Zion Armstrong is a former elite athlete and global business leader. This episode explores the transformative power of mentorship, resilience, and intentional leadership. From a troubled youth in New Zealand to the global boardrooms of major corporations, Zion shares how sport, structure, and love helped shape his journey. This conversation is a masterclass in authenticity, parenting, and purpose driven leadership. Key Themes & Takeaways 1. Turning Points & Mentorship Zion shares a pivot...
Aug 15, 2025•34 min•Season 5Ep. 22
With over 25 years of executive leadership in the energy and resources sector, Janette Hewson is a seasoned director and strategic leader who knows how to navigate both boom times and tough downturns. An expert in building strong internal and external relationships, Janette thrives on collaboration to deliver business objectives and drive results. In the boardroom, Janette brings a respectful diversity of thought, sharp strategic insight, and the ability to build consensus even on complex issues...
Jul 17, 2025•22 min•Season 5Ep. 21
In this episode Shaun interviews Paul Miller, highlighting his rugby career with the All Blacks, Chiefs, Highlanders, Otago, and Southland. They Paul's journey, including highs and lows, battling cancer, and his transition into life after rugby. Paul is also a team member at Stellar Recruitment. Rugby Career & Influences Early Days in Gore : Raised in a tough environment, played for King’s High School, Otago, and Southland. Intimidation on the Field : Paul was an intimidating player but reca...
Mar 20, 2025•35 min•Season 5Ep. 20
Trevor Hendy is a legendary Ironman champion, mentor, and wellness advocate. Trevor takes a deep dive into his journey—from a young boy afraid of competition to becoming one of the most dominant figures in surf lifesaving history. His story doesn’t stop at sporting success, Trevor opens up about the internal battles that came with fame, the personal challenges that forced him to redefine his purpose, and how he found true fulfilment beyond competition. This episode is packed with wisdom on resil...
Feb 21, 2025•50 min•Season 5Ep. 19
In this episode, Shaun and James discuss strategies for starting the year strong, building sustainable habits, and finding purpose. James shares powerful frameworks elite performers use—from prime ministers to top athletes—to set and achieve meaningful goals. Key Takeaways: Reflection Before Resolution – Take stock of the past year by revisiting key moments. Ask yourself: What went well? What didn’t go well? What did I learn? Start, Stop, Continue Framework – Used by Fortune 50 companies: Start ...
Jan 31, 2025•18 min•Season 5Ep. 18
Jonah Oliver is a distinguished performance psychologist known for his work with elite athletes like golfer Cameron Smith, V8 teams, surgeons, business leaders, and more. Jonah brings his wealth of experience to the table, discussing the intricate details of sustained high performance. Key Topics Covered: Understanding Sustained High Performance: Exploration of what sustained high-performance means and how it can be achieved. The Role of Failure in Success: Discussion on why failure is essential...
Jun 12, 2024•39 min•Season 5Ep. 15
Attitude is Everything : "A bad attitude is like a flat tyre. You can't go anywhere unless you change it." This applies to all facets of life: personal, professional, and family. Three Basic Psychological Needs : Relatedness : Quality of connection, feeling seen, heard, and valued. Competence : Feeling good at something, is essential for motivation. Autonomy : Having control over one's actions and environment. Positive Energy vs. Energy Vampires : Positive Energizers : Individuals who uplift and...
Jun 12, 2024•49 min•Season 5Ep. 17
This episode features Jeff McKeon, who speaks on the topics of overcoming adversity and the science of happiness. Jeff's journey from a challenging childhood with an alcoholic father to dedicating his life to neuroscience and helping others reach their potential is both inspirational and educational. Key Quotes from Jeff McKeon: "When you're in that moment, you question everything about your life." "You can't be what you can't see." "The strongest people are often the ones who are still kind aft...
Jun 12, 2024•46 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Phillip Di Bella is a Director at the Di Bella Group of Companies Phillip Di Bella is a highly respected business entrepreneur with a unique ability to visualise and commercialise what many others never see. Though initially known for the establishment of Di Bella Coffee, which became Australia’s largest specialty coffee company, Phillip’s entrepreneurial spirit has brought success to other businesses such as International Coffee Traders, Abbotsford Road Specialty Coffee in New York, and more re...
Apr 22, 2024•50 min•Season 5Ep. 14
Jonah Oliver is a world-leading performance psychologist he combines sports psychology and neuroscience to facilitate peak performance. He has nearly 20 years of working in high performance from Olympians, executives, and professional codes (Brisbane Roar, Gold Coast Suns, Essendon), to car racing teams (Porsche – Le Mans World Champion, V8s), indigenous performing artists and surgeons. Executive coach, author, speaker, and consultant on talent identification, leadership, and organisational perf...
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 13
03.51 - Sandy’s journey to starting Traction “Why not start something that makes a direct impact on young people” 8.00 - CEO Bike Build Young people growing into their potential and meeting expectations that might be held of them in workplaces. It is so much more than the bike. Make the situation at Traction relevant to their outside life. 10.05 - Core fundamentals taught at Traction “We know isolation and loneliness are felt through the neural pathways in much the same way as physical pain. So ...
Nov 02, 2023•40 min•Season 5Ep. 12
2.00 - The Background & Intro When Jimi bounced off of rock bottom he got to the point where he said “I have to do something different that makes my tomorrow different from my today because my today sucks.” 4.00 - Picking up the tools and applying them Applications change the outcomes. Once you start seeing the gains you get “addicted to the gains”. Talent for translating the information and putting it in a way he could understand and that others could understand. 6.00 - Doesn’t have to be a...
Sep 06, 2023•45 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Intro to Jeff McKeon: Jeff is currently the Chief Growth Officer at Neuro Capability, he's a really interesting person and deeply kind. He's lived a great life and has reached this position where he genuinely loves what he does for work. He's got some great learnings to share as part of his journey. Jeff believes that our greatest asset is our mind. We are sure you will thoroughly enjoy this episode. 02.20 - Reflection and Curiosity: " I'm just eternally grateful that I get to share a message an...
May 15, 2023•54 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Intro: Holly Ransom has been named one of Australia's 100 Most Influential Women. She has achieved so much from a young age not to mention she has interviewed the likes of Barrack Obama, Richard Branson and the Dalai Lama just to mention a few. Holly has a consultancy business, Emergent Global, she is also a board member of Port Adelaide Football Club, she is an author, global speaker and podcaster and discusses topics like how to conquer public speaking, how to create rituals to get you to your...
Mar 20, 2023•44 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Mat Rogers is one inspiring individual, not just inspiring as a sportsman or father but inspiring as the man beneath it all. From an ex-Wallabies player to a father of four, tune into this episode to hear why his drive and resilience are something we can all aspire to. 2.00 - The highlight or achievement of Mat's footy career: "Staying on the path, not getting distracted - not dragged away by the influence around you. I stayed committed to what I wanted to achieve. The only way to succeed is to ...
Feb 16, 2023•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 8
James Laughlin is a High-Performance Leadership Coach, he has worked with elite athletes, CEOs and huge companies, just to name a few. But above that, James is incredibly passionate about inspiring others to find their purpose, one step at a time. 2.00 - James speaks to his upbringing in North Ireland, which was not the easiest of upbringings given the hardships their nation faced. But James was given the option of “Detention or Drumsticks” which ultimately helped shape his path more than he wou...
Dec 12, 2022•45 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Nam Baldwin has over 28 years of experience in the health, fitness and well-being industries across the globe. He specialises in emotional & physiological intelligence as well as peak performance. The magic of what Nam’s work achieves is how he simplifies the complicated science between brain and body to achieve performance and wellness. 3.30 - Dealing with adversity and how the breath is key When it comes to dealing with and managing stress & pressure, the breath is one of the simplest ...
Nov 21, 2022•52 min•Season 5Ep. 6
2.57 - "I feel fear exactly the same way everyone else does, if not, even more than that" 9.44 - The crazy thing about fear, it is kind of fascinating but also really frustrating. Doesn't matter what your fear is, or how it compares to anyone else's fear, we all have different fears" "We see different situations differently." 11.10 - "The only thing that really matters is if just one of your fears is in the way of something that’s important to you" i.e., Fear of rejection holding you back from a...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 2
01.50 - Introduction to the opportunity to improve well-being through work. 02.22 - Work can make you well, and moderate the bad stuff that is happening at home. If you can come to work and it makes you feel part of a team, to feel like you have a vision, and purpose and that you have support then it can be powerful and can impact you in a positive way. 03.00 - Sometimes work makes us sick, it causes us to be unwell. We shouldn't be paid to go somewhere that makes us sick. When work makes us sic...
Nov 16, 2022•49 min•Season 5Ep. 3
2:35 What you can hold in your head, you can hold in your hand. Everything stems from a vision. 3:30 The clearer the vision, the easier it is to achieve it and the easier it is to inspire others. 5:00 Your vision can be destroyed or damaged along the way, 5:45 Feelings trigger images and images can trigger actions and behaviours. 6:15 Emotional visualisation exercise. 9:30 The Ukrainian lawyer turned soldier. His vision: Freedom - Winning the war for family and community. Nothing else matters. W...
Nov 16, 2022•51 min•Season 5Ep. 5
2:25 Humans are crap at pointless pain. We don’t do anything hard unless there is a reason. But if there is something of meaning, we’ll endure great hardship. So not how hard it is, but how important it is. High performers are not born different, they connect to that “something of meaning.” What would we run in front of a car for? 3:55 People think high performers have different DNA, but they have the same fears and stresses. 4:25 Slide 1 “It’s hard to survive in the jungle if you were trained i...
Nov 16, 2022•58 min•Season 5Ep. 4
In our first episode back in the refreshed, Shaun McCambridge Podcast, you hear from Mark Mathews. Not only is Mark a world-renowned big wave surfer, but he has also been sponsored by Red Bull, Go Pro and Ripcurl to name just a few. He is an international speaker with clients such as Deloitte, Westpac, NRL and Land Rover. Mark is obsessed with personal growth, and he has a crazily inspirational journey. He is a dad, and a husband and through all of this has developed a process for overcoming fea...
Oct 26, 2022•43 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Layne Beachley Layne Beachley is regarded as the most successful female surfer in history. Layne’s dedication to success saw her as the only surfer, male or female, to claim six consecutive world titles between 1998 and 2003. Layne went on to win a 7th world title in 2006 before retiring from the ASP World Tour in 2008. In retirement, Layne spends her time travelling nationally and internationally as a motivational Keynote speaker for some of the world’s top commercial firms, sharing her stories...
Nov 17, 2020•58 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Brad Kennedy Brad Kennedy, pro golfer and Gold Coast local, recent winner of the New Zealand open is now ranked #7 in Australia and #101 in the world, discusses the process of success and the mental side of golf. In his last 7 tournaments he has been top 10 with this year coming 3rd Qld PGA (after equalling course record of 61 and leading almost the whole 4 days), 3rd Qld Open and winning the New Zealand open for second time (last time was 2011) and 5th PGA tour of Australasia. Brad’s Highlights...
Jul 15, 2020•52 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Gilbert Enoka has a long history of success as a mental skills coach with New Zealand’s corporate and sporting elite. He is internationally renowned for his 20 year history with the All Blacks, first as their mental skills coach and now as manager. He has been with the All Blacks for over 250 tests and during that time the team has won back-to-back Rugby World Cups, one Laureus Award (for the best team in the world), 17 Bledisloe Cups, three Grand Slams, seven Tri Nations and five Rugby Champion...
Jun 16, 2020•53 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Andrew May is recognised as one of the world’s leading performance strategists and leadership coaches. A best-selling author, in-demand keynote speaker as well as a Leadership and transformation specialist. CEO and founder of StriveStronger.com. Andrew’s Highlights 3:21 Mental health in the corporate context 6:45 The lessons from resting and recovering in sport 12:30 Covid lessons 19:00 Positive psychology 17:30 Physical and emotional signs of fatigue 22:30 Sustained performance rituals 28:40 Re...
Jun 10, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 1
In this Industry update, Shaun speaks with Tim Waddell; General Manager at Form Building & Developments in New Zealand and discusses the story behind what built the company and the brilliant opportunities available now in the New Zealand construction market. Topics covered: • Overview of Form as a business • Origins including the stories of the founders • How they grew to an $160 million dollar business in 11 years • Culture and what it takes to be a member for the Form team • Current opport...
May 27, 2020•27 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Shaun McCambridge is the Managing Director of Stellar Recruitment, a devoted husband and father to four spritely children. Shaun created the Debunking your Growth Mindset series to unpack practical ways to help people grow and build on current mindsets and challenge old habits, with a view to unlocking the potential within all of us. This Industry update features Sussanah Osborne - Production General Manager for BHP. Susannah has had an impressive career that has spanned across Australia, New Ze...
May 26, 2020•44 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Shaun McCambridge is the Managing Director of Stellar Recruitment, a devoted husband and father to four spritely children. Shaun created the Debunking your Growth Mindset series to unpack practical ways to help people grow and build on current mindsets and challenge old habits, with a view to unlocking the potential within all of us. This Industry update features Sonia Winter - the General Manager and SSE for BHP at the Poitrel mine in Queensland. She was one of the first female mining engineers...
May 26, 2020•34 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Shaun McCambridge is the Managing Director of Stellar Recruitment, a devoted husband and father to four spritely children. Shaun created the Debunking your Growth Mindset series to unpack practical ways to help people grow and build on current mindsets and challenge old habits, with a view to unlocking the potential within all of us. This podcast features Tom Scantlebury – Expert in Customer Experience Management. Tom has 20 years experience in customer experience management, chaired customer ex...
May 23, 2020•43 min•Season 3Ep. 4
