Leadership Is Changing

Trevor is the CEO of Sport Manawatu, a Regional Sports Trust providing services and events benefiting the sport and active recreation interests of Palmerston North City, Manawatu, Tararua and Horowhenua regions. As a sportsman, Trevor won 13 national boxing titles, represented New Zealand at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and won Bronze at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Canada. In 1994, Trevor has also been involved in 9 Olympic and Commonwealth Games campaigns with a focus on athlete support at Games time. He was the Deputy Chef de Mission for the New Zealand team at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and 2016 Rio Olympics. Trevor has also worked in social change and health promotion, working on several national advertising campaigns such as breast and cervical screening, sexual health, problem gambling and mental health. In 2012, Trevor became a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for contribution to sport and the community. He is a life member of the New Zealand Olympic Order and was recently awarded an Honorary Associate by the Universal College of Learning (UCOL).

 In September 2019, Trevor completed his Master’s degree with distinction from the University of Belgium. His research looked at “The influence of Māori culture on the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games teams’ experience”.  

On This Episode:

• Find out how sports kicked Trevor’s interest in leadership into gear.
• Trevor explains how COVID has impacted leadership within his organization.
• Find out how we can change even if we are not wired for it.

Key Takeaways:

1. Get comfortable getting things wrong and receiving constructive feedback.
2. You must be able to boil down complex situations into simple action plans.
3. Your team must feel heard.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “Never waste a good crisis.”
• “There are leaders in the front and leaders in the back and we all have roles to play.”
• “Leadership isn’t just about being at the top.”

Trevor Shailer:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tshailer/

Denis Gianoutsos:

• [email protected]
• www.LeadingChangePartners.com 

As a leader, you may find that your team or peers may come to you for solutions constantly because you always provide the answer. Learn how to empower your team without sacrificing your schedule and mission.

Key Takeaways:

• Learn the power of saying “no” in a constructive way.
• Understand your role and your boundaries.
• Delegate many of your meetings.
• Allow your team to spread their wings and pursue their own success.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “If you can ask quality questions they will determine the quality of your life, your business, and your role as a leader going forward.”

Denis Gianoutsos:

• [email protected]
• www.LeadingChangePartners.com 

Cheah Chin Teik is founder and President of Chin Teik Consulting Ltd., based in Hong Kong. Chin Teik is an experienced coach in organizational and leadership effectiveness for business results, scale-ability and sustainability via alignment and engagement of entire workforce. Chin Teik facilitates senior executive and/or executive teams to a clearer understanding of their leadership behavior while embedding a system of management practices to deliver business results.

Renowned worldwide for his dynamic and intuitive consulting process, Chin Teik’s specialization areas are executive coaching and/or executive team coaching on strategic planning system and process, organization effectiveness, leadership and management development and system of management implementation. Chin Teik also specializes in enabling ‘HR and Training strategies for organizational impact’ and implementing ‘Continuous Improvement Process’. Chin Teik’s coaching and consulting efforts cut across a wide range of industries from Legal, Water Utility, Elevator, Oil & Gas, Advertising, Packaging, Precision Engineering and Semiconductor.

A charismatic global leader, Chin Teik has amassed invaluable experience in manufacturing, training & development, total quality management and over 28 years of experience playing critical human resource roles in Intel on a regional and global scale. Chin Teik has to his credit the prestige of setting up the first-ever 10, 000 sq. ft. Intel University Training Center to deliver ‘Transformation of Workforce’ program to entire factory. Chin Teik also played an instrumental role in the founding of the Penang Skills Development Center.

Chin Teik can be reached at [email protected].

On This Episode:

• Chin explains how he “accidentally” became a leader.
• Find out how others have shaped and shifted Chin through his career.
• Unlock the power of no.
• Learn how to successfully manage change and transition.
• Find out how to create a strong organization and team culture.
• Denis explains how to change your perspective on job interviews.
• Hear the 5 R’s and 5 C’s of leadership.

Key Takeaways:

1. Never be complacent.
2. Always stretch your people.
3. Be totally fair.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “A lot of who I am and what I am comes from my past.”
• “Anytime there’s a gap between your target and your current, you have to do something different.”
• “Possibility is limited by our current paradigm.”
• “Once you know your strength, shout it out.”

Cheah Chin Teik

chinteik.com

Denis Gianoutsos:

• [email protected]
• www.LeadingChangePartners.com 

Neha Bagaria is the Founder, CEO JobsForher. Founded on March 8, 2015, connecting portal that enables women on a professional break to restart their career. Neha graduated from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, with honors and triple majors in Finance, Marketing and MIS.

During her final semester there, she became the College Board Representative of India, and founded her first company – Paragon,and introduced the Advanced Placement Program to Indian students. Neha has worked with Kemwell Biopharma, where she handled the HR, Finance, and Marketing aspects of the pharmaceuticals manufacturing business.However, despite experiencing positive growth and development with Kemwell, she felt that her passion for social entrepreneurship remained stronger than ever.

On This Episode:

• Neha shares about her educational experience and reinventing her career when she moved countries.
• Find out the reason that Neha founded Jobs for Her.
• Denis and Neha discuss some of the strengths women bring as leaders.

Key Takeaways:

• Vulnerability is a strength.
• It is important for leaders to up-skill themselves to stay on top of the latest trends and technology.
• Leaders shouldn't window-dress shortcomings. They must have more honest and frank communication about both success and their failures.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “A leader needs to be constantly ahead of change instead of dragged behind it."
• "Whatever is going to happen in 5 years, prepare for it today."

Neha Bagaria:

[email protected]

linkedin.com/in/nehajobsforher/

https://www.jobsforher.com/mentors/profile/neha-bagaria/25

Denis Gianoutsos:

• [email protected]
• www.LeadingChangePartners.com 

On this episode, Denis asks some practical questions to see if you're actually playing the game:

• Are you in the right business today?
• Do you have the right organizational structure?
• Do you have the right leadership in your leadership positions.

Tweetable Quotes:

• "Are you one of the 30 people playing the game or one of the 80,000 people watching the game?"
• "You getting on the field and playing the game all starts with you."

Denis Gianoutsos:

• [email protected]
• www.LeadingChangePartners.com 

Don Robertson is the Chief HR Officer for Northwestern Mutual. Previously Don was the Chief People Officer of Apttus. Before Apttus Don was the CHRO for Sutherland Global Services. Before Sutherland he was SVP of HR for HP Enterprise Services. ES had $22 billion annual revenue and 110,000 employees. Don partnered to deliver people strategies that helped shape the organization.

Don was with HP for 14+ years. Prior to the ES role, Don was SVP for Technology and Operations, an organization with over 50,000 spanning IT, Real Estate, Sales Op's, Shared Services and Security. In this role Don oversaw more than 200 HR professionals.

Previously, Don was the VP of HR for APJ (living in Singapore). Don was tasked with building a best-in-class HR focused on developing the most talented and committed workforce in the region with over 120,000 employees. Don led a team of over 600 HR professionals. He was a member of the APJ Senior Team and led the APJ HR Council.

Don’s experience at HP ranges from Sales Mgt, to HR Program Management to Sales Development and Marketing. As Sr. Director of HR Transformation, Don was responsible for the transformation strategy for the company’s HR population. He was instrumental in defining and executing major HR policies that included people development and talent management initiatives. Prior to this, Don was Director of Sales Development for where he created and globally sponsored the Sales Excellence program to drive major sales transformation across the company.

He is also an experienced and successful entrepreneur, having launched several companies and IPO efforts. He has held senior positions in Sales, Finance and Operations with GE Capital, Deloitte, SRI and Clorox, prior to joining HP.

Don holds a BS in Business Administration (Marketing and Accounting) from California State University, Fresno. He is also a member of the Craig School of Business Board . Don is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and 2 boys. 

On This Episode:

• Find out how Don’s background in financials gave him a foundational understanding of business.
• Discover the ways HR can gain credibility within companies.
• Don explain’s how to maintain connectivity with your team during the “new normal.”

Key Takeaways:

• You won’t be good at acquiring new talent if you don’t know what the business is trying to accomplish.
• Don’t just tell your team what to do, tell them why.
• Leaders must be authentic, be empathetic, be humble, and be cautiously optimistic.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “The more we have tangible experience to Draw from, the quicker our ability to ramp, the quicker our ability to react, the quicker we’re able to use the more advanced part of our brain as opposed to the rudimentary part.”
• “The more you can demonstrate to your people that you care about their career more than you’re own, the more they’re going to help you and believe in you.”

Don Robertson:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/don-robertson-9b8104

Denis Gianoutsos:

• [email protected]
• www.LeadingChangePartners.com 

Mayur Bharath is the Vice President, Global Strategic Alliances, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Mayur has been with HPE since 1996. During his 23 years with HPE, he has played a variety of leadership roles in Engineering, Global Sales, Strategy and Planning and Business Process Outsourcing.

Mayur has led large complex transformational programs that have had a significant impact on HPE P&L and managed global delivery teams across all three regions. Mayur was instrumental in starting and running Shared Service Centers for HPE in India, Mexico, Poland, Romania and China. Mayur serves as an advisory member on the board of a nonprofit organization that is into bringing affordable healthcare into India’s rural segment. He actively mentors students aspiring to study overseas for their under-graduation.

On This Episode:

• Mayur shares what he’s learned from working in a variety of different countries and cultures.
• Hear about the common trait Mayur has found among most of the millionaires he has talked to.
• Learn what steps leaders must take to stay relevant in the digital age.

Key Takeaways:

• The first step to managing through change is accepting that change is happening.
• Even when you’re not the team manager, be willing to take responsibility for your mistakes.
• We Live in a VUCA Environment (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) so you have to be extremely adaptable. Organizations that don’t adapt, die.

Tweetable Quotes:

• Adapt or die.
• In the future, a lot of importance will be placed on skills and re-skilling rather than the current focus on education, degrees, and the more traditional mindset.
• Skills are not enough, they must be relevant skills.

Mayur Bharath

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayur-bharath-635a871

Denis Gianoutsos:

• [email protected]
• www.LeadingChangePartners.com 

On this episode, Denis gives some practical advice for ending your year strong:

1. Do a review of your first 2/3 of your year.
2. Keep your mind and body in a good place.
3. Focus on what you can control.
4. Get very clear on where you are going.
5. Create an action plan and take massive action.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “The doing is key.”
• “Surround yourself with the things that are going to help you.”

Denis Gianoutsos:

• [email protected]
• www.LeadingChangePartners.com 

Neil Milliken is Global Head of Accessibility for Atos. His role is to deliver better technology for customers and employees, embedding inclusive practice into the processes of the organization, which has thousands of employees and an annual turnover of billions.

Neil delivers strategy and services working with a wide range of clients helping them to develop policies, processes, and technology solutions to meet the needs of their staff and customers.

He is the Atos representative on the Business Disability Forum Technology Task Force

Neil is also an invited expert for the W3C Cognitive Accessibility Taskforce & member of the Atos Scientific Community & Atos Distinguished Expert .

He is co-founder of AXSChat Europe’s largest twitter chat with a focus on Accessibility & Inclusion.

Neil was named in the top ten of the Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 list in 2018 and was named D&I practitioner of the year in the 2019 Disability Smart Awards.

On This Episode:

• Learn how Neil and others utilize assistive tech in their lives and business.
• Hear why Neil believes that people should embrace making money by effecting positive change.
• Denis shares about the importance of support for others.
• Neil explains why he thinks more businesses should be results-oriented.

Key Takeaways:

1. You have to talk in the language your audience understands.
2. Don’t have an issue making money out of doing good things.
3. The leader must be willing to change his mindset to adapt.

Tweetable Quotes:

• "Technology has an amazing power to include people."
• "Stop comparing your worst self with everyone else’s projected best self."
• "Vulnerabilities are our strengths."

Neil Milliken:

https://atos.net/en/expert/neil-milliken

Denis Gianoutsos:

• [email protected]
• www.LeadingChangePartners.com 

A high school dropout from a Pittsburgh working-class family, Paul overcame a stuttering disability and a dim future to rise from janitor to millionaire entrepreneur. He has shared the stage with such personal development masters as John Maxwell, Seth Godin, Les Brown, Mark Victor Hansen, Jack Canfield, Wayne Dyer, Brian Tracy, Denis Waitley, Nick Vujicic and Zig Ziglar. Today, Paul is President of The John Maxwell Team, an elite group of certified coaches and communicators mentored by the #1 leadership expert in the world and New York Times best-selling author, John Maxwell.

On This Episode:

• Paul explains why the first half of his journey is a “loser’s struggle.”
• Learn the key to growth and internal change.
• Find out how and why leaders should introduce structural change.
• Paul tells Denis why he wishes we could get rid of the “gotcha culture.”

Key Takeaways:

1. You can’t afford the luxury of an unchallenged negative thought.
2. The content of our life is the curriculum of our evolution.
3. Have the guts to break things as a leader.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “If a high school drop out can change their life and lead major corporations, anyone can, you just have to be willing to do the work necessary.”
• “A person never outperforms their own self image.”
• “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.”

Recommended Resources:

• The True Believers by Eric Hoffer
• Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz

Paul Martinelli:

• https://paulmartinelli.net/

Denis Gianoutsos:

• [email protected]
• www.LeadingChangePartners.com