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
245 - Unleashing the Power of Movement in Facilitation with Kate Spacek
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A sense of belonging is one of the incalculable elements of a healthy, happy team. It’s either there or it’s not, right?
Not so, as Kate Spacek explains in this episode.
Kate’s work, for many years, has been in the realm of belonging: how we feel it, generate it, and nurture it. That work has brought her closer and closer to a strong thesis: that movement, sensing, and awareness are foundational to the whole process.
In this episode, she shares the journey of discover she’s been on, the most valuable tips and tricks she’s learned, and where she sees movement fitting in the wider world of facilitation. It’s a fascinating tool to add to one’s toolbox — don’t miss out.
Find out about:
- How Kate works to generate and amplify a sense of belonging in her facilitation
- Why building a workshop on foundations of humour, playfulness, and levity creates a more accepting environment
- How movement helps us access ourselves and others in a deeper way
- Why moving without feeling is an incomplete process
- How corporate work gets our brains and bodies out of balance
- What we can learn from our bodies that our brains can’t tell us
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Links:
Watch the video recording of this episode on YouTube.
The Movement of Belonging website.
Follow Movement of Belonging on Instagram.
Follow Kate on Facebook.
And find Kate's podcast, Movement of Belonging, anywhere you listen to podcasts. It offers movement recipes you can try at home or as a fresh way to start your meeting or class.
Connect to Kate:
On LinkedIn.
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