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
60 episodes
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 with Jen Martin
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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20:11
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
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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42:16
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
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
Talking about Hard Things with Dr. Nancy Dome
Dr. Nancy Dome is the Founder/CEO of Epoch Education who’s primary charge is to provide accessible and transforming professional development for educators and business leaders in diversity, inclusion and belonging, and equity. She ...
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Season 4
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Episode 411
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45:20
Holding Change
In this quick take, I share three ways leaders can hold change, whether it's a job loss or an organizational initiative. These three approaches may seem paradoxical but can accelerate growth and help you tap into what's tryin...
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Season 4
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Episode 410
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13:55
Leading Change with Andy Simonds
Andy Simonds is the co-producer and sound engineer for the show but his new day job is as the Chief Product Officer of Talent.com. Since Andy has been leading product and organizational transformation in tech for 20+ years includin...
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Season 4
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Episode 409
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47:07
Nina's 2022 Book Recommendations
The Anatomy of Trust Unleash your Complexity Genius
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Season 4
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Episode 408
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14:01
Leadership Presence
Clients often come to me focused on learning tactics or strategies for being a better leader. What I have learned over time is that effective leadership is as much about who you are being, your presence, as what you produce or accomplish...
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Season 4
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Episode 407
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11:00
Resilience Inside & Out with Sharmin Banu
Sharmin Banu is an executive coach and the former president of the Washington State Chapter of International Coach Federation. She is also the Pacific Regional Lead for Braver Angels, a grassroots organizations that seeks to depolarize A...
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Season 4
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Episode 406
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45:33
Four Mindsets for Greater Empathy
Nina shares four ways of being that cultivate empathy. It's easy to focus on techniques and skills for building empathy. Your mindset and way of approaching others is equally important in being able to step into someone else’s shoes. &nbs...
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Season 4
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Episode 405
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14:19