“TEDx for teenagers meets the Eurovision Song Contest meets the European Yourh Parliament meets the BBC” is how Cormac Walsh describes 4-Voices - an amazing movement which has grown from an acorn of an idea to taking over Stormont - the Northern Ireland Parliament - in just 3 short years.

In this episode we learn what is 4-Voices, why it's being so successful and where it's going?

About Cormac:

As an executive coach based in Barcelona, Cormac specialises in communication training, public speaking, English pronunciation skills for non-native presenters and professional development. For over 15 years, he has trained thousands of people in the corporate world and top business schools on how to improve and hone all aspects of their communications skills.

Cormac is also the Deputy Director of Anne Sullivan International School, a private school close to Barcelona, a TEDx speaker and trainer, an entrepreneur and a former National Director of Toastmasters in Spain. As the co-founder of Educate to Communicate, Cormac believes that communication skills can radically change lives and that the younger people begin learning those skills the better! He has lived, worked, taught and trained in Ireland, the US, the UK, Venezuela, Costa Rica and Spain.

Links

LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/cormac-walsh-dtm-84432817

4-Voices website: https://4-voices.com/

https://vimeo.com/892893173/4285eb7f07?share=copy

https://www.mixcloud.com/carrie-frais/4voices-co-founder-cormac-walsh-on-the-impact-2048the-future-starts-now-with-4-special-guests/

Website Ian Gibbs: www.iangibbs.me
 
Music by Julian Jahanpour and Erwin Broeken

'Uniquely powerful', 'Miraculous' and even 'Life-changing' - these are just some of the expressions used to describe the Self Managed Learning programmes run by Strategic Development International (SDI) - programmes which take personal development into the 21st century. But what is it that generates such impressive results? Today we talk to Strategic Development International’s CEO - Anne Gimson about the power of Self Managed Learning, about how it works and why it's able to achieve results other training programs can only dream of. Topics Covered: - What is SML and why does It work? - The 5 SML questions - What is a Self Managed Learning contract? - What are the direct and indirect benefits of SML? Anne Gimson on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anne-gimson-82626b4

SDI website: http://stratdevint.com Referenced: The Kirkpatrick Model - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Kirkpatrick

Books:

Developing Leaders For Real - Proven approaches that deliver impact: https://amzn.eu/d/0RZQCQ2

The Wisdom of Strategic Learning - The Self Managed Learning Solution: https://amzn.eu/d/8OGYO8A

Self Managed Learning in Action: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42988677-self-managed-learning-in-action

The 5 questions are:

1. Where have I been?

2. Where am I now?

3. Where do I want to get to?

4. How can I get there?

5. How will I know when I have arrived?

Website Ian Gibbs www.iangibbs.me   Music by Julian Jahanpour and Erwin Broeken

In a time when machines are getting more intelligent, what about us human beings? How do we live and contribute meaningfully? How will we develop our careers and coach our staff to be future-fit? How can we nurture our own sense of wholeness, so that we create wholeness in the world around us?

Wendy Siew-Inn Tan is an entrepreneur, writer and speaker who has worked extensively with multi-national organisations in the Asia Pacific region and government agencies in Singapore. As a founding partner of Flame Centre, she partners with clients to develop and engage their human capital. Formerly a police psychologist and an organisational development consultant in GlaxoSmithKline, she holds an MSc in Organisation Development from Pepperdine University.

Topics Covered:

• How to stay relevant 
• The Playground of learning 
• The most common mistake people have faced with a learning challenge 
• 3 questions of career integration 
• Identify evolution 
• Future skills in demand 
• The ABC pathways towards wholeness 
• The 70/20/10 learning space and why it’s not enough

Referenced:

• The T professional https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-shaped_skills
• Wholeness in a Disruptive World: https://a.co/d/fMJrXeA

Wendy's on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-flame?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3Bbt2oeTiqSOGIp9QqGGKfNQ%3D%3D

Wendy's websites

http://www.flamecentre.com/

http://www.developforlife.com/

Website Ian Gibbs

www.iangibbs.me

Music by Julian Jahanpour and Erwin Broeken