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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #223 Jack Skeels Unmanaged

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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #223 Jack Skeels Unmanaged

Unmanaged

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Jack Skeels about Unmanaged, collective intelligence, and fostering positive and collaborative workplace cultures.

We also dive deeper into leadership vs. management, traditional views of management and how to avoid over-managing your teams.

Jack Skeels –   Unmanaged

Jack Skeels is a former senior analyst at RAND who has successfully transitioned into the role of CEO at AgencyAgile, achieving double Inc-500 awards, and author of the book, Unmanaged. He holds a Bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering/Computer Science from Northern Illinois University and an MBA with honors in Entrepreneurship and Finance from the USC Marshall School of Business. His dynamic presence extends beyond the boardroom, making him a sought-after speaker, writer, and educator, gracing stages at prestigious industry events such as Ad Age, Digiday, and Advertising Week.

With an extensive career spanning managerial and leadership positions in renowned companies like Rand, Sapient, Global Gaming League, and Modulant, Jack has firsthand experience in the intricacies of project success and the pivotal role of the team behind them. Jack Skeels is not just a successful startup entrepreneur and agile transformation consultant but also a think tank management scientist, dedicated to fostering positive and collaborative workplace cultures.

Jack Skeels talks about:

  • Growing up in a small university town in Illinois under parents who were both college professors
  • Working at RAND
  • Unmanaged
  • Asking questions gets people thinking and harnessing collective intelligence
  • Managers should lead with questions to empower their teams
  • Traditional views of management from the industrial era see workers as commodities to be managed
  • People are smart and capable, and managers should avoid over managing
  • Managers should focus on getting people to think, not doing the thinking for them
  • Promoting high performers into management roles often decreases their productivity and the overall performance of their teams
  • Management is a separate skill set
  • Diversity and acceptance in the workplace
  • Labels and the need to belong
  • Intrinsic bias in behavior in the workplace
  • Companies need innovation and technology to remain relevant
  • Fostering positive and collaborative workplace cultures

Tweets

“I believe it’s a big internal journey to become a great leader as well. To become what the authentic leader is really about. And you, if you’re in the leadership business, I think it’s probably more about understanding yourself and the leader that you can be, than trying to be like a Jack Welch or a Steve Jobs or something like that.” Becoming a great leader with Jack Skeels on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“We don’t want to be labeled, but we like to be labeled as this. People still feel like they need to belong. I’m wondering how we can shift this space to help people feel like they belong without having to be part of a group or feel like they need to be labeled as something to just be more comfortable being who they are.” Jack Skeels talks about labels and belonging on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“I think diversity is great. I think we need to applaud, everything, whatever, neurodiversity and every every form of diversity. I think the idea is a good thing for those who accept it and unfortunately now not all accept it. But the real way to break down those barriers and the like is through action. And in the workplace, the challenge of sort of intrinsic bias in behavior is quite large.” Diversity and acceptance in the workplace with Jack Skeels on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Jack Skeels www.agencyagile.com
Jack Skeels LinkedIn
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
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Unmanaged

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #222 Kyle McDowell Begin With We

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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #222 Kyle Mcdowell Begin With We

Begin With We

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Kyle McDowell about Begin with We, challenging peers in the organisation and creating a culture of excellence within.

We also dive deeper into the principles for building and sustaining a culture of excellence, leaving a legacy of leadership and helping others in their journey through his leadership.

Kyle McDowell  –   Begin With We

Kyle Mcdowell  is a former corporate executive of three Fortune 10 firms, a leadership expert, and the best-selling author of Begin With WE. He earned a BA in Mass Communications from the University of South Florida before making significant strides in Service Operations for a government-sponsored health plan. Under his leadership, the organization received the prestigious JD Power award for outstanding customer service, marking a historic achievement for a health plan.

His impact expanded as McDowell played a pivotal role in operational bail-outs for states grappling with the implementation of ACA and Health Insurance Exchanges, ensuring access to healthcare for hundreds of thousands of citizens. Adding to his academic accolades, he earned an MBA from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, ranked as the #1 business school in America. His leadership philosophy materialized in “The 10 WEs,” serving as the cultural manifesto for the $5 billion program he spearheaded with 15,000 employees

Kyle McDowell talks about:

  • Being interested in leadership from an early age attributing it to playing football
  • Similarities in the world of sports and leadership in and out of the business world
  • Begin with We
  • Ten Principles for Building and Sustaining a Culture of Excellence
  • Creating a “culture of excellence” 
  • Employees being obligated to challenge peers and leaders with data or experience to gain different perspectives
  • Focusing on outcomes rather than activity
  • Believing employees should be rewarded based on their impact on organisational culture, not just top-line results.
  • Unintentionally filtering out authenticity if not executed properly
  • Challenging peers in a diplomatic way
  • Aiming to “pick people up” when they stumble and propel them to new heights by helping them get promoted, get a new job, or leave the organisation if that’s what’s best for them.
  • Helping others through his work and resources, not to gain followers or sell books.
  • Finding fulfillment in positively impacting others’ journeys

Tweets

“You are obligated to challenge peer to peer or leader challenge members of your own team, challenge across the organisation. You are obligated to do so as long as you bring data and or experience with that challenge. The result of that is, we recognise we’re open and transparent about our areas of opportunity. When one person is open to challenging another, we get two different perspectives on the same topic, if not more.” Challenging each other to get different perspectives with Kyle McDowell on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“You want to have a lasting impact as a leader.” Kyle Mcdowell talks about legacy and impact on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“I hear from strangers saying how these principles have not only changed their lives inside the corporate world, but I hear pretty regularly now, almost once a month, I would say, or people say the principles have guided and changed how they raise their children because again, that system of beliefs is really hard to replicate. When we’re aligned around it, we’re just so much better positioned for success, continuity, and frankly, to be much more high functioning core.” Kyle McDowell talks about Begin with We on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Kyle McDowell www.kylemcdowellinc.com 
Kyle McDowell LinkedIn
Kyle McDowell Instagram
Kyle McDowell Youtube
Kyle McDowell Facebook
Kyle McDowell X
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
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Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
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Begin with WE

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #219 Krish Ramineni Fireflies.ai Revolutionises Meetings

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #219 Krish Ramineni Fireflies.ai Revolutionises Meetings

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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #219 Krish Ramineni Fireflies.ai Revolutionises Meetings

Fireflies.ai Revolutionises Meetings

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Krish Ramineni about how Fireflies.ai revolutionises meetings, providing value for your customers, and how AI shapes the workforce.

We also dive deeper into AI vs. the human workforce, using resourcefulness as an advantage and the importance of creating meaningful human connections.

Krish Ramineni  –   Fireflies.ai Revolutionises Meetings

Krish Ramineni is the CEO and co-founder of Fireflies.ai, a groundbreaking AI note-taking assistant adopted by over 200,000 organizations, Krish has earned recognition on the cover of Entrepreneurial Magazine For 12 Founders Changing Business and secured a coveted spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

Having previously served as a Product Manager at Microsoft, Krish graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania in an impressive three years. Under his dynamic leadership, Fireflies.ai has experienced remarkable growth, expanding its team from 10 to 70 employees in under a year. The company has forged pivotal partnerships with industry leaders such as Zoom, Slack, and Salesforce, solidifying its position as a trailblazer in the tech world.

Krish Ramineni talks about:

  • Wanting to be a doctor at an early age but soon realized his passion lies in an entirely different field
  • Working at Microsoft and the flicker that ignited the idea for Fireflies.ai
  • Fireflies.ai Revolutionises Meetings
  • Learning to slow down
  • Every person has intrinsic value that makes them special
  • Being resourceful is the most important skill as a human being regardless of technology
  • Using AI to take notes, summarise and generate action items from meetings to save time. 
  • The difference between good and great
  • Looking up and taking lessons from the founders and cultures of successful companies
  • Building and providing value for your customers
  • AI can help make us smarter but humans are still in control of the decision making process
  • The need for entrepreneurs to consider unintended consequences of technology
  • The privilege and value of being able to work remotely
  • How AI shapes the workforce
  • AI is a reflection of humanity so it will have limitations that need humans to oversee its use

Tweets

“I want to build something great, but something great can’t be done just by yourself. You need to be able to inspire others to come on board, work with them put in the effort, roll up your sleeves and do it. Not someone that stands behind and just says, Do this or do that. So it’s a combination of it’s still a team sport, no doubt, but you still need to be the star athlete for every team.” Krish Ramineni talks about being a leader on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“The more friction you can always eliminate for people and add value to those platforms, the more they’ll lean in, the more interested they’ll be, and the more they want to work with you. If you can provide value, people will come to you.” Building and providing value for your customers with Krish Ramineni on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“I’m a big believer that we should allow people that are highly motivated, self-accountable, to be able to work from wherever they want to work.” Krish Ramineni talks about remote working on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Krish Ramineni www.fireflies.ai
Krish Ramineni LinkedIn
Krish Ramineni Instagram
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #214 Richard Lui Enough About Me

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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #214 Richard Lui Enough About Me

Enough About Me

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Richard Lui about Enough About Me, the power of selflessness, championing civil rights and dealing with the negativities in the world as a journalist.

We also dive deeper into the world of journalism, the importance of putting in hard work and advocating for mental health through filmmaking.

Richard Lui –  Enough About Me

Richard Lui is the first Asian American male to anchor a daily national news broadcast in the United States. His illustrious 25-year career spans major networks such as MSNBC, NBC News, and CNN Worldwide, solidifying his position as a respected figure in the media landscape. Throughout this remarkable journey, he has been a tireless champion for civil rights and a dedicated advocate for the Asian American community.

Over the course of his career, Richard has covered pivotal moments in history, ranging from the Rodney King incident to the tragic events surrounding George Floyd. On the flip side, he has also anchored Emmy and Peabody award-winning live coverage on CNN, showcasing his versatility as a journalist. Among his numerous accolades, Lui has received the Champion in Media Award at the Multicultural Media Correspondents Dinner, the National Education Association’s Human and Civil Rights Award, and the Asian Americans Advancing Justice Courage Award. In addition to his impactful media work, Lui is a sought-after diversity, equity, and inclusion speaker, the author of the Amazon Bestseller “Enough About Me,” and a filmmaker behind projects like “Unconditional”, “SKY Blossom”, and “Hidden Wounds.”

Richard talks about:

  • Almost flunking school twice & getting kicked out of his first high school
  • Going against the flow
  • Brushing with death as a young person because of a heart condition
  • Dealing with multiple rejections
  • Going into journalism
  • Facts versus own opinions in the newsroom
  • Enough about me
  • Breaking news on issues he had no prior knowledge about and learning the ropes
  • Learning to ask the right questions and to listen
  • Switching careers and going from business to journalism
  • Being the first Asian American male to anchor a daily national news broadcast in the United States
  • Dealing with reporting on difficult and negative cases
  • Making a movie about mental health issues and caregiving and writing a book on the power of selflessness

Tweets

“Nothing comes easy without and learning that the good things do come with a little bit of elbow grease and a little bit of fight and a little bit of pushing back.” Richard Lui talks about the importance of doing hard work on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“So long as it is factual, regardless of my own opinion, it’s the facts. This is my job. My job is to get out the facts, give context and so I don’t need to agree with the statement if it’s factual.” Facts versus personal opinion in the newsroom with Richard Lui on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Patience is so important. As we go through mental health challenges in the field, knowing that we that we can do the good part of the story, despite these knuckleheads, as I call them, that are doing these horrible things. The good the good stuff will have its day, but you have to sometimes wait.” Reporting on and dealing with negativity as a journalist with Richard Lui on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Richard Lui www.richardlui.com
Richard Lui LinkedIn:
Richard Lui X (Twitter)
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
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Enough About Me: The Unexpected Power of Selflessness

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #211 Dr. Tanvi Gautam Deep Collaboration

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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #211 Dr. Tanvi Gautam Deep Collaboration

Deep Collaboration

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Dr. Tanvi Gautam about deep collaboration, creating meaningful relationships in the workplace and how to be a humane leader.

We also dive deeper into recognising what self-leadership looks like, leading with genuine impact that transcends generations and what it means to be human.

Dr. Tanvi Gautam  –  Deep Collaboration

Dr. Tanvi Gautam is a multi-award-winning keynote speaker, bestselling author of The Spark That Lies Within, and the President of the Asia Professional Speaker’s Society. She has a PhD on Organisational Behavior and Human Resource Management from the University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School, and is now a Senior Faculty and Program Director in Executive Development at the prestigious Singapore Management University. 

A certified Storytelling coach, Conversational Intelligence coach, and Culture Talk Tools coach with global giants, including Accenture, Mastercard, Coca Cola and Microsoft – she’s the first Asia-based leader to be listed on the Game Changer list by Workforce Magazine in the US, she has been featured on Forbes.com, Economic Times, and BBC World, is a two-time member of the top 200 global influencers on leadership and the first woman of color to serve as President of the Asia Speakers’ Association Singapore in 2021. 

Dr. Tanvi talks about:

  • Having global influences growing up and living in different countries
  • Being extremely capable of self-direction
  • The best leaders know when to follow and know when to lead
  • Having self-awareness as a leader and making time to self-reflect
  • Deep collaboration
  • Recognising what self leadership looks like
  • The culture in India that allows them to be able to thrive in a multicultural environment
  • Leading with impact
  • The recognition that self leadership needs to come before other leadership
  • How do we get past the sense of loss
  • Allowing a little bit of breathing room for all the types of metrics and adjustments
  • What it means to be human
  • The workplace needs to become more friendly to neurodivergent people
  • You cannot leave your humanity out the door
  • Creating safe psychological spaces in the workplace for human conversations
  • What it means to be a high-performing leader & follower
  • The iron triangle of success

Tweets

“You cannot ignore the fact that at the end of the day we are human beings with biological, emotional and lifestyle needs that need to co-exist with the demands of the workplace.” Creating safe psychological spaces in the workplace with Dr. Tanvi Gautam on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“II’ve always kind of had a little bit of sense of where I might want to step up and where I am best. Stepping back. I think that’s that’s a good skill to have, knowing when you should absolutely give way to somebody else.” Dr. Tanvi Gautam talks about knowing when to be a pilot and a copilot in leadership on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Nobody wants to be a part of this force ritual or, you know, tell me what’s going great in your life or the forced humanity kind of thing. As long as the space is genuine and we’re actually witnessing each other as human beings, we will find time for it because people want to be seen for who they are and not just what they do.” Creating meaningful and genuine workplace connections with Dr. Tanvi Gautam on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Dr. Tanvi Gautam www.leadersupgraded.com
Dr. Tanvi Gautam LinkedIn
Dr. Tanvi Gautam Youtube
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
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(PRE-ORDER) Deep Collaboration: Five Crucial conversations to accelerate team performance across silos

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #210 Peter Baines OAM Leadership Matters

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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #210 Peter Baines OAM Leadership Matters

Leadership Matters

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Peter Baines OAM about how leadership matters, critical decision making in high stakes environments like the Thailand Tsunami and the psychology of managing extremely difficult situations as a leader.

We also dive deeper into how we could cope from the mental effects of difficult and traumatic situations, leadership in the current world and why decision making skills are important during these times. 

Peter Baines OAM  –  Leadership Matters

Peter Baines OAM is the founder of Hands Across the Water, a global keynote speaker, board director and author of the book Leadership Matters. With a background that weaves through the corridors of Canberra Institute of Technology, where he studied forensic science, to the prestigious halls of the University of Sydney, where he delved into law, his insights into leadership are a fascinating fusion of disciplines.

From unraveling criminal mysteries to advising the likes of Interpol and the United Nations, his two-decade career as a forensic investigator has taken him to the epicenters of crisis in Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, and Saudi Arabia. But it was the call of compassion that shifted his trajectory. In the aftermath of Thailand’s hardships, he founded Hands Across the Water, a beacon of hope for children without homes or families.

Karen talks about:

  • How leadership matters in handling difficult situations
  • Characteristic leaders must have in the current world
  • His experiences growing up as a public servant
  • How he was able to prevent the adverse effects of working in the crime industry from affecting his own mental health and well-being
  • His experience working in the disaster unit during the Thailand tsunami. 
  • The differences between handling disasters in Japan vs Thailand
  • The challenges of informing family members regarding sad and difficult circumstances
  • How to handle pressure in difficult situations
  • Developing critical decision-making skills
  • Transitioning from handling big situations to smaller ones
  • The fulfillment of speaking on stage 
  • Things that leaders should talk about when writing their books

Tweets

“I couldn’t change what had happened, but I could feel like it was within my capacity to do something around what happened next.” Peter Baines OAM talks about helping kids recover from the tsunami in Thailand on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“True leaders are identified by what they do and the decisions that they make.” Peter Baines OAM talks about the characteristics of a leader on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“That’s the beauty of it and how interesting it is to know more about yourself, what you’re capable of, what you’re what you’re thinking, where you’re thinking comes from, how you shape ideas and thoughts, or how you’re limited in your understanding and knowledge on particular issues.” Learning about oneself by Peter Baines OAM on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Peter Baines OAM www.peterbaines.com.au
Peter Baines OAM LinkedIn
Peter Baines OAM Facebook
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
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Leadership Matters (Stories And Insights For Leaders, Achievers And Visionaries)

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

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

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
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Great Change (Available for pre-order)

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #207 Vanitha Choudhari Leadership Emotional Intelligence

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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #207 Vanitha Choudhari Leadership Emotional Intelligence

Leadership Emotional Intelligence

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Vanitha Choudhari about the importance of Leadership Emotional Intelligence, lessons learnt working at HSBC and connection in the workplace. 

We also dive deeper into the changes we experienced in the way we work throughout the years, the art of letting go, triple A awareness and how self-awareness helps us in becoming great leaders. 

Vanitha Choudhari  – Leadership Emotional Intelligence

Vanitha Choudhari is a leadership and behaviour change expert, the founder of Radical Edge Learning Consultants, and a Speakers Institute Corporate facilitator. With over 28 years of corporate and entrepreneurial experience, her influence spans continents, with her work celebrated not only in her home country, India but across many Asian nations and the UK.

She is the visionary behind GEMinU and a certified expert in personality assessments like Hogan and Genos Emotional Intelligence making her one of India’s first Genos-certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioners.. She is also a Business Mentor at Cherie Blair Foundation for Women (UK) and has been awarded the “Best Trainer” in APAC while working for HSBC.

Vanitha talks about:

  • Her parents’ influence on the way she works 
  • Being restless
  • Leadership Emotional Intelligence
  • How emotional intelligence affects the work you do
  • How technology contributed to leadership changing and evolving
  • COVID’s effect on the way we work now
  • The important skills people can utilize in order to stay connected to people
  • The boundaries between connecting to people to becoming too personal
  • The triple-A framework
  • Trust and acknowledgement
  • Can self-awareness prevent us from being totally present?
  • Responding vs. reacting
  • How to be grounded quickly and not be overwhelmed by any situation
  • The art of letting go

Tweets

“One of the biggest jobs of a leader is to inspire others. And if that’s not happening, then I don’t even think they should be qualifying as leaders because then you’re just a manager doing your transactional job and getting things done.” Vanitha Choudhari talks about being an inspiring leader on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Being aware of your emotion is not being emotional.” Emotional intelligence with Vanitha Choudhari on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“When you are highly self-aware, you learn the technique of not reacting, but responding very, very, very well, especially being a leader.” Vanitha Choudhari speaks about self-awareness on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Vanitha Choudhari www.radicaledge.org
Vanitha Choudhari LinkedIn
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #206 Curtis Bateman Mindset to Lead Change

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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #206 Curtis Bateman Mindset to Lead Change

Mindset to Lead Change

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Curtis Bateman about the mindset to lead change, dealing and coping with organisational change, and disruptions in the way we work.

We also dive deeper into the changes brought about by technology, FranklinCovey’s approach to learning, how leaders should intelligently handle change and how we should let our people be involved in decision-making in order to make a harmonious transition to change. 

Curtis Bateman  – Mindset to Lead Change

Curtis Bateman the Vice President of International Direct Offices at FranklinCovey, a leadership company. He has an MBA from the University of Utah and a BS in Business & Information Systems from Brigham Young University. With over thirty years of experience in the training industry, Curtis is a trusted authority in change and leadership. He has co-created innovative solutions like Change Element, Leaders@Change, Managing Millennials, and Millennials@Work

These initiatives have revolutionised how organisations approach change and leadership. Before his current role, Curtis was the President and CEO of Red Tree Leadership, working with clients like 3Mobile, Bloomberg, and Boehringer Ingleheim. He also served as President & CEO at Spencer Johnson Partners, collaborating with Dr. Spencer Johnson, author of “Who Moved My Cheese?”. 

Curtis talks about:

  • How to Turn Uncertainty Into Opportunity
  • Being relentless without being ruthless
  • Mindset to Lead Change
  • Intentional and natural leadership and service
  • Models, frameworks, and principles of work
  • The disruptions in the way we work
  • Dealing and working through change in the business industry
  • Changes brought about by technology 
  • Investing in the human workforce and improving skills.
  • Fundamental principles of change
  • Change and resiliency
  • His takes on writing a book
  • The differences in the way we approach change
  • Decision-making with regard to organisational change

Tweets

“I find that a lot of leaders do not like to engage with their people in a discussion about the change because they feel like their lack of answers will leave them exposed as not capable. It’s such a flawed paradigm because it’s really naive to think that any leader would have all the answers.” Curtis Bateman emphasises the mindset to lead change on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“As a leader, I’m always looking to find ways to help not only me be successful, but to help people grow and become more successful, because I think that creates a multiplying effect.”  Curtis Bateman talks about what he wants as a leader on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“So if you hit a stumbling block, a sandpit, if you hit a brick wall, whatever it is, you still have that to fall back on because the very most exciting change can hit obstacles. If we don’t have a vision, then it still hasn’t been exciting, it’s just stuck.” Creating a Vision for Change with Curtis Bateman on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Curtis Bateman www.franklincovey.com/speakers-bureau/curtis-bateman
Curtis Bateman Linkedin
Curtis Bateman 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

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Change: How to Turn Uncertainty Into Opportunity

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #205 Cassandra Goodman Being True at Work

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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #205 Cassandra Goodman Being True at Work

Being True At Work

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Cassandra Goodman about being true at work, having clear goals and aspirations, and finding purpose in life.

We also dive deeper into facing certain challenges in order to improve personally, grow as leaders in the workplace and how we could build a relationship with our employees. 

Cassandra Goodman  – Being True At Work

Cassandra Goodman is the founder of The Centre For Self Fidelity and the author of the groundbreaking book, “Self-Fidelity – How Being True To Yourself Uplifts Your Working Life,” released in 2020, and “Being True” published just last year.

With three decades of international business experience across multiple industries, she’s worn many hats. From being the first Global Director of Employee Experience at a major healthcare corporation to her role as a part-time Chief Talent Activator, a Thrive Global program facilitator and executive coach, and an Associate at Monash Business School. Her influence extends to some of the world’s most renowned organizations, including NBN, ANZ, Cisco, Ralph Lauren, Adobe, Mastercard and many more.

Cassandra talks about:

  • Having a clear aspiration
  • Being true at work
  • Having your own vision and purpose
  • Getting lost to find ourselves
  • The definition of ordinary
  • Surveys in the workplace
  • Two kinds of improvement loops
  • Building a culture for non-negotiables in the workplace
  • Authenticity in leadership
  • How belongingness affects the workplace
  • No one size fits all

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“It’s not enough to love what you do unless you love who you’re being while you do it.” Cassandra Goodman talks about finding ourselves on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“We can get lost by finding ourselves in a job that we suddenly realise is becoming soul destroying. You know, we can get lost in a relationship that doesn’t respect and honor who we are. We can get lost in so many different ways. It’s the waking up to that reality that we have lost.” Getting lost in finding ourselves by Cassandra Goodman on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“In order to be enough, I needed to be a high achieving, low maintenance machine.” Cassandra Goodman talks about her family’s expectations on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Cassandra Goodman www.cassandragoodman.com
Cassandra Goodman 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

Being True: How To Be Yourself at Work