Unprofessionalism
Professional performance is exhausting. Maintaining the mask. Editing ourselves. Pretending we know when we don't.
This podcast is about people who dropped the performance. And what happened next.
Each episode features someone who broke professional conventions and found something better on the other side: the executive who disclosed grief in a corporate setting and found it opened new ways of relating; the coach who realised her authority came from integrity, not compliance; the designer who ignored the 'approved tools' and saved thousands of hours.
Conversations circle around three questions:
- What does it cost us to perform professionalism instead of showing up as ourselves?
- How do we create spaces where people can bring their full attention and humanity to work?
- When is the “unprofessional” move actually the most responsible one?
If you feel the tension between who you are and who you're expected to be at work, this podcast shows you what happens when people stop managing that tension and just stop performing.
Hosted by Dr Myriam Hadnes—behavioural economist and founder of workshops.work. New episode every week.
Unprofessionalism
045 - How to create unpredictable workshop experiences (that predictably work) - with Leanne Hughes
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On episode 045 I speak with Leanne Hughes, my "(nearly) facilitation twin", public speaker, trainer and, fellow podcast host.
We cover a lot of ground and speak about the habits of facilitators and our mindsets, we speak about the meaning of showing up (as opposed to showing off). Leanne shares what she has learned from instructional design and now applies to her workshop design.
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Questions and Answers
[1:53] How did you get into facilitation and podcasting?
[4:20] Do you recall the moment when you called yourself a facilitator for the first time?
[6:16] If you were a hashtag, what would you be?
[6:32] What does it mean to you to show up?
[9:33] What have you learned from 100 episodes on the First Time Facilitator podcast?
[12:38] What’s your advice to a first-time facilitator?
[15:20] What would you consider your own uniqueness as a facilitator?
[17:27] Who did you get feedback to improve your facilitation skills?
[19:11] What do you mean by “contrast”?
[22:33] Would you design for contrast or use the contrast that exists already in the room?
[23:38] What is your strategy to bring the spark of energy back into the room?
[25:43] How do you prepare for contrast in a workshop that you facilitate abroad?
[29:55] How would you prepare for a workshop where a large hierarchical difference will be present?
[32:57] How much “training" would you allow a facilitator during a workshop?
[34:57] What’s your silver bullet exercise?
[43:14] What is it that your clients hire you for?
[48:14] What makes a workshop fail?
[50:47] How would you deal with such a situation today?
[52:03] Would you facilitate workshops that were designed by someone else?
Links to check
- Leanne's business page: Leannehughes.com
- Leanne's podcast "First Time Facilitator" and our episode 89
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- Clifton Strength Assessment
- It’s never crowded along the extra mile by Wayne W. Deyer
- What is "Instructional Design"
- FTF Podcast with Mark Bowden
- Our sponsor Session Lab - Get your first 2 months for free!
Connect to Leanne
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