The Culture Nerds - A Leadership Podcast
Want to constantly grow as a leader and shape a great culture in your workplace? This is the podcast for you.
Of course, if you’re a yoghurt fan who typed in ‘culture’ and ended up here …(sorry, nerdy workplace culture joke). If you’re a serious person who believes serious topics must be covered in a serious way, we may not be the petri dish for you either.
But, if you want lived executive experience and decades working with corporate clients, government agencies & NFPs, all topped off by the hilarious hosts (at least we think so!), welcome - we're glad you could join us!
We nerd out on leadership and workplace culture – which is why we’re good at them. We tackle the topics you need to develop as a leader and to transform the workplace culture you have into the workplace culture you want. And we have fun doing it.
Hard hitting topics. Easy listening.
The Culture Nerds - A Leadership Podcast
Aspiration, Articulation and Application with David Schwarz, CEO of Board Direction
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This week’s podcast features an interview with David Schwarz, the CEO of Board Direction.
David is Australia’s leading board recruitment expert and the author of the internationally selling book Board Appointments: The Definitive Guide to Gaining a Non-Executive Directorship.
He passionately believes that every leader benefits from a board role. In our interview, he addresses some mindsets that prevent people from exploring the opportunity
The Good, The Bad or The What-The?
Last week, Simon facilitated an activity for some young, emerging leaders. One team had varied views about how to approach a situation and had the courage to sit with uncomfortable, discuss their differences, and arrive at a conclusion - instead of just 'making nice.' The result? An exceptional decision, which produced an outstanding result. More importantly, they saw the value of a workplace behaviour that will make them outstanding leaders. We loved seeing people grow through the power of experiential learning to create real world outcomes.
Words of Authenticity
It’s not our job to make it comfortable, it’s our job to make it respectful - Kirralea’s advice for leaders as they coach their people
Worth The Time
The Discomfort Zone: How Leaders Turn Difficult Conversations into Breakthroughs by Marcia Reynolds.
Interview Summary
Our interviews aim to be conversational, so they aren’t always linear. These are the main points, roughly in order.
- Not even the no 1 David Schwarz!
- What a board appointment will do for EVERY leader’s career
- The risks versus rewards of board appointments
- Developing strategic capability
- Relationships that pay off for a lifetime
- Enhance promotion and consulting prospects
- What is the right board for me?
- Ensuring you and the board are a cultural fit
- Governance versus operational
- The time commitment to be on a board
- Dealing with impostor syndrome
- Aspiration, Articulation & Application
- Identifying and articulating the value you offer a board
- The great news about how 80% of board appointments are made
- Building connections who will help you gain the right board appointment
- The power of loose ties
The debrief–what we learned from David
The messages we loved were that everyone has something to offer a board - it’s about finding the right fit - and that every leader will be a better leader for their board experience
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