Podcasts
What happens when you reach the lofty heights of CEO success? Do you rest on your laurels and get complacent? Or do you double down and burnout? Both are big risks for leaders. There is a third option: move from Achiever to Amplifier.
How complacency kills courage and creativity
Why we head towards burnout
Three things we need to change if we are going to have more impact without burnout
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Read MoreWe’ve gone from work-life balance to work-life blending. What happens when that blending turns to work-life bleeding? Have we blurred the lines so much that we never get a break? Can we really live the dream of working in holiday locations? My insights on how to best run work-life experiments, and the incredible value of Deep Play.
The big realisation when it comes to work-life experiments: it’s not a holiday. And what to do about that.
What’s at the intersections of deep work, deep rest, and deep play that we can apply to all aspects of our life and work.
My specific routines to manage transitions between work-life segments.
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Read MoreThere is so much friction in organisations that gets in the way of us being more productive. Life would be simpler if we could just get on with our work! Yet working in teams is the way we can get more done. In his new book, Smart Teams, Dermot Crowley unpacks what we need to do to reduce friction and get in to flow when we work together. He shares some additional insights on the podcast interview.
Four key qualities for a productive culture: purposeful, mindful, reliable, punctual.
Four things that create super-productive culture: it’s a leadership issue, all staff need productivity training, agreements on how we are going to work together, and leaders need to model the desired behaviour.
Don’t do meeting planning backwards! Start with context - the why and purpose of the meeting. Then the what, the content. Finally the co-ordination piece - who needs to be there, where, and when.
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Read MoreMore than 50% of executives fail within their first 18 months of their new role. After 10 years plus of research, Ron Carucci, HBR and Forbes contributor and global leadership consultant, reveals what are the skills you need to avoid these failures. A riveting interview where we look at critical aspects of leadership to ensure success long-term at the highest levels of leadership. A must listen for all new, and established, executives.
Forfeiting power, not abusing it, is one of the biggest downfalls of executives
Know what kind of decision-maker you are and declare the decision-making process ahead of any meeting
How to recover from a major career disaster
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Read MoreWinter can be a real bummer. If you find yourself wanting to crawl in to a hole and hibernate, fear not! Here’s how to make the most of the winter, while honouring the desire to curl up and sleep.
Seasonal Affective Disorder: signs and evolutionary reasons of its impact
Learning from the Norwegians and other northern hemisphere folk
The Be-Think-Do strategy for hibernation, and what we can learn from bears
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Read MoreCamp is not a ‘thing’ in Australia. And it totally should be! Daniel Levine, entrepreneur in the tech and legal space, has been hosting a unique and powerful tech community event since 2015. He’s got a great philosophy when it comes to creating meaningful connections - a great way to be a boundless leader.
The recipe for great connections and a meaningful event: it starts with the premise, “Attendee first”, and “Disconnect to connect”.
Best tips include: no name tags, no VIP break outs, speakers stay for the entire event, all inclusive ticket, and choose your own adventure.
All we can do as leaders is “set the table”, do that right, and things progress well.
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Read MoreEver find yourself doing something you know is bad for you? Could be food, staying up late, drinking one too many gin and tonics...We’ve all got an inner saboteur. Here’s how to rein it in and get rest, back on track.
How to tighten up your red line so you’re not driving on empty
Know your red flags to stop the downward spiral
4 steps to re-set that are completely do-able and will get you back on track, fast!
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Read MoreWant to play a bigger game? How about being part of a community of game changers? Of folks who want to create great cultures? Of leaders who want to make a big difference and contribution? Here are some insights of what you need to believe in order to make a bigger impact.
What a transexual person’s story can mean for the future of humanity
The four beliefs you need to know in order to craft your leadership focus
Why stories matter
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Read MoreBeing lonely sucks. We can be surrounded by people and feel completely alone. Community matters! Here’s how we can create it.
Three levels of community participation.
What separates leaders from participants and why it’s not all that altruistic.
The currencies we gain from each level of participation.
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Read MoreEdge of Leadership Un-Conference expert presenter, Dr. Amy Silver overturns rationale for performance reviews and why we need to do them completely differently. She explains:
What has changed in the nature of work that has led to frustration with performance reviews
The bad habit we need to break to reclaim the effectiveness of performance reviews
Why we need to get achievement and the problem out of the person and into the system itself
How we can start building a whole system of competence
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Read MoreAlisa Moss is a Director of Canberran design firm, DJAS. DJAS works with organisations to design work environments that range from hundreds of square meters to 85,000 square meters, from small spaces to whole buildings. Starting her career as a photographer, aesthetic design has always been important. A focus on sustainability has become equally so. Nowadays she includes the development of effective culture, alongside sustainability and beauty, as a key premise of her design work.
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Read MoreWant shortcuts to elevate your leadership thinking? How about hacks to multiply the amounts of books you read? How does leveraging your life and work effectiveness sound? What about getting strategic with your meetings in novel and powerful ways? Want to know the critical factors affecting our business world in the next ten years? This book has it all. Enjoy my book review to get some more details now.
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Read MoreWhat do we need to explore the edges of what is possible? What does an explorer mindset really hold for us? What can we learn from explorers who did well, and those who died in their adventures?
The resources we need are often paradoxical.
Curiosity AND Discernment
Humility AND Hubris
Questions AND Answers
Venturing in to the Unknown, AND coming home again.
Listen in to hear how these paradoxes work in helping you expand your leadership capacity.
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Read MoreMaja shares:
What is leadership maturity and why it needs to evolve
Why Trump is appealing to many voters
How a real estate company became the ‘Google of Real Estate” and one of the top 25 places to work through deliberate focus on individual and collective leadership maturity
How to create horizontal and vertical leadership development to become more nimble and responsive as leaders and in organisations
Why the maturity of the leadership caps the growth and future of the organisation
Where to start if you want to encourage the leadership maturity in your organisation
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Read MoreHave you got a boss who gets in your way? Are they a blocker? A micro-manager? Do they dump work on you? Do they ignore you?
When it comes to Boundless Leadership and leading beyond borders, some people can definitely get in our way.
We look at the three key skills to manage up, as well as how to run an empathy map for yourself and your ‘blocker’. These are practical ways to build empathy and influence.
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Read MoreAlessandra Edwards shares:
Why cycling carbs can work in concert with our natural biochemistry for peak performance
3 pervasive bad habits that keep executives from top performance
Hot nutritional tips for supporting optimum energy
The science behind genetically-based nutrition and performance
The best kind of carbs to eat for brain and hormone support
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Read MoreIt’s half way through the year! Is it going according to plan? Do you need to change anything? In this podcast we take you on a personal big picture reflection exercise to get you in touch with what matters most.
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Read MoreAll leaders need a little boost from time to time! In fact, we need to be working on our mojo ALL the time. It is central to our capacity to manage the most difficult aspects of our work. In this episode, which is a little silly (yay!) I share:
3 ways to shift your THINKING to boost your mojo
6 strategies to DO to shift your mojo in to overdrive
3 simple ways to BE more in a better vibes mojo place
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Read MoreDermot Crowley, Australia’s leading productivity expert, and author of best-selling book, Smart Work, shares:
How to have good relationship with your email
Get your inbox to zero at least once per week
Key tips in using the three-part productivity system of Capture, Consider, and Commit
How to use email, calendars, and task lists for maximum efficiency and effectiveness
Guidelines on when and how often to check emails
How to use email like bubblegum
The best way to use your task list: the rinsing system of file, schedule and sequence
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Read MoreStrategic planning has changed: the 5 year plan is OUT. Nothing stays that stable for that long! The strategic intention is IN, with tactics and projects needing regular review. Aside from that big mistake (believing a 5 year strategy still works), there are 3 other common mistakes that will definitely sabotage you and keep you in hand-to-mouth land.
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