Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
Business
How do you get 10,000 people to take a step to the left? What behind the relentless mindset of a world champion? Why do teams of exceptional talent fail? How do you manage the pressure to perform? These are just some of the questions we will attempt to answer as we bring you world leaders, curious minds, exceptional talent, successful CEO’s and incredible human beings who know how to inspire great leaders and are inspiring great leaders themselves.
Location:
Australia
Description:
How do you get 10,000 people to take a step to the left? What behind the relentless mindset of a world champion? Why do teams of exceptional talent fail? How do you manage the pressure to perform? These are just some of the questions we will attempt to answer as we bring you world leaders, curious minds, exceptional talent, successful CEO’s and incredible human beings who know how to inspire great leaders and are inspiring great leaders themselves.
Twitter:
@nrg2perform
Language:
English
Contact:
415675939
Website:
https://www.nrg2perform.com/
Email:
craig@nrg2perform.com
Episodes
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast 253 Andre Laplume Spinout Ventures
5/17/2025
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with André Laplume about Spinout Ventures, company innovation and launching a start up. We also dive deep into developing a positive environment for creative innovations, non-competes being banned for all workers in the USA except Executives, and when to start a spinout ventures.
Duration:01:05:21
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast 252 Shivani Gupta Getting Your People To Step Up
5/5/2025
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Shivani Gupta about Getting Your People To Step Up, slowing the hiring process down and retaining talented people. We also dive deep into creating high performing teams, normalising honest conversations and the constant art of working on the culture.
Duration:01:01:14
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast 251 Ishan Galapathy Unlock Employee Engagement
4/24/2025
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Ishan Galapathy about how to Unlock Employee Engagement, the power of process in productivity and shifting the paradigm of how companies lead change. We also dive deep into focusing on progress & achievement in the workforce, building momentum, gaining traction and expanding followers.
Duration:01:10:55
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast 250 Irene Riad Authentic Leadership
4/18/2025
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Irene Riad about Authentic Leadership, culture and high performing teams. We also dive deep into values, belonging, diversity and not taking peoples wellbeing for granted.
Duration:00:57:31
Inspiring Great Leader Podcast #249 Joe Pane Courage To Be You
10/25/2024
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Joe Pane about the Courage To Be You, emotional fitness and the quality of our relationship with uncertainty. We also dive deep into how our identity and ego defines you, managing difficult conversations, and human behaviour.
Duration:01:16:25
Inspiring Great Leader Podcast #248 Lisa Sharapata State of Culture
8/9/2024
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Lisa Sharapata about State of Culture, having the right mindset, normalising feedbacks and a culture of having honest conversations. We also dive deeper into what psychological safety is and how we create it, the differences between inward and outward mindset, and understanding diversity and inclusion.
Duration:01:05:37
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #247 Scott Mautz The Mentally Strong Leader
7/31/2024
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Scott Mautz about The Mentally Strong Leader, working with Procter & Gamble, and how we can lead effectively. We also dive deeper into what made him focus on mental health for leaders, the six core mental muscles, and relating emotional intelligence with mental strength.
Duration:01:15:20
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #246 Danielle Colley The Chocolate Bar Life
7/24/2024
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Danielle Colley about The Chocolate Bar Life, understanding what burnout is, and how work culture affects our mental health. We also dive deeper into what a Mars Bar is and why we should prioritize work, rest, play.
Duration:01:01:38
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #245 Peter Kingma Cash is King
7/18/2024
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Peter Kingma about Cash is King, why you should build your business around a cash culture and not a profit-and-loss culture, and what to consider to ensure effective cash flow management. We also dive deeper into management of liquidity and cash, his role as Americas EY-Parthenon Working Capital Leader at Ernst & Young and how establishing a Cash Leadership Office helps ensure a healthy bottom line.
Duration:01:00:04
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #244 Valerie Cockerell Manage Like a Mother
7/10/2024
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Valerie Cockerell about Manage Like a Mother, leadership lessons from becoming a mother, and overcoming life’s turbulence to become the best version of yourselves. We also dive deeper into normalizing honest and courageous conversations and some tips on how we can provide feedback and clear expectations in order to gain desired results and performance.
Duration:01:15:18
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #243 Chris Hood Customer Transformation
7/4/2024
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Chris Hood about Customer Transformation, creating customer centric experiences and how customer experience has evolved in today’s digital era. We also dive deeper into how good storytelling can impact the customer transformation process, the advancement of technology, and how we could encourage people to be able to feel more confident and comfortable in sharing stories.
Duration:01:06:48
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #242 Dr. Veronica Anderson Get The Respect You Deserve
6/27/2024
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Dr. Veronica Anderson about the importance of get the respect you deserve, courage, and learning how to trust and forgive yourself to be able to pursue what your heart desires. We also dive deeper into understanding the respect method, battling clinical depression, and knowing how important imprinting is in shaping the way we think and behave.
Duration:01:10:49
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #241 Todd Davis Navigating Difficult Conversations
6/19/2024
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Todd Davis about navigating difficult conversations, leading at FranklinCovey and managing tensions that might arise with it. We also dive deeper into understanding the factors that hold us back from approaching people during difficult conversations, managing the tension and how we should start a difficult conversation.
Duration:01:16:05
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #240 Victoria Pelletier Influence Unleashed
6/12/2024
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Victoria Pelletier about Influence Unleashed, resilience and how we can build a strong personal brand. We also dive deeper into creating and discovering our own legacy and what our workplace culture should be like in order to create harmony and belongingness amongst people in your organization.
Duration:01:05:43
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #239 Adam Blum Easy Target
6/6/2024
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Adam Blum about Easy Target, serving for the NSW Rural Fire Service, and coping with emotional and mental struggles. We also dive deeper into how we should handle behavioral problems at work, separating the problem from the person, and how we could shift negative thoughts into positive ones and turn them into inspirations as well.
Duration:01:09:06
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #238 Paige Williams The Leaders Ecosystem
5/31/2024
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Dr. Paige Williams about The Leaders Ecosystem, antifragility and psychological safety. We also dive deeper into how we should manage our team’s strengths and weaknesses, address difficult situations, and navigating leadership transitions.
Duration:01:07:00
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #237 Martin Bean Creating a Future that Works
5/23/2024
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Martin Bean about creating a future that works and how we should identify and handle burn out and defensiveness. We also dive deeper into the changes we are currently experiencing in the modern world and how we should be able to deal with cultural changes and differences.
Duration:01:10:51
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #236 Jennifer Speciale Career Transitions and Leadership
5/16/2024
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Jennifer Speciale about career transitions and leadership, cultural agility, and how we should handle the barriers during transition periods. We also dive deeper into the essence of building psychological safety in the workplace, imposter syndrome and how companies should execute recruitments.
Duration:01:02:41
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #235 Graham Winter Toolkit for Turbulence
5/7/2024
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Graham Winter about Toolkit for Turbulence, unlocking the potential of people and teams, and how we should handle uncertainty and conflict as leaders. We also dive deeper into having a real sense of focus and perspective, working with the Australian Olympic Team, and how we should handle feedback and insights to create a more compelling environment.
Duration:01:11:23
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #234 Jaquie Scammell The Future of Service
5/6/2024
On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Jaquie Scammell about The Future of Service and how digitalization affects customer relationships. We also dive deeper into some of the differences between human interaction and machine interaction and how we can better ourselves to become effective service providers.
Duration:01:02:14