Grow Your Influence

"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change their entire life purely by changing their perspective." Ben Crowe In this fourth and final episode of our Book Club Edition, we wrap up our discussion of Ben Crowe's Where the Light Gets In by looking at how we shift our perspectives on success and happiness and how a focus on helping and serving others almost always helps and serves...

"The story of your life is not your life. It is your story." John Barth. In this third episode of our Book Club Edition, we continue our discussion of Ben Crowe's Where the Light Gets In. We discuss the value in shifting our perspective as we own our story and focus on who we are rather than the persona we create. This is linked to another shift Ben talks about when we redefine success, so we focu...

“The single greatest predictor of happiness is the quality of our connections.” - Ben Crowe, Where The Light Gets In In this episode, we continue our discussion of the perspective shifts set out in Juliet’s favourite leadership book, Where The Light Gets In by Ben Crowe. We look at how important connection is and how difficult it can be to create and maintain. Part of this is the dual nature of tr...

It’s been a while since we said farewell to Kristy-Lee, however we haven’t been standing still. We have been working out what we want the podcast to offer and how it can help people grow their skills and confidence to lead and influence. As our first project we will be digging into the wisdom within one of Juliet’s favourite leadership books over the coming weeks. Juliet and Antoanela Safca will b...

Juliet and Kristy-Lee are back from the Summer Series with an exciting announcement! After 113 episodes, four and a half years, some epic conversations and shared ideas, Kristy-Lee has decided to step away from the podcast, and hand the reins over to Juliet moving forward. From Kristy-Lee this is not goodbye, she is still hosting her People Powered Business Podcast which is celebrating 6 years and...

As we head towards the end of Summer and life gets back into a rhythm, we have the second of our two conversations with Georgie Somerset where she shares with us her take on the transition to a Board role, talks more about the role of Directors and how and why senior leaders might step into Board roles, and about the expectations directors have of their executive team. Georgie has served on a numb...

In this episode of Grow Your Influence Juliet is joined by Di Geddes, the founder and CEO of Exceptional Care for You and author of Courage to Be Me. Di set up a new business in her early 50s, after emerging from challenges that could have seen her give up. She specialises in disability care and is passionate about bringing her values to her work. The growth of her business is a testament to he st...

Today we are joined by special guest Dr Shae Wissell from Re:Think Dyslexia. Dr. Shae Wissell is a thought leader, researcher, and internationally recognised advocate for adults with dyslexia and neurodivergence. A certified practicing speech pathologist, she holds a Master of Public Health and Health Administration and a Doctor of Public Health. With extensive experience in health, not-for-profit...

It’s the new year and the perfect time for new beginnings. In this episode of Grow Your Influence Juliet is joined by Georgie Somerset to talk about the pathway to serving on a Board. Georgie has served on a number of Boards over the years, including as a founding Director of the Red Earth Community Foundation. She runs the family cattle business with her husband and children, and is currently Dep...

In this episode of Grow Your Influence we kick off our Summer Series and Kristy-Lee is joined by Lexi Smith from MoneyVine. Lexi helps individuals and couples gain clarity, create a plan and take confident steps with their money. In 2020, after a decade as a Financial Adviser, she side-stepped into Financial Coaching. She has an energetic ENTP personality, which gives her a knack for problem solvi...

In this episode of Grow Your Influence Juliet and Kristy-Lee are talking about needing to take back control when your team seem to have decided they are going to run things. We share our experiences working with business owners who have allowed team members, especially key team members to be involved in areas of the business that involve key decisions and strategies, and then find themselves almos...

This is a tricky one.  Do you feel completely confident when dealing with your team or talking with your boss, but lose that confidence when you’re around your peers?  Often, particularly if we are highly analytical and have a perfectionist streak, it can be easy for that voice in our head to tell us we’re not good enough, to question who are we to have a view, push a point or insist on...

When you set up a business you tend to be across everything and, as the business and your team grows, there are challenges and opportunities as you let go of some things and embrace a different role. In this episode Juliet and Kristy-Lee are talking about some of the challenges we face as our role changes and we need to move from working mostly ‘in’ the business, to needing to work more ‘on’ the b...

Many rural and regional businesses work with seasonal workers, volunteers and ’88 dayers” - those young international travellers with holiday visa who need to work for 88 days in a rural or regional area in order to have their visa extended.  Christmas, school holidays and other occasions mean we are often taking on staff ‘for the season’ wherever we are. In this episode Juliet and Kristy-Lee...

In this episode Juliet and Kristy-Lee are discussing the tricky task of building connection and trust when you’re new in a leadership role, or leading a new team. With movement in the market many leaders may be facing this challenge right now, and the quicker connection and trust can be built, the quicker they can get down to achieving results for them and the teams they lead. In this episode we d...

In this episode Juliet and Kristy-Lee are tackling a particularly tricky topic – how to have the ‘personal hygiene’ difficult conversation. As leaders we need to have so many different types of difficult conversations, but the personal hygiene the one we are all least comfortable with. We discuss how to approach this sensitive topic with a team member, as well as the ways we probably would avoid d...

In this episode we are celebrating 100 episodes of Grow Your Influence and Juliet and Kristy-Lee are taking a look back at the last four years since our first episode launched in 2021. As we reflect back on the topics we have discussed and the discussions we have had, we discuss the fact that similar themes continue to be important to leaders across all industries, no matter what season of busines...

In this episode of the podcast we're sharing one of our most popular conversations. In this episode we tackle the bane of everyone’s work life: difficult people and how to deal with them, wherever they appear in your work life. We waste so much time and energy dealing with people who behave badly.  Often we put the conversation off for as long as possible and sometimes we avoid these conversa...

Today we are joined by Kate Russell from The Huddle for a discussion on dealing with conflict in the workplace. Kate is the Founder of The Huddle—a business built on deep listening, emotional safety, and the belief that conflict can be transformative, not destructive. She’s not a lawyer, nor does she have a master’s degree in conflict resolution. Kate does have over 30 years of lived, professional...

In this episode we are talking about the pattern we’re seeing of businesses looking to bring people back into the office on a more permanent and full time basis and how we manage this with the pull for flexibility. In this discussion we unpack how we can balance this with people working from home, generating productivity, keeping team connection and managing individual morale. We discuss how this...

So often when we are recruiting new people into our teams, we are doing it under pressure.  We need someone NOW and it can be tempting to just fill the job that has been created, rather than thinking strategically about the skills we need in our team. When we’re recruiting we often bring in people like us.  People we can relate to in interviews so we think they will fit in the team and w...

Recently Juliet worked with a team that is moving from a strong command and control culture to one where they are trying to encourage teamwork and innovation, and we thought it was worth discussing the challenges.  Command and control culture – where instructions come down from the top and there isn’t much (if any) tolerance of questions, problems or even discussion about ideas – is not unusu...

Can you believe it’s 5 years since we first headed into those unprecedented lockdowns, restrictions and work from home orders? In this episode Juliet and Kristy-Lee are exploring a report recently released by Gallup called: The Post Pandemic Workplace – The Experiment Continues. The report explores Gallups work in measuring how peoples lives and work changed over the past 5 years. The data is draw...

Can you believe it’s 5 years since we first headed into those unprecedented lockdowns, restrictions and work from home orders? In this episode Juliet and Kristy-Lee are exploring a report recently released by Gallup called: The Post Pandemic Workplace – The Experiment Continues. The report explores Gallups work in measuring how peoples lives and work changed over the past 5 years. The data is draw...

Can you believe it’s 5 years since we first headed into those unprecedented lockdowns, restrictions and work from home orders? In this episode Juliet and Kristy-Lee are exploring a report recently released by Gallup called: The Post Pandemic Workplace – The Experiment Continues. The report explores Gallups work in measuring how peoples lives and work changed over the past 5 years. The data is draw...