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Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Gunnar is a great storyteller and kicks off our conversation sharing how he made the decision to come to Australia from Switzerland and his deliberate move to engage in formal leadership training with the Australian Institute of Management and now as a Chartered Manager through the Institute of Managers and Leaders.
If you are developing yourself or others on the journey from accidental manager into intentional leader, then you’ll find this conversation jam packed with nuggets of learning and roadmaps for decision-making. Here are some of the nuggets of learning I gleaned during our conversation.
- How Sydney moved from number 8 to top of the list for a new life
- The ‘giver’s gained’ mentality of relationship building
- The challenges and triumphs of leading a multicultural, virtual team
- ‘You manage tools and lead people’
- The balance between direction leadership and enabling leadership
- Understanding your people’s WHY
- Bringing outsourced functions into the tribe
- The consequences of promoting experts to leaders without coaching and development and how to do it differently.
The 7 ‘I’s of Intentional Leadership:-
- Impact
- Influence
- Inspiration
- Improve
- Instruction
- Interest
- Imperfection
From Laid off to Paid off – what would you tell your younger self? From the book ‘Lessons I learnt’
Remember – people don’t get made redundant – roles do.
The ROADMAP for career change and decision-making:
- Reality
- Off
- Alternatives
- Deep dive
- Mastery
- Action
- Paid work
You can connect with Gunnar here 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!
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Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
As of the end of June 2020, Jeanette Allom-Hill is preparing for her next Leadership Chapter with Boston Consulting Group, having just left her position as Group Executive for Business Performance for the Sunshine Coast Council,
Jeanette was recently named the winner of the 2020 Telstra Queensland Business Women’s Public Sector and Academia Award, from a field of 22,000 entrants. Her response to the win? “It just confirms I’m doing the right thing, being authentic, brave and courageous, but doing it with kindness and heart”.
Here are a few of the golden nuggets gleaned from our conversation:-
- Leading with Grit and Grace will mean something different to everyone – find your own definition
- You can’t balance ‘Grace and Grit’ if you don’t know who you are
- Who do I stand for as a leader?
- The power of mentoring in helping to develop your leadership career
- Mentoring both up and down and creating an accountability tribe
- Using the Clifton Strengths Assessment from Gallup
- Carving a deliberate leadership career that is private, public, broad and deep
- How would you define yourself in a sentence when standing in front of a panel?
- Go for organisations that make you and go for organisations that break you
- With great power comes great responsibility
- Know what your leadership qualities mean to you – demonstrate them and test them
- How to grow psychological safety throughout an organisation
Jeanette sits on the Board of a not-for-profit ‘No More Fake Smiles’ dedicated to giving a voice to child victims of sexual abuse
You can connect with Jeanette here 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!
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Tuesday May 26, 2020
Tuesday May 26, 2020
Here are some golden nuggets I gleaned from our conversation:-
- More than your clients, it’s important to understand what your clients’ clients need
- I don’t know what everybody does to the same degree that they do – this is why enablement is so important
- What to do when people look at you expecting you to tell them what to do!
- Give people a WHY – help them understand the context in which they operate
- Test assumptions – it’s not fair to expect people to operate at a certain level – ask questions – seek first to understand
- How to slow down your thinking and learn to appreciate silence as a leader
- How as a leader you can use silence to everyone’s advantage
- PWC’s higher Apprenticeship program
- Accountability breeds empowerment
- As a leader, own your problems and issues
Book – L David Marquet – Turn the Ship around – A true story of building leaders by breaking the rules
You can connect with Marcus here 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!
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Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Bill Sullivan served as a jet and helicopter pilot with the United States Air Force for 24 years, completing four combat tours in the Middle East as a member of Air Combat Command and Air Force Special Operations Command. Bill then transitioned from the military to the corporate world as a sales leader and in this podcast he provides fascinating insights into this transition and how he is using all of his leadership training and experience to be the best leader he can be to his team and his organisation.
Some golden nuggets from our conversation include:-
- Busting the myth that command and control are military leadership styles
- How to appeal to individual needs and create a culture and ethos around ‘team’
- “If you truly care about your team, you’ll get the best for your boss anyway”
- Leadership in times of crisis?
- Build the human connection first – start with a virtual coffee
- Get the process in place – do the right things consistently
- Maintain perspective – “no-ones shooting at us” (Bill’s of course not always been able to say that)
- Bill shares the story of Jim his brother – please listen because it’s his story
- The power of story to create openness, vulnerability and psychological safety
- Moments of gratefulness
- Leading with integrity – when values drive decisions
- How do you balance making each day count with keeping one eye on the light at the end of the tunnel?
- How do I make THIS day count?
- Reframing influence away from the connotation of manipulation to influence through building trust and integrity – unabashedly, pure unequivocal trust
- The role of Bill’s mentors in influence
- Trust as a matter of life and death – where you want to follow your leader into battle by creating true empathy and concern for those under your watch
- The power of “there I was” stories in learning valuable lessons around failure “replicate things that went well and learn from missteps”
- Leading with rawness and vulnerability
- Leadership development – how to deliver difficult news whilst still showing that you care
- Native American saying “Today is a good day to die” – learn why
The Man In The Glass – the Poem Bill referred to in the Podcast
When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world makes you king for a day
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself
And see what that man has to say.
For it isn’t your father, or mother, or wife
Whose judgement upon you must pass
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the one staring back from the glass.
He’s the fellow to please – never mind all the rest
For he’s with you, clear to the end
And you’ve passed your most difficult, dangerous test
If the man in the glass is your friend.
You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years
And get pats on the back as you pass
But your final reward will be heartache and tears
If you’ve cheated the man in the glass.
Peter Dale Wimbrow Sr.
You can connect with Bill here 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 - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKjgNrVcmB-hDnDdobYOmHw
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Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
In this uplifting conversation filled with positivity and hope, Nicky shares her journey from volunteering to leading an organisation that has helped 753 girls (to date) from rural villages in Cambodia to get an education and be protected from sex slavery.
Some golden nuggets from our conversation include:-
- The single most important coaching question that made Nicky step up to a challenge of epic proportions
- How Nicky didn’t start to plan a charity
- How this wasn’t really Nicky’s vision! Be careful what you ask for, sometimes more specificity is needed.
- How to manifest a vision with zero idea of what to do or where to start
- The ‘working from 3 steps ahead’ leadership philosophy
- Navigating cultural differences, specifically the concept of fairness
- The role of both logic and emotion in collaborative decision-making
- Surrounding yourself with a team of experts
- The essential role of self-care in leadership
- How Nicky is measuring her vision
- We’re not just educating – we’re creating the female village leaders of tomorrow
Nicky’s amazing book, jam packed with leadership lessons, ‘Do what Matters’ can be purchased by clicking here and you can connect with Nicky on LinkedIn here and she speaks regularly at conferences and leadership events.
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 to contribute to our mission, however small, please head to https://ko-fi.com/brainsmart to donate – thank you!
Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
In this unfolding conversation Wayne shares some deep insights about those elements of leadership that build accelerated high performance in teams. Here are some of the nuggets in this podcast:-
- The importance of focusing on and building a high trust culture
- What head coaches on first before addressing competence and technicality
- The Korn Ferry 2014 leadership competency gap
- How Wayne built a high performance team in 8 days for the famous State of Origin series
- The Process Communication Model – a system used by NASA to gain a deep understanding of 6 personality types, their psychological needs and how managers can feed them in a healthy way (and in which Wayne is accredited)
Wayne’s website is website is Wayne Pearce Advantage and he can be reached 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!
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Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
In this conversation Will share with us his philosophy on generous leadership and what it means to be a generous leader. He shares his 3 legged stool generous leadership model of humility, open-mindedness and empathy.
Will also shares:-
- his definition of generous leadership
- how being generous is good for your brain!
- how being generous doesn’t have to mean being kind
- elements of generous and selfish leadership through 2 fictitious characters – Captain My Hero and Captain Cantankerous!
- where to start coaching with a Captain Cantankerous
- Superman leadership – the role of humility
- what stops leaders wanting to embrace generosity
- what a generous culture looks like and what organisational selfishness looks like
- balancing a ‘fail fast, fail forward’ approach with risk
- characteristics of extraordinary teams
Will refers to Michael Henderson’s book ‘Above the Line’ and Julie Salamon’s ‘Ramban’s Ladder’
Will’s website is Waterline Leadership and he can be reached 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!
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Monday Jan 06, 2020
Monday Jan 06, 2020
What’s the difference between being included and FEELING included?
To what extent do you go out of your way to learn about things that are naturally very different from your norm?
My conversation with Joanne Lockwood was enlightening to say the least. From the get go Joanne is real and raw about the type of leader she was ‘in a former life’ and how her focus on inclusive leadership did a 180 degree about turn.
In this podcast explore:-
- Why belonging is as important as inclusion
- How a life-changing event can get you to question who you are
- What inclusion is and isn’t and simple strategies leaders can implement to build inclusive workplace cultures
- Understanding privilege and what we can do to build a deeper understanding in teams – ‘check your privilege’
- How difficult it can be for small to medium businesses to understand conscious inclusion and what to do about it
- The graffiti artist story
- Why an open door policy is NOT inclusive
If you’d like to connect with Joanne please click here
Her website is https://seechangehappen.co.uk and the Accenture video she refers to is 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!
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Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
In this episode we follow Shelagh’s journey from her 25 year career in the Yorkshire police force in the UK and CID (Criminal Investigation Department) through to her moving with her family to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland Australia, deciding to retire and become ‘a lady wot does lunch’ to starting a new career…then everything changing literally overnight as Shelagh experienced a life-changing event.
As usual, these notes are much better read after you have listened to the podcast as Shelagh lets her life story unfold in a way that you will want to follow.
Here are some of the golden nuggets I gleaned from our conversation;-
- the power of humour in dealing with trauma – even when it seems so politically incorrect
- our brain consists of many cabinets – some close permanently, some for a while and others miraculously open
- embrace unexpected gifts
- when the unexpected happens – learn to focus on what you CAN do, not what you can’t
- the role of a strong support network to maintain and build resilience
- the practice of gratitude to maintain perspective
- building your self-awareness to understand your cognitive capacity and work with it – not against it
- the oxygen mask analogy – self-care MUST come first
Shelagh’s website is https://www.astrokeofpoetry.com and you can connect with her on LinkedIn here
Stories of Hope of which Shelagh is a part is here
The foundation for which Shelagh has been an ambassador can be found 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!
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Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
As usual, I would strongly encourage you to listen to the podcast first, then the golden nuggets that Ronnie shares below will come to life and make much more sense.
- I open the podcast by asking Ronnie how Insentra gets such high ratings on Glassdoor – both for existing and past team members
- Ronnie talks about creating a heart-centred culture from scratch, including all the things he and his co-founders loved in past careers and excluding the opposite – he also challenges leaders to consider their real drivers for creating their desired culture
- The famous ‘Train Story’ unfolds as a metaphor developed over 20 years that I liken to a manifesto – well worth a read with a cuppa!
- Ronnie shares his (borrowed) strategy for starting meetings in a heart-centred way – simple yet profound
- How psychological safety (no fear of retribution in Insentra language) can be hard to implement
- Why some leaders struggle to bring love into business
- Ronnie shares his philosophy on aligning intentions with impact in communication
- I absolutely love this golden nugget – how saving in one area of the business facilitates bringing your people together (I ask Ronnie to repeat the message)
- The essential difference between being excellent and striving for excellence
- Key questions for other leaders in creating a heart-centred culture
- A non-conscious authentic approach to fessing up when you stuff up! What to do when things go pear-shaped.
If you would like to follow or connect with Ronnie on LinkedIn here is his link https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronniealtit and he’s always up for a coffee!
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 to contribute to our mission, however small, please head to https://ko-fi.com/brainsmart to donate – thank you!