Life at Laminex

We’re excited to announce our upcoming podcast guest Kate Purmal is releasing for FREE her audiobook version of Amazon #1 Best Seller  COMPOSURE: The Art of Executive Presence  through October 2022. Learn more here.

COMPOSURE looks at what’s holding you back in your career and your life and provides actionable tools to break through these barriers. You’ll learn effective ways to deal with bias and micro-aggressions, and free up more time and energy to focus on what’s next, whether it’s a promotion, a stretch assignment, or a passion project. And you’ll develop the confidence and courage to manage your personal boundaries, persevere, and show up with a more powerful presence.

We are confident that the FREE COMPOSURE audiobook will be a valuable tool to elevate your success and impact.

Here's the link to the Imposter Breakthrough Quiz we mention in the episode.

In this show we are exploring ways to be happier at work with Lisa Leong.

“Lisa Leong is smart and funny and short – the triple threat!”

- Jacinta Parsons, Afternoons, ABC Radio Melbourne.

Lisa presents "Sundays with Lisa Leong" on ABC Radio Melbourne and hosts "This Working Life" on ABC Radio National. She has co-authored with Monique Ross the book This Working Life: How to Navigate Your Career in Uncertain Times.

A former Intellectual Property, Technology and Wine lawyer (yes, there is such a thing!), Lisa caught the radio bug in 2001. After graduating from the radio program at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, Lisa did a stint on commercial radio stations Hot Tomato on the Gold Coast and SA.FM in Adelaide, before joining the ABC presenting the breakfast show for the air Peninsula in South Australia. After the birth of her daughter, Lisa returned to her hometown Melbourne.

Lisa draws on her unique career experiences combined with Design Thinking and mindfulness practices to bring a fresh approach to conversations and connection. Her work has been the subject of a Harvard Law case study, received numerous awards, and inspired Lisa's TEDx Melbourne talk “Can robots make us more human?”

Described widely in narrow circles as "Asian Aussie Oprah meets (former) SBS' Jenny Brockie", Lisa's superpowers are curiosity, creativity and delivering key messages by way of song.

Laminex Learning Bites returns back after a break. 

Join our conversation with Aaron McEwan on the future of work. How much has our work and environment changed since Covid, and what changes should we expect in the not too distant future?

Aaron McEwan is a behavioral scientist, psychologist and futurist and was recently named a Top 100 Global HR Influencer and one of 5 HR Leaders to Follow in 2022. As VP, Research & Advisory for Gartner’s HR Practice, Aaron provides strategic advice to the world’s leading companies on the future of work and talent and helps leaders manage their most critical relationships across the c-suite and board. Alongside his current role, Aaron is a Fellow of the Australian Human Resources Institute, serves on the national committee for the Australian Psychological Society’s Interest Group in Coaching Psychology and is an Associate of Macquarie University’s Centre for Workforce Futures. He has lectured at Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong, University of NSW, University of Queensland, Griffith University and the Australian College of Applied Psychology and was a member of Innovation Nation, a cross-industry initiative sponsored by the Office of the Prime Minister to elevate Australia’s reputation for entrepreneurship and innovation.

Justin Burgess, Executive General Manager at Laminex is our guest once again. This time we are talking about our safety journey at Laminex. We know, that real safety comes from real stories, real reflection and stopping to think beyond today and how our actions could impact tomorrow. So what is your reason for safety, and why?

Did you know that loneliness is expected to be the next public health epidemic? We discuss with award-winning psychologist and founder & CEO of Beyond Story, Christine Yeung, the need to feel connected at work. Here's the Telstra - Talking Loneliness Report mentioned in the show.

If you would like to support Christine’s venture mentioned in the episode “ The Code of Human Connections” please contact her here.

Steve Reid is the Strategic Opportunities Manager at Laminex, and he has joined this episode as a guest to tell us everything we need to know about Haven Kitchens by Formica™. 

Kitchens readymade for trade have arrived in Melbourne. Put simply, Haven Kitchens by Formica™ offer all-in-one, pre-assembled kitchen cabinets as well as everything you need to complete a kitchen - sold to the trade only. With everything in stock, you can order and pick up a kitchen on the same day. For more information, go to our website.

In part 3 of the series, our resident Interior Designer at Laminex, Sean Oldfield gives away the design hacks you need to know to make your living room look beautiful. We then move on to the laundry to talk about the design considerations, to create a stunning laundry space. Check out the inspiration gallery on our website here.

We are talking about a hot topic - burnout, and joining host Ayse Caglar on the show today is Suzi McAlpine. Suzi is a leadership development specialist (or self-confessed leadership geek) and executive coach. She runs leadership programmes for CEOs, executive leadership teams and organisations throughout New Zealand and is the author of the bestselling book, Beyond Burnout, which reached the top 10 nonfiction book sales in Aotearoa New Zealand. She’s also the author of the award-winning blog, The Leader ’s Digest, which has been named in CMOE’s Top 100 Socially-Shared Leadership Blogs, Serve To Lead’s Best 21st Century Leadership Blogs, Top 50 Global Leadership Bloggers and Hubworks Global Top 25 Leadership and Management Blogs. She has been featured in the Sunday Star Times, TVNZ’s Sunday programme, Radio New Zealand, the NZ Herald and Inc. Magazine. Suzi is also the creator of The Leader’s Map, a  blended  leadership programme for organisations wanting to equip their emerging leaders with the skills to succeed. She is based in Nelson, New Zealand.

This is the second podcast takeover of this season, with Ayse taking a break this time Rita Slogrove, our very own Registered Psychologist and L&OD Manager at Fletcher Building takes over as host and interviews Sir John Kirwan on a topic that is very close to his heart. Sir John James Patrick Kirwan is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player of both rugby union and rugby league. He scored 35 tries in 63 tests for New Zealand, making him one of the highest try scorers in international rugby union history, and was part of the New Zealand team that won the first Rugby World Cup in 1987. In recent years, he has spoken openly about his battles with depression and been honoured for his services to mental health. Known to most as JK, he became a “Sir” in 2021 for his services to mental health, after spending years fronting campaigns to heighten public awareness around mental health and suicide.

JK is the Co-Founder of Mentemia (a mental health and wellbeing app) and he also has a podcast called Open Minded, where he has intimate conversations with incredible and inspiring leaders from all walks of life. You can listen to Open Minded here: https://www.mentemia.com/podcast