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active CEO Podcast Cassandra Heilbronn (Minter Ellison) – Breaking Down Barriers

active CEO Podcast #48 Cassandra Heilbronn Breaking Down Barriers

Posted on July 29, 2019July 30, 2019 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Cassandra Heilbronn about her journey into law; specializing in sport, sponsorship and social media law at Minter Ellison; founding The Prominenti Society; and drafting legislation in Sports, Entertainment & Events in Saudi Arabia. We also go in depth talking about sport integrity, empowering women, mental health and breaking down barriers.

Cassandra Heilbronn

Cassandra Heilbronn is an exceptional young woman, proud servant to the community, passionate advocate, and has been known as the skateboarding solicitor. She is a sought after keynote speaker, commentator on women in sport and is the Founder of The Prominenti Society; a speaker platform featuring only female speakers worldwide.

Her education included a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Bachelor of Arts – Politics & Public Policy at Griffith University and a Master of Laws at The University of Queensland. As a passionate lawyer she has remained connect to education as a guest lecturer Sports & Negligence as well as Social Media and Ethics at the University of Queensland, University of the Sunshine Coast and Griffith University.

Cassandra’s career as a lawyer commenced at Butler McDermott Lawyers, TressCoax Lawyers and Clayton Utz before becoming a Senior Associate in Sports and Corporate Risk at Minter Ellison. Since June 2019, she has lived in Saudi Arabia as the Regulation Legal Manager for Sports, Entertainment & Events at The Royal Commission of Al-Ula for the Al-Riyadh Governorate. Our guest’s passion for sport has led to governance roles at Sunshine Coast Girls Boardriders Club, Squash Australia, Brisbane Heat, Surf-rider Foundation Australia and Football Victoria. She is the Immediate Past President of Women Lawyers Association of Qld.

Cassandra talks about:

Growing up in Bundaberg, a low socio-economic area in Australia, with two sisters.
Leadership lessons from playing sport from the age of four.
Wanting to become a mechanic if she didn’t become a lawyer.
History does not define your circumstances.
Appreciating the small things in life.
Her motivation to become a lawyer.
Dealing with sport law contracts around the world.
Governance issues need to be addressed by sports.
The importance of having an employee social media policy.
Overcoming her own barriers as a young lawyer.
Enlisted a business coach at a young age to help with mannerisms and response in situations.
Empowering women to step out of the family comfort zone.
Helping younger girls with confidence and public speaking.
Cultural and societal change in Saudi Arabia.
How The Prominenti Society came to fruition.
Key lessons in negotiating.
Finding “Cass Time” where she can switch off.
A higher level of support for mental health.
Living as an expat for the very first time.

Active CEO Wellness Tip

Skill Stacking – To ensure that you deliver high performance every single day, you need to recover with purpose and have productive downtime. It could be doing exercise, creative pursuits, quality time with family, meditation, listening to music or watching a movie.

Tweets

“Teamwork, strategic analysis, learning how to use the rules, play the field to your advantage, meeting people and learning how to adapt to their personalities to reach the end goal.” Leadership lessons learnt on the sports field with Cassandra Heilbronn, on the active CEO Podcast.

“We are entitled to a private life, however with all social media there is no private life.” Cassandra Heilbronn talks about employees and social media, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Cassandra Heilbronn – Blog
Cassandra Heilbronn – LinkedIn
Cassandra Heilbronn – Twitter
Cassandra Heilbronn – Instagram
The Prominenti Society www.prominentisociety.com.au
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn

active CEO Podcast Sasa Sestic (The Coffee Man ONA Coffee) – A World Beyond Coffee

active CEO Podcast #47 Sasa Sestic A World Beyond Coffee

Posted on July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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A World Beyond Coffee
Sasa Sestic ONA Coffee
World Barista Champion
Project Origin
2000 Sydney Olympics — *Sasa Sestic – Founder & Director ONA Coffee*

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Sasa Sestic about escaping three wars, transitioning from 2000 Sydney Olympic Games Handball player to entrepreneur, creating ONA Coffee, the powerful impact of Project Origin, winning the 2015 Barista World Championships and a world beyond coffee. We take a deep dive into building a team of innovators, creating a competitive environment, chasing excellence, collaborating with winemaker Tim Kirk from Clonakilla, The Coffee Man movie and book, and the realization that coffee was much more than a social drink.

Sasa Sestic – Podcast Interview Brief

Sasa Sestic is a World Barista Champion, Olympian, philanthropist and remarkable entrepreneur, who immigrated to Australia in 1997, from humble beginnings in war-torn Bosnia. He is considered inspiring, authentically raw and a fun entrepreneur to work with, who authored the award-winning book The Coffee Man. His outstanding sporting ability allowed him to represent Australia in European Handball at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

While working in a Canberra bakery he found his true passion and an obsession for not only perfecting the ultimate cup of coffee, but also finding and roasting the world’s best coffee beans. He has a heart of gold and his devotion to donate thousands of dollars to the farmers who produce the coffee beans in places like India, Honduras and Nicaragua. His love of coffee has led to two Australian and the 2015 World Barista Championships, as well as owning a range of café’s including The Cupping room, ONA Coffee House, ONA Manuka and High Road.

Sasa talks about:

His dad surviving -15 degree nights to put food on the table.
Playing European Handball for Australian at the Sydney Olympics
Transitioning from athlete in 2013 to Barista entrepreneur.
Working in 3^rd world countries to help them develop great coffee, grow there amazing coffees and see that we are doing something good for these communities.
The DNA of ONA Coffee which is community driven and family owned
A lot of failures; every time we failed it help bring us closer together.
People who love coffee, obsess with coffee and want to innovate.
Developing innovative coffee processes that are used globally.
Collaborating with winemakers Tim Kirk from Clonakilla.
O.C.D – ONA Coffee Distribution Tool
His first trip to India in 2011 changed the way he approached coffee.
Going deep into the Amazon Forest to search for the coffee bean DNA.
The story behind The Coffee Man movie.
Introducing consuming countries with the farming countries.
The future expansion of ONA Coffee.
Flying to Switzerland to understand the science of coffee.
Wanting to change the way coffees are sold.

Active CEO Wellness Tip

Talent Is Not Enough – Discipline, hard work and really putting that time into achieving your goals. Talent will only take you so far. What is the plan you are putting into place and implementing to ensure you achieve that performance that you desire?

Tweets

“Very competitive environment, very high paced, all high achievers, we all love competition and the competition gets the best out of us.” Sasa Sestic explains the ONA Coffee environment, on the active CEO Podcast.

“One of the issues we have is that when we reach these high goals, we don’t spend enough time celebrating. We just set another higher goal. Trying to be the best we can be. We want to compete with ourselves.” Wanting to spend more time celebrating with Sasa Sestic, on the active CEO Podcast.

“2007 is when I realised that coffee can be so much more than a social drink. So much more than something that tastes reasonably nice. A lot deeper purpose to being able to serve a great cup of coffee. We can make the world a little bit better.” Sasa Sestic’s approach to a world beyond coffee, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Sasa Sestic www.sasasestic.com.au
Sasa Sestic Instagram
ONA Coffee www.onacoffee.com.au
ONA Coffee Instagram
Project Origin www.projectorigin.com.au
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn

Recommended Reading:

The Coffee Man Book
The Coffee Man Film

active CEO Podcast Jemimah Ashleigh (The Business Experiment) – Position of Influence

active CEO Podcast #46 Jemimah Ashleigh Position of Influence

Posted on July 15, 2019July 15, 2019 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Jemimah Ashleigh about being a profiler in the Australian Federal Police, her Amazon best-selling book Position Me, creating The Business Experiment podcast, and her rollercoaster ride as an entrepreneur. We also delve into her involvement with Thankyou and The Hope Project, perseverance, wellness and failing the Andy Frisella 75Hard Challenge.

Jemimah Ashleigh

Jemimah Ashleigh is an inspirational entrepreneur, coach, mentor, podcast host, comedian, keynote speaker and is the Amazon best-selling author of ‘Position Me’. She is an incredible woman, who is considered authentic, hard-working, enthusiastic, fun and has a habit of throwing political correctness out the window.

Educated at La Trobe University, Charles Stuart University and the Australian Institute of Public Safety, she is fluent in Australian Sign Language, English and Bahasa Indonesia. After a decade in security and intelligence as a profiler in the Victorian Police Force, she founded Epic Social, Tangs Design and one half of The Business Experiment podcast.

Known as a global authority on positioning, she has been named in the Top 10 female entrepreneurs in Australia, was the 2015 Canberra artist of the year, is a board member for the Hope Project, an impact partner for Thankyou, and has reached over 6 million people through social media and podcasting.

Jemimah talks about:
• Growing up with law enforcement in her blood.
• Studying Russian history, Indonesian language and legal studies.
• Entrepreneurship is confusing.
• Curiosity is an undervalued skill particularly in business and growing your own business.
• Have an interest in people’s behaviour and why people do what they do.
• Being tired of law enforcement and realising career breaks are a real thing.
• Deciding to make jewellery and start a small business.
• Starting The Business Experiment podcast with Siobhan Joyce.
• A lot of entrepreneurs are very good at being busy, but not being productive.
• The main ingredient in business is that you need perseverance & a why bigger than yourself.
• The importance of having mentors and coaches when you are starting a business.
• We should outgrow our mentors at some point.
• Having an Amazon best-selling book, Position Me, in 26 minutes.
• Proving that we are an expert is really hard to do because it feels a bit inauthentic.
• People have really good ideas and intentions for what we want to do, but fail to execute.
• Having time to look after yourself, is not selfish, it is mandatory.
• We see so many people burning out. It is so gradual that it becomes a real problem.
• Failing the Andy Friscella 75HARD challenge.
• Daniel Flynn and being involved in Thankyou.
• The significance of the Hope Project and working with Kate Seselja
• It’s not about addiction, but why you became addicted in the first place.
• Turning Position Me into a TV show.

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 downtime, as it will allow you to maintain a higher threshold of performance over a longer period of time.

Tweets

“I think you can’t be laser focused in one area. That’s a skill if you are working for someone else.” Specialist versus generalist with Jemimah Ashleigh, on the active CEO Podcast.

“Being your own boss is amazing it is also a big problem. It is also your own problem. You are only accountable to you.” Talking entrepreneurship with Jemimah Ashleigh, on the active CEO Podcast.

“97% of female led start-ups in the first five years are failing, which is twice as much as males.” Jemimah Ashleigh raises a societal issue in entrepreneurship, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Jemimah Ashleigh www.jemimahashleigh.com
Jemimah Ashleigh Instagram
Jemimah Ashleigh Facebook
Jemimah Ashleigh LinkedIn
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn

Recommended Reading:

Position Me – Jemimah Ashleigh

active CEO Podcast Olivier Calandreau (BNP Parabis Cardif) – Think Slow & Act Fast

active CEO Podcast #45 Olivier Calandreau Think Slow & Act Fast

Posted on July 8, 2019May 9, 2020 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts

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*Olivier Calandreau – President CEO BNP Paribas Cardif Seoul*

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Olivier Calandreau, from BNP Paribas Cardif, about developing multicultural teams, focusing on think slow & act fast, embracing change and being brave enough. We also delve into starting out in PricewaterhouseCoopers, developing a mentoring program, the formalities and protocols of working in Korea, placing mind and body in harmony, and his passion for triathlons.

Olivier Calandreau Think Slow & Act Fast – Podcast Interview Brief

Olivier Calandreau is a creative, energetic and conscientious global pioneer in the fields of leadership and management. He is fluent in English, French and Spanish; loves to compete in Ironman triathlon events; and has honed his skills across three continents in Latin American, Europe and Asia

He has a Masters Degree in Actuarial Science from the Institute of Statistics University of Paris, an MBA in General Management from HEC Paris, and has studied executive education and customer experience at Harvard University.

During his 20 plus years as a senior-level executive in financial services and insurance, he has held roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers, SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd and BNP Paribas Cardif, where he currently holds the title of President & CEO at BNP Paribas Cardif General Insurance in Seoul Korea.

Olivier talks about:

Wanting to become a fighter pilot in the army.
A dream to live abroad and ending up in India.
Never neglect who you are and where you come from.
Balancing your team member’s business and personal development.
It is very important to learn the language wherever you are.
When stress it is high, then it is more important to be open and feel at ease to share what they have on their mind.
Think slow & act fast
Why you are, why you are here and what you have to do.
“Only way to test your ideas is to implement them and confront them with reality”
Find ways to grow in the big market in our own space.
Find new places with big potential and then building a team that can keep up with the pace.
How to keep editing yourself, and embracing change and the unknown?
Have to forget what you have learnt and been used to when you start in a new country.
Why triathlon gives him the discipline and commitment that I can apply to myself at work.
What are my limits and what keeps me trying new things and finding out what’s next?

Active CEO Wellness Tip

Circle of Trust – Your performance is the average of the five closest people in your working environment. What is the diversity of people around you that can hold you accountable and challenge your way of thinking? They also provide you with the encouragement when you need them. They will test your thoughts, game plan, actions and desired outcomes.

Tweets

“Change can be perceived as a big mountain. We need to look at the bottom and take small steps.” Olivier Calandreau talks about change management, on the active CEO Podcast.

“Embrace the change, embrace the people, listen to them and open your heart.” Developing multicultural teams with Olivier Calandreau, on the active CEO Podcast.

“Leadership is very much influenced by your own values and culture, but also by your situation and context.” Olivier Calandreau’s leadership view, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Olivier Calandreau LinkedIn
BNP Parabis Cardif www.bnpparibascardif.com
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn

active CEO Podcast Jennie Wyllie (Netball New Zealand) – Challenge Privately Support Publicly

active CEO Podcast #44 Jennie Wyllie Challenge Privately Support Publicly

Posted on June 30, 2019June 30, 2019 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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On this episode of the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Jennie Wyllie about growing up watching the New Zealand Silver Ferns netball team, coping with intense public scrutiny, challenge employees privately and support publicly, and leading a high performing team as Chief Executive of Netball New Zealand. We also discuss standing out from other graduates at PricewaterhouseCoopers, the impact of the Tanya Dalton Foundation, an internal review following the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and resetting the body and mind by taking family vacations to her kiwi batch at the beach.

Jennie Wyllie

Jennie Wyllie is a wonderful leader who has navigated some major transformations in a short period of time. In her current role of Chief Executive of Netball New Zealand, she has led the implementation of the ‘Whole of Netball Plan’ strategy, has managed the move back to a domestic elite competition and is using all her experience to implement the recommendations following a recent independent review into the National team.

She went to Pakuranga College in New Zealand, before completing a Bachelor of Commerce specialising in Accounting and Tax, from the University of Auckland. Today’s guest has also completed an Institute of Directors Companies Director Course, is a certified New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountant and has a Postgraduate Certificate in Management Studies at the University of Waikato.

Her career began in accounting and finance with roles, in New Zealand and the UK, at Price Waterhouse Coopers, Discovery Networks, GlaxoSmithKline, Orange and Telecom New Zealand. While at Telecom New Zealand she spent time as a Next Generation Marketing Offers Lead before returning to finance as Head of Finance, Strategy and Services at Netball New Zealand.

Jennie talks about:

What is your differentiator – ‘just be me”
Being able to relate to everyone from the CEO and Board down to the receptionist.
Being an authentic leader – I am, what I am.
To be high performing you need to wrap yourself with experts in the field.
Balancing working in the business versus working on the business is a major challenge.
Coping with the intense public scrutiny, especially when the team may not be playing well.
The independent review of the unsuccessful 2018 Commonwealth Games Silver Ferns.
If you are not living the values of the team, who is going to hold you to account.
Balancing a focus on participation versus the elite side of the sport.
Recognising all the hard work that volunteers do in the netball community.
Ensuring that the health and wellness of our coaches and employees are being looked after.
Coaches challenges are not so much different to the athletes.
“How do we support our female coaches?” because they are different from the men coaches.
We encourage staff to stay active including a wellness day, where it is all tools down.
Requiring a growth mindset in sport as it reinvigorates you to go for that next challenge.

Active CEO Wellness Tip

It’s Not About You! – You are here to SERVE, You are here to CONTRIBUTE and you are here to make a DIFFERENCE. As a leader you have to let go of the ego and make sure that everything that happens is about the team, is there for them and they can shine every single day.

Tweets

“Weird natural high, a buzz, for me that’s when I know that things are clicking, you come up with ideas, you interact with people and bounce ideas off without fears of reprisal. That’s when I know!” Jennie Wyllie explaining her peak state of mind on the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast.

“With an intense public scrutiny comes a level of engagement and ownership they have with the team… You have to back yourself to make good decisions, and be able to stand behind your choices and the decisions you make. ” Jennie Wyllie talks about coping with public scrutiny on the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast.

“In high performance the environment for athletes is inherently unsafe. You can be selected or not selected at any one time. But for a high performing team you need to feel safe, vulnerable to share your strengths and weaknesses.” The high performance environment conundrum, with Jennie Wyllie, on the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Jennie Wyllie LinkedIn
Netball NZ www.netballnz.co.nz
Netball NZ info@netballnz.co.nz
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 Brad Gunn (Vault Accounting) – Four Day Work Week

active CEO Podcast #43 Brad Gunn Four Day Work Week

Posted on June 24, 2019June 25, 2019 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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*Brad Gunn – Managing Partner Vault Accountants and Financial Services*

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Brad Gunn, from Vault Accountants and Financial Services, about the four day work week, creating a customer centric financial business, the role of technology in client relationships, and high levels of staff retention. We also delve into sports leave, incentivizing staff to be active and healthy, taking Triathlon Queensland from insolvency, and his love of a fine wine.

Brad Gunn – Podcast Interview Brief

Brad Gunn is a humble, thoughtful, determined and creative leader, who has the quote “When you know your WHY, you’re going to attract people that bring the HOW” on his LinkedIn page.

He has more than thirty years experience in the financial services with senior roles in investment advisory, funds management, practice management and accounting. His education includes a Bachelor Economics, Accounting and Commerce at the University of Queensland; and post-graduate studies in financial management at the University of Adelaide and Columbia University in the City of New York.

In 2008 he co-founded Vault Accounting and Financial Advisors in Brisbane, Australia, a progressive advisory group that offers expertise across the entire financial planning landscape.

Brad talks about:

His father always saying he was a leader and people would follow.
Client engagement and communication is the key to successful retention in any business.
Developing customer centric approach so that companies could come to one place.
Training, education and ongoing up-skilling being important to Vault.
Moving people across and up in the business has lead to high levels of staff retention.
The only way they are going to learn is get their hands dirty on the tools.
The role of technology integration with accountants in the client relationship.
Wanting to dial back from the business, where they can exit the business within ten years.
Trialling the four day work week in February 2019.
They were putting a 40-hour week in 4 days and productivity was up through the roof.
During the debrief staff identified an improvement in mental health and a reduction in stress
Incentivising Vault Accountant’s staff in leading an active and healthy lifestyle.
The inspiration behind starting the Croc Triathlon Club with Brad Bevan and Rod Cedaro.
Being a Board member for Triathlon Queensland for 11 years including President for 8.
Managing change with a struggling organisation, which was technically insolvent.
Changing the way that Triathlon Australia and the State triathlon organisations operated.
His wife Sally seeing the need for him to get his work-life balance sorted out.
BBQ favourite wine is the Wirra Wirra Church Block Shiraz
Wanting to solve the question of how to fix the Australian Tax problem

Active CEO Wellness Tip

Energy Meeting – Why don’t we challenge the way we have always provided sugary muffins, coffee, lollies and soft drinks as our meeting snacks? How do we expect to perform optimally and get the most out of people when we are not focusing on strategies to ensure sustainable energy levels. If we want optimal performance, optimal learning and optimal outcomes then we need to implement effective energy strategies and that starts with what food and drinks we put on the table.

Tweets

“The university degree doesn’t automatically give you the right to know everything. It really is only a start.” Brad Gunn discusses on the job experience, on the active CEO Podcast.

“The first week was the most difficult as people were going through a transition and adjusting. The second week everyone was getting used to it, the third week they were loving it and by the fourth week can we keep this going.” Brad Gunn speaks about the four day work week trial, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Brad Gunn LinkedIn
Vault Accountants and Financial Advisors www.vaultgroup.com.au
Triathlon Queensland 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:

Better Than Winning – Ben Gathercole

active CEO Podcast Adam Hudson (Reliable Education) – Future Of Amazon Entrepreneurship

active CEO Podcast #42 Adam Hudson Future of Amazon Entrepreneurship

Posted on June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Adam Hudson about coping with losing millions of dollars; the future of Amazon entrepreneurship; the purpose of Reliable Education; and innovation at the heart of entrepreneurship. We also delve into leaning into entrepreneurship, timing being an important part of your success, identifying a visual gap in the market, knowing when to fire yourself and the importance of masterminds to his success.

Adam Hudson – Podcast Interview Brief

Adam Hudson is a tenacious, focused and courageous serial entrepreneur who has ridden the highs and lows of business success. He has built several multi-million dollar companies in Australia and the USA, including co-founding Reliable Education and Zonguru.

Considered an Amazon Thought Leader, he authored the book “Primed” in 2017. With Amazon catalysing a massive disruption in the retail industry, he simplifies a hyper-logical yet counterintuitive approach to successfully launching consumer brands on the platform.

Our guest has featured on credible media platforms including the Brian Tracy Show, Sky Business News, USA Today, Inc.com and The Wall Street Journal.

He is considered a man of resilience, authenticity, has a huge smile and a genuine desire to make a difference.

Adam talks about:

Having a desire to create things and chart his journey.
“If you don’t like it, then you can get your own place and create your own rules”.
Doing a Tony Robbins seminar and getting to the root of what your drive is.
The biggest secret to his success is persistence and working hard.
Failing more than he has succeeded.
His desire to have agency over his life and not work for anyone.
The future of Amazon entrepreneurship.
Innovation will reveal the pain that is not obvious.
Why he developed Reliable Education and the reason why they interview everyone.
Differentiate and stand out from the lack of innovation.
Sell things where there is demand, people are already buying and people really care about.
Does this business stack with someone else doing every piece all the way through.
Young entrepreneurs don’t value their time & they become a prisoner of their own making.
Sponsoring villages in Indonesia to pay for eye surgery for the 4 million people that are blind.
Right from the start, my mission is to fire myself from every company.
Being aware of his own mental health and focusing on self care around food and sleep.

Active CEO Wellness Tip

Time on Business – Most CEO’s get lost “in the business” rather than spending time “on the business”. You will find it invaluable to find one to two times per week for a half day to spend time on your business. You need to block out your calendar and make a decision and a commitment to clear weekly time for strategic thinking and direction. This thinking, reflecting and creating time should be effectively used to drive growth and develop the future of the business.

Tweets

“You can only get so much from a book and the rest you have to learn from the school of hard knocks.” Adam Hudson talks about experience, on the active CEO Podcast.

“I fired up under the pressure, I said alright this is it, what are you made of , lets do this.” Adam Hudson’s response to losing everything in 2008, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Reliable Education www.reliable.education
Zonguru www.zonguru.com
Adam Hudson Instagram
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:

Primed: Your Guide to Building an Amazing Business on Amazon – Adam Hudson
Better Than Winning – Ben Gathercole

active CEO Podcast PJ Ashley (The Pillar Practice) – Consciously Connected Leadership

active CEO Podcast #41 PJ Ashley Consciously Connected Leadership

Posted on June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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*PJ Ashley – Founder The Pillar Practice*

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with PJ Ashley about The Pillar Practice, being born to change the world, supporting Defence Force families, and consciously connected leadership. We also discuss the ‘why’ behind starting her own business, having ‘busy’ as a badge of owner, people becoming truth-seekers, the World Health Organization recognizing “Burn-out”, and the walking dead state.

PJ Ashley – Podcast Interview Brief

PJ has chosen the health and wellness of people and businesses around the world over a corporate life. She spent eight years as a director at Lifeline Canberra, which exists to support people in crisis and save the lives of those experiencing thoughts of suicide

The early part of her life included living in NSW and then Queensland, Australia, where she attended St Aidans Anglican Girls College. She completed a Certificate Business Studies at Lorraine Martin Business College and later on in her career, a Diploma Holistic Therapies at Swindon College in the UK.

Our guest has spent over 25 years working in and around Defence, including being an executive in the corporate world dealing with large multi-million dollar Government and Defence contracts. This has included working in various managerial roles at Toll, CIPS Australia, Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia, Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Australia and LMB Consulting.

In 2013, she founded The Pillar Practice, where they decrypt the mysteries of life through a journey of healing. Her trademark The Pillar Code is now formally recognized as a new modality in 26 countries.

PJ talks about:

Growing up in a sporting family, as a dancer.
Going to the university of life, but not being able to name the campus she went to.
Finding her leadership talent through voluntary work with Defence families.
Seeing something in someone that they cant see in themselves.
Her leadership style and what values are most important to her.
Surrounding herself with people who can do things that she cant.
The ‘WHY” behind leaving the corporate world and starting her own business.
Why a massage became her defining moment for The Pillar Practice.
Delivering the world a brand new modality, the gift to assist them to the waking up.
The coding system of the universe with the nine Pillars.
The World Health Organization recognising “BURNOUT” as a occupational phenomenon.
People pushing themselves to the absolute limit.
Recognizing consciously connected leadership.
Sealing, a very quick form of consciously meditating without going into a full meditation.
Not going to get to the end of this life and I didn’t give it my best shot.
Wanting to solve the walking dead state.

Active CEO Wellness Tip

Bigger Than Themselves – You have to dig deep and find out what truly motivates each employee on your team. What gets them up each day and what will allow them to draw more energy to perform with distinction in your company? What is the greater purpose? Because people want to do something much bigger than what your company stands for and something that is bigger than themselves.

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“Some people are just born to be academics and other people are born to change the world. You are not the academic, you are the one to change the world.” The advice PJ Ashley’s head mistress gave to her at school on the active CEO Podcast.

“Every day was the same except I was adding another zero.” PJ Ashley describing how every day became the same, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

PJ Ashley Facebook
PJ Ashley LinkedIn
The Pillar Practice www.thepillarpractice.com.au
The Pillar Practice Facebook
The Pillar Practice YouTube
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:

It’s About Time by George – PJ Ashley
Better Than Winning – Ben Gathercole