Team Guru Podcast

Imagine being able to read someone’s personality the minute you meet them – just by observing their facial features? The benefits would be incredible – you’d know how to approach them physically, engage in the type of conversations they’d most enjoy, predict how they make decisions and much more.

My guest in this episode is Alan Stevens – better known as the Celebrity Profiler. He’s Australia’s leading personality and business profiler. Alan can read almost everything about someone’s inherent personality type, their mood and their life experiences just by looking at them. And in this episode of the Team Guru Podcast he’s going to give you some hot tips on how you can do the same.

And of course, I put him to the test. Before the show I sent him some pictures of me and you will hear live, in real time, as he uses those images to break down my personality.

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What do parenthood and leadership have in common? Where did helicopter parenting come from and what has been the impact on the Millennial generation? What is the age of the Façade – and how is it impacting us? How are Millennials performing in the workplace and how should they be led professionally?

In my conversation with Dr Joanie Connell we’ll tackle these questions and much more. This episode of The Team Guru Podcast resides in the intersection of parenthood and leadership.

Dr Joanie Connell is the author of Flying Without a Helicopter – How to Prepare Young People for Work and Life. She is an organisational consultant and leadership coach – and a great podcast guest.

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Storytelling in the business setting is a dying art – and that’s a terrible shame.

Stories are so incredibly powerful for connecting, sharing information, motivating actions, clarifying direction, enjoying success…

But we have become slaves to PowerPoint, charts, dot-points and theoretical lenses.

My guest in this episode wants to change all that. Shawn Callahan is a storytelling consultant. He talks us through the benefits of telling great business stories and he steps us through a process that will help us all be better storytellers.

And, you guessed it; Shawn is a great storyteller himself. He brings to life all of his insight and advice with the use of powerful, memorable stories.

Hang on to your hats - once you listen to this episode you will never see business communication the same way again.

Trent Patten is one of Australia’s leading age group triathlon coaches.

At any one time he is helping hundreds of athletes – of all ability ranges - achieve their personal goals.

He trains world champions, national champions and has helped countless novices prepare for their very first event.

Trent has a unique ability to tap into the things that drive individuals and use them to motivate commitment, effort and performance.

In this episode of the Team Guru Podcast we talk about Trent’s philosophy on coaching.

He tells us about the lessons he learned from his time coaching elite swimmers and his transition to age group triathletes.

He steps us through a week in the gruelling life of triathlon training.

And he tells us about that moment he realised he was no longer just a coach – but a small businessman too.

Thinking is fundamental to the human condition. But how well do we do it?

My guest in this episode of the Team Guru Podcast is Peter Ellerton – lecturer in critical thinking.

Throughout this chat we talk about the basics of rationalism and critical thinking - and its foundation in philosophy.

We explore the nature of public debate and the rhetorical devises used by political leaders to subvert the process of effective thinking amongst the voting public.

And, of course, we talk about how an effective thought process can affect our lives – our personal relationships, our teams at work and the society we live in.

Peter brings this wonderful topic to life – he makes it accessible, intriguing and powerful. And he guides us in the steps we might take to improve our own thinking process.

Leading and developing their team is the core responsibility of anyone in a leadership position.

In this episode of the Team Guru Podcast I speak with Chris Burton. Chris has been working with teams and training team facilitators for nearly 20 years.

Chris oozes passion and knowledge about team development.

He has a deep theoretical understanding of the phycology of developing, leading and participating in a team environment – and you’ll hear that oose out of him.

But just as importantly, Chris has a clear understanding that although it is lovely, rewarding, and it feels good to be part of a happy and healthy team – the only reason leaders and organisations spend time and money developing team culture is to improve the bottom line.

Healthy teams produce higher quality work. They are more efficient, collaborative and creative.

Everything Chris talks about is linked back to the work that a team does – the value they add to the organisation

Whether you’re in a formal leadership position or not – if you’re interested in understand a little more about the way teams work and how they can improve their performance, this is the episode for you.

Workplace bullying can be enormously destructive to a workplace and devastating for individuals.

But what exactly is bullying? How do we recognise it? What do we do about it? How can we prevent it?

In this episode of the Team Guru Podcast Maureen Kyne – an expert in workplace behaviour –takes us through the working definition of bullying and talks about some of the industry’s in which bullying is most prevalent. She gives us tips on how to recognise it. And she helps us understand the impact it can have on us as people and on an organisation’s bottom line.

She also gives us some handy tips on what we, as leaders, can do to deal with it effectively and put measures in place that will prevent it from happening again.

Brendan Cannon is a former Wallaby. He spent time working as a TV rugby analyst and is now well into a corporate career.

And to add to all of that, Brendan is a man who was born to be interviewed.

With a great voice for radio, Brendan indulged my fascination with the inner working of life as a professional sportsman. He drew on his 10 years as a fulltime rugby player, reflecting on the lessons he learned about himself and life, leaders and team dynamics. He talked about his near death experience as a 19 year old, how it changed his approach to life and how he feels driving over the Storey Bridge.

If you’re a rugby fan, or even just a fan of sports in general, this episode will fascinate you.

If you have no interest in sport, you’ll love it too. Brendan is a high achiever who has a gift for extracting the lessons of life, rationalising them and putting them into new contexts. He gives wonderful insight into leading and being part of a healthy team environment.

There's something for everyone in this episode of the Team Guru Podcast…enjoy!

Astrid Jonelynas is one of Australia’s brightest young innovators and entrepreneurs.

In this episode of the Team Guru Podcast we talk about her recent tour of Sillicon Valley – what she saw, how it inspired her and the barriers she sees to Australia biting off its piece of the tech start up pie.

I ask her a whole bunch of old man questions about coding and we muse about the future of technology and the way it will change our lives.

But most of all, Astrid gives us tremendous insight into the way her generation - Millennials or Gen Yers - view the world and think about technology. She talks about what they have to offer workplaces and the value they can bring to organisations.

Ted Kwartler has worked across the spectrum of corporate America – from an iconic dot com success, to a hundred year old financial institution, to his current role in a VC funded start up.

Ted also happens to be someone who embodies the essence of Emotional Intelligence.

Listen in as someone with a gift for personal reflection and awareness of others talks about his leadership philosophy, the lessons he’s learned, his terrible mistakes and his hopes for the future in this episode of the Team Guru Podcast.