Episode 15: The Stories We Inherit: How Family Patterns Shape Us as Helping Professionals with Sarah Voronov

Episode 14: The Excuses Leaders Use to Avoid Supervision (And Why They Don’t Stack Up)

This is the second instalment of my Bold Boundaries for Leaders mini-series, and today we’re talking about one of the most overlooked but essential leadership strategies: supervision.

Here’s the irony I see all the time: as leaders, we expect our staff to engage in supervision, yet so many of us don’t prioritise it for ourselves. And that comes with risks: to our wellbeing, our organisations, and the people we lead.

In this episode, I’ll cover:

• The three excuses leaders use to avoid supervision:

  1. The Firefighter - “I’m too busy putting out fires.”

  2. The Lone Wolf - “I can manage on my own.”

  3. The Banker - “There’s no budget, my organisation won’t fund it.”

• And why these excuses don’t stack up

• -Five key reasons you can use to self-advocate with your organisation about the importance of investing in supervision for leaders:

  1. Risk management

  2. Role-modelling

  3. Retention

  4. Professional standards

  5. Fairness and justice

Supervision isn’t optional, it’s your “regular service” as a leader. It helps keep you effective, grounded, and sustainable, and it strengthens your staff and organisation too.

Tune in and reflect on how you can stop hiding behind the excuses and start taking action on your own supervision.

Let’s connect: Visit www.jazminpursell.com.au, follow me on Instagram @jazminpursell

Send me a DM on Instagram and let me know which of the three excuses has popped up for you in the past, and what your next step towards prioritising supervision might be.

Episode 13: Should the Next Generation of Leaders Have No Boundaries Just Because We Don’t?

As leaders, supervisors, and mentors, our boundaries don’t just affect us, they quietly ripple out to the people we guide.
This solo episode is part of my Bold Boundaries for Leaders mini-series on Not Another PD.

And today, I’m asking a confronting but necessary question:

“Should the next generation of leaders have no boundaries… simply because we don’t?”

I’m also unpacking three leadership traps I see helping-professional leaders fall into again and again:

1. The Fixer
2. The Always On
3. The Over-Committer

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• How inconsistent boundaries quietly shape team culture and wellbeing

• Why your staff and clients take their cues from how you lead

• The cost of neglecting your own limits in leadership

• Practical reflections to help you lead with clarity, balance, and integrity

If you’re a helping professional in a leadership role, whether manager, supervisor, team lead, coordinator, or coach, this episode is especially for you.
Tune in to reflect on your own boundaries and the impact you want to have as a leader.

If this episode resonates and you’d like personalised support, I offer 1:1 leadership supervision for helping professionals.
I have appointments available both this month and in the new year, and I’d love to support you.

Book a 1:1 supervision session here:
https://jazminpursellconsulting.as.me/

Let’s connect:
www.jazminpursell.com.au
Instagram: @jazminpursell

Send me a DM and let me know which leadership trap resonated with you most.