Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. How do you lead culture when you have 16 campuses across five different states, 2500 full time staff and 16,000 more students? It’s a tough gig! In this highly energising interview, Vice Chancellor of CQ University, Nick Klomp, shares his insights on what you need for great leadership, how to measure and monitor culture, what he does daily to connect, and what he finds the toughest in leadership.

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. Remember the Live Export expose on Four Corners in 2011? Imagine being the CEO of the Cattle Council and handling the fallout. That was David Inall, today’s guest. In our conversation he shares his insights from leadership in agripolitics and agvocacy across the meat, milk, and eggs industry. 

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. What can you learn from a 6 foot 7 ex-KGB agent? Adrian Armitage shares his experience with said ex-KGB dude turned educator. It turns out that Russian culture has its norms, just like Australian culture, and they are not all that dissimilar. With leadership roles around the world, and now as Executive Officer of the Australian Medical Students' Association with some 250 staff and 17,000 members, Adrian has a wealth of insight he shares generously in this interview.

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. Are you happy with your culture at work? Do things need changing? How do you get started? Do you focus on big picture? Or is the smaller things that count? It turns out you start with the change you want, and hearts and minds come afterwards. Why you should start with actions and not beliefs when it comes to changing culture The three actions that set AMPLIFIERS apart from ACHIEVERS (and why you want to do these) What kind of movement you may want to drive in your culture #boundlessleadership *** SHOWNOTES: References and other mentions: Seth Godin’s podcast episode Habits Journal The Life Changing Habit of Tidying Up - Marie Kondo Oura Ring Article about malls closing in the USA Wikipedia article on Minority Report *** Related Episodes: E100 - RESET your rituals, boundaries, and habits for a brilliant new year E99 - What KPIs should CEOs have? E98 - Manager to leader - a shortcut with these great questions *** About your podc

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. Do you use your intuition in leadership? Would you like to develop your inner knowing to a greater level? How about a 30-second hack to change your brain waves into a meditative state? Speaker, author, and advisor Scott Stein shares his insights and practical tips on these, delegation, strategic planning, and the core of what we leaders need to do in current times of tension. Native American ancient wisdom: using the Fox Walk to change brain waves for movement meditation Compression planning and how it saves tons of time and avoids ‘talk fest’ in strategic planning The four levels of delegating and mistakes to avoid #boundlessleadership *** SHOWNOTES: About Scott: Speaker Scott has worked with thousands of leaders around the world helping them to become better leaders by fast-tracking their thinking and their approach with people. Scott is a highly sought after international speaker and mentor who has worked with

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. Some experiences are pretty awful. We can’t wish them away. We can’t pivot from them. We can’t reframe them. We can, however, learn something from them, make use of them, and grow stronger as a result. Strategic planning, and the core of what we leaders need to do in current times of tension. Positive thinking can be good. It’s just not everything. Useful beliefs can help. Using the experience as fodder for growth, after doing a thorough assessment, is key. #boundlessleadership *** SHOWNOTES: Norman Vincent Peale wrote the classic, The Power of Positive Thinking. Chris Helder wrote Useful Belief challenged the idea of positive thinking saying it did not fully acknowledge that bad things do happen. He says that you can use belief - which is merely a made up story - to help you take action to get out of the crappy situation. Watch his explanation here. *** Related Episodes: E101 - The curious, non-intuitive way to change culture

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. How much experience do you need in order to drop the impostor syndrome? CEO of Menslink Martin Fisk shares his three decades of leadership and answers the question this way, “do the best you can with what you’ve got’. I loved this interview! Martin has a unique perspective born of humility and deep conviction in his work. Enjoy the fabulous insights from culture to success to mental health.

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. Every business has a particular context that requires a different approach to leadership. But there are principles that are true for all. Barnie Van Wyck has led businesses in South Africa, the UK, and Australia and has an enormous treasure trove of experiences from which to draw useful insights. Through it all he is sustained by his commitment to others and community. In this uplifting interview discover his secrets to doing leadership well, in the toughest of circumstances.

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. Working in government and the social services sector, CEO of Woden Community Service Jenny Kitchin has seen a lot when it comes to people stuff. Then, just when she thought she had seen it all, something horrendous happened. How does a leader deal with surprising behaviour? How do we deal with generational gaps? How do we stay calm and composed when our staff want to see us raw and vulnerable? Jenny shares wonderful insights on how to tread in these interesting lines.

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. One of the toughest things to deal with is people who are resistant and do not trust you or your role. CEO of Regional Development Australia for the Murray region, Edwina Hayes, shares her astute people stuff skills to showcase how you can win people over. 

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. Have you got people on your team who just don’t seem to get along? They’re at each other’s throats? They rub each other up the wrong way? It’s easy to think it’s a personality conflict. The problem with THAT is that it makes us feel helpless: “Oh well, that’s just the way they are.” The truth is more complex. The good news is that we can get beyond these challenges to build a better team, even with different personalities. 

Divorced with 5 kids, and launching a startup, Karen Porter thinks that there are a lot easier things to do than run a business. Nine years later her business is worth 7 million plus, and she has a boatload of experience about what works and what doesn’t. She has very practical tips on what it takes to work through the tough bits of business.

Tired, wired, and frustrated? Having trouble sleeping? Health expert Alessandra Edwards reveals latest research on what we can do to improve sleep and achieve ULTRA-WELLNESS. We talk sleep strategies, how genetics affect the usefulness of sleep hygiene habits, rules for meal timing, infrared saunas and cryotherapy. Sleep architecture and how other factors like genetics may impede your results Optimum timing of meals to ensure the best night sleep Fasting for beginners and how it can turn us into fat burners - yeah! #boundlessleadership *** SHOWNOTES: About Alessandra: Alessandra Edwards is a peak performance expert with over a decade’s experience working at the cutting edge of tailored health and ultra-wellness programs for corporate and government leaders, elite athletes and high flyers locally and internationally. Combining a background in Health Science with a Postgraduate Professional Certificate in Genetics and Genomics from Stanford University, as well as a decade of clinical nutritional

80% of people leave their jobs because of a poor manager. So says recruitment specialist, Sarah Rajic, co-founder of Capital Recruit and Staff Check, who has spoken to thousands of employers and candidates. She has seen when it goes right, and when it goes wrong. How do we make it better and unwind that terrible statistic?

Do you struggle with nagging self doubts as a leader? Do you ask, ‘am I on the right track’? Ian Taylor, ED of Cotton Research and Development Corporation, asks these same questions, and has found a way to check his assumptions, and validate the strategy, even in the most uncertain times. A humble and genuine person, Ian shares rich insights about culture and innovation that are useful for all leaders.

What kind of leadership style do you need to take a leap of faith? What strategies can you deploy when leading through massive uncertainty? What’s the most important thing to keep in mind when leading through change? Stuart Althaus is an experienced CEO and senior executive with a career that spans some forty years in the military, information and communication technology, and not for profit directorships. His hard-earned wisdom helps him to be an optimist even as we face down some of the biggest uncertainties of any generation.

Financial technology, along with other exponential services, is facilitating a contactless and virtual business experience. Through Covid19, some businesses are suffering and others are thriving. With FinTech (financial technology) entrepreneur Ian Parke, we take a look at the opportunities and mindset needed to ride the new wave of the new now.

Are you over it yet? This crisis seems to go on and on, unrelenting. Yet, as leaders there is no timeout or time off. We’ve got to keep on keeping on. I thought I’d give us a bit of a PAUSE button to reflect on what we can take from this experience. I also go over some key highlights of this past season on the podcast so you can get a concentrated dose of leadership insights that are useful for now. Why you should listen: Now’s the time to get really clear on what you want: here are some things to think about Clarify what matters most: I share my list to inspire yours Season round up: with insights on innovation from experts and authors that are essential tools for leading next through the pandemic Sneak preview of interviews coming up over the coming months: Leadership on the ground with CEOs from not for profits, global IT companies, agribusiness, and a Vice Chancellor! So much goodness and rich insights coming up

Edge of Leadership UnConference speaker Daniel Kilov reveals some amazing tips and tricks to enhance memory for reading books, recalling information, committing information to knowledge, and remembering names at networking functions. Daniel shares critical mnemonics (memory) techniques, explains how these techniques are the single best predictor of top performance in any field and how we can create generations of geniuses. How memory is the alchemy for human creativity Using ‘memory palaces’ to retain vasts amount of knowledge quickly Why memory is the true distinguishing feature for people at the very top of their game - geniuses - and an even better predictor than IQ

Are you a crazy risk taker? Do you jump in, boots and all, without considering the consequences? Or are you overly cautious? There can be a balance! As Boundless Leaders we want to maximise fun and opportunity, all while considering the consequences. Risk management in decision-making however does not need to be a total downer. In this interview with Bryan Whitefield we discover how to have fun without regret, why the gut instinct is rarely a good source for decision-making, and what we need to be mindful of in the big-consequences decisions we make. Why mindset determines motivation and our blockers in decision-making How to use the MCI model - motivation, clarification, and implementation for risk checking on big decisions Check your VEG - values, environment and genes while pondering what questions needs answering