Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #246 Danielle Colley The Chocolate Bar Life

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #246 Danielle Colley The Chocolate Bar Life

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #246 Danielle Colley The Chocolate Bar Life

The Chocolate Bar Life

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Danielle Colley about The Chocolate Bar Life, understanding what burnout is and how work culture affects our mental health.

We also dive deeper into what a Mars Bar is, why we should prioritize work, rest, play, and becoming a mother.

Danielle Colley – The Chocolate Bar Life

Danielle Colley is an integrative life coach, founder of Your Good Life and the author of The Chocolate Bar Life.

Her career involved being a freelance journalist and producer for a number of top publications including the Women’s Weekly, Sunday Life, Body + Soul and news.com.au. She has been Company Director for RawBody productions and in 2019 founded Your Good Life. She delivers leadership workshops for well-known brands that include Sony PicturesTelevision, F45, The Leadership Institute and Transport New South Wales.

Danielle talks about:

• Quitting ballet and discovering drama
• Her two drama teachers as her mentors
• Incorporating emotional intelligence to parenting styles
• Coming into the world of journalism
• Becoming a mother
• Her journey towards blogging
• What is a Mars Bar?
• What is a responsible day?
• Understanding burnout
• Implementing work, rest, play
• What is success or holistic success
• Factors that cause burnout
• Checking in on ourselves
• The Chocolate Bar Life

Tweets

“It doesn’t matter how successful, how high achieving, how much money they have, how much status they have, there comes a sort of this element or time where it just feels like it’s eating them. You know, they’ve been consumed by their life or by their job.” Danielle Colley talks about burnout on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Overwhelm is more palatable for people to talk about. And then burnout is what happens when you stay in that state of overwhelm for too long.” Burnout vs. overwhelm by Danielle Colley on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“When you’re aware of your strengths, then you can lean into them.” Danielle Colley talks about positive intelligence on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Danielle Colley LinkedIn
Danielle Colley Instagram
Danielle Colley Facebook
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:

The Chocolate Bar Life

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #237 Martin Bean Creating a Future that Works

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #237 Martin Bean Creating a Future that Works

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #237 Martin Bean Creating a Future that Works

Creating a Future that Works

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Martin Bean about creating a future that works, handling cultural changes, and how we should manage burnout and defensiveness.

We also dive deeper into the changes we are currently experiencing in the modern world, leading with vulnerability, and how we should be able to deal with cultural changes and differences. 

Martin Bean –  Creating a Future that Works

Martin Bean is a visionary leader in the future of work, a Professor of University of NSW, The CEO of The Bean Centre, and co-author of the newly released book Toolkit For Turbulence.

His education includes a Bachelor of Education in Adult Education and Continuing Education at the University of Technology Sydney, and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of London. His esteemed career includes General Manager of the Worldwide Education Products Group at Microsoft, and Vice Chancellor roles at the prestigious The Open University and RMIT. As a Mentor for Mentor List, he is also the Founder of Future Learn and The Bean Centre. 

Martin Bean talks about:

  • Creating a future that works
  • Inclusivity in school and his first job experiences 
  • The most in-demand skills in the global workplace
  • The birth of the Internet and its downsides
  • Dealing with burnout
  • Self-awareness
  • Humanistic-encouraging and how it helps
  • Understanding defensiveness
  • The wonders of breathing techniques and exercises
  • Embracing self-care of the body and mind
  • The key attributes of self-care
  • The positive and negative outcomes of the changing world
  • Handling cultural changes and differences
  • The five shares

Tweets

“Don’t be scared to reach out and ask for help. Seek support. One of the superpowers of modern leaders is being vulnerable.” Burnout and defensiveness by Martin Bean on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“I think what we all need to be prepared to do is to not impose our historically valued structures on what we think of as work and life, but instead go back to being the coach that our people need. Embrace every single individual on our team, dial into their life circumstances and what’s important to them. Trigger the why and help them understand the why. And then they’ll be right with you like never before” Martin Bean talks about value clashes and pushbacks on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“An inspiring great leader is somebody that inspires others to act.” Martin Bean describes what an inspiring leader is on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Martin Bean www.thebeancentre.com
Martin Bean LinkedIn
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Faa human beigncebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

Book
Toolkit for Turbulence

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #228 Julie Hyde You Always Have A Choice

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #228 Julie Hyde You Always Have A Choice

You Always Have A Choice

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Julie Hyde about always having a choice, the power of pause, and how to be a human and heart-centered leader.

We also dive deeper into self-care practices for leaders, building trust within the organisation, and being a compassionate and empathetic leader.

Julie Hyde – You Always Have A Choice

Julie Hyde is a distinguished Leadership and Resilience Expert, renowned Host of the Leading You Podcast, and the accomplished author behind the recently published book, “You Always Have a Choice.” Prior to establishing her Leadership and Coaching practice in 2007, Julie held pivotal roles at National Australia Bank (NAB) including Regional General Manager, State Business Manager, and State Sales Coach.

She is the visionary founder of Leaders & Lattes and Disruption, Women & Wine Networking groups, and has enriched her expertise by studying Leadership at Harvard Business School. A remarkable individual who possesses the unique ability to elevate underperforming businesses to unparalleled success, Julie Hyde is an advocate for animals, a beacon of leadership, and a true believer in the transformative power of choice.

Julie Hyde talks about:

  • Wanting to be a vet growing up because of her love for animals
  • You Always Have A Choice
  • Developing and building resilience
  • How to be a human and a heart-centered leader
  • The power of pause
  • The importance of self-care and leading yourself first before leading others
  • Being busy for the sake of being busy
  • Creating a sense of urgency for people to be proactive instead of reactive
  • Leaders need to role model self-care behaviors for their teams
  • Factors that affect people’s ability to build resilience at a young age
  • Managing energy levels
  • Leaders need to be empathetic but also compassionate and focused on helping others
  • Building trust between leaders and employees
  • Ensuring messages are transferred down through management layers
  • Effective communication and following through on promises
  • Having a coach or accountability partner to help people maintain good habits
  • Building critical thinking and resilience in the workplace

Tweets

“I think we all have resilience. If we have gone through and worked through overcoming obstacles and challenges, that’s where you build your resilience, like it’s your ability to go through those things.” Julie Hyde talks about developing resilience on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“I believe to be a good leader, you do need to be able to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and understand where they’re coming from or be curious as to where they’re coming from. So you might ask questions rather than just hitting them between the eyes because they’re not performing or their behavior is really bad or don’t show up to work or whatever that might be. But it’s leading from a heart space as well and understanding that the people that you are leading are not the process, the policy, the system. They’re a human being.” How to be a human and heart-centered leader with Julie Hyde on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“I think I believe it comes back to, you know, a mindset and to every person taking responsibility for their for their life, for their health. And there’s a practice I talk about in my book, which you’ll be familiar with, which is the power of the pause. And it’s just, you know, pressing the pause button on your life and just reflecting on what is happening right now.” Julie Hyde talks about the power of the pause on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Julie Hyde www.juliehyde.com.au
Julie Hyde Linkedin
Julie Hyde Facebook
Julie Hyde Instagram
Julie Hyde X
Julie Hyde Youtube
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

BOOKYou Always Have A Choice Busy

Craig Semple The Cop Who Fell From Earth

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #213 Craig Semple The Cop Who Fell To Earth

The Cop Who Fell To Earth

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Craig Semple about The Cop Who Fell To Earth, working high-risk law enforcement and advocating for increased awareness of PTSD in the workplace.

We also dive deeper into the key things people need to look out for to prevent burnout, the importance of social interaction and connection, and developing healthy coping mechanisms and help-seeking behavior.

Craig Semple –  The Cop Who Fell To Earth

Craig Semple was a career Detective within the NSW Police Force for 25 years and is a Master Instructor with Mental Health First Aid Australia and the founder of Mentality Plus Pty Limited. He specialized in high-risk law enforcement areas such as drug investigations, outlaw motorcycle gangs, and homicides. Throughout his tenure, Craig led professional teams in an environment characterized by elevated stress levels, heavy workloads, and the potential for occupational burnout, depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Since joining the Black Dog Institute in 2015 as a mental health educational presenter, Craig has traveled extensively, reaching over 20,000 individuals with his positive presentations on Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Resilience. In 2016, he was chosen as an inaugural Mentor for the NSW Police Legacy program “Backup for Life,” leveraging his experience to contribute to the development of a program supporting injured Police Officers and their families. 

Craig talks about:

  • Wanting to be a marine biologist growing up because of his love for the ocean and environment
  • Being capable of at times having to use violence to bring bad people in
  • Discovering that he was good at negotiating good communication
  • Being more of a lover than a fighter as a young fellow
  • The camaraderie and bond that he shared with his fellow colleagues
  • Having not enough focus on preparing cops and educating them about death stress and  the whole fight or flight response
  • The Cop Who Fell To Earth
  • Not having enough emphasis put on doing a little bit of social work outside of the workplace
  • Being a mentor and coach to younger cops and future detectives
  • Craving social connection during the pandemic
  • Pushing the boundaries of his stress tolerance
  • Having post-traumatic stress disorder while being in the line of duty
  • Talking about his lived experiences to advocate and increase awareness about PTSD in the workplace
  • The problem with burnout in workplaces
  • Key things people need to look out for to prevent burnout from occurring

Tweets

“The Street Smart is so important. You can’t just rely on a textbook and kind of, you know, here’s the procedure. It’s like, well, the things are happening at light speed and you need that preparedness. You need exposure to make better informed, instinctual decisions in a way, the intuition really kicks in when things are moving at a fast pace.” Craig Semple talks about the importance of having street smarts on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Have a wellbeing gameplan. So that’s a really important thing is , rather than wait till it’s broken like I did, is to learn strategies to help live with stress.” Preventing burnout with Craig Semple on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“One of the reasons I do so many lived experience talks now is to try to increase it. This is workplaces all over the country, not just emergency services, but try to increase the levels of help-seeking particularly the earliest possible warning signs, because it definitely makes a difference in outcomes that I did.” Advocating for awareness of PTSD in the workplace with Craig Semple on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Craig Semple www.mentalityplus.com.au
Craig Semple 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

The Cop Who Fell to Earth

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #176 Melo Calarco Beating Burnout Finding Balance

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #176 Melo Calarco Beating Burnout Finding Balance

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #176 Melo Calarco Beating Burnout Finding Balance

Beating Burnout, Finding Balance

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Melo Calarco on his new book Beating Burnout, Finding Balance, normalising mental health conversations in the workplace, and exploring the world while staying physically and mentally fit.

We also dive deep into burnout in the workplace, creating realistic and healthy boundaries inside the organisation, and seeking happiness and mindfulness.

Melo Calarco – Beating Burnout, Finding Balance

Melo Calarco is a highly-regarded mindfulness and performance coach with over 30 years of experience. 

He teaches individuals and companies how to perform at their best without burning out by using science-based techniques grounded in mindfulness, human behavior, leadership training, and other unique tools.

He has a vast background working in mental health and psychiatric clinics and is the founder of Mindfulmooves, a new approach to meditation that blends the scientific, evidence-based practice of mindfulness with a series of moves to help attain connection with the body and mind.

What sets Melo apart is his life experience of cycling and trekking more than 30,000 kilometers across five continents, which has given him the ability to manage highly stressful situations, build mental endurance, and rise above adversity.

He has used this experience to develop popular corporate programs that have helped Fortune 500 companies, CEOs, directors, corporate executives, medical surgeons, Olympic athletes, actors, entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and individuals to achieve their goals.

Melo’s latest book, Beating Burnout, Finding Balance, provides practical advice on how to create a healthier mindset, improve your well-being, and prevent overwhelm. He draws on his wealth of experience to share proven techniques and tools that top performers use to conquer burnout and achieve their goals. 

Melo talks about:

  • Childhood and going out of the mold
  • Working in mental health and psychiatric clinics
  • Suppressing thoughts and emotions
  • Coping strategies when facing big and small emotions
  • Beating Burnout, Finding Balance
  • How corporate and organisation leaders can open a safe space for its people
  • Normalising mental health conversations in the workplace
  • Creating boundaries in the workplace
  • R U OK model
  • Cycling and trekking for 30,000 kilometers
  • Exploring the world and different cultures
  • Seeking happiness and gratitude
  • Mindfulness and self-awareness as a leader
  • Being present
  • Differentiating burnout from fatigue or stress

Tweets

“Happiness is your natural state of being. It’s around you all the time, we just have to open our eyes to see it” Melo Calarco talks about finding happiness and gratitude on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast. 

“One of the fundamentals of any good leader is self-awareness. Being aware of your own energy, capacities, behaviours, how you lead and how you work and mindfulness is the best way to develop self-awareness.” Melo Calarco on leadership on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast. 

“As simple as doing something just for yourself every single day, is the first step to beating burnout and finding balance in your life again.” Physical and mental self-care to beat burnout with Melo Calarco on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast. 

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Melo Calarco www.melocalarco.com
Melo Calarco Linkedin
Melo Calarco Instagram
Speakers Institute Corporate www.speakersinstitutecorporate.com
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

Recommended Reading:

Beating Burnout, Finding Balance Book