Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #199 Nina Mapson Bone Meaningful Work

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #199 Nina Mapson Bone Meaningful Work

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #199 Nina Mapson Bone Meaningful Work

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
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

Book
Meaningful Work

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #194 Kobi Simmat Build A Business

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #194 Kobi Simmat Build A Business

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #194 Kobi Simmat Build A Business

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 #182 Sam Cawthorn & Tony Tan AI Future of Business

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #182 Sam Cawthorn & Tony Tan AI Future of Business

AI Future of Business

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Sam Cawthorn and Tony Tan about AI future of business, communication, and the evolution of artificial intelligence.

We also dive deeper into the use of AI in the education and business sector, the need for human touch, harnessing technology for the benefit of humanity, and whether AI will eventually replace human employees.

Sam Cawthorn & Tony Tan – AI Future of Business

Sam Cawthorn is the CEO and Founder of Speakers Institute and Speakers Tribe. He is a multi-talented entrepreneur, author of 11 books, including 5 International Best Sellers, and a keynote speaker who has inspired audiences worldwide. He has been recognized as both the Young Australian Of The Year and the Edupreneur of the Year for his outstanding contribution to education and leadership.

Tony Tan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Imperium, an AI, Metaverse, and Cyber Security company that has received over 20 industry and business awards. A is a renowned Futurist, who is passionate about the disruptive digital landscape for businesses and consumers alike, he is the author of the Amazon Bestselling book: The Future In The Present, How AI Will Impact Your Life.

Sam and Tony talk about:

  • The evolution of artificial intelligence
  • AI and its use in education
  • Business and recession
  • Great resignation and mismatch of skills
  • Finding meaning in life and leaving a legacy
  • The need for human touch 
  • Machine learning
  • AI future of business
  • Digital minds and analog hearts
  • Harnessing technology for the benefit of humanity
  • Augmenting the art of communication
  • Communication and AI
  • Limitations of artificial intelligence

Tweets

“Whatever technology that we have today, we will definitely need a human interface at the end of the day.” Tony Tan talks about artificial intelligence and the human touch on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast. 

“Whether you’re a leader talking to your staff, whether you’re a salesperson, talking to a potential customer, or whether you’re a husband is trying to connect with your wife, everything around communication is keeping their attention and then influencing them to take action” The meaning of communication with Sam Cawthorn on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast. 

“No one on the planet has our experiences, has our story, crafting that story, knowing how to emotionally move and shift to the listener that still will require human touch.” Importance of the human touch in the midst of the rising AI technology on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast. 

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Sam Cawthorn www.samcawthorn.com
Sam Cawthorn Linkedin
Speakers Institute Corporate www.speakersinstitutecorporate.com

Tony Tan www.tonytanasia.com
Tony Tan Linkedin
Imperium Solutions www.imperium.com.sg

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:

People Follow People: The Twelve Characteristics of an Influential Leader Book
The Future in the Present: How Ai Will Impact Your Life Book