Episodes
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What is a mentor, can mentoring programmes really 'force' this kind of relationship and is there such a thing as an anti-mentor?
This is a short bonus quickcast, following Mike Curran's episode titled The Accidental Mentor'. Here, Mike provides his definition of what a mentor is, cautions against the anti-mentor and expresses his doubts about formalised mentoring programmes.
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How surprising it must be to, four decades into a life and for the first time, begin a new type of relationship. One that radically changes things.
Mike Curran, the CEO of XLVets Ireland, reflects on the mentor he gained unexpectedly, how this relationship propelled him into new things and how to be, and to find, a mentor. He also reveals how he safeguards himself against the ravages of stress and high demands. Along the way, Mike makes a case for the value of doing service sector jobs, despite the associated low rates of pay, early in one’s working life.
Join me, Belinda Brummer, for this episode of 'The Manager's Moment’, and discover how time management, generous conversations, and resilience shape a career and a person.Join the conversation and make connections by joining The Manager's Moment Club on Linkedin. And connect with me, Belinda Brummer, there too. For bonus bits, show notes and episode transcripts, click here.
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Help people create the best work of their careers. Don't lock people into a single way of doing things. Enable them. This is an uncommon job description for a manager, let alone a CEO. Yet, when we strip away title and role perception, at the heart of this episode's conversation is one man's noble hope and a responsibility he takes very seriously.
Emmet O'Neill, the CEO of StoryToys, - A multi-award winning developer and publisher of apps and games for children (now part of Team17 PLC). Emmet shares his journey into and beyond the role of CEO. He pauses to reflect on the people and themes that have made a difference to him and his own career.Join the conversation and make connections by joining The Manager's Moment Club on Linkedin. And connect with me, Belinda Brummer, there too. For bonus bits, show notes and episode transcripts, click here.
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Episode will be released on 4 April: Emmet O'Neill is the CEO of StoryToys - A multi-award winning developer and publisher of apps and games for children. StoryToys have produced apps with many leading children’s brands including The LEGO Group, The Walt Disney Company, Marvel Entertainment, Mattel, Hasbro, Penguin Random House, Warner/DC and Sesame Workshop.
With a career in digital product design that spans over 25 years, Emmet has worked across a broad spectrum of industries including publishing, advertising and film /TV. He specialises in leading highly creative teams and content oriented businesses.
Emmet has led StoryToys through a period of exceptional growth and the successful acquisition by the games label Team17 PLC in 2021.
Join the conversation and make connections by joining The Manager's Moment Club on Linkedin. And connect with me, Belinda Brummer, there too. For bonus bits, show notes and episode transcripts, click here.
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In a world where people, especially women, are encouraged to lean in, and most of us grapple with the challenges of saying ‘No’ to all sorts of things that come our way, Danielle reflects on the benefit and impact of ‘stepping back’.
This is a short bonus episode of a part of my conversation with Danielle O’Meara that didn’t make it into the main episode but that I think you might appreciate. So, we skip the introductions and dive straight in.Join the conversation and make connections by joining The Manager's Moment Club on Linkedin. And connect with me, Belinda Brummer, there too. For bonus bits, show notes and episode transcripts, click here.
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Managers are people too and when layoffs occur, managers can find themselves not only supporting their team through this difficult time, but their peers too - all the while possibly having a tough time themselves.
In this episode, our guest is Danielle O'Meara, who is - was - the manager of a Customer Success Management team in a large multinational tech company. In the years following the Covid pandemic, like a social contagion, large scale layoffs have spread throughout the tech industry.
Danielle shares her experience of, together with her team, being made redundant in 2022. How did she manage? What got her through it? And as she imagines herself in the future, having lived through many more challenging experiences to come, what does she want to be known for?
Join the conversation and make connections by joining The Manager's Moment Club on Linkedin. And connect with me, Belinda Brummer, there too. For bonus bits, show notes and episode transcripts, click here.
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The feeling of being, or not being, in control as a manager, the legacy of making a difference, and curiosity about what a certain person will become. These are a few additional things Manoesjka Snijders talked about in her conversation with me that only just didn't make it into the main episode.
Join the conversation and make connections by joining The Manager's Moment Club on Linkedin. And connect with me, Belinda Brummer, there too. For bonus bits, show notes and episode transcripts, click here.
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Fusion isn't just about food or music - wherever there are people, fusion is taking place. In the workplace, this can come in the form of organisational restructuring.
In this episode, our guest is Manoesjka Snijders, a Programme Director in a youth healthcare setting in the Netherlands. Manoesjka reflects on a time of structural change that took place within the organisation. She was asked to facilitate conversations with teams due to merge - to fuse. There was a moment in the process that resulted in it 'backfiring' (her words) - Manoesjka shares her insights about that moment and what this experience has strengthened in her.
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Managers are people too but it's convenient to make them the baddie in our own story. Here, we hear every-day managers and leaders talk about moments that changed them. In turn, we open ourselves to growing from the experiences they share with us.
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