• Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast 253 Andre Laplume Spinout Ventures
    May 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.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast 252 Shivani Gupta Getting Your People To Step Up
    May 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.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast 251 Ishan Galapathy Unlock Employee Engagement
    Apr 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.
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast 250 Irene Riad Authentic Leadership
    Apr 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.
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    58 mins
  • Inspiring Great Leader Podcast #249 Joe Pane Courage To Be You
    Oct 26 2024
    Courage To Be You

    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.

    Joe Pane – Courage To Be You

    Joe is a human behaviour expert, creator of the Emotional Fitness Formula and the author of the Amazon best seller, Courage To BE YOU. He is dedicated to emotional intelligence, mindset strategies and behaviourial profiling.

    He has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from the Deakin University, and is one of only 10 Master Trainer’s of Accredited Consultant and Trainer of Extended DISC. In the last 17 years, he has trained more than 7000 mindset coaches, and has delivered his emotional fitness workshops to tens of thousands of people from all walks of life and industries.

    Joe Pane talks about:

    • Why do people do what they do?
    • Emotional Fitness Formula
    • When we are starved of significance we will go to extremes
    • Listening to your own unique whisper
    • Unconscious silent addiction to certainty. It’s the things that hold you back.
    • You can’t get competent in swimming by reading a book
    • Emotional Fitness
    • Quality of our relationship with uncertainty
    • If you don’t squeeze life, life will squeeze you
    • Finding clarity in the uncertainty
    • Someone to believe in, who believes in them
    • Finding clarity as we move through the unknown
    • Ego is a survival mechanism to keep us safe, keep us going and keep us alive
    • Identity is what we allow ourselves to be defined by
    • Courage to be you
    • Difference between emotional fitness and emotional intelligence
    • Emotional compass and emotions respond to the interpretation of the facts
    • You cant be YOU with strangers too quickly

      Tweets

      “It takes just as much courage to quit the right thing as it does to start the right thing, because of the fear of judgement of those around us.” Fear of Judgement with Joe Pane on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

      “The most attractive quality of any human being is certainty.” Joe Pane discussing our relationship with uncertainty on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

      “If we take someone’s significance away, you take their heart and soul away”. Joe Pane on the role identity plays on peoples lives on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

      Resources Mentioned in this show:

      Joe Pane www.joepane.com.au
      Joe Pane LinkedIn
      Joe Pane Facebook
      Joe Pane Instagram
      Insights With Joe Pane Podcast
      Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
      Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
      Craig Johns LinkedIn
      Craig Johns Facebook
      Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
      NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

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      1 hr and 16 mins
    1. Inspiring Great Leader Podcast #248 Lisa Sharapata State of Culture
      Aug 9 2024
      State of Culture

      On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Lisa Sharapata about the 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.

      Lisa Sharapata – State of Culture

      Lisa Sharapata is an award winning Chief Marketing Officer at The Arbinger Institute, Board member of Peak Community and Hushly, and a change agent. She has served as the CMO of BoostUp.ai, was the VP of Global Marketing at MindTickle, and heldsenior positions at 6sense and Aprimo.

      She studied Business & Economics at Macquarie University and has a BFA in Graphic Design & Communications from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

      Lisa Sharapata talks about:

      • State of Culture
      • The dream of becoming an astronaut
      • Being a natural leader
      • A dreamer, a driver, or a doer
      • What is psychological safety and how do you create it?
      • How far can we go with regards to transparency?
      • Impact check
      • The pillars of strength when it comes to culture
      • The difference between an inward and an outward mindset
      • Changing people’s mindset
      • Things to consider as the person who’s leading the change
      • The culture of having diversity and inclusion with regards to transforming culture
      • Creating the culture of having honest conversations
      • Employee Engagement
      • Normalizing feedbacks and honest conversations

      State of Culture Tweets

      “There are no dumb ideas. You have to continue to show that it is okay to speak up.” Psychological safety by Lisa Sharapata on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

      “You have to really, walk the walk, talk the talk, and then celebrate the outcomes from those moments.” Lisa Sharapata talks about transparency on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

      “You have to be willing to be vulnerable and have difficult conversations.” Lisa Sharapata talks about culture on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

      Resources Mentioned in this show:

      Lisa Sharapata www.arbinger.com
      Lisa Sharapata LinkedIn
      Lisa Sharapata Facebook
      Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
      Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
      Craig Johns LinkedIn
      Craig Johns Facebook
      Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
      NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

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      State of Culture

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      1 hr and 6 mins
    2. Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #247 Scott Mautz The Mentally Strong Leader
      Jul 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.
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      1 hr and 15 mins
    3. Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #246 Danielle Colley The Chocolate Bar Life
      Jul 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.
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      1 hr and 2 mins