Leadership Is Changing

Allan's a senior executive with a broad range of experience across a range of industries. After a highly successful corporate career, Allan started a sustainability consultancy early in 2019. His passion in life is to help people and businesses succeed. He combines his skills in leadership, strategy, communication, and business acumen with his endless energy to help others make their businesses more sustainable. That means growing and protecting economic prosperity, engaging, rewarding, and developing people, and reducing waste to lower our environmental impact.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Allan talks about how he became a leader, organically. From starting at a sales job during his 20’s and slowly developing his leadership skills as years go by
• Denis asks Allan who his favorite leader is and how that leader impacted his life.
• The importance of storytelling and communication.
• Allan talks about how the essence of being a leader hasn’t changed that much
• Allan shares his passion and advocacy to push sustainability and taking care of our planet.
• Hear how Allan believes leadership will adapt and change over the next five years.

Key Takeaways:

• Be persuasive in the story you are telling
• Leaders need to be able to make tough calls and really care for their people
• We have to take care of our planet
• For your business to survive, you have to have sustainability and adaptability

Tweetable Quotes:

“It’s the storytellers that have the people standing around listening to them.” – Allan Birch

“I think maybe people are less thinking about a long-term career and more thinking about how to build a connection with an organization where I can go and make a difference or where I can contribute.” – Allan Birch

Follow Allan on LinkedIn or visit their website http://www.siempre.co.nz/

Resources:

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ 

Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/ 

In this episode of Ask Denis, Denis talks about how to learn from your mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes along their journey; the question is, “what do we do with those mistakes?” Do we just forget about it and stop right there or do we move forward from there and learn from it?

In this episode, I talk about the following:

• People make mistakes all the time
• How to learn from your mistakes
• I share a story of a woman who made a mistake that cost their company $3-million
• Three questions to ask yourself every time you make a mistake
• Share your learning experiences with others

Key Takeaways:

• Mistakes are made for us to learn
• None of us are in the positions we are in today without making mistakes
• Have the courage and be bold to make decisions
• Acknowledge the fact that you made a mistake

Tweetable Quotes:

“It doesn’t matter what level you are in a business; we all can learn from mistakes.” – Denis Gianoutsos

“I would rather learn from something that doesn’t go too well than something that’s gone perfect.” – Denis Gianoutsos 

Resources:

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ 

Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/ 

Ajay Bal is a successful Entrepreneur and Licensed Immigration Adviser. Ajay has a Master’s in Business Management. He has worked as an Operations Manager for a retail business.

Ajay is the Founder and CEO of Novelty Sweets (Authentic Indian Sweets and Restaurant). Novelty currently has three stores across New Zealand. Ajay also has business interests in the household furniture, appliances retail sector, and motels.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Ajay talks about his background in Business Management and when he started taking up leadership roles
• Ajay tells us about his favorite leader and how that person has impacted the kind of leader he wanted to be.
• Ajay weighs in on how leadership has changed over the years
• Ajay talks about how COVID has impacted their business and how they are coping with the changes in how businesses operate
• Qualities employees look for in their leaders
• Ajay talks about him being a Licensed Immigration Adviser.

Key Takeaways:

• Good leaders need to be updated about new technologies, skills, and people
• The goal is to grow and go far
• Good leaders invest in their people
• We learn from our mistakes

Tweetable Quotes:

“You need to make decisions based on your experience plus your knowledge plus your research.” – Ajay Bal

“Good leaders have actually invested into people.” – Ajay Bal

“You become successful by learning from your mistakes.” – Ajay Bal

Connect with Ajay through his website, https://migrationexperts.co.nz/index.php (www.migrationexperts.co.nz)

Resources:

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ 

Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/ 

David Cummings is a leader in the IT sector and has over 32 years of experience and learnings from his career so far. In 2019 he changed direction and joined Sage, the UK Accounting Software firm, to help support their journey to becoming a great SaaS company. David is highly regarded for his leadership skills & experience driving through complex change programs, and he is passionate about business change and how technology can help transform businesses and the way people go about their daily lives.

Before joining Sage, David spent nearly 30 years working for DXC/ HPE / EDS in the IT outsourcing sector as an Account General Manager, most recently a key leader for a UK Government Defense Contract, where he was requested by the UKI leadership team to lead the completion of a $1.5bn Transformation Program implementing a Global Cloud & Workplace IT service.

David thrives on delivering on his commitments and building and leading high-performance teams and is keen to learn from others and to help "make a difference".

In this episode, we talk about the following:

• David shares his background and how his journey into leadership roles in the IT sector began
• David talks about the leader that helped shape the kind of leader he wanted to become
• David weighs in on how leadership has changed over the years
• The changes in their business and how they are dealing with them
• Challenging the status quo and what David would change in businesses and leaders of today

Key Takeaways:

• Having a coach can help shorten your learning curve and boost your development
• Learn from the good and bad traits of leaders around you and incorporate the good traits in the leader you want to become
• For businesses to survive, you have to lead from the front
• In this day and age, leaders have to be digitally savvy

Tweetable Quotes:

"Leadership these days is much more at the front leading as opposed to managing." – David Cummings

"We are looking for leaders and people who can actually make a real difference and be very inclusive and humble but have gravitas at the same time." – David Cummings

Resources:

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ 

Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/ 

In this episode of Ask Denis, Denis talks about how do you work with somebody that is contented in what they do in their daily job. These people don’t aim to get promoted, happy with what they are doing, and then you’ll notice that their performance starts to drop. So, what do you do?

In this episode, I talk about the following:

• Dealing with employees that are contented with what they’re doing and still performing well
• Dealing with employees that are contented with what they’re doing but their performance starts to drop
• Possible reasons why these circumstances happen and how to fix them.
• What are we doing to help and support our employees?

Key Takeaways:

• It’s the leader’s job to inspire employees to be the best they could be
• Questions to ask yourself why your employees aren’t performing well
• Start thinking about what you can do for these people

Tweetable Quotes:

“We can’t make people do things, but you know what? We’ve got to get them and inspire them.” – Denis Gianoutsos

“I truly believe that we have to find the right people for the right roles.” – Denis Gianoutsos

Resources:

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ 

Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/

Evelyn Seewald is a digital thought leader who has built a career in the technology sector. She has helped New Zealand companies develop innovative solutions that have made it possible for them to compete on the world stage. 

Evelyn currently runs her own digital consulting business. She has worked within some of New Zealand’s more innovative companies, most recently for Fonterra, where she led a digital transformation to help New Zealand Dairy farmers run more productive, sustainable businesses through information and technology.

She believes New Zealand’s technology companies can punch above their weight on the world stage. As a female leader in a male-dominated space, she also believes that people with diverse backgrounds can contribute in amazing ways when they put their minds to it.

In this episode, we talk about:

[00:01 – 06:00] Who is Evelyn Seewald?

• I introduce and welcome our guest, Evelyn Seewald
• Evelyn gives a brief backstory about herself
• Pursuing a career in the technology sector
• What does technology really mean?

[06:01 – 12:02] How did you get into leadership?

• Stepping up on to leadership roles
• Evelyn’s journey to becoming a leader
• Leading on a global stage
• Evelyn’s tips on how leaders can lead their people to become globally competitive
• Evelyn talks about her favorite leader, Melinda Gates.

[12:03 – 28:13] Leadership is Changing

• What comes into your mind when you hear ‘leadership is changing?’
• Evelyn shares her view on what it means for her.
• Connecting to people more dynamically.
• Technology changing at speeds unlike before
• The evolution of Evelyn’s business
• Changing how companies trust their people
• How employees’ expectations from their leaders changed

[28:13 – 34:33] Living in a Fast-Paced, Ever-Changing World

• What makes a leader successful in this fast-paced, ever-changing world?
• Ability to deal with ambiguity
• Providing clarity to people of how you’re going to get around the ambiguities
• Where do you see leadership being in over the next 5 years?
• Evelyn weighs in on the path leadership is headed.
• How are we cultivating the leaders of tomorrow?

[34:34 – 36:14] Closing Segment

• Connect with Evelyn. See the links below.
• Final thoughts

Tweetable Quotes:

“I think what’s really important is we tend to think of technology as just solving small problems and getting on computer and digitizing things. But really it’s about how do we compete on a global scale.” – Evelyn Seewald

“Earn their trust and learn to bring something different to the table, and I think that’s where I really started enjoying that whole leadership conversation.” – Evelyn Seewald

“The more creative ideas that are out there, the more opportunity there is for them to come to life. And I think as leaders it’s almost an obligation or a responsibility to step up and put our ideas out there.” – Evelyn Seewald

“I think leadership has become more about connecting with people more dynamically.” – Evelyn Seewald

Connect with Evelyn on LinkedIn.

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Dale Beaumont is an Award-Winning Technology Entrepreneur, International Speaker, and the Author of 19 Best-Selling books. Dale started his first business at 19 and has been building companies ever since. One of those companies is now a multimillion-dollar enterprise, which has enabled Dale to become an Investor, Philanthropist, and to step foot in 85 countries. Dale has been featured in Forbes, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Gizmodo, and GQ, to name a few. 

With a passion for giving back, Dale’s goal is to help more than one million entrepreneurs worldwide with Bizversity – a revolutionary product, which gives you direct access to ‘The World’s Best Business Training. Anywhere, Anytime.’ Best described as the ‘Netflix for Business’, Bizversity gives you exclusive access to thousands of videos, which have been produced by leading business experts from around the globe.

In this episode, we talk about:

[00:01 – 06:56] Who is Dale Beaumont?

• I introduce and welcome our guest, Dale Beaumont
• Dale gives a brief backstory about himself
• Dale shares how he got into leadership
• We all start with leading ourselves
• The journey of building his first business

[06:57 – 12:30] The Importance of Having a Coach

• Dale explains why it’s important to have a coach
• Talks about his favorite leader, John Maxwell
• Aspire to become a leader that makes their people do things because they want to, not because they have to

[12:31 – 24:22] Leadership is Changing

• What comes into your mind when you hear ‘leadership is changing?’
• Dale talks about what ‘leadership is changing’ means for him
• The evolution of Dale’s business
• The shift to online platforms because of the pandemic
• The importance of awareness for leaders 
• Expectations of employees from their leaders

[24:23 – 30:04] Living in a Fast, Ever-Changing World

• What makes a leader successful in this fast-paced, ever-changing world?
• People that inspire
• They want to grow and learn
• Encouragement and catching people doing things right
• Where do you see leadership being in over the next 5 years?
• Dale weighs in on the path leadership is headed.

[30:05 – 32:06] Closing Segment

• Connect with Dale. See the links below.
• Final thoughts

Tweetable Quotes:

“I need to stop. I need to listen. I need to talk. I need to communicate. I need to connect with people. Because sometimes we can just be so focused that we forget about the ‘people’ side of the business which is very important.” – Dale Beaumont

“Rather than getting people to do things because they have to, we should inspire people to do things because they want to.” – Dale Beaumont

You can connect with Dale on his website https://dalebeaumont.com/. Get a free marketing checklist also available on his website. Join the 52 WAYS 3-hour business workshop.

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Send me an email at [email protected] if you have questions or connect with our team at www.LeadingChangePartners.com.

In this episode of the Ask Denis series, we talk about the words ‘COURAGE’ and ‘BOLD’ and what these words truly mean. Many people get held back from their success and living a good quality of life because they don’t have the courage to ask questions, bold questions. But, asking these questions does call for the right time and place. So, in this episode, I discuss how you can muster up the courage to ask these bold questions, when to ask them, and what starts to happen when you begin to ask these kinds of questions. 

In this episode, I talk about:

• Let’s talk about the word “COURAGE” and “BOLD.”
• Do you have the courage to ask bold questions?
• When is the right time to ask bold questions?
• I share examples where the call for asking bold questions is needed
• Ask the right questions at the right time to the right people
• Whatever you do, whatever your role, whatever business you’re in, think about the bold questions you might want to ask
• Ask yourself quality questions and encourage others to ask bold questions

Tweetable Quotes:

“The quality of your life, the quality of your business, the quality of your role as a leader comes down to the quality of the questions you ask.” – Denis Gianoutsos

“Ask the bold questions, have that courage. Because there is probably other people in the room that want to ask the same questions as well.” – Denis Gianoutsos

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In this episode of the Ask Denis series, I will discuss how to set up the upcoming year for success. So, how do we do that? I’ve had many people ask me about when they should start preparing for next year. Should they start now, or should they start when that year comes? That’s why for this episode, I will be guiding you and giving you tips to help you prepare to set up the upcoming year for success.

[00:01 – 04:34] Opening Segment

• I talk briefly about the valuable information you can take advantage of in this episode.
• Take control of the following:
• Your ATTITUDE
• Where you’re going NEXT
• The best time to start setting up your year for success is NOW

[04:35 – 14:34] Set Up the Year for Success

• I talk about taking action on launching my podcast.
• What could have happened if I didn’t take that step?
• Preparing for the holiday season and the end of this year
• Looking back at all the things that happened this year
• It’s not too late to start. It’s all up to you to make the decision and take action.
• Things to start thinking about RIGHT NOW:
• Making the Decision
• Planning your course of action
• Discipline yourself
• Taking massive Action
• Ask yourself good quality questions.
• The biggest things you can do RIGHT NOW:
• Have Clarity
• Commit

[14:35 – 16:15] Closing Segment

• Final thoughts

Tweetable Quotes:

“You can do anything you like. You can put things in place if you want to.” – Denis Gianoutsos

“It’s not too late to start. It’s not too late to make a decision and go for something. To bring 2020, the remainder of this year, home strong.” – Denis Gianoutsos

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In this episode of Ask Denis,I talk about the type of leader people are looking for today. A leader that is strong, confident, knows where they’re going, and takes their organization forward. With what is going on around the world regarding the pandemic and the changes, people look for a leader to be their rock. For their leaders to know where they are going, and most of all, they want their leaders to be consistent.

[00:01 – 04:05] Opening Segment

• Quick plug to the 3-part special series, 6 Ways to Accelerate Action for Change
• Leadership is Changing Ep. 64 – 66
• I talk briefly about the valuable information you can take advantage of in this episode.

[04:06 – 14:09] Consistency is Key

• I talk about the type of leader people are looking for in this day and age.
• Their messaging should be consistent
• Their actions should be consistent
• Their listening skills should be consistent
• In whatever they do, they should be consistent
• People look for consistency
• The advantages of having a consistent routine

[14:10 – 17:34] Closing Segment

• A summary of the message and lesson from this episode
• Final thoughts
• Call to action

Tweetable Quotes:

“Whatever it is, be consistent in what you do, in your approach, and so forth. That’s gonna help you succeed in whatever you do and whatever role that you play, whatever business that you’re going to do.” – Denis Gianoutsos

“As a leader, whatever you do, stay consistent.” – Denis Gianoutsos

“What people are looking for is consistency, and if you stay consistent, it’s amazing what happens. There will be a tipping point somewhere where things start to really flow for you.” – Denis Gianoutsos

Resources Mentioned:

• Leadership is Changing Ep. 64, 65, and 66

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