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Leading with Intention
Radio Show with
Monique Daigneault
Broadcast is live every Thursday
9 AM Pacific Time / 12 PM Eastern
on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel.
9 AM Pacific Time / 12 PM Eastern
on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel.
Leading with Intention
Leading with Intention offers support, encouragement, and tools to help corporate leaders address their personal shortcomings and emerge from these unprecedented times as well-rounded, self-assured leaders.
The show focuses on execution – helping leaders learn how to improve soft skills, leadership competencies, and work-life balance. Most importantly, how to ensure that their organization is in alignment from the top down, including leaders and their direct reports.
Radio Show Episodes
The modern workforce is comprised of individuals with diverse responsibilities, including working parents who face unique challenges in balancing their professional and personal lives. Corporate leaders have a crucial role to play in supporting working parents and creating a workplace culture that embraces their needs. In this discussion, we will explore strategies and initiatives that corporate leaders can implement to...
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Published on: 09-26-2023
Tune in to this informative episode where we'll discuss cultivating connection and belonging to attract and retain talent and reduce sick leave. We, as a society, have never been more disconnected than we are today, which makes us disengaged, depressed, and lonely. According to McKinsey, 40% of all people are unhappy at work and 79% are disengaged. The US Surgeon...
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Published on: 09-25-2023
As many of us have experienced, when topics such as microaggressions and racism come up people get uncomfortable, often getting defensive or withdrawing completely. If we want workplaces that are truly equitable and diverse, that address the structures and attitudes that contribute to so many voices not being heard, we have to be able to talk openly about these topics...
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Published on: 09-21-2023
/// PDF DOWNLOAD: Identifying Personal and Work Values ... According to a recent poll on LinkedIn, you want to do better at influencing others in the workplace. Monique has listened to your feedback! She's created this solo episode just for you. One way to influence others in an authentic way is through your own values. That's right, get clear...
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Published on: 09-14-2023
/// PDF DOWNLOAD: 4 Keys to Engaging Your People ... Tune in to this informative episode where we'll discuss cultivating connection and belonging to attract and retain talent and reduce sick leave. We, as a society, have never been more disconnected than we are today, which makes usdisengaged, depressed, and lonely. According to McKinsey, 40% of all people are...
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Published on: 09-07-2023
/// PDF DOWNLOAD: Behaviors and Best Practices to Help You Become a Change Agent ... Everyone in the workplace needs to adapt to change and even embrace it. If you're a leader you have an even bigger responsibility - you need to be a Change Agent. That means being proactive and anticipating the change that's coming, even creating it...
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Published on: 08-31-2023
Tune in for a unique discussion as Monique rounds out her final week in Spain. She completes her two-month trip with a week of volunteer work for VaughanTown. The VaughanTown organization provides English language services to Spanish business professionals. Listen to Monique’s interview with two of her students, Juan and Nati, as they discuss their intense week and all that’s...
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Published on: 08-24-2023
In part one of this two-part series you heard Monique being interviewed by Richard Vaughan on Richard Vaughan Live. Richard is the founder of VaughanTown, an English language immersion organization in Spain - where Monique volunteers. Today, tune in for another robust episode of Leading with Intention where Richard interviews her again on his show. Richard and Monique discuss more...
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Published on: 08-17-2023
Get ready for an extraordinary episode of Leading with Intention with a twist, where your host, Monique Daigneault, takes the center stage as Richard Vaughan himself interviews her on his show, Richard Vaughan Live about her captivating journey in Spain. Richard is the founder of VaughanTown, an English language Immersion company in Spain. Join Monique and Richard as they delve...
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Published on: 08-10-2023
/// PDF DOWNLOADS: Resource Library Tool & Personal Learning Plan Tool ... Do you feel like you can't help your direct reports when they come to you with issues or skill gaps? Is it taking YOU too long to climb the corporate ladder? Are you or your direct reports not involved in succession planning? If you're a leader, you...
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Published on: 08-03-2023
Recent advances in AI are bringing changes at an unprecedented rate into our companies. Large language models portend impact across nearly every office job type and can rewrite winners and losers in a given vertical. Companies need a strategy to stay abreast of the rapid changes in AI while mid and senior leaders need techniques to ensure their value proposition...
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Published on: 07-27-2023
Many companies are taking on DEI initiatives because it is in style and employees are demanding it. But your DEI efforts will only go so far if you don't amplify the E in DEI. E is for equity and there are several ways to define that term. During this show we'll discuss it's importance and what you can do to...
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Published on: 07-20-2023
The modern workforce is comprised of individuals with diverse responsibilities, including working parents who face unique challenges in balancing their professional and personal lives. Corporate leaders have a crucial role to play in supporting working parents and creating a workplace culture that embraces their needs. In this discussion, we will explore strategies and initiatives that corporate leaders can implement to...
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Published on: 07-13-2023
Leaders have an increasingly hard time giving feedback to their direct reports. Some leaders are highly empathetic and try to soften the message. Others just don't know how to have the conversation in a direct way. Then there are times when you need to give feedback to your own boss. That can be a risky conversation - how do you...
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Published on: 07-06-2023
What does it mean to be an HSP, or a Highly Sensitive Person is and what is not part of the trait? Also for non-HSP’s, how do you recognize an HSP and what they need? It is important to have an understanding of the trait, as well for the HSP but also for the non-HSP. If you have HSP’s in...
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Published on: 06-29-2023
What if you could get 1% better at networking, communicating, or negotiating? What would that mean for your career? What if everyone on your team could get better, even more than 1% better? What would that mean for you, your department, and your company? Mark Herschberg, MIT instructor, CTO/CPO, and author of The Career Toolkit: Essential Skills for Success That...
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Published on: 06-22-2023
Brands aren't just for consumer products anymore. Your reputation precedes you wherever you go and in business, the first thing people do when they get your name is look you up on LinkedIn. What does it say? Do you have a clear point of view? Do you stand for anything? Does it demonstrate what you are passionate about? If you...
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Published on: 06-15-2023
/// PDF DOWNLOADS: New Employee Onboarding Checklist, Training Needs Assessment Process, Individual Development Plan ... Leaders are losing their people at an unprecedented rate due to poor onboarding, inconsistent training, and lack of succession planning. Research shows some staggering statistics: Out of 1000 employees surveyed, 80% said they had a poor onboarding experience. 6 out of 10 managers had...
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Published on: 06-08-2023
Insightful and informative conversations with leadership development experts, corporate leaders, world-renowned speakers, and thought leaders from all over the world.
Challenges in the workplace and within teams are only increasing as companies struggle to transition to a post-COVID 19 remote work situation. These unstable times have stretched companies and their leaders beyond their capacity, and they do not know how to maintain a balance of authority, empathy, compassion, and assertiveness toward their coworkers, much less continue their own career trajectory.
Leading with Intention offers support, encouragement, and tools to help corporate leaders address their personal shortcomings and emerge from these unprecedented times as well-rounded, self-assured leaders.
The show focuses on execution – helping leaders learn how to improve soft skills, leadership competencies, and work-life balance. Most importantly, how to ensure that their organization is in alignment from the top down, including leaders and their direct reports.
About Monique Daigneault
I am the President and CEO of MD Consulting. I have been a trained executive coach since 2003 and, as an Accredited Master Coach, have logged over 3,000 coaching hours with corporate executives on six continents, in over 15 industries.
I help clients set goals, pinpoint the root cause of business problems, explore solutions, address workplace dysfunction, and implement sustainable and measurable changes. I helps clients unpack how their conscious and unconscious behavior impacts their leadership abilities. The outcome of my process gives them more acute insights about their workplace relationships and the ability to drive bigger change throughout the organization. By engaging in my proprietary process, my clients also build business agility, resilience, and influence.
My mission is to shift behavior in the workplace and empower leaders to be more impactful and influential.
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