In this joyful (and cheeky) conversation, Liz Ellis shares her journey from clumsy bookworm, to successful netball player, through to becoming one of the most respected names in Australian sport and media. Liz and Luke talk openly about Liz's struggles with fertility and the importance of finding new ways to create more open conversation about miscarriage amongst our friends and families. Liz also takes us through her experiences with failure in business, her highly competitive nature and why a ...
Nov 21, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 115
Ivan Cleary, the Penrith Panthers triple premiership winning coach. In this conversation you'll learn pretty quickly that Ivan is incredibly humble and equally full of wisdom at the same time. He tells us the full story behind his gut-wrenching decision to leave the West Tigers in 2018 with two years left on his contract. Ultimately, trusting his heart helped him make the call and, you could say, three premierships later, he's never looked back! Ivan shares about the work being done on the menta...
Nov 14, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 114
In May 2020, at the end of a crystal meth-fuelled bender, Dani Laidley was arrested. In conversation with Luke Darcy she tells us exactly how that arrest came about, as we shine a light on the self-leadership Dani taps into at each twist and turn. While in custody that night, Victoria police officers took and distributed photos of her with makeup streaming down her face. The invasive photos made front page news, publicly revealing Dani to the world for the first time. Prior to that moment, we ha...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 113
Jeffrey Cole's lifelong insight into the future of all things digital communication makes for eye-opening conversation. In this episode, Jeff labels ChatGPT as the greatest disruptor to society since the printing press and personal computer came on the scene. He describes the four key pillars of Elon Musk and, given the breadth of work Elon Musk is doing, says we can't afford count Elon out of anything. Jeff also talks microchip manufacturing calling it the most important and indestructible sect...
Oct 31, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 112
Larry Kestelman is an Australian billionaire property developer and businessman. One of the co-founders of Dodo Internet back in 2001, Larry is now owner of Australia’s National Basketball League, the NBL, among many other successful businesses. Not satisfied with turning Melbourne United into a successful franchise, he went on to change the game for Australian basketball after taking ownership of the NBL itself. In this conversation, Larry and our host, Luke Darcy, cover all of Larry’s journey ...
Oct 24, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 111
In this powerful episode of Empowering Leaders, Craig McCrae takes us on his journey to becoming Senior Coach of the 2023 AFL Premiership winning Collingwood Football Club. Throughout this conversation, you'll gain a deep insight into Fly's leadership approach - he's values-based, he empowers players and staff and he reveres collaboration. You'll hear him talk about being drafted to the Brisbane Lions in 1994 and winning three back to back Premierships before entering an 18-year coaching apprent...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 110
In this episode, former Australian rules footballer Luke Darcy warmly interviews his friend and former teammate, Bob Murphy. The shared history that began when they were both 17-year-old boys shines through as they talk about Bob’s leadership style and his unique approach to life and football. You’ll hear Bob share his experiences as a young player, his journey to becoming captain of the Western Bulldogs, and what he thinks needs to shift when it comes to leadership and culture in football. He a...
Oct 10, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Ed O'Malley, a former elected official in Kansas, left his role to start the Kansas Leadership Center which has impacted tens of thousands of people in his local community. Ed is a fascinating and curious person. He has this fantastic way of talking about leadership often being the act of disappointing people at a rate that they previously couldn't absorb. He makes a really clear distinction between authority and exercising leadership, noting that just because you're in a role of authority doesn...
Oct 03, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 108
Jason Kimberley is a special individual, with his unique style in terms of both leadership style and fashion. He has created Cool.org which supports educators with teaching resources and the impact it has had on student engagement and understanding of critical issues. Kimberley also shares his eclectic life experiences and the lessons he has learned along the way. He also tells us how he ended up having a picnic in the middle of the SCG midgame after Buddy Franklin kicked his 1000th goal. Jason ...
Sep 26, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 107
A sportsman who is always looking ahead, who admits he rarely reflects on his abilities as a player, Harry Kewell discusses the work ethic that saw him leaving everything on the field in every single training session, and the ramifications he suffered as a player whenever he eased off, even just a little. As a footballer, Harry was blessed to have everything on hand 24/7 from doctors to chefs. He was told what to do every minute of the day since the age of 16. When he retired and came out the ot...
Sep 19, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 106
Rod Campbell, the creator of Learning Life Through Sport is a firefighter football coach and a father of five who has dedicated his adult life to helping people. Rod uses the superpower of selflessness to inspire others to make someone else's day better. Rod has been audited with the Australian Fire Service medal for his inspirational efforts in educating adolescents in road safety. Rod's road awareness campaign he coordinated for 15 years resulted in a 75% reduction in fatalities in the 16 to 1...
Sep 12, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 105
Nathan Parris is the Managing Partner at Emerge Capital, and is responsible for leading Emerge Capital’s Transactions business. This role also includes heading the firm’s international business in Asia and the Middle East which focuses on facilitating offshore capital into the pan-Asian real estate sector. Nathan has over 20 years of experience in real estate throughout Asia and Australia at Lendlease, Morgan Stanley, CapitaLand, and Taubman Centres. Throughout his career, Nathan has developed e...
Sep 05, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 104
High-energy Fleur McIntyre is breaking new ground for female coaches since taking a call from her friend, Luc Longley, offering her an assistant coaching role with the Sydney Kings in the NBL. Luc, the Australian Sports Hall of Fame basketballer who won three NBA championships alongside Michael Jordan, saw enormous potential in Fleur and he wasn't wrong - the Kings have won back to back championships in Fleur's first two seasons! Fleur has an extensive history in the high performance world, incl...
Aug 29, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 103
Adam Spencer is one of the most interesting, intelligent, entertaining, and unique people that you’ll ever meet. A legendary breakfast radio host for more than 15 years, the World Debating Champion in 1996, a bestselling author of multiple books based on the endless possibility of numbers, and one of the world's most sought-after MCs and keynote speakers. Adam’s Ted Talk, which is brilliant by the way, with the title: “Why I fell in love with Monster Prime numbers” has been viewed more than 2.3 ...
Aug 22, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 102
Richard Burnet is the Global CEO and Director of BFT (Body Fit Training) with over 600 franchisees sold across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the UK, the US, Spain and Hong Kong, and expansion plans underway around the world. BFT is an internationally recognised fitness brand success story. Rich's personal path to this success has had more than its fair share of hurdles and life challenges. Rich and his wife Danielle's first two boys, Sebastian and Charlie, were born with one of the rarest g...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 101
On the 22nd of August, 2008, Steve Hooker became the first Australian male Olympic gold medalist in a track and field event since Ralph Doubell 40 years earlier in the 1968 Mexico Olympics. Steve Hooker is one of only a handful of athletes to hold the Olympic World Championship, IAAF World Indoor Championship, IAAF Continental Cup, and Commonwealth Games titles at the same time. Steve was the captain of the Australian athletics team from 2008 to 2012 and his incredible commitment and work ethic ...
Aug 08, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 100
George Karl was drafted as a fourth-round pick to the San Antonio Spurs in 1973 from the University of North Carolina. Ten years later, at just 33 years of age, George Karl was appointed as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, making him one of the youngest head coaches in NBA history. In 2016, when Coach Carl finished his last role as a head coach in the NBA, he had been in charge for a remarkable 1,999 games, winning 1,175 times - the sixth all-time in NBA history! Karl coached the US na...
Aug 01, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Tara Winkler is an extraordinary Australian humanitarian. In 2011, she was recognised as the New South Wales Young Australian of the Year for her work in establishing the Cambodian Children's Trust. Her inspirational TED Talk on why we need to end the era of orphanages has been viewed more than 1.2 million times and helped to shine a powerful light on the plight of more than 8 million children around the globe living in orphanage-like institutions. Many of those children are actually in fact not...
Jul 25, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Tracy Stockwell OAM is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, five-time world champion, and former world record-holder in three events. None of that would have been possible if at the age of nine, she didn't watch Mark Spitz breaking records at the Games, and she tells us how she engaged the power of visualisation to chase down her dreams in a fearless manner. Tracy became an honourary Aussie following her days in the pool when she married Mark Stockwell and raised her five children in Australia. S...
Jul 18, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 97
Meggie Palmer is an award-winning journalist with more than 15 years of global reporting experience. She's the founder and CEO of PepTalkHer, a technology and consulting company focused on closing the gender pay gap. Meggie talks with Luke about finding out from a male colleague exactly how much less she was earning than every man in the newsroom and how fighting for her own pay equity sparked her passion in this space. It was a privilege for Meggie to walk us through the power of moving away fr...
Jul 11, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Anita Jacoby is one of Australia’s most distinguished television producers and media executives. With a career spanning more than 35 years, she has created award-winning content across multiple platforms. A genuine pioneer for female success in Australian media, Anita talks about consistently being overlooked for promotion, as men overtook her on the network ladder time and again despite her experience. You'll hear her thoughts on the world of clickbait and disinformation and we explore the curr...
Jul 04, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 95
This week's guest on the Empowering Leaders podcast is Australian basketball legend, Sandy Brondello, from her Manhattan apartment overlooking the New York skyline, where she is the current coach of the New York Liberty in the WNBA. You'll hear Sandy talk about growing up in a sugar cane farm in Queensland and practicing for hours on end on a grass court with a backboard her dad built for her. It's an extraordinary story of her becoming one of the great shooters in women's basketball history. Sa...
Jun 27, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Dr. Shefali has produced groundbreaking work as an author of New York Times best-selling books, that peer through a societal lens to find remedies for over-zealous and highly critical parenting. In this chat, Dr. Shefali looks at what is driving damaging behaviour from parents and institutions and the shifts needed to set our children up for happiness and fulfilment. Dr Shefali's books, The Conscious Parent and The Awakened Family, have both been endorsed by Oprah who has championed Dr. Shefali'...
Jun 20, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Jeff Dimery is the CEO of Alinta Energy. From humble beginnings to where he is today, Dimery lays out the ups and downs he has faced. In this chat, Dimery says Alinta is the biggest single investor in renewable energy in Australia and discusses slashing the defence budget to invest more money, faster, into clean energy so it can become a sustainable and viable option. Jeff also reflects on Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins' decision to distance himself from the Alinta Energy sponsorship of ...
Jun 13, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Nick Stone is a former AFL footballer, who moved to New York City in 2010. He envisioned Bluestone Lane whilst attending Business School in New York, with the idea of providing a premium coffee experience that can be readily found in Melbourne Australia Has a great connection with his local customers, the teammates that are his staff members, and putting his life force into moving from Australia to America to create Bluestone Lane Cafe. A great Australian hospitality success story. Hear some of ...
Jun 06, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Stephanie Alexander AO is regarded as one of Australia’s great food educators. Her reputation has been earned through her thirty years as an owner-chef in several restaurants, as the author of 17 influential books and hundreds of articles about food matters, and for her groundbreaking work in creating the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation . The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation provides inspiration, information, professional development, and support for educators to deliv...
May 30, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 90
Rochelle is Share the Dignity’s founder and Managing Director, though the title she is most proud of though is ‘Pad Lady’. Rochelle has led a team of volunteers collecting millions of period products across Australia. When Rochelle first learned of homeless women going without basic sanitary items during their menstrual cycle, she decided the question was not, “why is no one doing anything” but rather, “what’s stopping me from doing something?” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...
May 23, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Kemi Nekvapil is committed to making a measurable impact. Working with people and organisations that create good in the world and it is a privilege to do this work. Kemi is one of Australia's leading credentialled coaches for female executives and entrepreneurs, an author and a highly sought after international speaker Subscribe to Empowering Leaders wherever you get your podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 16, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Well-known Australian entertainer Jules Lund takes us on a journey through this chat. Lund has always been known for his effervescent nature, his openness, humbleness, and his vulnerability. In the coming weeks, Jules is returning to radio as the drive host on Disrupt Radio; an Australian-first audio network specifically built for leaders and entrepreneurs. We can't think of a more qualified host. 4 - 6 pm on weekdays. Find him on LinkedIn for the launch date. See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...
May 09, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Elizabeth Broderick AO is an Australian lawyer, was the Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner for over eight years from 2007 to 2015 and has been a United Nations special rapporteur for Discrimination against Women and Girls since 2017. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 02, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 86
