Grow Your Influence

Welcome back to regular programming at Grow Your Influence. In this episode, Juliet and Kristy-Lee recap the Summer Series of interview and share their favourite moments from the interviews that were conducted over the summer. From leading with our heads and hearts from Kirstin Ferguson’s new book, through to the prevalence of toxic people and psychopaths in our workplaces with David Gillespie, th...

Welcome to the final episode in our Summer Series. Juliet and Kristy-Lee really hope you have enjoyed the amazing guests we have interviewed over the summer. Today Kristy-Lee is chatting to Dr Masi Njawaya. Dr Masi is a Sport, Exercise & Lifestyle Physician, Medical doctor, health coach and advocate. She is the Founder of Herself Health which is a Leadership Health & Wellbeing company work...

In today’s Summer Series episode, we are joined by a special guest, who is here to chat to us about avoiding hiring disasters! Deb Houston of Phlox Consulting is a Hiring Strategist and Mentor, she has been helping job-seekers and hiring managers nail their interviews and land their dream jobs and employees for more than seventeen years. She takes a supportive and consultative approach to recruitm...

In today’s Summer Series episode, we are joined by a special guest, who is here to chat to us about avoiding hiring disasters! Deb Houston of Phlox Consulting is a Hiring Strategist and Mentor, she has been helping job-seekers and hiring managers nail their interviews and land their dream jobs and employees for more than seventeen years. She takes a supportive and consultative approach to recruitm...

This episode is the second part of our interview with David Gillespie. If you missed the last episode (episode 62) we recommend you go back and catch that first. In the last episode, David talked about how to recognise psychopaths at work and how you can manage the impact. In this episode, he talks about how to minimise the impact of psychopaths in your life particularly at work. Toxic people have...

Have you ever worked with someone who seemed charming initially and then turned out to be a bully? Did they undermine you and leave you and others in the team second-guessing yourselves? You might have been working with someone displaying psychopathic traits. After his own experience working with someone like this, David Gillespie set out to understand what was going on and why people behave this...

This is the second half of Juliet’s conversation with Kirstin Ferguson, one of the world's most recognised leadership experts. Kirstin has recently published her second book, Head &Heart and it is full of practical wisdom for every type of leader! If you missed episode 1 of this interview we recommend you go back and listen to that before diving into this episode. In our first episode, we...

There are aspects of leadership that many people find easy and others that don’t seem to come so naturally. Kirstin Ferguson is one of the world's most recognised leadership experts and in the first of this two-part interview, Juliet talks with Kirstin about her book, Head& Heart and delves into what leading with our heads looks like. The winner of the International Thinkers50 Distinguishe...

At this time of year many of us are winding down and it is a great time to think about how we can recharge our batteries and get set for the new year.  In this episode Juliet interviews Mel Kettle, an internationally recognised coach, speaker and author about some of the key lessons she has learned about taking care of herself and which she shares in her book Fully Connected – How great leaders pr...

Welcome to the Grow Your Influence Summer Series.   Over the Australian Summer months each year, Juliet and Kristy-Lee brin you a series of conversations they have been having with leaders, leadership experts and inspiring and influential thinkers, authors and experts.   In today's episode, Kristy-Lee is speaking with Brett White of Be Leaders. Brett has worked with hundreds of leaders across...

As we spiral towards the end of the year, planning may very well not be top of mind. But this is in fact the perfect time to be planning for the new year to ensure you are leading your team towards a successful year.    Leaving it until the new year isn’t ideal, because the reality is by the time everyone is back from leave, school is back, and things are back to ‘normal’ – the likelihood is you w...

Most people don’t talk about boundaries. For some, it’s because we don’t have the language, but for most of us it’s because we aren’t aware of our boundaries until someone crosses them.  And yet, being able to articulate what’s important to us, and what is ok and what isn’t, makes us feel more confident and in control of our life.    In this episode Juliet and Kristy-Lee discuss the different type...

Self awareness and understanding how to manage our emotions are fundamental aspects of leadership. As leaders, we need to understand our responses under pressure and the impact we have on others. Tools like DiSC and the Team Management Profile give us insights into our personal responses to conflict and can help us build a common language as a team around how we respond to one another.    In this...

The question of how best to step in as a new leader of an established team was raised by a listener and reflects the experiences of many leaders as they advance in their careers. So often the people they are coming in to lead are doing well, however there may be issues they need to address. The perils of ‘hitting the ground running’ and the importance of a comprehensive induction are two of the is...

Today we’re responding to a question from a new Team Leader who has been asked to set up a wellbeing programme for his team.  Our first question is really “is this his responsibility”?  Wellbeing programmes are gaining in popularity and can be valuable in assisting your team members deal with work and life, and everything in between.  There are many questions about who should drive the development...

Today on the Grow Your Influence Podcast Juliet and Kristy-Lee are discussing the super power that is curiosity, and just how powerful questions can be as a tool in our leadership toolkit.    When we are truly curious, and ask great questions, we undoubtedly find out more impactful and relevant information from our team. The problem is, too often we make assumptions about what our people are think...

On this episode of Grow Your Influence we are bringing you a discussion that Kristy-Lee recently had with Cat Matson of Impactful Presenters on holding effective, impactful and engaging team meetings.   Cat is the CEO and Lead Facilitator of Impactful Presenters, empowering business owners and community leaders to speak with confidence, authority, authenticity and impact. A popular and accomplishe...

Do you feel like you need to look after your employees’ careers, life experiences or happiness?  If so, you are probably taking on way more than you should.  It can be tempting to solve problems for our team members, including ensuring they are happy beyond work, that they are seeking out career growth etc, or even (as we hear) ensuring they have petrol in their car.  The reality is that, when we...

Do you struggle to say what needs to be said? To say no when you need to? In this episode of the Grow Your Influence Podcast we are talking about a topic that rarely gets aired but can make such a difference to the way we feel about ourselves and the way we lead.    Being assertive is about more than being to ask for what you need without needing to override the needs of others.  This ‘goldilocks’...

In this episode of the Grow Your Influence Podcast we are chatting about a topic we don’t talk enough about as leaders – and that is fear.   Whether you are fearful of stepping into your first leadership role, or having a moment of feeling fear of tackling a tricky conversation, dealing with conflict or some other challenging situation, this discussion is for you. Juliet and Kristy-Lee share their...

In this episode of the Grow Your Influence Podcast we are tackling the tricky topic of a toxic workplace culture.   We have all worked in an environments which have had a level of toxicity to them. They are not fun, they are negative, unproductive and can be damaging to individual morale and to the success of a business.   So what do you do when you find yourself either inheriting, or leading, in...

In our last episode we were talking about our end of financial year check-ins.  It is also a good time to assess how our rewards and recognition programme is working and whether you need to be tweaking aspects of it to build skills and confidence. In today’s episode we are talking about how we reward our team members.  This is important, not just for motivation but also as an opportunity to connec...

In this episode of the Grow Your Influence Podcast Kristy-Lee and Juliet are discussing the end of the financial year.   Whilst for some teams and businesses, this can be avery busy time of year and have some firm deadlines and key activities, for others there is not a whole lot that is different about this time of year.   What we have found with the teams we work with is that this can be a really...

In this episode of the Grow Your Influence Podcast Kristy-Lee interviews Nick Mills – leadership and management facilitator, coach and PhD participant.    Nick is a versatile and dynamic trainer who holds Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Adult Education, an Advanced Diploma in the Neuroscience of Leadership and he is currently engaged part time with the University of Tasmania where he is completin...

In this episode we are following on from our previous topic of working with family.    Today’s episode is a discussion on how we can navigate working with people, and having members of our team, who have differing values and beliefs to us.    How can we create workplaces that respect and create space for a variety of belief and values systems, without conflict and in a way that ensures everyone fe...