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active CEO Podcast #55 Oscar Trimboli Deep Listening Performance

Posted on September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts

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On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Oscar Trimboli about how Deep Listening benefits performance, being a student of people, going beyond the first context, leadership identity, and managing people at Microsoft and Vodafone. We also discuss the five levels of listening, the art and science of listening, the barriers to listening, and teaching a hundred million people how to listen.

Oscar Trimboli – Deep Listening Performance

Oscar is a leader who loves experiential learning, connecting people to their passions and creating impact beyond words. We go deep into the world of listening as “every human wants to be listened to, yet what they crave is to be heard”.

He has an MBA Marketing from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, a Graduate Diploma International Company Directors from the Australian Institute of Company Director, an Organisational Coaching Cert 3 – Institute of Executive Coaching & Leadership, and is a Gallup Strengths Coach.

His career has involved sales, business development and marketing roles at Peoplesoft, Professional Advantage, Vodafone, Microsoft and Polycon. At present he is a speaker, author and mentor with Oscar Trimboli Pty Limited and head of coaching faculty for The Marketing Academy Australia.

Oscar talks about:

How going to school with 23 nationalities taught him to be open to different ideas.
Using “Tell me more” to explore what you are hearing a little bit deeper.
Managing Dyscalculia’s and always being a student of people.
Developing Microsoft protégé for graduates at Microsoft.
Teaching a hundred million people how to listen.
How do leaders take a long-term perspective while delivering on short-term results.
How do leaders have the presence of mind not to react always?
What’s the legacy you really want to leave when you are no longer on this planet?
On a quest to create one hundred million deep listeners in the world.
”If you can’t achieve your goal in your life time then it is ambitious enough to chase.”
Getting listening into school teacher curriculum.
All the great disasters are beautiful examples of the lack of listening.
The biggest myth about listening is to be focused on the speaker.
I speak at a 125 words at a minute, you listen at 400 times a minute.
We listen in black and white and listening in colour is what deep listening is all about.
We cant listen to anybody else unless we a clear and available.
Silver is putting away all the distractions, gold is to learn to listen what is not said at the Listening Olympics.
Crucial element of communication, we never ask for a second opinion.
Why is listening implied in education rather than being taught?

Active CEO Performance Tip

Own Your Own Space – If you have one skill and you are really strong at it, it can be easily copied allowing a competitor to get a step ahead in your space. If you stack your skills you can own your own space, get a step ahead of your competitors, be the authority and be the expert in your field.

Tweets

“When people leave a company, they say we didn’t leave the company we left our manager.” Listening in the workplace with Oscar Trimboli, on the active CEO Podcast.

“The difference between hearing and listening is taking action.” Oscar Trimboli talks about deep listening, on the active CEO Podcast.

“Use metaphors, analogies and stories because it connects with the most innate emotions in humans. Yet most leaders will talk about KPIs, performance benchmarks, dashboards and everybody will fall asleep.” The power of stories as a leader with Oscar Trimboli, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Oscar Trimboli www.oscartrimboli.com
Listening Myths www.listeningmyths.com
Oscar Trimboli Blog
Oscar Trimboli LinkedIn
Oscar Trimboli Twitter
Oscar Trimboli Podcast
Oscar Trimboli Facebook
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn

Recommended Reading:

Deep Listening Oscar Trimboli
Breakthroughs Oscar Trimboli
125-400 Rule: The Art & Science of Listening Oscar Trimboli

active CEO Podcast #53 Leigh Russell Diving Into Human Potential

Posted on September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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On this episode of the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Leigh Russell about her fascination with human performance, being an authentic leader, the power of mentors and diving into human potential. We also delve into how career counselling at a school led to a role at AFL Players Association, thriving as a young CEO at Netball Victoria, working with Bianca Chatfield on the Ignition Project, the integrity and duty of care challenges as CEO of Swimming Australia, and how sleep is such a critical enabler of effective leadership.

Leigh Russell

Leigh Russell is an accomplished sports leader, who thrives in challenging high performance environments, and is considered a collaborative, values driven and results focused leader. She is an authentic, ambitious and humble leader who has published ‘Game On’ and ‘Every Girl Needs a Plan’.

Her education includes a BA in Psychology & Sociology at Monash University, Postgraduate Diploma of Business from Swinburne University of Technology, Australian Institute of Company Directors, and has Graduate Diplomas in Education, Counselling and Career Counselling for Elite Performers.

Leigh has held National and General Manager roles at AFL Players Association, Gold Coast Football, Essendon Football Club and CEO of Netball Victoria; Director roles at The Ignition Project and Inspired Heads; and Chair positions on committees at Cricket Australia and Tennis Australia.

She was the first woman to hold a senior executive position within an AFL Club, the youngest ever CEO appointed in Netball Victoria’s history, and is currently the CEO of Swimming Australia, Australia’s most successful Olympic Sport.

Leigh talks about:

Creating a career that was about people.
Passion of the role that sport can play in people’s lives.
Diving into human potential and human performance.
Sociology in the nature and nurture of people.
Being a lifelong learner in leadership.
Telling it like it is and having those honest conversations.
How Change Our Game and Male Champions of Change are vital in accelerating diversity.
Sport being incredibly disrupted by E-sports and other entertainment.
Really traditional sporting base and the Australian federated model is under quite a lot of stress.
Getting people smarter than you, to sit at the table.
Think about careers as a patchwork quilt rather than a liner path.
How entrepreneurship allowed her to see things from a different angle.
Removing unconscious bias in a high performance environment.
The need to increase focus on the wellbeing of coaches and staff.
Using the DISC tool as a language system around behaviour.
What can we learn from the current integrity space and what is our duty of care.
It’s harder to work on active and healthy lifestyle as you take on larger roles.

Active CEO Performance Tip

Travel Agility – When you are travelling you have to be agile in your approach to ensuring you are getting in your daily exercise. It’s important to be flexible and be creative with what you have available. It might be using the hotel gym and throwing in some run shoes and running along the riverside paths.

Tweets

“I absolutely perform and function so much better when I am in the zone of good sleep. ” Leigh Russell on taking care of herself, on the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast.

“Having somebody in your corner, inner sanctum that is prepared to challenge and support you. Challenging to find the feedback you need to really start to think how you learn and think over time.” Leigh Russell speaks about the power of mentors, on the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Leigh Russell Twitter
Leigh Russell LinkedIn
Leigh Russell Instagram
Swimming Australia www.swimming.org.au
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn

Recommended Reading:

Game On – Bianca Chatfield and Leigh Russell
Every Girl Needs a Plan – Bianca Chatfield and Leigh Russell

active CEO Podcast #52 Francesca Boase Building Trust In Crisis Management

Posted on August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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*Francesca Boase – General Manager Edelman Australia*

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Francesca Boase about building trust in crisis management, storytelling as an art of communication, leading change, the Edelman Trust Barometer and being a great mentor. We also discuss personal development, being a custodian of peoples careers, the pain of accepting feedback, workplace wellness, and managing her energy and performance.

Francesca Boase – Building Trust In Crisis Management

Francesca Boase is an experienced global corporate communications specialist who is committed to the community, health, fitness and wellbeing. She is known for building strong relationships, impressive personal development programs and competing at the world triathlon championships.

A genuine people person, she is passionate about mentoring, facilitating and leading teams. Her focus in corporate and financial communication, media relations, reputation management and strategic counsel, has given her the necessary skills to thrive in her current role as Managing Director of Edelman Australia, the world’s largest independent communications agency.

Educated globally, she went to Island School, Hong Kong; studied Journalism, Film and Broadcasting and completed a Post Graduate Diploma Public Relations at the University of Wales, Cardiff; and attended the Australian Graduate School of Management. Her previous senior executive appointments have included roles at Sharman Networks, PPR PR Agency and Sefiani Communications Group.

Fran talks about:

Growing up in Hong Kong in the 1980’s surrounded by many nationalities.
Acting and then communicating with absolute integrity.
Honesty and transparency are absolute fundamentals to building that trust.
The most important elements when it comes to being proactive in crisis management.
We are in constant state of change.
What’s its going to take for you to say yes.
Fear accompanies change or uncertainty.
What makes a really great mentor.
Strategies to use when determining your teams internal motivations.
Managing stress and the importance of wellbeing in a fast-paced environment.
Having high standards and integrity as a leader.
Noticing and recognising the cultural differences of the generations coming through.
Businesses increasingly have a role to play in building the trust of Australians.
Talking about workplace wellness and not actually doing enough about it.
Recognising people as human beings in a holistic sense.
Really have to take care of yourself first and then come in and tackle the day.
Managing competitiveness in a healthy way and figuratively in a healthy way.
How to help young people really appreciate and value themselves.

Active CEO Wellness Tip

Motion Call – Stand up and go for a walk when you receive a phone call rather than stay seated at your computer. It reduces distractions and ensures you get the value of motion leads to emotion when you are walking. You will be surprised how much exercise you can do and how productive your calls become.

Tweets

“Being able to effectively communicate means you can build trust, address issues, you can form an organisational and business point of view, and build a narrative and a story which is a very important part of engaging whether it is your target audiences, your staff or your customers.” Effective communication with Francesca Boase, on the active CEO Podcast.

“The bottom line is that people don’t come to work to achieve a business result. People come to work to be with other people. My experience is that being a leader and being able to communicate on a very human level is critical. Its critical to managing staff, it is critical for great client relationships. It is very important when you are dealing with very difficult situations.” Francesca Boase on communicating at a human level, on the active CEO Podcast.

“You genuinely need to have that recovery time. In terms of performance in a role that is very demanding, having a break and taking some time out is as important a lesson to learn to learn as is learning how to respond to a client or developing a communications strategy.” Francesca Boase talks about the importance of recovery with purpose, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Francesca Boase LinkedIn
Francesca Boase fran@boase.com.au
Edelman www.edelman.com.au
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn

active CEO Podcast Jennie Wyllie (Netball New Zealand) – Challenge Privately Support Publicly

active CEO Podcast #44 Jennie Wyllie Challenge Privately Support Publicly

Posted on June 30, 2019June 30, 2019 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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On this episode of the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Jennie Wyllie about growing up watching the New Zealand Silver Ferns netball team, coping with intense public scrutiny, challenge employees privately and support publicly, and leading a high performing team as Chief Executive of Netball New Zealand. We also discuss standing out from other graduates at PricewaterhouseCoopers, the impact of the Tanya Dalton Foundation, an internal review following the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and resetting the body and mind by taking family vacations to her kiwi batch at the beach.

Jennie Wyllie

Jennie Wyllie is a wonderful leader who has navigated some major transformations in a short period of time. In her current role of Chief Executive of Netball New Zealand, she has led the implementation of the ‘Whole of Netball Plan’ strategy, has managed the move back to a domestic elite competition and is using all her experience to implement the recommendations following a recent independent review into the National team.

She went to Pakuranga College in New Zealand, before completing a Bachelor of Commerce specialising in Accounting and Tax, from the University of Auckland. Today’s guest has also completed an Institute of Directors Companies Director Course, is a certified New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountant and has a Postgraduate Certificate in Management Studies at the University of Waikato.

Her career began in accounting and finance with roles, in New Zealand and the UK, at Price Waterhouse Coopers, Discovery Networks, GlaxoSmithKline, Orange and Telecom New Zealand. While at Telecom New Zealand she spent time as a Next Generation Marketing Offers Lead before returning to finance as Head of Finance, Strategy and Services at Netball New Zealand.

Jennie talks about:

What is your differentiator – ‘just be me”
Being able to relate to everyone from the CEO and Board down to the receptionist.
Being an authentic leader – I am, what I am.
To be high performing you need to wrap yourself with experts in the field.
Balancing working in the business versus working on the business is a major challenge.
Coping with the intense public scrutiny, especially when the team may not be playing well.
The independent review of the unsuccessful 2018 Commonwealth Games Silver Ferns.
If you are not living the values of the team, who is going to hold you to account.
Balancing a focus on participation versus the elite side of the sport.
Recognising all the hard work that volunteers do in the netball community.
Ensuring that the health and wellness of our coaches and employees are being looked after.
Coaches challenges are not so much different to the athletes.
“How do we support our female coaches?” because they are different from the men coaches.
We encourage staff to stay active including a wellness day, where it is all tools down.
Requiring a growth mindset in sport as it reinvigorates you to go for that next challenge.

Active CEO Wellness Tip

It’s Not About You! – You are here to SERVE, You are here to CONTRIBUTE and you are here to make a DIFFERENCE. As a leader you have to let go of the ego and make sure that everything that happens is about the team, is there for them and they can shine every single day.

Tweets

“Weird natural high, a buzz, for me that’s when I know that things are clicking, you come up with ideas, you interact with people and bounce ideas off without fears of reprisal. That’s when I know!” Jennie Wyllie explaining her peak state of mind on the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast.

“With an intense public scrutiny comes a level of engagement and ownership they have with the team… You have to back yourself to make good decisions, and be able to stand behind your choices and the decisions you make. ” Jennie Wyllie talks about coping with public scrutiny on the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast.

“In high performance the environment for athletes is inherently unsafe. You can be selected or not selected at any one time. But for a high performing team you need to feel safe, vulnerable to share your strengths and weaknesses.” The high performance environment conundrum, with Jennie Wyllie, on the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Jennie Wyllie LinkedIn
Netball NZ www.netballnz.co.nz
Netball NZ info@netballnz.co.nz
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole Performance Coaching www.bengathercole.com.au

Recommended Reading:

Better Than Winning – Ben Gathercole

active CEO Podcast PJ Ashley (The Pillar Practice) – Consciously Connected Leadership

active CEO Podcast #41 PJ Ashley Consciously Connected Leadership

Posted on June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts, Wellness

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*PJ Ashley – Founder The Pillar Practice*

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with PJ Ashley about The Pillar Practice, being born to change the world, supporting Defence Force families, and consciously connected leadership. We also discuss the ‘why’ behind starting her own business, having ‘busy’ as a badge of owner, people becoming truth-seekers, the World Health Organization recognizing “Burn-out”, and the walking dead state.

PJ Ashley – Podcast Interview Brief

PJ has chosen the health and wellness of people and businesses around the world over a corporate life. She spent eight years as a director at Lifeline Canberra, which exists to support people in crisis and save the lives of those experiencing thoughts of suicide

The early part of her life included living in NSW and then Queensland, Australia, where she attended St Aidans Anglican Girls College. She completed a Certificate Business Studies at Lorraine Martin Business College and later on in her career, a Diploma Holistic Therapies at Swindon College in the UK.

Our guest has spent over 25 years working in and around Defence, including being an executive in the corporate world dealing with large multi-million dollar Government and Defence contracts. This has included working in various managerial roles at Toll, CIPS Australia, Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia, Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Australia and LMB Consulting.

In 2013, she founded The Pillar Practice, where they decrypt the mysteries of life through a journey of healing. Her trademark The Pillar Code is now formally recognized as a new modality in 26 countries.

PJ talks about:

Growing up in a sporting family, as a dancer.
Going to the university of life, but not being able to name the campus she went to.
Finding her leadership talent through voluntary work with Defence families.
Seeing something in someone that they cant see in themselves.
Her leadership style and what values are most important to her.
Surrounding herself with people who can do things that she cant.
The ‘WHY” behind leaving the corporate world and starting her own business.
Why a massage became her defining moment for The Pillar Practice.
Delivering the world a brand new modality, the gift to assist them to the waking up.
The coding system of the universe with the nine Pillars.
The World Health Organization recognising “BURNOUT” as a occupational phenomenon.
People pushing themselves to the absolute limit.
Recognizing consciously connected leadership.
Sealing, a very quick form of consciously meditating without going into a full meditation.
Not going to get to the end of this life and I didn’t give it my best shot.
Wanting to solve the walking dead state.

Active CEO Wellness Tip

Bigger Than Themselves – You have to dig deep and find out what truly motivates each employee on your team. What gets them up each day and what will allow them to draw more energy to perform with distinction in your company? What is the greater purpose? Because people want to do something much bigger than what your company stands for and something that is bigger than themselves.

Tweets

“Some people are just born to be academics and other people are born to change the world. You are not the academic, you are the one to change the world.” The advice PJ Ashley’s head mistress gave to her at school on the active CEO Podcast.

“Every day was the same except I was adding another zero.” PJ Ashley describing how every day became the same, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

PJ Ashley Facebook
PJ Ashley LinkedIn
The Pillar Practice www.thepillarpractice.com.au
The Pillar Practice Facebook
The Pillar Practice YouTube
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole Performance Coaching www.bengathercole.com.au

Recommended Reading:

It’s About Time by George – PJ Ashley
Better Than Winning – Ben Gathercole

active CEO POdcast Craig Phillips (Commonwealth Games Australia) – The Games Shaper

active CEO Podcast #40 Craig Phillips The Games Shaper

Posted on June 3, 2019June 3, 2019 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts

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*Craig Phillips – CEO Commonwealth Games Australia*

On this episode of the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Craig Phillips the CEO of Commonwealth Games Australia about the success of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games; leading in the sports industry; the importance of volunteers; and why females bring a different game to sports leadership, coaching and high performance. We take a deep dive into bringing world-class athletes and teams together in an Olympic team environment; the pioneering days of professional sport management; leading an active and healthy lifestyle; and the legacy of international sporting events.

Craig Phillips

Craig Phillips is the most capped Australian Olympic Committee Team official in Australian sporting history. With more than 35 years experience in the sports industry, he has been involved in the successful planning, management & leadership of 12 Australian Olympic (Summer & Winter) Teams between 1992 and 2014.

His education involved earning a Diploma of Teaching in Physical Education from the Australian College of Physical Education, and a MBA in Sports Management from the Southern Cross University. He is internationally recognised expert in strategic, team and event planning, and has a wealth of experience in sport program design, policy development, governance and integrity.

After eight years working in the New South Wales Department of Sport and Recreation, Craig has had an illustrious 24 years as the Technical Director, Director of Sport and Secretary General of the Australian Olympic Committee. Most recently he led the highly successful 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia.

Craig is the current CEO of Commonwealth Games Australia and the recipient of the 2018 Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Sports Performance Award For Leadership.

Craig talks about:

Going to South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League team games with his dad.
Playing rugby league, swimming, water polo and modern pentathlon as a child.
Starting his career with the NSW Office of Sport & Recreation.
Parked his sporting ambitions to volunteer with Modern Pentathlon
Seismic changes in sport with the creation of the Australian Institute of Sport, considerable funding in sport in the 1980’s and then the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
His greatest sporting moments in being involved in 12 Olympic Games campaigns, while working at the Australian Olympic Committee,
Helping Steven Bradbury fix his boot before winning a gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games.
Driving Grant Hackett to training in a golf cart at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
What’s involved in planning an Olympic Games campaign for Team Australia.
Seeing coaching as actually a legitimate career path without being a great athlete.
Why the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games was so successful.
A greater sense of community on the Gold Coast and the flow on effect of the Games.
There needs to be a greater focus on the mental health of coaches and sport managers.
Athlete engagement and wellbeing post their career.
How he looks after his health and wellness.
Creating international sports structures that are done in such a way that don’t lend itself to abuse in the system.
Why Ian Chesterman AM and Craig McLatchey AO had the greatest influence on his career.

Active CEO Wellness Tip

Learning – The first stage of learning is absolute silence. The second stage is listening to what people are saying. Absorbing what they say and how they are saying it, so you have a better understanding of what they are expressing.

Tweets

“You have got to be really careful with knowledge and experience that you don’t let arrogance grow. You shouldn’t ever believe that you have got all the answers. You have got to be a good listener and bring in other people with expertise who give you the answers.” Craig Phillips provides important advice for sport leaders, on the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast.

“The volunteer is still a very much an important part of sport industry. If we started to pull back on the contribution of volunteers, sport will start to die. ” Craig Phillips talks about the importance of volunteers in sport, on the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast.

“When you do get everyone hitting in the same direction and singing off the same sheet it is very rewarding.” Preparing an Olympic Games environment that produces gold medals, on the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Craig Phillips LinkedIn
Commonwealth Games Australia www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Commonwealth Games Australia LinkedIn
2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games www.gc2018.com
Australian Olympic Committee www.olympics.com.au
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole Performance Coaching www.bengathercole.com.au

Recommended Reading:

Better Than Winning – Ben Gathercole

Workplace Wellness: World Health Organization Recognizes Burn-out

Posted on May 29, 2019May 9, 2020 by Craig Johns in Article, Leadership

This week the World Health Organization (WHO) made positive steps in improving workplace wellness by formally recognizing ‘Burn-out’ as an official occupational phenomenon. The WHO classified burn-out as ‘a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed’, under the International Classification of Diseases, and it will be globally-recognized as of 2020.

Feel like work is zapping all your energy and taking the fun out of life?

Do you feel burnt out, run down, emotionally paralyzed or lack the energy to do what you want to in life?

We live in a world that has a workplace culture that tends itself towards high levels of stress, working over-time, depression, detachment and feeling ineffective.

Will Workplace Wellness be the Next Royal Commission?

Will this mean that Workplace Wellness could be the next Royal Commission or Presidential Commission? It can’t be too far away as the effects, quite often catastrophic, that are associated with unsuccessfully managed workplace stress have a major ramifications for sick leave expenses, physical and mental health, personal and professional relationships, loss of productivity, workplace culture and employee retention.

It’s Affecting Those Close to Us!

I don’t know about you, but I am feed up with seeing family, friends and many people all around the world suffering from workplace related depression, mental health and even suicide due to the workplace cultures that cause unnecessary stress and burn-out.

CEO’s, leaders, owners and board directors are going to have to start taking workplace wellness seriously. It wouldn’t surprise me if we start seeing class actions in the near future.

There are a number of companies and organizations that do have positive and effective workplace wellness cultures in place and we must applaud them for being proactive in a space that has a major effect on society and our local communities. They should be used as examples of best practice and rewarded accordingly.

What is Burn-out?

We know that those who are most vulnerable to burn-out regularly navigate complex, contradictory and sometimes hostile environments. The main risk factors of burn-out in the workplace consist of:

doing work that is unrewarding,
limited control on the work that you do,
an overwhelming workload due to time and/or pressure exerted,
work that conflicts with our personal values,
unfair work practices, and
lack of community.

Workplace related symptoms include:

feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion;
increased mental distance from one’s job;
feelings of negativity or cynicism related to one’s job; and
reduced professional efficacy.

We Are Here to Help You

It is now time for you as a CEO or leader to make a positive change place workplace wellness at the heart of your company or organisation.

The team at NRG2Perform are here to support and guide you in implementing a positive workplace culture.

We have developed the Breaking The CEO Code and Breaking The CORPORATE Code. We provide CEO’s and leaders, as well as corporate teams or companies the curriculum and tools to minimise workplace stress, improve mental health and maximise your performance potential.

Programs include the four key fundamentals of Peak Human Performance:

ENERGY (fitness) – healthy body, healthy mind
FUEL (nutrition) – a Formula 1 car won’t perform on diesel fuel
EMOTION (mindset) – you are infectious both positive & negative
RECOVERY (recharge) – if you don’t switch the light off it will blow

And, the 3P’s of building sustainable energy for high performing leaders:

CEO/CORPORATE Periodization – scheduling your energy & recovery over time
CEO/CORPORATE Presence – communicating with purpose, precision & energy
CEO/CORPORATE Performance – bringing the energy, showing up & turning up

There is no Time to Wait

Make a decision and act now by contacting Craig Johns at NRG2Perform today, to discuss a specifically tailored Breaking The CEO Code or Breaking the CORPORATE Code program, by calling +61 415 675 939 or emailing craig@nrg2Perform.com.

active CEO Podcast Chris McCormack (Super League Triathlon) – Transforming The Business of Triathlon

active CEO Podcast #38 Chris McCormack Transforming The Business of Triathlon

Posted on May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts

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On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with four-time World Triathlon Champion, Chris McCormack about ceo performance; growing up in Sydney; lessons learnt in triathlon and business; balancing patience with commercial decisions; winning on a world stage; and transitioning from sportsperson to businessperson. We also delve into what makes a high performance CEO; thinking anything is possible; and his successful team approach that has led to IRONMAN Hawaii World Championship titles as well as leading MaccaX, MaccaNow, Thanyapura, Bahrain Endurance 13, Super League Triathlon and MINC Group.

Chris McCormack

Chris McCormack is a four-time world triathlon champion, successful entrepreneur and one of the smartest brains in the sport industry. Born in Cronulla, Sydney, Australia, Chris graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia, with a Bachelors degree in Economics.

With a win rate of greater than 76%, he has won more than 250 triathlon events around the globe, since 1993 when he switched from running to triathlon. Chris won the coveted Hawaii Ironman World Championships in 2007 and 2010, as well as the 1997 ITU World Triathlon Champs and 2012 ITU World Long Distance Triathlon Championships.

Alongside his phenomenal sporting career, he has also led some of the world’s most exciting sport projects including Thanyapura, Bahrain Endurance 13 and most recently co-founded the game-changing Super League Triathlon. Macca, as he is more commonly known, is a pioneer in the sports industry, with a New York best-selling book “I’m Here to Win’.

The MaccaNow Foundation was established, in honor of his mother Theresa McCormack, to help the fight against Breast Cancer. As an entrepreneur he established MaccaX, an integrative platform to give athletes of all abilities the chance to learn from the world’s best, and also MINC Group where he consults on world-leading integrative projects.

Chris talks about:

Why his father was so determined that his three boys got the start in life that he didn’t have.
Getting into triathlon with Sean Maroney, while on a University of NSW run scholarship.
Quitting his professional triathlete dream to finish university and get a job at Bankers Trust.
Wanting to pursue a dream in seeing the world and through the eyes of a triathlete.
Naivety, freedom of belief and the non-pollution of focusing on what is possible.
Living the golden era of triathlon by chance, by birth year and by falling into the sport.
Idolising Rob De Castella, Mark Occhilupo, Steve Moneghetti and Sebastian Coe as a child.
The influence that successful businessmen, Tony Pritzker and Chris Parker had on his career.
Being let down by his triathlon friends who didn’t believe in Super League Triathlon
The transition from athlete to businessmen.
Surrounding himself with a team of specialists Mark Allen and Stuart O’Grady.
Applying the team approach at Thanyapura, with the Royal Family of Bahrain and Super
His Ironman triathlon rivalries, with Norman Stadler and Craig Alexander.
Confidence is important in business, but you realise you are not the champion in the room.
You have to pick your fights, as business is strategy more than competitiveness.
Why athletes struggle with managing energy in business because they always had triggers.
A high performing CEO is an amazing communicator, therapist and vision creator.
The courage to identify with his daughter and say that I am very proud of what you do and I think you are remarkable and how can I be a part of that.
Why isn’t life fair?
His dad, Michael Gilliam, Susan Kraeftner & Andrew Murphy having influence on his life
Creating the MaccaNow Foundation in memory of his mother who had breast cancer.

Active CEO Wellness Tip

Leaders Are Teachers – It’s important that we continue to evolve both ourselves, from a learning point of view, and those around us. The best leaders continue to teach as it not only is good stewardship, but it also challenges them to learn more. Never let the music die inside of you.

Tweets

“People may think that it’s a stupid idea, but I think I am going to do it anyway. Someone’s got to do it. If it is a stupid idea, who cares, as there’s no punishment for it. You don’t get whipped and go to jail for the rest of your life. I don’t know why you wouldn’t make that step, why you wouldn’t try.” Chris McCormack isn’t afraid of giving something a try, on the active CEO Podcast.

“In any start-up the work ethic is out of this world, however the flexibility is exciting. Some people can exist in a start-up and some can’t. I thrive in them and love them. I love the dynamic nature, flexibility and the decisions that you can make that can take you from left to right in an instant, the downs, the highs and I think that comes from sport.” The beauty of start-ups with Chris McCormack, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Chris McCormack www.macca.com
Chris McCormack LinkedIn
Chris McCormack Instagram
MX Endurance (MaccaX) www.mxendurance.com
Super League Triathlon www.superleaguetriathlon.com
Bahrain Endurance 13 www.bahrainendurance13.com
Ironman www.ironman.com
ITU www.triathlon.org.au
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole Performance Coaching www.bengathercole.com.au

Recommended Reading:

I’m Here to Win – Chris McCormack
Better Than Winning – Ben Gathercole

active CEO Podcast Ellen Derrick Deloitte

active CEO Podcast #37 Ellen Derrick Make Mistakes No Regrets

Posted on May 14, 2019June 11, 2019 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts

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Ellen Derrick – National Executive Deloitte Australia

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Ellen Derrick about the importance of being grateful and serving others; her high performance mindset; working with leaders to deliver excellence at Deloitte Australia; and the value of scheduling energy rather than time.

We also delve into coping with her adopted mother passing away from Breast Cancer at the age of eleven; how her children fuel her to deliver better leadership; being open to mistakes and having no regrets; and why speaking on stage with her daughter Kate, who has Cystic Fibrosis, was one of the best days of her life.

Ellen Derrick

Ellen is an impressive Senior Executive who is a leader with a service mentality, who has a bios for action and accountability.

Growing up in the USA she played a lot of sport, including tennis at University before switching to squash, which she played at an international level.

She studied at Nardin Academy, has a BA Government Business at Colby University and has completed an MBA Management from the Australian Graduate School of Management, since moving to Australia.

Her impressive resume includes managerial roles for Accenture, IISM Group, the Australian Federal Government Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, and is currently the National Leader Public Sector and Public Policy and a member of the National Executive for Deloitte Australia.

Now living in Australia she is an affiliate member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, plays an active role in national charitable foundations including Cystic Fybrosis Australia, and is a mentor for the center of economic development of Australia and Institute of Public Administration of Australia.

Ellen talks about:

Growing up in an Irish part of Buffalo, New York, USA.
The influence of her mother, who passed away from Breast Cancer, when she was eleven.
Her mum teaching her to be grateful, serve others, keep perspective and be optimistic.
Always being in a hurry, feeling time limited and always looking for the next thing.
Loving playing soccer and basketball for many years, before switching to tennis & squash.
Her love of history, English, writing and the systems of government.
Leading national public practice and public policy at Deloitte.
Working with the leaders to deliver excellence and having a lasting impact.
How we better our life expectancy.
Keeping her mind relaxed and calm, while leading a very diverse portfolio.
Are leaders born or made?
Helping to find the confidence and courage to take big leaps.
How her team would describe her leadership style.
Coping with her early days at Deloitte, where she felt the effects of imposter syndrome.
Coming back from maternity leave, knowing she was a different human being.
Adjusting her life when she learnt her daughter has Cystic Fibrosis.
Her professional purpose and personal purpose converging every day.
The importance of scheduling her own time to free the mind and re-energise.
The impact of speaking on stage with her daughter Kate, for the first time in front of influential senior business leaders
What we truly need to do collectively in ensuring our sustainability and our prosperity?
Feeling energetic, positive and focused when she is in a peak state of mind.

Active CEO Wellness Tip

Better Place – It is our role as leaders to be a steward and leave what we are looking after in a better place for our future leaders. We need to ensure our stewardship continues to build it up step-by-step so we leave a positive legacy for the next generation.

Tweets

“How do you really seize opportunity from challenge and how do you keep your perspective when things are truly hard.” Ellen Derrick speaking with her daughter Kate on stage in front of influential business leaders, on the active CEO Podcast.

“We don’t always get it right, but we are perfectionists, we are the big four, it is our job to get it right, and it really hurts us when we don’t.” The challenge of leadership expectations with Ellen Derrick, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources mentioned in this show:

Ellen Derrick LinkedIn
Ellen Derrick Profile
Deloitte website www.deloitte.com
Cystic Fibrosis www.cysticfibrosis.org.au
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole Performance Coaching www.bengathercole.com.au

Recommended Reading:

Better Than Winning – Ben Gathercole

active CEO Podcast Kate & Sam Cawthorn (Speakers Institute) – The Best Is Yet To Come

active CEO Podcast #36 Kate and Sam Cawthorn The Best Is Yet To Come

Posted on May 7, 2019May 8, 2019 by Craig Johns in Leadership, Podcasts

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On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Kate and Sam Cawthorn about their life-defining moment; Sam being uniquely wired as a futurist; Kate unlocking your “super powers” of influence through the Gallup CliftonStrengths Finder assessment; the magic of Storyshowing; and Proximity is Power. We also delve into the ‘why’ behind Speakers Institute and Speakers Tribe; being a selfless CEO; recovering with purpose; shifting the energy of a room; orchestrating people’s attention; and being in the transformational personal development industry.

Kate & Sam Cawthorn

Kate and Sam Cawthorn are an incredible couple, with the most beautiful souls, who are passionate about transforming leaders into influential speakers. Through adversity, they found opportunity, and made decisions that have led to making remarkable impacts on so many peoples lives.

As Co-Founders and leaders of the Speakers Institute and the Speakers Tribe, they harness their very different personalities and unique strengths to not only beautifully compliment each other, but also to provide a more well-rounded leadership approach.

Kate has spent more than a decade in the personal development space, unearthing many hidden talents in people. Unlocking peoples superpowers and guiding them to live their ‘why’ through understanding and harnessing their strengths, fuels her inner passion, as a renowned certified Gallup Clifton Strength Finder coach.

Sam has transformed into a thought leader in peak performance, bestselling author, speaker, CEO and award-winning educator, after a horrific car accident in October 2006, changed his life forever. The 2009 Young Australian of the Year and 2013 Edupreneur of the year, has two international best-selling books Bounce Forward and Storytelling, which are changing the game for many people around the world, from all walks of life.

Kate & Sam talk about:

What inspired Kate as a child and what she dreamed of being a mum.
Sam seeking attention growing up in a family of eleven children.
Sam’s role as a Youth futurist with the Australian Federal Government.
The near fatal crash that transformed both their lives.
How Kate coped with Sam’s accident and being in a coma.
How Sam approached the adversity and when he realised his ‘why’.
What was the trigger for Kate to become a Gallop Clifton Strength Finder coach?
What attracted Sam to become a professional speaker and the concept of Bounce Forward.
Why Kate has to pull the hand brake on.
The catalyst to starting the Speakers Institute and Speakers Tribe.
Working together as leaders of Speakers Institute.
Kate and Sam’s top 5 strengths from the Gallup Clifton Strength Finder assessment and how they compliment each other.
The Toggle Framework for speakers.
How they recharge their batteries and refuel their tanks.

Active CEO Wellness Tip

Fear Less – More than 80% of what we fear and worry about never ever comes true. If we are worried about something, rather than ruminating in our head, we should go and actually talk to the person. We need to look at the problem and do some research and understand whether it will it actually matter. What is the evidence behind what we are thinking? Is there any or not?

Tweets

“People don’t need to be like someone else, that just need to be more of themselves.” Kate Cawthorn dives deep on what makes a great speaker, on the active CEO Podcast.

“The greatest training ground, as a speaker, is to go into your local school and speak to thirteen to fifteen year olds. If you can keep their attention span for a one hour period of time, you will keep anyone’s attention.” Sam Cawthorn talks about starting a speaking career, on the active CEO Podcast.

“If you are not speaking about something that you are genuinely passionate about, you will not come across as genuine at all.” Kate shares the secret of owning your voice, on the active CEO Podcast.

“When I walk into the room I want to make sure the atmosphere has shifted”. The power of attention with Sam Cawthorn, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Kate Cawthorn LinkedIn
Sam Cawthorn LinkedIn
Sam Cawthorn www.samcawthorn.com
Sam Cawthorn Wikipedia
Speakers Institute www.speakersinstitute.com.au
Speakers Institute Facebook
Speakers Tribe www.speakerstribe.com.au
Speakers Tribe Facebook
Gallup Clifton Strengths Website
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole LinkedIn
Ben Gathercole Performance Coaching www.bengathercole.com.au

Recommended Reading:

Bounce Forward Sam Cawthorn
Storyshowing Sam Cawthorn
Better Than Winning – Ben Gathercole