The Right Questions Podcast

Simon Ash
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The Right Questions Podcast

Wherever you are on your leadership journey, join us to learn more about how to effective leaders of ourselves and others. All you need is an inquisitive mind!

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    How to Make Your Own CV or Résumé

    What is a CV or résumé?A résumé is a document that summarises your professional experience including your work history and qualifications. 'CV' stands for the Latin ‘Curriculum Vitae’ meaning ‘the course of my life’, and a resume is effectively a concise version of your work life. To create your own CV or resume, just follow these 5 steps:Content. Write out your CV in full.Tailor. Adjust your content for the specific application.Edit. Reduce the resume to under two pages of text.Format. ...

    5 min

  2. 14 OCT

    The Hero’s Journey: The 12-Step Story Arc

    The Hero’s Journey is a structured story arc, and common template, used by storytellers, from authors of ancient mythology through to Hollywood screenwriters. If you think of tales of heroes, be that Odysseus or Luke Skywalker, Perseus or Katniss Everdeen, you can see the underlying similarities.A 17-step structure was proposed by Joseph Campbell in The Hero With a Thousand Faces (1949) and this was refined into a 12-step process by Christopher Vogler in The Writers Journey (2007). But both t...

    8 min

  3. 7 OCT

    Understanding Life Priorities By Examining How You Spend Your Time and Money

    What are your priorities in life? How does the way you use your time and money reflect your priorities?We all have priorities, whether we recognise them or not. We all have priorities, whether we recognise them or not. Even if we think we know our priorities, it is good to reflect on our actions to see how well our ideas and behaviours align.A good way to examine our priorities is to look at the evidence of how we spend our time and money. It is effectively an audit of our schedule and f...

    5 min

  4. 30 SEPT

    The Meaning of Vocation and How to Find Work That You Love

    What are your passions? What motivates and drives you? How about your job? Do you do what you love? Work isn’t always fun, but most people want to do a job that they are passionate about, something they can enjoy, where they feel they can make a difference, all while earning some money.We all have a unique blend of skills, passions, and strengths. When these are expressed in how we spend our work time, then we have a vocation. This episode introduces The Spark Tool that you can use ...

    5 min

  5. 25 MAR

    How to Prioritise Tasks Effectively: Doing the Most Important Thing First

    There are many strategies for prioritising but, if you look carefully, you will see that they all boil down to the same thing. The simple truth at the heart of prioritising is: Do the most important task first. So let’s look at that in more detail. If you want to be truly productive then you need to prioritise effectively. It is a constant decision-making process, working out what to do next. This episode looks at a few different ways to ensure you are putting first t...

    5 min

  6. 18 MAR

    What is a Mission or Success Statement (and Why Do You Need One)?

    A mission statement expresses what we are striving for; it should be a clear and concise statement of what success looks like.Being busy is not enough; it counts for nothing if there is not some deeper purpose. We need to know exactly what we are trying to achieve.I learnt the true importance of a mission statement in the army. For any military task, there will be a set of orders, often long and detailed, which tries to plan for every foreseeable eventuality. A really good mission ...

    4 min

  7. 11 MAR

    What is a Vision Statement and Why are They Important?

    A vision statement is a picture or dream of a better future. This is important as dreams can be powerful things if we choose to make them a reality.Henry Ford had an impassioned idea of a motorcar that would be affordable for the average family and he designed the Model T Ford. Edmund Hillary dreamed of climbing the highest mountain on earth and he and Tenzing Norgay were the first men to stand on top of Everest. Tim Berners-Lee dreamed of a way of freely sharing information and kn...

    5 min

  8. 4 MAR

    How to do a Personal SWOT Analysis (with examples)

    The SWOT analysis is one of the best-known situational and self-awareness tools. SWOT is an acronym that stands for: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats.The SWOT analysis was originally developed by researchers at Stanford University and designed for organisations but it can equally be used by individuals. The podcast looks at the 4 steps needed to complete a personal SWOT analysis.For more information, you can access the accompanying article using this link:https://the...

    6 min
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Wherever you are on your leadership journey, join us to learn more about how to effective leaders of ourselves and others. All you need is an inquisitive mind!

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  • Creator
    Simon Ash
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    54
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2024 The Right Questions Podcast
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