It's All Possible

Training in minus 8 degrees, water bottle freezing challenges, a good relationship with food, and Arnold Schwarzenegger's house. It's all here in my chat with Stinus Kaempe a young up-and-coming cyclist who left Australia for Europe to try his hand in one of the most competitive sports in the world, Professional Cycling. Stinus is now cycling with the WSA KTM team in Austria and is a POPStar. That...

My special guest this episode is Michael Haynes who will show what is possible in business growth in today's ever-changing and volatile market. Michael Haynes is an SME Business Growth specialist and has just returned from the US where he was speaking at several conferences and meeting with the best and brightest in business growth strategies for small to mid-sized and growing businesses. Michael...

Leading people is a tough enough job, But leading people who are front line workers in a health crisis takes leadership to another level. In this podcast I talk with Charmayne Thompson, a General Manager of an acute care hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Charmayne has a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & healthcare industry and extensive experience in Performance Improvement, Nursin...

Christine is my special guest on this episode all the way from Ontario. We met as consultants at Miller Heiman Group (now Korn Ferry) and have stayed in touch ever since. Christine is passionate about leadership and especially developing women into outstanding leaders. Christine started her career with an undergraduate and master’s degree in mechanical engineering. After years as a design engineer...

Peter Thurin is a global motivational speaker and executive coach. We sat down at the start of the pandemic to record a podcast some 18 months ago. So I decided it was a time to reconnect and see what Peter and his clients had learned during this time and what was working, what wasn't and what we could do differently as leaders. Peter has spent more than 20 years owning, building and selling succe...

Darren Finkelstein is known as The Accountability Guy®, something he’s quite proud of due to being known for something so crucial to a business’s success. By holding people to account he genuinely enjoys making a difference in people’s businesses and personal lives. Darren delivers measurable results to high-performing individuals and teams. Having lived an extensive entrepreneurial journey filled...

Carl A. Harte with co-author Supriya Vani wrote the biography on New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern who is truly a leader for our challenging times. Their book, Jacinda Ardern, Leading With Possibility explores the background of this fascinating young leader and we get to understand how she leads so authentically and what shaped her to be the person and leader she is today. Distributed in A...

Ashley Marshall is an experienced Asia Pacific business leader in Government and Public Purpose organisations and he is currently the General Manager for Government at Australia Post. Over his leadership journey Ash has led large scale government transformation programs at both a federal and state level. I have found Ash's capacity to deal with community and business executives at a peer level, wh...

Taylor Morgan is a former US Marine, high performance coach and Founder of The Captain's lifestyle and he is on a mission to #MakeThrivingStandard. His vision for what that looks like is a world where humans & Mother Nature not only survive, but THRIVE Synergistically. Taylor is ever evolving and we dive back into Taylor version 1.0 where life was not great and he was not in a good place and defin...

This episode features Ron Karr, the author of the new book, The Velocity Mindset. You may have come across Ron's previous best seller Lead, Sell, or Get Out of the Way. The Velocity Mindset is a game-changing guide to help aspiring leaders transform their mindsets, increase performance, and become irreplaceable. Ron and I talk about the qualities that define a good leader and the steps to take to...

Michael Oates is my special guest this episode. A senior strategic executive bringing 20+ years of commercial success across Oceania with roles at logistics giant DHL, professional services firm EY and Australia Post amongst others. I have been lucky to work with Michael as my client at both EY and Australia Post and was keen to left the lid on his success and his leadership journey. What I found...

It was my absolute pleasure to talk leadership, music, possibility thinking and much more with Randy Spencer. For nearly 30 years, Randy Spencer has been involved in the music industry representing numerous Grammy Award winning and multi platinum selling recording artists, songwriters and music producers. He began his career in Scottsdale as a journalist for Billboard Magazine and many well known...

After I wrote the book "It's All Possible" a journalist asked me what could we do daily or quickly to change our mindset for the better. I responded with the five daily questions I reflect on in a hand made journal. He liked the answer and many others did too. This resulted in me releasing "My Daily Journal", a journal for those who don't journal but need to. The journal has not been marketed sign...

Anthony Coundouris is a global expert in scaling businesses especially when it comes to scaling sales and freeing founders, business owners and sales leaders from the sales function. His ground breaking 4 Quadrant model that is the essence of his run frictionless model has assisted entrepreneurs, business leaders, sales teams and operations and marketing teams get clarity on their roles which has...

On the day of the release of Sophie's new single "Until June" written and performed with her brother Alex Dorsten, I am proud to release my wonderful chat with the indy/folk singer/songwriter Sophie Dorsten who resides in Phoenix, Arizona. Sophie and I talk about being in a family band, the music business, being involved with Alice Cooper, and the effort and work ethic that is needed to be a succe...

Such an insightful discussion with Matt Williams the Managing Director at Telstra in EMEA on their latest research "Agility in the new Digital Normal" . We discussed which countries and industries are leading with digital transformation and how APAC, Europe, and the US compare. We also had a good discussion on leadership styles and how they affect agility and how Matt is leading differently today....

Alex Edney is a leader at World Vision Australia, a competitive cyclist and a dedicated family man. Alex and I met on the road during a cycling event and got to know each other better through a shared passion for solving mental health issues through the Knights of Suburbia Cycling Group and the Love Me, Love You Foundation led by our good friend Lance Picioane. In this podcast, Alex and I discuss...

Anneli Blundell is known as the "People Whisperer" because of he talents, programs and experience as a sought after executive coach, mentor and facilitator of coaching programs. Anneli is a multi book author and her latest book is "When Men Lead Women" which is a must read for both men and women in leadership roles. Starting her career in banking Anneli soon discovered she had a passion for people...

My guest this episode is Kristal Murren from Pennsylvania, USA who is President of Bossy Girl Leadership a leadership development consulting firm. But Bossy Girl is more than this, way more. It’s more than a group of people changing the world. It’s a way of being. A paradigm shift. A mindset. A MOVEMENT. Choosing to “be bossy” is a willingness to boldly look at all you are with acceptance and then...

Stinus Kaempe took up cycling relatively late after competing in sailing and other sports. He got a bike gifted to him for doing a neighbours household chores a few years ago, won a number of local events, finished 10th in the 2021 Nationals at Ballarat and this week was the first to finish the gruelling 3 Peaks event of 235km and 4,500 metres of climbing in the Victorian Alpine area. Coached by T...

Hugh Hall is an entrepreneur. He likes a chance and he likes to back himself. After a few lagers in his home country a friend suggested they try their luck in a foreign country. This is his story. Hugh is so passionate about entrepreneurs he wants to make you one and this is his role at the Entrepreneur training ground called The Entourage founded by Jack Delosa. Hugh helps business owners, scale,...

Kate Bushell had an accomplished role in the corporate world as a c-suite executive. She also knew she wanted a better environment for girls and women in the work place. After her daughter was born, she didn't just want a better environment she needed to change it. Hence Girls of Impact was started to inspire and empower girls to show up as their best selves and to be proud of who they are and wha...

Claire Bourke is an experienced senior leader who has held leadership roles at Shell, ANZ Bank and is currently General Manager, Customer Solutions for Business & Government at Australia Post. However Claire did not start her career in the corporate world. Her first role was as a teacher in regional Victoria showing that where we start has often little bearing on where we end up. Claire talks abou...

Nic Douglass is a three time World sailing champion and eight time Australian sailing Champion who turned her chosen sport into a professional career as a sailing commentator and communications expert focused on the yachting and sailing space. Nic holds three degrees and was a self declared "nerd" at school before falling in love with sailing via her father Rob with whom she is still racing with i...

Nicholas's life mission to be an inspiring and motivating speaker who tells people not only what they want to hear, but what they need to hear. His key topic is Thinking Mechanics which delivers insight into the most important leadership role anyone of us will have, the leadership of ourselves. Nicholas who also serves as the principal facilitator at Oracle on Sales Enablement , discuss his journe...