Matters)
08 Jun 2025
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Send us a textWhen LinkedIn Goes Wild (And Why Professional Discourse Matters)Sacha went a bit viral on LinkedIn with a post calling out the appalling...
Episode 215: Taking Your Shot (Even When You're Over 50)
01 Jun 2025
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Send us a textNot So Breakfast Show - Episode 215: Taking Your Shot (Even When You're Over 50)Sacha discovers that 80% of Forbes' "100 ...
Episode 214: Developing Your People (Without Losing Your Mind)
25 May 2025
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Send us a textNot So Breakfast Show - Episode 214: Developing Your People (Without Losing Your Mind)Ish and Sacha return from their international adve...
Episode 213: Re-release Is comparison killing your creativity
11 May 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 213 (RE-RELEASE): Is Comparison Killing Your Creativity?Ever find yourself scrolling social media and suddenly feeling like a co...
Episode 212: Navigating the pace of change
04 May 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 212: Navigating the pace of change. - What's Changed? (Spoiler: Everything)From robots making your coffee to AI that can g...
Episode 211: Brainstorming about brainstorming
27 Apr 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 211: Brainstorming (or How We Keep Coming Up With This Stuff)Ever wondered how Ish and Sacha keep cranking out podcast ideas aft...
Episode 210: The leadership skill nobody talks about
13 Apr 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 210: The leadership skill nobody talks about Or maybe we should have called it PAUSE FOR EFFECT! 🤫Turns out the most powerfu...
Episode 209: What would you do?
06 Apr 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 209: What Would You Do? Ish and Sacha dive into several challenging workplace situations and explore effective leadership respo...
Episode 208: Seven subtle power moves
30 Mar 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 208: Seven Subtle Power Moves Ish and Sacha explore seven understated yet impactful actions that can elevate your professional ...
Episode 207: What Defines Your Success?
23 Mar 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 207: What Defines Your Success?Ish and Sacha explore the concept of personal success beyond traditional metrics like money and j...
Episode 206: The Surprising Truth About Colouring In
16 Mar 2025
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Send us a textThe Surprising Truth About Colouring InDive into the creative world with Ish and Sacha as they explore why incorporating creativity into...
Episode 205: The Five P's of Reflection
09 Mar 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 205: The Five P's of ReflectionJoin Ish and Sacha as they explore a powerful reflection exercise using five words that begi...
Episode 204: Down The AI Rabbit Hole
02 Mar 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 204: Down the AI Rabbit HoleJump into the world of AI tools with Ish and Sach as they explore how AI can boost your productivity...
Episode 203: Five ways to level up your presenting game
23 Feb 2025
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Send us a textEpisode 203: 5 Ways to Level Up Your Presenting Game -Â From Good to unforgettable!Want to transform your presentations from forgettabl...
Episode 202: How to lead when you're not in charge
16 Feb 2025
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Send us a textThe Not So Breakfast ShowEpisode 202: How to lead when you're not in chargeIn this episode we dive into practical strategies for le...
Episode 201: What really matters at work
09 Feb 2025
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Episode 200: Finding moments to reset
02 Feb 2025
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06 Jan 2025
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Episode 199: The 10% edge
22 Dec 2024
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Episode 198: 2024 learnings in review
15 Dec 2024
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Episode 197: Just movies and banta
08 Dec 2024
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Episode 196: Sliding into the holidays
01 Dec 2024
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Episode 195: Making big moves
24 Nov 2024
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Episode 194: When should you shine and when should you shut up.
17 Nov 2024
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Episode 193: Taking total responsibility
10 Nov 2024
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Episode 192: What we learn from travel
03 Nov 2024
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Episode 191: Rerelease - Dealing with difficult people
20 Oct 2024
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Episode 190: Rerelease - 7 ways to K.I.S.S
13 Oct 2024
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Episode 189: Do less. Do it better...or not?
06 Oct 2024
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Episode 188: Building a book of key plays
29 Sep 2024
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Episode 187: Post Traumatic Growth
22 Sep 2024
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Episode 186: Is your learning style making you lazy?
15 Sep 2024
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Episode 185: Rerelease - Seven ways to increase your confidence
08 Sep 2024
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Episode 184: Rerelease - How to have a holiday when you're not on holiday
01 Sep 2024
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Episode 183: Rerelease - The one about 90 day plans
25 Aug 2024
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Episode 182: Finding your super power
18 Aug 2024
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Episode 181: What we learned from the Olympics
11 Aug 2024
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Episode 180: Be kind to your mind - Julia Grace
04 Aug 2024
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Episode 179: Red pill or Blue pill?
28 Jul 2024
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Episode 178: Interview with Jenny Horst. Life on the upside.
21 Jul 2024
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Episode 177: So what are you working on?
14 Jul 2024
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Episode 176: Get comfortable at being uncomfortable
07 Jul 2024
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Episode 175: Is comparison killing your creativity
30 Jun 2024
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Episode: 174 Manager Coach Mentor
24 Jun 2024
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Episode 173: Quotes that make you go mmmm
17 Jun 2024
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Episode 172: When the wheels fall off
10 Jun 2024
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Episode 171: Rerelease episode 65 - The 5 things that could be holding back your career
02 Jun 2024
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Episode 170: Rerelease episode 83 - Feeding your own monster
26 May 2024
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Episode 169: How to speak for longer
13 May 2024
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Episode 168: Principles of great leadership
05 May 2024
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Episode 167: Georgia Mayor - Nutrition for work performance
28 Apr 2024
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Episode 166: What to do when the Boss says no
21 Apr 2024
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Episode 165: How to get unstuck
14 Apr 2024
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Episode 164: Can we talk about AI?
08 Apr 2024
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Episode 163: What do you do when your gurus let you down?
01 Apr 2024
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