Born This Way - Authentic Success with Kate Trafford

What is success? Why is authenticity the key to joyful productivity? How do we turn the 20% of the job we love into 80%? Highly RelationalSeason 2 - Episode 11Born This Way – Authentic Successwith Kate Trafford   Kate Trafford has dedicated her career to helping people reach their authentic success and become joyfully productive. Kate draws on her years of working with teams, leaders and organisations to help us navigate our careers, jobs and team roles so that we are getting the most satisfaction out of our jobs by tapping into our authentic selves.  Kate is here today to talk about loving the journey to success as much as the success itself and that sometimes we need to strip back all the ‘talents’ and ‘skills’ we’ve developed along the way and do some self-reflection, and re-niching to remind ourselves who we truly are and what we’re naturally best at. Topics Covered:Kate’s own journey of success Reflection and self-discovery as the place to start Authenticity and belongingHow to find your authentic self in the role you already do How do job descriptions play into changing the tasks within a teamThe importance of curiosity in a leaderCan this culture change happen bottom up or only top down?What research exits in this area?Wellbeing – that it is more than just not getting sickGoal with Soul Honourable Mentions:‘Finding Your Element: How To Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life’ Sir Ken Robinson, AmazonKate Trafford:https://www.linkedin.com/in/katetrafford/https://www.katetrafford.com/‘Get There, Love Here: The Busy Professionals Guide to Authentic Enjoyable Success’, Amazon  Robert Digings:https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings/Team Development Consultant and Executive CoachRobert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.In this new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants.Production credits:Studio Manager at Spiritland Studio Kings Cross - Rich AndrewsPost Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Ella Halsall© 2024 Highly Relational LimitedFind Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTubeIf you are enjoying the listen, hit subscribe and leave us a review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.