The Inner Chief

In this episode, we meet Kevin Gaskell, Former CEO of Porsche, Lamborghini and BMW on Transforming customer experience, driving extraordinary results, and daring to dream.

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Kevin, who is currently Chairman of ITS Technology Group, is an experienced executive and sought-after conference speaker in the fields of leadership in challenging environments, creating extraordinary teams and building high performing companies.

As MD of Porsche GB he led Porsche from close to bankruptcy to the UK's most profitable importer within 5 years, while as MD of BMW (GB) he helped improve sales by 80% and profitability by 500% during his 4 year tenure.

His company 'The Inspired Leaders Group' supports business leaders and their teams as they navigate the route to growth and success.

He is also an adventurer, having walked unsupported, with his son, to both the North and South Poles and recently rowed across the Atlantic Ocean in world record time.

In this episode we talk about:

• How he transformed the customer experience after taking the reins at Porsche;
• His method of Commit, Connect and Create when driving extraordinary results;
• The simple act of daring to dream; and
• His incredible story of crossing the Atlantic in an ocean rowing boat.

Connecting with Kevin Gaskell

You can reach Kevin via LinkedIn.

Books and resources mentioned in the episode

• What they don't teach you at Harvard Business School - by Mark McCormack
• Close to the Wind - by Pete Goss
• Inspired Leadership - by Kevin Gaskell

Our topic today is how to deal with Wayne Kerr.

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Today we will cover:

• Why Wayne Kerr's real world behaviour is a reflection of their inner chief;
• 3 steps to dealing with the person effectively; and
• Spreading the love by helping them overcome their own challenges.

Stay epic,

Greg

In this episode, we meet Suzie Shaw, Managing Director of We Are Social on Life and lessons in an advertising agency, why networking is working, and owning your career.

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Suzie is the Managing Director of the socially-led creative agency, We Are Social. She is a strategic and creative thinker with extensive comms and marketing experience both in Australia and the UK, across a broad range of categories.

She is passionate about championing the progress of women in leadership and is the founder of SWIMM Australia (Senior Women in Media and Marketing).

Suzie was named one of The Australian's top 50 Women in Media, was featured in AdNews' 40 under 40 and also AdNews' Women of Influence.

In this episode we talk about:

• A day in the life of an ad agency and the lessons she learnt about the industry;
• Why networking is actually working and how it can enhance decision-making;
• How to own your career by being brave; and
• The good, the bad, the ugly of social media.

Connecting with Suzie Shaw

You can reach Suzie via LinkedIn.

Books and resources mentioned in the episode

• Lean In - by Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO
• Her blog called "What do I know?"

Our topic today is "How to get motivated again."

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Today we will cover:

• Reasons why you've lost your motivation already this year;
• What can happen to you if you don't change your trajectory; and
• A few simple methods to get back on track and win the year!

Stay epic,

Greg

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Welcome to the 2020 Summer Series as we take a bring you the best of the best episodes on from the world of elite sport and performance.

This week we meet Stirling Mortlock, former Wallabies' captain on going from amateur to professional, Rugby World Cup and connecting success.

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Stirling is an Australian Rugby Legend and now a Partner at Unio Advisors.

In this episode, we talk about:

• The transition from amateur to professional
• Giving and receiving feedback
• Being curious and the mindset to constantly be better
• Setting goals and his mentors
• Rugby world cup tips
• Some of his best and worst moments in the gold jersey
• Who he feared the most and how he looked to dominate the competition.

Connecting with Stirling Mortlock

You can reach Stirlo via LinkedIn and his company's website, Unio Advisors.

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Welcome to the 2020 Summer Series as we take a bring you the best of the best episodes on from the world of elite sport and performance. In this episode we cover the power of high performance lifecycles and how to use them to automate the pursuit of excellence. The pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of all great performers. It means mastering your craft and continually working to improve yourself. It also means leading your team to work collectively to improve itself. The long term benefits have an incredible compound effect on your ability to get results and rise above the pack. I outline: - the Prepare, Perform, Recover, Review (P2R2) Lifecycle - How to lock this into as a system that drives performance - How to optimise each step - Some tricks to stay focused and embed the system Follow Chief Maker

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Welcome to the 2020 Summer Series as we take a bring you the best of the best episodes on from the world of elite sport and performance.

In this episode, we meet Cameron Schwab, 25 Year CEO of AFL Clubs on Leading in High Stakes Environments, Hard Decisions and Creating High Performance Systems.

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Cameron was appointed CEO of the famous Richmond Football Club at age 24, the youngest in the history of the game.

For the next 25 years, he was CEO of Richmond, Melbourne and Fremantle, when those clubs were at their lowest ebb, both on and off the field. He is the second longest serving CEO in the modern game.

Having taken on some of the sport's most difficult and daunting challenges, Cameron established a track record of building teams and organisations, unifying groups while navigating periods of genuine adversity and complexity.

In this episode we talk about:

• The question you need to ask yourself to see if you're ready for a promotion
• The lessons he learned from the hardest decisions you can make - firing a close personal friend
• How to implement systems that drive performance
• What we can learn from sport and what isn't so transferrable
• What we can all learn from fine art about life and work.

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Welcome to the 2020 Summer Series as we take a bring you the best of the best episodes on from the world of elite sport and performance.

In this episode I talk about confidence and the critical role it plays in performance and career progression. The topics is huge and I've split it out of over two minisodes. In this episode we'll focus on 7 big blockers that most of us can take practical action to turnaround if pay close attention to our performance.

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Welcome to the 2020 Summer Series as we take a bring you the best of the best episodes on from the world of elite sport and performance.

In this episode, we meet Janine Shepherd AM, Resilience and Motivation guru on Cultivating gratitude, the 12 Pillars of Resilience and healing through laughter.

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Janine was an Australian cross country skier, when in 1986, while training for the Winter Olympics on her bike in the Blue Mountains near Sydney, she was hit by a speeding truck. She broke multiple bones in her body, lost 5 litres of blood and spent the next 6 months in the spinal unit of a hospital where she began her long journey from probable death to recovery.

While learning to walk again, she gained her private and commercial pilot's licences and has gone on to receive an instructor rating, an aerobatics rating and seaplane rating.

Janine has also completed multiple academic qualifications and written 6 books, inspired films and coached and spoken to millions of people.

She has 3 children, and received the Order of Australia (AM) in 2001 and the Outstanding Young Person of the World in 1998.

In this episode we talk about:

• How the power of cultivating gratitude and the gift of acceptance got her through her hospital experience;
• How letting go of her former identity helped her discover a new one beyond her wildest dreams;
• The resilience she developed while going through a marriage breakup, financial disaster and moving countries;
• Finding laughter and rewiring your brain for a different experience of life; and
• How the ketogenic diet helped her become pain-free.

Connecting with Janine Shepherd AM

You can reach Janine on her website and can find her various books on Amazon.

Books and resources mentioned in the episode

• Janine's TED Talk - A broken body isn't a broken person
• Defiant - by Janine Shepherd AM
• Test Your Resilience
• The Brain that Changes Itself - by Norman Doidge
• The 30-Day Ketogenic Cleanse - by Maria Emmerich
• Articles by Steve Phinney
• Anatomy of an Illness - by Norman Cousins
• Man's Search for Meaning - by Viktor Frankl
• Power of Now - by Eckhart Tolle
• New Earth - by Eckhart Tolle
• The Hero's Journey - by Joseph Campbell

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Welcome to the 2020 Summer Series as we take a bring you the best of the best episodes on from the world of elite sport and performance.

In this episode I talk about confidence and the critical role it plays in performance and career progression. The topics is huge and I've split it out of over two minisodes. In this episode we'll focus on 7 big blockers that most of us can take practical action to turnaround if pay close attention to our performance.

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