Phone Calls With Clever People

We're talking about resistance.  

My guest is communication international facilitator, advisor and coach Leanne Hughes and she told me that while we often trying to overcome resistance, she believes it can be a good thing.

Today I give her a call to talk all about it.

Leanne Hughes loves creating unpredictable workshop experiences, that predictably work.

She combines her experience in Marketing, with her education in Human Resources and Psychology, to help leaders create engaging everyday experiences - that are so contagious they scale across teams, functions and regions.

Leanne has facilitated leadership, onboarding and team-development workshops across Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, and Singapore and believes in a strengths-centred approach to learning and development. She has over 14 years’ of experience across a range of industries including mining, government and tourism sectors.

She’s the host of the First Time Facilitator podcast where she helps trainers and facilitators, book out five workshops for every workshop they deliver.

Connect with Leanne

Listen to the First Time Facilitator podcast: https://www.firsttimefacilitator.com Check out Leanne's services over at: https://www.leannehughes.com Join The Flipchart community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/firsttimefacilitator Subscribe to Leanne’s bi-weekly(ish) newsletter: https://leannehughes.com/subscribe Connect with Leanne Hughes on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leannehughes/ Follow behind the scenes on Leanne Hughes’ Instagram account: https://instagram.com/leannehughes Chat to Leanne Hughes in 280 character or less on Twitter: https://twitter.com/leannehughes

Connect With Shane

Connect with Shane on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanemhatton/ or visit www.shanemhatton.com to learn more about his work.

We're talking hybrid communication   My guest is communication expert and my good friend Mel Kettle. She told me that while many organisations have been much more intentional around the role of technology in this new world of hybrid working, many haven't thought as intentionally about their communication.   I give Mel a call to learn more about what we can do to communicate better in the new world of work.   Mel Kettle is an expert at communication that builds trust. She understands how to create strategies that have immediate, meaningful impact. With more than two decades of experience in strategic communication and leadership and a unique educational combination of a Master of Business (Marketing) and a Master of Public Health, Mel is a valuable asset to leaders and teams that want achieve real connection and sustained engagement.   Clients rave about Mel’s sharp insight, her ability to simplify the complex and her capacity to mobilise people and ideas so they can increase their visibility and influence.   She is the host of podcast This Connected Life and author of The Social Association. Her second book Connected Leadership – Starts with You is due out in late-2021.  

Connect with Mel

Twitter - https://twitter.com/melkettle LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/melkettle/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/melkettle/

Connect With Shane

Connect with Shane on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanemhatton/ or visit www.shanemhatton.com to learn more about his work.

We're talking about what it means to be Bold!

And who better to join me than bold branding & small business coach and my good friend Suz Chadwick. 

Suz and I crossed paths for the first time in a 'clubhouse' conversation (for those who don't know clubhouse was an audio hangout app that rose to popularity in the early months of 2021 - that fell just as quickly) and i immediately knew I had to get her as a guest on the podcast. 

She deeply believes that real impact comes from being bold.

A South African born, Australian raised, Gorman wearing, 80s tunes blasting, thrill-seeking woman who loves to jump out of planes and dive off cliffs – neither of which she sees as heart pumping as running a business

Besides being an in-demand speaker and podcast aficionado, she loves working with savvy women to help them become bold and powerful voices in their industry and claim their space with confidence.

Connect with Suz

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/suzchadwick/ 

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannechadwick/ 

Learn more about Suz's work as a speaker and bold business coach at https://suzchadwick.com/    Connect With Shane

Connect with Shane on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanemhatton/ or visit www.shanemhatton.com to learn more about his work.

We're having a conversation about wisdom.   As we navigate life & leadership we probably all feel like we could use a little more wisdom in our decisions. But where and who do you turn to in order to find it?   Most people have many specialists around them: Solicitor, Bank or Finance Broker, Stock Broker, Health Practitioner, Accountant, Insurance Broker. But helps you oversee the work of all these specialist professionals?   My guest is head coach of Design a Decade, Chris Freeman and he told me that when it comes to creating a life by design, we're often using outdated wisdom, trying to plan our life around retirement at 65. And he says that's the wrong number.   Today I give him a call to explore why and how we can get wisdom to create a life by design.   Chris is an expert in how to design lifestyle and financial wealth in a decade. He loves to seek out and pass on knowledge, understanding and wisdom; creating opportunity for everyday people to balance lifestyle and financial wealth in a trusted environment of Personal and Professional relationships.   Chris's journey has taught him that don’t live long enough to make all the mistakes, recover from them and THEN put that experience to setting up our future. So we need to find people to tun to that have already walked the journey.   Connect with Chris and learn more about Design a Decade at - https://www.chrisjfreeman.com/ and https://designadecade.com/   Connect With Shane

Connect with Shane on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanemhatton/ or visit www.shanemhatton.com to learn more about his work.

We're Talking About Mental Health.    Trigger warning: for anyone that may want to avoid this topic of conversation which includes discussion around anxiety, health, medication and depression.   My guest is one of New Zealand's most experienced and successful strategic facilitators Alicia McKay and she is known for tackling the tricky stuff in life, work and leadership.   When I invited Alicia to join me on the podcast our intention was to talk about her great new book 'You don't need an MBA'.   But as you'll quickly learn in this conversation, mental health doesn't discriminate and it can affect people who we might feel have it all together. Including Alicia and myself.   It may not have been the conversation we planned, but it was just the conversation that was needed.   Alicia has worked with New Zealand and Australia’s most senior leaders in government, business and community, injecting fresh perspective and sharp insight.   She has recently released her second book 'You Don't Need an MBA - Leadership lessons that cut through the crap' because she believes that gone are the days of sitting in a lecture hall every weekend for years, only to find that everything you learned has become irrelevant. For decades, we’ve been training people to become managers and subject matter experts. But to have real impact in today’s fast-moving, connected world, you need a different set of skills. Skills they don’t teach you at business school.   Connect with Alicia Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciamckaynz/ Learn more about her work and program at - https://www.aliciamckay.co.nz/ Get a copy of her latest book at - https://www.aliciamckay.co.nz/mba-book    Connect With Shane

Connect with Shane on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanemhatton/ or visit www.shanemhatton.com to learn more about his work.

We're Talking About Leadership. 

In 2012 Holly Ransom was named as one of the Australian Financial Review’s ‘100 Most Influential Women’, making her the youngest person to receive the honour. Known as one of the world’s top keynote speakers, CEO of her own company and now author of her first book The Leading Edge, Holly raises a call to arms for people to step up and turn their restlessness for change into the reality of a better world.

She has spent a decade studying leadership, interviewing incredible luminaries including Barack Obama, Condoleezza Rice, Sir Richard Branson and Malcolm Gladwell. From that experience she wrote The Leading Edge which is a brilliant book sharing the culmination of this research and a number of case studies.

I give her a call to hear what her thoughts are on the controversial question 'can anyone be a leader?' 

Connect with Holly

LinkTree - https://linktr.ee/HollyRansom

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/holly_ransom/

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyransom/ 

Sign up to Love Mondays & Easy Tiger Newsletters - https://mailchi.mp/hollyransom/newsletters    Order your signed copy of The Leading Edge -  https://hollyransom.com/store/The-Leading-Edge-signed-copy-from-Holly-Ransom-p387791715    The Leading Edge - 28 Day Challenge - Register your interest - https://mailchi.mp/hollyransom/28daychallenge    Connect With Shane

Connect with Shane on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanemhatton/ or visit www.shanemhatton.com to learn more about his work.

We're Talking About Confidence. 

My guest is my good friend and author of 'Confidence Feels Like Sh*t', Erika Cramer. 

Erika told me that confidence isn’t something we’re born with, rather it’s just like any emotion and we can choose it. I give her a call to find out what it takes practice confidence.

Known to many as The Queen of Confidence, she is an international confidence coach and popular 5 star podcast host which has just reached 1 million downloads. Often called the Cardi B of the personal development world, Erika is a full-flavoured, spicy inspirational speaker, with a large dose of heart and humour. After surviving many traumatic experiences, from childhood sexual abuse, being in and out of the foster care system, car accidents and a whole lot of loss, Erika is a beaming and beautiful example of how you can heal your personal story to transform trauma into triumph

Connect with Erika

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thequeenofconfidence/  Learn more about Erika's work and book at https://thequeenofconfidence.com/ 

Connect with Shane on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanemhatton/ or visit www.shanemhatton.com to learn more about his work.

We're Talking About Productivity. 

We’re having a conversation about the productivity principles we can learn from the world of manufacturing. 

My guest is author Ishan Glaapathy and he says that "solving your day to day chaos isn’t what improves year on year performance". I give him a call to talk about his experience in the manufacturing industry and what it can teach us about leadership and business.

Ishan is an author and productivity expert with a wealth of knowledge, working across six countries for nearly two decades, including large multi-nationals. He was involved in developing a global supply chain excellence program for one of them.

Renowned for his simplified techniques, Ishan works with manufacturing businesses to move from chaos to excellence through productivity improvement programs and frontline leadership development programs.

When he’s not working, you can find him playing backyard cricket with his sons or sipping a cup of coffee with his wife.

Connect with Ishan

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishangalapathy/  Learn more about Ishan's book at https://ishangalapathy.com/advance/ 

Connect with Shane on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanemhatton/ or visit www.shanemhatton.com to learn more about his work.

We're Talking About Collaboration. 

More specifically this idea of Collective Genius. My guest is Simon Dowling and he told me that Collective Genius isn’t just about collaborating as a team, it’s about understanding the kinds of problems that can only be solved by having this group of people in the room. I give him a call to talk about how to build that kind of team. 

Simon is an author speaker, teacher and advisor helping create teams that really hum. He believes that organisations can achieve some pretty amazing things if they let their people really operate to their full potential. He believes the most important thing a leader can do is create an environment for their people to really fly.

His interest in team dynamics comes from a period in life when he was part of two very different teams: by day, a commercial lawyer in a big city law firm. By night, a cast member in improvised comedy shows across Melbourne

He is an expert in helping leaders and companies to create supercharged teams and it’s a privilege to have him on the podcast.

Connect with Simon

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/simondowling-aus/  Learn more about Simon at https://www.simondowling.com.au/  Get more information on Simon's Program 'Get Heard Get Results' at https://www.simondowling.com.au/ghgr?vgo_ee=uTsbS9WyUtBMU4lelR5lzh89jRvRzJvj9mhS4lgk0CQ%3D 

Find Simon on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMBJX-lp_kbK12jR4gk68LQ 

Connect with Shane on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanemhatton/ or visit www.shanemhatton.com to learn more about his work.

We're doing something a little different. 

I’ve been fortunate to have some really clever conversations with people over the last few seasons and one of those clever guests is my good friend (and friend of the show) Janine Garner. Earlier this week Janine turned the tables and invited me to join her for a clever conversation that we livestreamed together. I personally enjoyed it so much that I reached out to her and asked for the recording to share it here with you. We talk all things leadership, curiosity, creativity and learning. I’m sure you’ll love it as much as I did. 

Janine is a bestselling author and expert in helping leaders and companies to unlock brilliant performance. Through true collaboration, strategic networking and leadership acceleration workshops and programs, Janines knows what it takes to unlock the brilliance in your teams and leaders.

Connect with Janine

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/janinegarner/  Learn more about Janine at https://janinegarner.com.au/ 

Connect with Shane on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanemhatton/ visit www.shanemhatton.com to learn more about his work or email [email protected]