Empowerment Minutes

Leveraging Coaching Models for Performance Improvement in the Workplace with Dr. Maurine Kwende

Are you familiar with coaching models as a leader and or an aspiring coach? Do you know the benefits of coaching models in the workplace? In this week’s episode, I discuss what coaching models are and how you can benefit from coaching models. I also discuss a coaching model that most are familiar with and how it can be leveraged for performance improvement and motivation.

Do I Need a Coach? 6 Signs You May Need One with Dr. Maurine Kwende

Still celebrating international coaching week, this week's empowerment minutes podcast episode focuses on coaching. Many have asked me, “How do I know if I need a coach?” Well, listen to this episode and find out. I share six signs that let you know you may need a coach and what a great coach can do about it.
 

Coaching Versus Consulting: Is There a Difference? with Dr. Maurine Kwende

As a leader, are you wondering if workplace coaching or consulting is needed? Could knowing the difference help you decide on how to proceed? In this week's episode of the empowerment minutes podcast, I discuss the key similarities and differences. "Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."-John F. Kennedy

How First-Time Managers Can Become Great Leaders with Dr. Maurine Kwende

Are you a first-time manager or supervisor wondering if you can grow your leadership skills? Did you know that even though management and leadership differ, a manager can become a great leader? This episode will tell you how. In this week's episode of the empowerment minutes podcast, I discuss some ways a manager can develop their leadership skills and become great leaders. "Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing yourself and others."-Jack Welch

How Leaders Can Leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Workplace with Dr. Maurine Kwende

This week's empowerment minutes podcast episode focuses on AI and Leadership. As a leader, what are some of your daily responsibilities? How can AI help you accomplish these to be more effective, efficient, and productive in the workplace? In this week's episode, I discuss how AI can benefit leaders in the workplace. “The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.”- Bill Gates

How to Identify and Develop Emerging Leaders in Your Organization with Dr. Maurine Kwende

Do your peers look up to you and value your problem-solving abilities, are you described as having a high potential at work? Do you like to be a leader? Do you consider yourself an emerging leader? This week's episode of the empowerment minutes podcast will help you identify what an emerging leader is, what its core characteristics are, what is not an emerging leader, common misconceptions about emerging leaders, and tips to develop yourself as an emerging leader in your organization.

How to Maximize your Leadership K.A.R.D with Kiran Deep Sandhu

As a leader, do your people describe you as average, good, great, or exceptional? What are your thoughts? What are you doing for you and your team to reach your full potential? Have you heard about the K.A.R.D. framework? In this week’s episode, our special guest Kiran shares how a leader leadership uses the K.A.R.D. framework, communication tips, and tricks. As a TEDx speaker, coach, and trainer, she also shares some tips on getting on the TEDx stage and shining. As a bonus, she shares tips to empower women to amplify their leadership.
“Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.”― Orrin Woodward.

How to Build Resilience in the Face of Change, Challenges and Crisis with Detola Amure

This week on the empowerment minutes podcast, we wrap up the women’s history month special series with a bang. In this week’s episode, the focus is on resilience. Have you heard of the expression “what you resist persists?” Are you going through some things in life, and you are resisting and its persisting? You’re not alone. Life has many challenges and challenging experiences, and building resilience is one of the great skills to help you take charge of your life and bounce back from the difficult experiences of life. Our special guest Detola Amure shares a lot on this topic. She also provides tips on how to be more productive during such challenging times. To mark women’s history month, Detola shares tips to empower women to become.

Leveraging Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace with Monica Hernandez

Episode 87 of the empowerment minutes podcast is focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). To mark women's history month, our special guest Monica Hernandez shares her journey as a woman leader in stem and some challenges women leaders from minority populations face from stem backgrounds even though they have a seat at the table. Monica shares strategies leaders can use to be more intentional about DEI in the workplace. She also shares proven strategies leaders can use to ‘extend the ladder’ and be more inclusive in the workplace.

How to Create Sustainable Success as a Leader with Amy Leong

One thing that most leaders want is to be successful. Success means so many things to different people. As a leader, what does success mean to you? To be successful is one thing, is it sustainable? In this episode of the empowerment minutes podcast, our special guest Amy Leong shares some strategies to help leaders get unstuck and experience sustainable leadership. She shares a unique framework, the six dimensions of wellness, that leaders can leverage to succeed and thrive in the workplace.