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The Right Leadership Talent with Dexter Cousins, FinTech Advisor, Podcaster & LinkedIn Top 20 Voices
While low barriers to entry are making it possible to challenge existing ways of doing business, giving founders the opportunity to punch above their weight with minimal resources and minimal budget, it doesn’t come without its challenges.
Whether it's the pace or size of disruption in changing structures or refining strategies, the adoption of new technology which can be superseded by the time it's implemented, the impact on an executive weighs heavily. So heavily, that it’s having a massive impact on executive burnout.
In 2008 the average tenure of an executive in Australia was 5 years, in 2018 it was 3 years. This year, the average tenure for an executive is estimated at only 18 months!
Join me on today’s episode of The Uncharted Leader as I talk with Dexter Cousins, the Founder and Managing Director of Tier One People, an Executive Search Consultancy working with world class Fintech companies to find the right leadership talent.
Conversation Highlights:
Executive Burnout - Relevance, Imposter Syndrome + Communication
The F-Word: The Fear of Failure.
Punching Above Your Weight with Minimal Resources
The damaging glorification of a start-up founder
The growth and success of purpose-driven leadership
Being accountable for our own mistakes
The opportunity of saying "no" and staying focussed
Not everyone is having a hard time
What did Dexter do to make it on the list of LinkedIn’s Top 20 Voices 2020
Dexter’s purpose is to “make Australia the number one distinction for fintech innovation”. He’s an industry thought leader in talent and leadership, the host and creator of the FinTech AU podcast and, was this year, recognised as one of LinkedIn’s Top 20 Voices of Australia.
A leader is someone who Inspires others to do things they never thought they could do or become” - Dexter
Follow Dexter on Linked In. Download the FinTech Australia podcast where Dexter brings exclusive interviews with leaders in FinTech to discuss their secrets on hiring the best talent, creating a winning culture and how to successful scale a business.
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The Power of Mentoring with Simone Allan, CoFounder of The Mentor Evolution and Chair Women's Resilience Centre
If ever there was a time to invest in a mentor , or be a mentor, that time is now!
Mentoring is a powerful way to elevate your effectiveness. Whether you’re a small business owner, an aspiring entrepreneur, emerging leader or a more experienced executive, mentoring is a direct access to expanding the impact you have and unlocking the hidden potential that lies in building strong collaborative relationships.
You don’t need to take our word for it, check out some of the statistics:
92% of Fortune 500 companies invest in mentoring to promote learning, reduce employee turnover and develop, grow and retain skills and expertise within the organisation.
Productivity and innovation increases by 88% when mentoring and training are made together vs 24% with training alone.
60% of young future leaders listed mentoring as a priority when considering their next employer.
Effective mentoring boosts retention rates by 69% for mentors and 72% for mentees.
Join me on The Uncharted Leader (link below) as I talk with Simone Allan - Founder of the Women’s Resilience Centre and CEO of The Mentor Evolution, about the value of surrounding ourselves with people who have our back and the work she is doing in launching the Women’s Resilience Centre - a place of healing for women who’ve experienced domestic abuse and trauma.
“A leader is someone who walks by your side” - Simone
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Book a call with Kylee to discover the power of purpose to elevate leadership in your organisation.
Follow Kylee on LinkedIn + Instagram for inspiration on how to listen, live and lead with purpose and the latest updates on leadership transformation, resilience and wellbeing.
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Accelerating Women in Business with Sheree Rubinstein, Founder of One Roof
Did you know less than 5% of Venture Capital funding goes to female led businesses?
There are more barriers than we care to imagine. One of those barriers is the difference in approach between men and women when it comes to pitching. While women are underplaying their strengths and the direction of the business, Men are overly confident about themselves, the vision and the business; and thus more effective in appealing to the confidence of investors.
Join me on today’s episode of The Uncharted leader as I talk with Sheree Rubinstein, the Founder of One Roof about the barriers to women advancing in business, the issues preventing them from getting the much-needed funds and support they need to be successful and more importantly the brilliant resources and programs that are now widely available to help women rise strong!
Sheree began her career as a corporate lawyer working at a top tier law firm. When she discovered the stark and persisting barriers that exist for women in business Sheree set out to change the numbers. Recognised as an expert in curating programs, spaces and environments that support women to thrive in business, Sheree’s mission is to reshape the world of work for women.
A leader is someone who leads from the back, giving people the time, space and confidence to try, fail, learn and take ownership. - Sheree
Connect with Sheree on Linked In and visit We Are One Roof Catalyze for more on virtual and physical spaces for women on the rise and those helping to lift them.
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Call or Text Kylee on +61-434-079-807, follow Kylee, The Uncharted Leader on Instagram and for the misfit entrepreneurs, rebels, rule-breakers and change-makers with a passion for accelerating growth and commercialising brands, check out The Performance Code for more on Mindset, Motivation and Marketing and book a call with Kylee to materialise your Vision and commercialise your Brand.
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A 5 Part Series on How to Make Hard Decisions Made Easy with Paul Gordon, CEO of Catalyze APAC
If ever there was a time to invest in the process of decision making and how to make hard decisions easy, that time would be now!
As an individual, making decisions is something we do every day, from the simple decisions about what we have for breakfast to decisions about what school to send our kids, buying a home and taking the family on a holiday to big-risk decisions at work - decisions that not only affect our own career and reputation, ones that inevitably impact the lives of those we work with and for.
As organisations, this process is far tougher. With more complexity, often competing resources and stakeholders, making decisions in a government department, a corporation or a non-profit is frankly, much harder than it looks.
Despite decision making being one of the most common and frequent actuates we undertake, not too many of us are investing in learning about the process of decision making, we feel that we’re doing a pretty good job right?
Join me as I talk with Paul Gordon, the expert on decision thinking, about the most common problems he solves, how hard decisions can be made easy and the 5-step framework from his book titled “Hard Decisions Made Easy”.
Paul is the CEO and technical director of Catalyze APAC, a management consultancy that specialises in decision making processes. He’s an expert in influential leadership and how to influence others in the decision making process when you have no explicit power.
Paul’s worked with senior learners in major federal government departments and large corporates across Australia, New Zealand and the UK facilitating hundreds of billions of dollars of value.
NEWSFLASH: This is the first episode in a 5-week series on unpacking the detail in the process of decision making. Details below!
A leader is someone who causes and enables others to lead and fulfill their own potential. They are someone who is open, authentic and has the courage to say when they don’t have the answer” - Paul
This is the first episode in a 5-week series as we unpack in detail each step of the decision making process. Today we talk with Paul about the three most common problems he solves, how hard decisions can be made easy and the 5-step framework from his book titled “Hard Decisions Made Easy”.
The first principle of structured decision making: Process before Content.
Before making a big decision, start with agreeing the process by which that decision will be made before getting into the decision itself, including such things as who to involve and how - this helps leave the contentious stuff (the ‘content’) until later and ensures that when the decision gets difficult, there is an agreed process to fall back on.
The second principle of structured decision making: Academic Rigour.
When planning your decision process, make sure it's based on academically rigorous techniques, especially if using any numbers or data. There is a whole world of ‘Decision science’ that avoids a decision being made which ‘feels’ wrong or one which can later be turned over when someone wants to pick holes in it.
The third principle of structured decision making: Active Stakeholder Participation.
Decisions stick because the people who need to carry them out and who are impacted believe in the decision and have a sense of ownership. The best way to get this ownership is to actively involve stakeholders in the decision process - not just ‘consult’ or brief them. They can contribute to the design of the decision process, help find and develop options, define value and criteria and even participate in evaluation options.
The final principle of structured decision making: Tangible and Intangible Value.
We care about much more than just what we can measure, such as money, so good decision making takes into account everything that we care about, both intangible (such as reputation, the environment, client satisfaction) and tangible (revenue, profit). We need to give a balanced consideration of all these factors, not just focus on the ones we can measure otherwise we will always be unhappy with our decisions, and we might not know why.
Connect with Paul on Linked In and visit Catalyze for more info on Decision Thinking.
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The Power of Storytelling to Cultivate Connection with Marsha Shandur
Done right, storytelling is a powerful and lucrative tool for your brand. But, done wrong, not only is it as useless as tits on a bull, you’re likely to waste hundreds of hours and dollars without any return on your investment.
So, what does this overused buzzword actually mean for you and your brand?
Storytelling is one of my deepest passions and, as a descendent of the stolen generation, one of my inherited talents. Storytelling is a term that everybody interprets in their own way. As an indigenous person, the life lessons brought about in storytelling are essential for making sense of the world and more importantly to connect and teach about values, history, cultural beliefs, relationships and sacred events.
Join me on today’s episode of The Unhcared Leader as I talk about the power of storytelling to cultivate connection with Storytelling, Speaker and Communication Coach Marsha Shander. Before launching her career as a Storyteller, Marsha spent 15 years working as a Radio DJ, where she gained a powerful understanding of how to tell stories in a way that fosters connection, trust, engagement and loyalty.
Featuring in Forbes, BBC and Mashable, Marsha’s worked with hundreds of individuals and groups of executives, entrepreneurs and professionals across Canada, the US and the UK. She's presented keynotes at the World Domination Summit in Portland and is the host, organiser and Storytelling Coach for True Stories Toronto, the city's largest storytelling show (now online).
Connect with Marsha at YesYesMarsha, reach out on Linked In
A leaders is someone who brave enough to step out and admit when they’re wrong and show people a vision while being open to being questioned” - Marsha
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Call or Text Kylee on +61-434-079-807, follow Kylee, The Uncharted Leader on Instagram and for the misfit entrepreneurs, rebels, rule-breakers and change-makers with a passion for accelerating growth and commercialising brands, check out The Performance Code for more on Mindset, Motivation and Marketing and book a call with Kylee to materialise your Vision and commercialise your Brand.
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The Opportunities of a Pandemic with Gill Stapleton, CEO Direct Selling Australia
What are the opportunities you’re seeing come out of the pandemic? What opportunities do you see for us a society? What about the opportunities you’re seeing at work, in business, or in your health, relationship and finances?
It’s not always easy to see the opportunities, especially when it feels like we’ve hit rock bottom and nothing seems to be working.
Two of the biggest obstacles I’ve encountered with executives, and indeed the biggest opportunities we have is the opportunity to celebrate (and talk freely about) our accomplishments and the opportunity to reduce the expectations we put on ourselves to have everything worked out (now).
Join me on today’s episode of The Uncharted Leader for an inspirational conversation with Gillian Stapleton, CEO of Direct Selling Australia - an organisation empowering entrepreneurs and an industry providing enormous opportunities for people coming out of the pandemic.
Gillian is the first woman to hold the role of CEO in the associations 53 year history. Her biggest passion is running marathons, having run 10 marathon’s including the bombed Boston event in 2013.
Her story is remarkable and so too is the conversation about the elephant in the room regarding Direct Selling and Gillian's guiding principles to back yourself, back your team, be present, be authentic, practice humility, made decisions, care (about people) and mind your manners.
Whether you’re in direct sales or not, we are all in the business of selling (ourselves).
Connect with Gillian on Linked In, read the story of her “10th marathon in 10 years” and learn more about Direct Selling Australia by following them on Facebook and Instagram, or their website Direct Selling Australia.
“A leader is someone who can lead the way, set the direction for others to follow but know when they have taken the wrong path and admit it” - Gillian
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Call or Text Kylee on +61-434-079-807, follow Kylee, The Uncharted Leader on Instagram and for the misfit entrepreneurs, rebels, rule-breakers and change-makers with a passion for accelerating growth and commercialising brands, check out The Performance Code for more on Mindset, Motivation and Marketing and book a call with Kylee to materialise your Vision and commercialise your Brand.
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Disruption, Growth and Innovation with CoFounders Leonie Rothwell and Marcus Worrall
With the pace of change and evolving nature of work, organizations of all sizes are needing to adapt, learn and grow to survive. While many are struggling with the reinvention of business models and approach to deliver better outcomes, Co-Founders Leonie Rothwell and Marcus Worrall have quickly mobilised a global learning ecosystem that’s helping leaders not only survive, but thrive - Sprouta
Marcus is an executive coach with over 20 years working with the world's leading organisations on large-scale high-impact projects. Leonie is a relentless innovator who, over 25 years, has partnered with clients all over the world to create high performing teams.
With a team of global partners they provide everything from strategic workplace planning and decision thinking, to capability mapping and business transformation, scalable technology solutions in resilience and wellbeing and the power of storytelling to transform the mindset, motivation and marketing of leaders.
A leader is someone who is compelled by vision and needs to work with and through others. They are someone who finds the way, goes the way and shows the way. - Leonie
A leader motivates and inspires people towards a vision, they have the courage and conviction to take people on the journey to create that future. - Marcus
Join me on today’s episode as we talk with Marcus and Leonie about their unified vision to reinvent learning for growth, how they came together and what works as Co-Founders, and their unique and disruptive approach to doing business and their passion reinventing our approach to learning and solving complex problems.
Connect with Leonie and Marcus on Linked In, follow the team at Sprouta on Linked In and Facebook and visit www.Sprouta.com for more details on their ecosystem of learning solutions.
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Ignite Your Passion and Amplify the Impact You Have in the World….
Call or Text Kylee on +61-434-079-807, follow Kylee, The Uncharted Leader on Instagram and for the misfit entrepreneurs, rebels, rule-breakers and change-makers with a passion for accelerating growth and commercialising brands, check out The Performance Code for more on Mindset, Motivation and Marketing and book a call with Kylee to materialise your Vision and commercialise your Brand.
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Being Courageous with Orion Brown, Founder and CEO of The Black-Travel Box
As organisations undergo enormous change, leaving thousands of people unemployed, serendipitously thousands more are exploring the opportunities of becoming an entrepreneur.
Becoming an entrepreneur is more than starting a business, it's a mindset, or in the case of Orion Brown, Founder & CEO of BlackTravelBox - a premium clean beauty brand targeting women of colour, it’s a case of mind reset.
For women of colour, the business world continues to be a playing field riddled with stereotypes, malignancy and injustice. Join me on today’s episode as we talk with Orion about her journey as an entrepreneur, being courageous and her vision for a world where the concept of normal is challenged and Black women are able to access products that celebrate their own unique qualities.
Before her adventures as a full-time entrepreneur, Orion led brand strategy for Oracle and consumer marketing efforts for digital brands at Hasbro. She spent the bulk of her 15 year career in branding at Kraft Foods leading marketing, management, and operations initiatives across several beloved global brands.
A leader is someone who has the ability to identify challenges and opportunities, balance stakeholder needs, and do it all while creating a vision that everyone can get behind - Orion
Connect with Orion on Linked In, check out www.blacktravelbox.com and follow them on Instagram.
Read more about The Black Travel Box in Essence, Black Enterprise, and Forbes or check out our press kit. Beyonce.com featured brand. Member of the New Voices family. Built in Colorado named The Black Travel Box as one of their 'Top 50 Startups to Watch'!
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Call or Text Kylee on +61-434-079-807, follow Kylee, The Uncharted Leader on Instagram and for the misfit entrepreneurs, rebels, rule-breakers and change-makers with a passion for accelerating growth and commercialising brands, check out The Performance Code for more on Mindset, Motivation and Marketing and book a call with Kylee to materialise your Vision and commercialise your Brand.
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