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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast 252 Shivani Gupta Getting Your People To Step Up

Posted on May 5, 2025May 5, 2025 by Craig Johns in Leadership

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Getting Your People To Step Up

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Shivani Gupta about Getting Your People To Step Up, slowing the hiring process down and retaining talented people.

We also dive deep into creating high performing teams, normalising honest conversations and the constant art of working on the culture.

Shivani Gupta – Getting Your People To Step Up

Shivani is an entrepreneur, speaker, coach and author of Getting Your People To Step Up. She is an inspirational leader who is focused on passion, people and performance, is a Barefoot College Ambassador, and is the only Electrical Engineer turned Entrepreneur turned Educator.

Her career included an Electrical Engineering role at BHP before embarking on a 23 career as an award winning entrepreneur and educator. Shivani has scaled many of her own businesses over $1M and exited a business that she grew from $0 to $5M. She has a MBA from The International Graduate School of Management and a Bachelors of Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of South Australia,

Shivani Gupta talks about:

Growing up in India
Power of being a parent & the transferable skills with a leader
Diversity thinking
Career breaks
Becoming being a better human through parenting teenagers
Children holding up the mirror for us
Tough love with care in the workforce
Getting Your People To Step Up
Nurturing a culture where people can say what they feel
Positive reinforcement & constructive feedback
Hire on character first then develop the skill second
Giving yourself permission to live according to your passions.
We should be testing people for their passion when it comes to recruitment
Permission and psychological safety
How do we create a culture thats right?
Clear boundaries of what is yes or no
Avoiding overloading our high performers & under loading low performers
How do we get people doing more work in the time allocated for them
Boundaries & contamination in a hybrid working environment
Strategies to enhance productivity & performance in remote working
Managing health & relationships to improve your productivity
Communicating your vision with passion.
Passion for educating girls in 3rd world countries
Attracting & recruiting talent.

Tweets

“If you start to live according to your passions then you have got to disappoint some people. People are often living other peoples passions. Whether its their partners, their kids, their parents, their cultures.” Leading with purpose with Shivani Gupti on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Passion without discipline is a waste of time … Without hard work and dedication passion is just an energy that dissipates very quickly.” Shivani Gupta discussing Getting People To Step Up on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Constant art of working on the culture to say how do we make people feel like they belong, how do we make people feel safe, how do we make people feel like they belong?” Shivani Gupta goes deep into culture in the workplace on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Links

Shivani Gupta Website
Shivani Gupta 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

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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast 250 Irene Riad Authentic Leadership

Posted on April 19, 2025April 19, 2025 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Authentic Leadership

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Irene Riad about Authentic Leadership, culture and high performing teams.

We also dive deep into values, belonging, diversity and not taking peoples wellbeing for granted.

Irene Riad – Authentic Leadership

Irene is an expert in Authentic Leadership & Culture, Founder & CEO of SightCET, and an Executive & Team Coach. She is a dedicated professional who is focused on combining storytelling and a science-based approach to help her audiences gain control over their lives and design the changes they want to manifest.

She has a BA in Mass Communication/Media Studies and a Masters of Management in Human Resources Management. Irene has worked in Learning, Development & Performance Manager roles at Movenpick Hotels & Resorts, British Council Middle East, Alfahim Group, ENGIE- Energy International & Nomac.

Irene Riad talks about:

Being born in Saudi Arabia & living in a multicultural world
Understanding what she believed in & her values in life
Seeing the world through different lenses
How do traditions & cultures serve us as a leader
Common traits amongst successful leaders across different countries
The rise of collectiveness in leadership around the world
Building a high performing team doesn’t start with a vision.
Peoples wellbeing will affect their happiness & performance in the workplace
The magic of wellbeing is in the small moments rather than the big wellbeing initiatives
What is the one conversation you need to have?
Bringing people to connect with the human
Do you know the values & beliefs of your team members?
How do each other’s values affect each other in the workplace?
Creating culture is constant
Everyone has a diversity of culture in them
How do we help people belong
Authentic Leadership
Redefining who I am all the time.
Avoid forcing a change in who we are
Managing our internal fears
Being constrained by self perceived labels
Understanding vertical growth
Why you need a coach
Who do you want to be when you are leading?

Tweets

“Understanding your own, understanding your members that you are dealing with and understanding the culture of that relationship and what it looks like.” Discussing culture with Irene Riad on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“When we focus the conversation not on accepting diversity, but how do we create a relationship, as space, where everyone belongs.” Irene Riad goes deep on Diversity and belonging in the workplace on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Our identity is much bigger than our image.” Irene Riad discussing authentic leadership on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:
Irene Riad Website
Irene Riad LinkedIn
Irene Riad Facebook
Irene Riad 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

Inspiring Great Leader Podcast #249 Joe Pane Courage To Be You

Posted on October 26, 2024October 26, 2024 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Courage To Be You

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Joe Pane about the Courage To Be You, emotional fitness and the quality of our relationship with uncertainty.

We also dive deep into how our identity and ego defines you, managing difficult conversations, and human behaviour.

Joe Pane – Courage To Be You

Joe is a human behaviour expert, creator of the Emotional Fitness Formula and the author of the Amazon best seller, Courage To BE YOU. He is dedicated to emotional intelligence, mindset strategies and behaviourial profiling.

He has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from the Deakin University, and is one of only 10 Master Trainer’s of Accredited Consultant and Trainer of Extended DISC. In the last 17 years, he has trained more than 7000 mindset coaches, and has delivered his emotional fitness workshops to tens of thousands of people from all walks of life and industries.

Joe Pane talks about:

Why do people do what they do?
Emotional Fitness Formula
When we are starved of significance we will go to extremes
Listening to your own unique whisper
Unconscious silent addiction to certainty. It’s the things that hold you back.
You can’t get competent in swimming by reading a book
Emotional Fitness
Quality of our relationship with uncertainty
If you don’t squeeze life, life will squeeze you
Finding clarity in the uncertainty
Someone to believe in, who believes in them
Finding clarity as we move through the unknown
Ego is a survival mechanism to keep us safe, keep us going and keep us alive
Identity is what we allow ourselves to be defined by
Courage to be you
Difference between emotional fitness and emotional intelligence
Emotional compass and emotions respond to the interpretation of the facts
You cant be YOU with strangers too quickly

Tweets

“It takes just as much courage to quit the right thing as it does to start the right thing, because of the fear of judgement of those around us.” Fear of Judgement with Joe Pane on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“The most attractive quality of any human being is certainty.” Joe Pane discussing our relationship with uncertainty on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“If we take someone’s significance away, you take their heart and soul away”. Joe Pane on the role identity plays on peoples lives on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Joe Pane www.joepane.com.au
Joe Pane LinkedIn
Joe Pane Facebook
Joe Pane Instagram
Insights With Joe Pane Podcast
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 Courage To BE YOU

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #226 Pam Marcheski Intentional Leadership

Posted on March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Intentional Leadership

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Pam Marcheski about intentional leadership, building mental resilience to deal with constant change and moving from intentions to actions.

We also delve into leaders having humility and having a sense of purpose, moving from reactive to a proactive state, and the need to invest in developing your team members.

Pam Marcheski – Intentional Leadership

Pam Marcheski is an esteemed Executive and Organisational Leadership Coach and member of the Harvard Medical School-affiliated Institute of Coaching, SHRM, and Women’s Leadership Institute. With a background in Political Science from North Idaho College and certifications in coaching from Marshall Goldsmith and Mindfulness Performance & Awareness from UC San Diego, Pam brings a wealth of expertise to her role.

Having held pivotal roles at Sears, Kohls, JCPenney, and Liverpool Los Angeles, Pam is a seasoned professional with a proven track record. As an Executive Coach, she has successfully collaborated with leaders from NASA, Raleys, and various Fortune 500 companies. Beyond her professional achievements, Pam serves as a Board Member of Lamp of Learning and is the visionary founder of Intentions to Actions Leadership. With a passion for nature, she draws inspiration from activities like paddle boarding, hiking, and beach strolls.

Pam Marcheski talks about:

Learning to be resilient and adaptable at a young age
Starting her career in retail and worked her way up into leadership roles
Facing challenges as a single mother but still persevering
Intentional leadership
Transitioned into coaching after realizing she wanted to help people find inner peace and show up better for others
Mindfulness training
Focusing on the conditions that people work in and investing in those doing the actual work
Leaders need more internal skills like trust, confidence, and being less reactive
Teaching people to be more open, curious and own their thoughts and emotions
Building mental resilience to deal with constant change
Investing in developing your teams
Inspiring leaders have a sense of humility and purpose beyond themselves
Focusing on helping and caring for others, not just what works but what truly helps people
Technology and data can help leaders, but leaders must also focus on the internal side of leadership and mindfulness

Tweets

“We really kind of focus on how to help people be curious, how to tap into their own self, to recognise that everything that happens is it’s a feeling and an emotion and that we have it. It doesn’t mean we have to be it. So we teach a lot about not attaching to our thoughts and emotions” Pam Marcheski talks about practicing mindfulness on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“You need to develop those people that are the ones that are having the biggest impact on doing the actual work.” Pam Marcheski talks about learning and development for your team on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“That’s why I focus on mindfulness and why I believe in it so much is because you have to internally work with that and you have to really have some inner trust, some inner confidence, all of those places.” The importance of intentional mindfulness leadership with Pam Marcheski on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Pam Marcheski www.intentact.com
Pam Marcheski LinkedIn
Pam Marcheski Instagram
Pam Marcheski 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

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #215 Chuen Chuen Yeo Leaders People Love

Posted on December 8, 2023December 11, 2023 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Leaders People Love

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Chuen Chuen Yeo about Leaders People Love, imposter syndrome and having an agile mindset as a leader.

We also dive deeper into building a culture that can withstand conflict, vulnerability in leadership and increasing your resilience.

Chuen Chuen Yeo – Leaders People Love

Chuen Chuen Yeo is a pioneering figure in shaping agile leaders skilled in navigating the complexities of the business landscape. With a focus on leadership agility, she is the acclaimed author of “8 Paradoxes of Leadership Agility” and “Leaders People Love,” in addition to being a sought-after agile leadership coach and international keynote speaker.

Recognized for her outstanding contributions, our guest has earned prestigious titles, including “Woman Super Achiever” and being named one of the “Top 101 Global Coaching Leaders” at the 28th World HRD Congress. A distinguished academic, she holds a degree in Computer Engineering and a post-graduate Diploma in Education from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Notably, Chuen Chuen Yeo is the visionary force behind ACESENCE Agile Leaders, a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, and a recognized LinkedIn Top Voice in Company Culture, Singapore.

Chuen Chuen Yeo talks about:

Discovering her passion for developing people & elevating leadership all around the world
Being a follower during her formative years
Imposter syndrome & the amplification of mistakes
Leaders People Love
Having a heavy fear of failing
Behind arrogance is the fear of failure
Building trust in relationships as a leader
Learning to have patience and slow down
Approaching leadership with an agile mindset
Constantly comparing yourself to others increases mental pressure and stress
Working on being more resilient
Using your insecurities to drive you forward and not hold you back
Creating an environment where people feel safe to fail and make mistakes
8 Paradoxes of Leadership Agility
Building a culture that can withstand conflict
Authenticity and integrity in leadership

Tweets

“Great leaders have to be great teachers. We have to understand each individual and give them the right support to bring them up.” Chuen Chuen Yeo talks about the importance of knowing your people and supporting them the right way on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“We cannot achieve anything if we are alone. We have to learn to enlist other people into our cause, our mission. To do that, we might have to choose to slow down. When I look at things like speed vs. performance, a lot of leaders can do with more patience because in their hurry to get to the end state, they compromise things and they may lose a relationship that they can never repair.” Importance of relationships built on trust in leadership with Chuen Chuen Yeo on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Performers have found a way to minimize chances of failure, but in their hearts, they have not embraced the truth that failure is part of any equation and learning experience. It doesn’t mean you are bad. It only just reflects that their approach is incorrect and it has informed you to do things differently. That’s a truth that people need to embrace to increase their resilience.” Chuen Chuen Yeo talks about working on being more resilient on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Chuen Chuen Yeo https://acesence.com/
Chuen Chuen Yeo Linkedin
Chuen Chuen Yeo Facebook
Chuen Chuen Yeo Instagram
Chuen Chuen Yeo 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

Book

Leaders People Love (Preorder)
8 Paradoxes of Leadership Agility

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #212 Dre Baldwin Work on Your Game

Posted on November 17, 2023 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Work On Your Game

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

Tweets

“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.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Dre Baldwin www.drebaldwin.com
Dre Baldwin LinkedIn
Dre Baldwin Instagram
Dre Baldwin Youtube
Dre Baldwin X (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

Work On Your Game: Use the Pro Athlete Mindset to Dominate Your Game in Business, Sports, and Life

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #208 Adam Bennett Great Change For Big Strategy

Posted on October 18, 2023October 18, 2023 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Great Change For Big Strategy

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Adam Bennett about great change for big strategy, recent global changes in society and the psychological effects due to these changes, and why change empathy is a non-negotiable.

We also go deep into the roles leaders must take in leading change, how we support our people through change and successfully navigating change as a company.

Adam Bennett – Great Change For Big Strategy

Adam Bennett is a transformation leader, advisor to Australia’s leading CEO’s and companies, and the author of the newly released book Great Change. His accolades speak volumes, having worked for or spearheaded groundbreaking strategy, performance, and technology transformation programs for iconic institutions such as NAB, IBM, PwC BNZ, and was recently the CEO of NSW Land Registry Services.

Having worked across multiple geographies including South East Asia, UK, the Middle East and in India, he is Principal of Great Change Consulting. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney, a graduate of Harvard Business School (Advanced Management Program), and has completed the AICD and NZICD director’s course.

Adam talks about:

Confidence in leadership
Differences between leaders in different companies
Learning while adapting to a new environment
Great change for big strategy
Organizational change vs transformation project
Important components of successful change transition
Change empathy
Transformation triangle of disruption
What change looks like in big organizations vs small organizations
Transformational change in an industry perspective vs in an internal company
Mindset & psychology of change
Successfully communicating change
Keeping pace with change
The next potential big disruptions that companies and leaders need to take notice of

Tweets

“I think there’s more change ahead of us than there is behind us because the pace of change is accelerating.” Keeping up with change by Adam Bennett on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Honor the privilege that you’re given with regards to leadership and make sure you take it seriously and you don’t take it for granted.” Adam Bennett talks about leadership roles on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“If you want to be an effective and authentic leader, you have to get involved in potentially uncomfortable things.” Adam Bennett shares with us how we can be a great leader amidst change on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Adam Bennett www.greatchangeconsulting.com.au
Adam Bennett 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
Great Change (Available for pre-order)

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
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

Book
MATCHFIT

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 #189 Jade Green Unlocking Potential Through Happiness

Posted on June 8, 2023June 8, 2023 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Unlocking Potential Through Happiness

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Jade Green about unlocking potential through happiness, nurturing relationships with your people, and the issues of today’s workforce.

We also dive deeper into having and building an entrepreneurial mindset while being a people and heart-centered leader, building resilience, inspiring personal development, and how to be a better leader.

Jade Green – Unlocking Potential Through Happiness

Jade Green is the #RippleMaker, one of Startup Daily’s Top 50 Most Influential Women, an award-winning culture coach, the Uncorporate Speaker, and a consultant who believes that happiness holds the key to unlocking a team’s full potential. She not only built a team from 5 to over 50 but also proved that determination and resilience can shatter any glass ceiling.

Driven by her values and a passion for creating positive change, Jade ventured into the world of entrepreneurship and founded her own recruitment consultancy, Velocity Consulting. Through her visionary leadership, she transformed her venture into a thriving company, catching the attention of The Entourage Growth fund along the way.

Jade talks about:

Growing up in trailer parks and being the legal guardian of two younger siblings at age 14
How a child’s environment shapes their personality
Looking at the world through other people’s lenses and perspectives without judgment
Building an inclusive culture by reducing the times we can exclude people
Unlocking potential through happiness is the greatest productivity hack
Technology in creating better opportunities
Having an entrepreneurial mindset and putting it to good use
Looking into how to be a better leader and business person
Being curious to constantly improve and grow
Leadership is not just a role but a responsibility
Learning about your own people can make you a better leader
Training people and growing teams
How we live the value of personal integrity
Striving for a happy space by being inspired by the future

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“That requires you as a leader to know your humans. And so I think that that’s the skill that people need. Have real empathy, real care, real wanting to get to know them, ignoring the kids’ noise, knowing the partner’s name, know how old they are, know what their hobbies are, know why they get up every day and come to work.” Jade Green discusses building personal relationships with your people on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“That’s what really drives me. It’s like, I’m not going to just coach you on making 100 cold calls today. What else is going to help you as a human being? And I think that’s always just given me that zest to constantly push and constantly grow.” Learning in leadership with Jade Green on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Your people are giving you the most precious resource they have in their entire life that they can never get back their time. And in most corporates, in most roles, we give more hours to the job than we do anything else combined. So how about how about just a little bit of attitude of gratitude for the fact that they show up and a little bit of ownership over if they’re not giving you what you expect and they are not performing how you want them to perform, where are you at?” Jade Green talks about gratitude being a two-way street on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Jade Green www.jadegreen.com.au
Jade Green LinkedIn
Jade Green 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