Grow Your Influence

In today’s Summer Series episode, we are joined by a special guest, who is here to chat to us about avoiding hiring disasters! Deb Houston of Phlox Consulting is a Hiring Strategist and Mentor, she has been helping job-seekers and hiring managers nail their interviews and land their dream jobs and employees for more than seventeen years. She takes a supportive and consultative approach to recruitment, personalising the process for each and every client, whilst always making sure it’s fun along the way. For Deb, finding the right job or candidate is a lot like dating–you just have to find a match you want to commit to! Today is Part 2 of our discussion where Deb and Kristy-Lee are discussing essential strategies to help you avoid a hiring disaster! We would love to hear about your experiences and insights from hiring staff–whether they are nightmare or success stories. You can share your experiences and ask questions at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/ 

In today’s Summer Series episode, we are joined by a special guest, who is here to chat to us about avoiding hiring disasters! Deb Houston of Phlox Consulting is a Hiring Strategist and Mentor, she has been helping job-seekers and hiring managers nail their interviews and land their dream jobs and employees for more than seventeen years. She takes a supportive and consultative approach to recruitment, personalising the process for each and every client, whilst always making sure it’s fun along the way. For Deb, finding the right job or candidate is a lot like dating–you just have to find a match you want to commit to! Today is Part 1 of a 2-part discussion Deb and I had on this topic, and today we’re sharing the 3 (or more) biggest hiring mistakes we see businesses make and why you should avoid them. Join us again next episode for part 2, where we share proactive hiring strategies everyone should be using. We would love to hear about your experiences and insights from hiring staff–whether they are nightmare or success stories. You can share your experiences and ask questions at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/

This episode is the second part of our interview with David Gillespie. If you missed the last episode (episode 62) we recommend you go back and catch that first. In the last episode, David talked about how to recognise psychopaths at work and how you can manage the impact.

In this episode, he talks about how to minimise the impact of psychopaths in your life particularly at work. Toxic people have no empathy and suck our time, energy and confidence. When we work with them we are constantly having to find ways to work around them or minimise their impact on us. And that’s once we realise what they are doing! If you have ever worked with someone who seemed charming initially and then turned out to be a bully, undermined you and made you doubt yourself, then this episode is for you. David Gillespie is a former lawyer and best-selling author. His research into psychopathy means that his latest book, Toxic at Work is full of facts and advice we can all use to deal with the psychopaths in our lives. He also builds a case study in the book that will resonate with so many of us. We have talked about difficult people in previous episodes, and in this two-episode interview chats with David about the psychopaths (and not the knife-wielding sort!) we encounter at work. We would love to hear about your experiences and insights from encountering and dealing with psychopaths in your workplace. 

You can share your experiences and ask questions at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/ 

You can find more information on David, including more about his research at https://davidgillespie.org/ and purchase his books at any good bookstore or on his website.

Have you ever worked with someone who seemed charming initially and then turned out to be a bully? Did they undermine you and leave you and others in the team second-guessing yourselves? You might have been working with someone displaying psychopathic traits. After his own experience working with someone like this, David Gillespie set out to understand what was going on and why people behave this way. David Gillespie is a former lawyer and the best-selling author of Sweet Poison, a book about how we are all poisoning ourselves with sugar. That was when we first encountered his work and the book is generally credited with starting the current wave of sugar awareness in Australia. David’s research into psychopathy means that his latest book, Toxic at Work is full of facts and advice we can all use to deal with the psychopaths in our lives. He also builds a case study in the book that will resonate with so many of us. We have talked about difficult people in previous episodes, and in the next two episodes, Juliet chats with David about the psychopaths (and not the knife-wielding sort!)we encounter at work. Toxic people have no empathy and suck our time, energy and confidence. When we work with them we are constantly having to find ways to work around them or minimise their impact on us. And that’s once we realise what they are doing! This episode is the first part of the interview where David talks about how we identify the psychopaths living and working amongst us and some of the strategies we can use to manage their impact on our work and lives. In the next episode, David will expand on how to ensure psychopaths cannot derail you or your team. We would love to hear about your experiences and insights from encountering and dealing with psychopaths in your workplace. You can share your experiences and ask questions at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/ 

You can find more information on David Gillespie, including more about his comprehensive research and other books on a range of topics, at https://davidgillespie.org/ and you can purchase his books at any good bookstore or on his website

This is the second half of Juliet’s conversation with Kirstin Ferguson, one of the world's most recognised leadership experts. Kirstin has recently published her second book, Head &Heart and it is full of practical wisdom for every type of leader! If you missed episode 1 of this interview we recommend you go back and listen to that before diving into this episode. In our first episode, we talked about leading with our heads, something most of us find familiar. In this second episode, Juliet talks with Kirstin about what leading with our hearts looks like. And these are often the elements of leadership we find the most challenging. Kirstin is incredibly generous in sharing her extensive leadership experience and wisdom in a very forthright and refreshing way and there are so many gems in this episode. If you haven’t already, you can also rate yourself using the Head & Heart Leader Scale at https://headheartleader.com/. This simple questionnaire can provide insights into where we put the emphasis in our leadership. We would love to hear your insights from completing the scale and how it reflects your leadership style. You can share your experiences and ask questions at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/ 

You can find more information on Kirstin at https://www.kirstinferguson.com/ and purchase her books at any good bookstore on her website at https://www.kirstinferguson.com/books/head-heart/ 

There are aspects of leadership that many people find easy and others that don’t seem to come so naturally. Kirstin Ferguson is one of the world's most recognised leadership experts and in the first of this two-part interview, Juliet talks with Kirstin about her book, Head& Heart and delves into what leading with our heads looks like. The winner of the International Thinkers50 Distinguished Award for Leadership, Kirstinis also ranked in the top 50 thinkers in the world. She researches, writes, speaks and advises major international brands on what it means to be a modern leader, and how to build modern leadership cultures it was such a pleasure to talk with her about leadership both internationally and here in Australia. Kirstin’s career includes three decades of senior leadership experience including a previous appointment by the Australian Prime Minister as Acting Chair and Deputy Chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She was recognised as a Member of the Order of Australia in 2023 for her significant contributions to business, and gender equality.

Kirstin has previously been the CEO of a global consulting firm, was a senior executive at a leading corporate law firm and spent nearly 10 years as an Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force, including at a fighter jet squadron. She holds a PhD in leadership and culture as well as Honours degrees in Law, and also History. She is an Adjunct Professor at the QUTBusiness School and a Sir Winston Churchill Fellow. Phew! In this first episode, you may recognise some of the ways you lead with your head. You can also rate yourself using the Head & Heart Leader Scaleathttps://headheartleader.com/.This simple questionnaire can provide insights into where we put the emphasis in our leadership. We would love to hear your insights from completing the scale and how it reflects your leadership style.

You can share your experiences and ask questions at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/

You can find more information on Kirstin at https://www.kirstinferguson.com/ and purchase her books at any good bookstore on her website at https://www.kirstinferguson.com/books/head-heart/

In episode 2 we will dive into what leading with your heart looks like

At this time of year many of us are winding down and it is a great time to think about how we can recharge our batteries and get set for the new year. 

In this episode Juliet interviews Mel Kettle, an internationally recognised coach, speaker and author about some of the key lessons she has learned about taking care of herself and which she shares in her book Fully Connected – How great leaders

We would love to hear from you about how you look after yourself and ’put your oxygen mask on first’.  You can share your experiences and ask questions at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/

You can find Mel’s book and information about her work at www.melkettle.com and you can connect with her at

Welcome to the Grow Your Influence Summer Series.

Over the Australian Summer months each year, Juliet and Kristy-Lee brin you a series of conversations they have been having with leaders, leadership experts and inspiring and influential thinkers,

In today's episode, Kristy-Lee is speaking with Brett White of Be Leaders.

Brett has worked with hundreds of leaders across not only Australia but the globe, and works with organisations to help them develop their leaders, with a special passion for emerging leaders.

Brett is passionate about helping leaders, teams and organisations find their hidden potential. His hope is that as they develop a deeper understanding of themselves and the world

Brett has worked with over 50 organisations and 350 leaders and influencers. He is accredited in Life Coaching, Thought Dynamics and Organisational Leadership and has run hundreds of face to face and online training workshops and keynote

In today’s discussion we’re talking about leader behaviour. This is

Today we talk about key behaviours great leaders should be exhibiting, it’s impact on organisational culture and its connection to employee engagement and organisational success.

You can have great leadership skill, technical knowledge, and ability, but without the right behaviour, your success as a leader is limited. The biggest contributor to employee engagement is the relationship employees have with their leaders. It is not just what you do as a leader that is critical, it is the WAY you do it, and WHO you are when you do.

Leader behaviour is key to great teams, building trust, creating alignment, healthy culture, thriving organisations and delivering results. 

If you’d like to connect with Brett, you can do so here:
https://beleaders.com.au/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-white-825b9385/

We would love to hear from you about your experience with building great behaviours as a leader, and with the leaders on your team. You can share your experiences and ask questions

As we spiral towards the end of the year, planning may very well not be top of mind. But this is in fact the perfect time to be planning for the new year to ensure you are leading your team towards a successful year. 

Leaving it until the new year isn’t ideal, because the reality is by the time everyone is back from leave, school is back, and things are back to ‘normal’ – the likelihood is you won’t have your entire team back together again until mid-way through Q1. 

In this episode Juliet and Kristy-Lee discuss the power of planning and why now is the time to get started.  

We would love to hear from you about how you approach planning with your team, and how planning has helped you lead your team. You can share your experiences and ask questions at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/ 

Most people don’t talk about boundaries. For some, it’s because we don’t have the language, but for most of us it’s because we aren’t aware of our boundaries until someone crosses them.  And yet, being able to articulate what’s important to us, and what is ok and what isn’t, makes us feel more confident and in control of our life. 

In this episode Juliet and Kristy-Lee discuss the different types of boundaries and the challenges of articulating these. Whilst we rarely refer to boundaries, as a leader it is important to be able to talk with our teams about what team members think is acceptable behaviour and what isn’t.  This is difficult to do if we aren’t able to talk about where some of our own boundaries lie and Juliet and Kristy-Lee discuss strategies to help you have these conversations within your teams.  

We would love to hear from you about how you deal with boundaries and, if you have articulated some of these, how that has helped you lead your team. You can share your experiences and ask questions at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/