Rawthentic Leadership

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 retort...

A topical conversation jam packed with tips, tools and tales from the trenches on leading in a virtual world. Emma Weber set up her organisation to lead virtually from inception in 2002 and generously shares her wisdom on what to do and not to do to succeed leading your people virtually.   In 2002, Emma Weber founded what is now called  Lever Transfer of Learning  with offices in Sydney and London...

Today I bring you a real conversation with Stella Collins, learning expert and co-founder of Stellar Labs. I say real conversation because this is probably the most conversational podcast I’ve engaged in.   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 Ste...

Today I bring you a conversation on leadership with a difference – the premise being that ‘Leadership is Upside Down’. My guest in conversation is Silvia Damiano  – leader, author, award-winning film director and founder of the  About my Brain Institute .   Silvia founded The About my Brain Institute in 2009, with the purpose of democratising leadership & neuroscience. She has a passionately held...

Today I bring you a conversation on, what I believe is, an under-utilised leadership attribute – that of intuition, and my guest in conversation on this topic is Raf Seymus, CEO and Founder of  Stellar Labs, an innovative startup, focused on training the workforce of tomorrow through brain friendly, science based learning.   Our conversation begins with Raf sharing how he went from potential Olymp...

Today I bring you a you a conversation focused on Intentional Leadership – with Gunnar Habitz, Senior Partner & Alliance Manager Asia Pacific at Hootsuite and eternal creative entrepreneur.   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 Aus...

An insightful conversation where Jeanette shares the challenges and triumphs of carving a deliberate varied leadership career serving both private and public sector and across the globe.   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 Sunshi...

Marcus is passionate about ensuring that everyone knows how they contribute to individual and team success, whatever that may look like through his commitment to enabling leadership.   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 –...

An inspiring conversation filled with hope and gratitude where Bill 'Sully' Sullivan takes us deep into building a leadership philosophy and practice of influence that is also one of total integrity.   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 Spec...

Meet Nicky Mih, former adventurer, school teacher, coach and founder of Free to Shine ,  a child protection organisation that prevents school-aged girls being trafficked into the commercial sex industry in Cambodia.   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 v...

Meet Wayne Pearce OAM, owner of Wayne Pearce Advantage and former professional rugby league footballer and coach.   Wayne shares with us his wisdom, perspective and experience from being a high performance coach in both sport and business, and we explore the system he uses to help leaders and teams to gain a much deeper understanding of themselves and one another.   In this unfolding conversation...

Will takes us on a journey sharing relevant stories from his 34 year career as a Captain in the Australian Navy and how he uses his experience to coach leaders and teams alike in the practice of generous leadership. We explore what generous leadership is and isn't and how Will’s experience of working under leaders of polar opposite styles, shaped his own leadership philosophy. From Captain Cantank...

An enlightening conversation that explores how we can build truly inclusive cultures and packed with practical strategies for minimising conscious exclusion and building a workplace where people are more than included, they FEEL included.   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 diffe...

A conversation filled with hope. Shelagh Brennand shares her story of being in the police, becoming a private investigator then experiencing a life changing event. How she deals with that event contains lessons for us all. 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 wit...

An enlightening conversation with Ronnie Altit who shares with us his ideas, opinions and philosophy around heart-centred leadership.   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...

Andy is a lenschanger, thought provoker, coach & mentor. In this insightful conversation Andy shares the origin of the term 'lenschanger' and how he has used these attributes to become a highly connected leader. I’m not transcribing our conversation word for word because the magic lies in Andy’s storytelling, observations, interpretations and the unfolding of insights   Here are some golden nugget...

This trailer highlights what the Rawthentic Leadership podcast is about, its aims and goals to bring you conversations, insights and inspirations from leaders of all forms who are real, raw and authentic.