John Davis is a prolific author and speaker, an entrepreneur and founder with global experience. One thing he is not is jaded, instead he’s passionate and positive about the ability of organisations and teams to have positive impacts on their communities, customers and employees. He helps organisations play a bigger game while also making a bigger contribution. In this episode he shares his leadership principles and priorities for doing this sustainably. John believes in good companies that support good citizens and this is how we can address some of society’s most pressing challenges.
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269 Leadership principles for a heartful business from author Eudora Pascall
Coach, facilitator, author and, as we discover in this episode, Quaker, Eudora Pascall is all about bringing the heart back to business. ‘Back’ because she believes we used to have it, especially in Quaker-led businesses that thrive on equality, with no hierarchy in their organisational structures. Eudora shares fascinating insights into the Quaker decision-making process and talks about the importance of structure to create space, how safety influences performance, perfection is not the goal and why it’s OK to bring love into the business conversation.
Read More268 Roy Osing’s leadership rules for being audaciously different!
Entrepreneur, author and former CMO Roy Osing dares to be different - in fact, he insists on it and helps his clients to do the same! Roy is a one of a kind leadership thinker with little patience for those who practice performative creativity instead of getting their hands dirty with the real thing. He has grown a start-up to billion dollar sales and authored seven books in his ‘Be Different or Be Dead’ series. Roy shares his contrary leadership philosophies from falling in love with micromanaging to his human-centric hiring process.
Read More267 Jade Lee’s leadership strategies for connected teams
From Brisbane to Nepal via London, Vietnam and Cambodia, Jade Lee approached her mid-career disillusionment from a very adventurous angle! With a career in HR under her belt, Jade was finely attuned to team building and engagement but what she experienced on her trek to Everest Base Camp gave her a fresh perspective. From the Sherpa’s servant leadership to building trust and connection at speed, it was a life-changing endeavor in many ways. Jade now draws on these experiences to help organisations improve team connection and engagement - it’s less perilous than Everest but the people stuff delivers plenty of challenges for this intrepid explorer.
Read More266 General Manager Laura Cunningham talks secrets of leadership success
The more you tell Laura Cunningham she won’t be able to do something, the more determined she is to prove you wrong! Working her way up the leadership ladder in industries that traditionally haven’t been seen as a viable option for working mums, Laura is now GM and one-third of the ownership team of Canberra-based CentreRED IT. She leads from the heart, with a passion for people that is evident in her relationships with colleagues, customers and communities. A true Amplifier, Laura gets her kicks from seeing those around her succeed at work and in life and in this episode she shares her career journey and what she's learned along the way.
Read More265 Making sense of technology - a leadership perspective from Dr. Rick Chromey
Author, cultural historian, leadership professor and educator Dr Rick Chromey has a fresh take on the impact of technology on society and culture. Eschewing traditional generational cohorts, Rick applies a behavioural lens to understand how shifts in technology play out in the people stuff. He connects our history with our potential future to predict where technology can take us and why. At the heart of Rick’s work is connection and he shares his GROWLS acronym for the deep human needs he believes every leader should be aware of.
Read More264 A leadership framework for cultures that deliver with Gerald Leonard
As a conservatory trained bassist and widely certified productivity and culture consultant, Gerald Leonard leverages the synergies of music and business to help teams deliver outstanding performances. Replicating the flow and connection of a jazz ensemble in a sprawling project team doesn’t faze Gerald, who thrives on organising chaos. Whether it’s getting the band together or satisfying the boardroom, it’s all a beautiful process that results in sweet music!
Read More263 First look and listen of The Olympus Project
With climate change wreaking havoc, new industries emerge to handle the challenges. “World design” is a burgeoning sector to take on creating human habitats for hotter temperatures and smaller arable, habitable landscapes. And then there is the push to build the first Moon base, the Olympus Project. This is the imagined future of Zoë Routh’s first novel The Olympus Project. Get an early listen to the overview and first chapter, along with an introduction to the theme for this quarter on the podcast: Holacracy, self-organising organisations.
Read More262 Hot tips for hybrid team success
The new world of work means some sort of blend of work from anywhere and co-location. Certainly flexibility is the biggest demand employees are making right now. So how to do it well? In this wrap up of the quarter’s theme on ‘Hybrid Team Success’ we offer five key principles for doing it better.
Read More261 Leadership principles for a digital detox with Daniel Sih
Strong leadership skills include good digital health. Daniel Sih is a physiotherapist turned productivity consultant and award-winning author. Daniel is all about cultivating smart digital habits that create space for thinking and resting, ultimately enabling us to be more present and more productive. In this episode he shares his own rituals for unplugging, why prioritising rest is key to productivity and how to rekindle face-to-face connection (just add food!).
Read More260 Leadership principles for speaking up from Gordon Graham
How do you speak truth to power? Or perhaps the real leadership question is, why would you speak truth to power? For Gordon Graham the answer was always because he had the best interests of his organisation at heart. When the integrity of his employer was under threat, Gordon put himself in the firing line by approaching his CEO with feedback. What unfolded was a long saga of toxic leadership and unethical management that took a concerted and courageous effort from Gordon and his colleagues to dismantle. In his book, The Intrepid Brotherhood, Gordon provides a cautionary tale to those in power and a reminder that vigilance and responsibility should filter through every level of an organisation.
Read More259 A former Navy SEAL’s leadership strategies for motivating teams
As a combat-decorated Navy SEAL, Marty Strong is no stranger to highly motivated teams. When he transitioned into business leadership, Marty saw a major contrast from battlefield to boardroom around training and motivation. From being shocked at how employees were treated, to the lack of a common vision and under-investment in training and skills development, Marty has brought his SEAL’s sensibilities to a leadership model that creates resilient teams with harmony at their heart. Marty shares his insights not just into leadership but how people tick and why a community matters in times of conflict.
Read More258 Leadership strategies for innovation with Bruno Pešec
Bruno Pešec, an Oslo-based Croatian and former engineer once worked for Toyota and saw for himself that it didn’t matter how great the idea was, how talented the engineers were, if the end user couldn’t see the value in it. This sparked a passion for leadership strategies and innovation that meets a need. It took Bruno down a path that combined the discipline of datasets with the messy people stuff of innovation, new ideas and strategic change. Bruno shares his insights and practical examples of how we are going about innovation wrong and what to do instead. Spoiler: start with the end in mind!
Read More257 Leadership principles for creating safety at work with Tim Mousseau
After surviving sexual assault and harrassment, Tim Mousseau knew he didn’t want anyone else to fear going to work or be subjected to toxic behaviours and cultures. Through his research and work with organisations in the US, Tim has developed the ‘Feel Safe Framework’ designed to get to the root of cultural issues that are derailing safety and belonging in the workplace. With a special interest in boundaries, Tim makes safety about both the individual and the organisation.
Read More256 A leadership code for building better teams from George Karseras
As one of the first psychologists to work with elite sports teams in the UK, George Karseras knows a thing or two about winning ways. His many years of experience in occupational psychology have led to the creation of a science-backed code for better organisational teaming. George offers a new perspective on team building that puts mental trust and shared purpose before emotional safety and prioritises probing questions over psychometric testing. He talks of using deals and contracts, skin in the game and lists of demands to get on the same page and even has a (gentle) crack at Patrick Lencioni! Cracking the code on performance means stepping out of your comfort zone - are you ready?! P.S. His book, Build Better Teams, is my favourite on team building - EVER!
Read More255 Marie-Claire Ross’ leadership framework for instilling trust
Can we have safety without trust? Marie-Claire Ross doesn’t think so - in fact, her extensive research has told her so. Author of Trusted to Thrive, Marie-Claire was working in the safety communications space when she realised it wouldn’t work if there wasn’t trust in the workplace. So she left her family business to study, talk and write about trust – specifically, how leaders can instill it. Her work revealed a trend of leaders believing they had built trust (they hadn’t), cultures of stalled communication and assumptions a-plenty! In this episode Marie-Claire shares her formula for creating a trust foundation that everyone can build on.
Read More254 Leadership strategies for creating space to think with Donna McGeorge
Picture this: a meeting is unexpectedly canceled and you feel a jolt of gratitude for the time you’ve just been refunded. What if you took control of creating that feeling by designing your day to for more brain buffer time? That’s a leadership bonus. It’s what productivity expert Donna McGeorge advocates to engage with what matters most.
Read More253 A leadership framework for trust from Dr Toby Travis
Dr Toby Travis believes mission fulfillment with wellbeing is the leadership sweet spot we should be aiming for. And it can’t be done without trust. Engineered from his own experiences in the workplace and doctoral research, Toby has crafted a bridge metaphor to illustrate how the right foundations and materials must be in place for trust to be built. Instead of conceptualising trust, he turns it into an assessable and actionable component of leadership that can create a workplace culture people want to be part of.
Read More252 Leadership strategies for psychological safety with Dr Sam Mather
As Sam Mather ascended the leadership ladder in her 20 year L&D career, she realised that work was not working. Taking the opportunity to pursue a PhD in Organisational Psychology, researching psychological safety and resilience in the workplace, Sam gained a deep understanding of how leadership and culture impacts performance but also where personal responsibility has a role to play. In pursuit of peak performance, Sam advocates for brain fitness, being selective with our attention and safeguarding our finite mental resources.
Read More251 Leadership strategies for getting out of the way with Sean McAuliffe
Sean McAuliffe loves fast cars and is driven to succeed but his leadership philosophies have evolved from a realisation that sometimes you have to take a back seat. An entrepreneur with a talent for understanding what the market needs, Sean built a successful car key supply business from scratch and, following a merger, identified the need to simplify employee communication and connection. So he came up with the solution and now practices what he preaches with his growing software business.
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