The Chief Psychology Officer

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Dr Amanda Potter CPsychol•www.thecpo.co.uk

Exploring the topics of workplace psychology and conscious leadership. Amanda is an award-winning Chartered Psychologist, with vast amounts of experience in talent strategy, resilience, facilitation, development and executive coaching. A Fellow of the Association for Business Psychology and an Associate Fellow of the Division of Occupational Psychology within the British Psychological Society (BPS), Amanda is also a Chartered Scientist. Amanda is a founder CEO of Zircon and is an expert in leadership in crisis, resilience and has led a number of research papers on the subject; most recently Psychological Safety in 2022 and Resilience and Decision-making in 2020. With over 20 years’ experience on aligning businesses’ talent strategy with their organizational strategy and objectives, Amanda has had a significant impact on the talent and HR strategies of many global organizations, and on the lives of many significant and prominent leaders in industry. Dr Amanda Potter can be contacted on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/amandapotterzircon www.theCPO.co.uk

Episodes

Ep13 Building Endurance and Stamina

Send us a text In this episode, Tim will be interviewing our Chief Psychology Officer - Dr Amanda Potter and Claire Dale, the author of Physical Intelligence, to understand the importance of Physical Intelligence in creating physical, emotional and mental stamina and staying power. The interview will look at tips for energy maintenance and for endurance. Amanda will also touch on the role of each of the hormones and neurotransmitters in happiness, success and well being. In this episode, Claire ...

Aug 22, 2022•38 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast

Ep12 How to Have Courageous Conversations

Send us a text We all have to have difficult conversations from time to time and some of these can be particularly challenging. What can we do to have more courageous conversations? In this episode, the Chief Psychology Officer explores how to navigate through uncomfortable topics with confidence, honesty and kindness and the impact avoiding these conversations can have on Psychological Safety. Amanda will look at different psychological theories, the latest research findings and share her insig...

Aug 08, 2022•36 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast

Ep11 Destigmatize Failure to Succeed

Send us a text Most large organisations fail before they succeed, and the small failures are early warning signs that change is needed. All of our research is showing that to succeed in business as entrepreneurs and leaders in industry we must redefine failure. We need to get better at failing. We need to understand it, learn from it and share what we have learnt. This podcast summarises our research into failure and the link with Psychological Safety, Resilience, Wellbeing, Impostor Syndrome an...

Jul 25, 2022•42 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast

Ep10 Facing Up to Change

Send us a text Change is constant and affects everyone from individuals to entire organisations. Acknowledging, understanding and managing change is crucial to thriving in an unpredictable, sometimes non-sensical world. In the latest episode of The Chief Psychology Officer, we invite Spencer Bull to share his inspiring story of change and triumph in the face of unpredictable challenges. Dr Amanda Potter also provides insight into what change looks like from an organisational perspective and the ...

Jul 11, 2022•41 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast

Ep9 Seven Characteristics of Effective CEOs

Send us a text What does it mean to be an effective CEO, C-Suite or Executive Leader? In this podcast our Chief Psychology Officer Dr Amanda Potter shares some of the research on what it means to be an effective leader at the highest level in an organisation. This episode is aimed at future and current leaders, as well as executive coaches or mentors of senior leaders. We look at the typical decision styles, strengths and resilience of leaders at the C-Suite level and how this compares to leadin...

Jun 27, 2022•50 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast

Ep8 Be Decisive: Fight the Urge to Procrastinate

Send us a text Why do people procrastinate and hold back from making important decisions? In this episode, the Chief Psychology Officer shares some lessons we can all learn from decisive leaders and the reasons why people procrastinate. Amanda will also look at what happens from a neuroscientific perspective when people hold back from making decisions. Amanda will look at the data from executive assessments to understand how highly effective leaders make decisions, and offers a simple 6 step app...

Jun 12, 2022•36 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast

Ep7 Embrace your mornings: 5 Steps to Transform your Life

Send us a text In this episode, our Chief Psychology Officer - Dr Amanda Potter will be talking to Kate Oliver, Chartered Business and Coaching Psychologist and the author of 'Rise and Shine - How to transform your life, morning by morning’. They will look at the evidence showing why it is that mornings matter and discuss how a morning routine can radically boost wellbeing and success, in today’s busy and demanding world. Kate will talk about the S.H.I.N.E. method and share plenty of practi...

May 29, 2022•34 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast

Ep6 Healthy Habits

Send us a text In this episode, Dr Amanda Potter will share some insights into the Psychology and Neuroscience of habits and will look at simple 5 step approach for identifying and embedding healthy habits. Amanda will also look at the importance of healthy habits for managing stress and the role of Physical Intelligence in helping to make the habits unconditional or context independent. In this episode, Amanda is being interviewed by Tim Hepworth. The Chief Psychology Officer website is now ava...

May 15, 2022•29 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast

Ep5 Resilience & Positive Self-Talk

Send us a text In this episode, Dr Amanda Potter our Chief Psychology Officer looks at resilience and positive self-talk. She also starts to look at the importance of attitude or paradigm shifts to understand and face up to the emotions that could be inhibiting you from being resilient. Amanda and Tim the podcast host in this episode are joined by Martin Hewitt to talk about his recent expedition to the South Pole. Martin was a Commissioned Officer in HM Parachute Regiment, but was medically dis...

May 01, 2022•32 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast

Ep4 Burnout

Send us a text Dr Amanda Potter shares her research and personal experience of Burnout - what are the causes, what is the relationship between stress, burnout and depression, and what actions could be taken to overcome the feelings and emotions associated with burning out. Amanda will also start to look at resilience and physical intelligence. These two topics will be explored further in later podcasts. In this episode Amanda is being interviewed by her co-Director Tim Hepworth. The Chief Psycho...

Apr 18, 2022•34 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast

Ep3 Cognitive Diversity & Inclusion

Send us a text Dr Amanda Potter sharing her research on Cognitive Diversity - why it is critical for business and team effectiveness and how it is different from demographic or identity diversity. In this episode, Amanda is being interviewed by Tim Hepworth. The Chief Psychology Officer website is now available https://www.thecpo.co.uk/ To contact Amanda via LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/amandapotterzircon To contact Amanda via email: TheCPO@zircon-mc.co.uk For more information about the BeTalent St...

Apr 03, 2022•28 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast

Ep2 Psychological Safety

Send us a text An in-depth discussion about psychological safety in the workplace – why it's so important and how it impacts individuals and organisations. The Chief Psychology Officer website is now available https://www.thecpo.co.uk/ To contact Amanda via LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/amandapotterzircon To contact Amanda via email: TheCPO@zircon-mc.co.uk Timestamps Psychological Safety 00:00 – Introduction to Psychological Safety 00:33 – What is Psychological Safety? 01:10 – Why is it importa...

Mar 20, 2022•26 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast

Ep1 Resilient Leadership & Adversity

Send us a text Dr Amanda Potter discussing the importance of resilient leadership – how the last couple of years have created greater resilience and prepared our leaders to help us through an unknown and potentially imminent next crisis. The Chief Psychology Officer website is now available https://www.thecpo.co.uk/ To contact Amanda via LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/amandapotterzircon To contact Amanda via email: TheCPO@zircon-mc.co.uk For more information about the BeTalent Resilience Questionnair...

Feb 27, 2022•27 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast