inspired energy

inspired energy

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  • IE83 - Peter Karounos | Personal Development

    In this episode I chat with Peter Karounos, a consultant, strategist, motivator, leader and entrepreneur. Peter helps people, teams and organisations in business to start, grow, improve, perform and change in areas such as culture, leadership and general business.


    This discussion is focused around personal development and the skills needed to effectively be able to work on yourself, how we can become trapped into doing personal development for the sake of it, and how the best way to integrate and activate your insights and learnings is to talk about them with others.

    Key episode highlights include:

    • Trust equals consistent, positive behaviour over time.
    • There needs to come a time where you start to activate the work you've done on yourself, and not just continually be in a state of seeking.
    • Look at values as emotional states. Then ask, what emotional states drive what you do, and what draws you to (or away from) something.
    • What's the resistance that is stopping you from going deeper?
    • Reflection is key: take time out either weekly or monthly to review where you've been and where you're headed.

      • If you'd like to find out more about Peter and the work he does with teams and individuals, head on over to peterkarounos.com.

      #podcast #personaldevelopment #professionaldevelopment #leadership #culture #business #coaching #coach #change

      50 min
    • IE82 - Minter Dial | Authentic Leadership (You Lead)

      In this episode I speak with Minter Dial, a fellow podcaster and author who’s passionate about bringing about change through business and leadership. Minter boosts a 16 year career as a top exec at L’Oreal, involvement in 3 startups, award-winning producer and author of three published books.


      Minter and I look at how being yourself makes you a better leader, and this discussion is filled with personal anecdotes as we break it down to pro-personal-private when it comes to the fine balance of being personal in a professional space. We also look at ways for leaders to be more human while delivering results (cue the 7 second hug theory!) and story swapping on how open perspectives, communication and empathic actions can benefit the workplace culture.

      Key episode highlights:
      - Where can we have more grace and kindness for each other. 
      - If you're doing things that are bringing back energy to you, then you're tapping into something bigger.
      - By being vulnerable and showing emotion, you give others permission to do so as well.
      - Be the person that makes others feel like they're the most important person in the world, in that moment.
      - The importance of experiment to experience - do it, go where you're uncomfortable but forge forward anyway.
      - As much as you want to be you, you still need to recognise the feelings that you can have, understand how you are operating and the room you have to move in.


      If you want to connect with Minter, you can find him on LinkedIn or via his website where you can also purchase his books.

      #leadership #business #culture #entrepreneur #coaching #coach #speaker #podcast #inspiredenergy #change #inspiration #inspired 

      1 hr 18 min
    • IE81 - Bek Smith | Mental Fitness Expert

      In this episode, I chat with Bek Smith, founder of Smith and Wellness, speaker and subject matter expert in health and wellbeing. Bek has a background in psychology, spent ten years working as a physiotherapist, is a group fitness instructor of 17 years and was sponsored by Reebok for 5 years in her role as a dance program presenter. She was also the inaugural Lead Trainer for the Wellbeing and Resilience Centre at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, and in 2019 did a TEDx talk on the importance of mental fitness.


      This insightful and joyful discussion is full of practical strategies and focuses on the concepts of mental health and mental fitness, and its alignment with general health and fitness concepts that are better understood.  We also delve into how it is useful to balance our mental strength, flexibility and endurance, as focusing too much on any one of these leads to dysfunction.

      Key episode highlights include:

      • The permission you need to stop and relax, comes from you
      • Sometimes the most valuable use of your time is to unplug, but sometimes it’s to actually plugin and get things done, because it will give you a sense of fulfilment and release the emotional baggage
      • Allow for there to be space and silence in emotionally heavy conversations
      • Don't try to 'fix' someone, instead partner with them to solve a problem
      • Start to cultivate a growth mindset around mental fitness
      • When you follow what brings you joy, not only does it make you happier but it makes you more productive.

        • Bek was also kind enough to pass along these mental fitness tips:

        Mental Fitness Tip 1 - focusing on our strengths of character helps us overcome our internal negative bias
        Mental Fitness Tip 2 - compassion starts with self-compassion, and the three steps to cultivating that are mindfulness, self-kindness and remembering our common humanity
        Mental Fitness Tip 3 - emotional mastery is about recognising the utility of our negative emotions as well as cultivating positive emotions

        The best place to connect with Bek is via LinkedIn, the Smith and Wellness website and Facebook Page.

        #podcast #health #mentalhealth #mindset #mentalfitness #wellbeing #business #leadership #culture #gratitude #entrepreneur 

        48 min
      • IE80 - Ben Bateman | Building a Strengths-based culture at Little Miracles

        In this episode I chat with Ben Bateman, head of people and culture for Little Miracles Childcare, father, husband and self proclaimed adrenalin chaser. Ben’s professional life has always centred around people development but has spanned many roles, including 8 years as a chaplain at a state high school, 6 years as a youth pastor in Australia and the USA and 10 years of professional development and management in his family run business across 10 locations.


        This conversation really focuses on the significant impact that Strengths has had on the Little Miracles business through discovery, awareness and development of staff talents, both personally and professionally. We also delve into Ben’s experience with using the professional development course Transformational Leadership, along with creating his own personal development course Wholehearted, based on work by Brene Brown, Russell Brand, Richard Rohr and others.

        Key episode highlights include:

        • The overextension of our Strengths can often be our weakness
        • Build trust through open communication, kindness, self compassion and empowering others
        • Use dialling up and dialling down of Strengths as safe dialogue and a performance tool
        • Broken people break people, whole people help bring healing to others
        • Linking Strengths, professional development and coaching helps to determine expectation and drive clarity.

          • If you wish to learn more about Ben and Little Miracles, you can view the website here, listen to his podcast or checkout the YouTube channel.

          #podcast #strengths #cliftonstrengths #parenting #childcare #education #culture #leadership #training #business #2020 #covid #community

          55 min
        • IE79 - Michael Fearne | Launch of The LSP Method book!

          In this episode, I welcome back LEGO® Serious Play® expert Michael Fearne, to discuss his new book, The LSP Menthod. Michael is the founder of Pivotal Play, a facilitation consultancy in Melbourne, Australia, where he specialises in the LEGO® Serious Play® method. He works with companies big and small to tackle business problems and make change happen using a playful approach.


          LEGO® Serious Play® (LSP) is the highlight of this conversation, and we unpack what this incredible tool is and what it can do for individuals, teams & organisations. We also delve into the process of book writing, and Michael's experience of birthing, his awesome new book, The LSP Method out into the world using Scribe Media.

          Key episode highlights include:
          - How LEGO Serious Play (LSP) brings out a deeper level of truth and vulnerability.
          - How LSP helps unlock answers to questions through play and storytelling, helping people to think and communicate differently.
          - Writing a book isn't about the money, it's about the legacy.

          You can discover and buy Michael's new book, The LSP Method here. Check out Michael's courses on his website, and connect with him on LinkedIn.

          #facilitator #LEGO #legoseriousplay #LSP #coach #consultant #business #leadership #fun #play #podcast #culture

          41 min
        • IE78 - Alessandra Edwards | Performance & Wellbeing expert for CEOs

          In this episode, I chat with Alessandra Edwards. Alessandra is a high performance and wellbeing expert, coach and trainer. Alessandra is passionate about helping leaders understand their own genetic limits so they can achieve their maximum potential and reach exceptional levels of physical and mental performance.


          This enlightening chat is packed with deep knowledge on the importance of understanding yourself deeply from a genetic, biochemical and emotional perspective. Our deep dive into genomic wellness goes into how that enables you to be the leader of you and how combining with intrinsic motivation can lead to boundless, self-renewing energy, clarity and the ability to ‘stretch’ time.  We explore how Alessandra's work helps not only A-type achievers (with high dopamine) but all leaders. You will learn how to take advantage of your inner workings and so much more.

          Key episode highlights include:

          • Identify and create clarity about what you actually want, from more physical energy, more stamina or mental staying power, strength and cognitive ability.
          • If we don’t focus on patching up our leaks - energy leaks, resiliency leaks, motivational leaks, compassion leaks - then what are we left with?
          • When you’re in a state of complete self-serving, self-love, self-acceptance and self-mastery, you become completely magnetic and access the highest level of personal power.

            • If you loved our discussion on the role that our DNA plays in terms of us achieving our potential, maintaining optimal mental health and having great levels of energy, then you can find out more by connecting with Alessandra on her website and on LinkedIn.

            #podcast #leadership #health #wellbeing #resilience #science #dna #business #highperformance

            53 min
          • IE77 - Kristen Ulmer | Fear Expert

            In this episode I chat with Kristen Ulmer, who is a thought leader on fear and anxiety. Kristen draws from her tenure as the most ‘fearless’ female extreme skier in the world, from intently studying Zen for 16 years and also from facilitating thousands of clients on flow and peak performance.


            This chat was a deep dive into the philosophy of fear, how and where it shows it up and how you can respond to it with insightful anecdotes from Kristen's extreme previous life and more recent interpersonal experiences with people whom you would consider ‘fearless’. We also cover exactly why some people struggle with anxiety and others don’t, fear and your flow state, and why calling people fearless sets our society up to live under an impossible ideal.


            You will definitely want to take notes on this one! Especially around Kristen’s top three tips to start embracing your fear.

            Key episode highlights include:

            • If you embrace fear, it just feels like excitement and presence.
            • We can’t see what’s really going on in our undercurrent until we raise our antenna (our awareness).
            • You cannot have less fear by controlling it. The ONLY way you can have less fear is by taking risks and expanding your comfort zone.
            • Your unwillingness to feel fear is actually what’s holding you back - not fear itself.

              • If you are yearning for more then you can grab a copy of Kristen's book here.


              And the best place to connect with Kristen is via her website (don't forget to take her quiz), Facebook or take up the opportunity to meet her in person at her ski camp in Alta, Utah.

              #podcast #leadership #business #mindset #fear #athelete #extremesport #ski #skiing #sport #entrepreneur 


              1 hr 5 min
            • IE76 - Elena Pastore | Strengths-based Coach & Contractor
              In this episode, I chat with Elena Pastore, an aspiring strengths coach who has a passion for people development. Her current roles in marketing and business help people understand their areas of strength and inhabit a growth mindset.
              We discuss Elena’s multiple roles in the workplace, her passion for changing the antiquated education system, social media and re-confirmation of belief, and how to embrace a growth mindset (especially during 2020!). We also touch on how Elena leads with the Strengths WOO and Includer, and how that has helped shape her connection and relatability with others.
              Key episode highlights include:
              The most successful people are the ones who are emotionally intelligent
              The best way to cultivate a growth mindset is to create self-awareness - look internally and get vulnerable with yourself
              You cannot force someone to have a growth mindset
              Let’s not wait for a crisis to start looking after ourselves
              To connect further with Elena, you can find her on LinkedIn or over at her website.
              #strengths #cliftonstrengths #coach #coaching #business #consultant
              42 min
            • IE75 - TyAnn Osborn | Micro-messages & being an ally

              In this episode I chat with Tyann Osborn, a Gallup-certified Strengths coach and trainer, whose passion is creating positive cultures and making the complex, simple. Using Strengths-based training, she transforms workspaces and teams to be more productive, authentic and stronger relationship builders.


              TyAnn inspired me to have her on the podcast again (she was on episode 24, which you can find here) after publishing an article on LinkedIn on micro-agressions. In the article, Ty vulnerably shares her experiences over the years with micro-messages and micro-agressions. The article has received plenty of positive feedback (which it should), as it has inspired others to talk about their experiences and help people understand the impact of these behaviours.

              In this conversation, we certainly cover some ground, including some of TyAnn’s personal experiences and in the workplace, and how that contributes to your sense of belonging and identity. We also delve into the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S., the realisation of privilege and what that means, along with how you can be a more impactful ally.


              Key episode highlights include:

              • Have you asked someone how do you feel lately? Allow individuals to tell you what they need from you.
              • Your words matter, every conversation is an opportunity to influence the culture. So what words are you using?
              • Reframe your language from what you HAVE to do, to what do you GET to do.
              • Always be mindful of what conscious actions you can take when showing up.
              • Take the time to reach out to the leaders that have inspired and supported you.

                • The best place to connect with TyAnn is via LinkedIn or her website. Read TyAnn's article on Micro-Aggression here.

                #leadership #culture #hr #business #teams #communication #2020 #covid19 #microagressions #micromessages #blm #blacklivesmatter

                56 min
              • IE74 - Jim Collison | CliftonStrengths Community Manager Gallup

                In this episode, I chat with Jim Collison, a powerhouse Talent Acquisition and CliftonStrengths Community Manager at Gallup.


                Jim brings his incredible knowledge of people, podcasting, and purpose to this discussion. He has facilitated and been featured on over 1000 podcasts and generously shares his top tips on the podcast process - including how to make other experts look even better and the keys to being a pro-interviewer.

                We also discuss his journey of Strengths discovery, the impact it's had on his relationships, the positives from the pandemic, and how to start being a better leader by shining the light on others.

                Key episode highlights include:

                • It’s all about the person you’re interviewing, it’s not about you. Make other people the big deal.
                • The less the agenda is about you and the more the agenda is about your kids/spouse/team members/employees, the more effective it is.
                • When you find the thing that inspires you, boundaries don’t matter. What matters is the flow.
                • Strengthening partnerships starts with one simple question: What can I do for you today?

                  • You can discover the work Jim does at Gallup by heading to Gallup - Coaching, tuning into The Average Guy Network, and Ask the Podcast Coach.

                  #podcast #leadership #cliftonstrengths #strengths #covid19 #leadership #culture #employeeengagement #technology #gallup

                  1 hr

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                Connecting and chatting with inspiring people as we explore topics such as strengths, leadership, culture, personal growth, health, mindset and living an inspired life. Each episode includes insights,…