Craig Johns – CEO NRG2Perform, active CEO Podcast Host
On this episode of the active CEO Podcast we talk aboutthe four basic fundamentals of being a high performing leader, on the second episode of Breaking The CEO Code. It is a short podcast episode where host Craig Johns decodes a new aspect of being a high performing leader each week.
Craig talks about the four basic fundamentals of being a high performing leader:
Exercise daily
Fuel the body with the right food
Free your mind
Recover with purpose
These four components are the fundamental, non-negotiable, building blocks to determine how high your performance ceiling is. Talent will only set your minimum height, whereas the four basic fundamentals will determine how high you can raise your ability to perform at your absolute potential.
Check out the newly Breaking The CEO Code whitepaper. It provides an overview of Breaking The CEO Code and showcases the 6 key phases. We also go a little deeper into the 2nd phase PERFORMANCE, where we discuss the 3 P’s of Leadership Performance.
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Mark Turner – Lead Performance Coach Triathlon Scotland
On this
episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Mark Turner about how
coaching saved my life, losing humility, being
vulnerable and establishing a high performance environment.
We also delve into the lessons he learnt working in the Queensland Police Force, being an agent for change, losing it all after selling a highly successful Shapland Swim School franchise, establishing Triathlon Nation and being recruited as the Lead Performance Coach at Triathlon Scotland.
Mark Turner – Coaching Saved My Life
Mark Turner is a leader who
focuses on developing people to maximize their potential athletically, unlock
their true why and purpose, and creating a sustainable and healthy lifestyle.
He is a passionate, driven and humble leader who has raised over $100,000 for
Epilepsy Queensland and Special Olympics, Mark Turner.
His education includes an
Advanced Certificate in Policing from the Queensland University of Technology;
and Management Development Post-graduate Program at Queensland Police Service.
He has a passion for serving
the community with 13 years in the Queensland Police Service, a business owner
of the Shapland Swim School Everton Park, Head Coach for the Brisbane Girls
Grammar School athletics team, General Manager of Healthstream Aquatic and
Fitness Queensland, State Manager and Elite Programs Manager AFL Umpiring
Queensland and Coaching Director of Tri Nation Triathlon. Earlier this year our
guest was recruited as the Lead Performance Coach for Triathlon Scotland.
Mark talks about:
Being a shy child, who lacked confidence, growing up
in a socially minded family.
Key lessons from a thirteen-year career in the
Queensland Police Force.
Learning how to read people, listen to people and look
at behaviours.
Switching from serving the community to building
your own community.
How a lack of humility, meant losing it all.
Not being able to pay rent, and not have a job or a
business.
Putting a peg in the ground and starting again, when
he lost it all.
Making the decision to go full-time coaching.
Living in a mate’s garage and the struggles behind
the scenes.
Coaching Saved My Life.
Excepting he had depression in 2014 after a full
breakdown.
What he had been through was significant and didn’t
need to battle alone.
The power of vulnerability is amazing.
As humans we are designed to live in communities and
be connected.
Chasing the dream of being a high performance coach.
Lead Performance Coach for Triathlon Scotland.
Building open and honest relationships, having a genuine
care for the athletes and having the technical expertise.
What causes people to react in two different ways
emotionally?
Active
CEO Performance Tip
Playing the Long Game – It’s so easy to get caught up in
the detail of the business and forget to look after the health and wealth of
your company long term. Focus on long game and put things in place so that in
the future your company is thriving, growing and stepping up the game so you
can stay one step ahead of the game in the market place.
Tweets
“We need to be at our best for the athletes that we
coach to get them to be at their best. It’s is the same for us. If we are not
at our best, how do we expect the athletes to be at their best?” Being a high
performing leader with Mark Turner on the active CEO Podcast.
“Getting the basics right. Getting all the things
right that don’t require talent and holding each other to account. Having environments where there is
psychological safety where you can have open and honest challenging and candid
conversations between coaches, support staff, athletes-to-coaches.” Mark Turner discusses a high performance environment, on the active CEO Podcast.
“Anyone in a position of leadership whether it is a coach, a teacher, an
educator, politician or anyone in a position of influence, the more that they
can say, I have had my struggles to and it was really hard.” Mark Turner talks about a real sense of
power for being vulnerable,
on the active CEO Podcast.
On this episode of the active CEO
Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Tim Oberg, CEO of parkrun Australia, about creating a healthier and happier planet, building communities, and parkrun moving a nation. We
also delve into his leadership style, CrossFit, anxiety and empowering
volunteers.
Tim Oberg – Moving A Nation
Tim Oberg is a charismatic
CEO who is inspired to build a healthier and happier planet for his kids, has
created a movement that has seen people run 38,771,680km and is a proud mental
health advocate. He is a successful entrepreneur, devoted father, passionate
cross-fit athlete, an anxiety sufferer, and a man who is driven to move a
nation.
Tim has a Bachelor of
Applied Science in Human Movement Studies and Bachelor of Education in
Secondary Education Teaching from the Queensland University of Technology, and
a Masters of Business Administration from Heriot-Watt University.
His career has included the
roles of Managing Director of The Tourman, Managing Director of The Celebrity
Planet, President of Active & Healthy Alliance Gold Coast, CEO and Founder
of parkrun Australia and has recently commenced a role as Strategic Director
Asia Pacific of parkrun international.
parkrun Australia
parkrun
is now the largest mass participation sporting activity on the planet. In
Australia alone there have been 62,765 events organized by 365 locations,
involving 589,122 runners who have completed 38,771,680km. The average person
has attended 13.2 parkruns.
Tim talks about:
His first entrepreneurial venture as a Mobile DJ during university.
How he became “Tim the TourMan”.
Guinness World Record for the largest pub-crawl.
The challenges and opportunities of starting your own business.
People first style of leadership.
Not being afraid to employee people better than you.
Starting parkrun in 2010 after meeting founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt.
parkrun moving a nation
Far less about the run and far more about the community connections.
Making friends, health and happiness with parkrun.
Volunteers gain as much at parkrun as those who participate as walkers and runners.
How parkrun has assisted the growth of running clubs.
Can the parkrun mentality be successfully transferred to other sports?
Why volunteering has been so successful in parkrun.
Volunteering is not about sacrificing, but giving.
How a panic attack and anxiety has changed his life.
Starting meditation and developing a toolkit to manage anxiety.
Active
CEO Performance Tip
Own Your Own Mental Conversation – Everyone has a
commentator inside their head which owns the voice that you can easily
over-consume your version of the truth. The voice that is observing criticizing
your own actions, behaviours and thoughts can blur your view on the world. You
need to own your own thought-chatter and ensure that it has perspective and
clarity. The more we tell ourselves something, the more it becomes in grained
and leads to our own truth. If that truth is negative by nature, then it can
have a profound affect on your mood, opinion and the ability to make clear and
appropriate decisions. Be objective and look at home you can ensure the
conversation is positive and open.
Tweets
“What they are doing is making friends, it is a
friendship things, you are making friends with new people in the community. Reconnecting
with friends and family who you may have not seen for a while or even seen for
a week.” Tim Oberg talks about the drivers of parkrun, on the active CEO Podcast.
“Creating a healthier and happier planet.” Discussing the parkrun mission
with Tim Oberg, on the active CEO Podcast.
On this episode of the active CEO
Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Diana Rau about Board Of Mentors, the
remarkable backstory of Veterati, her better every day framework and striving
for high performance. We also talk about lessons learnt at Georgetown University,
her grand entry into the American Chamber of Commerce and how her time as VP of Growth and Innovation
at Double Dutch was a game-changer for her husband Daniel Rau.
Diana Rau – Board of Mentors
Diana Rau is a young,
creative and powerful leader who was named in the Forbes 30 under 30 Social
Impact Entrepreneur and Top 25 Military Influencers in 2018. She is a game
changer for Defence veterans, an innovation leader who is dedicated to solving
social challenges and a connector who loves building tribes.
Living in New York, her
education has included a BA International Political Economy and International
Business Diplomacy at Georgetown University. Diana began her career as a
journalist for the American Chamber of Commerce before taking on roles as CEO
of BUNDSHOP, Director of Creative Social Strategy for BluBlocker China, and was
a founding partner of League X, an independent storytelling and narrative
design agency.
In 2015, she cofounded
Veterati, which is the #1 mentoring platform for the military, and is now the
CEO. Our guest was the VP of Growth and Innovation at Double Dutch, which
powers business and social movements through its award-winning live events
platform, before it was acquired in June 2019.
Diana talks about:
Being a high-energy child who loved reading books
and being involved with music.
Studying politics at Georgetown University
How Professor Mark Bush challenged her in international
business diplomacy.
The power of YES.
Why every 10 minutes of her life at school was
planned.
The reasons why Georgetown alumni’s James Wiseman
and Carl Wegner are still her mentors.
Why are Veterans not getting their dream job when
they come back from service?
One in Three Americans has never had a conversation
with a Veteran.
Veterans dynamically evolving so fast so need
different mentors as they transition and grow.
On average the Veterans have 3.7 mentors.
Why the Board Of Mentors matters and removing
barriers in the mentoring process.
What environment makes you thrive and makes you
really joyful.
Bravery is really valuable in founders to be able to
hold to their value system.
One thing better every day.
Better Every Day Framework.
Best memories are transformational activities.
Love the movements of extreme complex and difficulty
in the start-up world.
Most interesting conversations are when you are
co-creating with someone.
Active
CEO Performance Tip
Childs Play – Sit back and enjoy the feeling of
just playing rather than just being so focused and diligent on specific tasks.
Try things, play things, do things a little bit out of the norm. Test it and be
a little bit creative. Be like a child, play, have fun and allow your creative
juices to flow.
Tweets
“80% of jobs come through personal networks
according to the Department of Labour.” Talking about Veterans
re-engaging with the workforce,
on the active CEO Podcast.
“An on-Demand digital mentoring platform for veterans and military spouses
to be able to secure their dream jobs.” Diana Rau talks about
Veterati, on the
active CEO Podcast.
On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Chris Robb about mass participation sport events, growing the Standard Chartered Marathon to over 60,00 participants, being the course manager for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games marathon, and changing people’s lives through money can’t buy experiences. We also delve into the immense power of pause, coping with it being lonely at the top as a CEO, collaborative leadership, inspiring others to make a powerful impact on the world and serving a tennis ball into the back of Sir Richard Branson’s head.
Chris Robb – Money Can’t Buy Experiences.
Chris is an international
authority on iconic large-scale mass participation events; a humble, loyal and
curious leader; and a passionate family man now living in Bali, Indonesia. He
is an enabler of people to have an active and healthy lifestyle, author of Mass
Participation Sports Events and Better business Better Life Better World, is a
high impact consultant and a champion of Buy 1 Give 1.
Growing up in Zimbabwe, he
studied a Bachelor Commerce and Bachelor of Agricultural Management at the
University of KwaZulu-Nattal. Getting his first taste of event management while
at high school, our guest has over 30 years experience organising and leading
events. During his career he has been at the helm of events for more than one
million participants in the likes of Australia, Singapore, Malaysia,
Philippines, Thailand, Zimbabwe, South Africa and India.
He established Spectrum
Worldwide in Australia in 1992, where he worked on the 2000 Sydney Olympics,
before establishing himself in Singapore at the commencement of the Asian
health and fitness boom in the 2000’s. In 2015 he established Mass Participation
Asia, an annual conference for event stakeholders, before selling Spectrum
Worldwide to IRONMAN, in 2016.
Chris talks about:
Life growing up on a farm in Zimbabwe, during the independence war.
Having a rich upbringing from life experiences, even though they were financially poor.
The importance of embracing circumstances you find yourself in.
Being an 800m and 1500m runner training on farm tracks and dirt roads.
Planning to go back and run the family business on the farm.
Being involved in organising the Comrades Marathon while studying at University.
Changing people’s lives through money can’t buy experiences.
Getting parents out and getting active with their kids.
Getting more governments globally to recognise the value of sport especially the social and health impact.
Organising the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon with over 60,000 participants.
Expanding the JP Morgan corporate challenge running events into Asia.
Partnering with Dave Hansen from Supersprint Events and Robbie McEwan.
Going from zero to sixty thousand customers within 6 months.
Ramping up from a team of 30 to more than 5,000 people over a 3 month period.
A mindset expecting that there is going to be a curveball will be thrown at you.
Collaborative leadership where you are always looking for a solution.
Surround yourself with a great group of mentors much like an athlete has.
Having ritual’s and keeping yourself mentally and physically in shape.
Helping make it easier for our future leaders to grow in the industry.
Active
CEO Wellness Tip
Life Is Not A Dress Rehearsal – It is important that
you turn up, show up and be present right now. It’s not about what you did
yesterday or what you plan in the future. It is all about this one second, one
minute, one hour or even one day and you are ready to go.
Tweets
“Connecting with a community and a tribe and doing training and things
together and taking you into the outdoors. It’s crucial for the health and
wellbeing of the world.” Chris Robb talking about the power of sport
and events on bringing people together, on the active CEO Podcast.
“I love putting that jigsaw together and making sure that everyone knows
what they are doing, but also empowering them to make decisions.” Chris Robb on leading people, on the active CEO
Podcast.
On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns and Ben
Gathercole speak with Garry Mills about lessons from the police force; being a
Bodyguard for former Australian Prime Minister John Howard; and being a mental
health advocate with Beyond Blue and Blokepedia. We also talk about learning to
live and cope with depression; living a playboy lifestyle; staying in the
moment; setting social media parameters; the importance of situation and self-awareness;
and helping people improve their lives.
Garry Mills is a resilient, determined and trusted freelance entrepreneur, facilitator, Keynote Speaker and Trainer. He is a former bodyguard for the Australian Prime Minister and other dignitaries, an executive level Australian Public Servant and former police officer. Making a difference in other people’s lives is his passion and has recently joined Blokepedia as a Director and continues to be an ambassador for Beyond Blue.
As a devoted father he loves the challenge of being an Ironman triathlete. He is an entrepreneur with Garry Mills Peak Performance, as well as a very talented TV actor and corporate video/podcast presenter and has spent time on the radio. In 2017, he became famous for finishing second with Team Australia in the Photonis Ultimate Forces Challenge, an international outdoor sports and survival competition & reality TV show.
Garry talks about:
Dreaming of being a fighter pilot and police officer
as a child.
Working in the wool industry as a Jackaroo, before
joining the Victorian Police in 1996.
Fears around presentations and speaking with lots of
eyeballs looking at you.
“I am” rather
than “I want to be”
Enjoying the moment when on the start line of a
triathlon.
Being reactive as a policeman, versus being proactive
in the background as a bodyguard.
Your communication goes to a whole new level as a bodyguard
for the Prime Minister
Leaders need to be adaptable and flexible, because
of the rate of change.
Living someone else’s life as a bodyguard.
Learning to know when you can relax and when you can
be on.
During the 2,000’s his mental health started to
deteriorate and work becoming his only focus.
Hitting rock bottom in 2012 and the decision to seek
help for his depression.
Being present in the moment. Not worrying about what
happened yesterday and what is going to happen tomorrow.
Working with Josh Cornby, who started Blokepedia in
2017.
“Conversations that matter”
Breaking down barriers and providing a safe and open
place for men to be honest about how they are feeling and supporting their
mates.
There is so much serious stuff in the world and
laughter is the best medicine.
Being part of the Photonis Ultimate Forces Challenge with his wife in
Bali.
Eating a bowl of silkworms in the food markets.
His wife Nicole having the greatest influence on his life.
Active
CEO Wellness Tip
Energy Management – Most CEO’s and Leaders spend time focusing on
managing their time rather than managing their energy. If you focus on managing
time you will tend to create overload and over time you will run out of energy.
You have to manage your energy and productive down time as it will allow you to
maintain a higher threshold of performance over a longer period of time.
Tweets
“Having a close network of friends, who all look
after each other. We will all reach out. You don’t have to have gone through it
to help somebody.” Being there for friends who have depression with Garry Mills,
on the active CEO Podcast.
“Why cant we just make happy films?” Garry Mills has one question he would
like to solve, on the active CEO Podcast.
