11. Clifford Morgan: From the RAAF to Leadership Consultant

For this episode we are joined by Clifford Morgan, an endorsed organisational psychologist and leadership expert with over fifteen years of service with the Royal Australian Air Force. His years of service leading and coaching people – both in uniform and out – bring a wealth of experience that provides a unique perspective to assist his clients.

As a coach Clifford has worked with CEOs, military commanders, government executives and business and community leaders across a wide variety of industries. 

In this episode Cliff shares:

• His definition of leadership and how it shows up outside of work places
• The pros and cons of military style leadership
• How he made leadership mistakes by initially coming in too hard on the people in his team
• Why a coaching skillset is a great tool for leaders
• How the wrong communication style once lost him his entire team of volunteers in 1 month
• His advice for problem solving and developing yourself

 

Key Quotes

“Once you lock onto a problem then you lock out other solutions.”

“The more you know about a person, the more levers you have to pull when it comes to motivating and influencing them.”

 

If you want to find out more about Clifford Morgan

You can order a copy of his book The Coaching Leader here: https://cliffordmorgan.com.au/products/the-coaching-leader

And you can find out about his coaching and more here: https://cliffordmorgan.com.au/

 

If you want to find out more about what Wayne does, check out his business via the website:

http://engage4performance.com/

Or you can follow him on socials:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-reuben-engage4performance/

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