Leadership Behind the Scenes

Self-trust expands when you stop trying to be perfect and start trusting yourself to adjust.In this episode, I explore why the pressure to "get it right" often stems from fear and how releasing that pressure can help you build deeper self-trust. Humans are wired for survival, which makes us naturally fearful; but most modern leadership challenges are not about life-or-death situations. When we’re driven by fear, we become tense and closed off, making it harder to access intuition and wisdom. Self trust grows not from always being right but from being willing to learn, adjust, and focus on the greater good. Letting go of the need to be right allows wisdom to flow, decisions to become clearer, and leadership to feel more natural and grounded.People respect leaders who own their mistakes, not those who pretend to have all the answers. And trust grows when you embrace learning and course correction instead of perfection.Sign up for The Leadership Hour here: https://noominatan.com/leadershiphour/To find out more about Noomi Melchior Natan, her coaching, courses and more go to www.noominatan.com Love the podcast? You can rate and review using this link: https://lovethepodcast.com/lbts Connect with Noomi on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/noominatan/And on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noomimelchiornatan/

It’s the final episode!After three and a half years the Leadership Behind the Scenes podcast is coming to an end. But I’m definitely not going anywhere – a brand new podcast is coming! (And the Leadership Behind the Scenes episodes will continue to be available, so you can still go back and listen to earlier ones).The Female Inner Power podcast: inspiration from strong women leaders is launching at the end of March, with a mix of solo episodes and interviews exploring what it means to lead from our female inner power, balancing our feminine and masculine energies.In this episode, I bring you:3 key learnings from the Leadership Behind the Scenes podcast:1. Why you should always be putting yourself in situations where you’re around peers who are even just one big, courageous step ahead of you – in the direction you want to go.2. How I discovered the importance of planning and batching. 3. The power of simply keeping on taking the next, imperfect step.Podcast highlights and recommendationsAnd I share a few of the episodes I have recommended the most, episodes that really stand out for me, and that you, my audience, have most loved and returned to – and why these are worth listening to again.Ep 35: Find your dream work with this powerful, inside-out approachEp 15: 5 reasons why judging your parents impacts your leadership powerEp 6: 7 approaches for when you just can’t talk about itEp 5: The one detail that builds trust quicklyEp 43: What no one tells you about choosing a coachEp 44: How to get the ultimate boss who will bring out the best in youFind out more about the Female Inner Power podcast: https://noominatan.com/fip-pod/ And remember, now is a good time to breathe.

How often do you praise yourself? Compliment yourself? Point out all the things you admire about yourself? Or are you afraid of being ‘full of yourself’? Getting complacent?Most people love getting great feedback from others. But what about from yourself?Why does praising yourself make you a better leader?In this episode I share three reasons why praising yourself is an important element in being a grounded, courageous and successful leader. We are not talking fake compliments or self-arrogance. This is something entirely different. Listen to explore what happens and becomes possible for you when you start praising yourself more, and remembering you are worthy.“No one likes a needy person. It’s just not attractive. And there is no leader power in being needy. It's important to praise ourselves so we don't need it from others. When you work damn hard on a project, it's important that you tell yourself, “Well done. I'm so incredibly proud of you,” because then you don't need it from others. It's nice if they notice and take the time to say it, but it's important not to need it. Because then you’re not in your power. If you want to show up and lead with impact, filling yourself up with praise is really important.”Come over to https://noominatan.com/everything for all the freebies, all the courses, memberships and the one-to-one coaching – and don’t forget to subscribe to my newsletter while you’re there!And remember, now is a good time to breathe. 

If you’re part of an executive team, where does your loyalty lie within your company or organisation?Do you think of yourself as head of your department first? Or as an executive team member?In this episode I talk about how when leaders think of themselves FIRST AND FOREMOST as senior leadership team members, everything shifts and the whole team becomes more productive and impactful.Because you’re not there to defend the needs of your department.(Or to pump up your own ego!)As executive team members, you’re all jointly responsible for the whole of your organisation. You’re all in it together.And when you take joint responsibility, you take away blame – and start to build deep seated trust.Sound simple? Well, it’s not quite as easy as it sounds. So what is required for this to work?Listen now.[3:04] “What's the one shift that all executives, all members of a senior leadership team need to make? Well, they need to think of themselves first and foremost as executive team members, as senior leadership team members. Instead of first and foremost, CFO, first and foremost, Marketing Director, group HRG, HR director.”[4:15] “How good a team member are you? Or are you mostly out to secure the agenda of the marketing team? Or even worse, you could just be there for your own glory, your own personal ego.”[05:18] “Together, we are all responsible for the whole of this organisation.”[6:52] “It is so different when we could feel like we're in it all together. And we're all jointly responsible.”[7:31] “We have to find ways to respect each other, to see each others' credibility, to build deep-seated trust, which means you feel like you can trust them, they have your back, and you have theirs. We have to find that kind of deep trust that is genuine.”If you’d like to explore these questions – and more – in more depth, come over to https://noominatan.com/leadershiphour and join us for the monthly Leadership Hour session, designed to increase your productivity and impact 10-fold by dedicating just 1 hour a month to quality thinking. It’s easy and powerful. Sign up here.And remember, now is a good time to breathe. 

Why do some people seem to love their life so much more than others – no matter what it looks like?In my experience there are four very simple things you can do to start loving your life more, even if it’s not perfect. 1. Tell yourself you love your lifeFind your happiness from the inside out: what you tell yourself has a huge impact on whether you love your life or not. 2. Be presentJoy is right here, right now.  So don’t miss this moment! Something changes in us when we focus on the present moment and remember that whatever your mind is distracting you with isn’t helpful, relevant or useful.3. Practice gratitude and appreciationIt’s simple: when we’re grateful, more good things happen to us. No matter what your situation, we all have things to be grateful for. Don’t forget to appreciate all the little things. 4. Do more things you love more of the timeStop bargaining with yourself (‘If I do X, then I get to do Y.’) Give yourself permission to do more of what you love, starting now. There’s always time to do what you love - and when you believe this, it becomes true.Come over to https://noominatan.com/everything for all the freebies, all the courses, memberships and the one-to-one coaching – and don’t forget to subscribe to my newsletter while you’re there!And remember, now is a good time to breathe.

There’s often an assumption that if you’re employed, your organisation will tell you ( or even teach you) everything you need to learn.But a lot of the learning we need is deeply personal and depending on your organisation they might offer something appropriate or not. And some organisations offer nothing at all.It’s all too easy to get complacent, lazy, reactive with your own learning journey.Just because you’re no longer in fulltime education, doesn’t mean your learning should stop. In fact, the best leaders are lifelong learners.It’s time to get curious about what you want to learn and work on.Time to take charge of your own learning instead of outsourcing the responsibility for your growth to a corporate entity.Listen to this episode to help you:Explore what you want to learnDecide where and how to spend your learning time and energy Figure out how to get the help and input you need, and which questions to ask, to help you learn and growDesign a curriculum you’re excited about – so you can enjoy the learningListen now and get back into joyful learning.If you’d like to explore these questions – and more – in more depth, come over to https://noominatan.com/leadershiphour and join us for the monthly Leadership Hour session, designed to increase your productivity and impact 10-fold by dedicating just 1 hour a month to quality thinking. It’s easy and powerful. Sign up here.And remember, now is a good time to breathe. 

Do you avoid having awkward conversations? As a leader, what comes to mind when you think about, for example, making someone redundant? I’ve had so many leaders ask me “What if they cry?” or “What if I open a can of worms and don’t know what to do?”In this episode, I tell the story of what happened when I coached one large retail organisation through massive organisational change, and I share why making space for people to air their feelings out loud - even, and perhaps particularly, when the content is difficult - makes change much easier to manage.Let’s think about:When you try to shut down people’s complaints and feelings down they don’t go away; in fact often they will just get stronger.People won’t be upset for long if they are feeling heard, but they can stay upset for years when they believe no one listened.Most people will make an internal shift for themselves if you give them a forum to be heard.You lose loyalty if you don’t allow people to have their feelings. If you want people to feel anything, you have to let them feel everything.The container matters – don’t let those worms wriggle free! Set up a safe container to hold space for people’s feelings.And remember, when you show people compassion they will thank you, even in the most difficult of circumstances.If this is a conversation you would like to continue, come over to https://noominatan.com/ and drop me a line. I’d be so happy to support you with this.And remember, now is a great time to breathe.

“I’m so busy. I don’t have time to think!” Whenever one of my clients says that, my alarm bells go off. Because if that’s your belief, you are probably overwhelmed, lost in the weeds and you can no longer see what’s important.And if you’re saying that you don’t have time to think, you’re probably spending your time doing all the wrong things. In this episode we explore the questions you can ask yourself to get back to what matters:Do you stop and wash your mind clean between meetings? (Are you showing up like a sharp knife, ready to slice through tasks and problems – or are you showing up blunt, slowing everything down, doing things badly?)How much of what you’re doing is actually worth doing? What’s most important, right now? (You know the answer.)What do you need to do to show up?It’s time to blow up every list you’ve ever made (you will never get it all done), understand where you’re going, and remember that 20% of what you’re doing creates 80% of the result.If you’d like to explore these questions – and more – in more depth, come over to https://noominatan.com/leadershiphour and join us for my monthly Leadership Hour session, designed to save you time, have you feel inner calm and increase your productivity & impact 10-fold by dedicating just 1 hour a month to quality thinking. It’s easy and powerful. Sign up here.And remember, now is a good time to breathe. 

What does good work/life balance really look like?In this episode I dispel some of the myths around work/life balance, and talk about four key ideas to take on board if you want to achieve extraordinary results in life and work ‒ without getting burned out.1. Balance is not static. The things you need to prioritise, and the time you need to spend on them, will fluctuate day to day, week to week, month to month. Extraordinary results require extraordinary focus on one area ‒ but not all the time.2. It will take as much time as you give it. So be deliberate, and choose how much time you’re going to spend.3. Think about which part of your day you will give to something. When are you at your best? It’s not the amount of time you spend, it’s also the quality of time, so think about what energy you are bringing.4. It’s not that you don’t have the time (it really isn’t!). What are you prioritising? Be honest! Call yourself on your own BS. Where might you want to choose differently? And remember that in order to say yes to something, we need to say no to something else.Are you ready to achieve extraordinary results in life and work ‒ without getting burned out? Listen now. Come over to noominatan.com/everything for all the freebies, all the courses, memberships and the one-to-one coaching – and don’t forget to subscribe to my newsletter while you’re there!And remember, now is a good time to breathe.

So you're trying to figure out how to find and choose a coach? Maybe you've had coaching in the past, and it didn’t feel like a good fit. Maybe you've never had coaching. Now you're wondering how you will know if someone is a good coach for you.It's a big leap, and it's a big investment (whether it's your company's money or your own), so you want to make sure you choose the right coach for you. In this episode I share some of the questions to ask and the things to look out for when you’re looking for a coach (and why these are so important), including:Do you feel comfortable with them? Comfortable enough to share some really deep and personal stuff with them? Comfortable enough for total honesty?Where do they come from? Why did they get started on coaching? What do they believe their coaching is for? What’s their philosophy, and what are the beliefs that they hold about life and leadership?What is their worldview? What is their secret (or not so secret) agenda? Listen to this episode to to find out what to look out for and be aware of when you're choosing a coach. If you’re listening to this episode, my guess is that you're interested in working on yourself. You can contact me to get on my waitlist for one to one coaching. But also check out Role Model Your Way, my online self study course on the inner leadership journey that will help you own your worth step into your power and play bigger. AND you get Module One totally FREE. And the price of the whole course is less than a coaching session. So really, it's a no brainer. Go check out Module One and allow yourself to be inspired.

What’s the most common block to trusting and following your intuition? When you have a strong intuition, you are more powerful, you make decisions more confidently, and you make them faster. You're not so reliant on others; you are more tapped into your inner power. It's just more joyful, and there's more ease. You can trust yourself in your decision making process. And that feels great. So why is it so hard to trust our intuition?In this episode I share the reasons why it’s so hard to do – and how you can learn to befriend and strengthen your intuition by:Realising that while your rational, logical, conscious mind thinks it’s in charge, it is picking up trillions of pieces of subconscious information every day. Listening to the little hunches and quiet whispers from your unconscious mind – and learning not to second guess, think too long or hesitate. Honouring and trusting what your intuition brings, taking little action steps and seeing what comes next.When your intuition is strong your life will feel so much more fun. You'll be much more in your flow, you'll expand your inner power and everything will become much easier. If you want to go even deeper and hone in on your intuitive skills, click here to get instant FREE access to Module One of Role Model Your Way, my inner leadership self study course.And if you're a woman who is interested in developing your female inner power, as well as your intuition, then come over to the Female Inner Power Club to get my live workshops and all the goodies.

When you don't have inner power, it's like you are at the mercy of whatever is going on around you. Your confidence and your feelings about who you are in the world plummet. But when the power is inside of you and you can tap into it, you can feel your power, no matter what goes on around you.There are plenty of people who manage to be successful, that don't do their inner work. But they usually break a little (or probably a whole lot) along the way. They might break their relationships, their health, their finances.If you want to be successful from the inside out, lead for something bigger than yourself, and you want to enjoy the journey at the same time, you need to tap into your inner power.In this episode I share the three parts that make up your inner power: the systemic, the intuitive, and the practical.Systemic: you are not living and working independently of every one around you and of everything you came from. You are massively impacted, shaped, and bound by where you come from and what you were born into.Intuitive: if you want to be a faster, better, more brilliant decision maker, you’ve got to strengthen your intuition and allow something more than your conscious human intellect to guide you. Practice connecting with your intuition and inner guidance daily, until you trust yourself more than you trust anyone or anything else.Practical: Inner power also comes from your practical habits. It comes from how you show up, how you carry yourself and how you speak. A huge part of the practical piece is knowing your values, who you are, and what you are for. What are you for in the world? What do you care about more than you care about your own fear? What matters to you more than your fear of being judged your fear of getting it wrong?Listen now and discover how you can tap into your inner power - and enjoy success from the inside out. If you're curious about inner power, make sure you go to my home page and subscribe to my newsletter so you can be the first to know about anything new coming up from me. And check out my Role Model Your Way course too, because that is the perfect place to work on your systemic, intuitive and practical inner power. AND you get Module One totally free right now. Sign up here.

You’ve noticed a colleague might need some help with something. Maybe they’ve missed something or haven’t spotted a problem that’s obvious to you. You know you can help! You have the answer. But when you offer your help, they don’t thank you for it - and they ignore your advice.You wonder where you’re going wrong. Maybe you start to think you had better just stop trying to help your colleagues. This definitely isn’t about not helping. Creating a culture of helping each other in the workplace is important and a good thing. But offering your help in the wrong way can backfire majorly and make things worse.So what do you need to pay attention to, to ensure that the help you want to offer lands in the right place?In this episode I talk through the things you need to consider when offering your help to your colleagues, including:Relationships and interpersonal dynamicsWhy you need to put yourself in the other person’s shoesThe questions you should ask yourself before offering to help someone at work.If you’re ready to step more fully into your power and work on your inner leadership go to www.noominatan.com/rolemodel to get the full Module 1 of the action-inspiring online course ROLE MODEL YOUR WAY totally free.For more information about Noomi Melchior Natan and Leadership Behind the Scenes go to www.noominatan.com