Welcome to ”Leading with Presence,” a podcast dedicated to guiding professionals and leaders through the art and science of presence in leadership and life. Hosted by Stephen Clements, formerly known as The Curious Coach, this show embarks on a new journey, expanding its horizons while continuing to explore deep questions and insights into personal and professional development. Every two weeks, ”Leading with Presence” offers two distinct episodes designed to enrich your leadership journey: Mindful Moments: A guided meditation or mindfulness exercise to ground you in the present, fostering tranquility, focus, and awareness in your daily life. Insights and Strategies: A companion episode that delves into themes from the latest edition of the ”Leading with Presence” LinkedIn newsletter. Here, Stephen unpacks practical strategies, cutting-edge research, and personal reflections to enhance your self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and, ultimately, your presence as a leader. Whether you’re a seasoned leader seeking to refine your approach or a professional striving for greater balance and fulfillment, ”Leading with Presence” invites you on a transformative journey. Discover the power of presence, learn to navigate life’s complexities with grace, and lead with authenticity and impact. ”Leading with Presence” has evolved from the beloved ”The Curious Coach” podcast, carrying forward its spirit of curiosity into new realms of exploration and growth. Join us as we continue to question, learn, and grow together. Subscribe and tune in to cultivate a leadership presence that changes not just how you lead, but how you live.
Episodes
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Mini:Balanced Breathing
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
This episode is something very different. It's a voice guide for doing an activity called Balanced Breathing. Balanced breathing is where we focus on making our inhales and exhales of equal duration. Ideally aiming for breaths of 5-6 seconds in duration. When doing this activity, breath in and out through your nose. Aim to make your transitions from inhale to exhale as smooth and gentle as possible. Doing this for even a couple of minutes, causes our autonomic nervous system to reach a point of balance. This balance creates the optimal state for us tap into our head, heart and gut intelligences. If you’d like to know more about connecting in with your head, heart and gut intelligences, check out mBraining and work of the late Grant Soosalu.
If you'd like to use this audio guide but without the podcast jingle and initial explanation, you'll find a version here for your future listening pleasure: https://stephenclements.ie/bb/
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Mini: Coherence
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Welcome to the 100th Episode of The Curious Coach Podcast. A massive thank you to all those loyal listeners for making this such a labour of love for me!
This week's reflective challenge is about coherence. Given that the world is currently full of so much separation and division at the moment, where could you benefit from thinking about coherence instead?
Full details: https://stephenclements.ie/podcast-100/
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Mini: Purpose, Passion and work
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Do you believe that your should find your passion so that you never have to 'work a day in your life'? Or is that something that works for other people? In this mini reflective episode, my reflective challenge is about refraining how your view work, purpose and passion - so that you free yourself from the pressures of trying to align all these things.
For full details: https://stephenclements.ie/podcast-099
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Mini: Driving Metaphor and pitstops!
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Using the metaphor of a car... this week's reflective challenge is about reflecting on how you're currently travelling the highways of life and inviting you to take a pit stop!
For full details, see https://stephenclements.ie/podcast-098
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Mini: Photography
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
In this mini episode, I incorporate one my hobbies into this mini reflective challenge – photography! And no, my challenge isn’t about asking you to go out and take a stunning picture. Rather, it’s about using the metaphor of photography as a model to reflect upon what’s going on for you.
Further details can be found at https://stephenclements.ie/podcast-097/
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Mini: Force Fields
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
In this mini episode, I invite you to do a force field analysis on a project or life goal, reflecting on what might be within your control to change or influence as well as gaining more insight into the forces at play!
Further details can be found at https://stephenclements.ie/podcast-096/
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Interview: Sonya Shellard
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
In this full-length interview episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Sonya Shellard, a UK based executive coach, trainer, supervisor, Managing Director, and co-founder #RideTheWave – a professional coach training provider with a coaching model built around the wave metaphor. And you’ll hear that metaphor bubble up all the way through this wonderful conversation. Aside from discovering more about #RideTheWave, we also explored how she left the corporate world and continued her own journey into coaching; her passion for connection, community and diversity, and touch briefly on the Association for Coaching.
Find out more at https://stephenclements.ie/podcast-095/
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Mini: Inner Scientist
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
This week's episode is about unleashing your inner scientist to move from simply reflecting to forming theories, creating experiments and having new experiences.... otherwise known as Kolb's experiential learning theory!
Further details can be found at the showpage: https://stephenclements.ie/podcast-094
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Mini: Locus Of Control
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
This week's mini reflective challenge is about a psychological concept called the locus of control and noticing whether you're internally or externally oriented and what this might mean for you.
Full show notes can be found at htttps://stephenclements.ie/podcast-093
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Mini:New Experiences
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
This week's challenge is about two thoughts: Doing the same things over and over again and getting the same results, and experiential learning and doing something new!
Find full details at https://stephenclements.ie/podcast-092