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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #246 Danielle Colley The Chocolate Bar Life

Posted on July 25, 2024July 25, 2024 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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The Chocolate Bar Life

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Danielle Colley about The Chocolate Bar Life, understanding what burnout is and how work culture affects our mental health.

We also dive deeper into what a Mars Bar is, why we should prioritize work, rest, play, and becoming a mother.

Danielle Colley – The Chocolate Bar Life

Danielle Colley is an integrative life coach, founder of Your Good Life and the author of The Chocolate Bar Life.

Her career involved being a freelance journalist and producer for a number of top publications including the Women’s Weekly, Sunday Life, Body + Soul and news.com.au. She has been Company Director for RawBody productions and in 2019 founded Your Good Life. She delivers leadership workshops for well-known brands that include Sony PicturesTelevision, F45, The Leadership Institute and Transport New South Wales.

Danielle talks about:

• Quitting ballet and discovering drama
• Her two drama teachers as her mentors
• Incorporating emotional intelligence to parenting styles
• Coming into the world of journalism
• Becoming a mother
• Her journey towards blogging
• What is a Mars Bar?
• What is a responsible day?
• Understanding burnout
• Implementing work, rest, play
• What is success or holistic success
• Factors that cause burnout
• Checking in on ourselves
• The Chocolate Bar Life

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“It doesn’t matter how successful, how high achieving, how much money they have, how much status they have, there comes a sort of this element or time where it just feels like it’s eating them. You know, they’ve been consumed by their life or by their job.” Danielle Colley talks about burnout on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Overwhelm is more palatable for people to talk about. And then burnout is what happens when you stay in that state of overwhelm for too long.” Burnout vs. overwhelm by Danielle Colley on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“When you’re aware of your strengths, then you can lean into them.” Danielle Colley talks about positive intelligence on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Danielle Colley LinkedIn
Danielle Colley Instagram
Danielle Colley Facebook
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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The Chocolate Bar Life

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #245 Peter Kingma Cash is King

Posted on July 19, 2024July 19, 2024 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Cash is King

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Peter Kingma about Cash is King, why you should build your business around a cash culture and not a profit-and-loss culture, and what to consider to ensure effective cash flow management.

We also dive deeper into management of liquidity and cash, his role as Americas EY-Parthenon Working Capital Leader at Ernst & Young and how establishing a Cash Leadership Office helps ensure a healthy bottom line.

Peter Kingma – Cash is King

Peter Kingma is an advisor and strategist at EY-Pantheon, and the Author of the best selling book, Cash is King.

He works across a variety of sectors such as automotive, aerospace, defence, healthcare, retail and consumer products. He advises business leaders on how to optimise the management of cash. With a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Purdue University, his career has included Principle at EL Consultancy Group and is currently the Americas EY-Parthenon Working Capital Leader at Ernst & Young.

Peter talks about:

The beauty of architecture
Being a leader and a follower at the same time
Recession, depression, and economic uncertainty
Companies making smart decisions around their cash flow
Management of liquidity and cash
Reducing and minimising overwhelm for you and the people inside the organization
Cash culture versus a profit-and-loss culture
Understanding the demand and the demand curve
Shifting the way people think in regards to customer relationships or sales management
What is sunsetting
Navigating difficult conversations
Ensuring we still have a healthy cash flow when supply chains are being put under the pump
Creating a culture around how can we be more cash flow efficient or and effective
Key macro things that companies need to look at to check how effective they are from cash flow management
Cash is King

Tweets

“I think we as business people get so focused just on revenue and perhaps even on profitability, and we forget the fundamentals of cash and, you know, that’s what really keeps everything going is cash.” Cash is king with Peter Kingma on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“We’ve got to understand who has the decision rights and help them understand their impact on it.” Peter Kingma talks about cash culture versus a profit and loss culture on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Maintain liquidity and capital, because the one thing that is certain about business is that it is uncertain” Peter Kingma talks about uncertainty in business on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Peter Kingma https://peterkingma.com/
Peter Kingma LinkedIn
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #236 Jennifer Speciale Career Transitions and Leadership

Posted on May 16, 2024May 16, 2024 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Career Transitions & Leadership

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Jennifer Speciale about career transitions and leadership, cultural agility, and how we should handle the barriers during transition periods.

We also dive deeper into the essence of building psychological safety in the workplace, imposter syndrome and how companies should execute recruitments.

Jeniffer Speciale – Career Transitions and Leadership

Jennifer Speciale is an Executive Leadership Specialist, Transformation Advisor and Founder of Speciale Executive Leadership.

She has a Bachelors Degree in pre-clinical Neuropsychopharmcology from Indiana University Bloomington, Masters Degrees in International Business and International Relations & Diplomacy from Seaton Hall University. Her work has included recruitment, talent, change and transformation roles at Google, Bloomberg, Indeed, Fjord, McKinsey & Company and Amazon. She also recently became a Board Member for the Women in Leadership program at Mercy University.

Jennifer Speciale talks about:

Growing up interested in language and culture
How to build trust and relationship with different cultures
Observation and empathy go together
Qualities that make you a leader
Building psychological safety
Being interested in neuropsychopharmacology and helping people
Key things to keep in mind during recruitments
Behavioral based questions during the recruitment process
Staying close and being true to your passion
Career trajectories
Obstacles encountered when shifting into new roles
The imposter syndrome
Handling internal and external handbreaks

Tweets

“If you can empathise and mitigate your own frustration and see it for what it is, the only way to turn it around is by making it a safer environment and letting them feel that you genuinely want them to succeed. And that’s the only way to calm the nerves.” Empathy and frustrations by Jennifer Speciale on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Not everybody is a strong leader, but they still deserve and should move up in their career.” Jennifer Speciale talks about career trajectories on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Leadership is something that can be learned, taught, and practiced.” Jennifer Speciale talks about becoming a leader on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Jennifer Speciale www.jenniferspeciale.com
Jennifer Speciale LinkedIn
Jennifer Speciale Youtube
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #233 Anna Glynn Strong

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

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Strong

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Anna Glynn about Strong, relationship selling, and building trust and permission in the workplace.

We also dive deeper into understanding the challenges faced by our leaders right now and how resilience and optimism play an important role along the way.

Anna Glynn – Strong

Anna Glynn is a Positive Psychology and sales leadership expert, and the author of the newly released book Strong. Her education includes a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts from Monash University, a Professional Certificate in Positive Psychology (First Class Honours) and a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology (First Class Honours) from the University of Melbourne.

She has worked in financial services and national sales roles with National Australia Bank (NAB), MLC, before transitioning into Facilitator and training roles at University of Melbourne, Maxme and The Michelle McQuaid Group.

Anna Glynn talks about:

Curiosity as a driving force to success
Her strengths as a teenager and its changes overtime
First job with the NAB under the sales department and how it started her career
Her strengths from a sales perspective and and what was it about sales that caught her attention
The biggest challenges she encountered in her sales career
Building trust and permission
Strong
How the changes brought about by Covid affected relationship building in the workplace
Key decision makers
Understanding sales leaders right now
Making sure leaders perform in a challenging environment
Building resilience and optimism
Working on our weaknesses too, not just our strengths
The important aspects of positive psychology for a sales leader

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“We’re getting to know humans. We do this in our daily lives. But a lot of people actually find relationships selling quite challenging because you might not get the quick win. You’ve got to be in it for the long game. You’ve got to be prepared to be patient, and you really seek to get to know someone versus just being able to jump in and offer a solution for your problem.” Relationship selling with Anna Glynn on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“If there is an opportunity for me to share insights, you know, talk with people, give audio calls, give references, whatever it is, I’m happy to hand that over. And the hope, I guess, is that by forming that relationship and building that trust is that when the need arises, when they do need to engage with me, I’m the first person that hopefully they think of.” Anna Glynn talks about creating a more thriving world on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“As a human species, we would not have survived if we were out there on our own. Right? We need others to survive. But what’s more than that? We need others to actually thrive in our lives as well. “ Understanding resilience with Anna Glynn on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Anna Glynn www.annaglynn.com.au
Anna Glynn LinkedIn
Anna Glynn Instagram
Anna Glynn Facebook
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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Strong

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #202 Mitchell Levy Credibility Nation Or Dubious Nation

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

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Credibility Nation Or Dubious Nation

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Mitchell Levy about Credibility Nation Or Dubious Nation, servant leadership and vulnerability as a leader.

We also dive deeper into the values that make up credibility, caring about others as a human being and as a leader, and the strategies that leaders can adopt to build successful ecosystems.

Mitchell Levy – Credibility Nation Or Dubious Nation

Mitchell Levy is a Global Credibility Expert, 2x international TEDx speaker, an international bestselling author with over 60 books under his belt, and a Certified Stakeholder Centered Coach. He’s earned a place among the world’s Top 200 Leadership Voices by LeadersHum, and as the #1 Thought Leader in Ecosystems and Top 100 Thought Leader Overall by Thinkers360.

With a wealth of professional experience, he served on the board of a NASDAQ firm, started 20 professional service companies in Silicon Valley, and founded four executive business programs and conferences during the dot.com days.

Mitchell talks about:

Taking roads less traveled and not always going in the direction that everyone else takes
Credibility Nation Or Dubious Nation
The value of the company is the sum of the parts
Building trust and credibility
Servant leadership and vulnerability as a leader
The traits of a servant leader
The values that make up credibility
Vulnerability, authenticity, integrity, and coaching ability
Being a compassionate human being, more transparent, being more understood
“It’s lonely at the top.”
Caring about others as a human being and as a leader
Napoleon Hill journey
Strategies that leaders can adopt to build successful ecosystems
Internal versus external credibility

Tweets

“I love the word trust and what that means. And to me, when I think about the word credibility, I’m going to say credibility is the quality in which you are trusted, known, and liked.” Trust and credibility with Mitchell Levy on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“You can’t be a servant leader to others unless you at least properly serve yourself. You can’t be credible to others unless you’re credible to yourself. The servant leader who only gives and never receives, that’s not a good way to live life either.” Mitchell Levy on servant leadership on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“If you care about somebody, if you truly see them, you find a way where they can see where they really want to go, not just where they say they want to go, but where they really want to go.” Being a caring leader with Mitchell Levy on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Mitchell Levy www.mitchelllevy.com
Mitchell Levy LinkedIn
Mitchell Levy Facebook
Mitchell Levy TikTok
Mitchell Levy Youtube
Mitchell Levy 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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CREDIBILITY NATION

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #197 Vanessa Vershaw Unreasonable Ambition

Posted on August 3, 2023August 3, 2023 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Unreasonable Ambition

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Vanessa Vershaw about Unreasonable Ambition, having a strong self-concept and empathy vs. compassion as a leader.

We also dive deeper into building an empathetic skillset and a compassionate organisation, creating a deeper sense and connection within teams, and nurturing rising talent.

Vanessa Vershaw – Unreasonable Ambition

Vanessa Vershaw is the CEO and Founder of Reinvention Consulting Group and the author of the book Unreasonable Ambition, winner of the 2022 Momentum Trail-blazer Award, and an award-winning Australian Organisational Psychologist for ASX 20 & Fortune 100 companies globally.

She is a graduate of the University of Western Australia, Murdoc University and Curtin University where she took Modern Languages & Theater, Law, and Psychology. A former journalist with ABC, Vanessa’s expertise has gained recognition through publications in The Australian Financial Review, The Diplomat magazine, and other esteemed platforms.

Vanessa talks about:

Wanting to serve people at an early age and becoming an organisational psychologist
Being strong with her views and being a natural leader
Unreasonable Ambition
Embracing your true self
Going into journalism and leaving and going into Psychology
Empathy vs. Compassion as a leader
Building empathic skills as a leader
A compassionate organisation achieves collective resilience
Building a shared purpose and meaning in an organisation
A deeper sense of connection and belonging in an organisation
The great resignation
The mirroring technique in executive coaching
Nurturing rising talents and giving real time feedback
Real transformation happens when we’re not in charge
Choosing the road less travelled

Tweets

“It’s not about having an ego. It’s about having a very strong self-concept. And that’s difference. The strong self-concept is I know who I am, warts and all. I’ve got great self-awareness. I know what I can do and I know what I can do right from a skills perspective. And it gives perspective.” Having a strong self-concept with Vanessa Vershaw on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“How could you afford not to be anybody other than yourself? And that’s really the lessons that I roll through, through my own experiences.” Vanessa Vershaw on embracing her true self on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“We’re actually creating an organisation where it’s not a team of people, but it’s almost a tribe of people where we are connected deeply through purpose and belonging and why compassion is really important. It’s because a compassionate organisation is the one that’s able to achieve collective resilience.” Having compassion as a leader with Vanessa Vershaw on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Vanessa Vershaw www.reinventionconsulting.com.au
Vanessa Vershaw LinkedIn
Vanessa Vershaw Instagram
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

Book

Unreasonable Ambition: Renegade thinking for leaders to create impossible change

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #195 Rebecca Houghton Middle Managers Matter

Posted on July 21, 2023July 21, 2023 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Middle Managers Matter

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Rebecca Houghton about Middle Managers Matter, 10 Ways To Level Up Your Leadership, and the importance and dilemmas of middle managers.

We also dive deeper into talent strategy, the dynamics of hierarchy in the workplace, projecting confidence and the rise of authentic leadership.

Rebecca Houghton – Middle Managers Matter
Rebecca Houghton has over 25 years of experience in talent strategy, is an AHRI Talent Strategy and Golden Quill award-winner, as well as the best-selling author of IMPACT. She is also the architect of Level Up, a groundbreaking program exclusively designed for B-Suite leaders.

Throughout her illustrious career, Rebecca has collaborated with industry giants such as LinkedIn, Indeed, The City of Melbourne, and Concentrix, leaving an indelible mark on their success. Her expertise has been sought after by numerous esteemed publications including Harvard Business Review, Forbes, The Australian, News Ltd, CEO World and HR Leader.

Rebecca talks about:

Growing up in different cultures and fascination with group behaviour
Curiosity about how groups behave and how leaders influence groups to behave in a certain way
Big commonalities in leaders around the world
Confidence being your secret Achilles heel
What we think of ourselves on the inside is often the complete opposite of what we project on the outside
Internal and external confidence
Middle Managers Matter
Talent strategy
Projecting confidence at the right times
Rise of authentic leadership
10 Ways To Level Up Your Leadership
The importance of middle managers
Only 7% of communication is made up of the spoken word
Creating a more psychologically secure environment in the workplace
Diversity and more gender balance in roles in the workplace
Relationship with artificial intelligence
Dynamics in the workplace – B Suite and C Suite

Tweets

“There is loads of anecdotal and research evidence that proves that when your mid-level leaders are on point, your transformations succeed.” Rebecca Houghton on middle managers matter on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“It doesn’t matter what language you speak and what country you come from as a leader. Confidence is your secret achilles heel. As a leader, influence is your greatest frustration.” Big commonalities as a leader with Rebecca Houghton on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Middle managers have always been the meat in the sandwich. They’ve always been squeezed between conflicting agendas and diametrically opposing forces. What the executive wants versus what the workforce wants are never going to match up.” The dilemma of middle managers with Rebecca Houghton on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Rebecca Houghton www.boldhr.com.au
Rebecca Houghton LinkedIn
Rebecca Houghton 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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Impact: 10 ways to level up your leadership

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #177 Lauren Ammon Performance Reimagined

Posted on March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 by Craig Johns in Podcasts

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Performance Reimagined

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Lauren Ammon on Performance Reimagined, human design, creating a tight feedback loop, and performance coaching.

We explore into life in the corporate world, supporting athletes in the workplace, microshifts, personal development, leadership, mental toughness and resilience.

Lauren Ammon – Performance Reimagined

Lauren Ammon is former elite athlete and the founder of Performance Reimagined, a company dedicated to revolutionizing the way student-athletes train their minds. As a former NCAA D1 College swimmer, Lauren knows firsthand the importance of mental toughness in achieving greatness.

With a degree in Political Science from the University of Michigan and an MA in Labor and Employment Relations from the University of Cincinnati, Lauren’s career has taken her through a range of exciting HR roles at top companies such as Paycor, DRS Technologies, and Vantiv. She’s also served as the Chief Learning Officer at Leadogo, a position that perfectly reflects her passion for helping others grow and develop.

As a co-author of Micro Shift and a founding member of Success Champion Networking Cincinnati, Lauren brings a wealth of expertise to the table. Don’t miss this opportunity to dive into the fascinating world of mental performance coaching with one of the best in the business!

Lauren talks about:

Swimming and how it shaped her life
Saying no and perfectionism
Pressure of the athletic world
Performance Reimagined
Training student-athletes
Transitioning from the athletic to non-athletic life
Fitting in the corporate world
Coaching practices
Supporting growing talent in the corporate world
Sharing feedback
Managing the Inner opponent
Limiting beliefs
Human design
Mindset as an athlete and as a leader

Tweets

“The root of your performance is your thought. If you wanna change your performance and results, change the thoughts you have.” Lauren Ammon talks about mindset on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“You may not see immediate results. It’s all about recognizing when you’re making the small shifts in your life and what they’re leading to.” Lauren Ammon on microshifts on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Everything can be transferable. I don’t have to keep those experiences in a box. I can continue to lean on them to continue to figure out who I am and use those learnings as microshifts in the journey that I am on.” Lauren Ammon’s biggest learning on creating Performance Reimagined on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Lauren Ammon www.performancereimagined.com
Lauren Ammon Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenammon/
Lauren Ammon Instagram https://www.instagram.com/performance_reimagined_/
Speakers Institute Corporate www.speakersinstitutecorporate.com
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

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Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #246 Danielle Colley The Chocolate Bar Life

The Chocolate Bar Life

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #245 Peter Kingma Cash is King

Cash is King

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #236 Jennifer Speciale Career Transitions and Leadership

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #233 Anna Glynn Strong

Strong

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #202 Mitchell Levy Credibility Nation Or Dubious Nation

Credibility Nation Or Dubious Nation

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #197 Vanessa Vershaw Unreasonable Ambition

Unreasonable Ambition

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #195 Rebecca Houghton Middle Managers Matter

Middle Managers Matter

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #177 Lauren Ammon Performance Reimagined

Performance Reimagined

Lauren Ammon – Performance Reimagined

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