The Essential Mindset show offers insights, resources, and support to help you thrive during life’s unexpected challenges, be they a health crisis, natural disaster, family emergency, or business downturn. The show, hosted by Ann Rockley, features real-world advice and thought-provoking inspiration from notable experts. We will examine resilience, adaptability, the growth mindset, foundational health, and best practices for achieving success in life and work.

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Ann Rockley talks to Cheryl Landes about coping at work when caring for a spouse with mental illness

One in five people suffer from a mental health condition, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), and many of their loved ones in the workforce are caring for them. Usually, these caregivers are thrust into this role without warning and no support, and the endless demands affect their health and job performance. Caregivers struggle with knowing where to turn for help and who to trust. If you’re a caregiver, how can you find a balance where you can remain successful in your career while giving your loved one the appropriate care?

In this session, you’ll learn:
1) How to spot the signs you need help as a caregiver
2) How to identify people who will support you and how to approach them
3) How to care for yourself and know when to let go

Cheryl Landes is a technical communications consultant who has experienced the challenges of taking care of a husband with an undiagnosed mental illness. In her latest book, The Best I Can Do, she describes her experiences helplessly watching her husband’s decline, which tore their lives apart and forced them into homelessness, and her journey to recovery.

Surviving at Work while Caregiving at Home

Ann Rockley and Angeline Gillings talk about Heartfelt Leadership that combines emotional intelligence with smart business acumen for lasting success.

Heartfelt Leadership integrates authenticity, empathy, and emotional intelligence, focusing on both strategic objectives and genuine care for team members. This leadership style emphasizes personal and professional growth, prioritizes employee welfare, and cultivates a culture of trust, openness, and psychological safety while delivering business results. It encourages feedback, appreciates individual contributions, and seeks to inspire, engage, and retain employees, fostering a productive and innovative work environment.

Angeline shares her passion for cultivating an environment where enlightened leaders and engaged teams thrive in a positive and productive workplace, driving sustainable business success. She shares case studies and strategies you can use to cultivate a culture where emotional intelligence and strategic thinking drive success. 

Participants will learn about:

1) Emotional Intelligence in Leadership: Developing competencies like self-awareness and empathy to improve team relations and tackle organizational challenges.
2) Strategic Integration: Merging emotional intelligence with strategic planning to enhance adaptability and resilience.
3) Cultivating Culture: Building a supportive atmosphere that promotes belonging, safety, innovation, and retention.

Angeline Gillings — "Your Business Archangel" — and founder of AMP-G LLC, specializes in coaching for self-actualization and holistic success. With over 30 years of business experience, including leading diverse global teams, she excels in facilitating the professional and personal growth of leaders and teams. She has spoken on live stages and virtually to public managers, women and leadership groups, focusing on leadership, attitude, and collaboration, with features in ABC, CBS, USA Today, and Fox News.

Heartfelt Leadership: Leadership Beyond the Bottom Line

Ann Rockley and Michelle Puccinelli talk about how what works in the office may NOT work online. It’s time to learn how to do remote culture right!

If hybrid/remote work is here to stay, then it’s time for companies and leaders to LEAN IN and build their teams with intention. Creating a successful virtual team starts with the right hires and ends with a culture of joyful autonomy. 

Join Ann Rockley and Michelle Puccinelli, business consultant and fractional Vice President for online mogul Chalene Johnson, to learn more about creating remote teams that get stuff done AND still have fun together. 

Whether you’re part of a remote team that is struggling or you’re a leader trying to build successfully, you’ll walk away from this session with the tools to make lasting changes within your organization. 

You’ll hear about:
1) What types of qualities to look for in remote workers
2) How to foster collaboration online
3) The most important processes needed for a well-oiled virtual team

About Michelle: After leaving a career in teaching, Michelle Puccinelli entered the business world as an entry-level social media manager. Within 4 years she became the Vice President of the Team Johnson suite of companies –  leading a team of over 30 remote contractors and employees. Having worn many hats throughout an organization, Michelle understands the struggles of remote work from all sides – employee and employer. She is passionate about building teams that are people first, focusing on autonomy, meaningful connections, and streamlined work processes.

Building (and Keeping) Remote Teams that Don’t Suck

—> Proven Hacks to switch off a busy brain, be more productive, and enjoy life!
 
This episode is especially for busy, time-poor professionals who want to switch off a busy brain, and have tried everything — specifically meditation and mindfulness — without much success.  

Sue Belton explains why and uncovers the link between working long hours, poor time management, cognitive impairment, biological factors, and behavioral drivers that all result in poor productivity and performance issues, and which keep a brain… busy!

Sue shares six hacks that have been road-tested on leaders worldwide and gives you the proven tools to:
1) Learn how to switch off your busy brain
2) Discover why you can’t meditate and what will work
3) Learn how to better manage your time, tasks, and team
  
About Sue Belton... Sue Belton is an Award-Winning Leadership Coach, Best-Selling Author and Speaker. She specialises in working with senior leaders and established founders who have a great track record but who know they need to become a lot more strategic to grow their team and business. She works with them to develop their resilience, strategising, empathy, adaptability, influence, and ability to create high-performing teams.
 
Sue has been awarded Best Coach, Female Entrepreneur of the Year; she’s the best-selling author of “Change Your Life in 5: How to make meaningful changes in your life,” and her podcast “Change Makers” has been downloaded in twenty-eight countries. Results-focused, she knows it’s win-win: when leaders focus on their own performance and development, they and their teams become happier,  perform better, and get better results for the business.

Forget Meditation!

Join Ann Rockley and Kim Meninger to learn strategies that can help you to overcome impostor syndrome.

Do you ever feel like a fraud? 
Do you ask yourself, “Who am I to ______ ?”
Do you worry that the people around you are much smarter and more qualified than you?
 
If so, you likely struggle with “impostor syndrome,” a term for the feelings of self-doubt and inadequacy that many of us face despite the fact that, to the outside world, we seem to be doing well. 
 
Join this conversation with Ann Rockley and Kim Meninger to:
 
1) Understand why we experience impostor syndrome and why it’s actually a normal human experience
2) Identify common triggers of impostor syndrome
3) Learn strategies to build your confidence and manage these disruptive feelings so that you can effectively achieve your goals

The Essential Mindset is brought to you by The Content Wrangler and sponsored by The Rockley Group.

This show was originally broadcast on April 26, 2023.

Conquer Impostor Syndrome to Advance Your Career

Ann Rockley on the myth and challenges of work-life balance and creating work-life success instead

Work-life balance is a myth, especially in today’s “always on” culture! It's impossible to keep both work and life in perfect balance all the time. 

Work-life integration is a more flexible approach giving you greater control over where to spend your time, but work-life integration blurs the line between work and life and it can be a slippery slope as you let more work shift into personal time.

There is no perfect solution, but understanding the trade-offs and best practices can make it possible to build work-life success. 

Join this session to learn how you can create work-life success by:

1) Recognizing the myths and reality of work-life options
2) Understanding the choices and the trade-offs
3) Reducing stress and frustration with best practices to simplify choices
4) Learning to pivot and shift to adapt to whatever life throws at you

The Essential Mindset is brought to you by The Content Wrangler and sponsored by The Rockley Group.

Work-Life Balance: The Myth and Solutions

Many people work the standard 40-hour workweek or more, but where did that standard come from, and is it the best for optimum productivity? We can use the research in neuroscience and look to the inclinations of top performers to understand how we can work less and get more done. Using this knowledge we can improve our performance and work less. We may even see the four-day workweek emerge as the new standard. 

Join Host Ann Rockley and her special guest, Joe Sanok, and learn how a change in mindset can make you more productive even when you slow down!

About Joe Sanok — Joe Sanok is the author of "Thursday is the New Friday: How to work fewer hours, make more money, and spend time doing what you want." 

The book examines how the four-day workweek can boost creativity and productivity. Joe has been featured on Forbes, GOOD Magazine, and the Smart Passive Income Podcast. He is the host of the popular The Practice of the Practice Podcast, which is recognized as one of the Top 50 Podcasts worldwide with over 100,000 downloads each month. Bestselling authors, experts, scholars, and business leaders and innovators are featured and interviewed in the 550 plus podcasts he has done over the last six years.

This show was originally broadcast on November 16, 2021.

The Essential Mindset talk show is brought to your The Content Wrangler and The Rockley Group.

Thursday is the New Friday — Change Your Mindset to Be More Productive

Bring your best self to any situation with an alter ego.

We've been sold a lie that, to be authentic, we need to be the same in every situation.

Yet, we know that's not true:
• You're different at work than when you're at home
• You're different with your college friends than when you're with your family
• You’re different with work colleagues than you are with your best friends

Being authentic is showing up as your best self to each situation. Many of us get stuck trying to do that. People-pleasing, imposter syndrome, inner critics, and old habits all conspire to prevent our best selves from showing up.
 
When you experience divorce, disease, layoffs, or loss, you can feel unsure of who you are and how to be. Difficult situations and life changes provide a great opportunity for reinvention and tapping into your most authentic desires.
 
 Join Ann Rockley and her guest, Meg Niman, to learn:
 1) Why you already have the qualities you seek
 2) The key question to ask yourself when you're stuck
 3) The one magical phrase to help you morph into who you've always wanted to be

The Essential Mindset is brought to you by The Content Wrangler and The Rockley Group.

Conscious Creation: How Alter Egos Unlock Your Success

This show addresses the realities of the 21st-century labor market and provides some emerging strategies that you can adopt in response. 

Join Ann Rockley and her special guest, Saul Carliner, as they take a look at key factors affecting employment now and into the future including such questions as:

1) The social contract around employment is changing. How does this affect me and what can I do about it?

2) The job search is increasingly transactional and technology-driven. How does that work? What can I do to impress the AI and algorithms?

3) How do I respond to constant changes in the employment landscape for long-term career stability?

Saul Carliner is a Professor of Educational Technology at Concordia University. Also an industry consultant, he conducts program and organizational evaluations, and workshops on communication, training, and related management topics for clients around the globe. 

His books include the recent Career Anxiety (with Margaret Driscoll and Yvonne Thayer) and An Overview of Training and Development (with Margaret Driscoll), the best-selling Training Design Basics, and the award-winning Informal Learning Basics. 

Saul is president of the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education, a Fellow and past board member of the Institute for Performance and Learning, and a Fellow and past president of the Society for Technical Communication.

The Essential Mindset show is brought to you by The Rockley Group and The Content Wrangler.

Harness Your Mindset to Stay Employed and Employable

Ann Rockley talks with Matthew Pollard, best-selling author of “The Introvert's Edge” series, about why introverts struggle and how they can excel instead!

One of the biggest myths that plagues the business world today is that success in business or ability to network depends on being an extrovert with the “gift-of-gab.” You don’t have to be outgoing to be successful and you don’t have to become a relentless self-promoter. In fact, you don’t have to act like an extrovert at all!

Matthew Pollard, an introvert himself, draws on over a decade of research and real-world examples to provide an actionable blueprint for introverted success in his book series The Introverted Edge.

In this talk show, Matthew Pollard shares insights for introvert success.

1) Why you don't need to be an extrovert to be successful
2) How to leverage your innate introverted strengths
3) How to prepare for any situation
4) Overcome fear and discomfort when networking

“The Essential Mindset” is brought you by The Content Wrangler and The Rockley Group.

The Introvert's Edge

Ann Rockley talks to Andrew Lawless about turning a diabetes survival mindset into a thriving mindset! 

Managing diabetes goes beyond just measuring blood sugar, counting carbs, taking medication, and being active. Creating a conscious, intentional, and sustainable way to live happy and healthy with diabetes is 20% medical and 80% mental!

In this session you’ll learn:

1) The importance of mindset in managing diabetes
2) The most important actions to take to manage your diabetes
3) How to avoid sabotaging your success

Andrew Lawless is a high-performance coach and award-winning transformation consultant. He’s been a trainer and consultant to the FBI and the World Bank. He is a Certified High-Performance Coach and Kolbe Certified™ Consultant. Yet Andrew has had Type 1 Diabetes for more than 40 years! He’s never let it slow him down or compromise his success. His personal mission is to share his diabetic secrets for success. 

“The Essential Mindset” talk show offers insights, resources, and support to help you thrive during life’s unexpected challenges, be they a health crisis, natural disaster, family emergency, or business downturn. The show features real-world advice and thought-provoking inspiration from notable guest experts. and examines resilience, adaptability, the growth mindset, foundational health, and best practices for achieving success in life and work.

Surviving Diabetes with a Healthy Mindset

People talk about being burned out from work all the time, but what is burnout really? And are you experiencing it? 

Join Ann Rockley and Jessica Sweet as they talk about strategies to step back from the brink of burnout or pull you back if you've gone over the edge.

They will discuss what to look out for if you suspect burnout, and how you can make some small but significant changes that can help you cope and recover. They will also discuss what you can do to help you set yourself up to be burnout-proof in future roles. 
 
Here's what you'll learn: 

1) Understand what burnout is and if you're experiencing it. 
2) Simple things you can do to cope and recover from burnout. 
3) Questions you can ask future employers to detect a "burnout" role before you take it and burnout-proof yourself if you ever find yourself there again.

“The Essential Mindset“ is brought to you by The Content Wrangler and sponsored by The Rockley Group.

Avoiding Burnout: How to Stop the Tailspin

From creativity to deep thinking, discover how the cognitive power of walking fuels success. 

Join Ann Rockley and her guest, Gail Biddulph, and discover how to turn your walk into a catalyst for delivering sustainable high performance and business success. After more than 20 years of walking with her own high-performing teams, Gail shares her finely honed approach to optimizing the benefits of integrating walking into your working life.  

Attendees will learn: 

1) How walking helps de-stress your body
2) The 3 keys to cognitive mobility
3) Why walking boosts creativity at work
 
Gail will also share the practical steps for getting the most from your walking and how to integrate it into your working life whether you’re working in a team or considering how business “netwalking” opportunities can be more than just a nice chat.  

The Essential Mindset is brought to you by The Content Wrangler and sponsored by The Rockley Group.

How Walking Kickstarts Your Business Success

Join Ann Rockley and Kim Meninger to learn strategies that can help you to overcome impostor syndrome.

Do you ever feel like a fraud? 
Do you ask yourself, “Who am I to ______ ?”
Do you worry that the people around you are much smarter and more qualified than you?
 
If so, you likely struggle with “impostor syndrome,” a term for the feelings of self-doubt and inadequacy that many of us face despite the fact that, to the outside world, we seem to be doing well. 
 
Join this conversation with Ann Rockley and Kim Meninger to:
 
1) Understand why we experience impostor syndrome and why it’s actually a normal human experience
2) Identify common triggers of impostor syndrome
3) Learn strategies to build your confidence and manage these disruptive feelings so that you can effectively achieve your goals

The Essential Mindset is brought to you by The Content Wrangler and sponsored by The Rockley Group.

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