Let's Get Real
Hi, I'm Nina Simonds, a leadership and relationship coach, and Let's Get Real is about having REAL (relevant, engaging, authentic leadership) conversations with people who inspire me. My guests are business leaders, learning professionals, and social impact entrepreneurs who are working toward a more inclusive and equitable world. We explore personal experiences that have been catalysts for their growth and share some of the key concepts and tools that support effective and inclusive leadership to give you the confidence to lead and love well.
Episodes
67 episodes
From Fixing to Connecting with Charles Sue-Wah-Sing
Nina spoke with Charles Su-Wah-Sing, a certified leadership and life coach who guides individual leaders, teams and couples to the fullest expression of their humanity. Nina and Charles explored the current challenges facing men an...
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Season 6
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Episode 610
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42:07
Developing a Strong Vision
Nina shares the ABC's (and D&E) of creating a compelling and effective vision. The second half of the episode includes a guided process with questions you can answer as you reflect and clarify what matters most to you and your vision for 20...
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Season 6
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Episode 609
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26:12
Making the Impossible Possible with Jeff Harmon
Jeff Harmon is the Founder & CEO of My Impossible, a 501c3 organization on a mission to ignite a global movement of individuals stepping beyond their comfort zones to tackle the seemingly impossible, transforming their lives and inspiring t...
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Season 6
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Episode 608
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40:55
How to Have Healthy Conflict
In this QuickTake, I share the distinction between healthy and unhealth conflict and the four relationship toxins that lead to unhealthy conflict. I also offer three antidotes to the toxins.
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Season 6
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Episode 607
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14:39
Co-Active Leadership with Edwin Vega
Edwin Vega, is a Certified Executive & Leadership Development Coach and Facilitator who specializes in leading customized retreats for leaders in the tech and pharmaceutical industries, particularly focusing on team building, trust and maxi...
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Season 6
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Episode 606
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46:05
Leading with Respect & Curiosity
Nina spoke with Dr. Julie Pham, the founder of CuriosityBased, a consulting practice helping organizations foster more curiosity to build trust, communication, and collaboration. In this episode we explored the 7 Forms of Respect® framewo...
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Season 6
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Episode 605
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46:23
Leading with Love & Joy
Nina sat down with Connie Tingson Gatuz, Phd., a higher education leader, facilitator, and innovator. Tingson Gatuz is the current chair of the Michigan ACE Network. She is also the Associate Vice President of Student Life at the Universi...
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Season 6
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Episode 604
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50:00
Relaxing the Mind
Barron Hanson is recognized as a teacher of Vedic knowledge by the Shankaracharya tradition in India. Barron was living in New York in 2019 when the east coast of australia was devastated by the worst bushfires in its recorded history, im...
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Season 6
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Episode 603
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40:14
Staying Creative through Change
Jen Martin is a coach and consultant working with leaders and teams to navigate change creatively. For more than a decade, she has coached and trained thousands of people across industries and sectors and recently published her first book, The ...
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Season 6
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Episode 602
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39:38
Better Together
In the Opener for Season Six, Nina speaks with Monique Breault and Cai DeLumpa, professional certified coaches with 30+ years experience working in organizations. As husband and wife...
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Season 6
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Episode 601
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45:17
Being a Relationship Warrior
Our guest is Faith Fuller, co-founder of CRR Global and co-creator of Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC™). She is a psychologist and experienced trainer and coach, with decades of ex...
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Season 5
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Episode 513
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39:43
Good Grief with Rachel Baldi & Christie Mann
In this time of so much change, I can't think of a better skill set than understanding and being able to help others come to terms with loss. That's one reason I wanted to have this conversation with
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Season 5
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Episode 512
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35:34
Boundaryless Change with Marita Fridjhon
Our guest is Marita Fridjhon, a thought leader in the paradigm shifts leaders and teams need to make to create systems-inspired change. Over two decades ago, Marita and CRR Global co-founder Faith Fuller developed the simple yet revolutio...
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Season 5
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Episode 511
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46:07
Making the Invisible Visible with Eric Kohner
Eric Kohner is an internationally recognized executive coach, keynote speaker, and is considered one of the “godfathers” of Co-Active coaching. He is the founder of ekcoSYSTEM, where they teach the skills to create effective leaders insi...
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Season 5
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Episode 510
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47:09
From Download to Dialogue
In this QuickTake I share my thoughts on the critical skill of tuning into your key stakeholders and moving from a unilateral conversation to a collaborative co-created dialogue. Theory U ...
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Season 5
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Episode 509
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14:01
Midlife Mastery: Women in Their Prime
JuJu Hook helps companies find their juju and brand it. In this conversation Nina and Juju explored the power of women in midlfe. Juju also shared insights about how to challenge assumptions and address and activate around the realities o...
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Season 5
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Episode 508
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48:50
Expanding Leadership with Jenny Vazquez-Newsum
Jenny Vazquez-Newsum is a leadership facilitator and CEO of Untapped Leaders, a leadership development organization specializing in uncovering overlooked capacities and untapped talent. Her recent book
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Season 5
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Episode 507
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47:50
The Three C's of Culture
In this Quick Take episode, Andy interviewed Nina about what it takes to cultivate a positive workplace culture. Nina shared the three C's and the two of them explore how pitfalls and limits of a culture based on the personalities of the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 506
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Climate Change on the Roof of the World with James Fountain
James Fountain is a documentarian, a sustainability leader and a storyteller. He has an extensive career trajectory that includes leadership roles in Big 4 public accounting firms, strategic consulting to top-tier corporations in diverse ...
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Season 5
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Episode 505
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49:11
JEDI Coaching with Dr. Priya Nalkur
Dr. Priya Nalkur is the President of the Roundtable Institute a professional coaching and training firm that helps leaders raise their awareness, action, and advocacy for organizational chan...
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Season 5
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Episode 504
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38:42
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Doing Good and Making Money with Bessi Graham
Bessi Graham is an investor, entrepreneur and writer with a passion for using business as an agent for change. For the past 20 years she has focused on unlocking capital to deliver positive social and environmental outcomes in Australia a...
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Season 5
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Episode 503
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Learning from Transitions with Dr. Elijah Nicholas
Dr. Elijah Nicholas is an 11-time published author with his most recent work is his LGBTQI+ friendly children's book series which promotes love, family, compas...
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Season 5
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Episode 502
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52:05
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4 Ways to Cultivate Better Listening
In the Season Five Opener, Nina shares four ways to cultivate better listening. She also makes a key distinction between managing and leading and why it matters to listen well.
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Season 5
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Episode 501
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15:22
Three Leadership Lessons from Season 4
Nina reflects on the three leadership lessons from Season 4. The meta questions we asked this season included: how does a leader cultivate a culture of belonging and inclusion? What's the most effective ways to navigate a di...
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Season 4
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Episode 413
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9:18
Enabling Visionary Leadership with Maria Gerea
Maria Gerea is the founder and owner of Coevolution. As an experienced executive coach and team development facilitator, she supports leaders and teams to connect the dots between collaboration and innovation to elevate their impact and r...
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Season 4
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Episode 412
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45:09
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