On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Arash Arabi about defeat the enemy within, being a scrum master, servant leadership and the wise enterprise.
We also delve into systems thinking, emotional intelligence, leadership, organisational design, and how we can inch together towards the goal line.
Arash Arabi – Defeat The Enemy Within
Arash is a Taekwondo World Champion, Agile and Leadership Coach and a person with a passion for Emotional Intelligence. The author of The Wise Enterprise, Arash Arabi is a systems thinker, and a man who loves trying new languages and technologies.
He studied a Bachelors and Masters in Information Technology from Monash University, and a Professional Leadership Program from Motivation Matters. His career has included IT software and engineering roles with companies such as Oracle and Intrepid Travel, and has been an Agile Coach and Trainer for companies like ANZ, and nBn Australia. Now, he is the founder & CEO of Sprint Agile and is an Agile Coach for IOOF Holdings.
Arash talks about
Growing up in Iran during the war.
What’s my role in the universe
What would you do with all the time and money in the world?
Becoming a Taekwondo World Champion.
My superpower is endurance through everything I have done in life.
It’s what really makes me satisfied internally that really counts.
Realising that a successful person needs to understand everyone.
Scrum Masters being servant leaders.
Economical war versus a chemical war.
The Wise Enterprise.
Decision making is influenced by our emotions.
Leadership is a skill not a rank.
How everyone perceives the world to form their opinions.
An answer is only as good as the question
Tweets
“I couldn’t defeat the enemy within, because I was stressed, I wasn’t able to use my skills to the best of my abilities. I had all these tricks up my sleeve that I would easily be able to beat the other person. I couldn’t, as it went 10mins overtime. I couldn’t defeat the enemy within.” Arash Arabi talks about Defeat The Enemy Within, on the active CEO Podcast.
On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Penny Locaso about hacking happiness, her fascination with human behaviour, the busy epidemic, microbravery and leaders transforming from an expert into an experimenter.
We also talk how she overcome imposter syndrome at Shell, human connections, positively impacting the lives of others, being present in a moment and success as a by-product of happiness
Penny Locaso – Hacking Happiness
Penny is an internationally acclaimed TEDx and keynote speaker, educational innovator and creator of The Intentional Adaptability Quotient® (IAQ), A world-first Hacking Happiness measurement tool and educational program. She is the CEO of HackingHappy.co, one of Australia’s most influential female entrepreneurs, and a passionate entrepreneur who has partnered with prestigious brands such as Google, Microsoft and Deloitte, Penny Locaso.
Her studies have included an MBA in Marketing and Management from Swinburne University and has held numerous volunteer roles at organization’s such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, Australia Indigenous Community Volunteers, and the Smith Family. As a manager, Penny has held roles in marketing and commercial at Shell, been a Board Director at Big Brothers Big Sisters Australia, co-founder of the FBOMB show, activator at SheEO, and faculty member at Singularity University.
Penny talks about:
Living on a farm and go hiking in COVID.
Conversations in nature with her son.
Her fascination with Human behaviour.
Why do p[people operate in different ways.
Each company speaks a different language.
Determining what success is.
Hacking Happiness.
What makes me happy is my compass.
Happiness is a practice, mindset and behaviour.
Being able to ride the wave of every emotion that life throws at you.
Eject more joy into each day.
The busy epidemic.
Our brain does its best work in default network mode.
Leaders must transform from an expert into an experimenter.
Intentional adaptability.
Busy equals bullshit.
Telling yourself that you are busy, makes your mind go faster.
Put yourself out in the world.
Tweets
“My life is full, but I am doing things that I love?” Hacking Happiness with Penny Locaso, on the active CEO Podcast.
“Being able to ride the wave of every emotion that life throws at you, knowing that you can come out the other side just a little bit better than what you were before. Because you have the right skills, the right resources and the right structure around you to make that happen.” Penny Locaso defines happiness, on the active CEO Podcast.
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On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Kathy Robinson about the Athena Principles, how a vacation to Alaska began her wellness quest, having an ultramarathon mentality, the layers of Wall Street and becoming an entrepreneur.
We also delve into the wellness taboo, transitioning out of a career in financial audit and risk, one size fits one, developing a wellness program based on risk principles and why having a life outside of work is so important.
Kathy Robinson – The Athena Principles
Kathy Robinson is a former Fortune 500 corporate disciple who found her inner self through becoming an author, speaker and certified wellness coach with Athena Wellness. She is a passionate wellness coach who has infectious energy, completed her first ultramarathon at age 54, lives by the philosophy “one size fits one” and is the author of The Athena Principles
Her career has involved senior executive roles in Audit at Credit Lyonnais, Citi, Morgan Stanley and ADP, before embarking he an author, speaker and certified wellness coach. As an auditor she assessed the wellness of Fortune 500 corporations, now she assess personal lives as they navigate through personal midlife transitions.
Kathy talks about:
Having an immigrant mentality of a hard work ethic.
Drive to wanting to have a different side of life for herself.
Why she felt she couldn’t make an impact in CITIbank with 340,000 staff.
Ending up burnt out, while loving work at JP Morgan
Making the decision to Investment in herself through health and wellness.
Why she was dying and withering on the vine.
Retiring at age 55 from the corporate world, just before COVID-19.
Why she never really identified with her corporate life.
The Athena Principles.
Wellness is based on risk management principles.
Wellness is the things that you do, the result of how we feel is well-being.
There is nothing that I can tell a client that they already don’t know.
What is One size fits one.
Most important Athena Principle right now is self-compassion.
Sustaining productivity over time requires an Ultramarathon mentality.
What it was like to cross an ultra-marathon finish line at age 54.
Listening to a lot of podcasts and coming up with lots of business ideas
Active CEO Performance Tip
Listening Is The Sound Of Intelligence – Do you find yourself talking more than other people in the room? Listening is the art of understanding and connecting with people. Many people think they need to speak more to be heard and show they either understand a topic or have the answer. Asking a question and intentionally focusing on listening is the art of intelligence. 3 ways to be more intelligent. 1. Ask a question 2. Listen intently 3. Ask another question
Tweets
“We want to lead authentically, but do we bring our whole selves.” Kathy Robinson speaks about being the workplace wellness whisperer, on the active CEO Podcast.
“By taking care of yourselves and taking that investment, you are going to show up in a way that is more to people.” Kathy Robinson speaks about the benefits of the Athena Principles, on the active CEO Podcast.
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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?
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On this
episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Jason Treu about
building trust for transformation, vulnerability and leadership, and why all
leaders should provide psychological safety in their organisation, team or community.
We also discuss
Unstoppable Workplaces, Cards Against Mundanity, why the Dallas Cowboys and Mavericks are the
heart and soul of the city, and leading high performing teams.
Jason Treu – Building Trust For Transformation
Jason is a best-selling
author of Social Wealth, TEDx Wilmington Speaker, and Executive Coach who has
worked with transformational leaders such as Steve Jobs, Mark Cuban and Reed
Hastings. He is host of the Executive Breakthroughs Podcast, Keynote Speaker on
Unstoppable Workplaces, Dallas Cowboys and Mavericks fan, and supporter of
charities such as the American Cancer Society.
His education includes a BA
History from Indiana University Bloomington, a Law degree and Masters in
Communications from Syracuse University, and has a completed a leadership
program at the Harvard Business School. Jason has held roles in Communications
and Investor Relations at RightNow, Hewlett Packard, American Heart Foundation,
Blockbuster and ReachLegal. As an entrepreneur he co-founded Visual Arts
Reimagined and company culture expert at Unstoppable workplaces.
Jason talks about:
Why the Dallas Cowboys and Mavericks are the heart
and soul of the city.
Self awareness is paramount for you to prevent
sabotaging your success.
The catalyst that led to focusing on company culture
and leadership growth.
We all have fears and fears control us.
Why so many talented and productive teams struggle.
Building trust for transformation.
How successful leaders build psychological safety.
How people can identify their blindspots and use
them to their advantage.
Your brain is wired for survival, it is wired to
keep us safe.
Leadership skills that set the worlds most
influential leaders apart from good leaders.
You have to be humble, because you cant be right all
the time.
The three secrets to speeding up the relationship
building process.
As you scale its always a challenge as you have to
let go of parts of the business.
The most important ingredients in being a high
performing leader.
How do you bring people together and make them feel
connected and belonging
Active
CEO Performance Tip
Leadership Overwhelm – As a leader, have you ever felt
completely overcome in mind or emotion, where you feel a stress or combination
of stressors are too big for you to manage? This is the feeling of overwhelm.
Everyone experiences some level of overwhelm and the important thing to
remember, is that it is all manageable. Rather than fighting your feelings of
overwhelm you can accept that anxiety is like riding a wave and it will be
easier; learn to turn overwhelming thoughts into helpful thoughts; shift your
thoughts from having to complete everything right now to focusing on one thing
at a time; identify what you need to be present with right now; take a deep
breath to relax the body; and most importantly engage in an action that you
enjoy before rushing into solve the trigger of overwhelm. Start taking control
of your overwhelm today.
Tweets
“To build psychological safety, admit your own
failings and vulnerabilities and things that you are not good at. Thank people,
stay open to try and do other things, doing risks and things differently, have
the tough conversations and get to the core of the issue.” Jason Treu talks
about the importance of psychological safety for building trust, on the active
CEO Podcast.
“Before you can start to move things forward, you
must have high level of trust.” Building trust with Jason Treu, on the active
CEO Podcast.
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Craig Johns talks about CEO Performance, the third P of the 3P’s of the Leadership Performance Formula. CEO Performance is about developing high performance habits, effective routines and important cues, while removing unwanted contamination and negative influence in your life.
How many CEO Performance habits do you have?
Humans are designed for boundaries in their life. Without clear boundaries it is easy to head down broken path or fall into a trap. Sometimes boundaries need to lose to ensure creativity and innovation can occur, and other times they need to be tight so you limit the distractions.
High performance habits involve unleashing your courage, improving productivity, raising necessity, remaining focused and creating clarity.
What are the routines you can create to reduce time wasting, increase ENERGY, REFLECT effectively, improve HEALTH, curiously GROW, enhance your PROXIMITY, and positively INFLUENCE others?
High performing leaders eliminate
the unnecessary habits and negative distractions in their life, so they can
energetically execute with focus, confidence and clarity.
What habits and routines do you
need to break or create to ensure that you can be more productive and perform
better?
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.
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On this
episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Kate Maree
O’Brien about the tenacious spirit of an entrepreneur, coping with pressure and
the feeling of isolation, understanding limiting beliefs, and the importance of
adaptive leadership.
We also
talk about having a number 8 wire New Zealand mentality, the future of SHE
Conference, recently launching the
She Leads A New Future Podcast, and why she tried exotic pole dancing.
Kate Maree O’Brien – Tenacious Spirit Of An
Entrepreneur
Kate is a woman who lives
and breathes personal leadership, overcome addiction and social anxiety,
delivers breakthroughs, smashes through glass ceilings, and is the founder of
SHE – Australasia’s largest women’s leadership and empowerment event. She is a
highly regarded leadership coach, sought after speaker, who is known for her
down to earth teachings and no BS approach to getting results. Known as a
visionary performance leader, Kate tells it as it is, loves playing it big,
empowers women to take charge of their life, and is living life to her fullest
with her beautiful family in Bali.
Rising from depression,
bulimia, anorexia and drug use, she has thrown everything into gaining her life
back and making a positive difference to many peoples lives. She has served as
a clinical nurse educator in New Zealand, curated two phenomenal conferences,
SHE and GameChanger Global Summit, and collaborates with worldwide personal
transformation leaders such as Jack Canfield and Brendon Burchard.
Kate talks about:
CEO loneliness and building a team of people around you.
“Feeling of knowing that we can create so much and we don’t have to have this idea that it is not possible, it can’t be done, I feel stuck.”
“If you feel stuck, you are not seeing the bigger picture and the opportunities around us. “
Realising there was hope & she can make a difference in people’s lives.
Having the tenacious spirit of an entrepreneur.
What changes people is not just knowledge, it is impacting our hearts.
It is always going to feel risky when you take something to a new level.
Leadership exists to alter the future.
Fundamentally we are wired to stay where it feels safe.
My core wiring is that “I have done something wrong”.
Strategies for people to unlock their limiting beliefs.
You can’t escape your humanity & that has been the most significant breakthrough for me.
The importance of influencing yourself & creating room to own our own space.
If we really want really big changes, we require an adaptive leadership decision.
Being willing not to be living from the ideas and rules and structure that is around you
Active
CEO Performance Tip
Unique Leadership – Are
you prepared to be vulnerable and have the courage to truly live your purpose?
Are you willing to go beyond what is comfortable to make a difference in the
world? If yes, then its time for you to “Stand up and live in an uncommon
place.” As a leader it Is important that you be absolutely positively uniquely
you. Lead from your heart and a place that brings out your true passion, energy
and drive.
Tweets
“Part of the entrepreneurial journey is to see a new
future, but be willing to back yourself even when there is not a carved out
path to get there.” The entrepreneurial journey with Kate Maree O’Brien, on the
active CEO Podcast.
“Anytime an obstacle comes up, its an opportunity
just to grow bigger, be more creative or be more resourceful or look at things
from a new perspective. There is always someway through it or around it.” Kate
Maree O’Brien talks about overcoming obstacles, on the active CEO Podcast.
“That narrator may not always be telling us the
truth. It tells us stories to make us feel safe.” Kate Maree O’Brien goes deep
on the narrator part of the brain, on the active CEO Podcast.
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On this episode of the active CEO Podcast we talk abouthow to raise your energy bar through CEO Periodization, on episode #8 of Breaking The CEO Code. It is a short podcast episode where host Craig Johns decodes a new aspect of being a high performing leader each week.
CEO Periodization
Craig talks about CEO Periodization, the first P of the 3P’s of the Leadership Performance Formula. CEO PERIODIZATION allows you to proactively plan your rest and recovery from a daily to career basis.
Periodization originated from cataloguing
books based on periods of time and in sport it is used to segment a block of
training into periods workload and rest.
Craig discusses:
You can’t go full throttle for 11-12 months, every year, without expecting to get sick, fatigued and “crash and burn”, so to speak.
Using the 3:1 PERIODIZATION work-to-rest ratio, you can take a year and create FOUR 3 month blocks, where you can assign one key project followed by a period of scheduled recovery time.
Breaking a 3 month block into 4 week blocks, where you have 3 weeks which can be more intense, have higher levels of stress, travel regularly, and then one week, where you schedule no meetings, no travel, work less hours and spend time with your children and those most important to you.
Plan your recovery throughout the week, just like the Four Day Week, 6 hour day and tradies playing golf on Wednesdays concepts so that you can have higher levels of energy and performance.
You can only effectively concentrate and hold high levels of productivity for 45-90 minutes at one time before requiring a 15 to 30 minute break – 3:1 ratio – to reset your mental energy and focus so that you can maintain productivity and performance throughout an entire day.
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On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Revital Golan about an Entrepreneur State Of Mind, mentoring female leaders, how Anemone Ventures supports tech startups in Asia and why Taiwan offers a unique opportunity of a business friendly environment.
We also delve into growing up in a Kibbutz and serving in the Israeli military, pushing the human limits, failure is a part of learning, living your own life and balancing adapting and influencing.
Revital Golan – Entrepreneur State Of Mind
Revital is fascinated with technology
start-ups, aspiring future female leaders and being an active CEO. Known as a
tenacious and determined leader, who loves the great outdoors, cycling big
mountains and embodying diversity. She studied a MA Finance from the City
University of New York, an Executive Master of Science in Finance from Zicklin
School of Business and a BA Economics & Business Development from the Max
Stern Yezreel Valley College.
After a career in the Israel
Defence Forces, she moved with her family to Asia. Her roles included Project
Manager & Assistant to Commercial and Defence Attache at the Embassy of
Israel in Singapore; Country Manager Korea, Taiwan, HK Business Development
Asia for Berlitz International; and Sales Director Asia for MassiveImpact. She
founded Anemone Ventures in 2009 to help tech start-ups and SME’s establish in
Asia. With a huge passion in supporting
the next generation of entrepreneurs and women business leaders she is the
Women Professor Rank technical Expert at Providence University, Asia Pacific
Desk Chief Representative for the University of Haifa Israel, and Chair of the
Women in Business Programme for the British Chamber of Commerce in Taipei.
Revital talks about:
Military taught her discipline, decision making
under pressure, teamwork and hardship.
Difference in leadership between Asia and Israel.
Having an entrepreneur state of mind.
How Asia taught her to be humble, be a better
listener and observer.
Having a team that you can trust and build a team
you can work closely with.
Her passion to bring start-ups and innovations into
Asia.
Opening a company during the global financial crisis
in 2009.
Why being an entrepreneur is a journey.
Now corporations are starting to encourage their
employees to think as entrepreneurs.
Proven that companies that have diversity achieve
better bottom lines and profit.
Being passionate about women in business and
promoting more in senior positions.
Live your life, don’t live your kids life, husbands
life or parents life.
Inspiring and empowering women in business across Taiwan.
Coping with low emotional times as an athlete or entrepreneur
Becoming a vegetarian at age of 16.
My continuous passion and will to challenge myself
physically, mentally and emotionally.
Growing gap between the rich and poor, educated and
uneducated.
Active
CEO Performance Tip
Free Your Mind – We
need to be very disciplined and attentive with our focus currency. It has become
challenging to remain focused, be present and be attentive with globalization
and technology driving constant contact 24/7. We can easily be bombarded with
attention grabbing information, which can provide stressful emotions and be
challenging to filter. Our workplaces have become custom-built to destroy both
individual and team focus. We are exposed to constant chatter and noise in
collaborative working and open plan workspaces. Ever growing number of
scheduled meetings and internal emails can lead to overwhelm and scrambling to
get “real work” completed before and after work, as well as the weekends. How
temping is the lure of social media and social networking streams, status
updates and instant gratification? It is important that you actively free your
mind each day. This can be through exercise, meditation, walking in nature,
listening to music, spending time with your children, breathing patterns,
visualising positive and relaxing thoughts and for others it can be a walk in
nature. How are you going to free your mind today?
Tweets
“Learn how to be your own cheerleader. Nobody is
going to give you a tap on the shoulder, oh my gosh, you did a great job. You
have to do it by yourself, you have to find your own mentors, you have to be
very determined for what you do and have to know how to adapt and change to the
circumstances.” Celebrating the small wins in entrepreneurship with Revital
Golan, on the active CEO Podcast.
“Don’t think that you are sacrificing anything for anybody else. Your kids never ask you to sacrifice anything for them. When they become 18 you can’t say that you sacrificed your career for them.” Revital Golan explains why it’s important to do it for yourself, on the active CEO Podcast.
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On this
episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Jonathan Rake,
about his Launchpad to go beyond borders, the World Economic Forum shaping your
thinking as a leader, leaders are hired to make judgement calls and performance
leadership as CEO at Swiss Re Asia Pacific.
We also
delve into the global water crisis, running marathons with Mina Guli the CEO of
Thirst, the importance of balancing ones mind, protecting the asset, and
amazing human beings doing incredible things.
Jonathan Rake – Launchpad To Go Beyond
Borders
Jonathan is a World Economic
Forum Young Global Leader and Advisory Board member, a passionate leader who is
dedicated to CSR and community initiatives, and is involved in a project called
Global Ledger. Jonathan is a phenomenal global leader, who loves running and
has a deep passion for solving the global water crisis.
He
studied a Bachelor Commerce Economics, Accountancy, Business and Law from
Stellenbosch University. His career has involved working at ABN Amro Bank; and
roles in Corporate Business, Business Development and Country CEO of Singapore
at Zurich Financial Services. In 2016 he joined Swiss Re as their CEO of
Singapore and in 2017 became the CEO of Asia Pacific.
Jonathan talks about:
Nelson Mandela’s influence during the transition from Apartheid.
His Launchpad to go beyond borders.
Culture difference between Zurich Financial Services & ABN Amro Bank.
Why judgement is super critical in a CEO and leadership role.
Swiss Re focus on clients, but also making the world more resilient.
Mitigating all the trends that are disrupting lives and industries.
Why the global water crisis is the world’s greatest risk in the future.
Chasing the goal, fighting hard & taking yourself into a difficult place.
You can’t stay in your peak performance state of mind all the time.
Stop take 3 breaths, step away & realise how good you have it.
Calming down & getting some rest & starting the day with exercise.
Learning that you must not pile your passions into one area.
We should be judged by not what we create, but what we leave behind.
Active
CEO Performance Tip
To Diet or Not To Diet – People
are often looking for the quick fix, when it comes to food. Many people jump on
the bandwagon of the thousands of fad-style, celebrity endorsed and marketing
designed diets, which have no research into the long-term effects on the body,
mind and soul. Science compared every diet and the winner is real food. The
only diet that has been implemented and remains over a long period of time is
that established 10,000’s of years ago. It is a predominantly plant-based diet
with no processed foods and only included the occasional meat when they were
quick enough to catch it. Those living by the sea would catch fish and seafood.
Why would you incorporate the middle-person in the diet, so to speak, when you
can go straight to the source an eat it. What do I mean by this? Land animals
generally eat plant-based diets including fruit, vegetables and grains, which
are the stable of all nutritious diets. So why do we need to eat red meat, when
it is just the by-product of the plant based foods we need anyway? What diet
should you eat?
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“You are only doing long-term damage if you are
running on the edge and stress is building and you are not taking care of
yourself. ” Discussing stress and recovery with Jonathan Rake, on the active
CEO Podcast.
“When you are travelling and out of your normal
environment you don’t get into your level 3 and 4 deep sleep where you are
doing the body repair than helps us function. You need to be alert and aware in
your environment.” Travel and sleep dysfunction with Jonathan Rake on the
active CEO Podcast.
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