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Leadership skills can be found in very unlikely places
Where do you look for inspiration on developing leadership skills? What can you learn from a 6 foot 7 ex-KGB agent? Adrian Armitage shares his experience with said ex-KGB dude turned educator. It turns out that Russian culture has its norms, just like Australian culture, and they are not all that dissimilar. With leadership roles around the world, and now as Executive Officer of the Australian Medical Students’ Association with some 250 staff and 17,000 members, Adrian has a wealth of insight he shares generously in this interview.
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Why you should listen: leadership frameworks for developing abilities
How to become wise by staying open and enriching the mind with different perspectives
How Australians, especially in agriculture, are best positioned to avoid the traps of silos due to horizontal leadership experiences
How to check on the health of a team
We explore leadership mindset and values
Dinner with General Cosgrove and an insight about leaders eating last: powerful leadership lessons
How Adrian keeps himself sustained through difficult times in isolation as an extrovert
How to get out of a thinking rut and build your leadership mindsdet
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About Adrian Armitage
Surprising leadership lessons with Executive Officer Adrian Armitage
Adrian is the National Executive Officer for the Australian Medical Students’ Association, the peak body for 17,000 Medical Students. With a staff of 250, AMSA is complex, with key International, Federal and State Advocacy on Mental Health, Climate Change, Asylum and cross border concerns, gender equity, raising awareness of junior doctors and student rights for PPE and proper training when engaged in fighting COVID, and raising support for future internships.
Previously, Adrian spent seven years as a senior manager with the Australian Computer Society, focusing on Federal Government engagement. He was appointed as judge on the industry iAwards, represented on several Boards and worked heavily with the Canberra Business Council (CBC).
Adrian worked as the Global Marketing Manager for Cambridge University, British Council and IDP managing 120 countries and 500+ test centres.
Last year, Adrian was admitted as a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and is a Company Secretary on multiple boards. He is invited regularly to lecture for Master’s ICT students at ANU and is currently working with the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) on future AI products.
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About your podcast host, Canberra leadership expert Zoë Routh:
Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.
Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact, Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards.
Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.