John advocated passionately for recognizing and addressing emotional injuries with the same importance as physical ones. Through countless high-pressure situations, John remained a steadfast advocate for mental health awareness and support. Now, as a keynote speaker and professional coach, he shares his invaluable insights and experiences, continuing to impact the lives of many beyond his firefighting career.
John shares his profound insights into handling high-pressure situations and the critical role of emotional resilience. Tune in as John recounts his journey from trauma to triumph, highlighting his pivotal role in transforming how emotional injuries are addressed within emergency services. Discover how self-awareness became the foundation of his resilience and healing journey, and learn how he now uses his experience to guide leaders and first responders toward mental wellness. Whether you’re a first responder, an organizational leader, or beginning your career, this episode promises valuable lessons on harnessing self-awareness to navigate life’s most challenging circumstances.
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Nia is an expert leader who talks the talk and walks the walk.
She is an academically awarded thought leader in self-aware leadership and practices self-aware leadership every single day in her role as a Director in a Children’s Charity.
Nia is a frequent blogger, a passionate podcaster of The Knowing Self Knowing Others Podcast and the author of The Self-Awareness Superhighway.
Nia is on a mission to develop self-aware leaders to create kinder, more respectful and creative working relationships through reflection, recognition and regulation.
Nia has spent 25 years working in the public sector across local government, the NHS, civil service, and in the last few years, charitable sector in Wales and England. Her role as a charity director is ‘what’ she does and ‘self-aware leadership’ is ‘how’ she does it.
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