Team Guru Podcast

Jeremy Streten tells us about how to navigate the sometimes murky world of the law. The biggest issue is that you don’t know what you don’t know. For fifteen years Jeremy has been helping small business owners better understand the legal help they need. He wants to demystify the process for entrepreneurs who sometimes have to deal with lawyers.

Dr. Jenny Brockis goal is to become the Jamie Oliver of brain fitness. Are you constantly agonizing over how much exercise you’re getting? Are you overly concerned with your diet? Brain health is just as important.

We are in the midst of a change more profound than any other in human history. Technology is the great disruptor but my guest this week Paul Broadfoot thinks that word is terribly overused and misunderstood, especially in business circles. Paul is a management consultant based in Melbourne and on today’s episode we get to the heart of what true disruption really is.

Emotional intelligence is one of my favourite things to talk about. It’s something I spend thinking about more than just about any other concept. Muffy Churches shares my passion on this topic. She works as an executive coach but she likes to think of herself as a “thought therapist”. In this episode Muffy and I discussed our belief that emotional intelligence is as important for leaders as athlet...

Every entrepreneur knows that the hardest thing about running a business is keeping up with all the work. This week’s guest Matt Malouf has a radical solution: stop doing that work. Matt isn’t saying that you should ignore your responsibilities. In his new book The Stop Doing List, Matt explains how to rid of yourself of all that time-wasting work so that you can focus on the tasks that will make...

Rising to the top of corporate Australia hasn’t been easy. Jenny Purdie has worked in the mining and resource sector for over thirty years. Earlier this year she was appointed CEO of Adani Australia Renewables - a major player in the burgeoning green energy sector. In this episode of the podcast Jenny talks about her rise through the corporate ranks and details the challenges of entering the C-Sui...

There are few things worse than being bored into catatonia by a PowerPoint presentation. No one really likes PowerPoint but everyone uses it. Why? It’s a crutch, pure and simple. Gabrielle Dolan is here to rescue us from this plague of stultifying presentations. It’s time, she says, to chuck out the overhead projector and replace it with a low-tech alternative: good old-fashioned storytelling.

Is your network working for you? Are they pushing relentlessly to ensure you become the very best you can be? Chances are they are not - but you’re not alone. In this age of social media, where ‘friends’ and ‘connections’ come easily, many of us have made the mistake of valuing quantity over quality. We have drifted off track in our approach to networking. Janine Garner is an expert in developing...

We live in 2017 and there is lots to celebrate. We’re richer than at any other time in history, information is at our finger tips, medicine and the essentials of life literally pour out of a tap. Yet amongst all this apparent wealth we find ourselves slipping further and further into depression - our mental is plummeting. My guest in this episode is here to tell us why - and more importantly, what...

053 - How to Measure for Success - Stacey Barr by Team Guru: Leadership, Team Development, Professional Development, Organisational Development

Is this the future of mankind? Is Seasteading the answer to all of humanity's most pressing challenges? As we battle to hold duopoly governments to account, reverse the damage of climate change, reduce inequality, and provide health care to the disadvantaged - perhaps it’s time to accept that our old system is broken beyond repair. Rather than try to fix the irredeemable, it might be time to try s...

In Part 2 of my conversation with former Australian cricket coach John Buchanan we talk about John’s legacy in Australian cricket. I ask him if his place in the game today matches the contribution he made as national coach. We talk about way top level coaches are selected in Australia - are ex-players really the natural choice for almost every top level coaching role across the country? We explore...

John Buchanan is a deep thinker, a philosopher and a leadership expert. He also happens to have coached the Australian cricket team during one of the most successful periods in the history of the game. In fact, you can mount a pretty serious case to argue that John is the most successful big time coach in the history of professional sport. He has a better coaching record than Vince Lombardi, Alex...

Why should women rule the world? Well, according to my guest in this episode, it’s for the survival of our species. And she makes a pretty solid argument too. Fabian Dater is a leadership activist - and in her own words, she’s not messing around any more. Women fill between 9% and 17% of global leadership roles - and the world is burning. Since the beginning of time the game has been rigged in fav...

Whether we like it or not, most of us are in sales. Why do so many of us want to deny it? In this episode of the podcast Glenn and I chat about the terrible reputation of sales people and where it comes from. And Glenn does an incredible job or opening my eyes to the art of sales. He lays out come tangible concepts that separate cheesy, ineffective product pushers from professional who forge respe...

In a world where ‘busy’ has become a badge of honour, the emotional state of overwhelm has spread like a virus. Alison Hill is here to help. In her work as ‘Australia’s coolest psychologist’ Alison has noticed in our work environments that some people are coping with the era of perpetual change much better than others. What’s the difference? Why do some survive and thrive in the face of restructur...

Anders Sorman-Nilsson is a futurist. He travels the world helping organisations spot trends and design strategies that will ensure they survive and thrive in our rapidly changing world. In this episode of the podcast Anders talks us through some of the most impressive digital disruptions that are taking place - and he helps us to understand the formula for working out which industries will be next...

Tapping into the ‘real’ culture of an organisation is the Holy Grail for a leader - and Steve Simpson has cracked the code. No matter what is written in HR documents, mission statements or value statements - UGRs are what really drives an organisation. Unwritten Ground Rules. UGRs are the culture of an organisation - they are people’s perception of how we do things around here. In this episode of...

It’s the perennial question for leaders - how do we get people to buy in to our ideas? To work with us because they want to, because they believe in the cause - not because it’s in their role description. Mastering the art of buy-in is what separates leaders from managers - and my guest in this episode is here to convince you of the power of ‘win me’ over ‘decree’ and to offer a heap of insights a...

Stepping from a technical role to a leadership position. From doer to influencer. It’s the start of an incredible journey. Michelle Gibbings is the author of ‘Step Up’ - a terrific new book that helps us fulfil our potential in the workplace and in our career. In this episode of the podcast she joined me to discuss the common traps for new leaders. How to plot a thoughtful and deliberate course th...

Paul Oosting is the National Director of Get Up! He took the reins about a year before the 2016 federal election and brought a brand new clever, aggressive and effective strategy to an organisation that was already playing a leading role in the national political conversation. Paul is an incredibly impressive guy. Going in to this conversation I was hoping to understand how he landed such a high p...

Grant Dale played a crucial role in the much needed cultural refresh that took place in the Navy over the past few years.  Grant spent more than 30 years in the Australian Navy - much of it at sea as a Commander of a ship. During his long career Grant experienced the entire gamut of leadership styles. From robustly authoritarian to thoughtful engagement. A powerful experience with a formal feedbac...

This episode 2 of the Pat Farmer story. If you haven't listen to Part 1 yet, head back to episode 39 before you listen to this one - you won't want to miss a moment of Pat's story. In this episode Pat takes us inside his 9 years in Canberra as a Federal MP. He also gives us some tremendous tips on running and training, answers some audience questions about running and shares his philosophies on li...

If Pat Farmer’s story was a movie you’d think it too far fetched to believe. For more than 20 years he has been running ultra-marathons. Crazy, long runs - the length and breadth of entire nations. Continents. Even the globe. Among his epic journeys, Pat has run the length of India and Vietnam. He’s run from Lebanon to Jordan. Across the entire USA. He has even run a lap around Australia. And - be...

We are only days away from the Rio Paralympics and our guest in this episode will be there. And what an incredible story she will take with her. After experiencing degenerative hearing loss from a young age, Katie Kelly learned in her 20s that she was also going blind. A few months before her 40th birthday, she was declared legally blind. Katie’s response - get on the phone to Triathlon Australia...