The Inner Chief

"My mother has this wonderful saying: Tell the time, don't build the clock. Many of us are clock builders when we communicate, but if we can structure our messages to be concise and clear, we can be much better communicators in any situation."   In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to Matt Abrahams, author of 'Think Faster, Talk Smarter' on managing your reputation before you enter...

"If you say honesty is a core value, are you kidding me? Do you want people working in your organisation that are dishonest? That doesn't make sense!"   This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode. In this edition of...

"What do I do with a group of leaders who have risen up through functional roles and are now really struggling to work on the business and to be strategic? It's causing a fair amount of chaos and tension across the group."   Chief, in today's minisode and YouTube video, I'm going to cover the exact strategies you need to use in order to get your leadership team to think strategically at the organi...

"You are best defined by what you say no to."   In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to Juliette Wright OAM, Founder and Director of GIVIT and Recovere , on revolutionising misguided charitable giving, having a million conversations, and leaning into anxiety. 🎧👉  chiefmaker.com/330  👂   DOWNLOAD THE CHIEF MAKER GUIDE FOR SENIOR LEADERS ON HOW TO HAVE DIFFICULT PERFORMANCE CONVERS...

"My mantra is first you build it, then you buy it. Finding product-market fit with a startup is by far the hardest thing in the world, but when you buy a company, you probably skip that."   This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from th...

"Often the people you speak to are in the same industry and that creates an echo chamber. If you don't have communication with people outside your industry, you're going to be someone else's lunch or dinner in this crazy world of disruption."   In this Best of Series episode of The Inner Chief podcast, we feature Group CEO of Nuix, Jonathan Rubinsztein, on bringing values to life, compressing time...

"I feel that if you understand finance and economics, you understand how most of the world works."   In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to Joel Holland, CEO of Harvest Hosts on why unhappiness is a requirement for entrepreneurialism, switching seats from CEO to Chair, and buying versus building a business. 🎧👉  chiefmaker.com/328  👂   GET THE FREE CHIEF MAKER TOP 30 INTERVIEW QU...

"We're trying to ease the financial pain for the next generation in the green and gold."   This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode. This Mini Chief episode features Gold medallist and 5-time Olympian, Natalie Cook...

"Sometimes you've got to save them from themselves and have some really honest, heart-to-heart conversations about their role."   Chief, in today's minisode and YouTube video, I'm going to cover a little problem that has come up repeatedly over the last few years and that is right person, wrong role. This is when you have a great employee in your stables, but they're not performing to the standard...

"Our job as a coach is to find out why the swing has changed, because the only way you can fix it is by identifying the real bottleneck, the real constraint. But without being reactive."   This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from the...

"Amateurs do it until they get it right; professionals do it until they can't get it wrong."   In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to Natalie Cook OAM OLY on how to out-think the competition, and why it takes an ecosystem to win a gold medal. 🎧👉  chiefmaker.com/326  👂   DOWNLOAD THE CHIEF MAKER GUIDE FOR SENIOR LEADERS ON HOW TO HAVE DIFFICULT PERFORMANCE CONVERSATIONS: chiefmak...

"Decision friction is when you deliberately interrupt your thoughts before forming a judgement. You adopt a series of prompts or questions that are like a speed bump for your mind if you're in a hot state."   This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minu...

"We see Tiger Woods get angry and throw clubs, but when he does something he's done a million times, like hole a 6-foot putt, he gets super excited and dances across the green pumping his fist. Why? He's emotionally anchoring that success."   In this Best of Series episode of The Inner Chief podcast, we feature Golf master Coach, Steve Bann, on working with the world's best golfers, turning practi...

"Yeah, it was brutal, a very, very difficult period of my life. I'd hired a lot of people who didn't have technology experience. What I actually did was I set them and the business up for failure."   This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapsh...

"Are you or someone else owning the developmental pathway for your career?"   Chief, in today's minisode I'm going to cover how to choose the right course that will significantly boost your career. In today's busy world, there are just so many options, so it's incredibly hard to know how to sift out the bad options from the good ones. And then, to compound the challenge, you end up having to commi...

"We live in this highly overstimulated world, people are rushing to judgement more than ever, people are feeling unheard, and the reality is, they are unheard, because we can't hear them, because we're too busy, too distracted."   In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to Nuala Walsh, Founder & CEO of MindEquity and author of "Tune In", on the art of decision-making like a ninja, and...

"It includes self-reflection as that's not often talked about. Each person should think about their worldview and how it's been shaped, and how it affects the way they act and behave."   This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their...

"Yeah, it was brutal, a very, very difficult period of my life. I'd hired a lot of people who didn't have technology experience. What I actually did was I set them and the business up for failure." In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to Jeremy Hastings, Founder & Managing Director of both Hutly and Bondable, on being fired from his own company and successfully returning to transfor...

"I knew I was going to be sued by Nike, but I did my research and I knew that they couldn't just come and sue me, they had to issue you a cease and desist."   This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode. This Mini Chi...

"When you start paying attention in a handshake, it actually tells you something about the general openness and willingness to trust, even momentarily." In this Best of Series episode of The Inner Chief podcast, we feature Isabelle Nüssli, author of the book, " Cockfighting " on the CEO-Chairperson relationship and overcoming the drivers of conflict. 🎧👉  chiefmaker.com/321  👂   DOWNLOAD THE CHI...

"The reason you want to build a model is because people have all these assumptions that aren't actually true."   This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode. In this edition of the Mini Chief we feature a snippet from...

"By removing 20% of meetings that suck 80% of your energy and attention, you get 20% of your time back immediately, but you also remove 80% of the stuff that's draining you."   In today's minisode, I'm going to cover my top 3 tips for beating overwhelm and burnout. Life is fast and it will flash by if you don't take control of your calendar, whether that be at work, socially or at home. I'm going...

"People just want to hear the truth and just want to be talked to as humans by brands."   This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode. This Mini Chief episode features the CEO of Havas Red Australia, Shane Russell. Hi...

"I knew I was going to be sued by Nike, but I did my research and I knew that they couldn't just come and sue me, they had to issue a cease and desist."   In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to Jaimie Fuller, Founder and former CEO of SKINS and now Chair of eo, on unlocking the secrets of the world's greatest athletes and teams, coping with rapid growth, and "persevilience".   🎧👉...

"How do I make them significant in a business that we only contribute 3 or 4 percent of the revenue? Well, we have the ability to try new things, because if it doesn't work, I'm not going to pull down the whole company."   This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get...