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Workplace Wellness: World Health Organization Recognizes Burn-out

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Workplace Wellness: World Health Organization Recognizes Burnout
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This week the World Health Organization (WHO) made positive steps in improving workplace wellness by formally recognizing ‘Burn-out’ as an official occupational phenomenon. The WHO classified burn-out as ‘a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed’, under the International Classification of Diseases, and it will be globally-recognized as of 2020.

Feel like work is zapping all your energy and taking the fun out of life?

Do you feel burnt out, run down, emotionally paralyzed or lack the energy to do what you want to in life?

We live in a world that has a workplace culture that tends itself towards high levels of stress, working over-time, depression, detachment and feeling ineffective.

Will Workplace Wellness be the Next Royal Commission?

Will this mean that Workplace Wellness could be the next Royal Commission or Presidential Commission? It can’t be too far away as the effects, quite often catastrophic, that are associated with unsuccessfully managed workplace stress have a major ramifications for sick leave expenses, physical and mental health, personal and professional relationships, loss of productivity, workplace culture and employee retention.

It’s Affecting Those Close to Us!

I don’t know about you, but I am feed up with seeing family, friends and many people all around the world suffering from workplace related depression, mental health and even suicide due to the workplace cultures that cause unnecessary stress and burn-out.

CEO’s, leaders, owners and board directors are going to have to start taking workplace wellness seriously. It wouldn’t surprise me if we start seeing class actions in the near future.

There are a number of companies and organizations that do have positive and effective workplace wellness cultures in place and we must applaud them for being proactive in a space that has a major effect on society and our local communities. They should be used as examples of best practice and rewarded accordingly.

What is Burn-out?

We know that those who are most vulnerable to burn-out regularly navigate complex, contradictory and sometimes hostile environments. The main risk factors of burn-out in the workplace consist of:

  • doing work that is unrewarding,
  • limited control on the work that you do,
  • an overwhelming workload due to time and/or pressure exerted,
  • work that conflicts with our personal values,
  • unfair work practices, and
  • lack of community.

Workplace related symptoms include:

  • feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion;
  • increased mental distance from one’s job;
  • feelings of negativity or cynicism related to one’s job; and
  • reduced professional efficacy.

We Are Here to Help You

It is now time for you as a CEO or leader to make a positive change place workplace wellness at the heart of your company or organisation.

The team at NRG2Perform are here to support and guide you in implementing a positive workplace culture.

We have developed the Breaking The CEO Code and Breaking The CORPORATE Code. We provide CEO’s and leaders, as well as corporate teams or companies the curriculum and tools to minimise workplace stress, improve mental health and maximise your performance potential.

Programs include the four key fundamentals of Peak Human Performance:

  • ENERGY (fitness) – healthy body, healthy mind
  • FUEL (nutrition) – a Formula 1 car won’t perform on diesel fuel
  • EMOTION (mindset) – you are infectious both positive & negative
  • RECOVERY (recharge) – if you don’t switch the light off it will blow

And, the 3P’s of building sustainable energy for high performing leaders:

  • CEO/CORPORATE Periodization – scheduling your energy & recovery over time
  • CEO/CORPORATE Presence – communicating with purpose, precision & energy
  • CEO/CORPORATE Performance – bringing the energy, showing up & turning up

There is no Time to Wait

Make a decision and act now by contacting Craig Johns at NRG2Perform today, to discuss a specifically tailored Breaking The CEO Code or Breaking the CORPORATE Code program, by calling +61 415 675 939 or emailing craig@nrg2Perform.com.

active CEO Podcast #39 Adriana Cecere The BackPocket CEO

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Adriana Cecere – Consulting Australia

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Adriana Cecere from Consulting Australia about being a teenage entrepreneur, creating scalable businesses, transitioning to being a sort after business consultant and coach, and delivering high performance as a CEO. We also learn about the backstory behind being called ‘The BackPocket CEO’, writing a #1 Amazon Best Seller with ‘Simple Strategies to Success’, Steve Brossman’s influence on her as a mentor and co-author of ‘Game Changers’, being The Buttery Private ambassador, and her new project with Michaela Gee.

Adriana Cecere

Adriana Cecere is an incredible serial entrepreneur, #1 Amazon Best Selling author, and a sort after business consultant and coach. Known as The BackPocket CEO, she opened her first business at the age of 17 and has gone on to own and sell more than ten businesses.

Adriana co-authored the book, Game Changers in 2017, and recently wrote the book Simple Strategies to Success. In December 2017, she was recognised by New Yorks Consulting Magazine, with an accolade as a Global Leader, for Excellence in Innovation in Consulting.

Over the last few years Adriana has grown her business, Consulting Australia, to one of the leading management consulting firms in Sydney, Australia. She is an ambassador for The Buttery Foundation who provide successful mental health and substance misuse treatment programs. 

Adriana talks about:

  • Being 13, sitting under a bay leaf tree, & setting the goal of owning a business by 18 years of age.
  • Starting her first business, Voo Doo Hair Ink at the age of seventeen.
  • Co-writing her first book, Game Changers, with mentor Steve Brossman.
  • Getting good people around her that knew what they were so she
    could grow the business.
  • Having no formal education or training when she first started her entrepreneurial journey.
  • Designed a place, buying land, project managing and building a shop in Italy, at the age of 22.
  • Freedom of owning a business, working with great people, & seeing something grow.
  • Transitioning from owning your own business to coaching people to run their businesses.
  • Learning from many people who have turned adversity into successful ventures.
  • Her approach to determining business needs and requirements.
  • Partnering with Michaela Gee to support young females to grow their leadership skills.
  • Writing #1 Amazon Best Seller, ‘Simple Strategies to Success’.
  • The secret to success in establishing a business from day one that can be easily scaled.
  • Incorporating online programs into her business strategy.
  • Having a healthy mindset, training in the morning, walking in fresh air and eating healthy.
  • The challenge for senior leaders to balance pressure versus releasing the pressure.

Active CEO Wellness Tip                                                       

Own Your Own Influence – Being your own greatest influencer is important so that you have the habits and routines in place to ensure that you can keep delivering what you need to, so everyone else can perform really well. You have to be able to influence yourself, be confident, and ensure that you are in control of what you do every single day.

Tweets

“Where is the business at, what does the clients need, what’s the environment doing and what do I want to do with the business.” Adriana Cecere discussing how she chooses a business opportunity, on the active CEO Podcast.

“We are supposed to be getting smarter, but there are so many people with mental health programs” Talking about the scale of mental health problems with Adriana Cecere, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Adriana Cecere LinkedIn
Adriana Cecere Facebook
Adriana Cecere www.adrianacecere.com.au
Consulting Australia www.consultingaustralia.com.au
The Buttery www.buttery.org.au
The Buttery Private www.butteryprivate.org.au
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole Performance Coaching www.bengathercole.com.au

Recommended Reading:

Simple Strategies Success Business – Adriana Cecere

Game Changers – Adriana Cecere & Steve Brosnan
Better Than Winning – Ben Gathercole

Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Video #1 Danny Townsend Sydney FC

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Danny Townsend – CEO Sydney Football Club

On this episode of the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Video Series Craig Johns speaks with the CEO of Sydney Football Club, Danny Townsend. Danny talks about his career in the sport industry; the rewards of sport management; his leadership style and the importance of empowering your staff.

He also shares some of the lessons he has learnt as the CEO of one of Australia’s finest A-League teams; the value of on the job experience; what he looks for in an employee; navigating the digital shift in sports management; and the importance of looking after your own health and wellbeing.

NRG2Perform has partnered with Sportspeople Recruitment, to bring Australia and New Zealand’s premier sport CEOs and leaders stories to life through the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast and Video series.

May 2019 Podcast – Kate Palmer (CEO Sport Australia) Changing the Game listen now
May 2019 Video – Danny Townsend (CEO Sydney FC watch now

active CEO Podcast Chris McCormack (Super League Triathlon) – Transforming The Business of Triathlon

active CEO Podcast #38 Chris McCormack Transforming The Business of Triathlon

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Chris McCormack – 4x World Triathlon Champion / Co-Founder Super League Triathlon

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with four-time World Triathlon Champion, Chris McCormack about ceo performance; growing up in Sydney; lessons learnt in triathlon and business; balancing patience with commercial decisions; winning on a world stage; and transitioning from sportsperson to businessperson. We also delve into what makes a high performance CEO; thinking anything is possible; and his successful team approach that has led to IRONMAN Hawaii World Championship titles as well as leading MaccaX, MaccaNow, Thanyapura, Bahrain Endurance 13, Super League Triathlon and MINC Group.

Chris McCormack

Chris McCormack is a four-time world triathlon champion, successful entrepreneur and one of the smartest brains in the sport industry. Born in Cronulla, Sydney, Australia, Chris graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia, with a Bachelors degree in Economics.

With a win rate of greater than 76%, he has won more than 250 triathlon events around the globe, since 1993 when he switched from running to triathlon. Chris won the coveted Hawaii Ironman World Championships in 2007 and 2010, as well as the 1997 ITU World Triathlon Champs and 2012 ITU World Long Distance Triathlon Championships.

Alongside his phenomenal sporting career, he has also led some of the world’s most exciting sport projects including Thanyapura, Bahrain Endurance 13 and most recently co-founded the game-changing Super League Triathlon. Macca, as he is more commonly known, is a pioneer in the sports industry, with a New York best-selling book “I’m Here to Win’.

The MaccaNow Foundation was established, in honor of his mother Theresa McCormack, to help the fight against Breast Cancer. As an entrepreneur he established MaccaX, an integrative platform to give athletes of all abilities the chance to learn from the world’s best, and also MINC Group where he consults on world-leading integrative projects.

Chris talks about:

  • Why his father was so determined that his three boys got the start in life that he didn’t have.
  • Getting into triathlon with Sean Maroney, while on a University of NSW run scholarship.
  • Quitting his professional triathlete dream to finish university and get a job at Bankers Trust.
  • Wanting to pursue a dream in seeing the world and through the eyes of a triathlete.
  • Naivety, freedom of belief and the non-pollution of focusing on what is possible.
  • Living the golden era of triathlon by chance, by birth year and by falling into the sport.
  • Idolising Rob De Castella, Mark Occhilupo, Steve Moneghetti and Sebastian Coe as a child.
  • The influence that successful businessmen, Tony Pritzker and Chris Parker had on his career.
  • Being let down by his triathlon friends who didn’t believe in Super League Triathlon
  • The transition from athlete to businessmen.
  • Surrounding himself with a team of specialists Mark Allen and Stuart O’Grady.
  • Applying the team approach at Thanyapura, with the Royal Family of Bahrain and Super
  • His Ironman triathlon rivalries, with Norman Stadler and Craig Alexander.
  • Confidence is important in business, but you realise you are not the champion in the room.
  • You have to pick your fights, as business is strategy more than competitiveness.
  • Why athletes struggle with managing energy in business because they always had triggers.
  • A high performing CEO is an amazing communicator, therapist and vision creator.
  • The courage to identify with his daughter and say that I am very proud of what you do and I think you are remarkable and how can I be a part of that.
  • Why isn’t life fair?
  • His dad, Michael Gilliam, Susan Kraeftner & Andrew Murphy having influence on his life
  • Creating the MaccaNow Foundation in memory of his mother who had breast cancer.

Active CEO Wellness Tip                                                       

Leaders Are Teachers – It’s important that we continue to evolve both ourselves, from a learning point of view, and those around us. The best leaders continue to teach as it not only is good stewardship, but it also challenges them to learn more. Never let the music die inside of you.

Tweets

“People may think that it’s a stupid idea, but I think I am going to do it anyway. Someone’s got to do it. If it is a stupid idea, who cares, as there’s no punishment for it. You don’t get whipped and go to jail for the rest of your life. I don’t know why you wouldn’t make that step, why you wouldn’t try.” Chris McCormack isn’t afraid of giving something a try, on the active CEO Podcast.

“In any start-up the work ethic is out of this world, however the flexibility is exciting. Some people can exist in a start-up and some can’t. I thrive in them and love them. I love the dynamic nature, flexibility and the decisions that you can make that can take you from left to right in an instant, the downs, the highs and I think that comes from sport.” The beauty of start-ups with Chris McCormack, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Chris McCormack www.macca.com
Chris McCormack LinkedIn
Chris McCormack Instagram
MX Endurance (MaccaX) www.mxendurance.com
Super League Triathlon www.superleaguetriathlon.com
Bahrain Endurance 13 www.bahrainendurance13.com
Ironman www.ironman.com
ITU www.triathlon.org.au
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole Performance Coaching www.bengathercole.com.au

Recommended Reading:

I’m Here to Win – Chris McCormack
Better Than Winning – Ben Gathercole

active CEO Podcast Ellen Derrick Deloitte

active CEO Podcast #37 Ellen Derrick Make Mistakes No Regrets

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Ellen Derrick – National Executive Deloitte Australia

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Ellen Derrick about the importance of being grateful and serving others; her high performance mindset; working with leaders to deliver excellence at Deloitte Australia; and the value of scheduling energy rather than time.

We also delve into coping with her adopted mother passing away from Breast Cancer at the age of eleven; how her children fuel her to deliver better leadership; being open to mistakes and having no regrets; and why speaking on stage with her daughter Kate, who has Cystic Fibrosis, was one of the best days of her life.

Ellen Derrick

Ellen is an impressive Senior Executive who is a leader with a service mentality, who has a bios for action and accountability.

Growing up in the USA she played a lot of sport, including tennis at University before switching to squash, which she played at an international level.

She studied at Nardin Academy, has a BA Government Business at Colby University and has completed an MBA Management from the Australian Graduate School of Management, since moving to Australia.

Her impressive resume includes managerial roles for Accenture, IISM Group, the Australian Federal Government Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, and is currently the National Leader Public Sector and Public Policy and a member of the National Executive for Deloitte Australia.

Now living in Australia she is an affiliate member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, plays an active role in national charitable foundations including Cystic Fybrosis Australia, and is a mentor for the center of economic development of Australia and Institute of Public Administration of Australia.

Ellen talks about:

  • Growing up in an Irish part of Buffalo, New York, USA.
  • The influence of her mother, who passed away from Breast Cancer, when she was eleven.
  • Her mum teaching her to be grateful, serve others, keep perspective and be optimistic.
  • Always being in a hurry, feeling time limited and always looking for the next thing.
  • Loving playing soccer and basketball for many years, before switching to tennis & squash.
  • Her love of history, English, writing and the systems of government.
  • Leading national public practice and public policy at Deloitte.
  • Working with the leaders to deliver excellence and having a lasting impact.
  • How we better our life expectancy.
  • Keeping her mind relaxed and calm, while leading a very diverse portfolio.
  • Are leaders born or made?
    Helping to find the confidence and courage to take big leaps.
  • How her team would describe her leadership style.
  • Coping with her early days at Deloitte, where she felt the effects of imposter syndrome.
  • Coming back from maternity leave, knowing she was a different human being.
  • Adjusting her life when she learnt her daughter has Cystic Fibrosis.
  • Her professional purpose and personal purpose converging every day.
  • The importance of scheduling her own time to free the mind and re-energise.
  • The impact of speaking on stage with her daughter Kate, for the first time in front of influential senior business leaders
  • What we truly need to do collectively in ensuring our sustainability and our prosperity?
  • Feeling energetic, positive and focused when she is in a peak state of mind.

Active CEO Wellness Tip                                                       

Better Place – It is our role as leaders to be a steward and leave what we are looking after in a better place for our future leaders. We need to ensure our stewardship continues to build it up step-by-step so we leave a positive legacy for the next generation.

Tweets

“How do you really seize opportunity from challenge and how do you keep your perspective when things are truly hard.” Ellen Derrick speaking with her daughter Kate on stage in front of influential business leaders, on the active CEO Podcast.

“We don’t always get it right, but we are perfectionists, we are the big four, it is our job to get it right, and it really hurts us when we don’t.” The challenge of leadership expectations with Ellen Derrick, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources mentioned in this show:

Ellen Derrick LinkedIn
Ellen Derrick Profile
Deloitte website www.deloitte.com
Cystic Fibrosis www.cysticfibrosis.org.au
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole Performance Coaching www.bengathercole.com.au

Recommended Reading:

Better Than Winning – Ben Gathercole

active CEO Podcast Kate & Sam Cawthorn (Speakers Institute) – The Best Is Yet To Come

active CEO Podcast #36 Kate and Sam Cawthorn The Best Is Yet To Come

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Kate & Sam Cawthorn – Co-Founders Speakers Institute

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Kate and Sam Cawthorn about their life-defining moment; Sam being uniquely wired as a futurist; Kate unlocking your “super powers” of influence through the Gallup CliftonStrengths Finder assessment; the magic of Storyshowing; and Proximity is Power. We also delve into the ‘why’ behind Speakers Institute and Speakers Tribe; being a selfless CEO; recovering with purpose; shifting the energy of a room; orchestrating people’s attention; and being in the transformational personal development industry.

Kate & Sam Cawthorn

Kate and Sam Cawthorn are an incredible couple, with the most beautiful souls, who are passionate about transforming leaders into influential speakers. Through adversity, they found opportunity, and made decisions that have led to making remarkable impacts on so many peoples lives.

As Co-Founders and leaders of the Speakers Institute and the Speakers Tribe, they harness their very different personalities and unique strengths to not only beautifully compliment each other, but also to provide a more well-rounded leadership approach.

Kate has spent more than a decade in the personal development space, unearthing many hidden talents in people. Unlocking peoples superpowers and guiding them to live their ‘why’ through understanding and harnessing their strengths, fuels her inner passion, as a renowned certified Gallup Clifton Strength Finder coach.

Sam has transformed into a thought leader in peak performance, bestselling author, speaker, CEO and award-winning educator, after a horrific car accident in October 2006, changed his life forever. The 2009 Young Australian of the Year and 2013 Edupreneur of the year, has two international best-selling books Bounce Forward and Storytelling, which are changing the game for many people around the world, from all walks of life.

Kate & Sam talk about:

  • What inspired Kate as a child and what she dreamed of being a mum.
  • Sam seeking attention growing up in a family of eleven children.
  • Sam’s role as a Youth futurist with the Australian Federal Government.
  • The near fatal crash that transformed both their lives.
  • How Kate coped with Sam’s accident and being in a coma.
  • How Sam approached the adversity and when he realised his ‘why’.
  • What was the trigger for Kate to become a Gallop Clifton Strength Finder coach?
  • What attracted Sam to become a professional speaker and the concept of Bounce Forward.
  • Why Kate has to pull the hand brake on.
  • The catalyst to starting the Speakers Institute and Speakers Tribe.
  • Working together as leaders of Speakers Institute.
  • Kate and Sam’s top 5 strengths from the Gallup Clifton Strength Finder assessment and how they compliment each other.
  • The Toggle Framework for speakers.
  • How they recharge their batteries and refuel their tanks.

Active CEO Wellness Tip                                                       

Fear Less – More than 80% of what we fear and worry about never ever comes true. If we are worried about something, rather than ruminating in our head, we should go and actually talk to the person. We need to look at the problem and do some research and understand whether it will it actually matter. What is the evidence behind what we are thinking? Is there any or not?

Tweets

“People don’t need to be like someone else, that just need to be more of themselves.” Kate Cawthorn dives deep on what makes a great speaker, on the active CEO Podcast.

“The greatest training ground, as a speaker, is to go into your local school and speak to thirteen to fifteen year olds. If you can keep their attention span for a one hour period of time, you will keep anyone’s attention.” Sam Cawthorn talks about starting a speaking career, on the active CEO Podcast.

“If you are not speaking about something that you are genuinely passionate about, you will not come across as genuine at all.” Kate shares the secret of owning your voice, on the active CEO Podcast.

 “When I walk into the room I want to make sure the atmosphere has shifted”. The power of attention with Sam Cawthorn, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Kate Cawthorn LinkedIn
Sam Cawthorn LinkedIn
Sam Cawthorn www.samcawthorn.com
Sam Cawthorn Wikipedia
Speakers Institute www.speakersinstitute.com.au
Speakers Institute Facebook
Speakers Tribe www.speakerstribe.com.au
Speakers Tribe Facebook
Gallup Clifton Strengths Website
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole Performance Coaching www.bengathercole.com.au

Recommended Reading:

Bounce Forward Sam Cawthorn
Storyshowing Sam Cawthorn
Better Than Winning – Ben Gathercole

Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast & Video Series.

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Sportspeople Recruitment are excited to announce a new partnership with NRG2Perform, to bring Australia and New Zealand’s premier sport CEO’s and leaders stories to life through the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast and Video series.

Launching on Tuesday 7 May, a new Podcast and Video will be released each month, on the Sportspeople Recruitment www.sportspeoplerecruitment.com, Sportspeople Job Market www.sportspeople.com.au and NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com website and social media channels.

“Inspiring the next generation of leaders and supporting CEO’s to deliver high performance in their organisations and companies is something NRG2Perform is really passionate about,” said Craig Johns, CEO of NRG2Perform.

“Partnering with Sportspeople Recruitment, to produce the active CEO podcast and video series, ensures we can efficiently use resources to bring to life the amazing Australia and New Zealand sport CEO and leadership stories, insights and helpful tips.”

Sport Australia CEO Kate Palmer, Commonwealth Games Australia CEO Craig Phillips, and Netball New Zealand CEO Jennie Wyllie highlight the first guests on the 45-60 minute Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast series, delving into their sport industry careers, leadership strengths, lessons learnt, delivering excellence in a sport organization or business, and living an active and healthy lifestyle.

The ten-minute Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO video series will include ten questions focusing on the sport CEO or Leader’s ‘why’, the future of sport, advice for the next generation sport leaders, and strategies to deliver high performance as a leader. 

Other guests on the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Video Series future podcasts include Sydney Football Club’s Danny Townsend, Rowing NSW’s Margot Harley and Triathlon Queensland’s Tim Harradine.

The Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast and Video’s will be hosted by NRG2Perform’s Craig Johns and Ben Gathercole, who are both passionate leaders and coaches who thrive on helping people build high performance environments and educating the next generation of leaders.

To view the first Podcast and Video interviews, please click this Link

About

Craig Johns is a keynote speaker, author, entrepreneur, coach and CEO who has 23 years global experience working in the sport, health, mind, education and hospitality industries. He has worked in five countries across three continents as a National Triathlon Team Head Coach; Senior Executive at Thanyapura, the world’s leading integrative sport, health, mind, education and hospitality facility; Aquatics Director at the top International Schools, and is currently the Executive Director of Triathlon ACT, CEO of NRG2Perform and writing Breaking The CEO Code.

Ben Gathercole, the Performance Manager of Cameron Hill Porsche Carrera Cup Team, is an Olympic, Commonwealth Games and World Championship winning triathlon coach with over 30 year’s experience in coaching, high performance and leading teams. He owns his own Learn-to-Swim program, performance coaching business, authored the book Better Than Winning and has worked most recently with Triathlon Australia and the ACT Brumbies Super Rugby Team in the capacity of team director.

Sportspeople Recruitment is Australia’s and New Zealand’s most respected recruitment specialist operating in the sport, fitness and aquatic sector. As the first sports specialist agency in Australia and New Zealand, Sportspeople Recruitment has been the market leader since 1996, successfully filling roles across the entire career spectrum, from entry level to top tier executive.

For further details on the partnership, please contact:

Craig Johns

0415 675 939

craig@nrg2perform.com

www.nrg2perform.com

Robert McMurtrie

0413 838 464

robert@peoplerecruitmentgroup.com

www.sportspeoplerecruitment.com

NRGizer by NRG2Perform May Newsletter

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Delivering high performance for your team is crucial to the success of every CEO and leader. In the NRGizer by NRG2Perform May newsletter we discuss being ahead of the game; fearing less; narrating your own story; and making fitness a priority in your life. We also bring you amazing people such as Holly Ransom, Alex Richardson, Garry Mills, Jane Perry and Andrew Klein on the active CEO Podcast.

Enjoy reading, commenting and sharing… by clicking here.

active CEO Podcast Andrew Klein (Spike Presentations) – Speaking It’s An Occupational Hazard

active CEO Podcast #35 Andrew Klein Speaking Its An Occupational Hazard

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Andrew Klein – Spike Presentations

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Andrew Klein, his struggle with being a lawyer; how debating and theater sports led to a career in speaking; why authenticity is number one for speakers; the art of influence, persuasion and presence; the importance of recovery as a performer; and leading an active and healthy lifestyle. He also energetically talks about aspiring to be Michael Jordan; idolising the comedy science of Jerry Seinfeld; dressing up as the ‘Swedish Chef’ from the Muppets; introducing Sir Bob Geldof; and delivering pub quizzes.

Andrew Klein

Andrew Klein is a professional, articulate, entertaining and crowd-favourite professional MC. He thrived in Drama, Basketball and Theatre at Sydney Boys High School, and studied a Bachelor of Arts and Law at the University of NSW. His career highlights include being director of Impact EnterTrainers, Director of Legal Policy at NSW Department of Multicultural & Ethnic Affairs and Solicitor at Clayton Utz.

Known for personalising experiences, injecting energy, being right on the mark and keeping it fresh as the founder of Spike Presentations, Andrew has hosted successful events at companies such as Westpac, Ernst & Young, Telstra, IBM, Coca-Cola and Commonwealth Bank. A creative man, he invented “Life’s a Pitch” and “How to Awe Them, Not Bore Them”.

Andrew talks about:

• Bringing energy and a dash of zest to the room.
• Growing up in Sydney.
• The passion behind becoming a lawyer.
• The decision in 1995 to finish his law career and step onto stage.
• Idolizing comedians and following comedy.
• Why Jerry Seinfeld is his hero.
• Why it is important to set the mood at the beginning of an event.
• His pre-event routine leading up to the event opening.
• What makes a great speaker leave a permanent mark on the audience.
• The “Spike Presentations” elevator pitch and how it works?
• Bringing charisma and injecting a dose of humor in a performance.
• Balancing being a conference emcee with teaching presentation skills.
• The emotional intelligence of reading the room.
• You are there to serve the audience, it’s not about you.
• How he stays fit & healthy when travelling & working a busy schedule.
• The routines, habits and triggers allow him reset his body and mind.
• “how do we change the way we educate children at school?”
• The impact the famous Australia poet, Brook Emery had on his life.

Active CEO Wellness Tip

Focus in the moment – What we can control is right now! We can’t change history, however we can take what we have learnt; good or bad, right or wrong; and harness the opportunities to do something better or leapfrog off what we was successful. Use your strengths to be better now, improve the way you live and make the world a better place. It starts with making a choice, a decision that only you can own in the moment, right now.

Tweets

“When you are on the stage, you are a performer whether you like it or not.” Andrew Klein discusses stage performance, on the active CEO Podcast.

“You have been in the audience time and time again, listening to people who are knowledgeable on a topic but unable to engage with you. Are you one of those people?” Andrew Klein discusses the Spike Presentations elevator pitch, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Andrew Klein www.andrewklein.com.au
Andrew Klein LinkedIn
Andrew Klein Facebook
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole Performance Coaching www.bengathercole.com.au

Recommended Reading:

Better Than Winning – Ben Gathercole

active CEO Podcast Jane Perry (Geometry Global) – Branding Moments That Matter

active CEO Podcast #34 Jane Perry Brand Moments That Matter

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On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Jane Perry, a phenomenal leader in the brand transformation space, about what she learnt from being a Cecchetti Ballet student and her love of riding dirt bikes; not having a university degree; always yearning for the next big challenge and to shake things up; and her passion for retail and understanding the shopper. We also spoke about storeowners being the forgotten ones in the sales channel; understanding how people buy; changing her leadership style; giving employees the permission to put things into perspective; changing the workplace culture; creating Geometreats to improve workplace wellness and to give back to their people; and taking herself out of her comfort zone.

Jane Perry

Jane Perry is a passionate woman who loves to inspire people to buy well, through inspiring and engaging experiences. She has more than 18 years of experience across Asia, Australia and the UK building interactive and purposeful brand and client relationships, with some of the world’s largest recognisable brands such as Coca-Cola, Emirates, Nike and Unilever.

Creating ideas for moments that matter, as Managing Director Singapore of Geometry Global, they inspire action through ideas that are behaviourally-inspired and experience-led. As a leader she has guided innovative teams at The Client Relationship Consultancy Group, Fitch, BBDO, Leo Burnett Group and TMD ANZ, as well as being a Board Director of Iris Worldwide. Her passionate focus on workplace and personal health and wellness in an industry that is known for unhealthy work habits, has paid dividends from a productivity and quality perspective.

Jane talks about:

  • What inspired her as a child?
  • Being a university dropout.
  • Her university lecturer encouraging her to take on a role in the creative world, at Andrews Marketing Group, just shy of graduating from University.
  • The catalyst to exploring a brand new world when she left Australia to work in Asia.
  • Landing a University Lecturer position in Cambodia.
  • What really inspires her from a brand point of view?
  • Geometry Global and what has enabled it to become the world’s largest and most international brand experience and activation agency.
  • Creating experiences that connect brands and people at moments that matter.
  • Strategies to ensure her team are in a high-performing frame of mind, and have the energy to deliver excellence every day.
  • How parents can have enough the energy to juggle all the balls at once and be present in the moment.
  • Transferring the health and wellness approach into how other Geometry Global teams.
  • How her team would describe her leadership style.
  • Receiving the advice “To not ever feel apologetic for being a women or being feminine”
  • Leading with heart and head first.

Active CEO Wellness Tip                                                       

Day-to-Day Productivity – Andrew Barnes founder of Perpetual Guardian trialled the 4-day workweek, while still paying employees for 5 days. It was an astounding success with drastic improvements in work-life balance, engagement and lower stress levels. It all started with trying to figure out a way to increase employee’s work-life balance while also increasing day-to-day productivity. Its important to reduce procrastination time and ensure that our employees are motivated to be efficient at work. How are you improving your day-to-day productivity and live the life you want to?

Tweets

“To not ever feel apologetic for being a women or being feminine”. The advice that changed the way Jane Perry led with heart and head first, on the active CEO Podcast.

“Digital engagement with brands now is all about using data to make sure that a message, product, service or creative is delivered in a personal way and delivered to the right individual at the right time to form relationships, bonds and loyalty. Jane Perry speaks about brand engagement, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Jane Perry LinkedIn
Geometry www.geometry.com
Geometry Facebook
Geometry LinkedIn
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole Performance Coaching www.bengathercole.com.au

Recommended Reading:

Better Than Winning – Ben Gathercole