The Leadership Project Podcast

💭 Have you ever considered mental fitness and what it is?  How is it different to mental health?  How is it different to therapy? We are joined today by Cory Chadwick , an optimist and mental fitness and mindset coach.  Cory is the founder of The Mental Gym. Driven by a desire to understand how things work and from a history of mental health issues in his family, Cory went on a journey of discove...

Today, we bring you a very special announcement. We interrupt our regular schedule of guest interviews to bring you an important moment. We are pleased to announce the launch of Mick Spiers ' first book "You're a leader, now what?" - The proven path to high performance leadership. In today's episode, Mick shares the inspiration behind the book and some of the key messages...

💭 We often talk about the importance of body language and facial expressions, but do you know how to use body language effectively as a leader? Today we are joined by Richard Newman , CEO and founder of Body Talk.  Body Talk are the global leaders in evidence-based communication.  Richard is the author of the book “You were born to speak”.  He is also the recipient of the coveted cicero award for...

💭 Do you understand the power of brand and storytelling?  Do you understand how to embrace brand and storytelling as leader? This week we are joined by Charlie Feinerman . Charlie is an award winning strategist; a brand storyteller; and the Director of account strategy at Taoti Creative.  We discuss brand and storytelling in detail and what the leader’s role is in projecting a brand. Everyone has...

We are joined today by Marcel Daane , a lifelong martial artists and neuroscientist all wrapped in one.  Marcel was the 2020 Executive Coach of the Year in Singapore.  He is the author of 2 books – Headstrong Performance and The 5 Energies of Horrible Bosses (and how not to become one). Marcel invented the “5 Postures” assessment tool that allows leaders to assess their own posture and energy as l...

We are honoured today to be joined by Stephen Shedletzky , or better known as Shed.  Shed is an igniter, speaker and master facilitator with Simon Sinek, Inc. Shed is in the process of writing an important book on psychological safety with the working title of “Speak Up Culture. When leaders truly listen people step up.”  In the words of Amy Edmondson, psychological safety is about high candor and...

Today we are joined by Yemi Penn , an inspirational woman succeeding in the male-dominated world of engineering. She describes herself as an Engineer by profession and Entrepreneur by passion.  She is the author of the book “Did you get the memo?” and the producer and star of the incredible documentary “Did I choose my trauma?” which is an absolute must see. In “Did you get the memo?” Yemi encoura...

As we continue our celebration of inspirational women in the month of March we are delighted to be joined by Roberta Whitney Hughes .  Roberta is the Founder of PeaceFull Living and the lead instructor of PeaceFull Living TV.  Roberta helps people to redefine their relationship with stress.  Today we explore the key topic of authenticity and showing up as your authentic self. Roberta openly shares...

A special episode recorded on International Women’s Day 2022.  We are joined by the inspirational Deborah Wathen-Finn , the President of the Wathen Group. Deb has an incredible track record of success working as a woman in the male-dominated industry of public transit before moving on to form the Wathen Group.  She shares with us her secrets for how she forms and (re) forms high performance teams....

We are joined by Jillian Benbow , the Director of Community Experience at SPI Media, Pat Flynn’s organisation that spawned from his Smart Passive Income podcast. Digital communities help people to “find their tribe”.  Community allows you to achieve connectedness with people that see you; that have experienced the same things you are feeling and see you for you are.  This empowers you to show up a...

Susan Shirley is the founder of Global View Leadership and a cross-cultural leadership coach. She works to increase the effectiveness of multicultural teams both by supporting expatriates as they transition to positions abroad and staff hired by international organizations in their own countries as they adapt to a new organizational culture. By helping individuals improve their emotional and cultu...

This week's episode is all about how to transition into leadership. This is a very common story.  You are an outstanding individual contributor.  Exceptional at your chosen craft (software engineering, finance, digital marketing, whatever that may be). You get tapped on the shoulder and promoted into your first leadership role. What typically happens from this moment onwards is a rollercoaste...

💭 Have you ever sat on a plane and admired the way an airline captain communicates to the passengers and cabin crew?  Or considered how well the team onboard that plane works together?  Well, this is no accident (pardon the pun). At The Leadership Project we pride ourselves on bringing forward people from diverse backgrounds to challenge our thinking. Today, we consider what we can learn from an...

💭 How do YOU define success? Everyone in the world is always looking to achieve that elusive work / life balance?  How to balance the competing forces of wanting to be there and present with your family and the desire for a successful career.  Do you feel guilty when you leave work to be there for a family event?  Do you feel guilty when you are at work and missing a family event?  If so, you are...

2022 promises to be an exciting year for the team and audience of The Leadership Project podcast. Gong Xi Fai Cai.  We all hope that the Year of the Tiger brings you great joy and fulfilment. This promises to be a year of acceleration for us and in today's episode we provide some highlights of what to except from the team at TLP. After an incredible response to Season 1 of The Leadership Proj...

In today's episode we reflect back on Season 1 of The Leadership Project and consider deeply what we learnt together in 2021. 2021 and Season 1 of the podcast was an amazing success and we would like to thank all of our guests who came on the show and shared their amazing wisdom and insights. We personally learnt a lot from each of our guests.  This lead us to apply some of those learnings to...

💭 Do you know how to make the most of your relationships. Leadership and success all relates to how well we relate to others.  Invest in your relationships and you will achieve great dividends. This week we are joined by David Nour of the Nour Group.  Nour is the best selling author of 11 books, including Relationship Economics, Return on Impact; Co-Create and his latest offering Curvebenders. Du...

Today we discuss the current state of leadership development within organisations. We are joined by Brett Larson of WL Gore and Associations, the organisation that brings you the famous material Goretex. Brett is a leadership development coach within Gore and also part of an organisation called Synaptic Leadership Development.  He is also the author of the book "Leaders with a Capital L"...

People are always looking to understand how to become a leader and how to improve their leadership. It is also often said that you cannot improve what you can't measure (and variants of this). So this raises the important question of how to measure leadership. Today, we are joined by Michael Tanner , the founder of Credible Leaders and the host of the Rookie Leaders podcast.  Michael has deve...

Lifelong leaders are lifelong learners. It is universally accepted that one the common attributes of great leaders is that they dedicate themselves to learning something new every day. But how do you apply the principles of learning in your leadership of your team? We are joined by Ryan Sanders , Co-Founder and Managing Director of EII Consulting.  EII stands for Educate, Innovate, Inspire. Ryan u...

💭 What can we possibly learn about leadership about the owner and director of a dance studio? It turns out to be a hell of a lot. It starts with key questions like: How do people learn? and how to apply that knowledge in the way that you lead teams and how to empower group development. In this episode we are joined by the incredible Lee Prosenjak .  Lee is the owner and director of Cherry Creek D...

💭 Have you ever thought that big business is more powerful than government?  Have you ever wondered how society could get greater benefit from big business? In this week's podcast we are joined by Jon Mertz , the founder of Santa Fe Innovates. Jon has enjoyed a career spanning from politics to big tech companies through to innovative startups. Jon is on the advisory council of the McCombs Ce...

💭 Have you had unsuccessful change initiatives in your organisation? Even as I write this I know that is a rhetorical question and the answer will be a universal YES. This week we are joined Jake Jacobs, an organisational change consultant with more than 30 years experience in helping companies implement effective change programs. Jake is the author of several books including his latest offering...

💭 How does your personality play into your purpose in life and success as a person? In this week's episode we are joined by Gary Williams , Founder of Better Future International to explore these deep questions. Gary is the bestselling author or "Choose Your Best Life" and has a vision to inspire us all to stop and think so we can imagine a better future. He helps purpose driven le...

💭 Do you know your own true purpose and meaning? Do you lead with purpose, meaning and impact? In today's episode we are joined by Zach Mercurio , bestselling author of The Invisible Leader, as he shares his wisdom, insights and experiences in helping people find their own uniqueness; their purpose' and their meaning. We explore what this means for your team leadership.  How do you lead...