From Corporate Head of HR to Creating Safe Brave Spaces After Burnout - Feat. Author Greg Smith S3/E22

Our guest today says " When I hit bottom, I was physically exhausted, mentally exhausted, emotionally, spiritually, everything was I was on the just the last little thing in my tank to really hang in there. But you know, then we learned to let go... that was such a hard and now beautiful experience that I know others are feeling right now." Can you relate? If so don't miss a minute of this conversation! 

BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU’LL LEARN :

• Why sometimes life challenges are often the blessing in disguise if we let them be
• What it mean to create Safe Brave Spaces for ourselves and our teams
• How your strengths can help fuel your success
• Strategies that Greg used to help organizations move forward and cultures grow that you can implement today! 

Greg Smith had an extensive career working with Porter Airlines, Campbell Soup, Marriott and Wolseley, where he was known as a leader who is committed to breakthrough performance and innovation with a pragmatic business focus. He shares - in addition to my book ‘In Search of Safe Brave Spaces’ and the supporting tools and resources on my website, www.safebravespaces.com, I am fortunate to have the opportunity to lead the Leadership Development and Coaching practice at Lighthouse NINE Group. I care about my community and have served on numerous boards and councils including the Daily Bread Food Bank, the Food Processors HR Council and Matthew House Refugee Settlement Center board. I am a Professional Certified Coach (Coaching Training Institute), accredited by the International Coaching Federation, a Certified Agile Coach (CAC), and accredited in numerous assessment tools including Kolbe, DISC, EQi, Hogan & Enneagram

Greg's Top 5 CliftonStrengths® Themes are:

Strategic, Positivity. WOO (Winning Others Over), Connectedness, Communication.

This week’s quote "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom" - Viktor E. Frankl:

Our Guest's Book Recommendation:In Search of Safe Brave Spaces: A Guide to Unlocking and Releasing Potential by Greg Smith

Connect with Greg:

instagram@safebravespaces 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-smith-he-him-a8774410/

Free tools - https://www.safebravespaces.com/support; Safe Brave Stories podcast - Spotify, Apple, Google podcasts and https://anchor.fm/safebravespaces; Talking Not Ranting Podcast - Spotify, Apple, Google podcasts and https://soundcloud.com/talkingnotranting

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