Episode #2: Surf The Millennial Wave! - With Sarah Smith & Neil Almond

Today’s podcast features Sarah Smith. We asked Sarah to be a part of the 91 Untold Change Project because she has the very rare ability to elegantly marry empirical research with real world applied practice. She has a particular academic passion for Positive Psychology (again blended elegantly into her highly respected executive coaching and facilitation practice). Sarah also leads the 91 Untold Applied Positive Psychology programme 

 

In this episode, Sarah challenges the myth that millennials are demanding different conditions from the rest of us, suggesting that you’d be hard pressed to find a member of Generation X who is asking questions about how they could flourish more effectively in the workplace. Millennials may be shaking things up, but actually it's potentially all of us who benefit.

 

Sarah also talks about the importance of vulnerability in Leadership and shares some Positive Psychology-inspired interventions that individuals and organisations can make in order to foster the conditions in which workers can flourish, grow and tap into their full potential.

 

Sarah has vast experience of working as a coach and consultant within organisations, and this shows through in the practicality of her comments. Leaders don’t need to know all the answers, but the behaviours they model are reflected through the organisation.