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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #201 Julie Perkins Empowering Young Entrepreneurs

Posted on September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Empowering Young Entrepreneurs

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Julie Perkins about empowering young entrepreneurs, her family founded business Specsavers and the digitalisation of business processes.

We also dive deeper into understanding human behaviour in customer service, running a business, the role of the youth in entrepreneurship and innovation in today’s rapidly advancing technology.

Julie Perkins – Empowering Young Entrepreneurs

Julie Perkins is the founder of Wyseminds, a company that creates an environment where female entrepreneurs can be at their best, feel challenged, and be good enough to be there. She is passionate about decluttering minds and is dedicated to empowering female entrepreneurs by helping them unlock their potential.

She has more than 20 years working at Specsavers including Country Manager for Netherlands. A woman of many dimensions, from studying at INSEAD and London Business School to conquering the slopes on skis and diving into wild-water adventures, Julie becomes a dedicated business mentor, applying her wisdom and guiding those who embark on the Wyseminds journey toward clarity and triumph.

Julie talks about:

Having an entrepreneurial family who founded Specsavers
The joy of passing on and seeing how you can get the people together to unite
Empowering young entrepreneurs
The birth of Wyseminds
Being exposed to working and work cultures at an early age
Uniting people in business
Running a start-up business
Young people leading their ecosystems
Technology and digitalisation in creating amazing products and services
Understanding the human behaviour in customer service
Innovation in customer service
Young entrepreneurs making changes for the better

Tweets

“I think that’s such a learning thing in leadership, especially at a young age, and learning from failure and what works. I think that’s very important.” The importance of learning about leadership with Julie Perkins on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“How do you reach the next level, the indirect teams, the suppliers, the alliances, especially in today’s world where digitalisation is so rapid, how do you decide what to digitalise and how do you unite people that are not sat in an office with anymore?” Julie Perkins on leadership and technology on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“I think understanding how technology and digitalisation open up different ways of thinking, and I think that young people need to swing back into that. They never left it, but I think they need to understand how the balance needs to be achieved so that they can make their amazing things really work and be useful.” Digitalisation with Julie Perkins on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Julie Perkins www.wyseminds.com
Julie Perkins LinkedIn
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #200 Andrew May High Performing Teams

Posted on August 23, 2023August 23, 2023 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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High Performing Teams

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Andrew May about high performing teams, leadership and followership, and the three circles that form a high performing team.

We also dive deeper into the bridge that connects the corporate world and sports, training your brain, and the learning agility that businesses can learn from athleticism and sports.

Andrew May – High Performing Teams
Andrew May is the CEO and founder of StriveStronger, author of the best-seller “MatchFit” and the Mental Skills Coach for the Manly Sea Eagles National Rugby League Club. He took up a Bachelor of Applied Science in Exercise Physiology and a Masters of Coaching Psychology at the University of Sydney.

From a former middle-distance runner to assisting top-tier athletes at the Australian Institute of Sport, he is a regular face on ABC News Breakfast and the host of The Business Fit podcast and Performance Intelligence podcast. He is also a former Managing Partner at KPMG after they acquired his company The Performance Clinic, and is part of IBO World Boxing Champion, Tim Tszyu’s team.

Andrew talks about:

Dreaming of going to the Olympics as a runner
Starting surfing at 12, which planted the seed of high performance
The skill of following as taught by the Army and the Navy
It’s a real strength to be able to both follow and lead in a team
Definition and dynamics of high performing teams
The three circles of a high performing team
The importance of teamwork and connectivity
Your brain is totally trainable
Coaching in sports and in the corporate world
Good coaches will know when to focus on the positives as a double down on the strengths
Businesses can learn Learning Agility from sports
Getting the middle balance between driving a high performance team and the stakes of running them out of gas
Three gifts he wants to give his kids
The social contagion theory
Disconnection in the modern world of technology

Tweets
“Having the conversation on and actually working on resilience. Working on toughness and grit, and actually making people work hard and get rewarded for it.” The importance of conversations around rewards within teams with Andrew May on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“In a high performing team, having real clear leadership, authentic leadership, but then having people who know actually how to follow a plan and implement a plan and knowing your job. So it’s really challenging and it’s totally changed my definition of followership.” Andrew May on the strength in followership on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“If you want your brain to be fit, fast, flexible, and strong, you’ve got to train your brain. And that’s where mental skills are now really evolving and it excites me.” Training your brain with Andrew May on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:
Andrew May www.andrewmay.com
Andrew May LinkedIn
Andrew May Facebook
Andrew May Instagram
Andrew May Youtube
Andrew May X (Twitter)
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
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MATCHFIT

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #199 Nina Mapson Bone Meaningful Work

Posted on August 17, 2023August 17, 2023 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Meaningful Work

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Nina Mapson Bone about Meaningful Work, communication as a key aspect of leadership and building relationships within organisations.

We also dive deeper into creating a sense of purpose and community within organisations, challenges in the workplace and recruitment, and the four key factors of meaningful work.

Nina Mapson Bone – Meaningful Work

Nina Mapson Bone is the managing director of Beaumont People, a renowned recruitment and consulting firm, a powerful speaker, and the author of the career-changing book Meaningful Work. She is an Opinion Columnist at CEOWORLD magazine and has diverse experience working with Robert Half International, the University of Sydney, and Chandler Macleod Group.

She is a graduate of The University of Edinburgh and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Nina is also the President of the Recruitment, Consulting, and Staffing Association of Australia and New Zealand, and the Chair of the Development Committee of the NORTH Foundation—an organisation dedicated to advancing medical research and patient care.

Nina talks about:

Growing up in the UK
Setting out to be a leader from an early stage
Organisations and employers looking at transferable skills and using skills-based recruiting
Meaningful Work
Societal factors in producing meaningful work
Human skills needed to persevere and the ability to overcome struggles
Moved formally into recruiting upon arriving in Australia in 2002
How a company’s dealing with the fact that people don’t tend to stick around as long anymore
People are less clear on what they’re looking for
Searching for a sense of purpose and belonging in a workplace
Employers being loyal to their people and people being loyal to their employers
Leaders creating a great culture within organisations
Using your people’s strengths to motivate them to perform better
Getting better at acknowledging people’s mistakes
Communication is key in leadership
Relationship building between employers and employees
The need for deep work versus collaboration
Four kinds of key factors of meaningful work

Tweets

“Leaders need to be thinking about working on how can they keep, how can they retain and develop their people and keep them involved.” Leaders giving their members a sense of purpose with Nina Mapson Bone on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“I would much rather work with organisations that are great places to work. I have a great culture & great environment. That’s the style of recruitment we do.” Nina Mapson Bone on their recruitment style at Beaumont on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“There’s a lot of evidence to show that when people work to their strengths, they perform better, they better engage, they’re less stressed, they’re more vital, they’re more creative. So if you know what your people’s strengths are and you are able as a leader to allocate the kind of tasks and resources and workload based on the strengths, you’ll get better performance.” Using your people’s strengths with Nina Mapson Bone on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Nina Mapson Bone www.ninamapsonbone.com.au
Nina Mapson Bone LinkedIn
Nina Mapson Bone Instagram
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
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Meaningful Work

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #198 Armando Leduc Movie Star To Social Star

Posted on August 9, 2023August 9, 2023 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Movie Star To Social Star

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Armando Leduc about being a movie star to social star and how storytelling works in film and in business.

We also dive deeper into his acting career spanning from theatre to Hollywood, putting up a business and using content and social media to boost your business growth.

Armando Leduc – Movie Star To Social Star

Armando Leduc is an award-winning singer and accomplished dancer, and he is the CEO and Executive Producer at Leduc Entertainment. He has graced the silver screen with notable appearances in movies like “Green Lantern” alongside Ryan Reynolds, “Lords of the Street,” and the recent hit “Girl With a Gun.”

He has also made memorable appearances in popular TV shows such as “Prison Break,” “The Purge,” and “Valor” and has worked behind the scenes as the writer and director of shows like Bourbon Whiz and Bad Grandmas. Beyond his on-screen talents, Armando is an entrepreneur with a production company that is renowned for its inventive and original content. He is a proud ambassador for his New Orleans roots, showcasing his commitment to his heritage.

Armando talks about:

Growing up in diverse backgrounds and being comfortable with being uncomfortable
Learning how to look at things from different perspectives
Creating predictability and scalability in your company as a result of good marketing
His father making an impact on who he is today
Just because something is true today doesn’t mean it’s going to be true tomorrow
Having the tenacity to always find a way around what you want
Starting out in musical theatre and doing community theatre until having an agent
Playing with Augusta Players before going to Hollywood
Going from theatre to film acting
Establishing Leduc Entertainment
Storytelling in film and storytelling in social media
Regularly creating good content for your business
Using content and social media to boost your business growth
Five-step process in approaching videos for social media
Artificial intelligence in the space of content production

Tweets

“I want to do things that fulfill me and create the journey that is going to make me feel fulfilled instead of chasing that end result that I think we all get so caught up within like trying to find that ending and you don’t need to.” Living and enjoying life to the fullest with Armando Leduc on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“If you’re consistent enough, you can create predictability and scalability in your company as a result of good marketing. ” Armando Leduc on having good marketing on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“We’re taking that storytelling process and going, okay, how can we infuse this into your content for your business, and for you as a personal brand?” Storytelling on social media content with Armando Leduc on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Armando Leduc www.leducentertainment.com
Armando Leduc LinkedIn
Armando Leduc Instagram
Armando Leduc Facebook
Armando Leduc Youtube
Armando Leduc Twitter
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #197 Vanessa Vershaw Unreasonable Ambition

Posted on August 3, 2023August 3, 2023 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Unreasonable Ambition

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Vanessa Vershaw about Unreasonable Ambition, having a strong self-concept and empathy vs. compassion as a leader.

We also dive deeper into building an empathetic skillset and a compassionate organisation, creating a deeper sense and connection within teams, and nurturing rising talent.

Vanessa Vershaw – Unreasonable Ambition

Vanessa Vershaw is the CEO and Founder of Reinvention Consulting Group and the author of the book Unreasonable Ambition, winner of the 2022 Momentum Trail-blazer Award, and an award-winning Australian Organisational Psychologist for ASX 20 & Fortune 100 companies globally.

She is a graduate of the University of Western Australia, Murdoc University and Curtin University where she took Modern Languages & Theater, Law, and Psychology. A former journalist with ABC, Vanessa’s expertise has gained recognition through publications in The Australian Financial Review, The Diplomat magazine, and other esteemed platforms.

Vanessa talks about:

Wanting to serve people at an early age and becoming an organisational psychologist
Being strong with her views and being a natural leader
Unreasonable Ambition
Embracing your true self
Going into journalism and leaving and going into Psychology
Empathy vs. Compassion as a leader
Building empathic skills as a leader
A compassionate organisation achieves collective resilience
Building a shared purpose and meaning in an organisation
A deeper sense of connection and belonging in an organisation
The great resignation
The mirroring technique in executive coaching
Nurturing rising talents and giving real time feedback
Real transformation happens when we’re not in charge
Choosing the road less travelled

Tweets

“It’s not about having an ego. It’s about having a very strong self-concept. And that’s difference. The strong self-concept is I know who I am, warts and all. I’ve got great self-awareness. I know what I can do and I know what I can do right from a skills perspective. And it gives perspective.” Having a strong self-concept with Vanessa Vershaw on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“How could you afford not to be anybody other than yourself? And that’s really the lessons that I roll through, through my own experiences.” Vanessa Vershaw on embracing her true self on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“We’re actually creating an organisation where it’s not a team of people, but it’s almost a tribe of people where we are connected deeply through purpose and belonging and why compassion is really important. It’s because a compassionate organisation is the one that’s able to achieve collective resilience.” Having compassion as a leader with Vanessa Vershaw on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Vanessa Vershaw www.reinventionconsulting.com.au
Vanessa Vershaw LinkedIn
Vanessa Vershaw Instagram
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

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Unreasonable Ambition: Renegade thinking for leaders to create impossible change

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #196 Richard Triggs The Hidden Job Market

Posted on July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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The Hidden Job Market

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Richard Triggs about Uncover The Hidden Job Market, executive search and recruitment, and the shifts in the modern job market.

We also dive deeper into talent hiring and retention, the need to navigate through modern changes and landscape shifts, and the role of human connection in recruitment.

Richard Triggs – The Hidden Job Market

Richard Triggs is the Founder and CEO of Arete Executive and The Boardroom, where he specializes in executive recruitment. He is also the host of the Arete Podcast and a best-selling author of the book, Uncover the Hidden Job Market.

Educationally, our Richard holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Griffith University and a Masters in Business Administration from Queensland University of Technology. He is highly regarded as a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and an active member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Throughout his impressive career, he has held key roles such as Regional and National Manager at P&O Services, Spotless, and Biniris, before transitioning into the world of executive search and recruitment.

Richard talks about:

Moving to Australia from California as a child – loving music, being in a band, and wanting to be a rock star
How his love for music and being in a band influenced his role in executive search
Being in a band is very much like being in a sporting team
Being a reluctant leader during his formative years
Innovative things that he does in the executive recruitment world
Uncover the Hidden Job Market
COVID-19 and the shifts in the job market
Getting in front of your employers of choice before they know that they need you
The great resignation
“The candidate is the commodity” mindset of a lot of organizations
Employees living in a completely different landscape at present times
Employers needing to navigate through modern changes and landscape shifts
Talents looking for something that gives them more fulfillment and more value
Workplace being the centerpiece of people’s social world
Internal vs. External hiring
AI replacing people

Tweets

“There’s no war for talent. If you’re a great employer and you can offer meaningful work that is exciting and well remunerated and they have the opportunity to work with dynamic and inspiring leaders, you will get people.” Hiring top talent with Richard Triggs on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“My philosophy is that if I’m happy and helpful, the world will look after me or the universe will look after me. So I’ve looked at ways of how can I support both the employer and the executive to get great outcomes in a way that is not expensive.” Uncovering the hidden job market with Richard Triggs on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Across a whole variety of roles that require, whether it be sales or human resources or any kind of frontline activity, people still need to understand that their ability to connect and to communicate and to have empathy and to be happy and helpful can’t be replaced by AI.” Richard Triggs on recruitment and AI on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Richard Triggs www.areteexecutive.com.au
Richard Triggs 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

Uncover The Hidden Job Market: How to Find and Win Your Next Senior Executive Role https://www.amazon.com/Uncover-Hidden-Job-Market-executive/dp/0994218796

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #195 Rebecca Houghton Middle Managers Matter

Posted on July 21, 2023July 21, 2023 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Middle Managers Matter

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Rebecca Houghton about Middle Managers Matter, 10 Ways To Level Up Your Leadership, and the importance and dilemmas of middle managers.

We also dive deeper into talent strategy, the dynamics of hierarchy in the workplace, projecting confidence and the rise of authentic leadership.

Rebecca Houghton – Middle Managers Matter
Rebecca Houghton has over 25 years of experience in talent strategy, is an AHRI Talent Strategy and Golden Quill award-winner, as well as the best-selling author of IMPACT. She is also the architect of Level Up, a groundbreaking program exclusively designed for B-Suite leaders.

Throughout her illustrious career, Rebecca has collaborated with industry giants such as LinkedIn, Indeed, The City of Melbourne, and Concentrix, leaving an indelible mark on their success. Her expertise has been sought after by numerous esteemed publications including Harvard Business Review, Forbes, The Australian, News Ltd, CEO World and HR Leader.

Rebecca talks about:

Growing up in different cultures and fascination with group behaviour
Curiosity about how groups behave and how leaders influence groups to behave in a certain way
Big commonalities in leaders around the world
Confidence being your secret Achilles heel
What we think of ourselves on the inside is often the complete opposite of what we project on the outside
Internal and external confidence
Middle Managers Matter
Talent strategy
Projecting confidence at the right times
Rise of authentic leadership
10 Ways To Level Up Your Leadership
The importance of middle managers
Only 7% of communication is made up of the spoken word
Creating a more psychologically secure environment in the workplace
Diversity and more gender balance in roles in the workplace
Relationship with artificial intelligence
Dynamics in the workplace – B Suite and C Suite

Tweets

“There is loads of anecdotal and research evidence that proves that when your mid-level leaders are on point, your transformations succeed.” Rebecca Houghton on middle managers matter on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“It doesn’t matter what language you speak and what country you come from as a leader. Confidence is your secret achilles heel. As a leader, influence is your greatest frustration.” Big commonalities as a leader with Rebecca Houghton on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Middle managers have always been the meat in the sandwich. They’ve always been squeezed between conflicting agendas and diametrically opposing forces. What the executive wants versus what the workforce wants are never going to match up.” The dilemma of middle managers with Rebecca Houghton on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Rebecca Houghton www.boldhr.com.au
Rebecca Houghton LinkedIn
Rebecca Houghton Twitter
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

Impact: 10 ways to level up your leadership

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #194 Kobi Simmat Build A Business

Posted on July 13, 2023July 13, 2023 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Build A Business

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Kobi Simmat about How to Build a Business That Others Want to Buy, the five M’s that make or break a business and expanding your business by investing in your people.

We also dive deeper into the importance of getting mentorship and coaching in growing professionally, setting up a service focussed business, and creating a safe space for the people in your business.

Kobi Simmat – Build A Business

Kobi Simmat is the brilliant mind behind Best Practice Biz, host of the Infinite Business Summit, and the author of the renowned book titled “How to Build a Business That Others Want to Buy.”

His educational background includes a Bachelor of Applied Science earned from Western Sydney University and he holds certifications in various fields such as business, strategy, consulting, and marketing, demonstrating his breadth of knowledge and expertise. He is the founder of Simmat Consulting, Bestpractice.biz, Nextpractice, Kobisimmat.com, and The Talking Business Podcast. Additionally, he serves as the Editor in Chief for Infinite Magazine, further solidifying his influential presence in the business world.

Kobi also served as the former President of the Australian Open Skiff Association, showcasing his leadership skills both on and off the water. As a specialist in business certification, he has dedicated his efforts to ensuring excellence in the field. Moreover, he takes great pride in being a loving father, and his life has been greatly influenced by the legendary entrepreneur, Dick Smith.

Kobi talks about:

Struggling in school and wanting to be self-sufficient and working at an early age
Views and insights on the education system and how he developed an entrepreneurial mindset
Getting mentored and inspired by Karen Pinney and Dick Smith
Building a recurring revenue business
Getting better at finding the right people and growing a team and business
Having a mindset shift, maturity in understanding processes, and hiring coaches and high-performance professionals to help him grow professionally
How can people set up a more of a service focussed business
Scaling a business by empowering and upskilling your employees
Allowing your people to make mistakes and creating a safe space for them to grow
How to Build a Business That Others Want to Buy
The beauty of entrepreneurship
The five M’s that make or break a business

Tweets

“I think it was definitely a mindset shift and a maturity of understanding processes. But there’s one other thing. I’ve always had mentors. I’ve always paid a coach and high-performance professionals to help me, whether it’s a legal team or an accountant.” Kobi Simmat on what helped him run and grow his business and leadership on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“You’re focusing on the customer and then what incredible benefits can we as a team give to the customer? If you keep saying to yourself, what incredible benefit do I give to the customer, I look after the customer. It’s a mindset shift first and foremost. Then it’s about saying, can that customer get that incredible benefit in my absence?” Better customer service and scaling a business with Kobi Simmat on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Your job as the leader is to be setting up a really safe environment for people to get experience and knowing the mistakes that you make and by making the mistakes, you learn to avoid them. The safer you can make that mistake-making exercise for your people and the faster you can do that, the faster they’re going to grow.” Creating a safe environment for your people to grow with Kobi Simmat on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Kobi Simmat www.kobisimmat.com
Kobi Simmat LinkedIn
Kobi Simmat Facebook
Kobi Simmat Instagram
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 How to Build a Business That Others Want to Buy

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #193 Alexis Haselberger Productivity and Time Well Spent

Posted on July 7, 2023July 7, 2023 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Productivity and Time Well Spent

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Alexis Haselberger about productivity and time well spent, building a better workplace culture, and the humanistic approach to workplace productivity.

We also dive deeper into how to better schedule meetings in the workplace, looking into flexibility in teams and organisations, and building psychological safety for a diverse group of people from a leader’s perspective.

Alexis Haselberger – Productivity and Time Well Spent

Alexis Haselberger has nearly twenty years of experience in operations and HR for fast-paced startups, she has become an esteemed authority in productivity and time management.

She graduated Cum Laude from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, specializing in BA Existentialism, Alternative Education Theory, and Studio Art. Her expertise has benefited over 113,000 enthusiastic learners, and she has successfully collaborated with renowned clients such as Google, Lyft, Workday, and Capital One, demonstrating the effectiveness of her proven methods.

Alexis talks about:

Growing up wanting to be a doctor, an astronaut and being a natural leader
Working 40 hours a week vs. 32 hours a week
Spending more time in meetings hampering productivity in the workplace
Flexibility in the workplace and asynchronous work for teams
Technology changing lives for the better
No meetings Monday
Non-negotiables for doing deep work
Building relationships and rapport among teams in remote workplaces
Shaping workplace culture by observing your people’s behaviour
Developing a more diverse and inclusive environment
Building psychological safety for a diverse group of people from a leader’s perspective
Sharing learnings with your team during meetings
Humanistic approach to workplace productivity

Tweets

“If you want to know what your culture is and if you want to shape it, you have to audit who is being hired, fired, and promoted because those are the types of behaviours that you’re really showing. Yes, these are true values and some of the ways that we can shape culture is around what are our policies around the way that people behave.” Making sure that our workplace culture is hitting in the right direction with Alexis Haselberger on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“If we want any kind of change around the amount of time that we’re working or what are the standards and things like that, we actually have to think about how we work during the day because most people that I work with, their time during the 9 to 5 during the day is like 80 to 90% meetings.” Alexis Haselberger about our communication norms in the workplace on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“I want to adopt an efficiency technology so that I can do the same stuff in less time, that I have more time for other stuff that may be more compelling to me.” Using technology more efficiently to increase productivity and achieve balance with Alex Haselberger on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Alexis Haselberger www.alexishaselberger.com
Alexis Haselberger LinkedIn
Alexis Haselberger Youtube
Alexis Haselberger Instagram
Alexis Haselberger Tiktok
Alexis Haselberger Facebook
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #192 Rob Paterson Flip and Decide

Posted on June 28, 2023June 28, 2023 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Flip And Decide

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Rob Paterson about Flip and Decide, working his way from the ground up to becoming a CEO, the art of decision making and being a decisive leader.

We also dive deep into the hospitality industry, the influence of sports in leadership and decision-making, Grind Academy, and the highs and lows of being a leader.

Rob Paterson – Flip And Decide

Rob Paterson is the former CEO of Best Western Hotels in Great Britain, founder of Grind Academy, a leadership evangelist, and the best-selling author of the book Flip and Decide. He honed his craft over a remarkable 25-year career in the hotel industry working with global brands such as InterContinental Hotels Group, Accor Hotels, De Vere Group, Malmaison and Hotel Du Vin, Village Hotels & Best Western Hotels Group GB.

Having launched multiple technology platforms, he possesses a wealth of entertaining storytelling and practical business advice. He was the 2020 Industry Titan by Boutique Hotelier Magazine, founder of headwear brand Cody Spice, and was featured on the renowned UK’s Channel 4 docuseries “Inside Best Western.

Rob talks about:

Taking on a natural evolution of being mentored and mentoring as a child
Growing up taking on a leadership style of play and style of camaraderie in a sports team
Moving from the sport of AFL to hospitality
Working from the ground up as a cleaner, moving from one department to another, until reaching the top as a CEO
Flip and Decide
The impact of playing sports earlier in life on his leadership style and decision making
Moving to the UK and becoming CEO of a large organisation
Hospitality at its heart is about people
Humanity driving real success
Finding joy and satisfaction in helping others
Grind Academy
Training your mental scales
Leaders who make quick decisions

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“Simply flip a coin. It’s a form of metacognition, is what psychologists call it. It short circuits your doubt.” Rob Paterson on stopping that vicious cycle that reduces your chance of making a decision on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“You either destroy the play off the field or you get destroyed, which happened plenty of times to me. But I like that I drew a lot of confidence from being able to make those really quick decisions, snap decisions, and feel confident about it and go with it and brought that into my life inadvertently.” The impact of sports on his leadership skills with Rob Paterson on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“I did cleaning bathrooms and clean the floor and I spent a year there moving through various departments in the housekeeping space … I think that helped me in good stead throughout my career because there was probably never anything I asked anyone to do that I hadn’t done myself.” Humble beginnings working his way through to the top with Rob Paterson on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Rob Paterson www.therobpaterson.com
Rob Paterson 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:

Flip and Decide With Confidence Book Link