EP 33 - Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent with Sydney Finkelstein

Professor Finkelstein is a consultant and speaker to senior executives around the globe, as well as an executive coach, focusing on leadership, talent development, corporate governance, learning from mistakes, and strategies for growth. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Management and listed on the “Thinkers 50”, the world's most prestigious ranking of leadership gurus.

Professor Finkelstein has published over 25 books and 90 articles, with several bestsellers, including Why Smart Executives Fail. The Wall Street Journal called it “a marvel – a jargon-free business book based on serious research that offers genuine insights with clarity and sometimes even wit.” SUPERBOSSES: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent was published in 2016 and also went on to become a bestseller and one of Amazon’s top books of the year. The result of a ten-year research project, Superbosses profiles leaders as diverse as Julian Robertson, Alice Waters, and Lorne Michaels who all have one thing in common – they helped spawn some of the best talent in their industries. The book describes what they did and how they did it, offering teachable lessons for leaders of any organisation.

EP 32 - Leading change with Harvards John Kotter

John P. Kotter is internationally known and widely regarded as the foremost speaker on the topics of Leadership and Change. His is the premier voice on how the best organizations actually achieve successful transformations. The Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and a graduate of MIT and Harvard, Kotter’s vast experience and knowledge on successful change and leadership have been proven time and again.

Over four decades, Dr. Kotter observed countless leaders and organisations as they were trying to transform or execute their strategies. He identified and extracted the success factors and combined them into a methodology, the award-winning 8-Step Process for Leading Change.

EP 31 - The fearless organisation with Harvard's Amy Edmondson

Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, a chair established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises that contribute to the betterment of society.

Edmondson has been recognized by the biannual Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 and was honored with the Talent Award in 2017

EP 29 - The Employee Experience Advantage with Jacob Morgan

Jacob Morgan is one of the world’s leading authorities on the future of work, employee experience, and how the workplace is changing. He is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and futurist who advises business leaders and organisations around the world. Jacob’s work has been endorsed by the CEOs of: Cisco, T-Mobile, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Schneider Electric, Best Buy, KPMG, AARP, Pandora, and many others.

EP 28 - The Happiness equation with Neil Pasricha

Hi, I’m Neil.

I believe we need to live our tiny, precious lives with intention.

I think and write about failure, resilience, happiness, trust, and gratitude.

I’m the New York Times bestselling author of seven books which have sold over 1,000,000 copies and spent over 200 weeks on bestseller lists including The Book of Awesome, The Happiness Equation, and my newest You Are Awesome.

I host the award-winning, ad-free, sponsor-free Top 100 iTunes podcast 3 Books where I’m on a fifteen-year long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world.

I give over 50 speeches year at places such as Harvard, SXSW, and Google.

I share my latest writing to over 100,000 people in free newsletters.

I live in Toronto with my wife and three sons.

EP 26 - The 5 C's of effective communication with Leah Mether

Leah Mether helps people get out of their own way and step up for success with the development of soft skills.

She is a speaker, trainer, coach, facilitator and author known for her direct, enthusiastic and relatable style.

With a background in leadership, corporate communications and journalism, Leah works with executives, leaders and employees across Australia to help them improve their communication, mindset and self-management.

Her work is based on the belief that soft skills are the new hard; we are our own biggest roadblock to success; and no-one is a perfect communicator, everyone can improve.

Leah’s first book, Soft is the New Hard: How to Communicate Effectively Under Pressure, has been described as “a masterclass in communication” and a “personal coaching session for leaders”.

EP 25 - The art of quiet influence with Jocelyn Davis

Jocelyn Davis is an internationally known author and speaker and the former head of R&D for The Forum Corporation, a global consultancy.

Her books include The Art of Quiet Influence, The Greats on Leadership, and Strategic Speed.

She loves history and literature and weaves those timeless insights into her writings on learning, leadership, and strategy.

Her Master’s degrees in philosophy and Eastern classics along with her decades of business experience help make her books and workshops “a great balance of introspection, inspiration, and impetus toward execution” 

EP 23 - Four ways that lying becomes the norm in your team or organisation with Ron Carucci

Ron has a thirty-year track record helping executives tackle challenges of strategy, organization, and leadership — from start-ups to Fortune 10s, non-profits to heads-of-state, turn-arounds to new markets and strategies, overhauling leadership and culture to re-designing for growth. With experience in more than 25 countries on 4 continents, he helps organizations articulate strategies that lead to accelerated growth, and then designs programs to execute those strategies. The best-selling author of eight books, including the recent Amazon #1 Rising to Power, Ron is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, where Navalent’s work on leadership was named one of 2016’s management ideas that mattered most. He is also a regular contributor to Forbes, and a two-time TEDx speaker. Ron is proud to be a member of the Marshall Goldsmith MG100 coaches community. His work’s been featured in Fortune, CEO Magazine, Inc., BusinessInsider, MSNBC, Business Week, and Smart Business.