TGE #65 - Kate Sommerville - Career Development, Mining, Leadership, Management, Remote Teams
Release Date: 08/13/2021
TGE #83 - Building Trust As A Leader
The George Experiment
BUILDING TRUST AS A LEADER In the absence of rapport, connection and trust, it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to get people to willingly do things for you. If you find yourself as a leader in that situation, you will be forced to fall back to a formal authority based structure rather than the use of influence. And that will clearly limit your ability as a leader. If you want to expand your ability to get people to do things beyond some authority model, you absolutely have to be able to build that report, connection, and especially trust. ————— GEORGE LEE SYE rose to...
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TGE #82 - Ron Gallo - A Fisherman’s Story
The George Experiment
George’s Big Experiment In Performance, Life and Legacy A FISHERMAN’S STORY - This episode’s guest is one of the best known fishermen in Australia, Mr Ron Gallo. Born in 1937, Ron has spent the major part of his life fishing and working in the fishing industry up in the northern parts of Australia around Cairns. His passion for fishing seems to have never waned. His desire for quality equipment led him to start making his own lures years ago, in addition to other fishing equipment. He got so good at this that he is now quite famous for those hand crafted products. They are highly...
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TGE #81 - Wokeness: What It Is and Its Pros and Cons
The George Experiment
“WOKENESS” - WHAT IT IS AND ITS PROS AND CONS - George went down the rabbit hole to study and understand the concept of being ‘Woke’. In this podcast he discusses what he has learnt about the concept - its origins, the pros and cons of the ‘Woke’ concept, and how its principles can, and have been applied positively and negatively in corporations today. He recognises that the concept has a strong connection to the Black Lives Matter and Me Too movements, but it is more than that. Regardless of what anyone thinks of the idea of 'wokeness', it was always intended to be a positive and...
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TGE #80 - Keeping People Focused as a Manager
The George Experiment
HOW TO KEEP PEOPLE FOCUSED AS A MANAGER - One of the more difficult challenges every leader is faced with today is how to keep people focused on the things that are important to the business. Factors such as busyness, habits and ritual patterns of behaviour, time compression, and lacking motivation to change; all contribute to the problem that we as leaders must address. This podcast is a discussion about the strategies that George found effective in keeping the people around him and who work for him focused on the important things. MADE POSSIBLE BY .. Remember to go and visit the 9 Skills...
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TGE #79 - Sheena Livesey - Career Transition, Nursing, Hospital Placements, COVID19
The George Experiment
SHEENA LIVESEY - Sheena has worked with George for around 10 years and has played a hugely important role in the achievements of George and his company. She is now transitioning into a new career - that of nursing. Currently in her third year of nurse training she is now spending more and more time doing placements in hospitals and various wards and building her hands on experience. This conversation was prompted by George’s desire to understand what it’s like to work in the various wards of hospitals and how the pressures of the COVID pandemic are affecting the frontline works in the...
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TGE #78 - Andrew Read - Health and Fitness, Obesity, Mindset, Ageing Athlete, COVID19
The George Experiment
An enlightening chat with the to-the-point, no bullshit, Mr. Andrew Read. A professional trainer and coach who is doing his bit to help motivated people achieve their health and fitness goals, especially the ageing athlete.
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TGE #76 - Cassandra Alexander - Year of the Nurse, COVID Wards, Nursing, PTSD
The George Experiment
This is a super interesting chat with Cassandra (aka Cassie) Alexander - author of the best selling YEAR OF THE NURSE. It’s a story about nursing in the COVID19 wards of American hospitals.
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TGE #75 - Keith Banks - Gun to the Head, Tactical Operations, PTSD
The George Experiment
Another chat with the awesome Keith Banks. This time about his experience in special / tactical operations, Operation Flashdance and dealing with the emotional aftermath. This is a follow up with reference to his second book - Gun To The Head.
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TGE #71 - Don McKay - Building Personal Resilience
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George chats with Don McKay about the important topic of resilience and being the best version of yourself. Here Don expands on the multi-element approach to resilience that he teaches through his business My Evolution.
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TGE #69 - 5 Mindset Lessons for Entrepreneurs
The George Experiment
When George talks about how you need to think when it comes to stepping confidently out into the public space with your coaching or consulting or speaking business, he does so from decades of experience with hard earned lessons.
info_outlineGeorge has observed the career of Kate Sommerville over the course of many years since first meeting her in the late 1990s.
Given her drive, progress and level of career success in what many would call a challenging industry, George took the opportunity to sit with Kate and learn what he could about her approach to work, career, leadership and life in general.
At the time of this recording, Kate is the General Manager Legacy Assets for the mining giant BHP. Her responsibility includes 24 closed mines across USA and Canada, a team of 200 including contractors, and a coverage that also includes 108 dams in 24 different facilities.
Kate, who has an engineering degree, an MBA, a First Class Mine Managers Certificate and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. FAusIMMCP, is a fantastic role model for anyone with strong career aspirations, especially young women.
And if that’s not enough, Kate also enjoys (yes she actually used the word “enjoy”) competing in Ironman triathlons and 100+ kilometre runs!
This podcast is brought to you by:
Soarent Vision Pty Ltd, and George’s 9 Skills Factory professionals education platform