On this special episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, we take a reflective journey through the remarkable moments of 2023.
As we bid farewell to an extraordinary year, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to you, our cherished listeners, for your enduring support and shared commitment to continuous learning.
Our Gratitude to Diverse Voices
Last year we had the privilege of featuring an array of exceptional individuals from diverse backgrounds and industries. From former Australian cricket coaches to Fortune 500 leaders, our guests have brought forth a wealth of knowledge, inspiring stories, and transformative insights.
Today, we present a special compilation episode featuring soundbites from every guest who graced our platform in 2023. Revisit our conversations with Fortune 500 leaders, a TEDx curator, a CNN News anchor, a Senior Police Constable, HR leaders, Professional Sport Psychologists, Forbes 30 under 30 game changers, and more.
Topics and Key Highlights of 2023
Leadership and High Performance
Emotional Intelligence & Mental Health
Workplace Culture & Psychological Safety
Entrepreneurship
Adapting to technology changes and utilizing AI for good
Nurturing rising talent
Empowering and embracing vulnerability
Finding a sense of purpose and empowering your team
Human behaviour and neuroscience
HR issues affecting the modern workforce
Nurturing personal and workplace relationships
Overcoming self-doubt and imposter syndrome
What it means to be a humane leader
As we step into the new year, we eagerly anticipate bringing you more inspiring leaders and thought-provoking conversations. Thank you for being part of our community. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this reflective journey through the incredible human stories as we look at 2023 A year in review.
If you know of someone whose story could elevate our podcast, please introduce us or share their name.
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Dre Baldwin about Work On Your Game, how sport is related to entrepreneurship and coaching, and overcoming doubt.
We explore how coaching starts and works, how self-discipline helps, the coach relationship and what role technology plays in business.
Dre Baldwin – Work On Your Game
Dre Baldwin is the CEO and Founder of Work On Your Game Inc., a former D3 college basketball walk-on, a 4x TEDx speaker, author of 33 books, and has appeared in national campaigns with Nike, Finish Line, Wendy’s, Gatorade, Buick, Wilson Sports, STASH Investments and DIME magazine.
Dre has made a significant impact online with over 8,000 videos viewed over 100 million times by his 142,000+ subscribers. Additionally, his Work On Your Game Podcast, boasting 2,600 episodes, has garnered over 7 million downloads. In a remarkable journey, Dre transitioned from the end of his high school basketball team’s bench to a successful 9-year professional career, playing in 8 countries. A Philadelphia native, Dre currently resides in Miami, embodying a story of personal triumph and strategic prowess.
Dre talks about:
• Growing up playing sport • Mentally coping with people constantly doubting him • Work on your game • Connecting sport and entrepreneurship • His journey through writing and blogging • The biggest opportunities for people to take advantage of in this evolving world • Coaching someone for the first time • Mindset, strategy, systems and accountability • How coaching works • Where people struggle the most when it comes to the coaching relationship • The struggles of remaining disciplined and showing up every day • Finding a space to grow despite not being self-disciplined’ • Relating sports and entrepreneurship
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“Whatever game you’re in, you’ve got to respect that game.” Talking sports and entrepreneurship with Dre Baldwin on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.
“In the long run, I’m going to end up where I’m going to end up. Where is this guy going to end up? Not in the same place that I am. So I always looked at it that way that in the big picture, I’m going to win. Even if I don’t win the short race, I’m going to win the long race.” Dre Baldwin talks about people doubting his abilities on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.
“I’ve always been a sponge growing in that I can soak up knowledge and information and retain it and then go use it, repackage it, and use it for my own purposes.” Dre Baldwin talks about learning from others and paying it forward on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.
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
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“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.
On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Dr Paul White about the 5 Languages Of Workplace Appreciation, building trust and loyalty in the workplace and why people want to feel appreciated.
We also delve into working with Dr Gary Chapman, the author of The 5 Love languages; perceived authenticity; leading with appreciation remotely; and how to best to close the gap between what we currently teach, educate and train with what we do and how we know how we learn best.
Dr Paul White – 5 Languages Of Workplace Appreciation
Dr Paul White is a psychologist, global speaker, international consultant and the author of four incredible books, including New York Times Best Seller, The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace which he co-authored with Dr Gary Chapman (famous for the 5 love languages), Rising Above A Toxic Workplace, Sync or Swim and The Vibrant Workplace. He is a world leader in building organisational appreciation, who has worked with organisations such as Microsoft and NASA, and is a proud grandfather of six, Dr Paul White.
Focusing on “making work relationships work”, he has a Ph.D in Counselling Psychology from George State University, a Masters Counselling from Arizona State University and a BA Christian Education from Wheaton College. A lifetime devoted to teaching leaders and organisations on how to communicate authentic appreciation has been the backbone to his career as a psychologist at Prairie View Inc, Director of Family Coaching at Navitas, and currently, the Owner/President of Family Business Resources and Appreciation at Work.
Paul talks about:
Starting out as an observer and over time developing into a leader.
What needs do you see out there that aren’t being met?
New York Times best seller The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace.
Created Motivating by Appreciation Inventory online assessment.
5 Languages of Workplace Appreciation with Dr Gary Chapman.
Praising or complementing someone with Words of Affirmation.
Focused attention and listening to people during Quality time.
Help people get things done that they value through Acts of service.
Connect people through Tangible gifts that show you know them.
Spontaneous celebrations in the workplace through Physical touch.
People want to feel valued and appreciated beyond their production and performance.
79% of people leave a job do so because of a lack of appreciation.
People want to be appreciated by all members of an organisation.
Remote employees like visual connectivity.
Active CEO Performance Tip
Improve your CEO PERFORMANCE HABITS – Some of your habits aren’t supporting being a high performing leader or leading high performing teams. Remove negative habits and replace them with positive ones. 3 Steps to improving your CEO Performance Habits: 1. Identify and write down your positive and negative performance habits. 2. Then establish ways to move negative habits into positive ones or remove them. 3. Monitor them daily.
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“Not so competitive in leadership senses. If people are leading well, them I am happy to follow them” Dr Paul White discusses knowing when to lead and when to follow, on the active CEO Podcast.
“Its about the leadership and understanding the importance of their people.” Workplace Appreciation with Dr Paul White, on the active CEO Podcast.
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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.
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“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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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.
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“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, Craig Johns speaks with Azran Osman Rani about the power of the human
mind, four pillars to decision making as CEO of Air Asia X, founding health
tech startup Naluri, and his new book 30 Days and 30 Years. We also delve into
balancing innovation with building high performing teams, being the crazy kid
who rocks the boat, not being intimidated by the big challenge, the power of
reflection and being a high performing leader.
Azran Osman Rani – Power Of The Human Mind
Azran is a phenomenal leader, who disrupted the airline industry, is making a difference to the health and lives of people around the world, is focused on the power of the human mind and loves taking on a challenge of racing some of the worlds toughest Ironman Triathlon events. He is a family man who is a former ultimate Frisbee champion, courageous triathlete, self confessed crazy guy, passionate about taking things apart, and author of the recently published book 30 Days and 30 Years
His education includes a BSc
Electrical Engineering and a MSc Management Science & Engineering from
Stanford University, and has completed a Specialisation in Executive Data
Science Courser at The St Johns Hopkins University.
Azran’s career has included
partner and senior management roles at Booz Allen Hamilton, McKinsey & Company,
Bursa Malaysia and Astro All Asia Network. In 2007 he became a pioneer in the
low-cost long-haul commercial aviation as he became the CEO of AirAsia X
growing the business from start-up to grossing more than US$1 Billion per year.
He is now involved as an investor and advisory roles at iflix Malaysia and
MoneyMatch, and has developed a ground-breaking health tech start-up called
Naluri.
Azran talks about:
Articulating & expressing his ideas with Professors, as a child in Malaysia.
Stanford University, the ticket to escape Malaysia & explore the world.
Working with Booz Allen Hamilton, management consultants in Asia.
Principle of obligation to dissent.
A conversation with Tony Fernandes, led to the first CEO of Air Asia X.
Helping Astro with speed of execution.
The importance of defining principles & values, to make decisions.
The power of the human mind.
Being comfortable in the uncomfortable.
“The Airline Industry is a really serious business, human lives are at stake!”
Creating a real compass that guides you on how you make decisions.
How to achieve the Air Asia X slogan of “Now everyone can fly”.
Why 8 years ago losing his father to diabetes & cancer, led to Naluri.
Number one & two causes of stress is workplace stress and money.
What 30 Days and 30 Years means
Speed alone without direction is a headless chicken
Not being intimidated by the big challenge of triathlon.
Losing his dream of competing at the Ironman 70.3 World Champs.
When was the last time you changed your point of view?
Early detection of suicide. Can we get better at detecting it?
“Taking time regularly to reflect, why I am doing certain things, can I do things differently.”
Active
CEO Performance Tip
How Big In 2020? – What action are you
going to take in 2020 that is different from 2019? First distinguish what you
reflected on and learnt from 2019. Understand what the big goals are. REMEMBER:
If you don’t set that bar high, you will only jump low. Be that mature person
who rises above the noises go inside your head and go for the really BIG Goals.
It’s time for you to take the big leap!
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“Running organisations that are at a faster 30 day
sprint cycles, but at the same time thinking about 30 years.” Creating agile
organisations with Azran Osman Rani, on the active CEO Podcast.
“There is also a role for
crazy people like me to challenge why things are being done a certain way and
other different ways of looking at the current situation.” Azran Osman Rani finding his place at iFlix, on the active CEO Podcast.
“I wrote a user guide on how to work with Azran. I learned I am not the easiest person to work with. So, if I could shortcut the process the process of learning how to work with me, by specifying this is how I think, this is how I make decisions, so if you can adapt to me we can have a better relationship and I think that allows that to scale faster.” Azran Osman Rani talks about creating shortcuts for his staff at Naluri, on the active CEO Podcast.
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Craig Johns – CEO NRG2Perform, active CEO Podcast Host
On this episode of the active CEO Podcast we bring you the first episode of Breaking The CEO Code, where host Craig Johns decodes an aspect of being a high performing leader.
Not only will we bring you some of the world’s most creative, innovative, successful and high performance leaders to you through thought-provoking, engaging and enjoyable conversations on the active CEO Podcast, we are now going to provide you with information, evidence and tips so you can be a high performing leader.
The Breaking The CEO Code episodes will range between 5-10 minutes and will be released once per week.
Craig talks about:
Reflecting on 2019
The negative consequences of being a leader if you don’t manage your wellbeing and performance
6 key phases to Breaking The CEO Code (FOUNDATION, PERFORMANCE, INFLUENCE, LEADERSHIP, TEAM, LEGACY)
Who Breaking The CEO Code is for
This week we released the 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 Leadership Performance
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On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Jennifer Dunham about pivotal moments create decisions, habit stacking, tiny habits and the Profitable Lifestyle Formula. We also talk about being diagnosed with Melanoma Cancer, Happiness Matters, failure is awesome and the value of brain dumps.
Jennifer Dunham – Pivotal Moments Create
Decisions
Jennifer Dunham is a Profitable
Lifestyle and Automation expert, who has turned the adversity of melanoma
cancer, being hit by a drunk driver and going through divorce into an
opportunity to bring more time, money and happiness to her clients. She is a courageous
coach who lives on a small chicken farm, tells you like it is and has a passion
for photography.
Her education includes a
Bachelors Computer Science (minor in Mathematics) at the University of Nevada,
Reno and a Masters Computer Science (AI in Analysis of Algorithms &
Psychology) at the University of California, Davis.
Jennifer is the President of
JLynnConsulting, the owner of The Memory Journalists and the Founder & CEO
of Time, Money & Happiness Matters. She focuses on intentional living with
“The Profitable Lifestyle Formula, utilising “Tiny Habits” help CEO’s overcome
entrepreneurial burnout and unstable lead and revenue generation.
Jennifer talks about:
Her bad summer of turning 30.
Being diagnosed with Melanoma Cancer.
“If you were given one year to live, what would you do?
Living life with intention. Pivotal moments create decisions.
Feeling like I was my own client at some point of my life.
Mediocrity occurs, because people don’t know how to make a change.
Most people set themselves up to fail because it is a big shift from what they were doing.
You can be happier in less than five minutes a day.
A habit allows you to automate your thinking.
We repeat about 40% of what we do, every single day.
Stacking repeatable habits into routines, conserves brain power.
Profitable Lifestyle Formula.
Most people think happiness is a by-product of a result.
Sometimes people need the push and permission in order to make a leap of faith.
Her active and healthy lifestyle routines.
How can people who truly want to go school, be able to go to school and not have to worry about it?
Active
CEO Performance Tip
Performance By Design – Your performance should not occur
by accident. The environment you and your team work in should be carefully
engineered and positioned so that performance is enabled and not forced. Think
carefully about how you design a project, program or event and ensure that you
are not forcing performance. Establish key actions or opportunities that allow
the team members to discover performance and shine by themselves or together as
a collective. This is important for long-term growth and development of not
only the individual but most importantly the team.
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“What is it that they want to work on? What is it
they love to work on? And how can they be more profitable with their time?” Jennifer Dunham talks about successful entrepreneurs, on the active CEO Podcast.
“Sometimes people need the push and permission in order to make a leap of
faith.” Discussing change, with Jennifer Dunham, on the active CEO Podcast.
On this episode of the active CEO
Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Tim Oberg, CEO of parkrun Australia, about creating a healthier and happier planet, building communities, and parkrun moving a nation. We
also delve into his leadership style, CrossFit, anxiety and empowering
volunteers.
Tim Oberg – Moving A Nation
Tim Oberg is a charismatic
CEO who is inspired to build a healthier and happier planet for his kids, has
created a movement that has seen people run 38,771,680km and is a proud mental
health advocate. He is a successful entrepreneur, devoted father, passionate
cross-fit athlete, an anxiety sufferer, and a man who is driven to move a
nation.
Tim has a Bachelor of
Applied Science in Human Movement Studies and Bachelor of Education in
Secondary Education Teaching from the Queensland University of Technology, and
a Masters of Business Administration from Heriot-Watt University.
His career has included the
roles of Managing Director of The Tourman, Managing Director of The Celebrity
Planet, President of Active & Healthy Alliance Gold Coast, CEO and Founder
of parkrun Australia and has recently commenced a role as Strategic Director
Asia Pacific of parkrun international.
parkrun Australia
parkrun
is now the largest mass participation sporting activity on the planet. In
Australia alone there have been 62,765 events organized by 365 locations,
involving 589,122 runners who have completed 38,771,680km. The average person
has attended 13.2 parkruns.
Tim talks about:
His first entrepreneurial venture as a Mobile DJ during university.
How he became “Tim the TourMan”.
Guinness World Record for the largest pub-crawl.
The challenges and opportunities of starting your own business.
People first style of leadership.
Not being afraid to employee people better than you.
Starting parkrun in 2010 after meeting founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt.
parkrun moving a nation
Far less about the run and far more about the community connections.
Making friends, health and happiness with parkrun.
Volunteers gain as much at parkrun as those who participate as walkers and runners.
How parkrun has assisted the growth of running clubs.
Can the parkrun mentality be successfully transferred to other sports?
Why volunteering has been so successful in parkrun.
Volunteering is not about sacrificing, but giving.
How a panic attack and anxiety has changed his life.
Starting meditation and developing a toolkit to manage anxiety.
Active
CEO Performance Tip
Own Your Own Mental Conversation – Everyone has a
commentator inside their head which owns the voice that you can easily
over-consume your version of the truth. The voice that is observing criticizing
your own actions, behaviours and thoughts can blur your view on the world. You
need to own your own thought-chatter and ensure that it has perspective and
clarity. The more we tell ourselves something, the more it becomes in grained
and leads to our own truth. If that truth is negative by nature, then it can
have a profound affect on your mood, opinion and the ability to make clear and
appropriate decisions. Be objective and look at home you can ensure the
conversation is positive and open.
Tweets
“What they are doing is making friends, it is a
friendship things, you are making friends with new people in the community. Reconnecting
with friends and family who you may have not seen for a while or even seen for
a week.” Tim Oberg talks about the drivers of parkrun, on the active CEO Podcast.
“Creating a healthier and happier planet.” Discussing the parkrun mission
with Tim Oberg, on the active CEO Podcast.
