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The leadership abilities you need when taking fire from critics
It’s only in crisis when you can truly test your leadership abilities. Remember the Live Export expose on Four Corners in 2011? Imagine being the CEO of the Cattle Council and handling the fallout. That was David Inall, today’s guest. In our conversation he shares leadership insights in agripolitics and agvocacy across the meat, milk, and eggs industry.
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Why you should listen: leadership under pressure and what it takes
Learn what it’s like to be under pressure in a very public and high stakes role - leadership skills to develop
How camaraderie helps coping in a crisis and how to build it around the watercooler
How to measure success in a membership based organisation
We explore leading in complex systems
The attraction of complex issues in agriculture and politics and the required leadership abilities
The difference between advocacy in Australia and the USA
Learning through mentors - a great way to build leadership skills
Mental health in farming
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SHOWNOTES:
The ABC Four Corners A Bloody Business report
About David Inall
Leadership skills in crisis with CEO David Inall
David Inall assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer of Australian Dairy Farmers (based in Melbourne) in July 2017. Prior to this, David represented U.S. farmers as Senior Vice-President with United Egg Producers in Atlanta, Georgia (USA), a position he held for almost five years.
Before leaving for the United States in 2013, David was the Chief Executive Officer with the Cattle Council of Australia (Canberra) for almost eight years and prior to that Livestock Export Manager (Asia & Australia) for Meat & Livestock Australia/Livecorp (Sydney) where his time was split between Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and The Philippines.
He started his career as Policy Officer with the NSW Dairy Farmers’ Association after graduating from the University of Western Sydney (formerly Hawkesbury Agricultural College) with a degree in agricultural science and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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Related episodes developing leadership abilities :
E91 - How to be a successful CEO, Andrew Spencer, CEO Australian Pork Limited
E21 - Business and Community: An Advocacy Opportunity, with Susan Helyar, ACTCOSS
E110 - How to be persuasive: an influencer's guide on what not to do
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About your podcast host, 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.