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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast 253 Andre Laplume Spinout Ventures

Posted on May 18, 2025May 18, 2025 by Craig Johns in Leadership

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Spinout Ventures

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with André Laplume about Spinout Ventures, company innovation and launching a start up.

We also dive deep into developing a positive environment for creative innovations, non-competes being banned for all workers in the USA except Executives, and when to start a spinout ventures.

André Laplume – Spinout Ventures

André is a Professor in Entrepreneurship and Strategy at the Ted Rogers School of Management, a specialist in helping people transition from an employee to entrepreneur and the co-author of the recently released book Spinout Ventures. He is a dedicated entrepreneurial researcher who has a particular interest in how 3D printing technology affects global value chains, and is fascinated in the competitive and institutional barriers preventing potential entrepreneurs from launching new ventures successfully.

He has studied a Bachelor of Computer Science, a MBA and PhD in Management focusing on Strategic Innovation from the University of Manitoba. His career includes being a business and information technology consultant in corporate Canada, the CEO & Co-Founder of LaunchScore, Associate Professor of Management & Gates Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan Technological University, and Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University.

André Laplume talks about:

Growing up in Winnipeg
Dream of running a big tech company
Entrepreneurial start up mindset
Computer science
Organisations generate the innovations that lead to start ups
Spinout ventures
Corporate spinoffs
Launching a start up
When a team leaves a company they can accelerate a start up & scale up
Differentiate from the parent company & stand out
USA Banned non-competes in 2024
Taking the leap into a start up
Intellectual Property
Licensing IP
Developing a positive environment for creative innovations
Speed of innovation & change in the world of technology
banned non-competes for all workers except Executives

Tweets

“A lot of these ideas being created in incumbent organisations would probably be suppressed, crushed or lost in the file draw.” Discussing Spinout Ventures with André Laplume on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“We see more success in the ones who leave as a team as they have the advantage of calling fast.” André Laplume goes deep on what makes a successful Spinout Venture on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Many of the innovations created in your organisation may not be for your organisation. They will be exploited externally.” André Laplume talks about the ripple effect of Spinout Ventures on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Links

Spinout Ventures Website
Andre Laplume LinkedIn
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

BOOK – Spinout Ventures

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast 252 Shivani Gupta Getting Your People To Step Up

Posted on May 5, 2025May 5, 2025 by Craig Johns in Leadership

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Getting Your People To Step Up

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Shivani Gupta about Getting Your People To Step Up, slowing the hiring process down and retaining talented people.

We also dive deep into creating high performing teams, normalising honest conversations and the constant art of working on the culture.

Shivani Gupta – Getting Your People To Step Up

Shivani is an entrepreneur, speaker, coach and author of Getting Your People To Step Up. She is an inspirational leader who is focused on passion, people and performance, is a Barefoot College Ambassador, and is the only Electrical Engineer turned Entrepreneur turned Educator.

Her career included an Electrical Engineering role at BHP before embarking on a 23 career as an award winning entrepreneur and educator. Shivani has scaled many of her own businesses over $1M and exited a business that she grew from $0 to $5M. She has a MBA from The International Graduate School of Management and a Bachelors of Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of South Australia,

Shivani Gupta talks about:

Growing up in India
Power of being a parent & the transferable skills with a leader
Diversity thinking
Career breaks
Becoming being a better human through parenting teenagers
Children holding up the mirror for us
Tough love with care in the workforce
Getting Your People To Step Up
Nurturing a culture where people can say what they feel
Positive reinforcement & constructive feedback
Hire on character first then develop the skill second
Giving yourself permission to live according to your passions.
We should be testing people for their passion when it comes to recruitment
Permission and psychological safety
How do we create a culture thats right?
Clear boundaries of what is yes or no
Avoiding overloading our high performers & under loading low performers
How do we get people doing more work in the time allocated for them
Boundaries & contamination in a hybrid working environment
Strategies to enhance productivity & performance in remote working
Managing health & relationships to improve your productivity
Communicating your vision with passion.
Passion for educating girls in 3rd world countries
Attracting & recruiting talent.

Tweets

“If you start to live according to your passions then you have got to disappoint some people. People are often living other peoples passions. Whether its their partners, their kids, their parents, their cultures.” Leading with purpose with Shivani Gupti on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Passion without discipline is a waste of time … Without hard work and dedication passion is just an energy that dissipates very quickly.” Shivani Gupta discussing Getting People To Step Up on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Constant art of working on the culture to say how do we make people feel like they belong, how do we make people feel safe, how do we make people feel like they belong?” Shivani Gupta goes deep into culture in the workplace on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Links

Shivani Gupta Website
Shivani Gupta LinkedIn
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

BOOK – Getting Your People To Step Up

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active CEO Podcast #103 Be Your OWN CEO

Posted on May 3, 2020May 10, 2020 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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Be Your OWN CEO

By Craig Johns

Be Your Own CEO – create your own high performance habits, boundaries & influence.

Most people would relate CEO to a chief executive officer being the highest-ranking person in a company or other institution, ultimately responsible for taking managerial decisions. How ever we have redefined CEO in terms of you and your energy.

Wouldn’t it be great to experience greater levels of energy more often in your life? … Do you know we are all CEO’s … the chief energy officer of our live’s? … And think how that energy effect’s other people and the way you behave.

Be Your OWN CEO

Human effectiveness is ultimately a function of human energy. How will you mobilize, focus, inspire and sustain your energy? Do you nurture, transform and direct your own human energy?

Life is both a marathon and a sprint. There will be energy highs and lows in life, and the key is how you manage that. You need to develop the ability to harness and mobilise your energy on demand. This is a massive asset that you need to take full ownership of

You Are The CEO

Are you accountable for every action you take and its result? Do you make a conscious and intentional choice before considering your commitments? it is important to know and understand what you can really give 100% attention to.

Successful leaders say NO more than they say YES. Are you living proactively or reactively? Be more proactive and take greater charge of your life. Be proactive by design versus reactive by default. How are you being proactive in clearly mapping out your priorities and desires?

Do you understand the business of your life? Your success depends on your attention to your entire “human” company. Break down yourself into different divisions of your own “human” company and create your OWN CEO Audit & Plan.

It’s now time for you to Be Your OWN CEO!

Want To Learn More?

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 the Leadership Performance Formula.

Breaking The CEO Code WhitepaperDownload

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Subscribe to active CEO Podcast on Itunes
Craig Johns Keynote Speaker
active CEO Coaching
active CEO Podcast
Corporate Programs
Sport Performance
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn

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#102 – Scott Leggo An Eye For Detail Link
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#100 – Sandhya Shetty (Public Figure) Supermodel To Global Influencer Link
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active CEO Podcast #102 Scott Leggo An Eye For Detail

Posted on May 1, 2020May 3, 2020 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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active CEO Podcast #102 Scott Leggo An Eye For Detail Craig Johns Breaking The CEO Code — *Scott Leggo – Founder Scott Leggo Gallery*

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Scott Leggo about an eye for detail, lessons from the back seat of an F18 Hornet in the Royal Australian Air Force, dealing with imposter syndrome with some of the world’s top CEO’s and leaders, and stepping back to gain perspective.

We also talk about finding a period of evaluation and internal retrospection, why he became a landscape photographer and opening Scott Leggo Gallery, importance of a personal debrief, and why he is giving back through the Canberra Business Chamber.

Scott Leggo – An Eye For Detail

Scott Leggo is a passionate leader, management consultant and trusted business adviser who has an affinity for the outdoors, has an eye for detail, thrives in leading strategy and teams, and giving back to the business community .He is a former Australian diplomat, who is a meticulous planner, travel extraordinaire and loves optimising performance, Scott Leggo.

His education includes a Graduate Diploma International Relations from Deakin University, Bachelor of Arts, Politics, Information Systems from the University of NSW, and Advanced Diploma Personnel & Operations Management, Diploma Government (Management), Advanced Diploma Administration from the Royal Australian Air Force College.

After spending 9 years as an officer in the Royal Australian Air Force he went onto being Executive Officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Senior Manager – Strategy& (Formerly Booz & Company) & PwC, and Principle Head of Strategy of the Helmsman International Group. He now has turned his focus to his multi-award-winning Australian landscape photography business as Managing Director of Scott Leggo Gallery, and has recently become a Director of the Canberra Business Chamber.

Scott talks about:

Having a spirit for adventure and the great outdoors.
Being a cadet in charge of 170 people in the Royal Australian Air Force Academy.
Becoming the subject matter expert in instructor on weapons and tactics.
Get respect, then build trust and you can have impact from there.
Lessons from sitting in the backseat of an F18 hornet.
Pushing the boundaries and put people into uncomfortable positions.
Task saturation and having the extra capacity for brain to deal with it.
Working on Defence and National security related issues in South East Asia.
As leaders we can forget some of the foundations we have.
Everyone has self-doubt and self-critique, have to make sure I deliver value and step up.
Keep it simple and realising what you say no to and having the discipline to palm off distractions.
Some of the highest performing CEO’s are those who have structure and routine.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if you just travelled around Australia taking landscape photography?
Having an eye for detail.
Ultimate point in life where you realise you have something to offer other people.
How do we create the world to be a more sustainable place?

Active CEO Performance Tip

People Support What They Create – How often do you come up with a great idea, share it with your team, they agree, but they quickly lose interest?People will support what they create. If they aren’t involved in the development of a project, strategy or even a hire, then there is very little emotional connection to it and less likely to find the motivation to make it happen. Here are 3 ways to get employee or stakeholder buy in:1. Involve your team early, during the creation of an idea, project or strategy. 2. Position the idea so that it feels like your team came up with it. 3. Invite the team to determine the best way to solve a problem and deliver the outcome.

Tweets

“Encourage everyone no matter where they are in their life. How can they improve their performance and the performance of those around them.” Scott Leggo talks about performance, on the active CEO Podcast.

“Step back from this, take a break, change the setting and come back to it. Sometimes you do have to step away or have outside perspective on it.” Scott Leggo an eye for detail, on the active CEO Podcast.

“Some of the biggest companies in the world are as big as they are and as successful as they are because they have managed to go through that process and distill it down to just a couple of core capabilities that they are truly going to differentiate on and excel at and are not going to get distracted by all these other little popups.” Discussing the importance of simplicity with Scott Leggo, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Scott Leggo www.scottleggo.com
Scott Leggo LinkedIn
Scott Leggo Gallery Facebook
Scott Leggo Gallery Instagram
Scott Leggo Twitter
Scott Leggo Instagram
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns http://www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-johns-active-ceo-nz/

Recommended Reading:

Fuel Your Body For Leadership Performance Read Article
How Exercise Enhances A Leaders Performance Read Article
Four Basic Fundamentals Of Being A High Performing Leader Read Article
How To Be A High Performing Leader In 2020 Read Article
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#98 – Shannan Gove (Rosterfy) Building Motivated Workforces Link
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active CEO Podcast #101 Own Your OWN VULNERABILITY

Posted on April 29, 2020May 3, 2020 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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Own Your OWN VULNERABILITY

Own Your OWN Vulnerability – Have the courage to be uncomfortable for growth. A comfort zone is a wonderful place, but nothing ever grows there.

Successful people have the unique ability to perform under high levels of pressure. Pressure comes from internal and external expectations, and as the stakes rise, fear grows. Being able to deal with fear and the uncomfortable feelings that are associated, you have to be better prepared to control your state of mind.

Why do we feel uncomfortable? That uncomfortable feeling comes from going into a place where you have never been before. You are making a change and disrupting the way your mind and body are used to doing something. It might be doing something for the first time or doing something you haven’t done for a while. It could be doing something you are used to, but the conditions or parameters have changed.

“If you want something in life that you have never had, you will have to do something that you have never done.”

To have the courage change, you also must have a sense of vulnerability. On the other side of the coin you must also have courage to be vulnerable. It is important that you have a strong sense of purpose and be prepared for being uncomfortable.

This episode will also look at being prepared to push the boundaries, surround yourself with a supportive team, understand how you manage being uncomfortable, developing and uncomfortable mindset and what rituals and behaviors can you create, so that each day you feel more comfortable with the uncomfortable.

Want To Learn More?

Breaking The CEO Code WhitepaperDownload

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Recent active CEO Podcast Episodes

#101 – Own Your OWN VULNERABILITY Link
#100 – Sandhya Shetty (Public Figure) Supermodel To Global Influencer Link
#99 – Build Your OWN TRIBE Link
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active CEO Podcast #100 Sandhya Shetty Supermodel To Global Influencer

Posted on April 24, 2020May 1, 2020 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Sandhya Shetty, about a life from Supermodel To Global Influencer, the importance of winning, thinking from the heart, life being one Q and A, and how India is reacting to Coronavirus.

We also talk about being an international karate champion who teaches girls self-defence, only we ourselves can change ourselves, why this was her first podcast interview and making ordinary situations extraordinary.

Sandhya Shetty – Supermodel To Global Influencer

Sandhya Shetty is versatile leader who is known for her beauty, brain and brawn as a top Indian model, actor, TV presenter, speaker and Commonwealth Karate Champion. She is a powerhouse influencer who is creating a ripple effect with her No Fear self-defence and awareness campaign, and change agent for women empowerment.

Her education includes a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from SIES College, graduate of Speakers Institute mastering communication for influence, and a 2^nd degree black belt in Karate. Her list of accolades includes finalist in Femina Miss India, winner of Ford Super Model, starring in a number of Indian films, glossing magazine covers and hosting the “Go India” Travel show on The Discovery Channel and TLC.

Sandhya talks about:

Growing up in Mumbai, the city of dreams.
The importance of winning and teaching kids the spirit of winning
Every person who comes into your life is a learning opportunity.
Keep your eyes open when you dream, act on it & grab it by the hand.
Why being a world-class model has been a bit of a taboo in India.
From Supermodel To Global Influencer
Living a life of spontaneity and thinking from my heart first.
Tweaking the whole image in the glamour industry.
Be the person you want the future generation to be.
Why India and the world need more women leaders.
Use this beautiful machine called a heart in everything we do.
Need to face it, fight it and come together as a nation.
Ability to be happy and see good and beautiful things in crisis.
The more you struggle the more unhappiness you attract
Making ordinary situations extraordinary

Active CEO Performance Tip

Focus On CERTAINTY Not Uncertainty During Major Change – Are you still finding yourself attracted to the uncertainty of 2020? It is important that you take control and focus on controlling the controllable’s. Here are 4 ways to ensure you take control of the certainties in your life: 1.) Write down two lists. One with all the things you can control and the second all those you cant. 2.) Place the list of uncontrollable’s in the bin. 3.) Write down one action you can do for each controllable. 4.) Rank the controllable’s in order of highest impact with the least amount of effort.

Tweets

“We globally need to create women world leaders who need to be strong, not only when they talk, but when they action.” Sandhya Shetty talks about the future of leaders, on the active CEO Podcast.

“Look into their eyes, there is something that changes because you are exchanging energy.” Sandhya Shetty thriving in human connection, on the active CEO Podcast.

“When you are a speaker, you just don’t speak, but you feel what you speak and you feel beautiful. Sandhya Shetty talks about feeling what you say, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Sandhya Shetty http://www.sandhyashetty.com
Sandhya Shetty LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandhya-shetty-india-2518274
Sandhya Shetty Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sandhyashetty1
Sandhya Shetty Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBRnjoa_j2ycO10dO-8K0xA
Sandhya Shetty Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OfficialSandhyaShetty/
Sandhya Shetty Twitter https://twitter.com/sandhyashetty
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns www.craigjohnsspeaker.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-johns-active-ceo-nz/

Recommended Reading:

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#100 – Sandhya Shetty Supermodel To Global Influencer Link
#99 – Build Your OWN TRIBE Link
#98 – Shannan Gove (Rosterfy) Building Motivated Workforces Link
#97 – Own Your OWN GRATITUDE Link
#96 – Christian Boucousis Leading Out Of The Danger Zone Link
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active CEO Podcast #99 Build Your OWN TRIBE

Posted on April 18, 2020April 18, 2020 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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Build Your OWN TRIBE

BUILD YOUR OWN TRIBE

Build Your OWN TRIBE – who are the mentors, coaches & people in your proximity

The recent events have led to a lot of self reflection, you realise you need to upskill and upgrade, but you don’t feel like you have the right people around you to make the change

We usually surround ourselves with two types of people. First the cheerleaders and like minded-people who give us comfort through telling us what we want to hear and two those who distract us with negativity and lack of hope.

It is important to surround ourselves with people who ask the thought provoking questions, keep us accountable and ensure we stay true to our mission.

BUILD YOUR OWN TRIBE

Who are the mentors, coaches & people in your proximity?

Identify and write down a list of every skill you want to upgrade

Write down a list of people and/or types of people you need in your proximity to upgrade those skills

Write down 3 curious questions that you would like to ask each person and make a phone call or send an email and ask for a virtual coffee

Want To Learn More?

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Recent active CEO Podcast Episodes

#99 – Build Your OWN TRIBE Link
#98 – Shannan Gove (Rusterfy) Building Motivated Workforces Link
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#95 – Live Your OWN STORY Link
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active CEO Podcast #98 Shannan Gove Building Motivated Workforces

Posted on April 18, 2020April 18, 2020 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Shannan Gove about building motivated workforces, engaging thousands of volunteers, developing the Rosterfy software to provide a solution for Event Workforce Group and working with Super Bowl. We also dive into leadership, human resource gratification, scaling a global team and developing an event workforce management whitepaper.

Shannan Gove – Building Motivated Workforces

Shannan Gove is a young entrepreneur who has scaled a global human resource business; grasped the world of volunteering; and works with some of the worlds biggest events such as NFL Superbowl, IRONMAN triathlon, Tough Mudder, Commonwealth Games, ICC Cricket World Cup and Expo 2020 Dubai. He is a true professional and innovative entrepreneur who loves building motivated workforces, and is helping create legacies from major sporting events.

He studied a Commerce Sports Management Degree at Deakin University, before co-founding Event Workforce Group and Rosterfy. During his career he has contracted to organisations such as IMG, IRONMAN, SuperSprint, The Color Run and Houston Superbowl 2017.

Shannan talks about:

Why volunteering and serving people is important to him.
The backstory on your first business, Event Workforce Group.
Creating opportunities for new sport management students.
The importance of training and onboarding of volunteers.
His first clients IMG Melbourne Marathon, PGA Masters, Presidents Cup & Big Day Out.
Scaling the Rosterfy process
Empower the volunteering community around the world through a workforce database
The Rosterfy founders different leadership styles.
Large mobilisation of workforce at Dubai World Expo with 1 million volunteer shifts.
Incentives to engage with volunteers, so they are proud due to the experience.
Legacy through retention.
10 key steps to event volunteer management
How is new born baby shifted his priorities.
How to get everyone on the same page about what you are trying to achieve.
Taking chances and not being afraid to fail
Reality of building a business

Active CEO Performance Tip

Build Your OWN TRIBE To Upgrade Yourself – The recent events have led to a lot of self reflection, you realise you need to upskill and upgrade, but you don’t feel like you have the right people around you to make the change. Who are the mentors, coaches & people in your proximity? 1. Identify and write down a list of every skill you want to upgrade. 2. Write down a list of people and/or types of people you need in your proximity to upgrade those skills. 3. Write down 3 curious questions that you would like to ask each person and make a phone call or send an email and ask for a virtual coffee.

Tweets

“We haven’t been afraid to put ourselves out there. Go out on a limb and try something new.” Shannan Gove talks about Rusterfy’s approach to scaling a business, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Shannan Gove LinkedIn
Shannan Gove Instagram
Shannan Gove Twitter
Shannan Gove Facebook
Rosterfy www.rosterfy.com
Event Workforce Group www.eventworkforcegroup.com
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns www.craigjohnsspeaker.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn

Recommended Reading:

Recent active CEO Podcast Episodes

#98 – Shannan Gove (Rosterfy) Building Motivated Workforces Link
#97 – Own Your OWN GRATITUDE Link
#96 – Christian Boucousis Leading Out Of The Danger Zone Link
#95 – Live Your OWN STORY Link
#94 – Mike Nishi (Chicago Event Management) Chicago Marathon Beyond The Race Link
#93 – OWN Your OWN FREEDOM Link
#92 – Lisa Tamati (Author of Relentless) Relentless Leadership In Life Link
#91 – 8 Ways To OWN Your OWN Influence Link
#90 – Jason Treu (Unstoppable Workplaces) Building Trust For Transformation Link
#89 – How Many CEO Performance Habits Link
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active CEO Podcast OWN Your OWN Gratitude

active CEO Podcast #97 Own Your OWN GRATITUDE

Posted on April 15, 2020April 18, 2020 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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Own Your OWN GRATITUDE

During times of unease or uncertainty it is easy to go insular and forget about the people around you. It is important to own your own gratitude, both externally and internally.

We need to OWN that GRATITUDE. What is it that we appreciate about ourselves? What is it that we thank ourselves for doing? What are we grateful for every single day?

Because it’s important to be kind to ourselves, and it’s important, and even more important, to be kind to other people.

Own Your OWN GRATITUDE

Here are three ways that you can provide that GRATITUDE to people around you and for yourself.

1. Send a message to at least one person per day to say thank you and show your appreciation.

2. Write down one thing you did well today and why?

3. Note one thing you can do tomorrow that will make someone feel happier?

Want To Learn More?

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Recent active CEO Podcast Episodes

#97 – Own Your OWN GRATITUDE Link
#96 – Christian Boucousis (Afterburner) Leading Out Of The Danger Zone Link
#95 – Live Your OWN STORY Link
#94 – Mike Nishi Chicago Marathon Beyond The Race Link
#93 – OWN Your OWN Freedom Link
#92 – Lisa Tamati (Relentless) Relentless Leadership In Life Link
#91 – 8 Ways To OWN Your OWN Influence Link
#90 – Jason Treu (Unstoppable Workplaces) Building Trust For Transformation Link
#89 – How Many CEO Performance Habits? Link
#88 – Kate Maree O’Brien (SHE Conference) Tenacious Spirit Of An Entrepreneur Link
#87 – Have You Got CEO Presence Link
#86 – Chris Tabish (Comediology) Link

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active CEO Podcast #96 Christian Boucousis Leading Out Of The Danger Zone

Posted on April 11, 2020April 18, 2020 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Christian Boucousis about Leading Out Of The Danger Zone, fighter pilot emotions, the Afterburner FLEX flawless execution method, and how leaders can execute like a fighter pilot.

We also deep dive into high performing teams, why the debrief is more important than the mission, optimising the peak stress curve and why people aren’t the best versions of ourselves.

Christian Boucousis – Leading Out Of The Danger Zone

Christian Boucousis is a high performing leader, who was born to fly fighter jets, thrives on highly complex and demanding environments, and is the co-author of “On Time On Target”. He is a high achiever who focuses on flawless execution, successfully transferred high-level skills of flying at over 1500km/hr to the business world and is a thriving entrepreneur.

His career started as a fighter pilot for the Royal Australian Air Force; before founding the Christian Thomas Group, which provides humanitarian support to developing nations; and directing W E Johns & sons. His current roles include founder and CEO of Mode Developments property company, Publisher of Australian Aviation, and High Performance Coach & Speaker of Afterburner Australia and New Zealand.

Christian talks about:

A lifetime obsession with being a fighter pilot.
Why a fighter pilot execution rate is about 98%
A high performing team is about individual accountability
How to get into a battle “execution” rhythm.
Situational awareness is the clarity that allows you to make better decisions.
Using the Uder loop from the top gun academy.
Maneuvering ourselves into another position to take advantage of it
Utilizing the peak stress curve to optimize performance.
Plan – Brief – Execute – Debrief
Leading out of the danger zone.
Why fighter pilots are the most emotionless robots on the planet.
Preventing burnout and stress as a fighter pilot.
The huge potential of the debrief for teams and organisations
Taking accountability for our own actions while leading teams.
Why humans as highly complex individuals and go off on a tangent.
You are always investigating, you are doing your analysis on the run.
Analysis and decision making is in perpetual motion
Why people spend little time debriefing a goal and the 3 simple questions of a debrief
What’s one thing you can say that can enable hundreds of people to do their job?
The habits and routines he does every day that allow him to execute flawlessly

Active CEO Performance Tip

Create A Ripple Effect With PURPOSE – Have you become too focused on yourself and you don’t feel fulfilled. Focus on something bigger than just yourself. Determine what your companies or your own real purpose is in life. Your why or your companies why? What work can you do to serve that purpose and leave a positive mark or dent on the world? 3 questions to ask yourself – 1. What makes you come alive? 2. What are your innate strengths? 3. Where do you add greatest value? NOW IF YOU ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO IDENTIFY YOUR WHY here are 3 more questions to ask yourself: 1. What do people come to ask for help on and thank you for? 2. What would do you love doing that you would do everyday without a paycheck? 3. If you found out that you only had one year left, what would you imagine yourself doing? Its time for you to do some self reflection and find clarity on your why!

Tweets

“80% of what we did is mapped out, whereas the 20% we had to make decisions, we were able to do that, because the basics were all looked after.” The precision of a fighter pilot with Christian Boucousis, on the active CEO Podcast.

“Everyday we don’t come together as a team, we are diverging away from that goal.” Christian Boucousis talks about team alignment, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Christian Boucousis LinkedIn
Christian Boucousis Facebook
Christian Boucousis Twitter
Afterburner www.afterburner.com.au
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns www.craigjohnsspeaker.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn

Recommended Reading:

BOOK – On Time On Target Christian Boucousis

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