Unleashing Brilliance

Half of all employees will experience workplace bullying during their careers The cost to a business by having just a single bully in their midst can be astronomical. In Australia alone, these costs are to be up to $36 billion annually in Australia. My latest guest, Jessica Hickman is a woman on a mission to eradicate toxic workplaces to build thriving workplaces. Jessica herself was the victim of...

Curtis McGrath OAM has served in the Australian Army as a combat engineer for 6 years where he served with honour in East Timor, Indonesia and Afghanistan. On the 23rd August 2012 Curtis was on a patrol where he stepped right on an improvised explosive device (IED) which detonated and took both his legs. Only 20min after the explosion, Curtis famously said that “you will see me in the Paralympics”...

Chris Helder believes positive thinking doesn’t work. In fact, he says that the only thing that does work is useful thinking, useful beliefs and useful actions on the things that matter. In this world of distraction and the need to transform (or confirm) he argues that we are actually the ones that are in charge. Your success or failure comes down to the belief you have – do you see opportunity or...

How can you build individual sustainability to perform at your best? Do you understand and appreciate how the inter-connectivity of all parts of your lived experience drives your performance? These were just two of the key things I discussed on my latest episode of Unleashing Brilliance with Michael Diettrich-Chastain, founder and CEO of Arc Integrated, an organizational consulting and coaching pr...

Angela Ceberano is a professionally trained PR consultant with over 15 years of PR and communications experience. She has gained invaluable experience and contacts throughout the industry, and represented the biggest celebrities and brands within Australia such as Steven Tyler, Mariah Carey, The Backstreet Boys, Celine Dion, John Mayer, Guy Sebastian, The Foo Fighters, Olivia Newton John, Justin T...

Working with the teams and talent behind some of the world's most iconic and influential brands - Darren is a focused, thought leader whose work has received international recognition for empowering individuals and teams to be their best. Collaboration lives at the heart of Darren’s approach, as he identifies and informs unique ways to work within the modern, multi-generational workforce of today....

Dr. Mike Perry is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Catalyst Executive Advising & Development, LLC, where he and his team focus on developing leaders with the courage and vision to transform culture and change lives. A retired Army Lieutenant Colonel with over 20 years of service, Mike is a trusted leadership, human performance, and behavior expert, specializing in organizational consu...

For 20 years Cathy Burke was the CEO for The Hunger Project Australia, and then Global Vice President, working to end hunger across South Asia and Africa. She was an integral member of a visionary team who developed leadership at scale in villages all over the world. Through her work, millions of the world’s poorest people stepped into their leadership, and were able to feed themselves and their f...

Alison is a self-confessed lifeaholic who squeezes as much into her life, both personally and professionally as possible. Delivering commercial success and developing high performing teams is her day job, and in her spare time, she enjoys travelling the globe and keeping physically and mentally fit. Alison is the General Manager Finance for Scentre Group and a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants A...

Digby Scott is a former Chartered Accountant and has founded two successful consulting firms. He is a leadership expert with a fresh approach, working with organisations to being “future fit” be developing their next generation of leaders. Digby lives life by design, bending his lifestyle with the work he loves and spends good chunks of his time with his family adventuring the world. During this c...

Kieran Flanagan and Dan Gregory are the co-founders of The Impossible Institute — a strategic think tank founded to re-imagine the way we think, lead, navigate change and create success. Kieran works with leaders, teams and organisations to make positive change and make change positive while Dan helps smart people to become "people smart". They are the strategic and creative team behind the most s...

I met Ron Harvey whilst I was studying The Art & Practice of Leadership at Harvard in May this year and I was blown away at his story, his journey and his wisdom. There was a moment where Ron shared a personal story and as a result shifted the entire cohorts awareness around racism and engrained behavior, bringing many to tears. Ron is a retired U.S. Army Veteran, with more than 34 years of leader...

Unleashing Brilliance is all about becoming visible, bringing your whole self to work and celebrating differences. Our leaders need to be bolder and braver and we have only touched the surface in resolving the challenges of the Diversity & Inclusion space. These were just some of the insights shared by Paul Zahra in the latest episode of my Unleashing Brilliance podcast. Paul Zahra is a non-execut...

It was an absolute pleasure to chat to Michelle Gregory - founder and director of Promotion Products. In this podcast we talked about: • Michelle’s journey to business owner alongside her husband, Douglas • The year they decided to runaway from the business with their four children and leave the staff in charge • Celebrating the small moments in our lives that lead to insight, learning and even bi...

With a genuine thirst for embracing life and not just being a passenger, Dana considers that her role as Digital Leader for DXCs Public Sector is her perfect role! In her own words, Dana gets to “work with our Public Sector clients to help them deliver outcomes that they have been struggling to realize themselves, and I get to help them on their paths to embedding innovation as a behaviour through...

Yasmin London has spent 12 years in the New South Wales Police Force, and now is also the Executive Director of ySafe - one of the lead organisations in Australia offering education and strategies for managing cyber safety in schools. Having operated at the coalface dealing with the real life consequences of online abuse experienced by young people, Yasmin felt impassioned about the need for preve...

Lisa O’Neill is an expert in personal leadership. She is obsessed with people living the lives they want to live – to be magnificent in their chosen domain, honouring themselves by being more of themselves. Charismatic and engaging, Lisa is a well-known keynote speaker to audiences in New Zealand and Australia. With a background in fashion retail, marketing and breading, Lisa has been empowering p...

Jeff Schwisow is a Melbourne-based strategy specialist, speaker and the author of Projectify - How to use projects to engage your people in strategy that evolves your business. Jeff Schwisow is passionate about people and projects. He believes that when the two come together that a truly exceptional workplace is formed – one that engages the very best of its people, consistently delights Jeff help...

Stephen Scheeler is the former Facebook CEO for Australia and New Zealand, where he guided Facebook’s rise from quirky start up to media and technology titan. Working with Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook’s Silicon Valley leaders, his tenure at Facebook saw the ANZ business – including Instagram, Messenger, Whatsapp and Oculus – become one of the most successful Facebook markets in the world. Today –...

It was an absolute pleasure to chat with Jen Jackson owner and director of award-winning, employee experience company, Jaxzyn. Jen considers herself lucky to have worked with leaders and influencers of Fortune 500 and ASX listed organisations. Recent work includes helping steer the brand and direction of PepsiCo’s Global EHS department, she has helped re-imagine how EHS and CSR might look in the f...

I loved the conversation I had with Peter Shields for this episode of the Unleashing Brilliance podcast. As Peter says, “Great Leadership is hard to find”. Listen in as we discuss the concept of self worth and the constant battle with perceived norm behaviours or learned approaches. Peter is a transformational executive coach with more than 18 years’ experience, having supported hundreds of leader...

Joining me on the podcast this month is Michelle Sutherland Michelle Sutherland is a Scottish born, Australia based, Social Entrepreneur that is positive, passionate and committed to living life fully. Michelle worked for seven years with Hewlett Packard and at the same time built her Network Marketing business with Arbonne International. At the age of 29 she retired from her corporate job and jum...

Joining me on the podcast this month is Michelle Sales Michelle is passionate about helping people tap into their true potential –in leadership and in life. As a highly sought-after speaker and trainer Michelle has helped thousands of senior leaders and their teams learn to show up as the best version of themselves, to build their confidence and influence with others, and to maximise their leaders...

Fragrance aficionado Nicole Eckels launched Glasshouse Fragrances in 2006 with a spark of imagination and a belief in the power of fragrance to transform the everyday. Since it's launch nearly a decade ago, Glasshouse Fragrances has quickly grown to become a leading brand in the Australian fragrance market. Nicole was born and raised in New York and began her career as a makeup artist in SAKS Fift...

With over two decades of Visual Design experience, and ten years as founder and CEO at Presentation Studio, Emma Bannister’s view is radically different. Passionate that powerful presentations consist of more than just visual design – she teaches a new way of thinking – Visual ThinkingTM. Emma’s journey from the kitchen table to building a business that is now the leading presentation studio in As...