The Future of Leadership

Special Holiday Series out now! Project You as Leader has landed on the podcast, ready for you to savour over the break. In between parties and a bit of down time, take time to yourself to explore who you might become in 2021. Hot tips to get a handle on your responsibilities that include: Minimise your buckets - where you have incoming tasks Reverse engineer your activities, starting with your hu...

Special Holiday Series out now! Project You as Leader has landed on the podcast, ready for you to savour over the break. In between parties and a bit of down time, take time to yourself to explore who you might become in 2021. Why you should listen: About the Flow Cycle for heightened productivity, creativity, and performance Triggers and conditions for flow The big three for flow: gratitude, exer...

Special Holiday Series out now! Project You as Leader has landed on the podcast, ready for you to savour over the break. In between parties and a bit of down time, take time to yourself to explore who you might become in 2021. Why you should listen: Why archetypes accelerate development of new attributes Famous archetype experts Five leadership archetypes to consider from People Stuff , as well as...

Special Holiday Series out now! Project You as Leader has landed on the podcast, ready for you to savour over the break. In between parties and a bit of down time, take time to yourself to explore who you might become in 2021. Why you should listen: How to design your own personal manifesto, a code to live and lead by Using the spiral values to develop your personal manifesto Examples to steal or...

Special Holiday Series out now! Project You as Leader has landed on the podcast, ready for you to savour over the break. In between parties and a bit of down time, take time to yourself to explore who you might become in 2021. Why you should listen: The research behind the values developmental model created by Clare Graves The eight rules of the spiral The 8 stages of values development 👉🏼 Want...

Special Holiday Series out now! Project You as Leader has landed on the podcast, ready for you to savour over the break. In between parties and a bit of down time, take time to yourself to explore who you might become in 2021. Why you should listen: How we can engineer our evolution through environmental design 10 ways to bring joy to your environment Learn more in Ingrid Fetell Lee's book, Joyful...

Special Holiday Series out now! Project You as Leader has landed on the podcast, ready for you to savour over the break. In between parties and a bit of down time, take time to yourself to explore who you might become in 2021. Why you should listen: Why emotions are core to leadership composure 3 ways to master emotions: observation, differentiation, and 'feeling into the core of the feeling' Get...

Special Holiday Series out now! Project You as Leader has landed on the podcast, ready for you to savour over the break. In between parties and a bit of down time, take time to yourself to explore who you might become in 2021. Why you should listen: Why breath is central to self mastery and composure 5 tips to master your breath  Read more at oxygenadvantage.com 👉🏼 Want to share your experience?...

Special Holiday Series out now! Project You as Leader has landed on the podcast, ready for you to savour over the break. In between parties and a bit of down time, take time to yourself to explore who you might become in 2021. Why you should listen: Why it's critical to shift from an Achiever to an Amplifier right now Two sets of critical skills to master: perspective and people skills A focus on...

How does one go from leading kids through the bush to leading conversations about climate change at the Paris agreement? Such is the leadership journey of former Australian Ambassador to Venezuela and Colombia, Sophie Davies. I first met Sophie at Outward Bound. She flat out inspired me with her composure in handling twenty staff in remote places, driving a massive bus, and setting up a technicall...

Promise Phelon is one of Silicon's Valley 0.2%. She is one of only FIVE African American female entrepreneurs who have bought, grown, and sold companies for multiple millions of dollars. Now she is an investor and mentor with a great tale to tell. Why you should listen: How to choose a mentor: go for the spark of experience with a specific skill set Promise's three part journaling practice shared...

How the first non-Japanese general manager of Konica Minolta in Australia is making waves and transforming its corporate culture for social impact. Tune in!

Kate Prior shares her secrets on how to keep a small team engaged and focused in a competitive industry.

How do you recover when your culture goes bad? CEO Peter Tsokas has been at the helm of the City of Unley since 2011. Reshaping culture has been central to his leadership agenda. In this 'how to' podcast, learn what to do when you need to guide a significant culture change. Why you should listen: Why it's important to determine what kind of culture you want before running a culture survey How to l...

Oh me, oh my! Still elated over the recent win of the People Stuff Book of the Year award, I share a couple of updates and insights for listeners. Read about the ABBA awards here . Get your copy of People Stuff here . Nathan Baird's book, The Innovator's Playbook 👉🏼 Want to share your experience? Ask a question? Share a resource? Jump on our podcast Facebook page here . *** SHOWNOTES: www.zoerou...

US Navy SEALs are known for many things: toughest of the tough, quintessential high performing teams, and relentless focus and training. In this awesome interview, we dive into what business leaders can take from the SEALs way of living and learning and apply directly to self and team leadership. If you want insider secrets of the ultimate high performance, then be sure to listen and take notes. E...

As a leadership expert I am often asked to comment on politics and public issues. There has been plenty to say about the ongoing challenges in the US election process. In this special bonus episode, I get together with fellow leadership expert, Tim Collings of 4i Leadership to have a conversation about what we are thinking and learning about leadership by observing the election experience.  Why yo...

How do we develop perspective and vision? How do we develop the skills and abilities to lead organisations with thousands of employees? What is the most important thing in leadership? Experienced Director and farmer Georgie Somerset shares her well-earned wisdom in this awesome interview. Why you should listen: Vision is about being able to make connections between disparate parts Getting away and...

Have you ever been driven by ambition? The desire for status and accolades can be a strong motivator. CEO Matt Linnegar learned early that this is a limited path. He shifted focus: he went from 'what role do I want?' To 'what impact can I contribute to?' The change of ambition from self to contribution has been central in his career choices. In this interview, we look at other leadership traps and...

Ever read a book that changed how you see the world? This book did that for me. Now I understand compulsive tidying, and why some people match their clothes peg colours when they do laundry (and why I want to do that too now!) 4 environments that you can use to engineer your evolution 10 principles of joyful environments Why plants are the secret to joy 👉🏼 Want to share your experience? Ask a qu...

What happens when you reach the lofty heights of CEO success? Do you rest on your laurels and get complacent? Or do you double down and burnout? Both are big risks for leaders. There is a third option: move from Achiever to Amplifier. How complacency kills courage and creativity Why we head towards burnout Three things we need to change if we are going to have more impact without burnout 👉🏼 Want...

I first met Jason when I was working at Outward Bound and Jason was training as a massage therapist. His practice as a therapist, healer, and advisor evolved over the years. He helped me through my cancer treatment, through a difficult career transition, and over the last couple of years has been instrumental in helping me stay grounded and energised as my business exploded in growth. In this inte...

Laura Marshall is a school teacher and endurance athlete. She is competing in the Enduroman Arch to Arc, a mega triathlon where she will run from London to Dover, swim the English Channel, and then ride to Paris. We discuss WHY would anyone do such a physical feat, what it takes in terms of training, how to endure the monotony, and what she discovered. This is the story of a regular person decidin...

We've gone from work-life balance to work-life blending. What happens when that blending turns to work-life bleeding? Have we blurred the lines so much that we never get a break? Can we really live the dream of working in holiday locations? My insights on how to best run work-life experiments, and the incredible value of Deep Play. The big realisation when it comes to work-life experiments: it's n...

There is so much friction in organisations that gets in the way of us being more productive. Life would be simpler if we could just get on with our work! Yet working in teams is the way we can get more done. In his new book, Smart Teams, Dermot Crowley unpacks what we need to do to reduce friction and get in to flow when we work together. He shares some additional insights on the podcast interview...