Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast

  Do you ever wonder, ‘Am I living a life well-lived? Am I doing enough? Am I living up to my potential? Or am I wasting my time, letting life slip me by…’ If you have, then this podcast episode for you! I share the 9 principles for being an AMPLIFIER - someone who looks beyond results to true transformation, and life well-lived. How being bored jolted me into a life-changing question: ‘what is a life well-lived?’ Jason Fried of Basecamp does not have goals or targets - he has 6 week improvement projects instead Why RESULTS are for transformation, not for goals. #boundlessleadership

  Do you have any bad habits? How many times have you tried to break them? New book by James Clear is an awesome antidote to intractable bad habits, and creating ones that nudge us towards what we really want. I walk you through the key points, and use myself as a guinea pig. (Nothing like fear of public shaming to create accountability!) How to avoid being a Sea Squirt and not eat your own brain Real behaviour change is identity change Four steps to real change: cue, craving, response, and reward. #boundlessleadership

  How do you deal with failure? Do you have a bunch of motivational quotes to help you reframe the experience? How do you process the deep shame and anxiety you feel with it? I think we need to RETHINK FAILURE. It’s not just feedback. We need to fail with a framework. Give yourself permission to fail How rejection is akin to physical trauma Two frameworks we need for failure: external risks like financials and safety, and one for ego and reputation. #boundlessleadership *** SHOWNOTES: The key frameworks: Ask so you can learn. Try so you can grow. Permission Granted Permission granted to be, indulge yourself, do the unexpected, stop with unrealistic expectations, get started, to not fit in, be alone, stop catastrophising, stop feeling sorry, break tradition, enjoy the weather. Stories of Failure Rejection Therapy Desensitize yourself to failure. Jia Jiang: 100 days of rejection Letitia Gasca: Failure Institute Leticia Gasca is co-founder of the movement Fuckup Nights and Executive Director for

  Habits and meetings: how we can move the dial 1% for more energy and more time. An update on implementing James Clear’s Atomic Habits and a book summary and review of Donna McGeorge’s 25 Minute Meeting. Cement identity with visual cues and celebrating small wins. Meetings for business as usual: 25 minutes,no more than 5 people, no more than 3 agenda items Use Scan, Focus, Act as the formula for meetings.

How do you move from management to leadership? It’s a key question for every emerging leader, and for every Boundless Leader to keep in mind. There are key distinctions as well as overlaps in management and leadership. The key things are ripples, questions, and frames. How simple decisions can have a cascading effect How questions might have prevented unwanted repercussions Sample questions to guide you into the leadership space

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. You’d be hard pressed to find a more composed and humble leader than Sharon Tuffin, CEO of Karralika, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation service. Challenged by a coach to align values and behaviour in all aspects of her life, Sharon ended up serving on the Board of Karralika, then became staff, then CEO. She gravitated towards the values of the place, and helped consolidate her own in doing so. In this interview be inspired by Sharon’s no frills insights into leadership and the tough stuff.

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. Dr Audrey Tang is a Chartered Psychologist, mindfulness expert, and a completely joyful bundle of energy! As a fellow people stuff expert, we took a deep dive into cool stuff like shadow work, how to develop self awareness, and leadership insights from Covid-19. A must listen.

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. Cameron Schwab grew up around footie. It’s all he ever wanted to do - run a football club. At the age of 24 he became the CEO of Richmond Football Club, and his real education began. 25 years as CEO, including at other clubs Melbourne and Fremantle, with the ups and downs in public life (like getting sacked), Cameron knows a lot about failure and rising again. He has struggled with mental health, parenting a transgender kid, and more recently, getting through cancer. His is a life of leadership deeply layered, rich and textured. Enjoy!

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. James Bergl is the VP of Sales for APAC at Datto, an IT service provider. I was curious about how a sales professional goes about becoming a team leader who builds an awesome culture - what are the shifts and insights required? What are the key mindsets of a sales professional and how can that be leveraged into leadership? James shares some awesome practical insights from his experience building a team from zero to 80 in just a few short years.

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. How do you handle the irritating and problematic behaviours in the workplace? We take a dive under the surface at what causes the Four Devils of People Stuff from my latest book of the same name, and what we can do to reduce the likelihood of triggering them.

What KPIs should CEOs have? Should they have KPIs at all? Performance measurement specialist and business consultant Mark Hocknell says they shouldn’t. At least not in the way we currently understand KPIs - ones developed by gut feel instead of a thorough and rigorous process. We also talk about the perils of performance bonuses and why legal and accounting firms should stop measuring staff performance based on billings alone. How giving people targets to meet is a surefire way for people to manipulate numbers or jimmy the system How a CEO increased a company’s bottom line by multiple BILLIONS by focusing on safety, not revenue The best way to develop comprehensive measurement plan that generates teamwork instead of divides it. #boundlessleadership *** SHOWNOTES: About Mark Hocknell: Mark had a 14 year career with Suncorp, starting in sales and then into management. He completed an MBA while at Suncorp and was then asked by QUT to develop two courses for the MBA program, Sales Management and, C

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. How are you starting 2019? Have you got a theme word? What boundaries, rituals, habits are you using to shape an extraordinary year? Have you got goals? Or are you using intentions? In this episode, I share the nitty gritty strategies, habits, rituals, and resources I am using to RESET my energy and focus. The theme this quarter on the podcast is ‘Personal Excellence’ and this is the perfect start to that. Why a theme word is useful for shaping your year Six nitty gritty tactics to build personal excellence for the year A special give away as this is episode 100! #boundlessleadership *** SHOWNOTES: EDGE OF LEADERSHIP UNCONFERENCE, 21-22 March 2019:  Details here. Six Focus areas for an extraordinary year of personal excellence: 1. Boundaries: put time containers around your addictions (like work, or  exercise, or social media) 2. Routines or Rituals: start of day and end of day rituals are the most important. My mornin

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. Former CEO of Seafood and Maritime Training, Rory Byrne, has simple leadership approaches: be kind, listen more, and don’t be too hard on yourself. In an industry that can be volatile and complex, these simple approaches have proven to be the best way to handle complex people stuff. In this interview we unpack the nuance of these approaches and see how difficult it is to ‘do simple’.

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. How do you lead culture when you have 16 campuses across five different states, 2500 full time staff and 16,000 more students? It’s a tough gig! In this highly energising interview, Vice Chancellor of CQ University, Nick Klomp, shares his insights on what you need for great leadership, how to measure and monitor culture, what he does daily to connect, and what he finds the toughest in leadership.

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. Remember the Live Export expose on Four Corners in 2011? Imagine being the CEO of the Cattle Council and handling the fallout. That was David Inall, today’s guest. In our conversation he shares his insights from leadership in agripolitics and agvocacy across the meat, milk, and eggs industry. 

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. What can you learn from a 6 foot 7 ex-KGB agent? Adrian Armitage shares his experience with said ex-KGB dude turned educator. It turns out that Russian culture has its norms, just like Australian culture, and they are not all that dissimilar. With leadership roles around the world, and now as Executive Officer of the Australian Medical Students' Association with some 250 staff and 17,000 members, Adrian has a wealth of insight he shares generously in this interview.

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. Are you happy with your culture at work? Do things need changing? How do you get started? Do you focus on big picture? Or is the smaller things that count? It turns out you start with the change you want, and hearts and minds come afterwards. Why you should start with actions and not beliefs when it comes to changing culture The three actions that set AMPLIFIERS apart from ACHIEVERS (and why you want to do these) What kind of movement you may want to drive in your culture #boundlessleadership *** SHOWNOTES: References and other mentions: Seth Godin’s podcast episode Habits Journal The Life Changing Habit of Tidying Up - Marie Kondo Oura Ring Article about malls closing in the USA Wikipedia article on Minority Report *** Related Episodes: E100 - RESET your rituals, boundaries, and habits for a brilliant new year E99 - What KPIs should CEOs have? E98 - Manager to leader - a shortcut with these great questions *** About your podc

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. Do you use your intuition in leadership? Would you like to develop your inner knowing to a greater level? How about a 30-second hack to change your brain waves into a meditative state? Speaker, author, and advisor Scott Stein shares his insights and practical tips on these, delegation, strategic planning, and the core of what we leaders need to do in current times of tension. Native American ancient wisdom: using the Fox Walk to change brain waves for movement meditation Compression planning and how it saves tons of time and avoids ‘talk fest’ in strategic planning The four levels of delegating and mistakes to avoid #boundlessleadership *** SHOWNOTES: About Scott: Speaker Scott has worked with thousands of leaders around the world helping them to become better leaders by fast-tracking their thinking and their approach with people. Scott is a highly sought after international speaker and mentor who has worked with

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. Some experiences are pretty awful. We can’t wish them away. We can’t pivot from them. We can’t reframe them. We can, however, learn something from them, make use of them, and grow stronger as a result. Strategic planning, and the core of what we leaders need to do in current times of tension. Positive thinking can be good. It’s just not everything. Useful beliefs can help. Using the experience as fodder for growth, after doing a thorough assessment, is key. #boundlessleadership *** SHOWNOTES: Norman Vincent Peale wrote the classic, The Power of Positive Thinking. Chris Helder wrote Useful Belief challenged the idea of positive thinking saying it did not fully acknowledge that bad things do happen. He says that you can use belief - which is merely a made up story - to help you take action to get out of the crappy situation. Watch his explanation here. *** Related Episodes: E101 - The curious, non-intuitive way to change culture

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. How much experience do you need in order to drop the impostor syndrome? CEO of Menslink Martin Fisk shares his three decades of leadership and answers the question this way, “do the best you can with what you’ve got’. I loved this interview! Martin has a unique perspective born of humility and deep conviction in his work. Enjoy the fabulous insights from culture to success to mental health.