”The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born – that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true....
As the close of 2022 approaches, we encourage leaders to ask – Will you be a better leader in 2023 than you were in 2022? Great leaders are constantly improving through a process of reflection and planning. In this podcast...
This format addresses topical subjects within the media that have a strong underlying and leadership message within. We take the headlines in the stories and we discuss and extract the leadership lessons to be learned for our listeners. So this...
To communicate well with team members, we need to start with the purpose of communicating, without getting caught up in theories. At a practical workplace level, we communicate to transmit information and ideas and with the goal of arriving at...
Front Page Leadership – The Tosser from Tesla Takes Twitter. In this episode we discuss Elon Musk and the recent middle of the night email he has sent all Twitter staff. At 2 a.m. on Wednesday November 16th, Musk sent...
When we discuss what leadership is, we like to be clear on what the differences are between leadership and management. A good way we do this in our workshops is we will put together a big list of actions and...
Nick Reynolds is a Director of Engineering for Core Experiences @ Discord, a runner, a dog parent and a party animal (as described by him on his Discord profile!) Having worked throughout Silicon Valley (Facebook, Air BNB) giving him the...
In this episode we discuss the recent ABC news article – “As the Covid pandemic rolls on, there’s never been a better time for Australia to move to a four-day week. Topics covered: How did we get to a five...
Todays podcast guest is Kirstan Wilding, leader of Corporate Social Responsibility at TasNetworks. We first met Kirstan when she delivered a keynote at a conference we attended and we knew after listening to her we wanted to have her as...
How does leadership style impact performance? Simple answer? Significantly. While the impact isn’t direct, it is both clear and consistent. When leadership style is modified (for better or for worse), results change accordingly. The connection between leadership style and results...
We’re back from our podcasting hiatus – so much has happened. Simon represented Australia at the World Triathlon Championships in Montreal, and then went on to San Francisco to finally (after the past two years of no international travel) got...
A 5 Minute test of Authenticity and Engagement. No one does it as well as you do – right? Have you ever had the feeling that, if you want a job done properly, you will have to do it yourself?...