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Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Meet Yvonne and Alex Kelly - Founders of Glow Up Careers, an award winning Social Enterprise and one I am proud to be a part of. Our topic in conversation is Leading for Social Good and it was a conversation I found inspiring, uplifting and of significant importance for 21st Century leadership.
Theirs is a mission is to empower everyone to have the career of their dreams no matter who they are or where they are from, and they are equally passionate about diversity and inclusion in action with their current focus being on refugees.
I really can’t do justice to this podcast in listing topics that we covered but just to whet your whistle:-
- The moving story of how Yvonne and Alex came to create Glow Up
- The power of reflection and a key revelation about refugees
- Changing the culture of recruitment
- The role of diversity and inclusion in hiring
- The invisible and untapped potential waiting and wanting to work
- How Glow Up is contributing to the UN’s sustainable development goals
- The role of social good in attracting talent
- A challenge to companies that stick to strict hiring criteria
- The lightbulb moment around career coach accreditation
- Start up challenges – real tales from the trenches
- How brands have thrived as a result of social good (and the cost of paying lip service)
- Why advocacy is paramount for hiring refugees and the many misconceptions that exist
- How the pandemic helped with Glow Up’s strategy
- The future of Glow Up – expanding the cohorts in their community
- Issues of overseas skills and qualification recognition in Australia
You can connect with Yvonne here
You can connect with Alex here
Australian Employer Network for Refugee Inclusion
Rawthentic Leadership has been ranked number 4 in Australia’s top 25 Leadership Podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/australian_leadership_podcasts/
We are on a mission to get the message out to the business community about those 21st Century leadership skills that engage, inspire, motivate and develop people to be their very best and achieve their potential so if you enjoy the podcast, please head over to Apple podcasts and give us a rating and review or if Spotify is your platform of Choice please follow us - thank you!
Please also subscribe on our YouTube channel.
If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please head to https://ko-fi.com/brainsmart to donate - thank you!
If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please donate here – thank you!
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Today I bring you a conversation jam-packed with golden nuggets from Andrew Butow of Earth2Mars. Our topic of conversation is Leading Successful change and covers so many aspects of change ranging from inclusion through to the role of technology. Our conversation begins with Andrew sharing how his growing up in South Africa shaped his whole philosophy on change and a warning – if you don’t like space-based puns – cover your ears!
Enjoy! Here are a few of the golden nuggets gleaned from our conversation:-
- How Earth2Mars came to be named
- How Andrew’s growing up in South Africa influenced his approach to change
- The power of a unified and clear vision for change
- Why Elon Musk is a leadership role model for Andrew
- The mission of Earth2Mars
- The changing face of leadership in change
- The role of inclusion in successful change
- How technology is changing the change space
- The power of vulnerability in leadership
- Embracing not replacing!
- Embracing resistance and uncertainty
- Contextualising the meaning of change
- Real talk!
- Psychological safety in successful change
- Human Centred Design approaches
- Elevating Change Management to Change Leadership
- The power of collaboration and design thinking
- How Human Centred Design and technology can accelerate the change process
- Why NOW is the most exciting time to be in the change space
Andrew mentioned a number of resources here:-
Documentary (Netflix) The Edge of all we Know
Earth2Mars website
Earth2Mars courses (Public and in house)
Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn
Connect with Hyugo on LinkedIn
The Earth2Mars Space for Change group on LinkedIn
Rawthentic Leadership has been ranked number 4 in Australia’s top 25 Leadership Podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/australian_leadership_podcasts/
We are on a mission to get the message out to the business community about those 21st Century leadership skills that engage, inspire, motivate and develop people to be their very best and achieve their potential so if you enjoy the podcast, please head over to Apple podcasts and give us a rating and review or if Spotify is your platform of Choice please follow us - thank you!
Please also subscribe on our YouTube channel.
If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please donate here – thank you!
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Today I bring you a conversation filled with insight and humour with Kim Taylor of Ultimate Communicator. From the get-go Kim epitomises rawthenticity by sharing her leadership lessons from a personally challenging time and our conversation weaves from assertiveness to empathy to owing how we communicate and who we are as communicators.
Enjoy
Here are some of the nuggets gleaned from our conversation:-
- What drives Kim to fulfil her mission of helping others to speak up
- Leadership lessons from early and challenging days
- A definition of empathy
- Can empathy be learned?
- The ripple effect of an empathic leadership style
- Can you be too empathic?
- The Ultimate Communicator Archetypes
- The 'aha' moment people get when they start to close the gap
Ways you can connect with Kim:-
Kim's website - https://ultimatecommunicator.com.au
Ultimate Communicator Archetypes - https://ultimatecommunicator.com.au/be-ultimate/ultimate-communicator-archetypes/
www.linkedin.com/in/kim-taylor-7699296/
https://www.instagram.com/ultimatecommunicator/
https://www.facebook.com/kimtaylor63
Rawthentic Leadership has been ranked number 4 in Australia’s top 25 Leadership Podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/australian_leadership_podcasts/
We are on a mission to get the message out to the business community about those 21st Century leadership skills that engage, inspire, motivate and develop people to be their very best and achieve their potential so if you enjoy the podcast, please head over to Apple podcasts and give us a rating and review or if Spotify is your platform of Choice please follow us - thank you!
Please also subscribe on our YouTube channel.
If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please donate here – thank you!
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Today I bring you a reflective conversation with Leesa Tongoulidis of Human Art. Our topic of conversation is Human Centred Design (or HCD), something that Leesa has been practising way before it had a label.
Our conversation begins with me asking Leesa for her definition of HCD so we can demystify it and she gives me a simple, highly memorable response.
Enjoy
Here are a few of the golden nuggets gleaned from our conversation:-
- Why, in Leesa’s opinion, HCD isn’t (yet) embedded in organisational cultures
- Evidence of organisations doing HCD well
- How iCare embraced HCD with their worker’s compensation claims process
- Empathy as a foundation for HCD
- How Leesa is giving back through her business Human Art
Leesa mentioned a number of resources here:-
Why Human Centred Design is a key future skill | RMIT University - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKofCWEMv24
The story of how a global brand was created in 1894 using HCD principles and some practical tips for adopting HCD practices
https://www.wired.com/insights/2013/12/human-centered-design-matters/ -
HCD in the era of Covid - https://www.bcg.com/en-au/publications/2020/the-importance-of-human-centered-design
Bringing the brain into HCD - http://customerinnovations.com/the-emergence-of-cognitive-experience-design/
The Cynefin framework - https://cynefincentre.com/the-cynefin-framework/
Make me a leader - award winning documentary - https://www.aboutmybrain.com/make-me-a-leader
Leesa’s website - https://humanart.com.au/
Leesa on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/leesatongoulidis/
Rawthentic Leadership has been ranked number 4 in Australia’s top 25 Leadership Podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/australian_leadership_podcasts/
We are on a mission to get the message out to the business community about those 21st Century leadership skills that engage, inspire, motivate and develop people to be their very best and achieve their potential so if you enjoy the podcast, please head over to Apple podcasts and give us a rating and review or if Spotify is your platform of Choice please follow us - thank you!
Please also subscribe on our YouTube channel.
If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please donate here – thank you!
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Today I bring you an engaging conversation (pardon the pun) with Peter Voskuilen, on the topic of engagement.
Our conversation starts with an interesting story about how Peter came to join Rentokil-Initial, the company with which he’s IT Pacific Director and continues on with Pete sharing some golden nuggets on the topic of and his passion with – engagement.
Some of the things we covered include:-
- How to answer the same interview question and get 2 polar opposite responses
- Key elements of engagement
- Why involvement in strategy is key
- How to use intrinsic motivation to increase productivity, engagement and quality outcomes
- Why soft skills can trump hard skills in selection and retaining great people
- Maintaining engagement in times of disruption and with hybrid and working from home models
- The magic of coffee roulette!
- The importance of informal connection in the workplace
- How to attract talent when you’re not the sexiest of businesses!
Enjoy the podcast!
You can connect with Peter on LinkedIn here and he’s more than keen to engage with you!
Rawthentic Leadership has been ranked number 4 in Australia’s top 25 Leadership Podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/australian_leadership_podcasts/
We are on a mission to get the message out to the business community about those 21st Century leadership skills that engage, inspire, motivate and develop people to be their very best and achieve their potential so if you enjoy the podcast, please head over to Apple podcasts and give us a rating and review or if Spotify is your platform of Choice please follow us - thank you!
Please also subscribe on our YouTube channel.
If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please head to https://ko-fi.com/brainsmart to donate - thank you!
If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please donate here – thank you!
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
A lively conversation with Stephanie Christopher CEO of The Executive Connection, an organisation I speak for.
Our conversation begins with a question I’ve never asked my previous podcast guests and takes on a journey of Stephanie’s carer and her passion for leading the next generation.
An early turning point for Stephanie came as her father suggested she would make a good PA and her mother retorted that she would make a better boss! Stephanie shares how she, like many of us, was ‘a product of the times’ – she then goes on to share how she changed that trajectory.
Here are a few of the golden nuggets gleaned from our conversation:-
- How we are influenced by stereotypes
- Why you can’t be a ‘one man band’ as a leader
- What’s your lens of talent through the whole organisation?
- The advent of ‘choose your own career pathways
- Why you need to slow down to speed up
- The best question to ask a person starting on their first day of a new job!
- Acknowledge your bias when it comes to leading intergenerational teams – look in the mirror
- Be open to not having all the answers – experience can count for much…or it can count for nothing
The Executive Connection website
TEC Live Podcast
Stephanie on LinkedIn
Rawthentic Leadership has been ranked number 4 in Australia’s top 25 Leadership Podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/australian_leadership_podcasts/
We are on a mission to get the message out to the business community about those 21st Century leadership skills that engage, inspire, motivate and develop people to be their very best and achieve their potential so if you enjoy the podcast, please head over to Apple podcasts and give us a rating and review or if Spotify is your platform of Choice please follow us - thank you!
Please also subscribe on our YouTube channel.
If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please donate here – thank you!
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
In 2002, Emma Weber founded what is now called Lever Transfer of Learning with offices in Sydney and London and a team of coaches worldwide. From the outset it was a virtual organisation.
I am a strong advocate of Emma’s work – she and her team ensure that learning is fully applied back in the workplace and businesses achieve their desired Return on Investment. But it was the aspect of leading virtually that I wanted to explore more with Emma and her generosity of spirit in sharing tips, tools and tales from the trenches went both broad and deep.
In addition to exploring leading virtually, we also talk about Coach M, Emma’s artificial intelligence coach bot and how successful it/she/he has been and is growing!
Here are a few of the golden nuggets gleaned from our conversation:-
- Emma’s career journey from retail merchandising to consulting to coaching for learning transfer
- Start as you mean to go on (or inadvertently fake it till you make it!) – the benefits of having an international presence
- The core essentials of communication when leading teams virtually
- Cadence, frequency, check-ins
- Person before process
- The purpose of building community
- ‘Programming’ care
- Measuring and tracking mood, value and learning
- Taking psychological safety from unspoken to spoken
- DON’T forget the metrics
- Sharing the near misses – catching the small things we can fix
- Win of the week
- The conception and birth of Coach M – the artificial intelligence coach bot based on 20,000 coaching conversations
- Don’t be afraid to stuff up
- Lessons learned from ‘Black Lives Matter’
One of Emma’s favourite quotes from Tony Robbins:-
“Success in life is the result of good judgment. Good judgment is usually the result of experience. Experience is usually the result of bad judgment… don’t be afraid to stuff up”
Emma’s website Transfer of Learning
Emma on LinkedIn
Emma’s Book Turning Learning into Action
Emma also mentioned a book ‘Sleeping with your Smartphone’
Rawthentic Leadership has been ranked number 4 in Australia’s top 25 Leadership Podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/australian_leadership_podcasts/
We are on a mission to get the message out to the business community about those 21st Century leadership skills that engage, inspire, motivate and develop people to be their very best and achieve their potential so if you enjoy the podcast, please head over to Apple podcasts and give us a rating and review or if Spotify is your platform of Choice please follow us - thank you!
Please also subscribe on our YouTube channel.
If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please donate here – thank you!
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Stella has an insatiable curiosity – for everything! It has shaped both her career and life and continues to be a guiding skill in her decisions and directions.
Our conversation begins with Stella sharing how curiosity took her into the world of IT and later training – a function she really didn’t want! She also shares how and why, in her opinion, curiosity is a key leadership trait.
Here are some of the nuggets I gleaned from our conversation.
Enjoy the podcast!
- How curiosity led Stella to work in IT and subsequently training
- The lure of the Pirate ship!
- The essential role of curiosity in learning
- How to facilitate curiosity in a learner
- The new discovery of the link between curiosity and fear in the brain
- Turning curiosity into a passion
- Creating a learning culture in organisations – what it takes
- Why curiosity is a key leadership trait
- The pharmaceutical company that runs and annual curiosity month!
- Developing your sense of adventure and Stella’s globetrotting experiences
- The power of ‘I wonder’
Stella is co-founder and Chief Learning Officer of Stellar Labs
Stella is a prolific tweeter – connect with her here on Twitter and LinkedIn
Stella’s book, Neuroscience for Learning & Development 2nd Edition can be purchased here and all leading book suppliers.
Rawthentic Leadership has been ranked number 4 in Australia’s top 25 Leadership Podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/australian_leadership_podcasts/
We are on a mission to get the message out to the business community about those 21st Century leadership skills that engage, inspire, motivate and develop people to be their very best and achieve their potential so if you enjoy the podcast, please head over to Apple podcasts and give us a rating and review or if Spotify is your platform of Choice please follow us - thank you!
Please also subscribe on our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKjgNrVcmB-hDnDdobYOmHw
If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please head to https://ko-fi.com/brainsmart to donate - thank you!
If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please donate here – thank you!
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Our conversation begins with Silvia sharing how and why she came to live in Australia from Argentina, how she carved her leadership career in various industry sectors and how she came to realise that how we develop leaders has to change.
I discovered Silvia and her work in 2014 and immediately became a practitioner of her leadership assessment tool ‘i4’ covering the traits, competencies and attributes required for leading in a 21st Century VUCA world.
Some of the salient points of our conversation include:-
- Lessons from leading a multicultural team at an early age
- Ramón y Cajal – the original discoverer of neuroplasticity
- What 2020 has taught us about the power of leadership
- The evolution of leadership over the years
- Why understanding of the brain is critical to leadership development
- How the i4 Neuroleader model was born
- The making of Silvia’s award-winning documentary ‘Make me a Leader’
- The hidden challenges of a pandemic in professional development
Silvia can be contacted on LinkedIn and her ground-breaking books ‘Leadership is Upside Down’ and accompany workbook can be purchased here
Here is the link to Silvia’s TEDx The Rocks talk (16 minutes)
Silvia is also an accomplished poet – enjoy her poem ‘I dream of a Time…’
I dream of a time….
When people who have the power, learn to show humility
When those who become obsessed with getting everything right
come to understand that on occasion
It is absolutely fine to get it wrong.
I dream of a time….
When the analytical learn that communicating with others,
can make all the difference.
And when those who are aggressive,
learn to manage their impulses and be kind to others.
I dream of a time…
When those who have great vision,
Become comfortable with looking at the smaller details.
And when those who lack patience,
Realise that their impatience makes others anxious.
I dream of a time….
When those who are financially successful,
Learn that helping others in need is good for the soul.
When those who yell, realise that intimidation is disengaging
When those who show indecision,
Learn that they are creating doubt in their followers.
And when those who are controlling,
Learn that empowering others is more rewarding.
I dream of a time…
When those who do not want to change,
Learn that they are missing out on the mystery of the unknown,
And when those who wish to be the centre of attention,
Learn that they are not the priority of others.
I dream of a time…
When people realise that leaders who care, are the better leaders
And when people understand that developing our own leaders is essential for a better humanity
#neuroleadership #leadership #neuroscience
Rawthentic Leadership has been ranked number 4 in Australia’s top 25 Leadership Podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/australian_leadership_podcasts/
We are on a mission to get the message out to the business community about those 21st Century leadership skills that engage, inspire, motivate and develop people to be their very best and achieve their potential so if you enjoy the podcast, please head over to Apple podcasts and give us a rating and review or if Spotify is your platform of Choice please follow us - thank you!
Please also subscribe on our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKjgNrVcmB-hDnDdobYOmHw
If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please head to https://ko-fi.com/brainsmart to donate - thank you!
If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please donate here – thank you!
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Our conversation begins with Raf sharing how he went from potential Olympic fencer to starting his career in the commercial sector of shipping and then the social sector of working with justice-involved youth and the role that intuition took in guiding his career.
Some of the salient points of our conversation include:-
- Not knowing the trajectory of your career but trusting your intuition that each decision is a good one
- The role of empathy in coaching
- Defining intuition and steps to take when something doesn’t feel right
- The role of reflection in accessing your intuition
- Can you teach intuition? If so, how?
- What is Industry 4.0 and what impact will it have on talent retention and learning in the future?
- Intuition in leadership in the age of Covid.
Raf’s company website is https://www.stellarlabs.eu/ and he can be contacted on LinkedIn here
Rawthentic Leadership has been ranked number 4 in Australia’s top 25 Leadership Podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/australian_leadership_podcasts/
We are on a mission to get the message out to the business community about those 21st Century leadership skills that engage, inspire, motivate and develop people to be their very best and achieve their potential so if you enjoy the podcast, please head over to Apple podcasts and give us a rating and review or if Spotify is your platform of Choice please follow us - thank you!
Please also subscribe on our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKjgNrVcmB-hDnDdobYOmHw
If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please donate here – thank you!