Leadership Amplified is a podcast to inspire leaders to get more impact with their teams, to promote inclusion, and to make leadership more satisfying. My philosophy is that leadership is only valuable if it is a resource for the organisation. It is a resource when teams and individuals benefit from being led. The podcast is a practical way to engage and inspire leaders by refocusing the work of leadership as service to teams and the organisation. The podcast focuses on four major themes: •E ...
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As Janice Hoogeveen, Head of Marketing at Terrywhite Chemmart reflects on her career in the latest episode of Leadership Amplified, one key piece of advice that she passes on is to always look for the learning opportunity. She was and remains keen to receive feedback, as she knows just how important it has been to her. She says, ‘If I learned the h…
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The key focus for our discussion was on how leaders can successfully navigate the increasingly digital world we inhabit. Alena started her career studying English, then moved to Economics and finally settled on Geography in her quest to understand why things are the way they are. Geography provides her with an interesting perspective, revealing how…
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Episode 44: Collaboration is the most powerful style when times are tough, with Glen Sharman
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This statement encapsulates much of my conversation with special guest Glen Sharman who is General Manager for MaxiTRANS NSW.He’s always been in the transport industry and has had the happy opportunity to have a diverse career across different working cultures, with global and local brands, working for large and small companies.Glen reflects that f…
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Episode 43: Why it’s critical to know the environment you’re going into to increase success, with Donna Stace
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It can be challenging knowing what it’s like to work in a particular role, industry or organisation. Not knowing is one of the real impediments particularly for women moving into male dominated work.This is something that Donna Stace mastered very early in her career. Donna is an Operational Specialist in a Functional Safety Team at Rio Tinto.Growi…
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Episode 42: How clarity of purpose is instrumental for focus and direction, with Hanli Pretorius
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This is such an important piece of advice that Hanli Pretorius offers in this Leadership Amplified episode. Hanli is General Manager, People and Culture – Defence and Social Infrastructure at Ventia.As she says, while she got into HR by chance rather than design - she took on a job, and found herself a career - she’s had great leadership support an…
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Episode 41: Why leader self-improvement matters so much the the team’s performance with Rohan Horsley
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It was an interesting way to end the latest conversation on Leadership Amplified: getting great performance from others starts with you, the leader, taking accountability for your own performance and self-improvement.Rohan Horsley made this conclusion after we’d discussed the often-times tricky challenge of team performance and its successful measu…
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Episode 40: How to meet the challenge of leading through warmth yet driving for performance with Ilka Fuerstenberger
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The complexity of our world just continues to grow. We have multiple challenges of very different kinds to make sense of and prioritise attention to.One thing that helps is being able to see a way through contradiction, so I was very pleased in this new episode of Leadership Amplified to speak with Ilka Fuerstenberger, CEO of Mercedes-Benz Financia…
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Episode 39: How three very different careers multiply in surprising and successful ways, with Tim Drinkall
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In this latest episode of Leadership Amplified, listen in to Tim Drinkall’s wisdom about careers, their weird but wonderful trajectories, and the value of career support. Tim should know, he’s Head of Learning and Organisational Development at Metro Trains!While Tim has spent 25 years in various learning and organisation development roles, his care…
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Episode 38: Why asking beautiful questions, prioritisation and communication help change succeed, with Sudha Sharma
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As someone who’s seen a lot of change in her life Sudha Sharma has some terrific advice for approaching it successfully. In Episode 38 of Leadership Amplified we have a powerful conversation about influencing others for change, and Sudha shares her very human-centered and pragmatic approach.She says that ‘in the corporate world where results matter…
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Episode 37: Why reflection and learning through ’failures’ helps you to see the bigger picture with Lauren Jones
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In this episode I speak with Lauren Jones about how she helps technical experts transform into great people leaders.Lauren started her working life as an electrical engineer in petrochemical manufacturing and quickly moved into operations management. During that period, she developed important leadership skills heading an operations team, and the i…
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Episode 36: Why your leadership style needs to flex and adapt to different needs, with Chris Pearce
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Much of my conversation with Chris Pearce centered around being flexible in your style and leading authentically.Chris started his career in the Army, then spent a number of years in leadership roles in transport organisations such as FedEx, Linfox and MaxiTrans, and is now with ecoDynamics as Group Fleet and Asset Manager.The connection between fl…
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Episode 35: How to get better at asking powerful questions - the ’keys to your brain’, with Kate Christiansen
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In this episode I speak with Kate about how leaders can create more focus and be more influential through the way they engage with complexity, and in particular, how they use questions.Kate is the creator of the CURLY APPROACH™ which uses question-based frameworks to create clarity out of complexity.She is the author of two books: ‘The Thrive Cycle…
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This is part of the wisdom from my conversation with Louise Weine, CEO of National Association for Women in Operations and is fitting commentary for this International Women’s Day’s focus on embracing equity.Early in her career, Louise learned she needed to check her own leadership style and biases. She worked hard to expand her own circle to have …
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Episode 32: The importance of being committed and convinced in your own potential, with Sara Garcia
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This was one of the many pearls of wisdom from Sara Garcia in the latest episode of Leadership Amplified, together with:📌 Take charge of yourself and your decision making📌 Be empowered to step outside of your comfort zoneThese are key challenges for women as they step into senior leadership roles. And Sara approaches them with passion and compassio…
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Episode 33: Why we need more emotional support at work - you can’t out-resilience a toxic workplace, with Michelle Bihary
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I’ve had a few recent conversations with amazing leaders. You know the ones – you may well be one - who routinely go above and beyond, who trade-off weekend time to get the job done, who are just darn good people with a strong work ethic who don’t want to let the side down. But who are on (if not over) the precipice of burnout.They’re having to sel…
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Episode 31: How everlasting flow and limitlessness are profound guides to leadership, with Dr Michelle Evans
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Dr Michelle Evans is the Director of Dilin Duwa Centre for Indigenous Business Leadership at The University of Melbourne. Dilin Duwa runs programs, research projects and partnerships that strengthen indigenous focused business and leadership, and has just celebrated its 10th anniversary 🙌.Dilin Duwa means everlasting flow in the Woi Wurrung languag…
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Episode 30: Role models have helped me to value my leadership role and my life equally, with Nick Munroe
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Nick is Executive General Manager at Terrywhite Chemmart, and he reflected on his leadership journey and philosophy in our discussion for Leadership Amplified. Nick's sense of balance has been one of the hallmarks of his career, inspired by teachers, family and other business leaders.While at school he’d held leadership roles, for example as sports…
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This is how Marie-Claire Ross summarised our lively discussion about leadership and trust:📌 Leaders should create safe workspaces, and they need to take the time to reflect on what they are achieving, to slow down and review their actions and results, so that they can be more intentional about this.Successful leaders who have grown companies with s…
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Episode 28: I actively sought out ways to better myself at every opportunity, with Amanda McEniry
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This is such a strong and clear philosophy that shines through the latest podcast conversation with Amanda McInery who is Head of Marketing at @Homely.com.‘I actively sought out ways to better myself at every opportunity’, says Amanda. Amanda created a roadmap of roles she’d like and identified the skills and knowledge that she needed to learn, and…
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Episode 27: I had to learn to listen sincerely to survive my first leadership role with Simon Duke
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That’s one of the take-outs from my conversation with Simon Duke, Infrastructure & Capital Projects Manager, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress.One of the first leadership lessons Simon had to learn was to listen very acutely, and with sincerity, to the community he was in. He had to listen really well to be able to understand small nuances tha…
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Episode 26: Cultivate a mindset of helping others because it helps you too with Annie Lacombe
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Annie Lacombe is Engineering Manager at Boeing. She says that one of the leadership lessons she has learned is this: there is enough for everyone. Her mindset of abundance is an important part of her philosophy of leading: it means her focus is not on herself, but on how she can help others.Her philosophy is based on generosity and ego-awareness, y…
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Episode 25: Why saying yes to every opportunity can elevate your leadership career with Peter Loimaranta
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In our conversation Peter maps out his leadership journey from ‘always knowing he wanted to be something more than just a finance person’ which is how he started his career, to being CEO of a listed company, thriving in our turbulent times.Peter had the opportunity to take an overseas posting early, and that elevated his career. During that time he…
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Episode 24: Talking about burnout is not a hard conversation, it’s a caring one, with Mark Butler
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My guest Mark Butler is an accredited clinical psychotherapist with 14 years’ experience in the field. He focuses on mindset and mental wellbeing at work, mentoring people through adverse issues around workplace burnout, stress, anxiety and related unhealthy coping strategies.Mark understands burnout and executive exhaustion so well because he’s be…
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In the first of 2022’s episodes of Leadership Amplified, I speak with Paul Axup, CFO at Programmed, about his leadership story and in particular why diversity of thought and the importance of enabling expression of different views sits at the heart of his leadership.Paul is a Senior Finance Executive with 25 years’ international experience in compl…
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These were the final words in my recent conversation with Supriya Iyer, Supply Director, Global Networking Supply Chain & Commercial Operations at Google in California.We had a very wide-ranging discussion, from Supriya’s first experience of leadership – being thrown in at the deep end as a brand new graduate to lead a team – to her latest - handli…
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Episode 21: Purpose, authenticity, infinite learner mindset and trust are key to leadership success, with Grant Enders
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And, given that the rulebook went out of the window with the onset of COVID, learning to live with ambiguity helps too! This some of the wisdom you’ll glean from listening in to the chat that Grant Enders and I recently had about his leadership story.Grant is CEO of 3DMedTech, an exciting start-up focused on developing and commercialising patient m…
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Episode 20: As a leader you need your people - because it‘s about them, not the work, with Charmaine Gittleson
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'As a leader you need your people - because it‘s about them, not the work.' Just some of the wise words from Dr Charmaine Gittleson.Charmaine is a non-executive director in the biotechnology sector. She is a member of the boards of Antisense Therapeutics; George Health and Bayon Therapeutics and she also consults in Clinical Development strategies.…
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Episode 19: Leadership is more appealing when it doesn't feel like it's a performance, with Sarah Fortuna
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This was one of Sarah Fortuna’s reflections during our recent Leadership Amplified discussion.We’ve heard this before - Sarah’s early reflections on leading left her feeling that leadership wasn’t for her. Early in her career saw a lot of unhealthy practices, what she saw was unappealing, she couldn't see the kind of role models she wanted to emula…
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This was one part of a fascinating discussion with the wonderful Julie Bale, CIO at EnergyAustralia in the latest episode of Leadership Amplified.Julie is an influential CIO with over 25 years’ experience working globally in Financial Services, Telecommunications and Utilities.Like many of us, Julie’s earlier experiences of leadership taught her ho…
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Episode 17: Human connection is a vital part of leadership: reach out and make someone's day with Amalie Smith
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Human connection is a part of Amalie Smith’s leadership mindset. In Episode 17 of Leadership Amplified, Amalie shares her views on the particular challenges that dispersed teams face.Amalie is Head of Network Delivery at Essential Energy and in this episode she generously shares her unconventional career history, and her approach to leading operati…
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Episode 16: Find your own authentic voice to write your leadership story with Prof Erica Wilson
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In the latest episode of #Leadership Amplified, I speak with the wonderful Professor Erica Wilson, Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic Innovation) at Southern Cross University, about her leadership journey.Erica began her academic career researching the constraints faced by Australian women solo travellers and the empowerment they find through their jour…
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#ChooseToChallenge with compassion and empathy was the focus of my #IWD2021 speech for the Resource Industry Network. In this podcast, I reprise the speech, to share my thoughts on the critical value of compassion and empathy in gender inclusion work.So grateful to have the chance to speak with 500++ women, men and future leaders for their wonderfu…
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Episode 14: Create a ripple effect - help others achieve heights they never thought they could, with Karen Brown
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Create a ripple effect - help others achieve heights they never thought they couldThis was one of many inspiring messages from Karen Brown in the latest episode.In our conversation, Karen shares her leadership journey, from school years, as a member of the QLD Firebirds netball team, to her choice of pharmacy as a career, then on to her successes a…
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Episode 13: Take the road less travelled and you will make a bigger difference, with Dr Tina Soulis
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What better way to get back into the podcasting groove for 2021 (finally 🥴) than with a conversation with Dr Tina Soulis, CEO of Neuroscience Trials Australia.NTA delivers global standard clinical trial projects for pharma, biotech and device clients.Over the past year, what clinical trials are and their value has become crystal clear to us! We’re …
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Be #courageous and get out of your comfort zone has been Angela William's call to action, particularly during this #COVID-19 year.Angela is General Manager at Ventia Pty Ltd, leading a portfolio of projects in excess of $250m. Earlier this year she led the incident management team for the organisation (then Broadspectrum).In this podcast episode, A…
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Episode 11: As a leader you need to stand a little taller, be a little kinder with Erin Wild
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To do that you need to know what makes you tick. Great leaders know themselves inside out, according to @Erin Wild.Critically she says, you need to push into the uncomfortable situations, to know what stresses you, to be prepared to experience the discomfort. This helps to challenge your thinking and you learn to trust yourself.And it’s equally imp…
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Episode 10: You have to be able to lead and influence in a way others want to follow with Duncan Phillips, CEO TerryWhite Chemmart
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Delighted to share a conversation with Duncan Phillips, CEO at TerryWhite Chemmart. One highlight of the conversation is Duncan's story of their advisory group response to #COVID-19. The initial feeling in the group, that included people with 30++ years' experience in the industry, was fear. Duncan realised that had to be addressed first, so they s…
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Phil says that giving time to team members is always important, more so in our COVID-19 environment. There should be a deliberate, intentional focus on investing time in team members, it’s not something that’s incidental.A genuine, open and honest conversation should buoy both the team member and the leader.Such a delight to be sharing Phil's insig…
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Episode 8: Leaders get uncomfortable and challenge their own values with Erma Ranieri, Commissioner for Public Employment
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Such an enjoyable conversation with SA’s Commissioner for Public Employment Erma Ranieri! Erma and I worked together some time ago and it was fabulous to reconnect in this conversation: it was enlightening and inspiring to hear how Erma is using her role to promote gender equality. In the conversation we talk about the value of: TOP LEVEL commitmen…
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Susan Ratcliff candidly shares some of the challenges she experienced early in her career and reflected on how they grounded her later leadership career and success.Sue’s story of grappling with own vulnerability, and why she values it - both the vulnerability and the grappling! - so much is a wonderfully personal and candid account.…
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Enjoy this wonderful conversation with the very talented Brooke Young, as we discuss the importance of purpose to your leadership, the value of making leadership an invitation, and the importance of practising your leadership skills and attributes. It's important to continue to cultivate and learn new skills; discomfort is a great catalyst for lear…
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Episode 5: How to make it through a 'lifequake' with Karen Faehndrich, CEO of Audrey Page & Associates
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A thoroughly enjoyable interview with Karen Faehndrich, CEO of Audrey Page and Associates, where we discuss 'lifeshakes' and 'lifequakes' plus much more. Careers are being upended and the future is daunting; Karen's advice and reflections as a leader and expert in career management (and so much more) is timely. She openly shares the impact of COVID…
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One of the breakthroughs of the last decade has been better understanding of the impact of unconscious bias on decision-making.In this episode I outline what bias is, how unconscious bias works, and how gender bias affects the way we think about leadership.'We like to think that our mind is like an impartial judge in search of the truth, but it is …
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In this episode, I discuss the value of champions to increasing gender inclusion.This is one of the important areas I cover in Beat Gender Bias: How to play a better part in a more inclusive world.‘It’s about the legacy you leave and diversity is a key part of that. …. If I leave with the right diversity in place, then it’s a job well done.’Alan Jo…
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At the launch of Beat Gender Bias, I was joined by Nick Marinelli, former CEO of Fulton Hogan Australia, who provides one of the stories I share in the book, and Lesley Williams, publisher extraordinaire and Director Major Street Publishing. Dan Hillier, General Manager at Terry White Chemmart was MC.I outline what led me to write the book and what…
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In this podcast, I introduce you to my forthcoming book Beat Gender Bias: How to play a better part in a more inclusive world.‘There's no greater gift than thinking that you had some impact on the world, for the better.’Gloria SteinemI outline the reasons why I am so motivated to increase inclusion. I share one of the key activities I use in my tra…
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