Leadership Experience Podcast: Real leaders share real experiences + tools

Episode Description What does effective leadership look like when the path forward is uncertain? In this episode, Paul sits down with Glen Babington, Chief Operating Officer at the University of Technology Sydney, to explore leadership, culture, change, and the lessons learned across a career that spans the military, global corporations, public services, and higher education. Glen shares insights...

Episode Description What does it really mean to lead with authenticity? In this episode, Paul sits down with Gabrielle Roux, founder of The Human Strategist, leadership coach, and former retail executive, to explore the powerful connection between alignment, purpose, and leadership. Gabrielle shares her deeply personal journey through grief, caregiving, career transformation, and the lessons that...

Episode Description What happens when someone tells you that you are not smart enough to succeed and you prove them wrong anyway? In this episode of the Leader Experience Podcast, Paul Findlay sits down with Francesca Moi for a powerful conversation about resilience, leadership, delegation, and building a business that supports your life instead of consuming it. Francesca Moi shares how a teacher...

Episode Description What happens when fast success starts to blur your judgment as a leader? In this episode, Fahad Bhura shares the real lessons behind rising quickly in your career, navigating different cultures, and learning the hard truth that leadership is less about having all the answers and more about staying open, adaptable, and grounded. From managing high pressure corporate roles across...

How do leaders succeed when certainty is fading, change is constant, and the old leadership playbook no longer works? In this sharp and thought provoking conversation, Paul Findlay sits down with Dr Gavrielle Schneider, CEO of Risk 2 Solution Group, resilience expert, author, and strategist on modern leadership. From his early years in South Africa to building one of Australia’s most innovative ri...

Episode Description In this episode, Paul sits down with Brendan Le Lievre to explore one of the most common but overlooked challenges in leadership, busyness. Many leaders believe being busy means they are effective, but this conversation challenges that assumption and reveals how constant busyness often comes at the cost of real impact. Brendan shares practical insights on why leaders struggle t...

In this episode, Bianca Lemon, Chief Experience Officer at SKOPE, shares her journey from engineering into executive leadership and what it truly means to lead with authenticity. She breaks down why leadership is not about titles, but about people, connection, and self awareness. Bianca offers a powerful perspective on customer experience as a human feeling rather than just a metric, and explains...

In this episode of The Leadership Experience Podcast , host Paul Findlay sits down with culture specialist Beth Hall to explore the powerful relationship between leadership and organizational culture. Beth shares insights from her work helping organizations understand how workplace systems, leadership behavior, and cultural norms shape employee experience. The conversation explores a fascinating l...

In this episode, Paul talks with Katie Walker, a consultant working with Tetra Tech Coffey. Katie was tasked with coming up to speed with REACH Leadership Experience Platform. Katie started small, with a Pulse Survey and from there has leveraged many of the platform’s features to create positive changes in behaviour, culture and the confidence and competence of leaders and teams. Katie shares her...

‘I don’t sell stuff that hurts’ is a sentence that typifies the  authenticity today’s guest Bill James’s brings to the art of sales. Bill talks about having pride in what you do and the power of ‘reasonable relevance as well as many other top tips on selling with integrity.   Bill brings his perspective to sales and why it is important to be your ‘real self’. Bill also talks about the value of und...

Geetha starts this Podcast by posing the question, ‘What comes after training? Training is not a destination. Training is a mechanism to support individuals, teams and organisations to develop different aspects – skills, knowledge and behaviour. Geetha shares insights and specific training tools that have been successful in supporting others to become the best versions of themselves. Would you lik...

Gary is a sales professional who realised his passion lay in the development of others and not a traditional corporate sales role. He is a manager and a coach who purposefully studied and developed his coaching craft to be able to support others. In this Podcast, Gary shares his insights on the power of creating a common language to support communication and building the foundations of a strong cu...

In this episode, Paul talks with Brian Formato, founder of Groove Management. Brian shares his people-focused perspectives on business growth through leadership that focuses on strengths. Brain discusses the importance of identifying and dissecting success and using it as a model to grow and scale up. Creating workplaces whereby people can have balance in their lives – how you can still be success...

In today's episode, Paul interviews Lauren Scholtz, a Learning and Development Manager from Humanforce. Lauren discusses the circuitous journey that led her to her current role in L&D - an authentic 'Experience Architect.' Lauren helps her teams 'get where they want to go' through the mindful design of valuable learning experiences. Her passion for assisting others in growi...

The title of this Podcast is Intentionality, a theme that is constant throughout the discussions between Paul and Ross. There is no way to adequately summarise what you are about to hear in this podcast as Ross Thornley describes his life, his experiences, and the way his work enriches the lives of others. It's a magnificent journey – enjoy! __________________________________________________ W...

In this interview, Paul talks with Anthony Joy (AJ), the consumate win-winologist. AJ discusses, among many things, the importance of identifying and focusing on personal and joint goals and finding commonality as keys to success. He also talks about the power of an after-action review and implementing and following through to create meaningful change. This is a podcast that really shows the value...

Edna Wischkaemper is a multilingual organisational development consultant that has successfully merged her computing and analytics background into people and leader development. In this podcast, Edna shares her experiences on how she has transitioned from computer modelling to modelling leadership. __________________________________________________ Would you like to find out what opportunities you...

This is not your average leadership discussion. David Zimmerman is an incredibly accomplished professional who oh so humbly and authentically describes his professional career and how, after retirement, he continues to add value to others through thought-provoking leadership development. __________________________________________________ Would you like to find out what opportunities you have acros...

Fiona discusses the importance of understanding the ‘why’ of individual behaviour and core characteristics and how it aligns with what the organisation is seeking to achieve. Team synergy and the client experience are significantly enhanced once each person understands where and how they fit in and the part they play in their team. Fiona shares tips on how her organisation leverages the knowledge...

When people are asked to describe or define the term empathy, a common response is “Looking through someone’s eyes” or “Walking in their Shoes”. Realistically, this is only part of it. The real key is what you do with this new-found understanding to add value to yourself and others. In this podcast, Amanda shares her personal, professional journey and her thoughts on the value that can be created...

In the VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) environment many of find ourselves working in, the human aspects of HR can become secondary to the pressures of daily business. Adrienne is an outsourced HR and Strategy professional who shares her perspective on the strategic value that can be created by understanding the uniqueness of the individual when developing emerging and existing le...

Emma Jones Exec VP Credo - Higher Education Consulting Firm shares insights into how her firm supports leadership development for colleges, universities, and higher education associations. One of the very clear, and important strategic business points Emma makes is being focused on what you do really well. “Credo has been around for 30 years, and we have had time to grow our scope of work and ther...

In this interview Paul speaks with Kirsten Beggs CPO of Anthem from New Zealand about using REACH to improve selection of new team members during growth.

Paul Findlay interviews Ross Judd of Team Focus+ and discuss how a strengths-based approach always leads to the best outcomes in all aspects if life and for team performance.