The Leadership Diet

Andrew May and Dr. Tom Buckley are global experts when it comes to Executive health, stress and managing for burnout.

In this episode we discuss;

What is burnout and why is it a syndrome,

The impact it has on executive leadership and leaders,

What are symptoms that are useful to be alert for,

Five ideas that if implemented can innoculate against burnout,

Why U2 influence Dr. Tom Buckley in his research (seriously!),

and a whole lot more,

Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!

Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.

For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.

This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.

I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.

What are the the useful habits and thinking patterns?

What are the secrets to high performing teams?

How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?

In other words, what is their leadership diet?

www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the previous episode, I interviewed Michael Bungay Stainer (MBS), the author of the best selling book on coaching this century! His book The Coaching Habit has sold close to a million copies and has thousands of 5-star reviews online. His latest book How to Begin helps people find the clarity and courage to take on a Worthy Goal and start something thrilling, important and daunting.

We overviewed the core fundamental coaching questions that every leader can use as their go-to coaching questions. These include the; Kick start, AWE question, the focus question, the foundation question, the lazy question, the strategic question and the learning question.

We also looked at three advice monsters as MBS outlines them.

Today I am joined by Michael Bungay Stainer, the author of the best selling book on coaching this century! His book, The Coaching Habit, has sold close to a million copies and has thousands of 5-star reviews online. His latest book, How to Begin, helps people find the clarity and courage to take on a Worthy Goal and start something thrilling, important and daunting.

He founded Box of Crayons, a learning and development company that helps organisations move from advice-driven to curiosity-led. They've trained hundreds of thousands of managers to be more coach-like and their clients range from Microsoft to Gucci.

He says he left Australia about 30 years ago to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University ...where his only significant achievement was falling in love with a Canadian ...which is why he now lives in Toronto, having spent time in London and Boston.

We discuss:

•the core fundamental questions that every manager can use to be an effective coachlike leader,

•Why curiosity is the core attribute in fostering innovation,

and a whole lot more!

Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.

For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.

This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.

I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.

What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?

What are the secrets to high performing teams?

How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?

In other words, what is their leadership diet?

www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the previous episode with Susan Metcalf we discussed;

The latest census report from CEW and the 'dismal' results it shows in terms of the percentage representing of women at CEO and CFO levels in the ASX 300,

Why Australian women are the highest educated in the world yet suffer from an equality perspective due to the cultural issue of mateship,

How come 54% of the finance sector are women yet 90% of the sector CEO's are men,

How to stoke innovation through gender balance,

The talent supply chain and springboard roles,

The notion of targets and quotas,

and a whole lot more,

Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!

Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.

For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.

This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.

I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.

What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?

What are the secrets to high performing teams?

How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?

In other words, what is their leadership diet?

www.theleadershipdiet.com

Susan Metcalf is the CEO of CEW, Chief Executive Women, an organisation that represents the interests of current and aspiring chief executive women in Australia. In this episode we discuss;

The latest census report from CEW and the 'dismal' results it shows in terms of the percentage representing of women at CEO and CFO levels in the ASX 300,

Why Australian women are the highest educated in the world yet suffer from an equality perspective due to the cultural issue of mateship,

How come 54% of the finance sector are women yet 90% of the sector CEO's are men,

How to stoke innovation through gender balance,

The talent supply chain and springboard roles,

The notion of targets and quotas,

and a whole lot more,

Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!

Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.

For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.

This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.

I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.

What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?

What are the secrets to high performing teams?

How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?

In other words, what is their leadership diet?

www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the previous episode with Dan Hunter, we discussed his experiences of leading large government departments and how he evolved his leadership as he moved from sector to sector. He shared the differences from leading $bn asset sales to water infrastructure projects to leading a health orientated shared service organisation with 7000 employees that delivered 60,000 meals per day and pay over 150,000 per week.

In this episode I reflect on his notion of;

Don't outsource your culture to a third party,

Taking the leap between sectors and how to do that well,

Learning to listen to people who do their jobs really well,

and why selling ice cream is not a leadership trait!

Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.

For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.

This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.

I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.

What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?

What are the secrets to high performing teams?

How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?

In other words, what is their leadership diet?

www.theleadershipdiet.com

Dan Hunter is a very seasoned leader with experience in hospitality, water infrastructure, M&A asset sales, social healthcare and industry sector leadership. His first CEO role was leading Healthshare, a $7bn, 7000 people organisation that services the broader health sector in NSW, Australia through managing the catering of 60,000 meals per day into hospitals, managing the linen services, the ambulance service and the payroll for over 160,000 employees.

We discuss;

•How to overcome being passed over for a role,

•Taking the leap between sectors and how to take advantage of unexpected opportunities,

•Learning to listen intently,

•What is it like working for a Government Minister compared to the private sector,

•How to create a space for inclusion and psychologically safe environments,

•Why leadership is not a democracy and selling ice cream is not for leaders,

•What has Jeeves the butler got to do with anything!

•Understanding how to work with different stakeholders,

and a whole lot more,

Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!

Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.

For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.

This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.

I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.

What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?

What are the secrets to high performing teams?

How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?

In other words, what is their leadership diet?

www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the previous episode, I discussed with Meahan Callaghan why executive-level leaders, rise and fall on their ability to have good judgement, whatever that is! And at the same time we agreed that most leaders never learn how to develop this situational level skill.

Meahan Callaghan, CHRO for RedBubble is one of the most experienced CHRO/ HRD's (Chief People Officer) in the technology sector globally having led the people function in three different technology unicorns.

Here, I ponder on what is judgement?

Suggest some coaching tips for implementing good judgement at a personal and organisational level,

and a whole lot more...!

Leaders, particular executive-level leaders, rise and fall on their ability to have good judgement, whatever that is! Yet, most leaders never learn how to develop this situational level skill.

I am joined by Meahan Callaghan, CHRO for RedBubble. She is one of the most experienced CHRO/ HRD's (Chief People Officer) in the technology sector globally having led the people function in three different technology unicorns.

We discuss the importance of HR professionals to get some line experience in order to fully understand the implications of implementing HR policies,

Why leading a call centre is one of the fastest ways to realise the clashes between commercial realities and people aspirations,

What is judgement?

Classic mistakes aspiring leaders make when learning how to utilise good judgement,

Why is the notion of 'good judgement here looks like this', so important?

Five key steps organisations can use to help elevate good decision making amongst leaders,

and a whole lot more...!

Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!

Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.

For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.

This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.

I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.

What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?

What are the secrets to high performing teams?

How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?

In other words, what is their leadership diet?

www.theleadershipdiet.com

In the previous episode, I have a great conversation with Dr. Ruth Wageman on all things leadership teams.

Here I reflect on and suggest some pointers to

Structuring different types of leadership teams and indeed why I believe a CEO should have multiples teams within their team,

How to address mindsets changes that are needed to adapt to being part of multiple teams,

Setting up who owns the 'D',

Why the leader has to model the norms in order for the team to follow suit,

How to pause the team for a 5-minute reflection,

Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!

Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan.

For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.

This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.

I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.

What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?

What are the secrets to high performing teams?

How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?

In other words, what is their leadership diet?

www.theleadershipdiet.com