The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care.

Professor Gary Martin started his career as a primary school teacher, before moving onto senior leadership roles at Murdoch University and is now CEO of the Australian Institute of Management, WA. He is a gifted communicator, thought leader and prolific writer of articles on workplace engagement and building great teams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Susan Metcalf has had a career that expands both commercial and not-for-profit enterprises. She is now crossing both sectors as the CEO for Chief Executive Women which is a not for profit that works with Australia’s big businesses to address gender imbalance in senior roles in their organisations. Susan shares her experiences across both sectors and discusses the females that she feels have shown...

Rear Admiral Stephen Hughes has been in the Navy for 35 years, both on ships and on land. He is now the head of the Defense Intelligence Group. For those not familiar with military terms, Rear Admiral is equivalent to a Group Executive or Divisional Director. Managing in the military has many similarities to managing in any other industry and Stephen shares insights into how to keep the paths...

Katherine Newton started her career in insurance until a volunteer position with Lifeline showed her that her skills would be put to good use in the NFP sector. Katherine shares insights into how a small team can make a big difference and the core skills needed for a great team. She also shares a lot of great tips around caring and listening in this episode. Hosted on...

Marcus Blackmore is a legend in the complementary medicines sector. He also loves to tell a story and shares many with us here, including his lightbulb moments and valuable lessons that he has learned from his father and from his time in the army. Marcus also offers a surprising list of the people that he considers to be star entrepreneurs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

The Starlight Children's Foundation Australia has grown dramatically under Louise Baxter's leadership. She refers to the organisation as a 'profit for purpose' rather than 'not for profit'. It's also the only charity to win the Aon Hewitt Employer of the Year award. Louise is absolutely committed to making sure that her staff are mindful of their mood and know how to look after themselves. Ho...

Chris Murray, Managing Director of Energy Power Systems Australia has over 30 years of experience in the energy, renewables, and resources sectors. These are all very male-dominated workforces and often have a culture in which it can be hard for men to open up about mental health struggles. He is determined to build a caring culture and just recently launched the companies new values – SHAPE...

Suzy Nicoletti has spent almost her entire career in the digital world, starting out with Google in the early 2000's and then moving to Twitter in 2014. Suzy puts a lot of effort into creating a fun, inclusive and safe culture. She shares a really novel way of how to keep a finger n the culture pulse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Danny Gilbert is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of law firm Gilbert and Tobin. Danny is on a constant quest for continual improvement, including a deep commitment to improving the lives of our first nation people, is inspiring.  Danny has created a caring and very high performing culture whilst simultaneously reinventing the business to take it to new levels and conti...

Lucy is the Chair of the National Mental Health Commission.  Lucy talks about how a family crisis led her to pursue a purpose to improve Australia's mental health. She strives for a life of service and purpose, and reveals two people who were largely influential in that quest. Lucy also shares what she considers to be the building blocks of a caring culture. Hosted on Acast. See aca...

Cameron Schwab is a CEO, leadership coach and strategist, however, AFL fans may know him best as the ex CEO of Richmond, Melbourne and Fremantle Football Clubs. Cameron shares honestly about his failures in life, and the lessons that he has learned from those setbacks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ellen Derrick is the Managing Partner of Consulting, Deloitte Australia and a board member of the Corporate Mental Health Alliance. Ellen shares the lessons that she has learnt from her 17-year daughter who lives with Cystic Fibrosis. She talks about her passion for gender diversity, psychologically safe teams, and how she feels that her growth mindset is one of her greatest strengths. Hosted on A...

Chris's most recent CEO role was a Programmed. An organisation that supplies labour-hire to industries such as mining and public works. Chris lives and breathes care and empathy. He shares a simple but effective plan that he implemented to help his employees who may be experiencing domestic violence. He also shares the two career tips that he gave his adult children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

Emma Hogan leads over 9, 500 employees as Secretary of the NSW Department of Customer service. She is also an Ambassador for Mentally Healthy Workplaces. Emma talks about how she is very conscious of striving for work/life integration, how tapping into "The Why" was a great help to her team during the Covid pandemic, and tells us the three elements that she feels increase the impact of a...

George Savvides is the Chairman of SBS and former CEO of Medibank Private. George tells talks about what he learnt from his parents who were Greek Cypriot immigrants, and how he puts Level 5 leadership into action. He shares an interesting metaphor about the impact of a toxic team member and discusses his proudest achievement amongst many other things. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

Lisa Claes is the CEO International for Corelogic, a NYSE listed global property information company. Lisa has shown real flexibility in her career progressed from being a Barrister, General Counsel, Divisional Director, and finally a CEO. She is very grateful to former managers who encouraged her to go outside her comfort zone. She describes how she uses 'horse whisperers' to keep her finger...

Pat Grier is the ex CEO of Ramsay Health Care. Pat talks about how he established a vision for Ramsay Healthcare to be recognised as the best hospital operators in Australia, and how he developed the term leading from behind. Pat reflects on his proudest achievements in his career and the lessons that he learnt from the many obstacles that he encountered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Amanda Yeates is Deputy Director General of the Department of Transport and Main Roads. She is also Chair of the Departments Wellbeing Committee, because she sees employee wellbeing as being integral to the group’s success. Amanda talks about the ways that she builds connection within the department and her own self-care strategies. She also shares the advice that she would give to her 1...

Mike Schneider is the CEO of Bunnings, Australia's most trusted brand. Mike oversees a workforce of 55,000 people, yet he is very down to earth and humble. Mike explains his 4 H's of leadership, talks about some tough decisions he's had to make and shares his self-care strategies.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why this podcast now? ‘Rising work stress and mental issues’ has been nominated by the CSIRO (plus equivalent North America stats) as a mega risk for the next 20 years - even before the pandemic began. Research by The Black Dog Institute found that 73% of Australians felt a decline in mental health during the pandemic. An increasing number of Executive Leadership Teams now have mental health...