SHIFT

Is comfort the enemy of greatness? Do you hear your own potential or the lullabies of surrender? Realising your potential will always depend on how much and how often your are willing to step out of your comfort zone. Starting over is often the best option. Want to learn more about this? Peter can help - https://tolead.com.au

As children, we know what makes us feel safe and comfortable. As adults, do we know what it takes to step away from these same sort of things to achieve our full potential?

When we are born we learn to survive, crying for attention love or milk, as we learn to meet those needs; their availability and supply begins to form our own survival instincts. For many of us, the expectations start to smooth out, the edges are no longer sharp or difficult and our needs are met. Somehow our expectations of ourselves softens, the excitement and unknown dilates, our expectations f...

Corporations are rushing to integrate AI into all of their systems and processes. Does this mean we should trust the use of AI implicitly? The people that run those corporations are intelligent people, they must know what they are doing, right? Any system while professing simplicity and ease, consistency and matching, also hijacks our excitement of play, of finding our own solution to problems, of...

The use of truth in self-knowledge......"like vapours from a fissure" Are we giving AI the same reverence that the ancients gave the Oracle at Dephi? Executives are constantly subjected to assessments and feedback loops, formally and informally designed to highlight areas of behaviour that either fit like jigsaw pieces into the organisation agenda or somehow are a little inconsistent with the cult...

“To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom” From the minds of ancient thinkers to branches of modern day psychoanalysis, “know thyself” has been a fundamental human maxim - but in a world where human thought is being replaced, made redundant, will we still be able to enjoy the feeling of personal epiphany? Will what we know about ourselves mean anything? Will there be much of ourselves left to kn...

Is truth still possible in a post-truth world? And why does it matter for leaders? In this episode of Shift Podcast, Peter Hislop and producer Stuart Buckland unpack why truth - not trust, should be the foundation of leadership, business, and community. From corporate over-promising to the dangers of distraction, digital overload, and AI-driven thinking, Peter makes a bold case: if leaders don’t r...

Bait: Aspiration & leadership The next revolution will not be loud. It will not trend. It will not be safe. It will be led by people who choose truth over impression, substance over sentiment, and depth over applause. This episode explores what it means to live, lead, and speak from truth in a world addicted to surface-level virtue and verbal reassurance. Truth is not aggressive. It is exactin...

Bait: Insight & recognition We talk less than ever - and say less than we ever have. This is true at work and outside of work. This episode examines how modern language has become a performance with few words: values spoken without embodiment, distracted concern without responsibility, insight without a spur to action. We mistake articulation for truth and explanation for action. We want to mo...

We live in an age of careful language, shallow barely noticeable empathy, and unsure disconnected conversations. But truth was never meant to be polite. This episode explores why our obsession with being liked, agreeable, and “well-phrased” has hollowed out leadership, relationships, and meaning itself. Truth disrupts. It unsettles. It demands courage. It does not understand social media. If you’r...

PLEASE NOTE: There are references to self-harm in this episode. Peter Hislop talks again with producer Stuart about some challenges with executive coaching; handling egos, the need for truth, and the importance of recognising historical context in decision-making. Peter shares some of his personal journey from homelessness to recovery, emphasising the significance of evolving thinking and the crit...

Change is not gentle. And it is not optional. This podcast strips away the comforting myths we tell ourselves about transformation and exposes change for what it truly is: a confrontation with who you are no longer willing to be . In Change , Peter Hislop speaks to the inner mechanics of transformation; the resistance, the fear, the longing, and the quiet grief that accompanies and recognises real...

Why do the biggest earners in the country need a coach? And how do you go about coaching people who have made it to the top of their field? Peter Hislop and producer Stuart Buckland discuss executive coaching, the nature of good leadership and how the executive class has changed over the last 30 years. (Well, Peter does. Stuart mostly listens.....) Let us know what you think of the podcast so far!...

Leadership is not a technique. It is not a consensus. And it is certainly not comfort or comfortable This podcast introduces you to Peter Hislop’s uncompromising view of leadership —a view that understands leadership as rhythm, tone, and music . The kind of music that arrests attention. The kind that commands movement. The kind that makes people want to follow before they know why. True leaders do...

Perhaps the thing holding you back is the need for just a little shift.... Peter Hislop—a seasoned guide and coach who has lived the cost of comfort and now calls others to conscious change through deep work, radical honesty, and courage. Through lived wisdom and quiet authority, he invites leaders and seekers to shift how they think, live, and lead. Why listen? Because you are a member of the exe...

To unlock your true potential, all you need is a little shift…. My name is Peter Hislop. I am an executive coach who has helped CEO’s and executives become better leaders by getting them think adaptively, listen inquisitively, and act with integrity and courage In the Shift podcast you and I are going to dismantle some myths. The myths that keep us safe, small and stuck. They’ve gotta go. Find Shi...