Influence & Impact for female leaders Carla Miller

 
 
If you’ve noticed unhelpful patterns of behaviours playing out in your team or if you’ve got a tense relationship with a colleague then this week’s episode can provide insight into what’s causing those patterns.   

 

My guest, leadership coach and podcast host Rebekah Whitaker shares why we get pulled into the ‘drama triangle’ and what we can learn from Transactional Analysis to understand ourselves and our relationships with others better. 

 

Transactional Analysis is new to me so it was really interesting to understand the ‘drama triangle’ and reflect on how it plays out in the workplace and the role we can play as leaders in creating more positive behaviours and relationships. 

 

In this episode Rebekah provides an introduction to this concept and I’m delighted that she’s running a workshop within Women Leading this autumn to bring the next level of insights into how leaders can reduce drama within their teams. 

 

This is the Influence & Impact podcast for women leaders, helping you confidently navigate the ups and downs of leadership and feel less alone on your journey as a leader. 

  

My name’s Carla Miller, I’ve been coaching leaders for the past 15 years and I’m your leadership bestie.  I’m here to remind you of the value to bring to your organisation, to help believe in yourself and to share practical tools and insights from myself and my brilliant guests that will help you succeed in your career. 

 

Women Leading: 

Come and join over 40 women in Women Leading – my community to help you lead without overwhelm.  It offers peer support calls, group coaching calls, regular menopause events and a live leadership and wellbeing workshop each month on topics including… 

 

Managing an Overwhelmed Team 
How and When to Coach Your Team 
Reducing Drama in your Team 


Giving Feedback Without Feeling Awkward 

 

Find up more and sign up at https://www.carlamillertraining.com/womenleading  

 

About Rebekah Whitacker: 

Through Quest for EST Rebekah is on a mission to change the way that we approach leadership development, equipping leaders with skills to support them from the start of their leadership journey. She is also the co-host of In Pursuit of the Better You, a podcast dedicated to helping you maximise your potential personally and professionally. 

 

Rebekah’s website: www.quest4est.co.uk  

Rebekah’s substack: https://quest4est.substack.com 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Networking is an idea that makes some of us cringe.  Others would love to network more but struggle to attend events due to workload and caring responsibilities. But what if networking didn’t have to be so uncomfortable and you could do it in a way that works for you? 

 

That’s what Ellie Rich-Poole, career development coach and one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices for careers. 

 

We cover… 

 

Why networking is key to developing your career and accessing opportunities 
How to build your network in a way that works for you 
The power of making genuine connections rather than working the room 
How to make yourself actually go to networking events 
Making the most of networking opportunities 
Creating a croissant not a bagel (you’ll have to listen to decipher that one) 

 

 

This is the Influence & Impact podcast for women leaders, helping you confidently navigate the ups and downs of leadership and feel less alone on your journey as a leader. 

  

My name’s Carla Miller, I’ve been coaching leaders for the past 15 years and I’m your leadership bestie.  I’m here to remind you of the value to bring to your organisation, to help believe in yourself and to share practical tools and insights from myself and my brilliant guests that will help you succeed in your career. 

 


Come and join over 40 women in Women Leading – my community to help you lead without overwhelm.  It offers peer support calls, group coaching calls, regular menopause events and a live leadership and wellbeing workshop each month on topics including… 

 

Managing an Overwhelmed Team 
How and When to Coach Your Team 
Reducing Drama in your Team 
Giving Feedback Without Feeling Awkward 

 

Find up more and sign up at https://www.carlamillertraining.com/womenleading  

 

About Ellie 

 

 Ellie Rich-Poole is a Career Development Coach. She helps leaders find their perfect role and be brilliant in it, by playing to their strengths. She goes on the journey with them as a supporter and challenger to help them get to action and get results, particularly at times of transition. 

 

She has over 25 years’ experience in HR, Recruitment and Head-hunting. She founded her business in 2016 to inspire and support others with their career development. 

 

She enjoys leading group sessions and speaks on a range of career topics including ’12 ways to take control of your career’, ‘Learn to Love LinkedIn’ and ‘Stop hiding, start Networking.’ 

 

She supports a range of DEI focused organisations as an Interview Coach, a Mentor and a Career Accelerator programme lead. She is the Chief Ambassador for Girls Friendly Society (GFS) a charity working with girls in the UK’s least privileged areas. She is passionate about helping individuals achieve their potential. 

 

Ellie is a Mental Health First Aider and has lived experience of pre and postnatal anxiety. 


 

She understands the challenges of managing a career and a family. 

Ellie has lived and worked in the UK, Germany, Chile and Singapore and enjoys 

supporting globally minded individuals and organisations, and making new friends. 

 

She has studied at both Durham and Oxford University, and is an International Coaching Federation PCC level Coach. She is a Strengths Profile and Insights Discovery Practitioner. LinkedIn named her a LinkedIn ‘Top Voice’ for Careers in 2022. 

 

https://www.ellierichpoole.com/organisations/  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellierichpoole/  

 

 

 

 

In this week’s episode leadership coach Jennifer McCanna and I are answering your questions about dealing with difficult relationships in the workplace.
We discuss…
How to stop harsh feedback from impacting your confidence How to talk to your line manager when you’re struggling to work with a colleague Your expectations of your line manager and what to do when they aren’t being met Jen’s ‘What Next Wheel’ – a tool that helps you respond rather than react in tricky influencing situations  
This is the Influence & Impact podcast for women leaders, helping you confidently navigate the ups and downs of leadership and feel less alone on your journey as a leader.
 
My name’s Carla Miller, I’ve been coaching leaders for the past 15 years and I’m your leadership bestie.  I’m here to remind you of the value to bring to your organisation, to help believe in yourself and to share practical tools and insights from myself and my brilliant guests that will help you succeed in your career.
 
I’ve just launched Women Leading – a community to help you lead without overwhelm.  It offers peer support calls, group coaching calls, regular menopause events and a live leadership and wellbeing workshop each month on topics including…
How to Say No Managing an Overwhelmed Team How and When to Coach Your Team Reducing Drama in your Team Giving Feedback Without Feeling Awkward  
Find up more and sign up at https://www.carlamillertraining.com/womenleading
 
About Jennifer
Jen is sought after as a leadership coach who helps clients overcome even the most horrible work challenges, helping them rebuild their confidence and self-belief and realise their ambition. She supports clients to manage their energy and navigate their emotions so they can feel calm and resourceful at work.
 
Not only an experienced coach with the international coaching federation, Jen is a emotional freedom technique (EFT) practitioner, leadership development expert and valued member of the Women Leading faculty!
 
She works with clients across the charity, corporate and public sectors including the UK’s Department for Education, Oxfam, HSBC, Sheffield City Council, Pancreatic Cancer UK and hundreds of small charities delivering services across the country.
 
Ever experienced a toxic work relationship, badly handled restructure or the challenge of an HR process which rumbles on and on? Feel it knocked you for six a bit? Then Jen is your coach! In life before coaching Jen managed high profile fundraising events and diverse teams of fundraisers so she knows first hand the influencing skills, self awareness and sense of humour needed to lead a team within an organisation.
 
Jen has so many valuable resources on her website including Coffee Break
Coaching which includes 5 great exercises – everything to increase your insight
about someone you’re struggling to build a relationship with, to a reflection for the rubbish days when you just need to feel a notch better to find the motivation to get on with things.
 
Website:  mccannacoaching.co.uk
You can follow her on LinkedIn Jennifer McCanna 
And on Instagram (@jen_the_leadership_coach) 
 
 
 

As leaders we’d all like to have happy teams but how do we create the right environment to achieve that?  I interview Richard Clarke, creator of the popular Happy Teams substack newsletter, about his experience building a company centred on team happiness and the work he does helping companies create happier teams.
We discuss…
What makes people happy at work The 5 factors that influence team happiness Who is responsible for your team’s happiness Richard Clarke is the founder and ex-CEO of Secret Source, an IT company based in Spain. In 2014 he had a theory, if he set up a company whose main KPIs were team and client happiness then the team would collaborate better, be more aligned with their clients and perform better and all the traditional measures of success, profit, revenue, growth would naturally follow. For 10 years Richard studied the science of happiness in the workplace and applied it in his company. In 2022, with almost 50 employees Richard handed over the role of CEO and he now dedicates his life to sharing his knowledge. He writes, speaks and teaches leaders and organisations how to use the science of happiness and wellbeing to build better teams.
 
Richard’s white paper on team happiness: richardclarke.eu/podcastgift 
Happy Teams substack: happyteams.substack.com 
 
This is the Influence & Impact podcast for women leaders, helping you confidently navigate the ups and downs of leadership and feel less alone on your journey as a leader.
 
My name’s Carla Miller, I’ve been coaching leaders for the past 15 years and I’m your leadership bestie.  I’m here to remind you of the value to bring to your organisation, to help believe in yourself and to share practical tools and insights from myself and my brilliant guests that will help you succeed in your career.
 
I’ve just launched Women Leading – a community to help you lead without overwhelm.  It offers peer support, live Q&A with me, access to the Leadership Skills Lab, menopause events and a live workshop each month on topics including…
How to Say No Managing an Overwhelmed Team How and When to Coach Your Team Reducing Drama in your Team Giving Feedback Without Feeling Awkward Until 1 May 2024 you can access a discounted price at https://www.carlamillertraining.com/womenleading  
 

 
It feels good to be able to solve the problems people bring to you. It makes you feel needed and helpful and you can tangibly see the value you’re adding. But it comes at a cost which could be holding back your career and hindering the growth of your team members 

In this episode I’m going to share… 

Why being the problem solver could be holding you back in your career  
How to elevate your level of working and empower your team 
How to analyse why your team are relying on you to solve their problems  
What you can do to empower your team to become problem solvers 
How to retrain your team to think for themselves using one of my favourite questions 

 

This is the Influence & Impact podcast for women leaders, helping you confidently navigate the ups and downs of leadership and feel less alone on your journey as a leader. 

  

My name’s Carla Miller, I’ve been coaching leaders for the past 15 years and I’m your leadership bestie.  I’m here to remind you of the value to bring to your organisation, to help believe in yourself and to share practical tools and insights from myself and my brilliant guests that will help you succeed in your career. 

 

I’ve just launched Women Leading – a community to help you lead without overwhelm.  It offers peer support, live Q&A with me, access to the Leadership Skills Lab, menopause events and a live workshop each month on topics including… 

How to Say No 
Managing an Overwhelmed Team 
How and When to Coach Your Team 
Reducing Drama in your Team 
Giving Feedback Without Feeling Awkward 

Until 1 May 2024 you can access a discounted price at https://www.carlamillertraining.com/womenleading  


 

 

In this episode, I’m talking to Happiness at Work expert Aoife O’Brien about the red flags in toxic workplaces that you need to be aware of. 

We look at: 

How we identify a toxic work environment 
How to establish if it is generally toxic for everyone or just toxic for you  
What to do if you feel stuck in a toxic environment  
How to make sure the next workplace you move to is much healthier 

 

Aoife O’Brien founded Happier at Work to solve the problem that 85% of employees are disengaged at work. Using her research-based Happier at Work framework, she partners with leaders to focus on: workplace culture; cultivating balance; and empowering leaders. Her award-winning podcast, Happier at Work® which I’ve guested on, features a combination of interview-based episodes as well as solo podcasting. 

This is the Influence & Impact podcast for women leaders, helping you confidently navigate the ups and downs of leadership and feel less alone on your journey as a leader. 

My name’s Carla Miller, I’ve been coaching leaders for the past 15 years and I’m your leadership coach.  I’m here to remind you of the value to bring to your organisation, to help believe in yourself and to share practical tools and insights from myself and my brilliant guests that will help you succeed in your career.  This is now a top 2% global podcast so thanks for being part of that and do keep on spreading the word buy sharing a favourite episode with someone today. 

 

You might also enjoy these episodes… 

 

Episode 152 – Is it time to leave your job? 

Episode 102 – Happier at work with Aoife o’Brien 

 

Sign up to the Women Leading waitlist at https://www.carlamillertraining.com/earlybird  

 

Contact Aoife… 


https://www.linkedin.com/in/aoifemobrien 

https://www.instagram.com/happieratwork.ie  

https://www.twitter.com/happieratworkHQ  

https://www.youtube.com/@happieratworkhq  

https://happieratwork.ie  

https://www.impostersyndrome.ie