What makes a Maverick ?

Carol Glover
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What makes a Maverick ?

Can you truly be authentic, different, unconventional and succeed at life, work and leadership? Yes ! As a ginger, punk inspired Maverick, I’ve had a blast doing all three. Today Coaching C Suite leaders and mentoring Founders, learning and sharing even more about life and work today. The pandemic of 2020 has brought into sharp focus, a raft of wide sweeping changes that conventional business people and monolithic organisations are now facing "head on". Thinking & acting different , embracing change, unlocking grit and flow are key to success. Simply, a Maverick Mindset.

  1. 08/06/2020

    The Maverick Intrapreneur

    This episode is the story of what happens when you send a 13 year old Maverick out to work and they realise its their passion and what came next. This episode was cathartic for me, hope you enjoy it. For the last 3 years, via deep inner work and reflective thinking I've pieced together my story.  How  a not very academic, ginger, sporty, teen from Douglas, Isle of Man, got to have such a fun, senior   and varied worldwide career . And because of that i am ultra motivated to help others do the same - because i know you can be and have anything you want - if you want it enough. Creative thinker, leader, communicator, problem solver, people person and pivoter - the Intrapreneurial skillset for leaders in the 2020s. And how  a huge Growth Mindset, well developed emotional intelligence and Maverick based authenticity, becomes an irresistible combination. Today i get to do lots of it all again, coaching senior leaders and professionals who want to connect with the Intrapreneurial skillset and reduce pressure and stress by being true to themselves. Mentoring young "founders" means i get to see it all through their eyes, again.  To me, this episode is the secret ingredient in how to succeed at work and leadership in the post pandemic world - see what you think.

    14 min

  2. 07/23/2020

    The Maverick Bookworm

    As the eldest of a large , excitable , not well off family, my escape from the noise and craziness was reading. I read from a  young age, developed a ridiculous passion for spelling and words, read all the books in Douglas children's library and then borrowed from teachers and friends. Reading is a great escape for me . On holiday i spend hours in coffee shops reading local mags, journals and papers,  Its a good day if i learn something from reading each day, that i didn't already know. It feeds my growth mindset . Also adore literature and theatre. I think Shakespeare is the consummate story teller of all time .  I adore the wit and brilliance of Oscar Wilde. Over the last 4 years, I've read lots for my studies as a Coach, to understand the amazing developments in human potential,  psychology, peak performance,  thinking differently and  self  leadership. For these books i awake an hour early each morning , read a chapter, make notes and reflect. This activity, lights up my brain and  unlocks my  creative flow . At night i read before sleep every single night. I speed read fiction and with a Kindle average 3-5 books a week. Books are my constant companion, they teach me, make me laugh, cry, smile and want to know more. Most of all they help me connect to my best version of Maverick Carol.

    12 min

  3. 07/09/2020

    The Punk Years

    I was so fortunate to be a student in late 70s Britain. The country was pretty drab and dirty then and London was a pretty dangerous  place. Out of this malaise came a movement of unbelievable passion, energy and attitude - Punk Rock. With its roots in New York it really made its mark here. I was a working class misfit late teen , who suddenly met lots of other like me. Often it wasn't about the music, as many early bands couldn't really play their instruments, it was about  chaos. It gave you an attitude to  hook onto, that said "I can be anything i want to be and no-one can stop me". Today i see a lot of the the essence  of punk, in startup entrepreneurs i work with. They've got high energy, ideas and belief and they'll learn as they go - the ultimate extreme  growth mindset. In this episode i really enjoy sharing my love for the music that talks to my inner being. The  fun i had and most importantly  what i learnt from being a punk. That being authentic,true to yourself and with like minded people is a hugely freeing place to be .

    13 min

  4. 06/25/2020

    A Maverick Student - Why doing it "your way" matters to your happiness, success and career.

    Many of us don't feel school was for us. I worked hard there, learnt how to study, got a couple of "A " levels, largely thanks to being in a top class with very bright, academic classmates, and i was determined and conscientious.. This episode covers what i did learn at school that helped me in later life, what working from  the age of 13 taught me and how when i went off to Polytechnic, a long way from home,  my life changed, for many reasons. No matter what, i stayed true to myself, who i was and who i believed i could be. It didn't hurt that i was criticized at school, along with  my other sisters,  for being "disruptive" and "chatty" - two of the key skills that leaders need in the  2020s.  10 years after leaving school i lead a team buying hundreds of millions per annum for one of the UKs dominant retailers. How? By being a curious Maverick thinker with a huge thirst for learning.

    7 min

  5. 06/18/2020

    Wevolution - co-creating our future, NOW

    Today's podcast is one recorded last week for our local University College Mann (UCM) podcast series " Reconstructing Normal " - not that i think there will be reconstructing or normal in the new future. The series  features a wide range of perspectives from a knowledgeable & talented group of speakers, many professors, and me 😎.  All sharing our  take on what we've learnt over the last 3 months and "What Now?" A wEVOLution is happening, in plain sight. Can you see it ? Can you feel it? What does it look like?" Key to our future will be : Community Collaboration Collectives Between March and May 2020 we learnt #togetherwearestronger And the strength came from within: #Compassion #Kindness #Gratitude All human emotions that: ✅Help us relate to others ✅Improve positive mood ✅Help regulate blood pressure ✅Support sleep And in social terms improve empathy, communication and interpersonal skills. The essence of Emotional Intelligence (EQ). The #1 in demand skillset for the future for humans at work . Everyone gets a seat at the "co-creation" table. This will be the last episode in the "what makes a Maverick, In a crisis" series. 🙌🏻Join me next time   “ on the other side.”

    12 min

  6. 06/04/2020

    Shed Talks Takeover - Join us in the wEVOLution.

    Welcome to a very special "What makes a Maverick"  Podcast today, from a huge hearted  Maverick, Community Champion and International Coach, Marion Morrison  and someone whose lived with a Maverick for 35 years - Peter Glover. One of the biggest songs of the pandemic in the  UK was "Times Like These", a collaboration between  performers, skills, instruments, ages, styles  and genres, all reminding us that "It's  times like these we learn to live  again, give to give again,  and learn to love  again" - and didn't we just? As a punk i have appreciated Foo Fighters, my sister Val is a huge fan, however i didn't really know these lyrics. For me the words, the contribution  and the use of tech encapsulate the "WE-volution " that we are all living through. We now know that they keys to our future as humans will be "WE": #Community #Collaboration #Collectives Between March and May 2020 in Isle of  Man where i live,  we lived  #togetherwearestronger And the strength came from  within:#Compassion #Kindness #Gratitude All human emotions that help us relate to others, improve positive mood, help regulate blood pressure, support sleep and reconnect us to the positive neuroscience of our own bodies. There's a reason we feel good when we help others or others help us. It's called Oxytocin, one of the  feelgood chemicals of our brain.  And in social terms, improving  empathy, communication and interpersonal skills is the   essence of Emotional Intelligence (EQ), the  #1 in demand skill set for the future for humans at work . Today's podcast is a “takeover” of the “SHED Talks” show last Friday on Quing TV,  by two people i admire and respect greatly. Community Champion & International Coach Marion Morrison and Peter Glover of “Share & Grow”. It’s a fab show, with  leading edge thinking, tips and techniques about how to harness  Love and key emotions to  move from  Me to We. 🙌🏻Join us “ on the other side.”

    59 min

  7. 05/28/2020

    The Future, Now.

    When does the future start? What about now! Post  Pandemic life , is likely to be very different from life in  February 2020. You can start by choosing to create your own future, now. The lockdown phase of the pandemic, has given us all a chance to find, unlock or rediscover, values, beliefs and skills that have lay dormant. We have had a chance to "be" rather than "do". We now know what "lights us up". Many people are getting to enjoy the new way of living. Everyone of us has learnt something about ourselves  that we didn't realise before. The #staysafe phase is where we get to stretch out again into our new world. Don't we owe it to ourselves to build all of this new self  knowledge into creating our new future. This episode helps you to see how to do that . Enjoy.

    11 min

  8. 05/21/2020

    Clarity begins at Home

    Clarity begins at my home and your home - or in my case my SHED. I work in the SHED, coach there and film  there. So  last week when  clients asked me to do a session on ,   "How to think clearly when you're working at home?" It seemed the obvious place to cover this topic.  So  this weeks podcast is the audio of last weeks  SHED Talks broadcast on Quing TV on. As well as considering the negatives of distraction, isolation and lack of focus, this podcast also opens up the positives of how good your thinking can be at home when you remove the obstacles and distractions. Going into more detail on how   you clutter your thinking, how do you find the clarity you need to be able to come up with new ideas, to keep going, to finish work and also for those who run businesses, or are at the top of the business How do you keep developing, growing and pushing forward with the business when you're isolated from everything that's going on in it?  The session includes client tips gained recently  on  how to identify priorities, check thinking when isolated and how to stay focused on what matters when distracted. Working in isolation at home may not be temporary, so the need to build  your skills and productivity may be  here for quite some time . Initially  working at home was a bit of a novelty and probably felt strange, however once but we got used to the technology, we built  some routines and new habits -  all of which are really important to creating normality around working from home.  Hope these tips for how we can improve the clarity,  quality and  creativity of our thinking, while at home are useful. More  importantly   how by   thinking differently about  working  at home, we can improve  our motivation, creativity, happiness and  job satisfaction.

    51 min
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Can you truly be authentic, different, unconventional and succeed at life, work and leadership? Yes ! As a ginger, punk inspired Maverick, I’ve had a blast doing all three. Today Coaching C Suite leaders and mentoring Founders, learning and sharing even more about life and work today. The pandemic of 2020 has brought into sharp focus, a raft of wide sweeping changes that conventional business people and monolithic organisations are now facing "head on". Thinking & acting different , embracing change, unlocking grit and flow are key to success. Simply, a Maverick Mindset.

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