
Stepsero
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Stepsero is a podcast focusing on mental health in the modern workplace. Our aim is to provide professionals and organizations with informative content about mental health at work, including its influence on productivity, organizational design, employee motivation, and management style.
Stepsero
2M ago
Learning from experience
In this episode of Stepsero, Costas Kalisperas shares with us the best and the worst thing that happened to him in his career. Spoiler alert: they might both come from the same decision.
Our Guest: Costas Kalisperas
Costas is the Founder & CEO of In Tune Executive Coaching. His focus is on helping leaders to be in tune with themselves and their environment, tap into their inner resourcefulness and manage their interactions with others more effectively. To know more about Costas, please visit any of the links below.
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Stepsero
2M ago
Setting the right expectations for your job
With Costas Kalisperas, on the importance of setting the right expecations about your job, and putting up with mundane, less exciting tasks in exchange for a healthy learning curve over time.
Our Guest: Costas Kalisperas
Costas is the Founder & CEO of In Tune Executive Coaching. His focus is on helping leaders to be in tune with themselves and their environment, tap into their inner resourcefulness and manage their interactions with others more effectively. To know more about Costas, please visit any of the links below.
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Stepsero
2M ago
Toxic Leadership
Kasia Musur joins the Stepsero podcast to discuss toxic leadership.
Below are a few main takeaways:
It can be hard to define toxic traits in leaders. Generally speaking, toxic leaders put their image and interest ahead of the well-being of the people they lead. For toxic leaders, success is not about their team or even the company, but rather about themselves.
Especially early in your career, you might think that you simply have to accept toxic leadership as part of the process. But this does not have to be the case.
Toxic leadership highly depends on the company ..read more
Stepsero
3M ago
Can tough conversations help?
Whether we like them or not, tough conversations happen, and it is important to know how to approach them, and when. Costas Kalisperas walks us through preparing tough conversations, focusing on the desired outcome, listening to learn, and much more.
Our Guest: Costas Kalisperas
Costas is the Founder & CEO of In Tune Executive Coaching. His focus is on helping leaders to be in tune with themselves and their environment, tap into their inner resourcefulness and manage their interactions with others more effectively. To know more about Costas, please visit any o ..read more
Stepsero
5M ago
Do Values Matter?
Do values matter?
Broadly speaking, values relate to a sense of justice
The values that most companies openly pursue may look very similar to one another. What matters however, is whether people practise them or not.
Values at work reinforce your sense of purpose, your satisfaction in your own work. They increase motivation, enhance engagement, loyalty, retention, and performance.
At the foundation of teamwork is trust building. And you can only build trust by being authentic, transparent and fair.
It’s what you stand for and who you are that causes people to follow ..read more
Stepsero
6M ago
Too kind to lead?
In this episode of our mini-series “Coaching with Costas”, we discuss whether one can actually be “too kind to lead”.
Below are the main highlights of our chat:
At the root of kindness is effective leadership. Kind leadership is critically important, particularly today. But being too kind perhaps can be a challenge.
Leadership is about being inclusive and understanding others’ perspectives and their personal growth agenda, ultimately empowering them to be as successful as they can be.
You can be kind and purposeful, transparent, consistent and people c ..read more
Stepsero
9M ago
Speaking Up at work
Speaking up at work” is the central topic of this fifth episode of “Coaching with Costas”.
Below are a few main pointers:
Speaking up at work is an essential part of one’s career.
The fear of how it could be received should not be the reason why you don’t do it.
There are two categories of speaking up: sharing an opinion, and wanting to effect change. The former is usually a microcosm of the latter. Trying to effect change is more difficult and requires you to offer a series of solutions.
Cognitive diversity results in better outcomes for the organisation.
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Stepsero
11M ago
Impostor thoughts or growth mindset?
In this fourth episode of “Coaching with Costas”, we discuss how to deal with office politics.
Below are the main highlights of our chat:
Office politics often have a negative connotation. However that does not have to be the case.
It is not either performance or politics. One does not exclude the other. If anything, politics do affect performance, so withdrawing from it may be naive and counterproductive.
Poor leadership is one of the reasons why office politics have acquired a negative connotation over time.
Having a great point of view and ..read more
Stepsero
1y ago
Impostor thoughts or growth mindset?
In this second episode of “Coaching with Costas”, we discuss the “Impostor Phenomenon”.
Below are the main highlights of our chat:
It is natural to have impostor thoughts if you push yourself towards growth.
The impostor phenomenon is a symptom of success. It is often born out of a natural tendency for self-growth and self-improvement.
The more you achieve, the more you might fear that those who look up to you will discover that you are not as good as you should be.
Some studies suggest that impostor thoughts are born or child roles and family dynam ..read more
Stepsero
1y ago
The work-life conundrum
In this first episode of the miniseries “Coaching with Costas”, Costas addresses the work-life conundrum.
Below are a few notable highlights:
Try to figure out which times of the day you are most effective at work, and in which times are best for you to carry out mundane tasks instead. Once you have done that, plan your time accordingly by time-blocking.
Some techniques are very useful for you to focus and manage your time. One example is the Pomodoro technique, which helps you work in 25-minute blocks. One other example is the 3-3-3 technique.
Prioritise w ..read more