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TalkWise Podcast

Alan Robertson

31 episodes

4 months ago

Narratives are powerful forces, shaping not only our perceptions and attitudes about issues but also how we behave towards other people. A narrative can inform or misinform, do good or do harm, expand understanding, co-operation, trust and well-being or reduce them. In a challenged, conflicted and changing world the manner of our storytelling has never been more important. In this episode communications professional Rachel Erskine explains the vital role that ethical storytelling plays in the...

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Narratives are powerful forces, shaping not only our perceptions and attitudes about issues but also how we behave towards other people. A narrative can inform or misinform, do good or do harm, expand understanding, co-operation, trust and well-being or reduce them. In a challenged, conflicted and changing world the manner of our storytelling has never been more important. In this episode communications professional Rachel Erskine explains the vital role that ethical storytelling plays in the...

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Self-Improvement

Episodes (20/31)

TalkWise Podcast

Ethical Storytelling with Rachel Erskine

Narratives are powerful forces, shaping not only our perceptions and attitudes about issues but also how we behave towards other people. A narrative can inform or misinform, do good or do harm, expand understanding, co-operation, trust and well-being or reduce them. In a challenged, conflicted and changing world the manner of our storytelling has never been more important. In this episode communications professional Rachel Erskine explains the vital role that ethical storytelling plays in the...

1 year ago

46 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

Being a speech and language therapist with Stef Ticehurst

For some people severe speech and language difficulties are very evident, whether they date from birth or from life misfortunes such as accidents, strokes and dementia. But in this episode learning and development expert and coach Stef Ticehurst, a highly experienced speech and language therapist herself, points out that we all have difficulties with speech and language in some form and to some degree or other. She suggests some practical ways we can be more sy...

1 year ago

50 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

Omniworking, interview with Gwen Stirling-Wilkie

The world of work is still adjusting to the shocks and after-shocks of the covid pandemic. Rather than simply choosing or balancing where work happens, RTO (Return to Office) or WFH (Work from Home), organisations are faced with the need for unprecedented levels of behavioural and technological adaptability and flexibility. In this episode Organisation Development explorer and guide Gwen Stirling-Wilkie talks about her concept of Omni-Working, working effectively in all ways from all places, ...

1 year ago

52 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

Learning to Listen Interview with Alan Robertson

One of the reasons why it is not easy to be a good listener is that there are so many other calls on our attention, both from the world around us and from what’s going through our minds as we supposedly ‘listen’ to others. In this episode guest interviewer Amy Dempsey returns to question Alan Robertson about the development and purpose of the latest addition to the VoicePrint suite, the Listening Questionnaire, a talk-wise tool that can help us all to learn to listen better. Many...

1 year ago

35 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

Creating Great Dialogue with Paul Minx

Although communication is sometimes described as one-way, no act of communication is merely one-dimensional: all communications reflect both intent, conscious or subconscious, and impact, positive, neutral or negative. So while speeches, presentations and monologues can be multi-faceted in these respects, how much more complex, dynamic and potentially either creative or destructive is the interactive process of dialogue. In this episode guest Paul Minx shares reflections and insights about th...

1 year ago

40 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

Selfless Listening with Janie Van Hool

Listening is a vital part of good communication and effective interactions, but it can be difficult to do it well. Selfless listening requires us to set aside our own concerns and to give our full attention to what someone else wishes to say. In this episode communications expert and Samaritans listening volunteer Janie Van Hool returns to the TalkWise Podcast to emphasise why listening selflessly can be so beneficial, to reflect on how easily good listening intentions can be disrupted ...

1 year ago

32 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

Being present, listening and questioning

It is generally agreed that most human interactions would be improved, if we were better listeners. We are urged to ‘be present’ and to ‘listen actively.’ But what do these ideas mean in practice? How do we become better listeners? In this episode Toni Smerdon, a qualified lawyer whose work now focuses on coaching others, explains the practicalities of the elusive skills of being fully present, of attaining the highest and most productive levels of listening, and of using questioning to...

1 year ago

31 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

Overcoming organisational misalignment

There is a tacit assumption in all organisations: that their constituent parts will fit together and work. The reality is somewhat different, as evidenced by the size of the management consultancy sector, advising to organisations on how to improve their performance. In this episode internal communications expert Lindsay Uitenbogaard explains the ubiquitous problem of unconscious misalignment between functions and people in the modern organisation and how her diagnostic tool, Mirror Mirror, c...

1 year ago

43 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

Inner Talk or Inner Conversation with Paul Gaskin

Talking is not just something that we do with other people. The way we talk to ourselves can also have an enormous impact on how we think, feel and behave, and on our life prospects and outcomes. In this episode, seasoned people professional and coach Paul Gaskin describes the part that self-talk has played in his own career and the transformational effects of turning a negative inner voice into a capacity for generative inner conversation. Many of the communica...

1 year ago

45 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

To Be Seen, Heard, and Understood with Dr Clare Anderson

Being seen, heard and understood are vital to feeling valued and being able to make one’s full contribution, not just at work but in any social interaction. Too often we diminish others and ourselves by failing to see, hear or understand them properly. In this episode linguist Dr Clare Anderson explains how she uses her own deep appreciation of the importance of being seen, heard and understood in her work as an organisational consultant and an executive co...

1 year ago

38 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

The vital art of storytelling

Storytelling is one of the oldest, most enduring and most impactful of all the uses that we make of talk. Stories encourage us to listen, resonate with our felt experiences, and generate both meaning and connections for us. In this episode we explore, with physiotherapist, actor, coach and facilitator, Sue Macmillan, the various and significant roles that storytelling continues to play, in both our interactions and our inner lives, especially during turbulent times.

4 years ago

1 hour 3 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

Talking for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion with Duncan Partridge

The way we talk to and about one another can make or break relationships, inter-personal, organisational or societal, so it’s important to be conscious, current and considered in how our words land with others. But such in-the-moment awareness requires real attention and effort, when so much of our speech follows unconscious habits and patterns. In this episode of the TalkWise podcast we explore with educationalist Duncan Partridge how to become more alert to micro-aggressions, how to co-crea...

4 years ago

1 hour 4 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

Talking about Dyslexia, Curiosity, Creativity and Empathy with Dr Emma Jefferies

Strings of words arranged in meaningful patterns are central to human communication, so how is the sharing of understanding through the medium of words affected by dyslexia? In this episode we talk to designer, consultant and author, Dr Emma Jefferies, about how she overcomes the difficulties posed by her own dyslexia and uses it in her life and work to generate curiosity, creativity and empathy. For full episode notes click here.

4 years ago

59 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

Formative Conversations interview with TalkWise creator Alan Robertson

Talk is potent. It’s the principal everyday means through which we humans make things happen. It influences how we and others feel, think and behave. Sometimes its effect is vanishingly slight, while at others it is real but temporary, but sometimes its impact is profound and lasting. In this episode TalkWise podcast host Alan Robertson becomes the interviewee and reflects on some memorable conversations that had formative effects on him and his work during his own career. See the full epi...

4 years ago

1 hour

TalkWise Podcast

Team Coaching with Kate Mason-Keaney

One of the most significant trends in the continuing evolution of executive coaching is the emergence of team coaching with its focus on the performance and dynamics of the whole team as a collective entity. In this episode we speak with team coach Kate Mason-Keaney, who explains some of the distinctive considerations and approaches involved in the process of giving deep and sustained developmental attention to a team over an extended period of time.

4 years ago

1 hour 6 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

Coaching the Transition into Leadership with Helen Mundy

Much is said, supposed and written about management and leadership, but what do these big concepts actually require of individuals in practice? Are there really significant differences between management and leadership and, if so what are they and how do you prepare for them? In this episode of the podcast we explore these questions with someone who coaches people to make the transition from manager to leader, accredited master executive coach Helen Mundy.

4 years ago

53 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

Sales Talk with Andrew Wilcock

Selling is one of the most intentional and frequent uses to which we humans put our ability to talk. Whether we’re endeavouring to sell products, services or ideas, we consciously want this form of talking to produce a result, and organisations invest more in this area than in any other form of communications training. In this episode we interview sales consultant, lecturer and trainer Andrew Wilcock to explore how patterns of effective Sales Talk have evolved and developed. See the full epi...

4 years ago

56 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

Agile working in conversation with Marian O'Brien

Agile working is an approach to project management developed for a complex, uncertain and dynamic world that calls for the delivery of fast, flexible and progressive solutions. Like all methodologies, its success ultimately depends on people and how they actually behave in practice. In this episode we interview culture architect, consultant and facilitator Marian O’Brien to explore her work and the role that communication plays in creating agile people and organisations Show notes: https://t...

4 years ago

50 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

The Embodied voice with Rachel Harrison

Good communication comes not from abstract principles but from actions, from what actually happens when we speak. Our voices too are rooted and carried through our physical bodies and the feelings and experiences that we hold in them. In this episode we interview coach and developer Rachel Harrison and explore how her work helps people to express their authentic, intentional voice with greater ease by reconnecting mind, body and voice through emotion.

4 years ago

1 hour 3 minutes

TalkWise Podcast

Listening for a living with psychiatrist Dr Tim Ojo

The importance of being ready, able and willing to listen as a key element in effective communication has been emphasised over and over again by previous guests on the TalkWise Podcast, irrespective of the particular field in which they work. In this episode we interview Dr Tim Ojo, who describes himself as ‘listening for a living’, and explore how he uses listening in his work as a professional psychiatrist, coach, mentor and mediator.

4 years ago

43 minutes