Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast

Amplify Your Influence On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Nick Harding on how to Amplify Your Influence, the evolution of education and see the world through a neurodiverse lens. We also dive deep into the point of performance, mental health, strategic communications, and being agile and adaptable in today’s fast-paced world. Nick Harding – Amplify Your...

Performance Reimagined On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Lauren Ammon on Performance Reimagined, human design, creating a tight feedback loop, and performance coaching. We explore into life in the corporate world, supporting athletes in the workplace, microshifts, personal development, leadership, mental toughness and resilience. Lauren Ammon – Perform...

Beating Burnout, Finding Balance On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Melo Calarco on his new book Beating Burnout, Finding Balance, normalising mental health conversations in the workplace, and exploring the world while staying physically and mentally fit. We also dive deep into burnout in the workplace, creating realistic and healthy boundaries inside t...

How To Heal a Workplace On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Kerry Howard on her new book How To Heal a Workplace, healing from a traumatic accident, and helping and coaching other people deal with trauma. We also dive deep into corporate mental health awareness, toxic workplace cultures, trauma prevention and preventing psychological injuries through edu...

Power of Business Storytelling On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Warren Tate about the Power of Business Storytelling, empathy in leadership, painting a picture of the future and visualising data through story. We also dive deep into hyperpersonalisation, real estate, looking after your health and wellbeing, and the ability to speak clarity, concisenes...

Soften The F#*k Up On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Dr. Brett Dellar on his new book Soften The F#*k Up!, overcoming depression, being left on a doorstep as a baby and empowering men to become a better man in today’s world.  We also dive into the The moMENtum Revolution, parenthood, leading with vulnerability, speaking up and changing the negativ...

Course Correction Compass For Change On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Dianne Driscoll about the Course Correction Compass for Change, taking personal responsibility for change, resilience and growth, and duty of care as a leader.  We also talked about the importance of placing the human first during change, spirituality and its connection to lead...

The People Builder On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Grant Herbert about The People Builder, emotional intelligence, parenthood and leadership, authenticity and living in a super VUCA world.  We also delve into the power of vulnerability, neuroscience, a journey of imperfection, developing as a leader, emotional and social intelligence, and the pe...

Leading With Cultural Agility On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Veronica Llorca-Smith about leading with cultural agility, being a global citizen who has lived in 9 countries, and an emerging thought leader on culture, diversity, equity and inclusion. We also dive into bringing her children up in.a multilinguil environment, inclusive leadership, being...

The Power of Forgiveness On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Danny Abdallah about The Power of Forgiveness, being an incredible human being, launching the i4give foundation with his wife Leila, and sharing a message of hope and forgiveness across the globe after tragically losing 3 children and a niece. We also speak about leadership, managing a company...

Leadership & the DNA of Purpose On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Rebecca Maklad on Leadership & the DNA of Purpose, Chakra Intelligence, and being a Thought Leader and Speaker on the DNA of Purpose. We also dive into epigenetics, Future Crunch and the world of keynote speaking and influence.  Rebecca Maklad – Leadership & the DNA of P...

Recharge Your Brain & Rewire For Success On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Vannessa McCamley about Recharge Your Brain & Rewire For Success, dealing with constant change and information overload, and applying neuroscience in real life situations. We also dive deep into conversation about increasing performance, productivity and revenue through...

The Unexpected Gift On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Dr. Barbara Dalle Pezze about The Unexpected Gift and dive deep into the inner work of leadership and cross-cultural diversity. We also talk about conscious leadership, the importance of radical leadership, and gender and inter-generational collaboration. Dr. Barbara Dalle Pezze – The Unexpected Gif...

Business Resilience With Strategy Sprints On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Simon Severino about business resilience with strategy sprints, entrepreneurs are forces of nature, developing reliable revenue systems and the future of blockchain technology.  We also dive into ways to accelerate growth for an agile business, closing B2B business in 14 days,&...

Power of Storytelling in Sport On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Unmish Parthasarathi about the Power of Storytelling in Sport, bridging the communication gap, the crossroads of decision making in life, and how cricket can impact, influence and inform a corporate dynamic.  We also delve into fan inclusion as the future of fan engagement, imposter syndr...

THE POWER OF PRESSURE On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Dane Jensen about The Power of Pressure, why pressure isn’t the problem it’s the solution, high stakes pressure moments and being pressure ambidextrous.  We also delve into leading ourselves before others, how to navigate pressure for the long-haul, what happens...

  FEELING FAST & THINKING SLOW On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Nic Marks feeling fast and thinking slow, 5 ways of wellbeing, the unintended consequences of our lifestyles, remote and hybried working, and the tension between good lives now and good lives in the future.  We also delve into his The Happy Planet Index TED talk wi...

PERFORMANCE STATE OF MIND On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Dr Jo Brown about performance state of mind, high performance, power of belief and holding space, Cool Runnings and being unstoppable.   We also delve into what separates the great athletes from the other elite high performers, driven...

NEW TO BIG IGNITING GROWTH On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with David Kidder about New To Big igniting growth, finding your proprietary gift, the interior life of leaders, 3 jobs of a Founder, and venture investing entrepreneurship.  We also delve into creating an idea killing machine, the only way to go faster is to do less work, not being...

BUILDING A HUMAN CONNECTION On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Jessica Kiely about building a human connection, having an entrepreneurial mindset, shifting a perspective and a relentless pursuit of excellence. We also delve into being part of the Speakers Institute Corporate team, a love of teaching and learning, the N...

Inspiring Great Leaders Over the past 3 years the active CEO Podcast has delivered 158 episodes from Inspiring Great Leaders. Conversations with Olympic gold medalists, supermodels, Fortune 500 executives and successful entrepreneurs. There were also World class coaches, global thought leaders and ordinary everyday people who achieve extraordinary things.  What we realised is that they were all In...

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Eric Partaker about the 3 Alarms to peak performance, having a heart attack mid-flight, solving the world’s biggest problem and only 2% of people reach their full potential.  We also discuss drive, a lack of adherence, stepping through the fear door, going the ex...

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Teresa Newton-Terres about life is a treasure hunt, uncovering the classified government black project of how her father disappeared, Mystery Of The Marie and don’t waste your time on projects that don’t matter. We also talk about the importance of qualifying questions, the art and science of project management, a 50-ye...

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Minter Dial about You Lead The Future, fulcrum moments in life, truly expressing yourself and the L’Oreal confrontation room. We also dive into the impact of the band The Grateful Dead, growing up in a changing world, life changing events that bring people together and embracing the messiness and chaos of life. Minter Dial – You Le...

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Michelle Gibbings about I’ve got a bad boss, building strong relationships, learning the language of business and stepping into conversations you need to have. We also delve into influencing other people’s behaviours through our own behaviour, future proofing your career and finding the courage you need to have the real conve...