Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast

E139 - The future belongs to the misfits - with Nick Gross, musician, entrepreneur, educator

Wed, 12 Feb 2020 00:18:16 GMT

Did you scope a career, focus on getting the skills, and hoped the lifestyle would work out? That’s how we were taught, back in the day. Gung-ho drummer extraordinaire Nick Gross is upending what it means to build a career, by helping students (and older folk like me) determine what lifestyle they want, what strengths they have, and THEN what career might work. Welcome to a new way of thinking about your passion and your work.

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Why you should listen:

How to check if your lifestyle, strengths, and careers are aligned (or how they could become so).
Why the future belongs to the misfits, and why you want to be one.
How to create communities that go beyond geographical location to a global bridge based on interests.

We explore:

How routines create a success mindset.
Success is about enjoying the process and not just the destination (and how to overcome the struggles with that).
How a kinaesthetic learning preference shaped his view and experience of the world.
The biggest struggles are often a paradox: the hardest part of the day is getting going, and the hardest thing to do is slowing down.

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SHOWNOTES: https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/nickgross

About Nick Gross:

Nick translated his passion for music and entrepreneurship into a career. He has parlayed this success in the music industry into a career as an entrepreneur within both the music and entertainment industries.

He is the drummer for LA’s alternative pop-rock band Half the Animal, previously for Open Air Stereo.

He is the founder of Big Noise Live creating free college festivals with major music artists like Wale and electronic duo Zed’s Dead.

In 2018, he launched Gross Labs, a multi-dimensional entertainment and media company with the purpose of influencing culture trends and building stronger communities through music, education, gaming, and philanthropy.

Nick has founded several music entertainment companies such as STRZ Enterprises and Big Noise Music Group with acclaimed music producer John Feldmann and Vagrant/BMG executive Jon Cohen. The music division is supported by Gross' multimedia recording studio, The Noise Nest. He also was part of a group of investors that raised $2.9 million in seed funding for the mobile application Speakr.

Take the Self & career discovery assessment

Find out if you’re a mentor, entrepreneur, competitor, leader… Instead of starting with the kind of job you want, FYG encourages you to look within by taking their assessment (found on their website and app) to identify your passions and translate that into careers and lifestyles for today’s workforce.

Find Your Grind website.

Nick’s favourite podcasts:

Oprah’ SuperSoul Conversations

Short Story Long

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Related Episodes:

E132 - How to be Commercially Creative - with Kieran Flanagan

E105 - Memory hacks to make you a genius: interview with Memory Athlete Daniel Kilov

E123 - Future proof yourself using Forever Skills - with author and speaker Dan Gregory

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P.S. And when you’re ready, here are three ways I can help:

1. Grab a free copy of our People Stuff Toolkit

It’s the roadmap to better teams and culture: e-copy of my latest book, Loyalty, checklists, templates.

2. Get equipped at our next event

Meet other adventurous leaders seeking to be, think, and do more. Leadership training and tribe meetings are listed here.

3. Join me and other renegade pathfinders in AMPLIFIERS to get your deep work done.

AMPLIFIERS is an implementation community for big thinkers. If you’d like to amplify your message, motivation and results, send me an email with AMPLIFIERS in the subject line and let me know a little about your work and what big impact you're striving for.

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About your podcast host, Zoë Routh:

Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.

Zoë is the author of three books: 'Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact', 'Moments - Leadership when it matters most' and 'Loyalty - Stop unwanted staff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates." Zoë is also the producer of the Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.

www.zoerouth.com

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Thought Nugget 1: Book recommendation hits and misses, plus insight on systems

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 01:30:34 GMT

What can art, train stations, and toilet seats tell us about problems in systems? In this Thought Nugget, we look at Italy and Japan - how values create entirely unique systems, and how you can use this to solve your own workplace challenges.

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Why you should listen:

Book recommendation hits and misses
Insights into systems that can save you wasted hours of work
Fun insights into Italian and Japanese culture

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SHOWNOTES:

Books Mentioned:

Conn Iggulden: Dunstan

Conn Iggulden: War of the Roses

Thomas Erikson: Surrounded by Idiots

Warren Berger: A More Beautiful Question

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Related Episodes:

Entitlement - plague or opportunity?

E119 - 7 Values of Metamodern Leadership we need now - with James Surwillo

E101 - The curious, non-intuitive way to change culture

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P.S. And when you’re ready, here are three ways I can help:

1. Grab a free copy of our People Stuff Toolkit

It’s the roadmap to better teams and culture: e-copy of my latest book, Loyalty, checklists, templates.

2. Get equipped at our next event

Meet other adventurous leaders seeking to be, think, and do more. Leadership training and tribe meetings are listed here.

3. Join me and other renegade pathfinders in AMPLIFIERS to get your deep work done.

***

About your podcast host, Zoë Routh:

www.zoerouth.com

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E138 - If your culture is toxic, look in the mirror - with Colin Ellis

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 00:13:37 GMT

I met Colin Ellis a few years ago when he first arrived in Australia from Liverpool. He makes dapper cool again with his sensational dress sense and million dollar smile. He loves the people stuff as much as I do, and in this podcast episode we geek out on all things culture.

👉🏼PSSST… If you want to join a community of like-minded leadership thinkers, sign up for my weekly leadership articles and get the People Stuff Toolkit as a bonus. Get it here now.

Why you should listen:

Why culture change IS NOT HARD (like consultants say it is) and takes 9-18 months (not 3-5 years)
How to (and how not to) measure culture
Where to start in dealing with toxic cultures

We explore:

The ultimate measure of culture is how happy people are.
As the leader, if you are not addressing the behavior, you're part of the problem. ultimately, in toxic cultures, managers have got to look at themselves in the mirror.
As a leader, if you're not in service to the people, you're not a leader. You're a manager doing things the way that you want to do them, not the way that the other person wants them to be done.

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SHOWNOTES: https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/colinellis

Colin’s latest favourite leadership book:

Turn the Ship Around by David Marquet

About Colin Ellis:

Colin D. Ellis helps organisations around the world to transform their working cultures. He does this through keynote speaking, facilitated programs and through the books that he writes. His latest bestselling book Culture Fix: How to Create a Great Place to Work was released in October 2019.

Learn more about Colin:

culturefix.xyz

linkedin.com/in/colindellis/

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Related Episodes:

Corporate Culture: An interview with Megan Bromley, RedBalloon

E66 - 'Best of the Best' Workplace Culture - Interview with Shanyn Payne of OES

E109 - How to stop Cockups, Crackpots, and Conniptions

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P.S. And when you’re ready, here are three ways I can help:

1. Grab a free copy of our People Stuff Toolkit

It’s the roadmap to better teams and culture: e-copy of my latest book, Loyalty, checklists, templates.

2. Get equipped at our next event

Meet other adventurous leaders seeking to be, think, and do more. Leadership training and tribe meetings are listed here.

3. Join me and other renegade pathfinders in AMPLIFIERS to get your deep work done.

***

About your podcast host, Zoë Routh:

www.zoerouth.com

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E137 - How to be a Strategic Thinker - with Jo Metcalfe

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 22:56:03 GMT

I was intrigued by Jo Metcalfe: as the Global Strategy Development Lead at GHD, I wanted to know what it took to take on strategy for a global consulting firm for engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services. When I first spoke to her, I asked about the people stuff - what she found hard. She said, ‘nothing! I love the people stuff!” First time ever I heard that response. She’s a leader we need to listen to.

👉🏼PSSST… If you want to join a community of like-minded leadership thinkers, sign up for my weekly leadership articles and get the People Stuff Toolkit as a bonus. Get it here now.

Why you should listen:

How to back yourself as a learner is the key to advancing your career and changing jobs
How to access collective wisdom and stop being a hero leader - you get better strategy this way
Why you should create feedback loops, and not just give feedback

We explore:

How love is the most under used word in business, and how you can start to use it better at work
Concentric circles as a new organisational chart
How a better definition of success can create a sense of peace instead of competition - define success as learning and growth and not pushing up

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SHOWNOTES: www.zoerouth.com/podcast/jometcalfe

Jo’s latest favourite leadership book:

The Mind of the Leader by Rasmus Hougaard

IKIGAI - Japanese concept meaning ‘reason for being’

From the website: protagonist.life

Oshoke Pamela Abalu’s Love and Magic Company

Organisational Chart Reimagined:

From the website: loveandmagic.company

About Jo Metcalfe:

Jo Metcalfe is an energetic leader who enjoys a portfolio of experience from strategy development to business operations and project delivery. With over twenty years of experience in professional services management, board directorships, and committee work in arenas from sports governance and tertiary education to professional standards and property, she thrives on tackling change through strategic projects.

Her key strength lies in collaboratively engendering change through structured programs and she loves moving between the abstract and conceptual, to the tactical, to translate ideas, big and small, to real life.

Jo is also passionate about diversity and inclusion as well as improving her own diversity intelligence for the benefit of the organisations she serves.

Her current curiosity is about fighting Australia’s cultural cringe to increase access to, participation in and ultimately love for the arts and specifically classical music. Please contact her on LinkedIn or Facebook if you’re interested in helping with the brainstorm and startup.

In her home life, she enjoys trying to stay fit and spending quality time with her husband, her two lovely kids, and the very adorable puppy, family, and friends.

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Related Episodes:

E10 - The Power of Saying Yes with Peter Gordon, CEO Hands Across Canberra

E113 - Diversity and inclusion - How we do it at GHD, interview with Rory Waddell

Corporate Culture: An interview with Megan Bromley, RedBalloon

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P.S. And when you’re ready, here are three ways I can help:

1. Grab a free copy of our People Stuff Toolkit

It’s the roadmap to better teams and culture: e-copy of my latest book, Loyalty, checklists, templates.

2. Get equipped at our next event

Meet other adventurous leaders seeking to be, think, and do more. Leadership training and tribe meetings are listed here.

3. Join me and other renegade pathfinders in AMPLIFIERS to get your deep work done.

***

About your podcast host, Zoë Routh:

www.zoerouth.com

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E136 - How to Create Accountability in Direct Reports - with Corrinne Armour

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 22:25:34 GMT

What can living in the jungle in a refugee camp teach us about leadership? Fearless Leadership expert Corrinne Armour shares wisdom and insights from the frontlines of guerrilla warfare, through to the tough conversations leaders need to have. She shares tips based on neuroscience to help people be more accountable, how to get people to take initiative, and how to create psychological safety.

👉🏼PSSST… If you want to join a community of like-minded leadership thinkers, sign up for my weekly leadership articles and get the People Stuff Toolkit as a bonus. Get it here now.

Why you should listen:

Practical approach that uses brain science to help people be more accountable
3 step coaching process to keep from being the leader who tells and be the leader who asks
How connection is the fundamental skill every leader needs to be successful

We explore:

Life in the jungle- in a Thai-Burmese refugee camp
How - and why - someone becomes a guerrilla warfare leader - and it could be any of us
The secret to inspiring people to incredible action
Hong Kong riots - don’t it in judgment but ask what is going on in the system that would cause people to protest and stand up so much in such an extreme way for their point of view
When you catch yourself saying things like, “I want my people to take more initiative”, or “People just don’t speak up when I ask them to” - ask yourself, ‘what kinds of conditions am I creating that would drive this behaviour?
The most surprising thing about people is how surprising people are!

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SHOWNOTES: https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/corrinnearmour

Corrinne’s latest favourite leadership book:

Turn the Ship Around by David Marquet

About Corrinne Armour:

Corrinne incites people to play their big game through Fearless Leadership.

She empowers leaders to realise the potential in their careers, teams and organisations. Drawing on 15 years in the corporate world heading large projects, she knows firsthand the practicalities of juggling multiple priorities and perspectives.

Some of Corrinne’s greatest wisdom come from living and working in a jungle refugee camp at the edge of a war zone where she gained powerful insights and an active passion for Fearless Leadership. Married to an ex-freedom fighter and mother of two daughters, she appreciates the importance of embracing diversity.

Corrinne is a dynamic speaker and influencer. Her latest book ‘Leaders who Ask: Building Fearless Cultures by telling less and asking more’ was released in late 2018. She is also co-author of ‘Developing Direct Reports: Taking the Guesswork Out of Leading Leaders’ and two specialist texts in human behaviour used by consultants worldwide.

corrinnearmour.com

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Related episodes:

E62 - How to deal with failure, real devastating failure

E65 - Success is not a solo, or silo, activity - change performance reviews with Dr. Amy Silver

E28 - Gabrielle Dolan Interview

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P.S. And when you’re ready, here are three ways I can help:

1. Grab a free copy of our People Stuff Toolkit

It’s the roadmap to better teams and culture: e-copy of my latest book, Loyalty, checklists, templates.

2. Get equipped at our next event

Meet other adventurous leaders seeking to be, think, and do more. Leadership training and tribe meetings are listed here.

3. Join me and other renegade pathfinders in AMPLIFIERS to get your deep work done.

***

About your podcast host, Zoë Routh:

www.zoerouth.com

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E135 - Culture is everything - reward behaviour AND results - with CEO Craig Dower

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 23:44:52 GMT

I met Craig Dower through LinkedIn when he commented on one of my articles about culture. I was intrigued by his global accolades as CEO: President of Avanade Asia Pacific out of Singapore, CEO Salmat, CEO Xenith Ip, and now CEO of Qantm IP. It’s not the titles but the work he did: growing the business three-fold at Avanade, leading the largest transformation program in the company’s 40-year history at Salmat, and leading through a period of substantial change and steady earnings growth at Xenith IP. His secret? Focus on People First.

This rings true for me on every level, so I wanted to mine his experience for more wisdom.

👉🏼PSSST… If you want to join a community of like-minded leadership thinkers, sign up for my weekly leadership articles and get the People Stuff Toolkit as a bonus. Get it here now.

Why you should listen:

Why you need to reward values and behaviour as well as outcomes
How to transformational change fast, at scale: Get the people right, then identify three priorities: Focus, Simplify, Grow
As the CEO you need to be the chief change sponsor and chief storyteller
The hardest part about building high performing teams is getting the people right: a fit for behaviour and values, performance can be coached, but performance without values and behaviour is toxic

We explore:

Back to basics in leading a culture back to success: get the people right, get the culture right, and get the strategic focus right
Why culture is everything and that no amount of strategy can overcome a poor culture
Context, context, context: keep explaining WHY the change is happening, and how it will affect the individuals - walk in their shoes

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SHOWNOTES: https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/craigdower

Craig’s favourite books:

Jim Collins’s Good To Great - Read more here

Patrick Lencioni’s The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - Read more here

Resources:

Real Communication by Gabrielle Dolan

Understanding the Kubler Ross Change Curve - change as grief

About Craig Dower:

Craig Dower is a seasoned and successful senior executive with extensive experience in leading large-scale organisational change. Craig has served as CEO, President and Managing Director with a number of prominent organisations, both public and private, over the past twenty years. He has led several successful business transformations and taken those companies to new levels of growth and profitability. Craig has deep global and Asia Pacific experience, and lived with his family in Singapore for five years. He has also served on various boards, both as an executive and non-executive director.

Craig was recently appointed as the CEO-elect of QANTM IP (ASX : QIP), a leading intellectual property and law firm and he commences that new role in January 2020. He was most recently the CEO and Managing Director of Xenith IP (ASX : XIP) the owner of a group of leading specialist intellectual property (IP) services firms.

Craig has also served as CEO of Salmat (ASX : SLM), as well as President, Asia Pacific and China with Avanade, and has held a number of other senior executive positions in his 30+ year career.

Outside of work, Craig sings and plays rhythm guitar in a rock covers band, The Replacements, on the northern beaches of Sydney.

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Related episodes:

E134 - My biggest failure was needing to be right - Marene Allison, CISO Johnson & Johnson

E108 - The dark side of culture

E129 - Stop rewarding outputs! Culture tips with best selling author Josh Levine

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P.S. And when you’re ready, here are three ways I can help:

1. Grab a free copy of our People Stuff Toolkit

It’s the roadmap to better teams and culture: e-copy of my latest book, Loyalty, checklists, templates.

2. Get equipped at our next event

Meet other adventurous leaders seeking to be, think, and do more. Leadership training and tribe meetings are listed here.

3. Join me and other renegade pathfinders in AMPLIFIERS to get your deep work done.

***

About your podcast host, Zoë Routh:

www.zoerouth.com

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E134 - My biggest failure was needing to be right - Marene Allison, CISO Johnson & Johnson

Tue, 07 Jan 2020 23:43:01 GMT

Marene Allison is the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Johnson & Johnson. Previously she was head of Global Security at Avaya where she secured the World Cup network in Korea and Japan in 2002. Before that she was an FBI Special Agent, working on undercover drug operations, terrorist bombings, and a mock nuclear terrorism exercise. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Military academy at West Point in the first class to include women.

With a long list of firsts, in a stellar and remarkable career, Marene shares her insights and lessons on leadership and people.

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Why you should listen:

Why moving from command and control style to collaboration is a key move to thriving as a leader in a corporate environment
Learn strategies of a highly successful leader who garners fierce loyalty and commitment from her teams
Why the group is always righter than you’ll ever be

We explore:

What it’s like to challenge tradition and create a new inclusive culture in a traditionally male environment
No two humans will react the same in any circumstance
The trust but verify philosophy of leadership
There’s nothing ‘general’ about people

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SHOWNOTES: https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/mareneallison

Marene’s favourite books:

Colin Powell - It worked for me in life and leadership

Angela Duckworth - Grit - the power of passion and perseverance

About Marene Allison:

Ms. Allison is responsible for protecting the company’s Information Technology (IT) systems and data worldwide through elimination and mitigation of cybersecurity risk. This includes ensuring that the J&J information security posture supports business growth objectives, protects public trust in the J&J brand, and meets legal / regulatory requirements. With 265 companies in 60+ countries, J&J is a leader in consumer health, pharmaceutical products, and medical devices worldwide.

Prior to 2010, Marene was Chief Security Officer and Vice President for Medco, where she oversaw all aspects of security and regulatory compliance. As head of Global Security at Avaya, Marene secured the World Cup network in Korea and Japan in 2002. She also worked as Vice President of Loss Prevention and Safety for the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. Before that, Marene was an FBI Special Agent, working on undercover drug operations, terrorist bombings, and a mock nuclear terrorism exercise.

Marene has a bachelor of Science degree from The United States Military Academy at West Point in the first class to include women. She was served in the US Army in the Military Police, as well as on the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services and the Overseas Security Advisory Committee. Marene is a founding member of West Point Women and currently serves on their Board of Directors. She is also on the Board of Directors for H-ISAC (Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center) and ASIS International. Marene is married, has a son, a wonderful daughter-in-law and grandson, and lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

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Related episodes:

E81 - 4 factors for success as an executive, a riveting chat with Ron Carucci, co-author of Rising to Power

E82 - How to spread inspiration like wildfire - Interview with Richard Nongard

E47 - Breaking through barriers to your leadership success

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P.S. And when you’re ready, here are three ways I can help:

1. Grab a free copy of our People Stuff Toolkit

It’s the roadmap to better teams and culture: e-copy of my latest book, Loyalty, checklists, templates.

2. Get equipped at our next event

Meet other adventurous leaders seeking to be, think, and do more. Leadership training and tribe meetings are listed here.

3. Join me and other renegade pathfinders in AMPLIFIERS to get your deep work done.

***

About your podcast host, Zoë Routh:

www.zoerouth.com

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E133 - No guarantee of success: Build it and make it happen with Frank Fiume II

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 01:11:01 GMT

What does it take to build a wildly successful business? Author and entrepreneur Frank Fiume shares his deeply personal story on the highs and lows of creating a business based on passion. What looks like a linear journey is rarely that clearcut: Frank shares how he worked his way through each low and the lessons about life and leadership along the way.

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Why you should listen:

Learn from Frank’s experience of turning adversity and a life in poverty to an advantage in shaping his ambitions
Three strategies to make through the tough times: hire for your weakness, restructure to make sure you get the balance right and join a group of peers for sounding board and advice
Anticipate the three stages of entrepreneurial growth: hunger, resilience, and fulfillment.

We explore:

When Frank worked out that he was more than his business, and his business was more than him
The terrible chasm he experienced between a life of poverty and a life of wealth as he swung between his divorced parents’ very different circumstances
How the Pizza Man’s insults fueled a fire of ambition
The ‘hit between the eyes’ moment when he heard Tony Robbins say, “Success without fulfillment is the definition of failure’
How we can change from a PUSH worldview to a PULL worldview through our success journey
Getting past Founder-itis and focus on growing the business, not your ego

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SHOWNOTES: www.zoerouth.com/podcast/frankfiume

About Frank Fliume II

Frank Fiume II is a pioneer in the franchise industry and the founder of i9 Sports-- the nation’s first and leading franchisor of youth sports leagues and camps, which has, since 2003, generated over $300 million - with more than 2 million participants in 900 communities across 30 states nationwide.

A baseball fanatic and native of Queens, New York, Frank graduated from St. John’s University and began a career as a medical equipment sales rep, though he was determined to follow his true life purpose. In l995, he created his own adult men’s softball league, ABA Sports. The start-up company quickly grew to over 900 teams making it the largest adult sports organization on Long Island in just six years.

In 2003, Frank sold ABA Sports to create i9 Sports, a business that catapulted him to national recognition and that Entrepreneur magazine ranked as the #1 children’s fitness franchise. Frank has been featured on Fox Business News, HBO Real Sports, and in dozens of publications and national news media outlets, including USA Today, Sports Illustrated, and The Wall Street Journal.

Frank sold i9 Sports in 2017 to a private equity firm in 2017 but remains a minority shareholder and member of the board of directors. He oversees the charitable Fiume Family Foundation and has recently written his debut business book, Running With My Head Down: An Entrepreneur’s Story of Passion, Perseverance, and Purpose which is available on Amazon as well as retail and airport bookstores nationwide on October 1, 2019.

www.frankfiume.com

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Related episodes:

E117 - You gotta love what you do - the entrepreneurial mindset with Khaysan Kimberlin

E81 - 4 factors for success as an executive, a riveting chat with Ron Carucci, co-author of Rising to Power

E47 - Breaking through barriers to your leadership success

***

P.S. And when you’re ready, here are three ways I can help:

1. Grab a free copy of our People Stuff Toolkit

It’s the roadmap to better teams and culture: e-copy of my latest book, Loyalty, checklists, templates.

2. Get equipped at our next event

Meet other adventurous leaders seeking to be, think, and do more. Leadership training and tribe meetings are listed here.

3. Join me and other renegade pathfinders in AMPLIFIERS to get your deep work done.

***

About your host, Zoë Routh:

www.zoerouth.com

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E132 - How To Be Commercially Creative - with Kieran Flanagan

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 01:33:25 GMT

Do you feel like a creative dunce? Do you think that creative people are born with talent, and you’re just not one of them? Author, speaker, and creative powerhouse Kieran Flanagan breaks a few myths and lets us know we can all be commercially creative if we’re prepared to do the work.

👉🏼PSSST… If you want to learn some creative thinking skills, check out our events coming up.

Why you should listen:

Learn the number one strategy to generating awesome ideas
How to develop creative judgment
How to know you’ve got an idea that really hits the mark: Listen for the ‘ahhhs’
Don’t go into brainstorming cold - you need mental fodder

We explore:

Why creativity is not artistry, but really about problem-solving
Creativity is a skill, not a talent, and is about a lot of really hard work
The difference between re-hashing and being ‘different enough’
Commercial creativity is about being in service to helping others solve problems
The biggest creative exercise is identifying the gap between where you are and where you want to be, and then creating beliefs, systems, and structures to help bridge that gap

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SHOWNOTES: www.zoerouth.com/podcast/kieranflanagan

About Kieran Flanagan:

Kieran Flanagan is the Co-Founder of the Impossible Institute. She is a speaker, trainer, and author who helps organisations and individuals harness the commercial power of creativity and drive change (not just react to it).

Rated in “the top 25 C-Suite Speakers to watch,” by Meetings & Conventions USA, Kieran helps the leaders, teams, and organisations she works with to be commercially creative and to change their thinking in order to change their results.

Kieran was one of the youngest Creative Directors to lead an award-winning agency. She was behind the most successful product launch in Australian history, has headed up Australia’s premiere creative school, won awards all over the planet for her thinking and effectiveness and is on the faculty at Thought Leaders International.

Kieran has had her thinking published in over a hundred titles all over the globe. She has worked with many of the biggest companies and brands on the planet. She has appeared on tv and radio. Her latest book, co-authored with Dan Gregory, Forever Skills, looks at what won’t change in a world changing at a mind boggling rate.

Check out her website.

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Related episodes:

E123 - Future proof yourself using Forever Skills - with author and speaker Dan Gregory

E124 - Free yourself from the curse of perfectionism - with author and speaker Lynne Cazaly

E105 - Memory hacks to make you a genius: Interview with Memory Athlete Daniel Kilov

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E130 - As a leader how are you making the world better? With leadership expert Tim Collings

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 22:52:46 GMT

Leadership expert Tim Collings joins me in sharing insights on his leadership path, and core tips for leadership that makes a lasting difference, and transformative leadership.

👉🏼PSSST… If you like the show, you’ll love the blog! Weekly articles on People Stuff. Get the People Stuff Toolkit here.

Why you should listen:

How to find your leadership calling that will sustain you through tough times
Steal Tim’s insights on how to lead mixed Gen X and Gen Y teams
What to implement to be a transformative leader: imagine, ignite, immerse, and inspire.

We explore:

Two key success principles; TECHNE - this is mastery. Do something you love that serves others and become extremely good at it. The other is a Mennonite tenet: ‘have no fear of the work that never ends’
Why an obituary for the business was a transformational experience for Tim, and why you should do it for your own business
Three things you can start doing to become a transformational leader: how you will serve through your values and live them each day, how to manage your intentions and avoid unintended consequences, and setting a stillness exercise.

Tim’s favourite author, Nis Vesk.

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SHOWNOTES:

About Tim Collings:

Tim believes that better leaders can create a better world, so devotes himself to working with leaders to improve themselves and the teams and organisations they lead - all contributing to this overall goal.

Tim was raised by leaders, his Dad in the military and his Mum in Education and found himself in his first formal leadership role at age 11 in one of the UK's leading boy's choirs - he's not so cute anymore!

Tim progressed on through leadership roles at school and University where he studied Organisational Behaviour, and began his career in 2004 as a Recruiter, helping leaders build their careers and organisations to attract better leaders. After roles leading, building, and launching recruitment businesses, his service of leaders progressed into organisation wide consulting and individual and team coaching, culminating in him co-Founding 4iGroup - a Sydney-based Leadership Development company, in 2016.

Tim loves what he does, serving leaders and leading from the front, and is fortunate enough to have worked with a broad spectrum of leaders from corporate CEOs and Boards to Not-for-Profit leaders and up-and-coming leaders across many sectors and countries around the world.

Tim considers the journey of learning to lead to be a lifelong one and stands behind his values as the consistent drivers of his leadership success.

Tim is a parent of two, married to Belle, and lives in the Shoalhaven region of NSW, Australia.

Contact details:

timc@4ileadership.com

www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings/

www.4ileadership.com

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Related episodes:

E51 - How To Become Limitless! Interview with Renee Giarrusso

E43 - Managing Up: Dealing with blocks to your success

E47 - Breaking through barriers to your leadership success

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P.S. And when you’re ready, here are three ways I can help:

1. Grab a free copy of our People Stuff Toolkit

It’s the roadmap to better teams and culture: e-copy of my latest book, Loyalty, checklists, templates.

2. Get equipped at our next event

Meet other adventurous leaders seeking to be, think, and do more. Leadership training and tribe meetings are listed here.

3. Join me and other renegade pathfinders in AMPLIFIERS to get your deep work done.

***

About your host, Zoë Routh:

www.zoerouth.com

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E131 - Be better - Don't hide from it, tackle it! With business owner Rob Evans

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 22:40:58 GMT

Owner of AllBids Rob Evans is a successful Canberra business owner. He’s been through many ups and downs and has now established the Fyshwick Business Association. He shares his struggles and insights.

👉🏼PSSST… If you want to get ahead in business and leadership, just like Rob does, check out our events coming up.

Why you should listen:

Learn the specific steps Rob took to turn his workplace culture around that you can use too
Find out about the most important strategy that led to business improvement: results mapping
How the guiding force of “We’re all in this together” can help shape buy-in for employees and broader stakeholders by simply asking for feedback.

We explore:

The journey from accountant to sports management to auctioneer
How Rob spotted changes in the online environment that helped him scale his business
How smart recruitment of graduates set his business up for long-term success
Recognising burnout and the attitude shift that changed things
Results mapping and the principles of less is more and no ‘weasel words’ in strategies
The genesis of the Fyshwick Business Association and becoming a leader for a community through advocacy, collaboration, and sharing information.

Resources:

Rob’s business AllBids

The Fyshwick Business Association

About Results Mapping with Stacey Barr

The Amplifiers Program Rob is part of with Zoë - Join Us!

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SHOWNOTES:

About Rob Evans:

From managing a multi-million dollar online auction site, caddying on the Pro-Golf Tour, to teaching cricket to street kids in India, Rob is one of Canberra’s most well-respected entrepreneurs.

Rob’s natural ability with numbers and his outgoing personality, saw him move from working with some of London’s biggest banks to calling auctions at Grays and eventually opening his own business, ALLBIDS in 2002.

His passion for health and wellness has influenced many of his business ventures as well as his approach to management in and out of the boardroom. He’s run three marathons including the New York and Berlin Marathons.

Growing up in Canberra, Rob is an avid supporter and sponsor of the Canberra Raiders and sits on the board of Royal Canberra Golf Club where he is focused on many challenging projects including a $6million development of the course and additions to club facilities.

A big-picture thinker, Rob is passionate about accelerating Canberra to compete on the international stage for business and sporting events. This includes bringing international tournaments to the city and becoming an Asian freight hub.

He also hopes to align with more government agencies and private operators to adopt his ALLBIDS mantra ‘re-use is the best form of recycling’, through various corporate initiatives.

His philanthropic work includes supporting many charities and local community groups such as Lifeline, Canteen, and the Heart Foundation.

Rob’s testimonial of Zoë’s work, from LinkedIn:

I attended a few of Zoë’s workshops in 2017 and early 2018. Subsequently, I signed up for the Leader’s Edge Mastermind course from 2018-2019 and have extended the relationship in 2019 with the "Amplifiers" course and having our IT Director start the Leader’s Edge Course.

After working closely with Zoë on strategy and culture reforms, ALLBIDS executed our plans from November 2018. The results have been fantastic from so many angles. Not only are our financial results the best quarter on quarter results ever BUT we are a happier business, our premises have been upgraded and we have a pipeline of sustainable work the remainder of 2019/2020.

I feel so much more in control of the business and confident to lead not only ALLBIDS but Fyshwick as a business destination.

I have worked with several business consultants and mentors previously who have tried to help ALLBIDS consolidate, but no one has made a substantial positive effect until Zoë. Zoë's style is to shine the light on the latest developments in leadership and let you choose what is right for your business. Her understanding of business culture and extensive research into the most up to date strategies has been fantastic for me. I highly recommend her to anyone looking to improve their leadership skills.

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Related episodes:

E117 - You gotta love what you do - the entrepreneurial mindset with Khaysan Kimberlin

E91 - How to be a successful CEO, Andrew Spencer, CEO Australian Pork Limited

E34 - Stop measuring people's performance! An interview with Stacey Barr, performance measurement specialist

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P.S. And when you’re ready, here are three ways I can help:

1. Grab a free copy of our People Stuff Toolkit

It’s the roadmap to better teams and culture: e-copy of my latest book, Loyalty, checklists, templates.

2. Get equipped at our next event

Meet other adventurous leaders seeking to be, think, and do more. Leadership training and tribe meetings are listed here.

3. Join me and other renegade pathfinders in AMPLIFIERS to get your deep work done.

***

About your host, Zoë Routh:

www.zoerouth.com

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E129 - Stop rewarding outcomes! Culture tips with best selling author Josh Levine

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 00:41:40 GMT

Author of GREAT MONDAYS, ‘one of the best culture books of all time’ Josh Levine shares awesome insights about how to design a culture employees love.

👉🏼PSSST… If you like the show, you’ll love the blog! Weekly articles on People Stuff. Get the People Stuff Toolkit here.

Why you should listen:

Why you absolutely should NOT reward outcomes, and what to reward instead
Learn the six steps to culture design
Why Peak Perks has hit Silicon Valley and how it’s a waste of money if you want to build a company to last
Simple culture hacks that are easy to implement for effective employee recognition

We explore:

How work can improve life, rather than detract from it
Culture ‘synapses’ - and building connections between people beyond their role
The difference between wanting to build and flip, and building something enduring and meaningful

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Shownotes: www.zoerouth.com/podcast/greatmondays

About Josh Levine:

Josh Levine is an educator, designer, and best-selling author, but above all, he is on a mission to help organizations design a culture advantage. His book *Great Mondays: How to Design a Company Culture Employees Love*, is listed as one of BookAuthority's Best Culture Books 2019.

For more than 15 years Josh has helped build culture-driven brands and as Principal of Great Monday continues his work with technology and social enterprise organizations. He is known best as for helping found the non-profit Culture LabX in 2013, and as executive director has overseen its growth into an international community.

Josh is sought after for his entertaining, inspiring, and educational keynotes, that not only reveal new insights but inspire new action. He has spoken at SXSW, Disrupt HR, Wellness Council of America along with many industry events. And because he just can’t get enough, you will also find him sharing his ideas as an instructor in the groundbreaking MBA program in Design at the California College of the Arts and in articles across the web. His highly entertaining and accessible writing has been featured in Forbes, Huffington Post, and Fast Company. Josh holds a BS in Engineering Psychology from Tufts University and BFA in design from the Academy of Art University.

You can find Great Mondays on Amazon

E128 - Stop talking about diversity, start talking about SYMPHONY - Oshoke Pamela Abalu

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 01:20:58 GMT

Co-Founder of Love and Magic Company, Oshoke Pamela Abalu is a leading light for grace and privilege in work. She advocates for a change of language to focus on SYMPHONY, and not diversity. This interview was incredibly moving. Oshoke speaks to our higher nature, calls us all forward to our true human nature where we see, honour, and include each other. This was a TRANSFORMATIONAL interview for me personally, and I’m honoured to share it with you.

👉🏼PSSST… If you like the show, you’ll love the blog! Weekly articles on People Stuff. Get the People Stuff Toolkit here.

Why you should listen:

Be inspired by the grace and wisdom from a leader who embodies love in all of who she is and what she does
Learn simple steps to take to ensure you business success with a symphony approach
Learn key distinctions for diversity, belonging, and the role we can play in making bigger contributions

We explore:

Why we need to change our focus from ‘what job do you have and what role do you play” to “who do you help” and “what problems do you solve”?
How grace allows to see the honour and privilege of sharing our superpowers in service to humanity through work.
Why inclusion is no longer a charitable act but a necessary action for the future of your business
How ‘them’ is you - and the broader your scale of inclusion, the more powerful your influence and impact
We don’t make room in the portrait for that ‘other’, we notice that the portrait is incomplete without them

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Shownotes: www.zoerouth.com/podcast/oshokesymphony

About Oshoke Pamela Abalu

Oshoke Pamela Abalu is the co-founder of Love & Magic Company, a tech-forward consultancy powered by Love, Magic & Artificial Intelligence. Their mantra? The Kahlil Gibran verse, "Work is love made visible."

A dynamic speaker and thought leader, Abalu pioneers human-centered design solutions that infuse consciousness, energy flow, and inclusivity into global workplace transformations. A Crain’s 40 Under 40 honoree, she is reimagining the future of work through ecosystem innovations like “Inclusion & Symphony” and “Smiles Per Square Foot", where people and technology work side by side to improve lived experiences and amplify human potential.

Licensed at the age of 26, as the 179th living licensed black female architect in the U.S., she has since led the transformation of over $1B of workplaces for thousands of individuals in 65 countries. Abalu and her work have been featured in TIME, Smart Planet, Real Simple Magazine, Domino Magazine, Interior Design Magazine, The Network Journal, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, Fast Company, and more.

Her website is https://loveandmagic.company/

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Related episodes:

E36 - How to evolve your leadership maturity

E126 - How to be wise, compassionate and peaceful - Cindy Wigglesworth

E45 - Why we need new leadership maturity, and how to get there - Interview with Dr Maja Stanojevic-Andre

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P.S. And when you’re ready, here are three ways I can help:

Grab a free copy of our People Stuff Toolkit

It’s the roadmap to better teams and culture: e-copy of my latest book, Loyalty, checklists, templates.

Get equipped at our next event

Meet other adventurous leaders seeking to be, think, and do more. Leadership training and tribe meetings are listed here.

Join me and other renegade pathfinders in AMPLIFIERS to get your deep work done.

***

About your host, Zoë Routh:

www.zoerouth.com

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E127 - How good is your reputation really? With personal branding expert Jane Anderson

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 01:57:49 GMT

Author of 6 books (nearly 7), personal branding expert Jane Anderson gives us the nitty gritty on how to manage people’s perspective of you, namely your brand and reputation.

👉🏼PSSST… If you like the show, you’ll love the blog! Weekly articles on People Stuff. Get the People Stuff Toolkit here.

Why you should listen:

Learn how to figure out exactly what kind of reputation you do have (and is that a good thing or not)
How to amplify your best facets and aspects of your personal brand
What you absolutely must do to avoid screwing up your reputation

We explore:

Where to start in building your personal brand (and why you need to do it deliberately as a leader)
How to be a Lighthouse Leader and why branding is ultimately NOT about you
The need to cultivate influence and a tribe as much as personal brand, and how to do that
Ignoring the inner critic by remaining focused on vision and purpose
The best sales book: The Challenger Sale

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Shownotes: http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/personalbranding

About Jane Anderson:

Jane Anderson is a Strategic Communications expert. With over 20 years’ experience in Personal Branding and Content Creation she has worked with over 50,000 people on building more trust and influence in their businesses and brands.

Her clients include Virgin Australia, Lego, Ikea, Rio Tinto and Origin Energy.

Jane’s blog was recently voted in the top 10 branding blogs in Australia and in the top 30 branding gurus globally. She won bronze and silver awards at the 2018 Stevie Awards for Women in Business.

She is the host of the iTunes podcast "The Jane Anderson Show" and interviewed world leading experts including Seth Godin, and has been featured in Business Insider, The Today Show, Sky Business, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

Jane has won numerous awards including being nominated for the Telstra Business Women’s Awards. She is also the author of 6 books including her latest “TRUSTED: The Level Above Influence.”

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Related episodes:

E54 - Networking matters, but your network matters more - Interview with Janine Garner E18 - Marketing that changes lives: Todd Wright, Threesides Marketing E58 - Staff Loyalty & how to get it - Interview with Craig Cherry

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P.S. And when you’re ready, here are three ways I can help:

Grab a free copy of our People Stuff Toolkit

It’s the roadmap to better teams and culture: e-copy of my latest book, Loyalty, checklists, templates.

Get equipped at our next event

Meet other adventurous leaders seeking to be, think, and do more. Leadership training and tribe meetings are listed here.

Join me and other renegade pathfinders in AMPLIFIERS to get your deep work done.

***

About your host, Zoë Routh:

www.zoerouth.com

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E126 - How to be wise, compassionate and peaceful - Cindy Wigglesworth

Sat, 26 Oct 2019 22:51:43 GMT

Cindy Wigglesworth is best selling author of SQ21: The Twenty-One Skills of Spiritual Intelligence. Her work has had an enormous impact on my own perspective of leadership. The need to develop wise and compassionate leaders is needed more than ever. This is one of the most important interviews for leadership I have done so far. A must listen for those aspiring to make a bigger difference.

We discuss:

How the experience of divorce and raising a daughter was a profound stimulus for reflection and the impetus to explore better leadership
Why ego-driven leadership and its poorest forms of narcissism and self absorption is exhausting to be around
How leadership from the more expanded point of view the Higher Self attracts people willingly to follow you
The work of advanced spiritual intelligence as a continual practice
The calling “to be a light onto the world” is within us all, and the work we do can be the candle that lights the way for others
Why Cindy is grateful for President Trump as he has been a catalyst for Americans to examine the profound truth of how much racial divide is still systemic, and why there is still much racial and political healing to do in the USA
How Obama created the conditions that brought Trump forward
How we are all called to growth
The lotus flower blooms in mud, just as we can bloom through the muck and mess of our own lives
The role of a new thought Church to foster Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
Why you need to have your BS challenges (belief system, as well as the other B.S.)
How emotional intelligence is the first thing to address as leaders: name the emotion, identify what triggered, and practice inserting a PAUSE between stimulus and response

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Shownotes:

http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/cindywigglesworth

The three jewels of Zen Buddhism:

Buddha - the teacher
Dharma - the teaching
Sangha - the community of practitioners

The Unity Church

About Cindy Wigglesworth:

Cindy Wigglesworth, MA is the bestselling author of SQ21: The Twenty-One Skills of Spiritual Intelligence (SelectBooks, 2012), a book that won a Hoffer Award for best spiritual book of 2013.

Her SQ21 spiritual intelligence self-assessment has created a validated and diversity-appropriate way of having spiritual conversations in the workplace. John Mackey, co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, calls SQ “the next frontier in leadership.”

Cindy founded her business, now called Deep Change, in 2000 after working at ExxonMobil for 20 years in Human Resources management. She teaches leadership development and focuses on the multiple intelligences required for success in our personal and professional lives.

Cindy has spoken at numerous conferences including: Conscious Capitalism, Integral Leadership in Action, Business and Consciousness, Spirit in Business, Spirit at Work and the World Business Academy. Cindy has appeared on Oprah, PBS, Fox26 News, TEDxLowerEastSide, TEDxSonomaCounty and numerous radio programs abd conferences. Her blog can be found on the Huffington Post.

Her website is www.deepchange.com

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Related episodes:

E36 - How to evolve your leadership maturity

E90 - How to move from expert to leader

E45 - Why we need new leadership maturity, and how to get there - Interview with Dr Maja Stanojevic-Andre

***

P.S. And when you’re ready, here are three ways I can help:

Grab a free copy of our People Stuff Toolkit

It’s the roadmap to better teams and culture: e-copy of my latest book, Loyalty, checklists, templates.

Get equipped at our next event

Meet other adventurous leaders seeking to be, think, and do more. Leadership training and tribe meetings are listed here.

Join me and other renegade pathfinders in AMPLIFIERS to get your deep work done.

***

About your host, Zoë Routh:

Zoë is the author of three books: 'Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact', 'Moments - Leadership when it matters most' and 'Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates." Zoë is also the producer of the Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.

www.zoerouth.com

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E125 - Are you a smart person who makes dumb mistakes? With author David Robson

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 02:04:04 GMT

Science journalist David Robson, author of the brilliant The Intelligence Trap - Why smart people make dumb mistakes, takes us on a wild ride through the stupid things smart people do, and why.

We explore:

Why real life human vampires are more deserving of compassion than scorn
How the ancient study of wisdom (and how to live our best life) is having a resurgence and renewal through the lens of Evidence Based Wisdom
How intellectual intelligence is different to rationality intelligence, and how this can be measured
The frightening condition of DYSRATIONALIA - when smart people think and do dumb things
How mindfulness is a step towards diminishing this trap
Why we need to get analytical about intuition
The importance of developing an emotional compass - this includes emotional awareness, differentiation, and regulation of emotions
How Brexit is the perfect example of motivated reasoning by smart people that drives greater polarisation
Benjamin Franklin’s moral algebra and its ability to immunise a little bit against motivated reasoning
How finding common ground and assessing the quality of the evidence in someone’s argument is the best method to avoid being polarising
If you are susceptible to “Pseudo-Profound Bullshit” (statements that sound profound but are really vacuous), you might need to take the cognitive reflection test
Emotional intelligence can be a bridge between intelligence and avoiding some major biases
Key tips to help avoiding the intelligence traps: curiosity, humility, considering the opposite viewpoint through the lens of evidence
Maintain a child-like curiosity, wonder and awe at the world.

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Shownotes: http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/davidrobson

Books recommended by David:

Cure - A journey into the science of Mind Over Body by Jo Marchant

Possessed - Why we want more than we need by Bruce Hood

About David Robson:

David is a senior journalist at BBC Feature. He writes in-depth features on medicine, psychology and neuroscience for the Atlantic, New Scientist, Mosaic, Aeon, and the Guardian. He is the author of The Intelligence Trap, published by Hodder and Stoughton (UK)/ WW Norton (USA & Canada) in 2019. A popular science book in the style of Malcolm Gladwell and Charles Duhigg, The Intelligence Trap explores cutting-edge psychological research on intelligence and decision making, to explain why even highly educated people are prone to error - and the ways they can protect themselves from those mistakes. Translation rights have been sold in 12 languages.

He has interviewed everyone from real-life vampires to the hyper-polyglots who have mastered more than 30 languages, and the scientists hunting for the elixir of life – in whale blubber.

David’s website

TWITTER: @d_a_robson

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Related episodes:

E6 - How to deal with the Trump Factor

E37 - How to change even the most stubborn bad habits -with Lisa Lahey

E109 - How to stop cockups, crackpots and conniptions

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E124 - Free yourself from the curse of perfectionism - with author and speaker Lynne Cazaly

Mon, 14 Oct 2019 03:58:15 GMT

Do you struggle with perfectionism? Procrastination? These are some of the blockers to doing good work. Our very desire to do good work stops us from doing so! Lynne Cazaly is an author, international speaker, and master facilitator. She has published six books, including her latest Ish - The Problem with our Pursuit for Perfection and the Life-Changing Practice of Good Enough.

We talk about:

How leaders get in the way of good results by trying to censor the inputs and control the outcomes
High performing teams work intensely within constraints, and celebrate small wins
Defining the standard you are working towards, and why that is important is the critical first move away from perfectionism paralysis
The next move of identifying the high value tasks, the 20% of tasks that give you 80% of results, is your next best move
How using a pressure on / pressure off method works for both introverts and extroverts in an iterative agile-ish process
Improvisation techniques help us release the hold of perfectionism and embrace ish, knowing it will be ok
The game-changing paradigm of the Pratfall effect (stuffing up and appearing more likable as a result)
The spotlight effect - people are not noticing your faults as much as you think they are
Wabi sabi - how the Japanese philosophy of embracing the beauty of imperfection can apply at work
How we can get distracted by things that don’t really matter, like grooming eyebrows for 18 hours per week!
Check yourself - if you feel overwhelmed, chances are you have a ‘P’ problem - perfectionism and its twin, procrastination

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Shownotes: http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/lynnecazaly

Pratfall Effect

Spotlight effect

Wabi Sabi

About Lynne Cazaly:

Lynne Cazaly helps individuals, teams and organisations transition to new ways of working.

Lynne is an international keynote speaker, author and a master facilitator. She is the author of 6 books:

ish: The Problem with our Pursuit for Perfection and the Life-Changing Practice of Good Enough
Agile-ish: How to Create a Culture of Agility
Leader as Facilitator: How to Engage, Inspire and Get Work Done
Making Sense: A Handbook for the Future of Work
Create Change: How to Apply Innovation in an Era of Uncertainty
Visual Mojo: How to Capture Thinking, Convey Information and Collaborate Using Visuals.

She works with executives, senior leaders and project teams on their major change and transformation projects. This includes working with agile practices, business agility improvements and digital transformations.

Her background is that of a communication specialist, having lectured in under-graduate and post-graduate programs in several of Australia's Universities and consulting to different industries, sectors and fields on engagement, communication and change.

Lynne will help you think better, make sense of information and handle the realities of information overload with a range of ingenious processes, tools and methods. She is an experienced board director and chair and an #avgeek, loving everything aviation, airports and air traffic control.

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Related episodes:

Quit or grit - when to give up

E75 - Boundless Leadership: Stop self sabotage and re-set now!

E100 - RESET your rituals, boundaries, and habits for a brilliant new year

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P.S. And when you’re ready, here are three ways I can help:

Grab a free copy of our People Stuff Toolkit

It’s the roadmap to better teams and culture: e-copy of my latest book, Loyalty, checklists, templates.

Get equipped at our next event

Meet other adventurous leaders seeking to be, think, and do more. Leadership training and tribe meetings are listed here.

Join me and other renegade pathfinders in AMPLIFIERS to get your deep work done.

***

About your host, Zoë Routh:

www.zoerouth.com

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E123 - Future proof yourself using Forever Skills - with author and speaker Dan Gregory

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 08:09:31 GMT

He helps smart people be people smart. As the co-author of Forever Skills along with Kieran Flanagan, Dan Gregory is a leading thinker on what leaders can do to move people to sensible action.

We explore how the real test of leadership is what we do when things go wrong, how the gaps in skills we need as leaders vary from industry to industry and culture to culture, how corporate Aussies are strong in risk-taking, why making values-based decisions is important for long-term vision, why we need to use a value lens to avoid short-term reactive decisions, how to consume 200-300 books per year, how to challenge your own perspective with Socratic questioning, why thinking in questions is the best strategy to avoid the traps of default thinking, what Dan’s shadow flaw is.

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Shownotes: http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/dangregory

The Intelligence Trap

Bill Bernbach

Jonathan Haidt

About Dan Gregory

Dan Gregory is a speaker, author and social commentator. A thought leader in the field of human behaviour and influence, leadership and engagement and insights that incite, he helps leaders, teams and individuals explore what makes their customers buy and their team members buy in.

Dan has created leadership strategies for global technology firms, designed performance strategies for sales teams and C-Suite executives and driven engagement strategies for organisations as diverse as Coca-Cola, Newscorp., the Royal Australian Navy and the UN in Asia.

In short, he helps smart people be people smart.

Kieran Flanagan and Dan Gregory are the co-founders of The Impossible Institute — a strategic think tank founded to re-imagine the way we think, lead, navigate change and create success. Kieran works with leaders, teams and organisations to make positive change and make change positive while Dan helps smart people to become "people smart".

They are the strategic and creative team behind the most successful new product launch in Australian history, have helped entrepreneurs build internationally successful businesses and worked with some of the world’s most influential organisations: developing communication and marketing strategies for Coca-Cola; driving innovation and product design for Unilever; delivering leadership development for the Australian Navy and banks based in Asia; building teamwork in global tech giants and C-suite executives in the United States, as well as facilitating social-change strategies for the United Nations in Singapore and NGOs in Australia.

Voted in the ‘top 25 C-Suite Speakers to watch’ by Meetings & Conventions USA, they combine business acumen with a rapier wit and rare human insight gained while working on the US and UK stand-up comedy circuits — skills put to great use in front of millions of viewers on ABC TV’s Gruen franchise and Channel 7’s Masters of Spin and as regular contributors to Success and The CEO Magazine in the United States.

https://www.dangregory.co/

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Related episodes:

E111 - How to be a next level leader: 3 blocks to overcome

E32 - Stephen Scott Johnson Interview - Conscious Transformation of an Organisational Culture

E4 - 3 Influence Points For Long-term Strategic Change

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Get equipped at our next event

Meet other adventurous leaders seeking to be, think, and do more. Leadership training and tribe meetings are listed here.

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E122 - You don’t need permission to create positive work experiences - with Shawn Murphy

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 10:57:07 GMT

We are wired to belong. Contemporary workplaces are modern-day tribes, and yet so many leaders treat them as transactional places of misery. In fact, 82% of leaders have been found to be lacking in the required skills to lead effectively. There is a serious deficit in the soft skills.

Author, consultant and tech startup leader, Shawn Murphy talks with me about the key principles of belonging in his latest book, Work Tribes:The Surprising Secret to Breakthrough Performance, Astonishing Results, and Keeping Teams Together. These are to be valued, welcomed, and wanted.

We discuss the ins and outs of belonging, how it’s an outcome, not a program, how you can’t operationalise belonging but you can develop programs to develop leadership skills that foster belonging, how any behaviour change expected from a training program needs to be backed up by accountable tracking afterwards, why ‘hiring for culture fit’ is a fast-track to building a country club and not a successful business, why hiring for ‘how you can contribute to the culture’ is a better approach, how we need to have better conversations - ones about the playbook and values and purpose of an organisation - so we can avoid catty bitchiness in workplaces, and how we don’t need to wait for permission or a program to create positive work experience. We can get started right now with self awareness.

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Shownotes: http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/worktribes

Shawn’s cool Tech startup

Shawn’s book

Brene Brown and her work on belonging

About Shawn Murphy

Shawn Murphy, author of Work Tribes:The Surprising Secret to Breakthrough Performance, Astonishing Results, and Keeping Teams Together (HarperCollins Leadership), has nearly thirty years of consulting experience and advising companies on implementing organizational change and culture change. Central to his work is applying human behavior and needs to help achieve business results and create a satisfying experience of work for employees. Because of his extensive experience and keen insight, Shawn was handpicked to be part of IBM’s elite New Way to Work futurist group.

Shawn is currently the Director of Organizational Development and Workplace Trends at Silicon Valley start-up, Bluescape. He lives in Northern California.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawndmurphy/

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E121 - Go forward every day but make sure you take the lesson - Rachel Hind

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 23:05:30 GMT

What do you do when your social drinking becomes a crippling habit in a downward spiral of destruction? We can admit defeat, we can surrender, we can ignore it, or we can own it. Rachel Hind chose complete responsibility. Her journey to sobriety is one of personal honesty, radical self healing, and personal transformation shows great courage.

We talk about how drinking for middle aged women has increased 85% in the last ten years, the warning signs for the start of liver cirrhosis, how the first stage of healing begins with honesty with oneself, why pain and suffering can be the biggest opportunity for self empowerment, is alcoholism an addiction or not, the two very different paths for recovery, Jack Canfield’s model of E + R = O (event plus response equals outcomes), the switch from success based on external markers to success based on living according to one’s values, and how one’s quality of life is directly related to how much uncertainty one can deal with.

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Shownotes: http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/rachelhind

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About Rachel Hind

Rachel Hind is a professionally trained Addiction and Sobriety Coach. She is a leading expert on showing you how to “reboot” your mind and body for a healthy relationship with alcohol and drugs so you are always in full control of your life.

After 25 years of accounting and legal corporate work, Rachel changed tack to start her own business helping others, after her own journey of self discovery.

As an experienced, authentic, inspiring and compassionate coach, speaker and trainer, Rachel partners with individuals, businesses and organisations to offer breakthrough results, and create life-changing and sustainable outcomes.

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www.rachelhind.com

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E120 - You can't ignore your past! Mental Fitness for men with Greg Gillies

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 22:50:23 GMT

What does it take to be a real man? Life Coach for Men, Greg Gillies, knows that it’s not what we usually think. It’s not about material success, business goal achievement, or a facebook narrative. He believes we need to clear the programming from our past so we can embrace the best of who we can be.

Greg shares his own downward spiral from successful executive and business owner to numbed out alcohol abuser through to renewed and liberated healthy male leader. He reveals how kinesiology and quantum matrix therapy helped clear his unconscious past beliefs so he could choose more powerful ones.

We take a deep dive into sympathetic nervous system dominance, the body’s natural healing system, releasing negative emotions and beliefs from our past, resolving conflicts in our brain,

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Shownotes:

http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/greglifecoachformen

About Greg Gillies

Greg Gillies is a Life Coach for Men. He is an expert in emotional intelligence and releasing blocks, He helps men release past limiting beliefs, influences and emotions so they can step in to being their best, mentally, physically and spiritually.

After 20 years trying to “Have it All” in life, he found himself feeling unfulfilled, unhappy and thinking there was something wrong with him. He hit rock bottom abusing alcohol to numb the pain – then everything changed after he undertook extensive self development work.

Greg is an expert in helping men to break through the unconscious programming of their past to create wellness, well being and ultimate happiness.

www.greggillies.com

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E119 - 7 Values of Metamodern Leadership we need now - with James Surwillo

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 01:22:35 GMT

How do we make sense of chaos and lead through it? What can we expect from Generation Z / Generation Alpha as leaders? What is the antidote to the pessimism we experience through post-modernism? These are some of the robust questions James and I explore in our conversation about his book, Metamodern Leadership - A history of seven values that will change the world.

We travel through the historical periods of modernism, post-modernism, and metamodernism to look at how we see and operate in the world. We look at developmental models of human experience. We consider the 4 generational archetypes and how they have affected our leadership over the ages. We ask, Trump vs Obama, nationalism vs globalism - what will empower people and nations? How can we lead from behind in chaos? A very full and engaging conversation for those interested in leadership needed for our complex world.

Shownotes:

http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/metamodernleadership

About James Surwillo:

James Surwillo, MA, PMP is a speaker, author, and leader in a Fortune 15 company. He is an advocate for the leadership of the next generation and an authority on the history of generational and cultural change. His goal is to help business, government, and non-profit organizations adopt strategies based on the inevitable human resources and leadership transformation. Leadership and followship as a practice, is very contextual and mythological.

Why we lead and why we follow is much deeper than we as individuals even understand. The more we can understand these differences the more effective leaders we can become. Further information can be found at www.jamessurwillo.com and his book Metamodern Leadership is available at all major outlets.

About your host, Zoe Routh:

Zoe Routh is one of Australia's leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.

Zoe is the author of three books: 'Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact', 'Moments - Leadership when it matters most', and 'Loyalty - Stop unwanted staff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates'. Zoe is also the producer of the Zoe Routh Leadership Podcast.

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E118 - Diversity is difference, and difference is an asset - with Christina Ryan

Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:23:44 GMT

Imagine in the lift at the end of the day, being asked for the 8th time, 'so, what happened to YOU?'. People with disabilities are confronted daily with intrusive questions about the intimate details of their physical condition. Something we would not dare ask others. This is but one of the challenges people with disabilities endure every day. Disability leader and advocate Christina Ryan wants us to get beyond the discomfort of visible difference and get on with the job of talking leadership: how difference offers more viewpoints.

We explored disability as identity, disability disadvantage in employment, vertical development leadership through the lens of disability, the core attributes of disability at the leadership table (inclusion, collaboration, resilience, and innovation), how acknowledging the whole self including disability is fundamental component of spreading perspective and inclusion in workplaces and community.

SHOWNOTES:

http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/disabilityleadership

Diversish video satire report on diversity inclusion

Christina's Westpac Fellowship report

Carly Findlay - Appearance Activist

ABOUT CHRISTINA RYAN:

Christina Ryan is the CEO and Founder of the Disability Leadership Institute.

Christina pioneered the use of mainstream forums by women with disabilities at the United Nations, and now mentors and teaches effective use of the UN for rights activists globally, while working as a leadership coach for people with disabilities.

Christina established the Disability Leadership Institute in 2016 as a professional hub for leaders with disabilities to build & support our disability leaders. It is the first organisation of its kind globally, run by and for disability leaders. The DLI aims to grow the presence and recognition of disability leaders across all sections of our community. Christina is also regular keynote speaker and commentator.

Disability Leadership Institute has a register where you can advertise a role for leaders with a disability.

Disability Leaders - website.

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E117 - You gotta love what you do - the entrepreneurial mindset with Khaysan Kimberlin

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 21:29:57 GMT

Khaysan grew up watching her parents work hard to set up a caravan park from the ground up. This sparked the courage to start her own business at the age of 24, which she grew successfully before a tumultuous exit some years later. Discovering she is not a great long-term employee (she gets bored), Khaysan dove into a new business venture called Project Athlete which blends mindset, nutrition, and health for personal transformation.

We explore what she learned from her parents (all business takes time, you gotta love it to make it through hard times, and no bad times last forever); what she learned after rising and falling quickly in business for herself (comfortable breeds complacency and laziness); how she bucked social programming to embrace the entrepreneurial life; mindset secrets from professional athletes (passion fuels everything, stay coachable, and things happen for a reason - get back on the horse after a fall); how her definition of success changed from being all about the money, to money being just a byproduct of doing something that sets your soul on fire; three mindset principles for success (awareness of habits, what triggers good and bad habits, and time for being patient).

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E116 - Excellence is a daily commitment, interview with Olympian Dan Collins

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 01:32:59 GMT

"You can be excellent, but not have excellence in your life". Four time Olympian Dan Collins says his biggest failure was his proudest moment - it allowed him to become the man he is. Competing at the highest level in sports teaches us a thing or two about performance. But Dan discovered something more than that. He discovered that elevation of consciousness is the highest end game for any human, that mastery of emotions is pivotal for any endeavour, and that physical health is the foundation for all things. In this intimate and open conversation, Dan shares his nightly journaling habit, his 'mindless' exercise practice, meditation for mindful stillness, how mastery of big moments comes down to breathwork, how practicing stepping into big moments helps us prepare for even bigger moments, what exactly is a 'big moment' (it's the goal driven commitment we make to ourselves, our family, and the people we serve), how big moments are the threshold of what you are striving for and who you are aiming to become, how at the 'edge of limits is where life happens'.

Dan also shares his three cornerstone principles: developing consciousness and personal accountability, embracing excellence as a never ending journey, and LOVE - be vulnerable enough to give and receive love and savour love of life itself. Dan believes we need both a FIXED mindset (concrete goals to strive for) and a GROWTH mindset (practicing excellence as a never ending habit). What is he most proud of? Longevity of his excellence journey - the tests get bigger as you get bigger as a human.

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E115 - One company, no B.S. - insights from Atlassian Team Coach Bernie Ferguson

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 03:44:53 GMT

How does Aussie tech giant superhero, Atlassian, run its teams? Bernie Ferguson is an R&D Team Coach who makes a living helping teams become high performers. We talk about human dynamics as key to effective process, how to define and measure success in team performance, the Atlassian Team Health Monitor as the starting point for building team performance, the face that lack of team clarity is a chief derailer, currency of coaching is questions not opinions, the responsibility for getting meaningful feedback from people other than your boss, asking 'how easy are you to do business with as a team?', and Atlassian's approach to culture through living real values.

SHOWNOTES:

http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/bernie

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E114 - We’re all the same and a little bit different - Yenn Purkis, speaker author, Autism advocate, non binary gender person

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 03:20:32 GMT

Yenn Purkis is a non-binary gender person with Asperger's syndrome. They are an author of 6 books, a TED X speaker, and a passionate advocate for autistic people and their families. From an early age, Yenn knew they weren't like other folks, and was bullied mercilessly for being different. Academically brilliant, they were dux of the school, but not fitting in and being ostracised for it led to several early adulthood years spent in self destruction. Yenn emerged from this determined to be successful and fulfil professional ambition. With a published book in hand, they applied to many jobs and was successful to land one. This is the origin story of a remarkable individual who overcame being singled out for difference to becoming a public champion for inclusion.

In this interview, we explore what it means to be non binary gender, how to be aware of privilege as a generator of bias, how reading books is an excellent way to expand perspective and understanding of others, how becoming comfortable and aware of who we are drops anxiety about status, why diversity is a noun and inclusion is the verb or responsibility in leadership, how the intersection of elements of difference (like being non binary gender AND autistic) multiplies the challenge effect for inclusion, and how it is PRIVILEGE and not 'norm' that measures distance from center and influence. Reason to listen: learn about life from a different lens.

SHOWNOTES:

http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/yenn

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E113 - Diversity and inclusion - How we do it at GHD, interview with Rory Waddell

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 03:10:11 GMT

Diversity and inclusion are hot topics right now. The research says it is good for business. Common sense says it's good for humans. But how do we do it? What are some considerations? Should we have targets? How do we measure success with it? In this interview with Sydney manager, Rory Waddell, an engineering people person at global consulting firm GHD, we explore what it means in practical terms with staff. We look at questions like how do you discover your blindspots? How do you surface and deal with your bias? How do people respond to diversity programs? What signs should we put on toilets?

SHOWNOTES:

http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/diversity

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E112 - Stop being a slave to your own miserable story!

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 06:27:59 GMT

How do you see the world? What's your point of you? How we see the world, how we see ourselves, is terribly important. Perspective is powerful: how we see ourselves and how we see the world determines the action we take and therefore the results we get. So it makes sense that we pay a lot more attention to a point of view. This podcast series is about exploring points of view. We will be interviewing a number of different leaders in various industries to explore how they see the world, and how they see themselves.

As a good starting point though it's important to see how we author ourselves, how we develop stories about who we are and how we operate. In this podcast episode we go through some typical negative stories and how we can turn those around and to create better narratives, or points of view, that make us powerful agents in creating our own reality.

SHOWNOTES:

http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/pointofviewoverview

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