The Leadership Diet

Season 3 was another great season with loads of interesting guests, stories, insights and learnings. This episode captures some of those as introductions to guests you might have missed and reminders of those you enjoyed. See you all in 2022 for season 4!Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the previous episode, I spoke with Audrey McGibbon- a globally recognised expert on leadership, wellbeing and wellness.My thoughts and reflections on that are in this episode.We discuss;What does wellness really mean,How does a personal sense of meaning or purpose positively impact wellness?What happened for leaders living during our extended lockdown in terms of theirloss of control, loss of meaning, loss of clarity and certainty? Increased sense of personal agitation, lack of grace, no release from monotony etcWhere does personal accountability/followership accountability come into work wellness?Resilience versus endurance? Where are you seeing languishing emerge?GLWS profile- what is it designed for?And a whole lot more!Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Audrey is a globally recognised expert on wellness within the corporate domain.We discuss;What does wellness really mean,How does a personal sense of meaning or purpose positively impact wellness?What happened for leaders living during our extended lockdown in terms of theirloss of control, loss of meaning, loss of clarity and certainty? Increased sense of personal agitation, lack of grace, no release from monotony etcWhere does personal accountability/followership accountability come into work wellness?Resilience versus endurance? Where are you seeing languishing emerge?GLWS profile- what is it designed for?And a whole lot more!Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the previous episode, I speak with Steve Weston, founding CEO of VOLT, a neo bank. Here I share my reflections on our conversation.Steve Weston is the founding CEO of Volt, a neo bank that is in disruption mode. Having led significant parts of Barclays in the UK, NAB and Challenger in Australia, he returned to Sydney and has set about using technology as a disruptive force in its truest sense.Steve grew up in rural Queensland and as he tells it fell into banking by mistake. His strong beliefs in customer service led him to transform residential mortgage services around the world.We discuss,What leadership in a traditional industry needs to look like in the 21st century,Why he is obsessed with leaders spending time in the front line,What 'handing the keys over', means to him,The reality of moving from a corporate CEO to a start up CEO,and a whole lot more,Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Steve Weston is the founding CEO of Volt, a neo bank that is in disruption mode. Having led significant parts of Barclays in the UK, NAB and Challenger in Australia, he returned to Sydney and has set about using technology as a disruptive force in its truest sense.Steve grew up in rural Queensland, and as he tells it, fell into banking by mistake. His strong beliefs in customer service led him to transform residential mortgage services around the world.We discuss,· What leadership in a traditional industry needs to look like in the 21st century,· Why he is obsessed with leaders spending time on the front line,· What 'handing the keys over', means to him,· The reality of moving from a corporate CEO to a start up CEO,and a whole lot more...Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview industry leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the previous episode, I speak with Declan Boylan on leading a high-performing organisation as if it were a sports team. Here are my reflections on that conversation.Declan Boylan is the founder and CEO of Seven Consulting, the most successful Program Delivery firm in SE Asia and Australia. In this wide-ranging conversation we discuss:What is program delivery and why is this an emerging specialty,Agile delivery versus agile mindsets,Why does his team spend so much time on giving and receiving feedback,Why does the feedback giver get reviewed?Looking at customer satisfaction rates every day,The reason behind Seven sponsoring the Matildas - The Australian Women's National Football team,Using CSR and marketing initiatives beyond the obviousAnd a whole lot more!Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Declan Boylan is the founder and CEO of Seven Consulting, the most successful Program Delivery firm in SE Asia and Australia. In this wide-ranging conversation we discuss:What is program delivery and why is this an emerging specialty,Agile delivery versus agile mindsets,Why does his team spend so much time on giving and receiving feedback,Why does the feedback giver get reviewed?Looking at customer satisfaction rates every day,The reason behind Seven sponsoring the Matildas - The Australian Women's National Football team,Using CSR and marketing initiatives beyond the obviousAnd a whole lot more!Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high-performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

My reflections on the conversation with Peter O'Brien of Russell Reynolds Search and SelectionPeter L. O'Brien is a trusted advisor to boards and CEOs on corporate governance, board effectiveness, succession planning, executive development, and leadership search and transformation. He is an expert at developing highly effective leadership teams and boards in Australia and internationally. Peter is a member of Russell Reynolds Associates' Global Board & CEO Advisory Partners Sector and he leads the firm's business across Asia Pacific. Previously, Peter led the Global Supply Chain Practice, as well as the Global Industrial Services & Infrastructure Sector.We discuss;His own career path from AUS to EUROPE back to APACHow he developed his strengths as a leaderHow that helped him and where it has notLeading during a crisis…What did the Russell Reynolds partners notice in terms of leadership and how it is showed up in the C suite?What is emerging in 2022 as being important that we might have underestimated in the past?His thoughts on not being able to give certainty to people who are craving that. How do leaders give their teams a sense of – “here is what you can control….”and a whole lot more…!Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Peter L. O'Brien is a trusted advisor to boards and CEOs on corporate governance, board effectiveness, succession planning, executive development, and leadership search and transformation. He is an expert at developing highly effective leadership teams and boards in Australia and internationally. Peter is a member of Russell Reynolds Associates' Global Board & CEO Advisory Partners Sector and he leads the firm's business across Asia Pacific. Previously, Peter led the Global Supply Chain Practice, as well as the Global Industrial Services & Infrastructure Sector.We discuss;His own career path from AUS to EUROPE back to APACHow he developed his strengths as a leaderHow that helped him and where it has notLeading during a crisis…What did the Russell Reynolds partners notice in terms of leadership and how it is showed up in the C suite?What is emerging in 2022 as being important that we might have underestimated in the past?His thoughts on not being able to give certainty to people who are craving that. How do leaders give their teams a sense of – “here is what you can control….”and a whole lot more…!Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

In my previous conversation we discussed;What is burnout and why is it a syndrome,The impact it has on executive leadership and leaders,What are symptoms that are useful to be alert for,I offer some ideas on how to implement some inoculations against burnout as a leader.

Andrew May and Dr. Tom Buckley are global experts when it comes to Executive health, stress and managing for burnout.In this episode we discuss;What is burnout and why is it a syndrome,The impact it has on executive leadership and leaders,What are symptoms that are useful to be alert for,Five ideas that if implemented can innoculate against burnout,Why U2 influence Dr. Tom Buckley in his research (seriously!),and a whole lot more,Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the previous episode, I interviewed Michael Bungay Stainer (MBS), the author of the best selling book on coaching this century! His book The Coaching Habit has sold close to a million copies and has thousands of 5-star reviews online. His latest book How to Begin helps people find the clarity and courage to take on a Worthy Goal and start something thrilling, important and daunting.We overviewed the core fundamental coaching questions that every leader can use as their go-to coaching questions. These include the; Kick start, AWE question, the focus question, the foundation question, the lazy question, the strategic question and the learning question.We also looked at three advice monsters as MBS outlines them.

Today I am joined by Michael Bungay Stainer, the author of the best selling book on coaching this century! His book, The Coaching Habit, has sold close to a million copies and has thousands of 5-star reviews online. His latest book, How to Begin, helps people find the clarity and courage to take on a Worthy Goal and start something thrilling, important and daunting.He founded Box of Crayons, a learning and development company that helps organisations move from advice-driven to curiosity-led. They've trained hundreds of thousands of managers to be more coach-like and their clients range from Microsoft to Gucci.He says he left Australia about 30 years ago to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University …where his only significant achievement was falling in love with a Canadian …which is why he now lives in Toronto, having spent time in London and Boston.We discuss:the core fundamental questions that every manager can use to be an effective coachlike leader,Why curiosity is the core attribute in fostering innovation,and a whole lot more!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the previous episode with Susan Metcalf we discussed;The latest census report from CEW and the 'dismal' results it shows in terms of the percentage representing of women at CEO and CFO levels in the ASX 300,Why Australian women are the highest educated in the world yet suffer from an equality perspective due to the cultural issue of mateship,How come 54% of the finance sector are women yet 90% of the sector CEO's are men,How to stoke innovation through gender balance,The talent supply chain and springboard roles,The notion of targets and quotas,and a whole lot more,Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Susan Metcalf is the CEO of CEW, Chief Executive Women, an organisation that represents the interests of current and aspiring chief executive women in Australia. In this episode we discuss;The latest census report from CEW and the 'dismal' results it shows in terms of the percentage representing of women at CEO and CFO levels in the ASX 300,Why Australian women are the highest educated in the world yet suffer from an equality perspective due to the cultural issue of mateship,How come 54% of the finance sector are women yet 90% of the sector CEO's are men,How to stoke innovation through gender balance,The talent supply chain and springboard roles,The notion of targets and quotas,and a whole lot more,Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the previous episode with Dan Hunter, we discussed his experiences of leading large government departments and how he evolved his leadership as he moved from sector to sector. He shared the differences from leading $bn asset sales to water infrastructure projects to leading a health orientated shared service organisation with 7000 employees that delivered 60,000 meals per day and pay over 150,000 per week.In this episode I reflect on his notion of;Don't outsource your culture to a third party,Taking the leap between sectors and how to do that well,Learning to listen to people who do their jobs really well,and why selling ice cream is not a leadership trait!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Dan Hunter is a very seasoned leader with experience in hospitality, water infrastructure, M&A asset sales, social healthcare and industry sector leadership. His first CEO role was leading Healthshare, a $7bn, 7000 people organisation that services the broader health sector in NSW, Australia through managing the catering of 60,000 meals per day into hospitals, managing the linen services, the ambulance service and the payroll for over 160,000 employees.We discuss;How to overcome being passed over for a role,Taking the leap between sectors and how to take advantage of unexpected opportunities,Learning to listen intently,What is it like working for a Government Minister compared to the private sector,How to create a space for inclusion and psychologically safe environments,Why leadership is not a democracy and selling ice cream is not for leaders,What has Jeeves the butler got to do with anything!Understanding how to work with different stakeholders,and a whole lot more,Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the previous episode, I discussed with Meahan Callaghan why executive-level leaders, rise and fall on their ability to have good judgement, whatever that is! And at the same time we agreed that most leaders never learn how to develop this situational level skill.Meahan Callaghan, CHRO for RedBubble is one of the most experienced CHRO/ HRD's (Chief People Officer) in the technology sector globally having led the people function in three different technology unicorns.Here, I ponder on what is judgement?Suggest some coaching tips for implementing good judgement at a personal and organisational level,and a whole lot more...!

Leaders, particular executive-level leaders, rise and fall on their ability to have good judgement, whatever that is! Yet, most leaders never learn how to develop this situational level skill.I am joined by Meahan Callaghan, CHRO for RedBubble. She is one of the most experienced CHRO/ HRD's (Chief People Officer) in the technology sector globally having led the people function in three different technology unicorns.We discuss the importance of HR professionals to get some line experience in order to fully understand the implications of implementing HR policies,Why leading a call centre is one of the fastest ways to realise the clashes between commercial realities and people aspirations,What is judgement?Classic mistakes aspiring leaders make when learning how to utilise good judgement,Why is the notion of 'good judgement here looks like this', so important?Five key steps organisations can use to help elevate good decision making amongst leaders,and a whole lot more...!Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the previous episode, I have a great conversation with Dr. Ruth Wageman on all things leadership teams.Here I reflect on and suggest some pointers toStructuring different types of leadership teams and indeed why I believe a CEO should have multiples teams within their team,How to address mindsets changes that are needed to adapt to being part of multiple teams,Setting up who owns the 'D',Why the leader has to model the norms in order for the team to follow suit,How to pause the team for a 5-minute reflection,Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Dr Ruth Wageman is a global expert in researching and supporting teams in stacking the deck to optimize their ability to be effective. We talk about:The Essentials and Enablers of team effectiveness,Structuring different types of leadership teams,Why a CEO can have multiples teams within their team,The 60:30:10 rule,Why the leader has to model the norms in order for the team to follow suit,How to pause the team for a 5-minute reflection,The difference between networked teams and a team of teams,and a whole lot more!Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the last episode I was joined by Nicolai Tillisch, co-author of Return on Ambition: A Radical Approach to Your Achievement, Growth, and Well-Being.Here I reflect on and suggest some pointers towards;What is ambition is really important despite the underbelly that comes along the way,What I found useful by taking the Return On Ambition assessment,The notion behind frenemies and recognising where they can help,and a whole lot more!Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Every successful executive and leader has ambition. They would not take on those roles if they were lacking in ambition. However, many leaders suffer in different ways because of that same ambition.I am joined by Nicolai Tillisch, co-author of Return on Ambition: A Radical Approach to Your Achievement, Growth, and Well-Being.We discuss,What is ambition and why is it an imperative to achieve outcomes,How do we measure the return of ambition,Why so many executives struggle with their own aspiration,The notion behind frenemies,What is the trinity that can elevate ambition to be a true friend,and a whole lot more!Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the last episode, I spoke with Dr Ty Wiggins of Russell Reynolds.Ty specialises in assisting organisations put into place transition support mechanisms that ensure their new recruits, particularly at the C suite level, transition successfully.I reflect on his key messages and offer some tips on how to insure your new CEO or C suits leader is successful in taking up their new role. The cost is too high to leave it to chance!Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Leaders who move companies to take on more senior roles face many hurdles that can prevent their success. These transitions have high failure rates, ranging from 25-50%. Dr Ty Wiggins of Russell Reynolds specialises in assisting organisations put into place transition support mechanisms that ensure their new recruits, particularly at the C suite level, transition successfully.We discuss;Why leaders fail when transitioning to new levels of leadership,What organisations miss out on when onboarding new leaders,Why women use transition plans better than men,Mistaking your bias from previous functional expertise as an enabler of success,Why your previous employer's tolerations of leaders gaps can derail future success,and much more.Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the previous episode, I spoke with Pádraig O'Tuama the renowned leader, poet, philosopher, theologian, TEX speaker and author of several books. Here I reflect on his notions of quality of conflict and dialogue,The space between intention and impact as a leader,and addressing the difficult question of, 'what is my real position here?'Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Pádraig O'Tuama is a renowned leader, poet, philosopher, theologian, TEX speaker and author of several books. In this very warm-hearted and insightful conversation, we discuss;The space between intention and impact as a leader,Ensuring your gestures have substances,The poem, Shaking hands, which he wrote as a reflection on the event of Queen Elizabeth II and Martin McGuinness, Leader of Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland and former IRA Commander publicly shaking hands in 2012,The nature of conflict in organisations,What he means by 'the quality of fighting',and addressing the difficult question of, 'what is my real position here?'Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the previous episode, I spoke with Brian Hartzer, former CEO for Westpac and subsidiaries of other international banking organizations. He shared a range of thoughts, including;What is it like to finally take the role of CEO in week 1,How does a leader scale themselves across multiple geographies and hundreds of offices,How do you communicate to 30,000+ employees?What happens when a government regulator comes knocking on the door?Preparing for a Royal Commission- how do you do that?The notion of reputational trauma and how to overcome a tough situation as a leader,His next steps.Here I share reflections on;Overcoming reputational trauma as a leader,Scaling oneself as a leader,His C5 framework as a useful leadership guide,and more

Brian Hartzer has worked internationally with some of the most successful banks and financial institutions in the USA, UK, and Australia. In his previous role, he was CEO of Westpac bank. In this very open and transparent conversation, Brian shares,What is it like to finally take the role of CEO in week 1,How does a leader scale themselves across multiple geographies and hundreds of offices,How do you communicate to 30,000+ employees?What happens when a government regulator comes knocking on the door?Prepareing for a Royal Commission- how do you do that?The notion of reputational trauma and how to overcome a tough situation as a leader,His next steps.Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the last episode Dr. Amy Edmondson from Harvard and Kieran White, based in Sydney, share their ideas on a range of topics including,Psychological safety in the workplace,Structural dynamics and the importance for teams to understand native communication patterns,How to build trust,The notion of polarities, and lots more.I share my reflections here

Psychological safety has been described as the most important factor in enabling high performing teams. I am joined by Dr. Amy Edmondson from Harvard and Kieran White to discuss;What is psychological safety and why is it important,The overlaps with trust and other dimensions,How does it facilitate teaming?What is structural dynamics and how can we apply that idea to our own team,And a whole lot more!Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Welcome back to season 3!And what a season we have in store.Tune in to this teaser episode to find out more.Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

This is the second bonus episode - in between seasons 2 and 3 - where I am joined by colleagues from The Leadership Context, a boutique consulting firm that I co-founded with several friends and Partners.Today, Carole Field, Greg Lourey, Allan Tillack and I, have a deep dive into how we partner with leadership teams (top teams) to help them become great teams.Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

In this reflection episode, I offer some thoughts on the conversation I had with my colleagues from The Leadership Context, a boutique consulting firm that I am co-founded with several friends and Partners.We regularly receive feedback that our programs are different.Why? Because they work!We talked about the principles of:Swimming in the context to ensure we are addressing the right areas,Aligning the program to specific parts of the organisational strategy,Getting hyper clear on a small number of objectives,Aiming for learning depth,Structuring groups to learn together which mitigates against losing the benefits when individuals leave the organisation,and myth busting mirrors!Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

I am joined by colleagues from The Leadership Context, a boutique consulting firm that I am co founded with several friends and Partners. Today Carole Field, Greg Lourey, Allan Tillack and I have a deep dive into the reasons why leadership development programs fail. And they do fail, on a spectacular level!We talk about the principles ofSwimming in the context to ensure we are addressing the right areas,Aligning the program to specific parts of the organisational strategy,Getting hyper clear on a small number of objectives,Aiming for learning depth,Structuring groups to learn together which mitigates against losing the benefits when individuals leave the organisation,and myth busting mirrors!Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

The best of Season 2!We had some marvellous guests on our show over season 2. And they shared great insights, learnings, mistakes, tactics, ideals and a whole lot more.In this episode, hear about;The importance of listening as an expatriate leader,The uniqueness that is New Zealand style of leadership,How evening reflections on the car on the way home from work, helped one CEO transform his impact in meetings,What one CEO who is renowned for her continual innovation does to bring ideas from one industry to another,How one leader survived a very public and traumatic humiliation when his multi-billion dollar business collapsed,How another CEO described his 'thumb sucking in a foetal position' moment!Why one leader took a 9-month sabbatical stepping away from his CEO position,And a whole lot more....!Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.comJA2MMRCctvcCH54U5jFZ

In the last episode I spoke with Peter Webb. I reflect on that conversation and offer some suggestions on how to implement some of his ideas.Peter Webb is an organisational psychologist who has a passion for all things related to wisdom and decision making. In our conversation he shared;His early experience at age 14 crossing a bridge that was about to collapse over a torrid river in Papua New Guinea and what this taught him,What is wisdom and how is it cultivated,What is System 3 thinking and decision making,The WISE framework for decision making,The T3 profile, and much moreEffective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Peter Webb is an organisational psychologist who has a passion for all things related to wisdom and decision making. In this conversation he shares;His early experience at age 14 crossing a bridge that was about to collapse over a torrid river in Papua New Guinea and what this taught him,What is wisdom and how is it cultivated,What is System 3 thinking and decision making,The WISE framework for decision making,The T3 profile, and much moreEffective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high-performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

I have just spoken with Craig Le Masters, former CEO of Assurant insurance in USA, current CEO of GXG, and author of Unstuck talks about;I reflect on his ideas about;The role of senior leaders in actively looking around the corner, when times are great, to help create the next market or opportunities. He suggests about 50% of a CEO's time should be in that space,How humility can be fostered and why,The importance of grit,How a learning eco system can amplify a leader's impact.Some key moments from my conversation with Craig, include;The moment he woke up to see on the TV news a headline that suggested that the industry he was in was about to go into free fall,The soul searching and deep conversations that followed,Humility based experimentation,What are learning ecosystems,He talks about wisdom is the intersection between knowledge and experiences.And, finally, we talk about how COVID and how it is allowing people to reengage with a sense of personal purpose.Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Craig Le Masters, former CEO of Assurant insurance in USA, current CEO of GXG and author of Unstuck talks about;The moment he woke up to see on the TV news a headline that suggested that the industry he was in was about to go into free fall,The soul searching and deep conversations that followed,Humility based experimentation,What are learning ecosystems,He talks about wisdom is the intersection between knowledge and experiences.And, finally, we talk about how COVID and how it is allowing people to reengage with a sense of personal purpose.Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the previous episode, I had a great conversation with Michael Ilczynski. Michael is the CEO of Red Bubble, a global leading marketplace for artists and art lovers alike.In this short episode, I reflect on his key messages and suggest some reflection questions.Some of our conversation included his sharing on;The mistakes he made as he progressed into CEO level leadership rolesHow a background in strategy taught him to make decisions but also to (unwittingly) block out other people's opinions,When he started noticing his leadership shadow across the organisation,How he learned to use language that enabled other people to understand when he was giving 'just an' opinion versus a real mandate,The power of not personalising feedback and listening through a lens of humility,How he used evening reflections to help him steer through behaviour change, and much moreEffective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Michael Ilczynski is the CEO of Red Bubble, a global leading marketplace for artists and art lovers. In this refreshingly open conversation Michael shares;The mistakes he made as he progressed into CEO level leadership rolesHow a background in strategy taught him to make decisions but also to (unwittingly) block out other people's opinions,When he started noticing his leadership shadow across the organisation,How he learned to use language that enabled other people to understand when he was giving 'just an' opinion versus a real mandate,The power of not personalising feedback and listening through a lens of humility,How he used evening reflections to help him steer through behaviour change, and much moreEffective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the previous episode, I spoke with Stuart Elmslie, CEO of Open University Australia on education, market places, servant leadership, being agile as opposed to just doing agile and a whole lot more!I share five reflections on this conversation and suggested some questions to ponder.Stuart shared;Stuart Elmslie is the CEO of one of the most successful market placed tertiary level education organisations in the world. Based in Melbourne, they have supported over 450,000 students successfully enrol and attend undergraduate and postgraduate university programs.In this conversation he shares;His own move from investment banking to education,How he and his leadership team have turned around a loss-making organisation,How they turned around employee engagement by over 50 NPI scores,Leading a "soccer team instead of a set of golfers",Why his daily practice of mindfulness has transformed his leadership impact,How his feedback skills have improved enormously,and, why curiosity is the antidote to judgement

Stuart Elmslie is the CEO of one of the most successful market placed tertiary level education organisations in the world. Based in Melbourne, they have supported over 450,000 students successfully enrol and attend undergraduate and postgraduate university programs.In this conversation he shares;His own move from investment banking to education,How he and his leadership team have turned around a loss-making organisation,How they turned around employee engagement by over 50 NPI scores,Leading a "soccer team instead of a set of golfers",Why his daily practice of mindfulness has transformed his leadership impact,How his feedback skills have improved enormously,and, why curiosity is the antidote to judgementEffective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Warwick Fairfax, from the famous media conglomerate Fairfax family who, in his mid-twenties, took over the leadership of the publicly traded organisation and privatised it, back into family control. Unfortunately, the 1987 global crash soon followed, and three years later the organisation almost collapsed.In this refreshingly open conversation Warwick shares,What it was like to grow up in such a famous family and the comparisons between the Royal family and the Fairfax family,How his sense of duty to his family and his ancestors drove many of his decisions,The impact of his decision to privatise the organisation on him, his family and the ensuing ripple effect,How Warwick distinguishes between epic failures and the person who fails,What he believes a crucible moment is and why these can define a person,The impact his faith has on him,How he now looks back on those experiences.Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Warwick Fairfax, from the famous media conglomerate Fairfax family who, in his mid-twenties, took over the leadership of the publicly traded organisation and privatised it, back into family control. Unfortunately, the 1987 global crash soon followed, and three years later the organisation almost collapsed.In this refreshingly open conversation Warwick shares,What it was like to grow up in such a famous family and the comparisons between the Royal family and the Fairfax family,How his sense of duty to his family and his ancestors drove many of his decisions,The impact of his decision to privatise the organisation on him, his family and the ensuing ripple effect,How Warwick distinguishes between epic failures and the person who fails,What he believes a crucible moment is and why these can define a person,The impact his faith has on him,How he now looks back on those experiences.Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

The previous episode was a great conversation with Rachel Frizberg from Roche. She shared some amazing insights and useful learnings.My reflections on the conversation include some potentially useful questions.Rachel Frizberg leads the Asia Pacific region for Roche Pharmaceuticals, one of the largest and most successful healthcare organisations, globally.In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss;The role of healthcare during a pandemicLeading from afar during shutdowns across many countriesHow she has adapted her leadership style as her roles changesImplementing an agile approach to leadershipHow her 'peer pods' keep her honestDifferent archetypes of leadership and how she uses them in her own planningThe importance of scaling leaders and leadershipEffective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Leading at scale!Rachel Frizberg leads the Asia Pacific region for Roche Pharmaceuticals, one of the largest and most successful healthcare organisations, globally.In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss;The role of healthcare during a pandemicLeading from afar during shutdowns across many countriesHow she has adapted her leadership style as her roles changesImplementing an agile approach to leadershipHow her 'peer pods' keep her honestDifferent archetypes of leadership and how she uses them in her own planningThe importance of scaling leaders and leadershipEffective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored, and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective, and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders, and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high-performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Michael Spayd is an expert in all things agile and the co-author of Agile Transformation.In this short episode, I reflect on my conversation with Michael and pose some questions, thoughts, and ideas.In our conversation, posted in the previous episode, he shares;The differences between doing, being, and leading agileHow the integral framework influences his workLeading self-directed teams- is that an oxymoron?The benefits for leaders by embracing agile mindsetsEffective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored, and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective, and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders, and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high-performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

Michael Spayd is an expert in all things agile and the co-author of Agile Transformation.He shares;The differences between doing, being, and leading agileHow the integral framework influences his workLeading self-directed teams- is that an oxymoron?The benefits for leaders by embracing agile mindsetsEffective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.For over twenty years I have coached, mentored, and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective, and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders, and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high-performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

www.theleadershipdiet.comI am joined today by Alex Condolean, MD, who is the Vice President, of the Virtual Healthcare Franchise - at Sanofi (the French and global top ten global healthcare company). Alex is based out of Boston, USA.In this wide-ranging conversation we discuss;Alex's reason for becoming a Medical doctor and then leaving the clinical world for a commercial one,What a Medical Director actually does,When he first realised he had to learn leadership,Moving from the brash, arrogant version of himself to the person he is today,,Moving his family to China and the extraordinary experience that was,How maintaining his networks have expanded his career globally,The power of curiosity and much moreEffective leaders outperform ineffective leaders over time.www.theleadershipdiet.com