UltraGrowth

Christina had been in hr, recruitment, consulting, training, and executive leadership and what she knew for sure was we were missing an opportunity to engage and equip people and in return, increase business performance. In her career, she has seen people step into growth, achieve the unexpected and succeed together. I am, therefore, a firm believer that people can unlock their purpose, joy, devel...

Gregory Robinson has been specialising in senior international executive appointments for over 18 years. Sector experience is broad and includes consumer retail, natural resources, infrastructure, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, technology, financial services, health and sport. Gregory has acted as an adviser to many of Australia’s leading corporations on Board performance, capabili...

Preston spent 30 years in the field of Adventure Education leading expeditions on all seven continents. These journeys became the catalyst for a lifelong academic investigation on how humans learn to interact with uncertainty. This research has resulted in a Masters of Education from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education on risk and uncertainty, and a Doctorate in Education from the...

“Years ago, I was struggling with the competing pressures of work, parenting, relationships and the expectations I put on myself. I often felt isolated in this experience, like no one else would or could understand, even though I had an active social life and solid friendship base. This ultimately led me to seek support and discover new ways of being. After “getting everything, I wanted and then s...

From growing up with learning and reading disabilities, to barely passing public high school, to multiple suicide attempts, to living on the streets and on welfare—Darren Jacklin was fated for failure. Throughout his upbringing, he was repeatedly told that his abilities would forever keep him from amounting to anything. For years he accepted this destiny and even succumbed to its weight several ti...

This Marine shows us how his battle with a rare disease helped him level up and become stronger. To be able to bounce back from adversity is a skill. It takes practice and experience to get back up when life punches us in the face. That’s why you need to know about Jeff Harris. On Dec 25, 2018, Jeff collapsed from exhaustion and dehydration. Within hours he was admitted to the hospital for aspirat...

The absolute extremes; why some are compelled to push beyond the edge and what can hyper-driven business people learn from these folks? There’s the neuroscientist continuously violating his brain to override his disgust response. The hardcore wrestler turning natural-born agitation into curated ultraviolence. The architect hanging from hooks in her flesh at weekends, to better get out of her head....

How we can be better allies for women Men need to fully appreciate just how crucial their support of promising junior women can be in helping them to persist, promote, and thrive in their vocations and organisations. As women succeed, lean in, and assume leading roles in any organization or work context, that culture will become more egalitarian, effective, and prone to retaining top talent. That’...

Honesty and integrity or dishonesty and toxicity, you need to choose. OR ELSE you will lose your employees and customers. It comes down to four factors: Clear Identity, Accountability, Governance and Cross-Functional Relationships. And when executed, your team will tell the truth, behave fairly and active with purpose at work. Who’s the mastermind behind all of this? His name is Ron Carucci, a bes...

How will you prepare your organisation to profit from radical change? Well this former HP global futurist shows how you can future-proof your business. So you can identify “Rogue Waves” that can destroy your business. Who’s the mastermind behind all of this? Jonathan Brill is an expert on resilient growth, innovation, and decision-making during uncertainty. He was a senior leader and the Global Fu...

In 2012, Craig made a choice. He exploited the warranty policy of one of the world's largest tech companies for his financial gain. He was arrested by the FBI on 10/1/13 and eventually sentenced to 2 years of Federal Prison. He lost his wife, his homes, cars, career, and identity. He was suicidal. He wanted nothing more than to die. A well-timed visit from his best friend, followed by a visit from...

When you’re in the leadership trenches dealing with day-to-day challenges, it can be difficult to connect your leadership work with the results your people produce. Oftentimes, you know you’re not being the best leader you can be, but there’s no blueprint on how to do it differently.  This Wall-Street Journal Best-Selling author outlines his proven leadership principles in a clear, direct way. He...

Jaquie Scammell is obsessed with Service: helping people first serve themselves so they can better serve others. Referred to as Australia's leading customer service expert, she is the Founder/CEO of ServiceQ and the creator of the Service Habits Program. Jaquie devotes her time to organisations, leaders, teams and individuals who are seeking growth emotionally, relationally and spiritually so that...

What if I told you, there’s a better way of dealing with it. That’s because traditional conflict management has failed you. This guy was a former Canadian federal government lawyer and an experienced ​​conflict management consultant. His book, The Collaborative Path introduces a collaborative model to replace the debate format used for generating decisions and solutions, and even for having conver...

Pat has broken world records and created some of his own. In 2016, Pat ran 4417km in 65 days in his Spirit of India run from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, to raise awareness of the beauty of India and its people and to raise funds for the Nanhi Kali foundation, supporting the education of the Indian girl child. Pat has been awarded the high honour of the Order of Australia for his contribution to ultram...

Jack Daly is an experienced and inspirational sales trainer and sales coaching expert, who inspires audiences to take action in the areas of sales management, corporate culture, and sales training. He brings 30 plus years of field-proven experience from a starting base with CPA firm Arthur Andersen to the CEO level of several national companies. Jack is a proven CEO/Entrepreneur, having built 6 co...

Named by TIME magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World,” Dean Karnazes has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits. Among his many accomplishments, he has run 50 marathons, in all 50 US states, in 50 consecutive days. He’s run across Death Valley in the middle of summer, and he’s run a marathon to the South Pole. On ten separate occasions, he’s run a 200-mile relay...

Bede Draper is a New Zealander who has a MSc and has been formally trained in Western methods of psychotherapy and Western philosophy. He spent 14 months studying under Swami Dayananda in India. He has an avid interest in Vedic psychology as unfolded by Swami Dayananda and now uses this psychology as a foundation for his psychotherapy and life coaching practice. As a young man he was in a Roman Ca...

Oscar Trimboli is an author, host of the Apple award-winning podcast Deep Listening and a sought-after keynote speaker. He is passionate about using the gift of listening to bring positive change in homes, workplaces and cultures around the world.   Through his work with chairs, boards of directors and executive teams in local, regional and global organisations, Oscar has experienced firsthand the...

Joel “Thor” Neeb sits on the board of several national organizations and is the co-founder of a military support corporation. As Afterburner’s CEO, he leads a team of more than 70 elite military professionals. He has helped achieve strategic objectives and foster elite teams for Fortune 100 companies within the tech industry, pharmaceuticals, finance, medical devices, retail apparel and several NF...

Shay is an All American / All World ranked triathlete, former black bear researcher, burn survivor with scars over 65% of his body, Bestselling author and sought out motivational speaker.    At the age of 8, Shay was set afire by a neighbor’s child and credited with saving the life of his 7-year-old friend. Despite being told he’d never play sports again, enduring over 35 surgeries the last 36 yea...

After a decade-long addiction to crack cocaine and alcohol, Charlie Engle hit bottom with a near-fatal six-day binge that ended in a hail of bullets. As Engle got sober, he turned to running, which became his lifeline, his pastime, and his salvation.    He began with marathons, and when marathons weren't far enough, he began to take on ultramarathons, races that went for thirty-five, fifty, and so...

Adharanand Finn is the author of Running with the Kenyans, which was the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year, won Best New Writer at the British Sports Book Awards, and shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book Award. He is an editor at the Guardian and a freelance journalist. As well as his writings, Adharanand hosts running retreats. These retreats are distinct, unique and hosted in collabor...

Meet Ian, who for over the past twenty years has coached dozens of CEO's and senior executives through Foresight’s Global Coaching and have mentored many more in career transitions. Ian has an abiding interest in the development of people's capabilities and relationships (including my own), their identification of opportunities and the magnitude of what people can achieve and contribute in their l...

Meet the guy who is known as ‘Britain's Mike Tyson’. Capturing the attention of rapper 50 Cent and world boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, his menacing ring persona, he prefers to be called 'Freezy MacBones', has only added to the intimidating aura that surrounds the explosive light-heavyweight. A quick glimpse at the social media account of 'Freezy MacBones' reveals a collection of startling stopp...