Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #237 Martin Bean Creating a Future that Works

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #237 Martin Bean Creating a Future that Works

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #237 Martin Bean Creating a Future that Works

Creating a Future that Works

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Martin Bean about creating a future that works, handling cultural changes, and how we should manage burnout and defensiveness.

We also dive deeper into the changes we are currently experiencing in the modern world, leading with vulnerability, and how we should be able to deal with cultural changes and differences. 

Martin Bean –  Creating a Future that Works

Martin Bean is a visionary leader in the future of work, a Professor of University of NSW, The CEO of The Bean Centre, and co-author of the newly released book Toolkit For Turbulence.

His education includes a Bachelor of Education in Adult Education and Continuing Education at the University of Technology Sydney, and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of London. His esteemed career includes General Manager of the Worldwide Education Products Group at Microsoft, and Vice Chancellor roles at the prestigious The Open University and RMIT. As a Mentor for Mentor List, he is also the Founder of Future Learn and The Bean Centre. 

Martin Bean talks about:

  • Creating a future that works
  • Inclusivity in school and his first job experiences 
  • The most in-demand skills in the global workplace
  • The birth of the Internet and its downsides
  • Dealing with burnout
  • Self-awareness
  • Humanistic-encouraging and how it helps
  • Understanding defensiveness
  • The wonders of breathing techniques and exercises
  • Embracing self-care of the body and mind
  • The key attributes of self-care
  • The positive and negative outcomes of the changing world
  • Handling cultural changes and differences
  • The five shares

Tweets

“Don’t be scared to reach out and ask for help. Seek support. One of the superpowers of modern leaders is being vulnerable.” Burnout and defensiveness by Martin Bean on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“I think what we all need to be prepared to do is to not impose our historically valued structures on what we think of as work and life, but instead go back to being the coach that our people need. Embrace every single individual on our team, dial into their life circumstances and what’s important to them. Trigger the why and help them understand the why. And then they’ll be right with you like never before” Martin Bean talks about value clashes and pushbacks on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“An inspiring great leader is somebody that inspires others to act.” Martin Bean describes what an inspiring leader is on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Martin Bean www.thebeancentre.com
Martin Bean LinkedIn
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Faa human beigncebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

Book
Toolkit for Turbulence

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #198 Armando Leduc Movie Star To Social Star

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #198 Armando Leduc Movie Star To Social Star

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #198 Armando Leduc Movie Star To Social Star

Movie Star To Social Star

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Armando Leduc about being a movie star to social star and how storytelling works in film and in business. 

We also dive deeper into his acting career spanning from theatre to Hollywood, putting up a business and using content and social media to boost your business growth.

Armando Leduc  – Movie Star To Social Star

Armando Leduc is an award-winning singer and accomplished dancer, and he is the CEO and Executive Producer at Leduc Entertainment. He has graced the silver screen with notable appearances in movies like “Green Lantern” alongside Ryan Reynolds, “Lords of the Street,” and the recent hit “Girl With a Gun.” 

He has also made memorable appearances in popular TV shows such as “Prison Break,” “The Purge,” and “Valor” and has worked behind the scenes as the writer and director of shows like Bourbon Whiz and Bad Grandmas. Beyond his on-screen talents, Armando is an entrepreneur with a production company that is renowned for its inventive and original content. He is a proud ambassador for his New Orleans roots, showcasing his commitment to his heritage.

Armando talks about:

  • Growing up in diverse backgrounds and being comfortable with being uncomfortable
  • Learning how to look at things from different perspectives
  • Creating predictability and scalability in your company as a result of good marketing
  • His father making an impact on who he is today
  • Just because something is true today doesn’t mean it’s going to be true tomorrow
  • Having the tenacity to always find a way around what you want
  • Starting out in musical theatre and doing community theatre until having an agent 
  • Playing with Augusta Players before going to Hollywood
  • Going from theatre to film acting
  • Establishing Leduc Entertainment
  • Storytelling in film and storytelling in social media
  • Regularly creating good content for your business
  • Using content and social media to boost your business growth
  • Five-step process in approaching videos for social media
  • Artificial intelligence in the space of content production

Tweets

“I want to do things that fulfill me and create the journey that is going to make me feel fulfilled instead of chasing that end result that I think we all get so caught up within like trying to find that ending and you don’t need to.” Living and enjoying life to the fullest with Armando Leduc on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“If you’re consistent enough, you can create predictability and scalability in your company as a result of good marketing. ” Armando Leduc on having good marketing on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“We’re taking that storytelling process and going, okay, how can we infuse this into your content for your business, and for you as a personal brand?” Storytelling on social media content with Armando Leduc on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast. 

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Armando Leduc www.leducentertainment.com
Armando Leduc LinkedIn
Armando Leduc Instagram
Armando Leduc Facebook
Armando Leduc Youtube
Armando Leduc 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

active CEO Podcast Cassandra Heilbronn (Minter Ellison) – Breaking Down Barriers

active CEO Podcast #48 Cassandra Heilbronn Breaking Down Barriers

Cassandra Heilbronn – Lawyer

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Cassandra Heilbronn about her journey into law; specializing in sport, sponsorship and social media law at Minter Ellison; founding The Prominenti Society; and drafting legislation in Sports, Entertainment & Events in Saudi Arabia. We also go in depth talking about sport integrity, empowering women, mental health and breaking down barriers.

Cassandra Heilbronn

Cassandra Heilbronn is an exceptional young woman, proud servant to the community, passionate advocate, and has been known as the skateboarding solicitor. She is a sought after keynote speaker, commentator on women in sport and is the Founder of The Prominenti Society; a speaker platform featuring only female speakers worldwide.

Her education included a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Bachelor of Arts – Politics & Public Policy at Griffith University and a Master of Laws at The University of Queensland. As a passionate lawyer she has remained connect to education as a guest lecturer Sports & Negligence as well as Social Media and Ethics at the University of Queensland, University of the Sunshine Coast and Griffith University.

Cassandra’s career as a lawyer commenced at Butler McDermott Lawyers, TressCoax Lawyers and Clayton Utz before becoming a Senior Associate in Sports and Corporate Risk at Minter Ellison. Since June 2019, she has lived in Saudi Arabia as the Regulation Legal Manager for Sports, Entertainment & Events at The Royal Commission of Al-Ula for the Al-Riyadh Governorate. Our guest’s passion for sport has led to governance roles at Sunshine Coast Girls Boardriders Club, Squash Australia, Brisbane Heat, Surf-rider Foundation Australia and Football Victoria. She is the Immediate Past President of Women Lawyers Association of Qld.

Cassandra talks about:

  • Growing up in Bundaberg, a low socio-economic area in Australia, with two sisters.
  • Leadership lessons from playing sport from the age of four.
  • Wanting to become a mechanic if she didn’t become a lawyer.
  • History does not define your circumstances.
  • Appreciating the small things in life.
  • Her motivation to become a lawyer.
  • Dealing with sport law contracts around the world.
  • Governance issues need to be addressed by sports.
  • The importance of having an employee social media policy.
  • Overcoming her own barriers as a young lawyer.
  • Enlisted a business coach at a young age to help with mannerisms and response in situations.
  • Empowering women to step out of the family comfort zone.
  • Helping younger girls with confidence and public speaking.
  • Cultural and societal change in Saudi Arabia.
  • How The Prominenti Society came to fruition.
  • Key lessons in negotiating.
  • Finding “Cass Time” where she can switch off.
  • A higher level of support for mental health.
  • Living as an expat for the very first time.

Active CEO Wellness Tip

Skill Stacking – To ensure that you deliver high performance every single day, you need to recover with purpose and have productive downtime. It could be doing exercise, creative pursuits, quality time with family, meditation, listening to music or watching a movie.

Tweets

“Teamwork, strategic analysis, learning how to use the rules, play the field to your advantage, meeting people and learning how to adapt to their personalities to reach the end goal.” Leadership lessons learnt on the sports field with Cassandra Heilbronn, on the active CEO Podcast.

“We are entitled to a private life, however with all social media there is no private life.” Cassandra Heilbronn talks about employees and social media, on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Cassandra Heilbronn – Blog
Cassandra Heilbronn – LinkedIn
Cassandra Heilbronn – Twitter
Cassandra Heilbronn – Instagram
The Prominenti Society www.prominentisociety.com.au
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn