Inner Chief Podcast

“All great Chiefs have learned how to have difficult conversations and give feedback properly and they do this regularly.”   In today’s minisode, I want to give you the tools to help you make difficult performance conversations easy, or at the very least, easier than they have been for you in the past. As an experienced coach, I've had a number of opportunities to work with people on shifting the dials for them personally and in their careers to help them achieve success. Sometimes, that means giving hard feedback. Chief, it really is a privileged position for me.

“If you expect to learn life lessons from perfect people, you're not going to learn anything from anybody. It's our own judgement that prevents us from having amazing experiences."   This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode.   Our latest guest is Dr Jeff Spencer, the man behind 40+ Olympic gold medals, and Tiger Woods’ and Lance Armstrong’s success. Chiefs, this was so good, that we have prepared 3 Mini Chiefs for you - the first one is around survival and seeker instincts and how to operate in seemingly contradictory states.   His full episode is titled Building your champion mindset and your pathway to your potential and you can find the full audio and show notes here:

“If you expect to learn life lessons from perfect people, you're not going to learn anything from anybody. It's our own judgement that prevents us from having amazing experiences."   In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to Dr Jeff Spencer on building your champion mindset and your pathway to your potential.  

“Organisations that we see that are doing really well have a strong mix of leading and lag indicators, with those things that inform you about what you're doing proactively to improve safety.”   This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode. Our latest episode is from our Best of Series, with Liz Nicol, Co-Founder & Former CEO of SafetyWorks. Her full episode is titled Leading safety change, 20 years of business ownership and how to get on a Board and you can find the full audio and show notes here:  

“Organisations that we see that are doing really well have a strong mix of leading and lag indicators, with those things that inform you about what you're doing proactively to improve safety.”   In this Best of Series episode of The Inner Chief podcast, we feature Liz Nicol, Co-Founder & Former CEO of SafetyWorks, on Leading safety change, 20 years of business ownership and how to get on a Board.  

“There's always time. It's what you make a priority in life." This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode. Our latest guest is Celebrity Apprentice Mentor, Nick Bell, the Founder of Superist. His full episode is titled The threat of AI on addressing productivity gaps, looking after his A-players and living to 150 and you can find the full audio and show notes here:

“There's always time. It's what you make a priority in life." In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to Nick Bell, Founder of Superist, on the threat of AI on addressing productivity gaps, looking after his A-players and living to 150.

“According to InsideHR, only half of recruitment decisions end up being good for either the employer or the employee, and that is just staggering.”   In today’s minisode, I go back through the archives. Over the course of the last 6 years of this podcast, I have asked dozens of CEOs what their number one question is that they ask candidates in interviews and how they get to hire high performers.  

“I know that even in stressful periods, if you stop for a second to breathe, you’ll realise that it's never as bad or as urgent as you think it is at the time."   This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode. Our latest guest is Ben Cohn, Co-Founder and CEO of TAXIBOX. His full episode is titled Infusing fun and creativity into your brand, lessons on building a high performance culture, and coping with anxiety and you can find the full audio and show notes here:

“I know that even in stressful periods, if you stop for a second to breathe, you’ll realise that it's never as bad or as urgent as you think it is at the time." In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to Ben Cohn, Co-Founder and CEO of TAXIBOX, on infusing fun and creativity into your brand, lessons on building a high performance culture, and coping with anxiety.

“I’m in a position that, if I don't show resilience, I can't expect everyone else to show resilience.” In this Best of Series episode of The Inner Chief podcast, we feature Melbourne Rebels CEO, Baden Stephenson, on leading high performers and giving clarity to your organisation.

“I’m in a position that, if I don't show resilience, I can't expect everyone else to show resilience.” This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode. Our latest episode is from our Best of Series, with Melbourne Rebels CEO, Baden Stephenson. His full episode is titled Leading high performers and giving clarity to your organisation and you can find the full audio and show notes here:

“What does working at your company say about me? And do you embody the badge value that I want to say about myself when I tell someone where I work?" This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode. Our latest guest is Simon Mainwaring, CEO of We First. His full episode is titled Bringing Purpose to Life, Growing a Brand Movement and Nailing a Pitch and you can find the full audio and show notes here:

“What does working at your company say about me? And do you embody the badge value that I want to say about myself when I tell someone where I work?" In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, we speak to Simon Mainwaring, CEO of We First, on Bringing Purpose to Life, Growing a Brand Movement and Nailing a Pitch.

“When you go into a room and run a meeting with full preparation and excellence, you will automatically get buy-in from the people around you.”   In today’s minisode, I am going to go through how to be a master of conducting meetings. I’m actually going to demonstrate how to BREAC a leg! Yes, you heard that right. Our team has come up with this wonderful model, the B-R-E-A-C a Leg set of benefits for becoming a master of meetings. And by using this model, you will start to see how you automatically get buy-in from those around you.  

“There's this idea that wanting to promote yourself is a dirty thing; it absolutely isn't. It should be celebrated!” This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode. Our latest guest is Public Relations Guru to Executives, Sam Dybac, CEO & Founder of The PR Hub. Her full episode is titled Brand-building beyond the boardroom and rebuilding confidence and you can find the full audio and show notes here:

“For years my parents had watched me go up and down in business, but I got to bring them along to the Sydney event I ran for Hugh Jackman and his wife. So for them to see what I do was really nice.” In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, we speak to Sam Dybac, CEO & Founder of The PR Hub, on Executive and profile brand-building beyond the boardroom and rebuilding confidence.

“I think I have faith in journalism. I think that there are some outstanding individuals and goodness gracious. I don't go down to my Brisbane office very regularly, but when I walk in there, the talent around that room is staggering. It really is.” This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode. Our latest guest is Senior Sports Writer, the late great Wayne Smith. His full episode is titled Professional mastery, journalistic integrity and the future of Australian Rugby and you can find the full audio and show notes here:

“I think I have faith in journalism. I think that there are some outstanding individuals and goodness gracious. I don't go down to my Brisbane office very regularly, but when I walk in there, the talent around that room is staggering. It really is.” In this Best of Series episode, we feature Senior Sports Writer, the late great Wayne Smith, on professional mastery, journalistic integrity and the future of Australian Rugby.

“Understanding the performance-recovery curve is vital to nailing peak performance more consistently and with greater energy.” In today’s minisode, I am going to go through what elite chiefs do to recover properly. Recovery is not just a simple task, it is a process and needs to be done properly in order to maximise peak performance, consistently. It is vital if you want to be at your best and be able to make bold decisions. In short, recovery is a weapon.