Ambition Unleashed

Achieve Breakthrough•www.achievebreakthrough.com

In this series from Achieve Breakthrough we’ll unpack eight mindset shifts that are essential for achieving your ambitions. These shifts are universal, so it doesn’t matter if you’re C-Suite, middle management or an individual contributor – or simply a self-identified average human caught up in the busyness of day-to-day life - if you have bold ambition, however buried, this podcast is for you.Our podcast hosts are Breakthrough Thinking pioneer and practitioner, Sara Moore, and Wayne Alexander – a former faith leader turned mindset transformation extraordinaire. Between them they have coached many of the world’s most ambitious leaders, managers and executives at many of the world’s largest and most renowned Fortune 500 organisations. In each episode Wayne and Sara will be joined by a different guest from the business world, academia or beyond to help them unpack conventional leadership wisdom and examine it through the lens of breakthrough thinking leadership philosophy.We won’t be providing quick fixes here, but a way for you to begin the work of a lifetime. Follow the podcast in your favourite podcast app and begin the journey from resilient living to breakthrough leadership.Achieve Breakthrough is a leadership and organisational development consultancy

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From Certainty to Seeking Exploration - with Margaret Heffernan

In this episode of Ambition. Unleashed. Sara Moore and Guest host Justin Temblett-Wood look into how leaders can take an approach of seeking exploration over the need for certainty. A willingness to believe in planning, but not plans, will free leaders from self-imposed prisons that restrict their ability to act and react in uncertain times. It requires bravery to step away from apparent certainty, and insight to understand that certainty is built on context and interpretation rather than realit...

Dec 14, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 9

From Managing Problems to Embracing Setbacks - with Sylke Poeling

In this episode of Ambition. Unleashed. Sara explores how leaders can embrace setbacks and ultimately create a culture where failure is productive. Leaders are beginning to come to terms with the fact that setbacks are inevitable. ‘It’s okay to fail’ is a good starting point, but that attitude alone is not enough to reconnect us to the sense of high possibility that a breakthrough commitment requires. In principle, we know that if we’re going to take a car on the road, we can’t drive it forever ...

Nov 28, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 8

From Being a Victim to Choosing Agency

In this episode of Ambition. Unleashed. Sara looks into how often we catch ourselves saying “things have gone well considering the circumstances”. Blaming circumstances, the competition, the people around you or even just bad luck are all indicators that a victim mindset is lurking. Victim is a bold word. We are not talking about victims of crime, or abuse, or health conditions – these are true victims with whom we must stand and support. The leaders’ victim mindset is the acceptance of a lack o...

Sep 07, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 7

From Preserving to Decoupling Identity - with Liberto Pereda

In this episode we introduce two profiles of human consciousness: “reactive” and “creative.” Todays world is calling for the ambitious to be less reactive and more creative in our way of “being". Seeing ourselves AS our identity versus simply HAVING an identity is often what gets in our way because if we are our identity we need to preserve it to survive instead of play full out.Wayne and Sara explore this topic with Liberto Perada to find out how we can make this sometimes-difficult separation,...

Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 6

From “playing not to lose” to “playing to win” with Bob Anderson

In this episode of Ambition. Unleashed. Sara and Wayne discuss the natural tension we all hold as humans between staying safe and striving for a bolder vision, mission or purpose. Lots of commentators talk about “leading with purpose”, but this is easier said than done. Striving for our true purpose often comes with inherent risk – livelihoods, relationships, our sense of identity, our ego. This leaves many of us “playing not to lose” versus “playing to win.” It can be toxic to the soul to only ...

Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 5

From Knowing to Curiously Learning - with Beatrice Bigois

In this episode of Ambition. Unleashed. our hosts Sara Moore and Wayne Alexander dive into the mindset shift of ‘Knower to Learner’ They are joined by Beatrice Bigois of EDF Trading, a female Chief Executive in the male dominated wholesale energy sector who has made this belief core to her leadership philosophy to deliver phenomenally successful business turn arounds.Together they explore why loosening the grip of “knowing” to endlessly cultivate “curiosity”, in yourself and if you are a leader ...

Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Stop predicting, start declaring - with Neil Rodgers

The mindset shift we explore this week is from “predicting the future” to “declaring the future.” Bold declarations are the foundation of great leadership and are hugely powerful. In the previous episode of Ambition. Unleashed. our hosts Sara Moore and Wayne Alexander helped listeners understand how they can make the shift from limited to unlimited possibility – to help you first identity a new future filled with possibility. But this is only the beginning. Declaring that possible future in a pu...

May 12, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Redefining ambition

Most people if asked to define an ambitious person would say something like “a person who knows what they want and where they’re going”, perhaps with a big, hairy, audacious goal in mind - probably motivated by money or notoriety. But Ambition is less about knowing where you’re going, but the size of the possibility you can see and would be willing to commit to for yourself and/or your business. This podcast is certainly for the self-identified ambitious, but it's also for those that feel they w...

Apr 14, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 1

From limited to unlimited possibility - with Stephen Carver

In this episode we explore the first mindset shift we believe all ambitious, or ‘like to be more ambitious’, people should make if you want to at first identify your biggest, boldest, most breakthrough ambitions. In this week’s episode we show you why, how and what you can do to shift from a mindset that may limit your sense of possibility to one that un-limits your sense of possibility. With the help of Stephen Carver – a superb storyteller as well as a Change and Project Management Consultant ...

Apr 14, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Introducing...Ambition Unleashed

This is a taster of Ambition Unleashed, a podcast to help you realise your biggest, boldest, most breakthrough ambitions yet. Join hosts Wayne and Sara as they unpack conventional leadership wisdom and examine it through the lens of breakthrough thinking leadership philosophy.Follow the podcast in your favourite podcast app and begin the journey from resilient living to breakthrough leadership.

Feb 01, 2022•2 min

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