What would it look like is you were more deliberate and intentional about the legacy you are leaving? Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Leah Kitoloh ran away from home with a backpack and knew that she couldn’t afford to fail. As a speaker, brand activator, coach and the founder of A Women’s Worth Chapters Leah is passionate about positively contributing towards building a legacy for future generations. Leah is recognised for her future based mindset, her enthusiasm, agility and focus. Her gr...
Mar 30, 2020•46 min
In this episode, Janine Garner talks about a recent event that highlighted the need to remain connected in these times of isolation and volatility.
Mar 22, 2020•14 min
Leadership is a practice and leadership is hard. It requires courage, it always demands more than you think and it requires an intentionality to continuously get better. After cutting his teeth as a recruiter at the Melbourne Football Club when the Demons made the finals for the first time in 23 years, Cameron Schwab was appointed CEO of the famous Richmond Football Club at age 24, the youngest in the history of the game. For most of the next 25 years, he was CEO of Richmond, Melbourne and Frema...
Mar 16, 2020•42 min
If you’ve watched it, Maz probably made it, and won an award for it. Without wishing to brag, (who are we kidding?) Maz has made the biggest shows in the world, with the biggest teams, the biggest budgets, the biggest ratings and more often than not, the biggest egos – generally her own. Five series of Big Brother, (the highly contentious ones) the madness that is The Celebrity Apprentice, the delight that is The Farmer Wants A Wife, the fabulousness that is Dancing With The Stars and she also c...
Mar 10, 2020•40 min
A bestselling author, Margie Warrell emboldens people with the courage and resilience to make braver decisions, take bolder actions & create a bigger mark. Margie draws on her background in business, psychology and coaching to develop better and braver leaders in organizations globally, from the UN Foundation to Salesforce. The titles of her bestselling books - Find Your Courage, Stop Playing Safe, Make Your Mark and Train the Brave – and her Live Brave Podcast, reflect her belief in the pot...
Mar 09, 2020•27 min
It’s not about how smart you are but it is about the impact you can have on others – these were the wise words that Kate Mason’s adoptive mother shared with her as she was growing up and are words that Kate continues to live by. Kate joined Coca-Cola Amatil in 2014 and is currently the Group Director, People & Culture as well as responsibility for Business Continuity and Security. Prior to this, Kate was the Australian Human Resources Director and the Chief Transformation Officer. Kate began...
Mar 07, 2020•37 min
What do you think you would learn from living in a jungle refugee camp at the edge of a war zone? Fearless leadership, a clear purpose and the courage to do things that are important to you are some of the powerful insights that, my latest guest, Corrinne Armour shared during our conversation. Corrinne is a dynamic speaker and influencer. Her latest book ‘Leaders who Ask: Building Fearless Cultures by telling less and asking more’ was released in late 2018. She is also co-author of ‘Developing D...
Feb 19, 2020•38 min
Linda has spent her career working all sides; marketing, advertising, strategy and business development. With 30 years’+ experience; client and agency sides in the UK, Asia & Australia, then, in 2003, founding leading insight consultancy, All About Eve, she has wide expertise of leading teams & businesses in a variety of set-ups, markets & categories. In senior management positions in global corporates, then with her own consultancy, Linda has been responsible for leadership, busines...
Feb 03, 2020•32 min
Half of all employees will experience workplace bullying during their careers The cost to a business by having just a single bully in their midst can be astronomical. In Australia alone, these costs are to be up to $36 billion annually in Australia. My latest guest, Jessica Hickman is a woman on a mission to eradicate toxic workplaces to build thriving workplaces. Jessica herself was the victim of 3 years of mental bullying which saw 32 reports to upper management. Extensive harassment, mental a...
Jan 20, 2020•32 min
Curtis McGrath OAM has served in the Australian Army as a combat engineer for 6 years where he served with honour in East Timor, Indonesia and Afghanistan. On the 23rd August 2012 Curtis was on a patrol where he stepped right on an improvised explosive device (IED) which detonated and took both his legs. Only 20min after the explosion, Curtis famously said that “you will see me in the Paralympics”. 18 months after this fateful day Curtis was crowned World Champion at the World Sprint Canoe Champ...
Dec 09, 2019•31 min
Chris Helder believes positive thinking doesn’t work. In fact, he says that the only thing that does work is useful thinking, useful beliefs and useful actions on the things that matter. In this world of distraction and the need to transform (or confirm) he argues that we are actually the ones that are in charge. Your success or failure comes down to the belief you have – do you see opportunity or do you see failure and risk? Chris Helder is a business communication genius and master storyteller...
Nov 25, 2019•29 min
How can you build individual sustainability to perform at your best? Do you understand and appreciate how the inter-connectivity of all parts of your lived experience drives your performance? These were just two of the key things I discussed on my latest episode of Unleashing Brilliance with Michael Diettrich-Chastain, founder and CEO of Arc Integrated, an organizational consulting and coaching practice in North Carolina, USA. With a focus on emotional intelligence, leadership and communication,...
Nov 11, 2019•50 min
Angela Ceberano is a professionally trained PR consultant with over 15 years of PR and communications experience. She has gained invaluable experience and contacts throughout the industry, and represented the biggest celebrities and brands within Australia such as Steven Tyler, Mariah Carey, The Backstreet Boys, Celine Dion, John Mayer, Guy Sebastian, The Foo Fighters, Olivia Newton John, Justin Timberlake and John Farnham to name a few. Prior to opening Flourish, Angela was the National Publici...
Oct 28, 2019•41 min
Working with the teams and talent behind some of the world's most iconic and influential brands - Darren is a focused, thought leader whose work has received international recognition for empowering individuals and teams to be their best. Collaboration lives at the heart of Darren’s approach, as he identifies and informs unique ways to work within the modern, multi-generational workforce of today. His passion for high performance is relentless and infectious. Being able to work and develop teams...
Oct 14, 2019•44 min
Dr. Mike Perry is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Catalyst Executive Advising & Development, LLC, where he and his team focus on developing leaders with the courage and vision to transform culture and change lives. A retired Army Lieutenant Colonel with over 20 years of service, Mike is a trusted leadership, human performance, and behavior expert, specializing in organizational consulting, leadership coaching, and performance enhancement. He is also a licensed clinical psycholo...
Sep 25, 2019•46 min
For 20 years Cathy Burke was the CEO for The Hunger Project Australia, and then Global Vice President, working to end hunger across South Asia and Africa. She was an integral member of a visionary team who developed leadership at scale in villages all over the world. Through her work, millions of the world’s poorest people stepped into their leadership, and were able to feed themselves and their families. Cathy also raised more than $60M. She is passionate about human potential, and building mov...
Sep 16, 2019•32 min
Alison is a self-confessed lifeaholic who squeezes as much into her life, both personally and professionally as possible. Delivering commercial success and developing high performing teams is her day job, and in her spare time, she enjoys travelling the globe and keeping physically and mentally fit. Alison is the General Manager Finance for Scentre Group and a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CAANZ) with over 20 years corporate and business experience, but she can...
Sep 02, 2019•29 min
Digby Scott is a former Chartered Accountant and has founded two successful consulting firms. He is a leadership expert with a fresh approach, working with organisations to being “future fit” be developing their next generation of leaders. Digby lives life by design, bending his lifestyle with the work he loves and spends good chunks of his time with his family adventuring the world. During this conversation we chatted about: • The importance of expanding perspective in a world of collision and ...
Aug 19, 2019•38 min
Kieran Flanagan and Dan Gregory are the co-founders of The Impossible Institute — a strategic think tank founded to re-imagine the way we think, lead, navigate change and create success. Kieran works with leaders, teams and organisations to make positive change and make change positive while Dan helps smart people to become "people smart". They are the strategic and creative team behind the most successful new product launch in Australian history, have helped entrepreneurs build internationally ...
Aug 04, 2019•48 min
I met Ron Harvey whilst I was studying The Art & Practice of Leadership at Harvard in May this year and I was blown away at his story, his journey and his wisdom. There was a moment where Ron shared a personal story and as a result shifted the entire cohorts awareness around racism and engrained behavior, bringing many to tears. Ron is a retired U.S. Army Veteran, with more than 34 years of leadership experience. He believes his purpose is to “Make A Difference” by inspiring leaders to excel...
Jul 16, 2019•47 min
Unleashing Brilliance is all about becoming visible, bringing your whole self to work and celebrating differences. Our leaders need to be bolder and braver and we have only touched the surface in resolving the challenges of the Diversity & Inclusion space. These were just some of the insights shared by Paul Zahra in the latest episode of my Unleashing Brilliance podcast. Paul Zahra is a non-executive director, board and company advisor and one of Australia’s most influential diversity advoca...
Jun 23, 2019•38 min
It was an absolute pleasure to chat to Michelle Gregory - founder and director of Promotion Products. In this podcast we talked about: • Michelle’s journey to business owner alongside her husband, Douglas • The year they decided to runaway from the business with their four children and leave the staff in charge • Celebrating the small moments in our lives that lead to insight, learning and even big adventures. • And her father’s wisdom around “there’s no point in having your eyes open and your m...
Jun 11, 2019•42 min
With a genuine thirst for embracing life and not just being a passenger, Dana considers that her role as Digital Leader for DXCs Public Sector is her perfect role! In her own words, Dana gets to “work with our Public Sector clients to help them deliver outcomes that they have been struggling to realize themselves, and I get to help them on their paths to embedding innovation as a behaviour throughout their organizations”. “It’s all about getting stuff done, and really driving the value of collab...
May 27, 2019•32 min
Yasmin London has spent 12 years in the New South Wales Police Force, and now is also the Executive Director of ySafe - one of the lead organisations in Australia offering education and strategies for managing cyber safety in schools. Having operated at the coalface dealing with the real life consequences of online abuse experienced by young people, Yasmin felt impassioned about the need for preventative action in cyber safety, in order to minimise the need for critical intervention. Yasmin is a...
May 15, 2019•32 min
Lisa O’Neill is an expert in personal leadership. She is obsessed with people living the lives they want to live – to be magnificent in their chosen domain, honouring themselves by being more of themselves. Charismatic and engaging, Lisa is a well-known keynote speaker to audiences in New Zealand and Australia. With a background in fashion retail, marketing and breading, Lisa has been empowering people her whole life. I managed to interrupt Lisa in the middle of her latest tour around Australia ...
Apr 30, 2019•40 min
Jeff Schwisow is a Melbourne-based strategy specialist, speaker and the author of Projectify - How to use projects to engage your people in strategy that evolves your business. Jeff Schwisow is passionate about people and projects. He believes that when the two come together that a truly exceptional workplace is formed – one that engages the very best of its people, consistently delights Jeff helps businesses use the power of projects to engage the very best of its people, consistently delight i...
Apr 17, 2019•39 min
Stephen Scheeler is the former Facebook CEO for Australia and New Zealand, where he guided Facebook’s rise from quirky start up to media and technology titan. Working with Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook’s Silicon Valley leaders, his tenure at Facebook saw the ANZ business – including Instagram, Messenger, Whatsapp and Oculus – become one of the most successful Facebook markets in the world. Today – as founder of The Digital CEO, Chairman of CEBIT 2019, Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company, and...
Apr 02, 2019•49 min
It was an absolute pleasure to chat with Jen Jackson owner and director of award-winning, employee experience company, Jaxzyn. Jen considers herself lucky to have worked with leaders and influencers of Fortune 500 and ASX listed organisations. Recent work includes helping steer the brand and direction of PepsiCo’s Global EHS department, she has helped re-imagine how EHS and CSR might look in the future at Mattel; and, guided creative strategy for change, culture and leadership programs for Nestl...
Mar 18, 2019•36 min
I loved the conversation I had with Peter Shields for this episode of the Unleashing Brilliance podcast. As Peter says, “Great Leadership is hard to find”. Listen in as we discuss the concept of self worth and the constant battle with perceived norm behaviours or learned approaches. Peter is a transformational executive coach with more than 18 years’ experience, having supported hundreds of leaders and their teams to achieve meaningful change through improving their business skills and strategic...
Mar 05, 2019•40 min
Joining me on the podcast this month is Michelle Sutherland Michelle Sutherland is a Scottish born, Australia based, Social Entrepreneur that is positive, passionate and committed to living life fully. Michelle worked for seven years with Hewlett Packard and at the same time built her Network Marketing business with Arbonne International. At the age of 29 she retired from her corporate job and jumped fully into building a life on her terms. Last year, Michelle was promoted to the top level of Ar...
Feb 18, 2019•50 min
