In The Raw with Mark LeBusque

Jason Arnold is the founder of True Blue Swim Schools and an Aussie who has found himself living in Canada and running a successful business.

Roll back over 35 years I met Jason at College, and we reconnected some 5 years back and started a conversation about why humans choose to reconnect and at times choose not to. Indulge us as we chat about College days and the importance of connection as a leadership tool as well as a tool that is essential for humans to thrive at work, in their family, and in their community.

I met Prof. Thomas Will at Harvard Kennedy School of Govt. in Boston in 2014, and we have built a deep connection based around our diversity of backgrounds.

In this episode Tom shares the importance of having a ‘leadership can be taught’ mindset and we shoot the breeze on some important ways to teach leadership.

Harps and Me chatting about all sorts of human stuff including being wrong (and admitting it), the cult of thought, acting on lightbulb moments, and a bit of corporate mischief that's been happening with our national carrier recently.

Always exciting and very unexpected (including some explicit language that is not unexpected). Go on I dare you......

In mid-October, Mark will be collaborating with the Elysia Wellness Retreat in the Hunter Valley NSW, and delivering his 'Fortress Man' specialty retreat session that is designed for men who are ready to benefit from self-reflection, goal setting, and looking into their mirror to break some old habits and introduce new ones. In this episode he talks with CEO Melissa Ingram about the specialty add on and Melissa shares why it's so important for men to embrace some 'comfortably uncomfortable' time. If you're interested in attending or know someone who could benefit the details can be found at the Elysia Wellness retreat website https://www.elysiaretreat.com.au/

I muse about the desire to pursue perfectionism and the impacts it has on humans when they put pressure on themselves to be perfect or pressure on others to do the same. Oh and I share some real life stuff ups and how I've learned from them, and why perfectionism and procrastination go hand-in-hand.

Founder of Law & Cyber Simone Herbert-Lowe is determined to move cyber resilience and security from a compliance-based 'tick the box' education to organisations of all sizes to create a cyber-aware culture. As a practicing lawyer, Simone witnessed firsthand the impact on humans of cyber hacking and now leads a business that educates humans to move from blame to empowerment and prevents 'cyber' strangers from opening the door to important data.

Check out her Podcast offer for 15% off her highly regarded online program 'Cyber In Your Business' by adding the Code: HUMAN

https://lawandcyber.thinkific.com/courses/cyber-risk-and-your-business

CEO of LearnIt and Author of Learn It All Leadership Damon Lembi brings a refreshingly simple and common sense view on the importance of having a beginners mind, making mistakes, focusing on strengths and why it's critical to hold your strong opinion lightly.

From an early pursuit of an elite sports career in baseball to working from the Reception Desk to CEO in the business his father Walter created, Damon has a whole raft of life and work lessons that will reinforce why we should embrace lifelong learning.

Oh and check out the great training offers that Learnit provides and Damon's first book 'Learn It All Leadership'  here: https://www.learnit.com/learn-it-all-leader-book-by-damon-lembi  

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Martin G Moore has over three decades of working in multiple industries and roles experiencing the theatre and patterns within organisations that have led him to a desire to help remove the bullish!t from leadership.

We chatted about the common leadership myths, avoidance and ignorance, respect before popularity, and that there's never 'too much empathy' that can be displayed.

If you are after a little bit of 'truth telling' and 'sense making' that could 'sting' a bit then make sure you listen to this episode and check out Martin's 'No Bullsh!t Leadership Podcast'.

Regular guest and fellow podcaster Tiff Cook had me on recently for a chat about holidays, holding back information, and other human stuff that might get you thinking a little differently. Oh.... and as usual there's a bit of back and forth trying to trip each other up with some coaching moments. This is our latest co-share effort.