Laura Harding and Annie Wilmot are Harding Wilmot Sailing. They are one of the worlds fastest sailing teams currently campaigning the 49erFX sailboat which sees both of the on trapeze controlling one of the fastest sailing dinghies on the planet. In 2024 they had a break out year with a Top 6 in the World Championships winning a number of Australian events and then being part of the first America's Cup competition for women representing Australia. Sailing an America's Cup yacht which is a unique...
Mar 06, 2025•35 min•Season 4Ep. 3
In this episode of The It's All Possible podcast we hear from Rodney Carter, CEO of Dja Dja Wurrung Group who in 2024 were named the overall Telstra Best Business of the Year and Telstra Indigenous Best Business of the Year. My interview with Rodney on the purpose, vision and values that have led to the oustanding growth and scale of Dja Dja Wurrung Group is a master class in leadership when you hear how Rodney has led his the organisation. Those of you who know me, know of my passion for leader...
Feb 17, 2025•43 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Stef Koster-Boadle is the Founder of Mornington Peninsula's leading Coworking Space, Co.Co Place. The tagline for Co.Co Place is "Where Great Humans Work Well." Stef is passionate about Creating Coworking Spaces and fostering purposeful communities and apart from running Co.Co Place she also consults with others to help create suburban and regional coworking spaces. Sprinkling the CoCo effect into human spaces! I have known Stef for a number of years when we were both in the advertising world an...
Jan 26, 2025•42 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Ever lost a client that you really liked and wanted to win them back? Well, the good news is, it is all possible! But there is an art and science to a successful winback. I am speaking with the author of Million Dollar WinBack Dan Pfister from WinBack Labs in Canada in this podcast. Dan has published his findings from his firm and countless interviews with others on how to do a WinBack Strategy and the tremendous benefits it offers in his new book, "Million Dollar WinBack" which I am also excite...
Dec 23, 2024•51 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Darren Finkelstein is the author of numerous books, his most recent being "No" Building a Life of Choice Without Obligation. This follows his book "The Accountability Advantage" about the power of taking action and the importance of discipline and accountability to ensure your goals are met. In this podcast, we talk about the power of saying no so that you can focus 100% on your goals, dreams, and aspirations. We also discuss how to say it with elegance and empathy. We talk on how to say it with...
Dec 04, 2024•32 min•Season 3Ep. 13
For over 20 years, I have immersed myself in studying and practicing the habits of successful individuals across various fields—business, entertainment, sports, and technology. These are not just areas of interest for me; they are where I have built my career and passion. Since launching my book, "It's All Possible," in 2020, I’ve continued my journey of growth—digging deep into the insights that fuel high achievers. This exploration has culminated in the creation of the 6-3-8 Framework, which e...
Nov 14, 2024•28 min•Season 3Ep. 12
For over 20 years I have pursued possibility. I have asked the question "what is truly possible for us in this life we have been gifted?" Why do some people have a fixed mindset, others a growth mindset and for an even smaller group a possibility mindset? My research (me - search?) led me to write the book "It's All Possible" and from there I have refined my thinking even more and landed on the "Super Six" principles that People of Possibility abide by. People from business, entertainment, polit...
Sep 30, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 11
My special guest this month is Douglas P. Pflug, a retired Sergeant with 28 years of service at the Guelph Police in Canada who then transitioned to the Ontario Police College Leadership Unit. He holds certificates in Executive Leadership, High-Performance Leadership, Change Leadership, and Managing for Execution from Cornell University. In 2023, he earned a certificate in Foundations of Human Resource Management from McMaster University. Doug received national recognition as one of Canada's "12...
Jul 18, 2024•57 min•Season 3Ep. 10
I am super excited this episode to bring you the "force of action" we all need in the wonderful Donnie Boivin. Donnie is a Marine Corps Veteran and a 20 year sales guy who got tired of living other people's dreams and making them wealthy (sound familiar) So what did he do? He took the biggest risk in his life and opened up his own business, Success Champions......and ran it straight into the ground learning very quickly that being a sales guru does not always translate to business success. Fortu...
May 30, 2024•43 min•Season 3Ep. 9
My special guest this episode is Dr Chris Brown the CEO of MarketCulture Strategies and the MRI Benchmark. Chris and I first me when both of us in sales, marketing and partner development roles at HP. today Chris and MarketCulture Strategies works with corporations and leading consultants around the world to improve competitiveness through the adoption of customer-centric vision, values, strategies, practices and skills. During 2022 Chris and his team invested in automating our global Award Winn...
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 8
My special guest for this episode is international professional yachtsman and coach Andrew Palfrey or "Dog" to his closest friends and competitors on the race track across the world. He is a four-time World Championship winner in the highly competitive Etchells and 5.5 Metre classes. He has also won several National and State Championship titles in Australia, the UK and the USA across a range of classes. Having started sailing in Melbourne, Australia where we first met, Andrew graduated from th...
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 7
In this International Women's Day Special, my exceptional guest is Julie Thomas. Julie is President and CEO of ValueSelling Associates, Inc., and responsible for the company’s global expansion and its position as a market leader in on-demand, instructor-led, virtual instructor-led and hybrid (blended) learning solutions delivered throughout the world in more than 17 languages. Julie began her sales career at Gartner Group (now Gartner, Inc.) In 1999 she became Vice President of Gartner’s Sales T...
Mar 07, 2024•56 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Continuing the Olympic theme for 2024, in this episode I am excited to bring you a lively and fun discussion with Laura Harding and Annie Wilmot who are members of the Australian Sailing Squad, on the journey to the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 49er FX Class in Sailing. Laura and Annie have been sailing together only for the past 2 years and came together after competing against each other for a number of years in one of the fastest yachts on the planet. They recently completed a successful 2022-2...
Feb 15, 2024•28 min•Season 3Ep. 5
My exceptional guest on this episode is Adrian Finglas. Adrian has had a long and very successful sailing career including several Olympic campaigns (1992, 2008 & 2012), Sydney to Hobart races, national championships on Sabots, 420’s, 470’s, 505’s and Tasars. Adrian was also the Paralympic Coach in London where his sailors won Gold & Silver medals. Adrian is currently the Head Coach for the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron and is passionate about helping more young sailors do their best a...
Feb 05, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 4
What level of growth is possible as you scale up? Mark Fulcher is my special guest in this episode. Mark is the founder and managing director of Beacon Consult based in Melbourne Australia. Mark works globally and guides organisations to achieve high performance and a thriving culture. Change is, by its very nature, messy and unpredictable. Mark is an expert at cutting through the chaos and helping growing organisations get clarity around strategy and find the pathway to success, for every level...
Jan 14, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Training in minus 8 degrees, water bottle freezing challenges, a good relationship with food, and Arnold Schwarzenegger's house. It's all here in my chat with Stinus Kaempe a young up-and-coming cyclist who left Australia for Europe to try his hand in one of the most competitive sports in the world, Professional Cycling. Stinus is now cycling with the WSA KTM team in Austria and is a POPStar. That is a Person of Possibility and Star of their destiny. Learn what it takes to succeed, the power of ...
Dec 17, 2023•41 min•Season 3Ep. 2
My special guest this episode is Michael Haynes who will show what is possible in business growth in today's ever-changing and volatile market. Michael Haynes is an SME Business Growth specialist and has just returned from the US where he was speaking at several conferences and meeting with the best and brightest in business growth strategies for small to mid-sized and growing businesses. Michael also specialises in go-to-market strategies for professional services firms and works with a number ...
Dec 11, 2023•37 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Leading people is a tough enough job, But leading people who are front line workers in a health crisis takes leadership to another level. In this podcast I talk with Charmayne Thompson, a General Manager of an acute care hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Charmayne has a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & healthcare industry and extensive experience in Performance Improvement, Nursing Education and Change management. She shares with me the unique challenges the healthcare industry ...
Dec 20, 2021•38 min
Christine is my special guest on this episode all the way from Ontario. We met as consultants at Miller Heiman Group (now Korn Ferry) and have stayed in touch ever since. Christine is passionate about leadership and especially developing women into outstanding leaders. Christine started her career with an undergraduate and master’s degree in mechanical engineering. After years as a design engineer, she joined a management consulting firm and gained further expertise on restructuring and implemen...
Dec 02, 2021•39 min
Peter Thurin is a global motivational speaker and executive coach. We sat down at the start of the pandemic to record a podcast some 18 months ago. So I decided it was a time to reconnect and see what Peter and his clients had learned during this time and what was working, what wasn't and what we could do differently as leaders. Peter has spent more than 20 years owning, building and selling successful businesses but it was a simple phone call that led to an epiphany about life and what he wante...
Nov 25, 2021•51 min
Darren Finkelstein is known as The Accountability Guy®, something he’s quite proud of due to being known for something so crucial to a business’s success. By holding people to account he genuinely enjoys making a difference in people’s businesses and personal lives. Darren delivers measurable results to high-performing individuals and teams. Having lived an extensive entrepreneurial journey filled with highs, lows, great achievements and success, Darren has over 30 years of experience in the cor...
Oct 21, 2021•46 min
Carl A. Harte with co-author Supriya Vani wrote the biography on New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern who is truly a leader for our challenging times. Their book, Jacinda Ardern, Leading With Possibility explores the background of this fascinating young leader and we get to understand how she leads so authentically and what shaped her to be the person and leader she is today. Distributed in Australia by Hardie Grant Jacinda Ardern, Leading With Empathy is a great resource for any aspiring o...
Sep 24, 2021•45 min
Ashley Marshall is an experienced Asia Pacific business leader in Government and Public Purpose organisations and he is currently the General Manager for Government at Australia Post. Over his leadership journey Ash has led large scale government transformation programs at both a federal and state level. I have found Ash's capacity to deal with community and business executives at a peer level, while adopting a creative, innovate approach to unlocking solutions show his unique understanding of t...
Sep 09, 2021•27 min
Taylor Morgan is a former US Marine, high performance coach and Founder of The Captain's lifestyle and he is on a mission to #MakeThrivingStandard. His vision for what that looks like is a world where humans & Mother Nature not only survive, but THRIVE Synergistically. Taylor is ever evolving and we dive back into Taylor version 1.0 where life was not great and he was not in a good place and definitely not heading in the right direction. Taylor then learned to re-program and retrain his brain an...
Aug 26, 2021•34 min
This episode features Ron Karr, the author of the new book, The Velocity Mindset. You may have come across Ron's previous best seller Lead, Sell, or Get Out of the Way. The Velocity Mindset is a game-changing guide to help aspiring leaders transform their mindsets, increase performance, and become irreplaceable. Ron and I talk about the qualities that define a good leader and the steps to take to become that great leader. Ron is also a living example of possibility. He has overcome many obstacle...
Aug 06, 2021•50 min
Michael Oates is my special guest this episode. A senior strategic executive bringing 20+ years of commercial success across Oceania with roles at logistics giant DHL, professional services firm EY and Australia Post amongst others. I have been lucky to work with Michael as my client at both EY and Australia Post and was keen to left the lid on his success and his leadership journey. What I found surprised me (he started as a plumber), yet is always positioning the customer as central to every r...
Jul 22, 2021•38 min
It was my absolute pleasure to talk leadership, music, possibility thinking and much more with Randy Spencer. For nearly 30 years, Randy Spencer has been involved in the music industry representing numerous Grammy Award winning and multi platinum selling recording artists, songwriters and music producers. He began his career in Scottsdale as a journalist for Billboard Magazine and many well known music and sports publications. In 1995, Spencer co-formed Cadence Communications in Nashville and a ...
Jul 01, 2021•31 min
After I wrote the book "It's All Possible" a journalist asked me what could we do daily or quickly to change our mindset for the better. I responded with the five daily questions I reflect on in a hand made journal. He liked the answer and many others did too. This resulted in me releasing "My Daily Journal", a journal for those who don't journal but need to. The journal has not been marketed significantly but has been purchased by senior leaders in a number of large organisations in Australia a...
Jun 17, 2021•20 min
Anthony Coundouris is a global expert in scaling businesses especially when it comes to scaling sales and freeing founders, business owners and sales leaders from the sales function. His ground breaking 4 Quadrant model that is the essence of his run frictionless model has assisted entrepreneurs, business leaders, sales teams and operations and marketing teams get clarity on their roles which has resulted in increased collaboration and a laser focus on how and why they serve their ideal customer...
Jun 10, 2021•55 min
On the day of the release of Sophie's new single "Until June" written and performed with her brother Alex Dorsten, I am proud to release my wonderful chat with the indy/folk singer/songwriter Sophie Dorsten who resides in Phoenix, Arizona. Sophie and I talk about being in a family band, the music business, being involved with Alice Cooper, and the effort and work ethic that is needed to be a successful musician in today's world of online streaming and new platforms. Sophie has been a part of Ali...
May 27, 2021•30 min
