Synergen Leadership Podcast

Colin Ellis is the author of Culture Fix – How to Create a Great Place to Work. In addition to being a best-selling author of 2 books, Colin is also an award-winning international speaker and facilitator.

His latest book, Culture Fix, is the world's first 'how-to' guide for building a vibrant team, department or organisation culture.

Colin delivers speeches and programs around the world that inspire and motivate individuals to become role models for others, and to provide organisations with the skills to build cultures of success. Whether it's the way that projects are delivered, how teams work together or how to change the DNA of an organisation, Colin provides practical information on how to make change easy. Using case studies, experience and plenty of humour, Colin always ensures people are engaged and laughing!

During the conversation Julian explores Colin's book, Culture Fix, in detail. Episode highlights include

• Why Colin decided to write Culture Fix
• What culture really is
• The 6 pillars of culture and how to apply them
• How to make culture stick

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LinkedIn Profile

Website

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David Banger is the author of Digital is Everyone's Business – A Guide to Transition.

In addition to being an author, David is an advisor, Adjunct Professor and speaker. An internationally recognised innovator, he is a thinker and pragmatist. His expertise lies in offering unique and concise insights that enable organisations and their people to realise their technology and digital potential.

David founded his business, CHANGE lead, in 2018 and now works with CEOs, Executives, CIOs and their teams.

His international career of three decades has spanned multiple industries, much of it involving transformation and the next stage of 'something'. David lived in London from 2001 to 2010 and is now based in Melbourne. He has been employed across many industries including Construction and Engineering, Professional Services, Technology, Management Consulting and Financial Services.

During the conversation Julian explores David's book, Digital is Everyone's Business, in detail. Episode highlights include:

• Why David decided to write Digital is Everyone's Business
• Making meaning of our work, and how to align teams
• A warning about design thinking, lean and agile
• What the future holds for David

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David's LinkedIn Profile

David's Website

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Brad Giles is the founder of the strategic planning and coaching consultancy, Evolution Partners. He and is also the author of the book, Made to Thrive, The 5 Roles to Evolve Beyond Your Leadership Comfort Zone.

Brad has more than twenty years' experience as a serial entrepreneur, strategic planner and leadership coach, and has twice been recognised as a BRW Fast 100 founder and an EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist. He is also actively involved in the Entrepreneurs Organisation.

During the conversation Julian explores Brad's book, Made to Thrive, in detail. Episode highlights include:

• Why Brad decided to write Made to Thrive
• The importance of accountability for both employees and suppliers
• CEOs being an ambassador for an organisation
• The importance of strategy and succession planning

Links

Brad's LinkedIn Profile

Evolution Partner's Website

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Join Julian for The Synergen Leadership Podcast Season Finale as he reflects on Season 2 episodes and what it has meant for us, our guests and for you, our listeners.

Subscribe or follow the Synergen Leadership Podcast now so that you don't miss our return for Season 3 in January 2020.

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Julian's LinkedIn Profile

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Nancy Youssef is the founder of Classic Mentoring & Coaching. As a passionate mortgage broker and educator of new talent, she brings her love of service, teaching, learning and her commitment to the highest professional standards together to make a difference in the lives of her clients and the careers of her mentees. With a personal belief in practicing what she preaches, her ability to dig deep in business and in life to align her values with her Classic-branded businesses has seen Nancy grow into a unique position of professional leadership in the mortgage and business community. Nancy has been recognised by winning the MFAA Excellence Awards for Best Social & Community Champion in 2016 and 2017 as well as the Adviser magazine 2017 Better Business Award for Best Social Responsibility program.

Episode highlights include:

• Nancy's experience of starting her own business
• The lessons she has learned as a leader and how she has developed into the leader she is today
• Why Nancy decided to write her book, Fear Money Purpose
• The importance of sharing information and being transparent with your team

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Nancy's LinkedIn profile

Nancy's website

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Join Julian in this Synergen Group Content Ecosystem episode, where he introduces you to the framework called the 9 Box Grid.

The 9 Box Grid is an approach to looking at people's performance and potential, and can be used for succession planning, including identifying potential leaders within an organisation.

This is a model which is gaining traction in organisations across Australia due to it's simplicity and effectiveness.

Episode highlights include:

• Background on the 9 Box Grid.
• The basis of the 9 Box Grid model - performance and potential
• How the 9 Box Grid model can be applied in a practical sense within a team environment
• How to use the 9 Box Grid to identify people as part of the succession planning process

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Julian's LinkedIn Profile

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Nigel Adams is the author of Match Fit for Transformation – Realising the Potential of Everyday Heroes. He is also the co-founder and director of Hetton Advisory, a boutique advisory firm specialising in building operational excellence capability and the governance to support it.

With significant experience as a passionate and innovative Chief Operating Officer, Nigel specialises in Service Operations Management and is known for driving performance and transformational change.

After 15 years in consulting, Nigel has spent the last 14 years focused on Financial Services Operations. This has provided him with a level of depth and breadth of experience gained from working across a wide range of industries.

During the conversation Julian explores Nigel's book, Match Fit for Transformation, in detail. Episode highlights include:

• Why Nigel decided to write Match Fit for Transformation
• What transformation actually is, and why it's important to be 'Match Fit'
• Individual performance metrics and understanding customer quality
• What is Operational Excellence and how do we get started?

Links:

Nigel's LinkedIn Profile

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Hetton Advisory website

David Pich is the Chief Executive of the Institute of Managers and Leaders and the author/curator of Leading Well – 7 Attributes of Very Successful Leaders.

David has a strong and proven track record in the core skills of leadership that include setting strategy, defining culture and leading people. He has also worked with both the State and Federal Government on a series of significant funding projects.

David feels truly at home in complex leadership roles, and in 2017 he authored the now bestselling book, Leadership Matters - 7 Skills of Very Successful Leaders. The book draws on his own personal leadership philosophy as well as on the experience of great local and international leaders to tell a compelling and interesting leadership story.

David is the 2nd member to return as a guest on the Synergen Leadership Podcast, as we spoke about his leadership journey in episode 27 during season 1.

During the conversation, Julian explores David's book, Leading Well, in detail. Episode highlights include:

• Why David decided to write/collate this book
• The 7 attributes of very successful leaders
• The link between this book and the first book in the series
• The dark side of leadership
• A Synergen exclusive! David reveals there will be a third book in the series

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David's LinkedIn Profile

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Purchase Leadership Matters book

Institute of Managers and Leaders website

Pamela Jabbour is the founder and CEO of Total Image Group, a uniform designer and manufacturer for some of Australia's leading brands including Dan Murphy's, Ford Australia and Fantastic Furniture.

Pamela started Total Image group in 2005 straight after finishing university. To get the business started, Pamela jumped on the phone and made 100 phone calls a day for 12 months before she won her first customer.

Her business really took off when she was invited to quote for one of the largest retailers in Australia who at the time had 30,000 employees. Pamela won the job and immediately Total Image Group began to grow as other brands started to enquire about the products and services they offered.

Today, Pamela oversees the team at Total Image Group as they dress over 300,000 employees daily around the country as the business continues to grow and look at what the future holds.

Episode highlights include:

• The early days when Pamela first started Total Image Group
• The lessons Pamela has learned as a leader and how she has developed the type of culture she believes in
• How the business looks at the performance of its leaders through a Management Accountability Plan
• The challenges that Pamela can see ahead for her industry

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Pamela's LinkedIn Profile

Total Image Group Website

Join Julian in this Synergen Group Content Ecosystem episode, where he introduces you to the framework called the Johari Window.

The Johari Window model is a simple and useful tool for illustrating and improving self-awareness, and mutual understanding between individuals within a group. The Johari Window model can also be used to assess and improve a group's relationship with other groups.

Synergen Group uses the Johari Window concept in some of our leadership programs, and the feedback from the participants has been very powerful. Participants have seen it as a very practical way to start building the relationships between those in the team.

Episode highlights include:

• Introduction to the concept of the Johari Window
• The four quadrants of the window
• How to practically apply the Johari Window within a team environment
• How models like the Johari Window can be used to build deeper relationships

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Julian's LinkedIn Profile

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