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🎧 Coaching Moments from EZRAnauts Sometimes, growth starts with a single question: How am I really feeling? For Ernie Abdullah on our APAC team, that awareness changed how she processes emotions, how she shows up at work, and how she moves through her personal life. Now, she's more engaged, clearer about her potential at EZRA, and more confident in the value coaching brings. That's the power of coaching.

It’s time for pharma to accelerate AI adoption. Read the latest in our AI in Pharma Business Insight Report: https://lnkd.in/gQcWnyCG

What's the next step for inclusion and belonging? Progress can sometimes lead to fatigue, or even backlash. For Stonewall CEO Simon Blake OBE, the key for leaders is to pause first and acknowledge how far we've come. In conversation with Oliver Boag and Lewis Michael Baird, he shares: → Why leaders need absolute clarity about their organizational values → How to create space for different beliefs and values while still working toward the great good It's easy to get caught up about who's right or wrong. This is a great reminder that it all goes back to building workplaces where everyone feels valued and respected. 🎧 Watch the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/gCurqkD8 Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.

Coaching helped healthcare workers reclaim their time, energy, and purpose. 79% felt able to relax after work, and 100% of high burnout risk was eliminated. All thanks to coaches like Ainsley Keller (ACC, MBA), who helped frontline workers find space to pause and put themselves first. A friendly reminder to support your frontline healthcare workers. Because their well-being powers patient outcomes. 💛 🔗 Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gg5MCix2 #GiftOfCoaching

Every organization is somewhere on the AI adoption journey. Where do you sit? 👀 AI cautious (watching and learning) 🤔 Cautious optimist (experimenting selectively) 💡 AI optimist (actively embedding it) 😎 AI native (can’t imagine work without it)

Great leadership is about creating clarity through the unknown. Knowing what gets in the way? That's the leader's job. At Adobe, that meant focusing on what's blocking people from creating the future — from uncertainty and day-to-day pressures to deliver, to differing opinions on what the future should look like. As Eric Wong, Principal of Organizational Effectiveness at Adobe, shared with Sinead Keenan on EZRA Asks earlier this summer: "If we want to take a bold step forward, we have to make it a norm that there will always be things we know and things we don't." 🎧 Watch the full episode: https://lnkd.in/eVBG8pZs

Only 34% of global leaders have undergone AI leadership training. It’s time to bridge this gap. Lasting transformation happens only when leaders start to rethink how they lead, decide, and empower their teams. We’ve joined forces with fellow LHH brand, General Assembly, to address the gap between learning and doing. Introducing the AI Leadership Transformation Program, a six-month experience combining: → General Assembly’s intensive AI for Leaders curriculum  → EZRA’s personalized 1:1 coaching, led by certified GenAI specialist coaches  → Expert speaker series featuring Fortune 500 AI leaders  → Group-based leadership development sessions Together, we’re helping leaders build the mindset, skills, and confidence to lead in an AI-first world. Read the full press release: https://lnkd.in/g2NVEqcq

What do Gen Z really want from work? Hint: it’s not pizza Fridays or ping-pong tables. 🍕 In this week’s ZEST, we dive into what the youngest generation in the workforce is actually looking for — and how organizations can stop misunderstanding them and start unlocking their potential. We spoke with two of EZRA’s representative Gen-Zers, Mariana Sarmiento and Oscar Lofts, to unpack how purpose, mentorship, balance, and flexibility are reshaping the future of work: - Gen Z isn’t uncommitted — they’re asking for meaningful workplaces - They don’t want managers — they want mentors  - And they’re reminding us all that growth isn’t about titles, it’s about progress And if you missed it — we’ve got some big moments coming up and new insights live:  - Our next global webinar with Microsoft’s Simon Lambert on Turning AI Hype into Habits  - Our AI in Pharma Business Insight Report — now live!  - Highlights from our Jacinda Ardern event (and yes, they’re as inspiring as you’d expect) 💫

How do you decide what's non-negotiable and where to adapt when leading across regions? Great leaders know it starts with honest conversations. Translating your company's values globally isn't about copy-pasting culture. It's about bringing values to life in ways that make sense locally. Simon Blake OBE, CEO of Stonewall UK, breaks down how leaders can stay true to their core while empowering teams around the world to make it their own. 🎧 Watch the full episode with our hosts Oliver Boag and Lewis Michael Baird: https://lnkd.in/gCurqkD8 Also available on all other podcast streaming platforms.