Picture this: there’s a party going on in your mind and fear is the loudest guest. How do you respond? My guest, author and psychologist Dr Amy Silver, shares leadership strategies for improving our relationship with fear.
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214 Nick Tebbey shares his leadership journey from lawyer to amplifier
With a leadership mindset rooted in optimism, National Executive Officer of Relationships Australia, Nick Tebbey, shares the experiences that have helped him evolve from solo performer to team player.
115 The leadership skills required to support high performance teams with Bernie Ferguson
How does Aussie tech giant superhero, Atlassian, run its teams? Bernie Ferguson is an R & D Team Coach who makes a living helping teams become high performers. We talk about human dynamics as key to effective process, how to define and measure success in team performance, the Atlassian Team Health Monitor as the starting point for building team performance, the fact that lack of team clarity is a chief derailer, currency of coaching is questions not opinions, the responsibility for getting meaningful feedback from people other than your boss, asking ‘how easy are you to do business with as a team?’, and Atlassian’s approach to culture through living real values.
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Read More113 A global leadership model for inclusion and diversity with Rory Waddell
Diversity and inclusion are hot topics right now. The research says it is good for business. Common sense says it’s good for humans. But how do we do it? What are some considerations? Should we have targets? How do we measure success with it? In this interview with Sydney manager, Rory Waddell, an engineering people person at global consulting firm GHD, we explore what it means in practical terms with staff. We look at questions like how do you discover your blindspots? How do you surface and deal with your bias? How do people respond to diversity programs? What signs should we put on toilets?
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Read More76 Leadership expert Zoe Routh on disconnecting to connect
Camp is not a ‘thing’ in Australia. And it totally should be! Daniel Levine, entrepreneur in the tech and legal space, has been hosting a unique and powerful tech community event since 2015. He’s got a great philosophy when it comes to creating meaningful connections - a great way to be a boundless leader.
The recipe for great connections and a meaningful event: it starts with the premise, “Attendee first”, and “Disconnect to connect”.
Best tips include: no name tags, no VIP break outs, speakers stay for the entire event, all inclusive ticket, and choose your own adventure.
All we can do as leaders is “set the table”, do that right, and things progress well.
#boundlessleadership
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Read More68 The leadership skills needed to build a great remote team with Liam Martin
Workers crave freedom and flexibility. It’s the biggest driver for remote working: do work you love, where and when you want. The one hurdle is this: how do you know they are actually getting work done? That they are being as productive as possible and not just getting a free meal ticket?
This is the challenge that Liam Martin and his Aussie business partner set out to address. In this AAHHHHMAAAZZZZING interview, we explore:
The war against the Distraction Economy and what it’s costing us
The Big Data that facebook collects and what it can predict
A world where transparency builds better interpersonal connections and business cultures
How to build a great culture with remote teams
Much more!
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Read More66 Leadership tips to create the 'best of the best' workplace culture with Shanyn Payne
Shanyn is the Executive Director of Human Resources at Online Education Services (OES.edu.au) where she has been since 2011, part of the start up team. She guided the creation and implementation of all people related initiatives across the business including recruitment, remuneration, leadership development and organisational culture and engagement. All this through rapid expansion and growth. The efforts have not gone unnoticed, and OES has achieved and maintained Aon Hewitt Best Employer accreditation in 2014, 2015 and 2016. In 2017 they were named “The Best of the Best”.
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Read More63 How workplace design can improve leadership effectiveness with Alisa Moss
Alisa Moss is a Director of Canberran design firm, DJAS. DJAS works with organisations to design work environments that range from hundreds of square meters to 85,000 square meters, from small spaces to whole buildings. Starting her career as a photographer, aesthetic design has always been important. A focus on sustainability has become equally so. Nowadays she includes the development of effective culture, alongside sustainability and beauty, as a key premise of her design work.
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Read More60 Leadership expert Zoë Routh reviews NEXT
Want shortcuts to elevate your leadership thinking? How about hacks to multiply the amounts of books you read? How does leveraging your life and work effectiveness sound? What about getting strategic with your meetings in novel and powerful ways? Want to know the critical factors affecting our business world in the next ten years? This book has it all. Enjoy my book review to get some more details now.
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Read More58 Staff loyalty is essential to leadership success with Craig Cherry
Customer service expert Craig Cherry shares the fundamentals of employee loyalty and engagement:
How playing the smile game got one business noticed in the media
Fundamentals of what people need to enjoy and be committed in their work
Critical skills leaders need to build buy-in and engagement
What the daily setup meeting is and what to include
How to create rewards and measures for staff
How even the trickiest of remuneration schemes, like those in legal firms, can access insights into individual contributions for better rewards
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Read More49 Leadership expert Zoë Routh identifies the 4 attitudes needed to achieve boundless leadership
No matter what attention we give it, employee engagement still remains a problem with 32% of people NOT engaged at work. This is a significant barrier for teams and organisations aspiring to Boundless Leadership.
We look at:
The four attitudes to break through engagement challenges: Appreciation, Gratitude, Love, Compassion.
The four areas to apply it: Self, Colleagues, Team, Organisation.
What to focus on when you feel you have NOTHING to appreciate.
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Read More48 Leadership expert Zoë Routh reviews the Power of Moments
As the author of Moments - Leadership when it matters most, of course I had to review Chip Heath and Dan Heath's new book, The Power of Moments: Why certain experiences have extraordinary impact.
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Read More46 The importance of listening as a leadership skill with Oscar Trimboli
Oscar shares:
The 5 levels of listening and how to start
Why the 125-400 rule keeps us from being good listeners
The patterns to pay attention to in conversations that will help give you big insights
How to model process leadership not just content leadership
On being a systemic listener (this is hard - but we can all do it)
The ancient art of Ting, and what we can bring to modern communication that uplifts listener and speaker
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Read More44 How to build trust, the golden elixir of leadership with Heidi Alexandra Pollard
Workplace humanist Heidi Alexandra Pollard shares:
Why you should be UP yourself
How to overcome the Confidence Crisis and tall poppy syndrome so we can stand in their strengths
How to build trust - the golden elixir for leadership - in an organisational culture
The joys and dangers of being an OPULENT MINIMALIST
How Heidi stays centered in the challenges of growing her own business
The adventure of surrender and exploring the Boundless self in a travelling tiny house
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Read More38 Leadership expert Zoë Routh on why good leadership strategy builds better teams
Don’t do strategy backwards! And don’t do it on your own either. Strategic planning when you do it well is an excellent way to enhance employee experience and build team buy in.
We look at:
Mistakes in strategic planning
Three key steps to collaborative strategic planning
How good strategy builds better teams
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Read More22 Leadership expert Zoe Routh talks about the challenges facing men
There is so much in the public forum about the challenges facing women - all of them genuine and in need of focus and attention. And yet there is radio silence on the challenges for men - a social taboo that is keeping men quiet and suffering. It seems in our search for gender equality, we have succumbed to gender silencing. Has the pendulum swung too far?
In this episode we explore:
Alarming statistics about men and how they are coping (or not) with the shifting landscape of men's purpose
What is contributing to the challenges for men
What questions we need to answer if we are to move forward TOGETHER.
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Read More19 Leadership expert Zoë Routh talks to local leader Sheryle Moon
One of the first women in IT, Sheryle Moon has had an amazing and diverse career. She has a passion for creativity and design, in IT as well as art. She has been the second in command alongside successful entrepreneur Matt Bullock, the founder of international payment gateway, eWay, and now their second venture - Spinify, a gamification platform to incentivise work that matters. In this interview she shares:
The emerging connection of ART in the IT sector
How IT and art have parallel processes
The Pledge 1% and how Matt Bullock of Spinify has created a Foundation to support even more of the community
How giving and social justice is woven in a successful career.
16 Leadership expert Zoë Routh talks about the change from strategic planning to strategic intention
Strategic planning has changed: the 5 year plan is OUT. Nothing stays that stable for that long! The strategic intention is IN, with tactics and projects needing regular review. Aside from that big mistake (believing a 5 year strategy still works), there are 3 other common mistakes that will definitely sabotage you and keep you in hand-to-mouth land.
Read More12 Leadership expert Zoe Routh talks to Melissa Healy about the power of teams
Canberra based leadership expert Zoe Routh talks about the power of teams with DFK Everalls' Melissa Healy.
Read More11 Leadership expert Zoë Routh talks to Dave Rae about developing people
Canberra based leadership expert Zoe Routh talks to local leader Dave Rae about developing staff.
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