The Leadership Diet

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I am joined today by Alex Condolean, MD, who is the Vice President, of the Virtual Healthcare Franchise - at Sanofi (the French and global top ten global healthcare company). Alex is based out of Boston, USA.

In this wide-ranging conversation we discuss;

Alex's reason for becoming a Medical doctor and then leaving the clinical world for a commercial one,

What a Medical Director actually does,

When he first realised he had to learn leadership,

Moving from the brash, arrogant version of himself to the person he is today,,

Moving his family to China and the extraordinary experience that was,

How maintaining his networks have expanded his career globally,

The power of curiosity and much more

Effective leaders outperform ineffective leaders over time.

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Lance Little is the leader for Asia Pacific for one of the world's largest and most successful health diagnostic company- Roche Diagnostics.

He hails from New Zealand which influences this conversation!

We discuss-

What is at the core of New Zealand heritage and how that influences leadership;

What is a Marlboro man;

Why the All Blacks are the most successful team ever;

Leading in Thailand, India, Singapore and why learning the social culture is so important;

His views on leading during Covid 19;

How health diagnostics are providing a massive ROI for governments;

How governments have managed their countries during Covid;

and

How Lance optimises his own health as a busy executive

Effective leaders will outperform ineffective leaders over time!

Richard Neall is the Group CEO of a range of very successful construction companies in the UK. In this very open and frank conversation her shares;

His own journey from a council worker to Group CEO

How he purposefully uses his native background as a source to learn from when he first moved to England

Getting promoted fast and fired publicly

The leader's shadow and why we just need to accept when we are in charge, that we are in charge

Why he promotes young leaders early

The watch-outs for talent development

The liberty of having fun at work

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 the Leadership Diet, where we explore all things leadership

Helen Souness is the CEO of RMIT online, the digital education arm of one of the quiet achieving and hyper-successful universities in Australia. She shares with us some great insights including;

Looking for tail lights in other sectors gives clues for innovation

Disruptors often start off as curators of other peoples ideas

Listening and being curious allows you to learn fast

How she moved from the legal industry through digital markets

Her firm belief in the benefits of being curious

How she has consistently built up successful teams

and much more...

Eduardo Thuler took the courageous decision to leave a CEO role and take his family on almost a year-long sabbatical. How wonderful and scary at the same time! In this episode we discuss

What led to him deciding he was no longer the best person for the CEO role

How he managed that transition

What he learned about teaching kids and why he is not going to become a teacher!

The insights gained from visiting multiple countries

His experience as a new CEO and managing executives who are better than him in their functional areas

What he is bringing into his new role

Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!

Hi, I am Pod OSullivan.

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

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

Season 1 of the 'The Leadership Diet' has already arrived and come to an end.

And what a season it was!

In this end of season wrap up we revisit some of the most downloaded conversations from the last 15 episodes and discuss,

Imposter syndrome and letting the character emerge but not dominate

Turning anger into curiosity

Leading during Covid

Executive Burnout

Hosting a Stop It Month

Inescapable Questions

Origin stories from Boston, USA

Classic mistakes expat leaders make, and more

Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!

Hi, I am Pod OSullivan.

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

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Julia Milner is an internationally experienced Leadership Professor, currently living in France and has taught in Germany, China, Australia and many other parts of the globe. She has been labelled in the Top 40 under 40 Business Professors globally. Her TED X talk has been watched by over 100,000 viewers. She has been published in HBR online, the Economist and many academic journals.

She shares

Cross cultural leadership and how easy it is to spot what is different

Leaders who think they are coaching but in reality are motivational micro managers

Connected leadership

The role of empathy in 2021 and beyond

Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!

Hi, I am Pod OSullivan.

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

Josie Mclean specialises in helping leaders and organisations learn how to navigate complexity by taking lessons from the world around us, ie. living systems. Her recent book, Big Little Shifts, outlines practises for leaders and practitioners on how to lead when times call the leader to adapt.

In this conversation she shares;

•Why oak trees will never become ducks!

•Why patience, trust and humility are enduring leadership traits,

•What the metaphor Leader as Gardener really entails,

•Why there are different types of doing in leadership,

•And why our experimenting muscle has been getting a work out recently

Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!

Hi, I am Pod OSullivan.

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

Any successful leader will tell you their support team are the back bone of their success. In particular their Executive Assistant- known fondly as their EA. Yet, many leaders never think of investing some time into this relationship which means they can miss out on the potential of increasing their own effectiveness.

Liz Van Vliet specialises in developing Executive Assistants, who then in turn add value to their leaders, enabling a higher level of effectiveness.

in this episode, Liz shares;

The different levels of strategic inputs EA's can offer and are often overlooked,

The 3 P's she encourages EA's to know of their leader (hint; one is the leaders pet peeves),

The one question that leaders can ask that will free up 5-10 hours of their time per week,

Why she thinks of the EA role as a door hinge,

Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time!

Hi, I am Pod OSullivan.

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