Season 2 continues with episodes 61 to 72 of the Synergen Leadership Podcast. Host Julian Carle, CEO and Co-Founder of Synergen Group, shares a two-part series on emotional intelligence and a communication model, and talks with authors, founders and CEOs about sales, coaching, purpose and building businesses.
Episode 91, Season 3
Gihan Perera is the author of Disruption by Design – Leading Change in a Fast Changing World. Gihan is a futurist, conference speaker, author and consultant who gives business leaders a glimpse into what’s ahead – and how they can become fit for the future.
Since 1997, he has worked with leading thought leaders, change agents, business leaders and entrepreneurs, helping them with their strategy for thriving in a fast-changing world. Forbes magazine rated him the #5 Social Media Influencer in the world (and #1 in Australia) in his area of expertise.
Gihan has always taken the lead in embracing emerging technologies and trends, from his university thesis in robotics and artificial intelligence, to leading a software development team building the infrastructure for the early Internet, founding one of Australia’s first Web development companies in 1996.
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Awareness of self, awareness of others and a straightforward communication model. Hear them in episode 62, 66 and 70.
Storytelling in sales, brand reputation and exceptional client service. Hear them in episode 64, 65, 67 and 71.
A gym network founder and a serial entrepreneur who has launched six businesses. Hear them in episode 68 and episode 72.
Leading like a coach, reinventing your career and leading with purpose. Hear them in episode 63, 61 and 69.
Season 2 keeps going. Julian shares his own frameworks and talks to authors, founders and CEOs about how they lead.
Michelle Gibbings, organisational change and leadership expert and author
Michelle Gibbings is the author of Career Leap – How to reinvent and liberate your career. As a recognised expert in organisational change and leadership, Michelle is passionate about working with leaders and teams to unlock high-impact choices so they accelerate meaningful progress, and are able to thrive in a complex, changing world.
Special Content Edition with Julian Carle
Join Julian as he introduces part 1 of a special content series on Emotional Intelligence – Awareness of Self. Emotional Intelligence is becoming more and more accepted as a critical component of effective leadership and management and in today’s episode Julian explores how we can work towards being more aware of ourselves and the impact this can have on others.
Dr Karen Morley, coaching and connected leadership expert and author
Dr Karen Morley is the author of Lead Like a Coach – How to get the most out of any team. As an expert in coaching, collaboration and connected leadership Karen’s work focuses on the areas of leadership identity, transition and transformation, leadership styles, inclusive leadership, gender equity and unconscious bias. She works at individual, team and organisational levels with her purpose being to reset leadership.
Mike Adams, founder and CEO of The Story Leader and author
Mike Adams is the author of Seven Stories Every Salesperson Must Tell. As founder and CEO of The Story Leader, Mike helps their clients grow revenue by systematically leveraging the most important human communication mechanism – Story. Having worked for organisations such as Nokia, Siemens, Motorola and Spotless Group, Mike’s significant global experience and leading of sales teams has put him into a unique position where he is qualified to talk about all things sales and leadership. During the conversation Julian explores Mike’s book in detail from a leadership lens.
Sandra Aloi, founder and director of The Bureau of Business
Sandra Aloi is the founder and director of the Bureau of Business, a boutique PR, marketing, events & lifestyle agency. The Bureau of Business breathes new life into brands to create, refresh or re-position them, developing authentic brand stories and memorable visual languages to bring out their best. Sandra is a highly experienced professional with almost 20 years experience in protecting and enhancing the reputation of multinational organisations servicing markets in Australia, New Zealand, Asia Pacific and North American regions.
Special Content Edition with Julian Carle
Join Julian as he introduces part 2 of a special content series on Emotional Intelligence – Awareness of Others. Emotional Intelligence is becoming more and more accepted as a critical component of effective leadership and management and in today’s episode Julian explores how we can work towards being more aware of others and the impact this can have on the way we lead.
Darrell Hardidge, founder and CEO of Saguity and author
Darrell Hardidge is the author of The 10 Commandments of Client Appreciation. As founder and CEO of Melbourne based business Saguity, Darrell is passionate about working with businesses who are committed to providing exceptional client service. Saguity enables companies to define their unique point of difference from an independent market perspective and help businesses to create a new standard of KPI’s that connect team engagement, customer loyalty and turn revenue into a one number focus that everyone in the company understands and is committed to.
Travis Jones, founder and CEO of Results Based Training Gyms
Travis Jones is the founder and CEO of Results Based Training (RBT) Gyms, a business with over 20 locations around Australia and overseas. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Attain Digital, which is a digital marketing agency already having great success in delivering big results for their clients. He is also the founder of Think Tank, a business coaching firm specialising in working with small businesses to grow and dominate their industries. In addition to these roles, he is also the founder of “If Not Now, Then When” a not-for-profit charity foundation with a mission to establish and maintain relationships and business hubs to support entrepreneurs and other like-minded not-for-profit organisations throughout Australia. During the conversation Julian and Travis explore several different aspects of Travis’s leadership journey.
Toby Hall, Group CEO of St Vincent’s Health Australia
Toby Hall returns to The Synergen Leadership Podcast to share his thoughts and views on his leadership passion: Purpose. Toby is Group CEO of St Vincent’s Health Australia, the nation’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider. They operate six public hospitals, nine private hospitals and 17 aged care facilities in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. St Vincent’s Health Australia employs over 20,000 staff and has revenue in excess of $2B.
Special Content Edition with Julian Carle
One of the biggest challenges all leaders face is making sure they are communicating effectively. It is one of the biggest complaints staff have – that their managers do not communicate effectively. It is also one of the biggest issues that our clients talk to us about. During the episode Julian introduces a straightforward process which looks at the process of communication.
Ashleigh Alsadie, founder and CEO of The PromoDonna
Ashleigh Alsadie is the founder and CEO of The PromoDonna, a Melbourne based boutique agency which provides businesses with effective marketing communications programs aimed at generating new business opportunities and the acquisition of new clients. She is also the founder of Sales Sistas, a membership-based organisation and support network which enables women to implement effective sales and marketing strategies into their business.
Jo Burston, entrepreneur and founder of Inspiring Rare Birds
Jo Burston is one of Australia’s most successful female entrepreneurs. She has launched six businesses – the standout being Job Capital which went from $0 to $40-million turnover in five years and has kept her on the list of Australia’s top 30 female entrepreneurs since 2013. Jo has worked in partnership with the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Office For Women as well as global brands such as Microsoft, Google, Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Xero. Her most recent launch is www.startup.business which runs entrepreneurial Learning in Action programs for school-aged children both in curriculum and as school holiday programs in every state and territory in Australia.
The Synergen Leadership Podcast is a podcast from Synergen Group where leaders from across Australia share their leadership journeys, the challenges they have faced and the tips they would pass on.
Julian Carle, CEO and Co-Founder of Synergen Group, hosts the podcast.
It is a special content series from Julian. Part 1, in episode 62, covers awareness of self. Part 2, in episode 66, covers awareness of others.
Guests include leaders from The Story Leader, The Bureau of Business, Saguity, Results Based Training Gyms, St Vincent’s Health Australia, The PromoDonna and Inspiring Rare Birds, plus authors Michelle Gibbings and Karen Morley. Toby Hall returns after first appearing in episode 12.
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