Podcasts
Navy SEALs are some of the toughest human beings on the planet. Their training is brutal. Their war experiences even more so. What can we learn from them as leaders?
War stories: experiencing the warrior life
Warrior mindset: books that take us through the primal high performance mind
Fit as a SEAL: workouts and mindset training from the super elite
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Read MoreAdventure is an essential aspect of being a Boundless Leader - to explore new horizons keeps us in growth and contribution. Yet not all journeys need to be physical. There are 3 journeys you can explore to expand your capacity as a leader.
Insights from the Jatbula trail
What focus we need as Boundless Leaders
How do you ‘spend’ a day?
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Read MoreCamp 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.
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Read MoreEver find yourself doing something you know is bad for you? Could be food, staying up late, drinking one too many gin and tonics...We’ve all got an inner saboteur. Here’s how to rein it in and get rest, back on track.
How to tighten up your red line so you’re not driving on empty
Know your red flags to stop the downward spiral
4 steps to re-set that are completely do-able and will get you back on track, fast!
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Read MoreWant to play a bigger game? How about being part of a community of game changers? Of folks who want to create great cultures? Of leaders who want to make a big difference and contribution? Here are some insights of what you need to believe in order to make a bigger impact.
What a transexual person’s story can mean for the future of humanity
The four beliefs you need to know in order to craft your leadership focus
Why stories matter
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Read MoreBeing lonely sucks. We can be surrounded by people and feel completely alone. Community matters! Here’s how we can create it.
Three levels of community participation.
What separates leaders from participants and why it’s not all that altruistic.
The currencies we gain from each level of participation.
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Read MoreBusiness is personal. Small business REALLY so. Business Coach Master Al Ramos shares:
5 critical factors for business success
Why money is not the best motivator for staff
How to build reward schemes that build engagement
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Read MoreGeneral Manager of SitePoint Simon Julian shares:
How to create and maintain a high performing team, a boundless team, when you are on the leading edge of IT development
Challenges ahead for the ICT sector
3 books that changed his perspective on life, work, and leadership
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Read MoreComey's book is not just about his take on Trump. It also reveals:
Higher Loyalty - it's not loyalty to the person but to values
Listening as a push-pull experience for greater understanding
You need to be confident enough to be humble
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Read MoreMany leaders work with me on their productivity. It’s a fundamental for leading Self and essential to master if we are going to expand our impact. Getting stuff done, the RIGHT stuff is every leader’s challenge.
This interview offers these highlights:
What people get wrong with productivity
Why projects are fundamental to business success and great workplace cultures
How the modern resume will list projects not just workplaces as indicators of professional nous and contribution
How to use projects to build habits
The inner game of productivity
How to build projects in to your personal life
What an Ishaya monk’s vows can do for productivity and quality of life
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Read MoreWorkers 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 MoreHis main point is that development matters. We need to develop our mental and emotional capacities in order to contend with the world we have created. We need to develop our inner dimensions to keep up and manage the complexities of what has evolved in our various cultures and economic systems.
He is a little short on practical how to's, so I endeavour to offer some practical steps to help us evolve. This week it is on morning routines.
Read MoreShanyn 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 MoreMegan Bromley explains the leadership principles that have made RedBalloon be voted best place to work five years in a row with Zoe Routh.
Read MoreEdge of Leadership Un-Conference expert presenter, Dr. Amy Silver overturns rationale for performance reviews and why we need to do them completely differently. She explains:
What has changed in the nature of work that has led to frustration with performance reviews
The bad habit we need to break to reclaim the effectiveness of performance reviews
Why we need to get achievement and the problem out of the person and into the system itself
How we can start building a whole system of competence
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Read MoreSimon is an author of two books Analogosaurus: Avoiding Extinction in a World of Digital Business and The Digital Champion: Connecting the Dots Between People, Work and Technology, he is also a sought after professional speaker and he runs a program called The Digital Champions Club to help organisations identify and adopt the technology tools that can provide you with a competitive advantage.
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Read MoreAlisa 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 More“Failure is just feedback.” Let’s get real. Sometimes failure is crippling and tragic. How do we deal with that kind of failure? When shame and tagged consumes us? We can recover, it takes focus and effort.
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Read MoreKey Points:
There is quantifiable research that has been done showing us exactly how to be more memorable and engaging.
It means becoming aware of facial movements, work style preferences, and learning key engagement questions.
Anyone can become popular!
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Read MoreWant 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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