Rawthentic Leadership: Recent Episodes
Clare Edwards
Today’s first episode for 2024 is a little different. I recently launched my White Paper – The Social Factor – The Science Behind the Future of Effective People Leadership and today I present it to you in audio format, as some people prefer to listen than to read.
The White paper introduces you, the listener, to the concept of Social Leadership. It opens with the big picture and the challenges faced by todays leaders, examples being the gap between what leaders believe that employees want and what they really want and need. We explore the myriad demands of today's leader and the potential cost, mentally and emotionally.
We cover the people leadership journey - 'from Crisis to Conviction' and why the focus needs to be on developing leaders both formally and informally.
The Changing Face of Leadership tracks leadership Development over the ages and what 21st Century leadership looks like today in the Social Age.
The White Paper then introduces you to the concept of Social Leadership and the social cognitive neuroscience underpinning this approach.
The SOCIAL Model of Core Needs is presented in terms of elements, scope, detail and a detailed description of each element; how the absence of these needs can create a 'threat' response, and ways we can reduce this to create 'reward' responses in our people (the concept of threat and reward and also explained).
We each have a unique 'point in time' hierarchy of needs and this is explained in the paper, together with applications of the model and a case study of how it is being used by a global engineering consultancy.
Finally we look at balancing the focus on people and performance and the consequences of focusing too much or too little on one or the other.
If you would like a copy of the white paper, please head over to https://brain-smart.com/social/ and if you would like to complete the Hierarchy of Needs self-assessment here is the link https://brain-smart.com/hierarchy-register/
Finally - we'd love to hear your feedback so please engage with in the Social Leadership Conversation on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/beingbrainsmart/
Clare
socialleadership #podcast #rawthenticleadership #thefutureissocial #leadershipdevelopment
Episode 40 of the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast is a conversation jam packed with wisdom from lived experience and deep reflections.
My guest in conversation is Danielle Ballantine, CEO of Your Side Australia, a not-for-profit organisation specialising in providing total care for vulnerable Australians, in particular the elderly and disabled.
Our chosen topic of conversation centres on a much-needed skill in leadership – coaching
Here are some of the many topics and stories we explored and uncovered:-
- Danielle’s approach to coaching in business and what influenced it
- Role models in coaching leadership
- The many benefits of a coaching culture
- How coaching sits on a continuum
- When a coaching style of leadership is not appropriate
- The challenges of switching leadership styles
- Helping natural problem-solvers to develop a coaching approach
- The horse in the hole analogy!
- Creating a culture of problem-definition
- Empowering decision-making
- Drawing our strengths – the benefits of investing in training
- When leaders are too time-poor or cognitively overloaded to coach
- The greatest barriers to creating a coaching culture
- How coaching can facilitate managing and leading change
- What happens when we work and walk together
- Exploring differing coaching styles and finding the right fit
- The power of storytelling in coaching – when it works and when it doesn’t!
- How coaching builds confidence
- Coaching and decision-making autonomy
- Coaching and succession planning
You can follow Danielle here https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielleballantine/
You can visit Your Side Australia here https://yourside.org.au/
coachingleaderrship #coaching #coachingwisdom #rawthenticleadership #podcast
Episode 39 of the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast is an insightful exploration into the world of Diversity and Inclusion in leadership, with a focus on Inclusion.
My guest is D&I consultant Toby Mildon, who I worked with when he was working at the BBC. Our conversation has many levels of depth and covers a broad area, which makes it the perfect resource for any manager or leader wanting to get to grips with this critically important topic and also hear from Toby’s lived experience.
Here are some highlights from our conversation:-
- How Toby ‘fell’ into D&I
- The 10/90 Iceberg analogy
- The scope of diversity
- Micro aggressions and micro inequities – what’s the difference?
- Why some people don’t challenge micro-inequities
- Representation unpacked
- The criticality of representation (in leadership and throughout)
- Fear of causing offence and its impact
- Diversity washing a.k.a. window dressing – the rhetoric gap
- Calling out and calling in – what’s the difference?
- The ‘where D&I sits in the business’ conundrum
- One of the first questions Toby asks when consulting with new clients and the critical follow up question
- Essential elements to achieve ‘the golden standard’
- The difference between equity and equality
- Integrating D&I into ‘the way we do business – and a clear comparison
- The hierarchy, chronology and priorities of D&I
We ran out of time to cover intersectionality so here is a link to an explainer video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1islM0ytkE
You can follow Toby on LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobymildon/
Here are the links to Toby’s resources
Inclusive Growth Book UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inclusive-Growth-Future-proof-business-workplace/dp/178133448X
Inclusive Growth Book Australia - https://www.booktopia.com.au/inclusive-growth-toby-mildon/book/9781781334485.html
Free workplace diversity assessment - https://mildon.scoreapp.com/
Inclusive Growth Podcast - https://inclusivegrowthshow.buzzsprout.com/
rawthenticleadership #podcast #inclusion #diversityequityandinclusion #inclusioninleadership
Episode 38 of the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast is a must for anyone who is looking to find or further develop meaning and purpose in their lives, be it personal or professional. My guest, Professor Debbie Haski-Leventhal, MBA Director at Macquarie University shares her extraordinary story of family tragedy and what it meant to become members of a cult-like organisation and the trauma that ensued.
This is a story with a dramatic upturn and hence the topic of our conversation, the essence of meaningfulness in leadership.
Here are some highlights from our conversation:-
- Being born into tragedy
- Debbie’s introduction to the Kabbalah Centre and what it meant to the family
- ‘Spreading the light’ and ‘Ploughing’
- Breaking free and life ‘post Kabbalah’
- The project that changed everything
- Debbie’s education pathway and research into volunteering
- The darkest of hours - knitting the parachute
- Overcoming the fear of death
- Filling the void
- The difference between meaning and meaningfulness
- The T.I.P model for leading a more purposeful life (and lost of practical examples)
- Three power questions to ask in finding your passion
- Exploring CSR (Corporate and Social Responsibility) and organisational purpose
- Finding meaning at work
- Becoming a purpose-driven business and the role of leaders
- Instrumental versus moral motivation/obligation
- The consequences of green or rainbow washing
- Debbie’s role as MBA Director Macquarie University and bringing CSR into the MBA
Debbie’s book ‘Make it Meaningful’ How to find Purpose in Life and Work
Debbie’s TEDx Talk ‘The Purpose Driven University’ (15m 12s)
Debbie’s website
References made in the podcast
Happiness and its Causes Conference 16th & 17th November Sydney - Debbie will be speaking on Day 1
‘Educated’ by Tara Westover
Immanuel Kant’s 4 Categorical Imperatives
purposedrivenleadership #impactleadership #meaning #meaningfulness #purpose #impact #csr
Today I bring you part 2 of my conversation with Yaser Naseri, an Iranian refugee with a story to tell.
Please, if you happen to have stumbled on this episode and have not listened to part 1 – head now to listen to Episode 36 then come back here and all will make sense.
What an honour it was to listen to part 2 of Yaser Naseri’s story as a refugee from Iran, part 2 starting with the day he arrived in Brisbane.
You cannot not be moved by Yaser, not just his story but his attitude, his determination to make a life worth living, his desire and need to be a voice for all those who have lost their lives fleeing war, persecution and discrimination, and above all his hopes for the future.
You can help his hopes and dreams become a reality by considering Yaser as your next Keynote Speaker. Please connect with him on LinkedIn (contact details below).
Enjoy
Here are some show notes
- The day Yaser arrived from Indonesia to Australia
- The refuges settlement process and Yaser’s emotional response
- The journey to master the English language
- Yaser’s volunteering experience and paying it forward for refugees
- From Brisbane to Sydney, an epiphany and the next chapter
- A day in the life of Yaser the University Student
- A shout out to TAFE counsellors and other support resources
- Careerseekers to the rescue
- Yaser’s first internship
- The challenges in navigating new systems
- The transition from intern to full time employee
- The role of Yvonne Kelly and her social enterprise Glow Up Careers
- Pairing up to spread the message – Yvonne and Yaser’s keynote speaking
- A call out to all organisations to consider hiring refugees
- How Yaser plans to use his story for good
- The appointment of Yaser as a National Refugee Ambassador for Australia (Refugee Council of Australia)
- Hopes and dreams for the future from a global perspective
- How hope can help us as we lead our families, community and business
- The challenge of maintaining hope
- Yaser returns to Indonesia
If this story moves or inspires you, and I can’t imagine it for one moment that it won’t, then please share it far and wide - thank you.
The podcast is available on all podcast platforms and on the BrainSmart website (details in comments)
hope #resilience #leadership #rawthenticleadership #refugeeswelcome #survival #podcast #rawthenticleadership
The ABC article about the boat capsizing - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-19/hopes-fade-for-asylum-seekers/3737376
Yaser on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasernaseri/
Yaser on Instagram - @yasernaseri_
Careerseekers - http://www.careerseekers.org.au/
GlowUp Careers - https://glowupcareers.com/
Yvonne Kelly (Glow Up Careers) on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/yvonnekelly1
Sydney Uni article - https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/05/26/from-devastation-to-a-dream-come-true.html
In this episode, Yaseri Naser shares part one of his extraordinary journey of arriving in Australia from Iran.
There are no shownotes today, the story unfolds itself and all the wisdom is held in Yaser’s words
Once you have listened to the story you may find this article of value
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-19/hopes-fade-for-asylum-seekers/3737376
hope #resilience #humanity #survival #leadership #refugeeswelcome
Episode 35 of the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast is a conversation of both depth and with wisdom on the topic of service in leadership and with local government Councillor Sue Baker.
Sue shares how she transitioned from a career in learning and development to representing the City of Frankston in local Government and how she drew on her years of experience in hospitality and training to serve her constituents in the very best ways possible.
Here are some highlights from our conversation:-
- How Sue’s eclectic career shaped her attitude and passion for service
- The importance of alignment between an organisation’s external focus on service and their leadership culture
- A pivotal moment in understanding the value of culture and people
- The story of how Sue came to stand for election and how she applied creativity and innovation in a challenging time to create a unique campaign strategy
- Essential key attributes of servant leadership and how to serve when you have 142,000 customers to serve!
- Understanding the process of deliberative engagement with the community
- The consultative continuum – from informing to co-design
- The importance of self-care when leading with the spirit to serve
- The rewards and challenges of taking a service in leadership role
servantleadership #podcast #spirittoserve #communityengagement #leadership #authenticity #rawthenticleadership
Rawthentic Leadership has been ranked number 4 in Australia’s top 25 Leadership Podcasts
We are on a mission to get the message out to the business community about those 21st Century leadership skills that engage, inspire, motivate and develop people to be their very best and achieve their potential so if you enjoy the podcast, please head over to Apple podcasts and give us a rating and review or if Spotify is your platform of Choice please follow us – thank you!
Please also subscribe to our YouTube channel
If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please donate here – thank you
Episode 34 of the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast is a must for anyone who either wants to improve their networking capability, doesn't like to network but realises that it can be good for business, or simply wants to listen to someone who is passionate about their purpose in life.
Today I bring you an exceptionally practical and often funny conversation with Charlie Lawson, a networking and promotion expert with a twist.
This podcast is not just for leaders, it’s for everyone in business. We redefine and reframe networking, ditching its negative stereotype and Charlie then fires nugget after nugget of practical tips for anyone wanting to build meaningful business relationships.
Here are some highlights from our conversation
- A definition of networking that busts the stereotypical view
- How networking is like a fishing net!
- Why networking is still relevant to leaders in corporate business
- Expanding the scope of networking
- My favourite opening question when networking and Charlie’s support story and outcome
- The power of facilitating introductions
- Charlie reveals the truth about networking for him
- The role of introversion and extraversion when it comes to networking
- One of Charlie’s first speaking experiences
- Practical tips for those for whom networking isn’t their favourite pastime!
- How the world of networking has changed post the pandemic era
- Practical tips and a process for the forgotten gem of networking – the follow up
- How to find out how good a networker you are
networking #connection #relationshipbuilding #podcasting #rawthenticleadership
Charlie’s website
You can connect with Charlie here
How good a networker are you? Link to the questionnaire
Is networking just schmoozing? Charlie's vlog
Rawthentic Leadership has been ranked number 4 in Australia’s top 25 Leadership Podcasts
We are on a mission to get the message out to the business community about those 21st Century leadership skills that engage, inspire, motivate and develop people to be their very best and achieve their potential so if you enjoy the podcast, please head over to Apple podcasts and give us a rating and review or if Spotify is your platform of Choice please follow us - thank you!
Please also subscribe on our YouTube channel
If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please donate here – thank you!
Note to self, when in conversation with someone who epitomises humility in leadership, don’t expect them to talk about themselves in a hurry!
Meet Matt Cameron, Rugby League CEO of the Penrith Panthers, and my latest guest in conversation for the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast.
The Penrith Panthers are a professional rugby league team based in Western Sydney and they have been on an incredible journey over the past few years coming from behind to be in the Grand Final in 2020 and win the Grand Finals in 2021 and 2022.
Though we might not necessarily have done a deep dive talking about humility, you’ll quickly grasp why I wanted to have Matt as my guest for this topic by the way he talks about his education, his team, the club and its culture. If you're a fan of Rugby League and curious about gaining an insight into club culture then this podcast is most definitely for you!
Listening again to this podcast with my leadership hat on, there is much we can learn and apply in business from the world of high performance sport.
Here are just a few of the golden nuggets gleaned from our conversation:-
- Matt’s career before joining professional sports
- Why Matt believes that he has the best and worst job in the world
- Humility – creating the environment for others to flourish
- Humility as part of the culture of the club
- Leading with vulnerability-based trust
- Using a repeatable metaphor to continually improve
- The difference between peer-to-peer accountability and a blame culture
- The role of storytelling in onboarding new players and developing deeper ongoing relationships
- Being comfortable to be challenged and the results it can deliver
- Matt’s open-door policy – the ‘couch’ effect!
- The source of Matt’s humility – a heart-warming story about his school teachers and upbringing
- The role of mentoring in helping to develop humility as a leadership trait
- Harnessing the wisdom of our elders
- Future-proofing the business and the team; the role of pathways in succession planning
- What Matt still wants to develop in himself as a leader
It’s probably not a surprise that Matt doesn’t do social media but you can find out more about club of which he is so proud in their documentary https://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/news/2023/02/26/streaming-now-watch-all-the-way-on-9now/
Matt also speaks fondly of The Patrician Brothers from his school days. You can find out more here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrician_Brothers
Rawthentic Leadership has been ranked number 4 in Australia’s top 25 Leadership Podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/australian_leadership_podcasts/
We are on a mission to get the message out to the business community about those 21st Century leadership skills that engage, inspire, motivate and develop people to be their very best and achieve their potential so if you enjoy the podcast, please head over to Apple podcasts and give us a rating and review or if Spotify is your platform of Choice please follow us - thank you!
Please also subscribe on our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKjgNrVcmB-hDnDdobYOmHw
If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please donate here – thank you!
rawthenticleadership #podcast #humility #leadershipdevelopment #nrl #rugbyleague #highperformanceinsport #teamdevelopment
Meet Dr Kirstin Ferguson AM, leader, board member, journalist and bestselling author of ‘Head & Heart : The Art of Modern Leadership’ and my most recent guest for the Rawthentic Leadership podcast.
Kirstin’s diverse career, attitude to risk and passion for diversity and inclusion makes for an enriching and lively conversation about what modern day leadership is and means, the stereotypes that need to change and how we can become the very best leaders we can by leading with both head and heart.
Some of the many points we covered as the time flew by include:-
- Kirstin’s leadership journey starting at 17 in the Royal Australian Airforce
- From the military to law and psychology – the journey to leading people
- Being prepared to say “YES”!
- The thread that tied Kirstin’s diverse career goals together
- Addressing imposter syndrome
- The evolution of leading with Head & Heart
- Adaptive leadership – what it really means
- A peek into the experience of sitting on Boards
- The wonderful Word to Wisdom ratio and a leader who epitomises it!
- Kirstin’s crisis support work at Lifeline
- How Kirstin arrived at the 8 head and heart leadership attributes
- Why empathy can be a double-edged sword
- What stops some leaders embracing leading with head and heart
- The self/others awareness gap
- How to close the gap on the blind spots - how you see yourself versus how you are perceived by others
- Why this is a leadership book that you will finish
- An insight into he process of writing the book
- One of the many interviews that stood out for Kirstin and why
- Exploring the 2 concepts of ‘everyone is a leader’ and ‘leadership is a series of moments’
- Kirstin’s Head & Heart leader scale
leadership #emotionalintelligence #author #bestsellingbook #poscast #rawthenticleadership #headheartleaderscale
You can follow Kirstin on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirstinferguson/
and her website https://www.kirstinferguson.com/
To complete the Head & Heart Leader scale and purchase the book visit https://headheartleader.com/
Meet Jenny Steadman, Acting Director of Potential Project and my first guest in conversation for Season 3 of the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast. The topic of our conversation was, in my opinion, the perfect choice for the start of a new business year, ‘The Essence of Mindfulness in leadership’.
Here are some of the many topics we covered. You can listen to the podcast on all major platforms and the BrainSmart website:-
- A synopsis of Jenny’s eclectic career, starting out as a classical musician
- Jenny’s interesting introduction to mindfulness
- A working, practical definition of mindfulness
- Why we need mindfulness more than ever before as leaders
- Practical tips to catch moments of stillness
- The power of a short body scan
- Using mindfulness to quickly destress
- Supercharging our insight when it comes to making judgements
- The link between mindfulness and mitigating bias
- The benefits of cognitive flexibility
- How mindfulness came into mainstream business
- Mindful mayonnaise!
- The increase in peer-reviewed research on the benefits of mindfulness in the workplace
- The work of the Potential Project
- The interesting impact of mindfulness on physical safety in the workplace
- Compassionate Leadership – How to do hard things in a human way (book link in the comments)
- When care is a barrier to action
- How empathy can be a double-edged sword
- The difference between empathy and compassion
- What it means to be fully present
- Two small yet effective strategies to experience mindfulness
You can connect with Jenny using the following links:-
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-steadman/
Jenny’s website https://www.jennysteadman.com.au/
Potential Project https://www.potentialproject.com/
Client case studies - https://www.potentialproject.com/clients
Compassionate Leadership – the book - https://www.compassionateleadershipbook.com/
Mindful mayonnaise! https://www.godairyfree.org/product-reviews/earth-balance-mindful-mayo
Today I bring you a conversation with a difference, it’s with me.
Over the past few months I have been approached by listeners with the odd question and so the idea emerged to answer them in a podcast.
I approached the wonderful Trent Rosen, Learning and Development manager of Canteen Australia and asked if he would interview me as he knew me a little from work we had done together pre covid but he didn’t know me too well.
It was certainly an experience and I have developed even more admiration of and empathy for my podcast guests as committing to the essence of being real, raw and authentic can also be a place of vulnerability.
No real show notes - that would be a little self-indulgent!
Today I bring you a fascinating and insightful conversation with Michael Henderson, corporate anthropologist, culture expert and my latest guest in conversation for the Rawthentic Leadership podcast on ‘Leading with Culture’.
Michael has overseen or supported over 300 company culture transformations in countries around the world and in many different sectors, and our conversation delivers fascinating insights into organisational culture, what it is and isn’t, surprising statistics about levels of proactive investment in building culture and much, much more.
Here are a few of the golden nuggets gleaned from our conversation:-
- The percentage of organisations that are aligning culture to strategy
- The culture/strategy chicken and egg problem
- The ‘speaking about’ versus ‘knowing about’ culture conundrum
- The staff/leadership knowledge and awareness gaps
- Why culture isn’t top of the strategic agenda
- One word that makes all the difference when defining culture
- What culture really is
- Brining culture to life
- What cultural anthropologists do and how it differs from other culture transformation specialists
- An insight into cognitive anthropology
- How humans ‘think’ about culture
- How to broaden your ‘schematic vocabulary’
- Problems versus perspectives
- The value of uncovering perspectives – a case study
- The impact of leaders on culture
- Michael’s take on leadership
- Culture considerations in mergers and acquisitions
- Maintaining culture in a hybrid world
- A great example of a remote culture working well
- How leaders can leave a legacy of maintaining culture
- Case study of a real estate business that wasn’t in real estate – what business are you in?
- What leaders must get clear on to succeed
Michael’s book 'Above the Line: How to Create a Company Culture that Engages Employees, Delights Customers and Delivers Results' can be purchased here
You can connect with Michael on LinkedIn here
www.culturesatwork.com
In the new year Michael will be making his culturing programs available for individuals (currently only available to organisations). For more information please follow this link https://www.culturesatwork.com/culture-programs
Today I bring you a thought-provoking and sometimes challenging conversation with Dr John Demartini, an incredible man who has inspired, and challenged, thousands of people to recognise their full potential.
Our chosen topic is ‘Leading with Values’ and we cover it from multiple perspectives, including how to shift values in your hierarchy and dealing with conflicting values in relationships.
Our conversation starts with the story of how Dr John came to discover the significance of values.
Here are a few of the golden nuggets gleaned from our conversation:-
- Why some people are unaware of their hierarchy of values
- The fear that stops us living to our values
- The areas of our life depending on values
- Our value-givers from childhood and the impact this has on our lives
- How your body & mind tell you that you’re not living to your values
- The values determination process
- How to shift priorities up your hierarchy of values
- How we sabotage our values
- How to deal with conflicting values in a relationship
- Challenging the concept of organisational values
- How values can help in the hiring process
- The questions to answer to determine you real values
- The link between values and self-worth
- The story of how Dr John has boundless energy for what he does
- The teacher who inspired Dr John and his resulting epiphany
- Dr Demartini’s inspiring closing message that everyone needs to hear!
I studied with Dr John and took part in his breakthrough experience twice. It was life-changing for me and I am happy to share how it changed my life if you are curious. This was a deeply personal transformation so I would prefer to share on a 1 to 1 basis.
Resources by Dr John
Value Determination Process - a 13-step process that will help you to uncover your highest priorities.
Website - www.drdemartini.com
Books
The Values Factor The Secret to Creating an Inspired and Fulfilling Life
The 7 Secret Treasures A Transformational Blueprint for a Well-Lived Life – released 25th October 2022
Here is a short excerpt on values from the book
“Look deeply and profoundly into your life and find out where your mind is already alert. You know you have it, so don’t lie to yourself by saying you don’t. Where is your mind most alert? Where is it creative? Where is it spontaneous? Where does it have the power to answer questions quickly? Where does it think creatively?
Don’t stop until you find that area. Acknowledge it, write it down, and don’t let anybody on the outside impose on you the belief that you don’t have it.
I don’t know about you, but I have yet to see anybody who gets up in the morning and says, “I want to be less. I want to shrink.” There’s a yearning inside all of us to expand our awareness and potential. We serve the world by shining, not shrinking, and as a result, we have a desire to expand our mind. If we don’t, we constrict our life.
Gifts
Free Workbook on Empowerment - 7 Steps to expand to the next level of empowerment
Free Masterclass for podcast listeners - 7 free masterclasses available for listeners on topics including financial freedom, self-love, universal laws and much more.
Awakening your Astronomical Vision - This free gift has a $50 value and is recorded in a planetarium against the backdrop of stars and planets that make up our solar system. Dr. Demartini is at his best sharing a profound presentation that reaches from the astronomical vision to the daily actions that shape your most inspired and profound destiny as a person.
Today I bring you an inspiring conversation with Daniel Flynn, co-founder of Thankyou, a for profit social enterprise selling consumer products* where 100% of profits go to funding projects globally that are aimed at ending extreme poverty and owned 100% by a Charitable Trust.
The topic for today’s conversation is ‘Leading with Purpose’ and Daniel shares his story from the very first moment he knew that he needed to do something big and that nothing would stop him or his co-founders (best mate and girlfriend now wife).
What I love about this conversation is that we dive deep from the outset and Daniel’s willingness to share so openly makes for an experience that epitomises the essence of rawthenticity.
Here are a few of the golden nuggets gleaned from our conversation:-
- Great journeys begin with a moment; the moment that started a movement
- The irony of water consumption and Thankyou’s first product
- What stops us from taking action to make the unseen seen
- The phenomenon of cause fatigue
- The rollercoaster journeys of Thankyou as highlighted in Daniels’ book ‘Chapter One’
- When the going gets tough and you feel like quitting
- The significance of mentors
- Daniel’s journey to discover his purpose – peeling back the onion layers (key questions to reflect on)
- The power of silence to reveal our purpose
- Is my ladder up against the right wall?
- A profound definition of leadership
- The gift of a youthful, childlike mindset
- Blue sky days
- Being ruthlessly open and transparent
- A definition of integrity
- The 5 core values that drive Thankyou’s culture
- Daniel’s experience of being interviewed by Barack Obama
- Practical and precious advice for those struggling with their purpose
- The power of ‘what if?’
- The strength of the Thankyou tribe of supporters and Thankyou’s bold and cheeky supermarket campaign
*I’ve been buying Thankyou’s product for years; they are great quality and highly affordable -available in a supermarket near you!
Thankyou’s website https://thankyou.co/
Thankyou's range of products https://thankyou.co/categories
Daniel’s book ‘Chapter One’ https://au.shop.thankyou.co/products/chapter-one-book
Thankyou’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/thankyouaus (where you can watch their infamous Coles and Woolworths campaign!)
Daniel being interviewed by Barack Obama - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dp8kFwptFM
A great blog on how to create your values - https://thankyou.co/blog/2019/11/what-are-your-values
leadingwithpurpose #purpose #socialenterprise #perserverence #resilience #inspiration #rawthenticity #podcast
Today I bring you a a value-packed conversation with Debra Corey, Chief Pay it Forward Officer of DebCo HR that focuses on the critical subject of recognition. Debra is so generous in her storytelling and sharing of case studies and also offers advice on how to create a recognition program on a shoestring
Here are a few of the golden nuggets gleaned from our conversation:-
- Debra’s first bucket list achievement
- Why recognition was chosen as a speciality
- How some recognition strategies can result in exclusion and a lack of appreciation
- Heineken – a case study of joy
- The difference between recognition and appreciation
- The neuroscience of recognition
- How recognising people is good for stress
- How well-defined recognition programs significantly impact employee retention
- Recognition as a key driver of people leaving organisations
- Statistics around the benefits of recognition
- The power of informal recognition
- Understanding how people want to be recognised and differing considerations
- Burton’s biscuits and LinkedIn’s recognition programs
- Using a people-centred approach to creating programs
- The many and varied dimensions of recognition
- The recognition rebelution
- Acting on employee feedback
- Recognition in a virtual/hybrid environment – key considerations
- Recognition programs on a shoestring!
- A 3 step recognition model
- The 4 things we must do when recognising people
- The power of story in recognition
- Keeping a recognition/success/brag file
Debra’s website is here
You can connect directly with Debra on LinkedIn here
Debra’s books are:-
- Appreciate it! The Playbook for Employee Recognition
- Bringing Your Values Out to Play
- Build It: The Rebel Playbook for Employee Engagement
A highly upbeat and practical conversation with Nikki Beaumont, CEO of recruitment specialists Beaumont People on the topic ‘Leading people before profit’. Nikki has been approached frequently to share her experience of implementing a four day work week (pre pandemic), a gender neutral parental leave policy and to share the successes of Beaumont people in the charity sector and with their awards for ‘A best place to work’.
- The ‘must keeps’ and ‘let go ofs’ when creating a recruitment company from scratch
- Tough decisions in tough times
- The challenges of sticking to a ‘placing people first’ policy in difficult times
- Turning the support tables in the pandemic
- How the 4 day work week came about and what (or rather who) influenced Nikki to make the change early in 2020
- Beaumont People’s gender neutral parental leave scheme
- The elements of company culture that make the policies work
- The importance of measuring outcomes and conditions requires to focus on outcomes over hours worked
- Sound advice on where to start
- How Nikki and team landed the best place to work and moved up 7 places in a year!
- Nikki and the team have saved over 320 charities more than $30 million in recruitment fees. Read about it here
The meaningful work profile tool that Nikki mentioned can be accessed here
The Beaumont People website is https://www.beaumontpeople.com.au/
Nikki and Beaumont people feature in a number of books and publications
Let’s Talk Culture – Shane Michael Hatton
For Love & Money – Carolyn Butler Madden
Breaking the Gender Code – Danielle Dobson
You can connect directly with Nikki on LinkedIn here
Today I bring you probably the most rawthentic conversation I’ve had the honour to be a part of since the podcast began. Our topic is ‘Leading with your Truth’ and my guest Steven Crane shares the sometimes brutal reality of life that takes every ounce of self-leadership to get through to the other side and thrive.
Though raw and at times confronting, this conversation is filled with hope and optimism for a brighter future for all who want it and are prepared to work for it.
Here are a few of the golden nuggets gleaned from our conversation though I would urge you to listen first:-
- The drivers behind Steven’s decision to join the US Marine Corps
- Realisations from time spent in one of the toughest military disciplines
- How a lateral move request changed Steven’s life and career trajectory
- What you truly care about when you hit rock bottom and find yourself homeless
- When you’re achieving everything and still feeling like a failure
- The life-saving power of reframing
- Embracing the truth and waking up to yourself
- Using education to turn things around
- The metaphor of the box and the bogey man
- How Steven uses his time now to help others and himself
- Steven’s book and its great working title
- What the future holds for Steven and his message for anyone looking to lead with their truth
If anything in this podcast episode has triggered your need for help, please reach out to the many and various organisations in your country
You can connect directly with Steven on LinkedIn here and his email address is steven at stevencrane.com
You can learn more about Steven’s journey here
Meet Jane Hemingway-Mohr, founder, CEO and Head Coach of Leading Edge Professional Development. Our conversation today centres on leadership in action, focusing on building leadership and high performing team capabilities in real time and in a very special environment.
All will be revealed as you listen to this episode.
Here are a few of the golden nuggets gleaned from our conversation:-
- Jane’s early leadership experiences in a ‘flat’ hierarchy and with a leader who role modelled great leadership
- How horses
- demonstrate shared leadership
- ‘speak loudly’ feeding back their observations
- look for leadership and what they do if they don’t find it
- demonstrate the need for safety and or leadership if it is lacking
- teach us about trust and inclusion
- An epiphany about leadership with empathy
- A lesson for facilitators
- ‘Herds are to horses as teams are to people’!
- Jane’s perspective on the critical elements of leadership
- When the equine coaches want to change jobs!
- What happens if program participants are afraid of horses
I am excited to be collaborating with Jane where the experiential element of our BrainSmart Leadership Academy will be training with our equine co-coaches.
You can find out more about Jane and her team at https://leadingedgeprofessionaldevelopment.com.au/
You can connect directly with Jane on LinkedIn here
Did you know that Rawthentic Leadership is currently ranking 8th in the top 25 Australian Leadership Podcasts? You can help us get to number 1 by heading over to Apple iTunes and subscribing, giving us a positive rating and writing a short review – thank you!
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Today I bring you an open and warm conversation with Toni Powell, keynote speaker, wellbeing wonder worker, gratitude expert and self-confessed worrywart.
Our conversation focuses on the power of gratitude, what life was like for Toni before she discovered gratitude and why it’s an essential leadership capability.
Here are some of the key areas we covered:-
- How Toni discovered the antidote to depression
- Getting the order of circumstance and gratitude the right way round; what flipped the switch for Toni
- Toni's definition of gratitude, what it is and isn't and why it's definitely not soft
- Gratitude as a leadership capability; a heart-warming success story
- Six simple steps to find a gratitude practise
- The ripple effect of gratitude
Toni is a Keynote Speaker at Happiness and its Causes 17th & 18th March 2022 in Sydney (hybrid) there are still tickets!
You can connect with Toni on Instagram and LinkedIn or her websites https://www.tonipowell.com or https://tonipowell.me
Watch her fabulous TEDx Talk, The Power of Words or purchase her books here
Meet Yvonne and Alex Kelly - Founders of Glow Up Careers, an award winning Social Enterprise and one I am proud to be a part of. Our topic in conversation is Leading for Social Good and it was a conversation I found inspiring, uplifting and of significant importance for 21st Century leadership.
Theirs is a mission is to empower everyone to have the career of their dreams no matter who they are or where they are from, and they are equally passionate about diversity and inclusion in action with their current focus being on refugees.
I really can’t do justice to this podcast in listing topics that we covered but just to whet your whistle:-
- The moving story of how Yvonne and Alex came to create Glow Up
- The power of reflection and a key revelation about refugees
- Changing the culture of recruitment
- The role of diversity and inclusion in hiring
- The invisible and untapped potential waiting and wanting to work
- How Glow Up is contributing to the UN’s sustainable development goals
- The role of social good in attracting talent
- A challenge to companies that stick to strict hiring criteria
- The lightbulb moment around career coach accreditation
- Start up challenges – real tales from the trenches
- How brands have thrived as a result of social good (and the cost of paying lip service)
- Why advocacy is paramount for hiring refugees and the many misconceptions that exist
- How the pandemic helped with Glow Up’s strategy
- The future of Glow Up – expanding the cohorts in their community
- Issues of overseas skills and qualification recognition in Australia
You can connect with Yvonne here
You can connect with Alex here
Glow Up Careers
Driftwood Consulting
Australian Employer Network for Refugee Inclusion
Diversity Hiring Report
Rawthentic Leadership has been ranked number 10 in Australia’s top 25 Leadership Podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/australian_leadership_podcasts/
Today I bring you a conversation jam-packed with golden nuggets from Andrew Butow of Earth2Mars. Our topic of conversation is Leading Successful change and covers so many aspects of change ranging from inclusion through to the tole of technology.
Our conversation begins with Andrew sharing how his growing up in South Africa shaped his whole philosophy on change and a warning – if you don’t like space-based puns – cover your ears!
Enjoy
Here are a few of the golden nuggets gleaned from our conversation:-
- How Earth2Mars came to be named
- How Andrew’s growing up in South Africa influenced his approach to change
- The power of a unified and clear vision for change
- Why Elon Musk is a leadership role model for Andrew
- The mission of Earth2Mars
- The changing face of leadership in change
- The role of inclusion in successful change
- How technology is changing the change space
- The power of vulnerability in leadership
- Embracing not replacing!
- Embracing resistance and uncertainty
- Contextualising the meaning of change
- Real talk!
- Psychological safety in successful change
- Human Centred Design approaches
- Elevating Change Management to Change Leadership
- The power of collaboration and design thinking
- How Human Centred Design and technology can accelerate the change process
- Why NOW is the most exciting time to be in the change space
Andrew mentioned a number of resources here:-
Singularity University
Documentary (Netflix) The Edge of all we Know
Earth2Mars website
Earth2Mars courses (Public and in house)
Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn
Connect with Hyugo on LinkedIn
The Earth2Mars Space for Change group on LinkedIn
Today I bring you a conversation filled with insight and humour with Kim Taylor of Ultimate Communicator. From the get-go Kim epitomises rawthenticity by sharing her leadership lessons from a personally challenging time and our conversation weaves from assertiveness to empathy to owing how we communicate and who we are as communicators.
Enjoy
Here are some of the nuggets gleaned from our conversation:-
- What drives Kim to fulfil her mission of helping others to speak up
- Leadership lessons from early and challenging days
- A definition of empathy
- Can empathy be learned?
- The ripple effect of an empathic leadership style
- Can you be too empathic?
- The Ultimate Communicator Archetypes
- The 'aha' moment people get when they start to close the gap
Ways you can connect with Kim:-
Kim's website - https://ultimatecommunicator.com.au
Ultimate Communicator Archetypes - https://ultimatecommunicator.com.au/be-ultimate/ultimate-communicator-archetypes/
www.linkedin.com/in/kim-taylor-7699296/
https://www.instagram.com/ultimatecommunicator/
https://www.facebook.com/kimtaylor63
Today I bring you a reflective conversation with Leesa Tongoulidis of Human Art. Our topic of conversation is Human Centred Design (or HCD), something that Leesa has been practising way before it had a label.
Our conversation begins with me asking Leesa for her definition of HCD so we can demystify it and she gives me a simple, highly memorable response.
Enjoy
Here are a few of the golden nuggets gleaned from our conversation:-
- Why, in Leesa’s opinion, HCD isn’t (yet) embedded in organisational cultures
- Evidence of organisations doing HCD well
- How iCare embraced HCD with their worker’s compensation claims process
- Empathy as a foundation for HCD
- How Leesa is giving back through her business Human Art
Leesa mentioned a number of resources here:-
Why Human Centred Design is a key future skill | RMIT University - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKofCWEMv24
The story of how a global brand was created in 1894 using HCD principles and some practical tips for adopting HCD practices
https://www.wired.com/insights/2013/12/human-centered-design-matters/ -
HCD in the era of Covid - https://www.bcg.com/en-au/publications/2020/the-importance-of-human-centered-design
Bringing the brain into HCD - http://customerinnovations.com/the-emergence-of-cognitive-experience-design/
The Cynefin framework - https://cynefincentre.com/the-cynefin-framework/
Make me a leader - award winning documentary - https://www.aboutmybrain.com/make-me-a-leader
Leesa’s website - https://humanart.com.au/
Leesa on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/leesatongoulidis/
Today I bring you an engaging conversation (pardon the pun) with Peter Voskuilen, on the topic of engagement.
Our conversation starts with an interesting story about how Peter came to join Rentokil-Initial, the company with which he’s IT Pacific Director and continues on with Pete sharing some golden nuggets on the topic of and his passion with – engagement.
Some of the things we covered include:-
- How to answer the same interview question and get 2 polar opposite responses
- Key elements of engagement
- Why involvement in strategy is key
- How to use intrinsic motivation to increase productivity, engagement and quality outcomes
- Why soft skills can trump hard skills in selection and retaining great people
- Maintaining engagement in times of disruption and with hybrid and working from home models
- The magic of coffee roulette!
- The importance of informal connection in the workplace
- How to attract talent when you’re not the sexiest of businesses!
Enjoy the podcast!
You can connect with Peter on LinkedIn here and he’s more than keen to engage with you!
A lively conversation with Stephanie Christopher CEO of The Executive Connection, an organisation I speak for.
Our conversation begins with a question I’ve never asked my previous podcast guests and takes on a journey of Stephanie’s carer and her passion for leading the next generation.
An early turning point for Stephanie came as her father suggested she would make a good PA and her mother retorted that she would make a better boss! Stephanie shares how she, like many of us, was ‘a product of the times’ – she then goes on to share how she changed that trajectory.
Here are a few of the golden nuggets gleaned from our conversation:-
- How we are influenced by stereotypes
- Why you can’t be a ‘one man band’ as a leader
- What’s your lens of talent through the whole organisation?
- The advent of ‘choose your own career pathways
- Why you need to slow down to speed up
- The best question to ask a person starting on their first day of a new job!
- Acknowledge your bias when it comes to leading intergenerational teams – look in the mirror
- Be open to not having all the answers – experience can count for much…or it can count for nothing
The Executive Connection website
TEC Live Podcast
Stephanie on LinkedIn
A topical conversation jam packed with tips, tools and tales from the trenches on leading in a virtual world. Emma Weber set up her organisation to lead virtually from inception in 2002 and generously shares her wisdom on what to do and not to do to succeed leading your people virtually.
An enlightening conversational exploration of the role of curiosity in leadership. Stella is a superb storyteller sharing how curiosity shaped her career and life. We also do a deep dive into the role of curiosity in leadership.
Silvia founded The About my Brain Institute in 2009, with the purpose of democratising leadership & neuroscience. She has a passionately held belief, that leaders in our 21st century global economy and their organisations must radically change long-held ideas of what constitutes effective leadership and this is will be the topic of our podcast today
A thought-provoking conversation on the topic of intuition in leadership, decision-making and relationship building
An engaging conversation where Gunnar shares the the challenges and triumphs of self-development from an accidental manager to an intentional leader.
An insightful conversation where Jeanette shares the challenges and triumphs of carving a deliberate varied leadership career serving both private and public sector and across the globe.
Marcus is passionate about ensuring that everyone knows how they contribute to individual and team success, whatever that may look like through his commitment to enabling leadership.
An inspiring conversation filled with hope and gratitude where Bill 'Sully' Sullivan takes us deep into building a leadership philosophy and practice of influence that is also one of total integrity.
An uplifting conversation with someone on a mission of epic proportions - to end sex trafficking in Cambodia. Nicky shares with us her valuable leadership lessons for business and life.
Wayne shares with us his wisdom, perspective and experience from being a high performance coach in both sport and business, and we explore the system he uses to help leaders and teams to gain a much deeper understanding of themselves and one another.
Will takes us on a journey sharing relevant stories from his 34 year career as a Captain in the Australian Navy and how he uses his experience to coach leaders and teams alike in the practice of generous leadership. We explore what generous leadership is and isn't and how Will’s experience of working under leaders of polar opposite styles, shaped his own leadership philosophy. From Captain Cantankerous to Captain my hero, I know you’ll enjoy the journey!
An enlightening conversation that explores how we can build truly inclusive cultures and packed with practical strategies for minimising conscious exclusion and building a workplace where people are more than included, they FEEL included
A conversation filled with hope. Shelagh Brennand shares her story of being in the police, becoming a private investigator then experiencing a life changing event.How she deals with that event contains lessons for us all.
An enlightening conversation with Ronnie who shares with us his ideas, opinions and philosophy around heart-centred leadership.
Andy is a lenschanger, thought provoker, coach & mentor. In this insightful conversation Andy shares the origin of the term 'lenschanger' and how he has used these attributes to become a highly connected leader
This trailer highlights what the Rawthentic Leadership podcast is all about, its aims and goals to bring you conversations, insights and inspirations from real, raw and authentic leaders.