299 Finding the leadership sweet spot with authors Anne and Heather Dranitsaris

March 7, 2023

Anne Dranitsaris, Ph.D and Heather Dranitsaris-Hilliard are a mother-daughter team with an incredible backstory and a refreshing approach to leadership that blends psychology with systems to advance the potential of individuals, teams and organisations. Together they have co-authored three books, most recently So, You Think You Can Lead?

In this episode they share the bad habits even good leaders can fall into, shine a light on a fundamental leadership principle for the hybrid world, remind us that leaders cannot, and should not, be all things to all people and, perhaps most importantly, there’s no leadership without followership.

298 Three megatrends for the future of leadership

February 28, 2023

Inspired by our Future of Leadership event we’re looking at the megatrends that will shape the future of leadership and considering the skills and perspectives we need for successful meta-modern leadership. In short, what are our buoyancy aids that will help us swim in the soup of uncertainty?!

From A.I. tools that will facilitate our creativity and curiosity to mastering and managing energy these are the leadership skills we need to maximise the opportunities we are being offered.

297 Leadership principles for being (not doing) agile with Anthony Coppedge

February 21, 2023

Anthony Coppedge is a business transformation specialist with a background in sales and marketing who had a major ‘ah-ha’ moment while working at IBM and witnessing the software team’s agile approach to work. Now Anthony helps people leverage marketing agility with a focus on outcomes, not outputs. His pragmatic and people-centric approach is built around leaders who create safe environments for experiments, delegate in service of outcomes, and genuinely care about their teams. He wants the future of leadership to involve better questions and better listening, less stupid work and a lot more impact! In this episode he shares his insights into how that is achievable for all leaders.

296 Mastering self-leadership with author and coach Daryl Urbanski

February 14, 2023

Buckle up for a wide-ranging conversation with author and business coach Daryl Urbanski! With an unconventional voice that cuts through the noise, Daryl has helped businesses to be more successful, published five books and studied the science of business success - and then studied the studies. (Very meta!) Acutely aware of the realities of business today and what the future of leadership might look like, he embraces technology from a foundation of people and connection and advocates for self-awareness above all else! Daryl shares where he thinks leadership of the future is heading and the work we will need to do to get there.

295 Rachel Audigé’s leadership strategies for busting biases

February 7, 2023

Rachel Audigé is a bias buster! Working with organisations and teams, Rachel makes the invisible, visible by scanning for conscious and unconscious biases that create resistance to innovation and new ideas. Through her writing, speaking and facilitation, Rachel helps businesses take off their blinkers so they can imagine the future, plan for it and confidently lead the way towards it.

294 Three Leadership Priorities for 2023

January 31, 2023

Welcome to the first episode of 2023! In this solosode I’m contemplating some big themes - from what does it mean to be Australian (or any nationality!) to the challenges we are facing down this year and the leadership priorities that will help us navigate them.

293 Flipping the script - an interview with leadership futurist Zoë Routh

January 3, 2023

In this week’s solosode and final episode of 2022 we are reflecting on the year, across leadership books, podcasts, work and personal journeys along with the events that made the news and will continue to impact us in 2023. Let’s leverage what we have learned this year to create a roadmap for a better future.

292 Leadership reflections and the trends to watch for in 2023

December 20, 2022

273 Empathy is the master leadership skill with work futurist Sophie Wade

August 1, 2022

Empathy is the master leadership skill. Throughout her career, Sophie Wade has been confronted with cultural norms, beliefs and behaviours that have literally caused her to stop and think. From rigid European workdays to Asian social habits and the American can-do spirit, she became an expert assimilator and realised that empathy was the key to unlocking understanding of all these different ways of working and living. Sophie now uses that empathy-based approach to help organisations evolve their leadership and workforces to be fit and flexible for the future. In this episode Sophie shares why empathy is vital in multi-generational teams and how curiosity can help with navigating complexity.