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More Than a Lumpy Jumper

Bridge Forster and Bobby Davis

An affectionate, pre-politically correct term to describe a female soldier. Derived from the wondrous vision of voluptuous thrusting funbags, tightly encased in an issue woolly pully, bouncing across the parade square. WTAF!! Meet Bobby and Bridge who have something to say about this perception of women in the Military and much, much more. These two irreverent, life energised women have known each other for over 30 years and have LOTS to say about their experiences of life, leadership and being led

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00:51:52

Being with Lifelong Friends

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2024/06/25

Episode 9 – Being with Lifelong FriendsAs it's Armed Forces Week we have an excuse to have a chat with a couple of female veterans who just happen to be our lovely friends - the amazing Lt Col Wendy Faux MBE and the equally wonderful Lt Col (retd) Sally Purnell. Despite having given you all an episode on Not Saying Sorry, Bobby and Bridge do think they need to offer an apology as there are probably a whole load of acronyms that are going to pop up during this episode which will make you think

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00:43:04

Being Lonely in Leadership

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2024/06/18

Being Lonely in Leadership Join Bobby and Bridge as they embark on a fascinating journey, analysing why loneliness seems to have reached epidemic proportions across the young, the old and whatever the in between looks like. What is at the root of loneliness? How does it affect leadership? And then most importantly, what can we start to do to bridge the gap of loneliness, seeking to rebuild our social muscles in a world that feels more disconnected than ever. Links Jonny Sun: You are not alone in

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00:42:28

Being a stand for self-compassion

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2024/06/11

You couldn’t make these things up. Join Bobby and Bridge as one of them spends more time on mute coughing themselves inside out and not practicing self-care when they are meant to be talking about self-compassion and resilience. I ask you…the hypocrisy!! And in spite of all that, here is another episode full of personal anecdotes, scientific research, and practical strategies for embedding self-compassion into everyday life. Enjoy…cough, splutter, gasp!Links 10 Powerful TED Talks on Resilience,

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00:43:16

Being Blame free with accountability

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2024/06/04

Being a No Blame Leader“It wasn’t me; it was her!” Are we listening to the words of a 5-year-old or an adult work colleague throwing you under the bus??! Both. Blame just comes all to easily in the workplace to help us escape from discomfort, pain, anger and the like. But what happens when a leader takes true accountability for the part they played? When they have their teams do a deep dive into lessons learned when things go wrong Come and join Bobby and Bridge as they track through the science of

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00:41:29

Being your age (dis)gracefully

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2024/05/28

Oh they SO wanted to behave Disgracefully in this episode and then decided that perhaps they weren’t quite old enough yet?So, instead Bobby and Bridge are here considering our aging workforce. What are the stages of life you witness at your dinner table when the family gets together? And then how does that extrapolate to a business? How do you cater for the spectrum of ages in a workforce and how they look at and interact with the world and each other? Turns out this is a great topic…whatever

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00:46:14

Being a Wall Breaker

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2024/05/21

Silos, Barriers, Walls … doesn’t matter what you call them, if they take hold in an organisation … EVERYTHING seems to get that little bit trickier – communication channels, processes, procedures and above all relationships.So, join Bobby and Bridge as they do a little bit of ranting and a whole lot of chatting about how to deal with Silo Working. Do Silos ever work in an organisation? And what can you do rather than deconstructing a whole organisation in an attempt to get rid of them. That’s where

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00:40:29

Being a fraud and doing it anyway

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2024/05/14

“I wonder if today’s the day I get found out”. “Oh…I was just lucky to get this job”. “I feel such a Fraud”. Do any of these little mutterings ever take up residence in your self-talk? Join Bobby and Bridge as they try and fathom which comes first your self-talk or the environment that helps create it. Is there a cure? And if not what strategies do we have to work with this phenomenon? Links The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women : Valerie Young Amy Cuddy: Your body language may shape who you

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00:39:28

Being included

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2024/05/07

Episode 2 – Being Included Wowzers…when you decide to get going on the topic of Belonging and Inclusion, you just find out how much we still need to learn and how far we still need to go. THIS, however, is no reason not to make a start. So, join Bobby and Bridge as they make THEIR start in contemplating what it feels like to Belong BE INCLUDED. Links How to overcome our biases. Walk boldly towards them : Verna Myers (TEDx) Micro-messaging-final.pdf (utsouthwestern.edu) The quiet discrimination

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00:41:00

Being a Dynamic Team Builder

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2024/04/30

What makes a great team? What makes a terrible one? And what do you do when you know the vibe is slightly off?Join Bobby and Bridge as they attempt not to incriminate themselves talking about teams they have enjoyed being part of or leading and those they have not! Along with some pieces of research to help you in your quest for team dynamism. Links 20 Questions to Ask When Your Team’s Vibe Is Off Tuckman's Model of Team Development The Avengers and Tuckman's Model Johnson and Johnson

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00:15:21

Stop saying Sorry

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2024/04/23

Can you make “Sorry” sound like you don’t mean it at all? Or do you use it every other word out of habit, even when there is nothing to apologise for! In the last episode of the “Easter minis” Bobby and Bridge offer some gifts to help break the habit. #sorrynotsorry Links Stop Over-Apologizing at Work (hbr.org) Shira Miller: Stop the Apology Speak | TED Talk Hey Ladies, Stop Apologizing ... and Other Career Mistakes Women Make: New 2017-2018 Edition: Maja Jovanovic How Apologies Kill Our

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00:19:58

Superpowering Collaboration

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2024/04/16

This week is International Leadership Week (15th – 21st April) celebrating this year’s theme of the Power of Collaborative Leadership.Bobby and Bridge offer some gifts around the topic including those inimitable words once again… Creativity and Communication #CollaborateForSuccess Links Just because we love minions! Betterup blog : Breaking Down Silos Five Vital Conversations for Getting Things Done In Groups | Richard Watkins | TEDxRoma Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration: Keith

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00:18:43

So what do you do?

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2024/04/09

How do you introduce yourself? OK, fine…you might start with your name but then what? Your title? What does that actually mean or even say about you as a person?Bobby and Bridge explore some more Easter gifts in this mini to support Leaders in leading without a title. Step forward and be YOU! Links Leaders Without Titles: Unlocking the Power of People Who Am I?: Psychological exercises to develop self-understanding: The School of Life More Than My Title Leadership is a Choice, Not a Title |

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00:20:02

School your face

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2024/04/02

Does your face often scream what you are trying not to say? Oh yeah! Bobby and Bridge have tried for years to curb both their Inner Voice AND their faces saying exactly what they are thinking! So in some sort of cathartic exercise, they are looking to share some Easter gifts with you on this topic. And then, of course, they will need to go and take heed of all these gifts themselves.Life remains a work in progress! Links Who Am I? How Face Language Reveals Your True Identity: Eric Standop The

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00:46:16

Being a navigator

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2024/03/26

Do not fear…they are not off sailing or map reading (both of which Bridge is good at…Bobby not so much!), instead they are off into a conversation around navigating tricky conversations, dealing with discomfort. How can you hang out there and learn to listen to understand rather than listening to respond.Join them for some ideas on how to cope and even thrive in such moments. And however, hard she listened, Bobby never quite got to the bottom of the Pigeon Playing Chess scenario. See if you do

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00:41:08

Being Happy with Happiness

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2024/03/19

Happiness, in psychology, a state of emotional well-being that a person experiences either in a narrow sense, when good things happen in a specific moment, or more broadly, as a positive evaluation of one’s life and accomplishments overall—that is, subjective well-being ~ BrittanicaOn the cusp of International Day of Happiness (20th March), Bobby and Bridge explore their relationship with happiness and how it might have changed or stayed the same through stages of life. And in what they have

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00:45:10

Being at your edge

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2024/03/12

When was the last time you were an absolute beginner…learning something from scratch?Can you even remember or like so many of us, the discomfort of not knowing how to do something is just TOO much? Join Bobby and Bridge as they chat about learning styles, the benefits of having both a growth and a fixed mindset, how we expand our learning “blob” in different territories and not have it stay contracted because of previous experiences. There is also chat about Banksy style mind maps, geese,

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00:41:39

Being able to break from a sticky floor

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2024/03/05

Sticky floors, broken ladders, glass ceilings? What on earth are these two up to now? Talking about “investing in women, accelerating progress” in preparation and to honour of International Women’s Day, this coming Friday (8th March).This, however, is NOT a podcast for women only. Bobby and Bridge talk collaboration for solutions to benefit ALL. How are we, TOGETHER, going to fix that ladder rung into middle management. There’s no easy answer…but come and take a seat anyway, share in the

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00:45:01

Being your ground filling your space

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2024/02/27

Leap Day is nearly upon us. The day where, tradition states, women can propose to men and men should be sure to carry cash and gloves with them to hand over to any woman’s proposal they wish to refuse!Don’t worry…Bobby and Bridge are not looking to make an episode out of this baloney…only to use it as a segway into conversation about all of us learning to stand our ground for what we believe in and filling our space just the right amount rather than shrinking from the world. What does ground and

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00:49:31

Being with Neena Sims

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2024/02/20

Ooooooooooooooo A GUEST! Bobby and Bridge are joined by Neena Sims, coach, facilitator, poet and mother as well as formerly an actor and director. Needless to say…awesome! Together we explore how we can learn to love ourselves more. Our beautiful conversation meanders through some theory, depth and simplicity, a “real life” working example (where Bobby sweats a bit), and some interruptions from our menopausal brains. What’s not to love. Come and join us. Links Meet Neena and Third Space Coaching No

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00:37:16

Being a Lovely Leader

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2024/02/13

So, whilst romance isn’t entirely dead in either Bobby or Bridge’s house, it was much easier to focus this episode questioning whether there is a place for the word LOVE in leadership and the workplace. They even go as far as to explore the word INTIMACY in the workplace…NOT the naughty, naked type (that’s a whole other podcast!) Love and intimacy might not be the words many of you, as leaders, want to use but what about your leadership actions? Showing more care, attention…love. Curious? Come and

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