163: The Politics of Salons - Tenille Lawrence
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A warning that is episode mentions some themes that may not be suitable for all listeners. If you’re in Australia and experiencing domestic violence or need to speak to a counsellor, please contact 1800 737 732. As the winner of AHIA’s Australia's Best Eco Salon in 2020 & 2021, sustainability and low-tox living is a huge passion for Tenille Lawrence. She is a multi-award-winning hair stylist that has been fortunate enough to travel the world as a global hair educator for over 15 years. While spending years styling hair at runway shows, fashion week events, and magazine...
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162: The Politics of Global Mentors - Sahera Sumar
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Mentoring can change your life and your career if done right. One of my standard guest questions asks who their #1 mentor has been and their impact. Most of my formal mentors have been local, as in the same city or at least country ad global mentorship has been limited perhaps by staid ideas of commonality, access and relevance in decades gone by. Today I chat to Sahera Sumar, the Founder of a social enterprise (profit for purpose) called Worldwide SHEroes or WWS. It focuses on leadership capacity building, by empowering women of diversity and disadvantage to rise to their leadership...
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161: The Politics of Customer Feedback - Winston Tu
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Customer service is everything for most businesses that last the distance. Our customer loyalty to a brand or business leader can be shaped by our experiences every day and sometimes our feedback is heard, noted, and more importantly positively acted upon, and sometimes, well it is not and the results can mean the end of the road for that business if that is a recurrent theme. After all there is always another airline to fly, another makeup brand to use or another car we COULD buy. My guest today is Winston Tu, the Founder and CEO of Luxo Living, Australia’s leading online boutique furniture...
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160: The Politics of Shyness - Kaley Chu
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Shyness is something we rarely talk about let alone elevate in our loud, often brash, TikTok-fuelled all singing and dancing world. Meet Melbourne-based Kaley Chu, the founder of 100 Lunches with Strangers, a movement she founded off the back of her best-selling book of the same name where Kaley shared her journey from a shy immigrant to a confident TEDx Speaker in just 2 years by getting out of her comfort zone and arranging 100 lunches with complete strangers. When COVID hit she turned virtual and has arranged over 350 lunches with strangers (ranging from CEOs, billionaires and even...
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159: The Politics of Workplace Wellbeing - Sally McGrath
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Workplace wellbeing matters more than ever, as people from all sectors are making health-led decisions that are more valuable perhaps than power, money and status. Having experienced her own life-changing burnout, Sally describes herself as a Burnout Survivor now Thriver, her own journey to recovery inspired her health coaching practice, Health that Heals. Sally McGrath has not one experience with burnout but three. She beat each round and remains so far. Sally has a lifelong passion for health and wellbeing and has guided and supported individuals and teams to treat burnout and...
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158: The Politics of Comfort Zones - Tel K. Ganesan
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Tel K. Ganesan is a self-made serial entrepreneur, engaging public speaker, philanthropist, mentor, film producer, and world traveller with a globally recognized reputation across multiple industries. He currently serves as Founder/CEO of multiple thriving enterprises, including Kyyba, Inc. - a Michigan-headquartered global IT company with over 700 employees and millions in annual revenue - Kyyba Films, Kyyba Wellness, Kyyba Innovations, Kyyba Fashions, and Kyyba Music. Infectious enthusiasm and courageous determination power his drive to do what others are afraid to do as he blazes a trail...
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157: The NEW Politics of Flyer Points - Steve Hui
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Steve Hui was one of my early guests on this podcast back in 2018. How our experience of business, life, and travel has changed in four years. I wanted to invite Steve back as a refresher of how our experience as a society has evolved, for better or worse maybe, in a world battered by Covid19 and all the border closure pain that has plagued the airline sector. Airlines are posting record losses as we enter year three of the pandemic but also, lost experienced staff due to layoffs and restructures. Many of us just want to fly and not expect extensive airport delays or endless flight changes to...
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156: The Politics of Sustainable Architecture - Ninotschka Titchkosky
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Sustainable architecture is also referred to as green architecture or environmental architecture. It challenges architects to produce smart designs and use available technologies to ensure that structures generate minimal harmful effects to the ecosystem and the communities. And with a world in the midst of climate change emergency, it has a big role to play. However, it no doubt has it challenges such as cost and accessibility. To find out I am speaking to Ninotschka Titchkosky, an architect who has more than 25 years' experience leading major architectural projects, and developing...
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155: The Politics of Comebacks - Sean Castrina
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JUST A LISTENER WARNING THIS EPISODE CONTAINS REFERENCES TO DRUG ADDICTION AND MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AUDIENCES. Everyone loves a comeback story. From the late Steve Jobs being fired from Apple the company he started and then returned and then launching iconic products like the iPhone to basketball GOAT Michael Jordan coming out of retirement to lead the Chicago Bulls to championship glory not once but three times. There is something magical, inspirational, and remarkable about any underdog coming from behind to knock down Goliath and become an icon. My guest today has the...
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154: The Politics of Menopause - Alison Brahe-Daddo
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Anyone of my vintage growing up in the 80s and 90s knows my guest today, Alison Brahe. As a teen who wanted a career in journalism, I consumed magazines like oxygen. Alison was the epitome a Dolly magazine cover girl everyone wanted to be. Even as I posted on my socials, I was speaking to Alison today childhood friends instantly messaged me in excitement and gushing recollections of how much they recall loving Alison Brahe. She was fresh faced and golden skinned with a naturally beautiful smile. Alison was as well-known as Aussie supermodel Elle Macpherson and was on covers...
info_outlineCourage means different things to different people.
I have known Sonia McDonald for close to seven years. Her personal story has much to do with courage in the face of some pretty hard times and she has been able to rise above it all to forge her own successful path.
Sonia is a global leadership executive coach and advisor, thought leader, dynamic keynote speaker, and award-winning author. She’s also CEO and founder of LeadershipHQ, and McDonald Inc. and through this, she empowers and builds great leaders and leadership across the globe.
Named as one of the Top 250 Influential Women in the world as well as Top 100 Australian Entrepreneurs by Richtopia and is internationally recognized as an expert in leadership and strategy, organizational development, workplace diversity, and the neuroscience of leadership.
She has more than 25 years experience in human resource management, leadership, and organizational development and has held leadership positions around the world.
Sonia has written several books on leadership: Leadership Attitude, Just Rock It! and First Comes Courage, and she writes regularly for publications such as The Australian, HRD Magazine, Smart Healthy Women, and Women’s Business Media. She has been published in BBC Capital, The Australian, HRD Magazine, Business Insider, and Smart Company.
Hear from Sonia on:
- Why her book ‘First Comes Courage’ is based on the idea the world is crying out for kind and courageous leadership. How can more of us find these quickest ways to develop, nurture and grow courage within us and our teams or peers?
- Does it take having a hard or bad experience to make us be more kind as well as courageous – why or why not?
- When was a time that you saw a leader change from an old pattern of behavior to real courage and that inspired you?
- Power seems to be left to those who have earned it already. Explain your experience of guiding younger people to be courageous?
- Take away: What is your final thought or message for us on The Politics of Courage?
To connect with Sonia:
LinkedIn: (5) Sonia McDonald | LinkedIn