Meredith Blackler, Chief People & Culture Officer at Wellington City Council

Danny Donachie, Founder and Executive Coach at Embodyism and Co-Founder of The Team Code

Danny Donachie helps individuals and organisations to achieve peak performance in sports. A former professional footballer, Danny had to retire as a result of injury and has dedicated himself to helping others instead. He was part of the medical and sports science teams at Sunderland, Everton and Aston Villa before establishing his own practice - Embodyism - to help transform the lives and performance of athletes. He is also the co-founder of The Team Code, whose vision is to transform the culture of global sports.

Find out more about Danny: www.embodyism.com

Explore The Team Code: www.theteamcode.com

Find out more about Colin: www.colindellis.com

Katie Kelly, Paralympian, Advocate and Activist, founder of Sport Access Foundation

We are publishing this episode on December 3rd, the International Day of People with Disability, which for 2023 has the theme: "United in action to rescue and achieve the SDGs (sustainable development goals) for, with and by persons with disabilities". We are delighted to be chatting to someone who embodies that theme every day, Australian Paralympian and World Champion Katie Kelly, OAM.

Katie is the founder of the Sport Access Foundation, providing grants for young Australians living with a disability to improve their access to sport. Katie is also a Non-Executive Director for Achieve Australia, an Industry Fellow with Griffith University’s Disability Inclusive Council, a co-Patron of the Australian Deaf Games, and is a Facilitator for a Victoria University Sport Inclusion Project. Katie works as the Disability Engagement Manager for MEGT, an NFP providing apprenticeship and employment services.

And Katie's idea of being lazy is walking the Camino Trail...

Katie shares her story with us, her evolving condition (called Usher syndrome which is characterised by partial or total hearing loss and vision loss that worsens over time), her Olympic experiences, her calling to help others and what she thinks businesses and organisations can do to improve the experience and equity for disabled employees.

Find out more about Katie and her work: https://www.katiekelly.com.au/

Sport Access Foundation: https://www.sportaccessfoundation.org.au/

Achieve Australia:

https://www.achieveaustralia.org.au/home

Find out more about Colin:

www.colindellis.com

www.theteamcode.com

Kristof Vanhout, Technical Director at Rugby Netherlands

One of a new generation of culture-first sporting leaders, Kristof Vanhout is Technical Director of Rugby Netherlands and on a mission to get to the Rugby World Cup - and beyond.

Kristof employs his considerable emotional intelligence to connect with the team and enable them to connect with each other. He brings them together in pursuit of their common goal and creates a place where they can celebrate and learn from every win, every loss. Leveraging history but with a firm eye on the future direction, Kristof is creating a rugby legacy we will definitely be hearing more of! He shares his insights that are applicable whatever industry you are striving to succeed in.

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Find out more about Colin⁠⁠www.colindellis.com⁠⁠

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Meredith Blackler, Chief People & Culture Officer at Wellington City Council

Meredith Blackler is a hugely experienced people professional and a culture maker in every sense of the word. She has over 15 years of experience in the people space in the north island of New Zealand in places such as Levin, Palmerston North and now Wellington.

Meredith was the winner of the 2015 HR Game Changer Award; the HDC's Chief Executive's Award 2015; and named as one of the top 12 HR people in New Zealand in 2016.

In this episode we talk about multi-generational workforces, seeking different perspectives, lifelong learning, the importance of kindness in leadership and the nuances of hybrid and flexible working.

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Find out more about Colin's work: www.colindellis.com

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Jane Poole, CFO, UK&I General Insurance at Aviva

Jane Poole has almost 20 years experience in the banking and insurance industry.

She is a successful leader of multiple Business and IS Transformation Programmes, designing and executing global initiatives. She is also a genuine, progressive leader consistently demonstrating integrity, passion and fairness that inspires global teams to achieve both strategic and personal objectives.

Jane shares her career path, leadership philosophies and work in behavioural change that has led to business transformation and an award-winning finance team turnaround, plus the evolution of finance as a business function.

Words to lead by: "The best leaders, when it gets tough, never let that dream fade. They keep the vision alive daily through routines, rituals and habits."

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Find out more about Colin⁠www.colindellis.com⁠

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Incidental show music courtesy of⁠Purple Planet⁠

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