Synergen Leadership Podcast

David Banger is the author of Digital is Everyone’s Business – A Guide to Transition.

In addition to being an author, David is an advisor, Adjunct Professor and speaker. An internationally recognised innovator, he is a thinker and pragmatist. His expertise lies in offering unique and concise insights that enable organisations and their people to realise their technology and digital potential.

David founded his business, CHANGE lead...

Brad Giles is the founder of the strategic planning and coaching consultancy, Evolution Partners. He and is also the author of the book, Made to Thrive, The 5 Roles to Evolve Beyond Your Leadership Comfort Zone.

Brad has more than twenty years’ experience as a serial entrepreneur, strategic planner and leadership coach, and has twice been recognised as a BRW Fast 100 founder and an EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist. He is also a...

Join Julian for The Synergen Leadership Podcast Season Finale as he reflects on Season 2 episodes and what it has meant for us, our guests and for you, our listeners.

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Nancy Youssef is the founder of Classic Mentoring & Coaching.

As a passionate mortgage broker and educator of new talent, she brings her love of service, teaching, learning and her commitment to the highest professional standards together to make a difference in the lives of her clients and the careers of her mentees.

With a personal belief in practicing what she preaches, her ability to dig deep in business and in life to align ...

Join Julian in this Synergen Group Content Ecosystem episode, where he introduces you to the framework called the 9 Box Grid.

The 9 Box Grid is an approach to looking at people’s performance and potential, and can be used for succession planning, including identifying potential leaders within an organisation.

This is a model which is gaining traction in organisations across Australia due to it’s simplicity and effectiveness.

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Nigel Adams is the author of Match Fit for Transformation – Realising the Potential of Everyday Heroes. He is also the co-founder and director of Hetton Advisory, a boutique advisory firm specialising in building operational excellence capability and the governance to support it. 

With significant experience as a passionate and innovative Chief Operating Officer, Nigel specialises in Service Operations Management and is known for d...

David Pich is the Chief Executive of the Institute of Managers and Leaders and the author/curator of Leading Well – 7 Attributes of Very Successful Leaders.

David has a strong and proven track record in the core skills of leadership that include setting strategy, defining culture and leading people. He has also worked with both the State and Federal Government on a series of significant funding projects.

David feels truly at home i...

Pamela Jabbour is the founder and CEO of Total Image Group, a uniform designer and manufacturer for some of Australia’s leading brands including Dan Murphy’s, Ford Australia and Fantastic Furniture.

Pamela started Total Image group in 2005 straight after finishing university. To get the business started, Pamela jumped on the phone and made 100 phone calls a day for 12 months before she won her first customer.

Her business really to...

Join Julian in this Synergen Group Content Ecosystem episode, where he introduces you to the framework called the Johari Window.

The Johari Window model is a simple and useful tool for illustrating and improving self-awareness, and mutual understanding between individuals within a group. The Johari Window model can also be used to assess and improve a group's relationship with other groups. 

Synergen Group uses the Johari Window co...

Greg Smith is the author of Career Conversations – How to Get the Best from Your Talent Pool

Early in his career Greg realised our motivations and behaviours determine the way in which we work with others, the way we lead, and whether we reach our career potential. In 2006 he completed his Masters in Career Development and later assisted Edith Cowan University in delivery of that program.

Over a long and varied leadership career he...

David Sharrock is the Managing Principal of Sharrock Pitman Legal, a thriving boutique Melbourne based commercial law practice where the credo is: ‘on your side’.

David has over 40 years extensive business experience and provides business consulting to the owners and managers of small to medium enterprises. He also works with the executive and board members of not for profit organisations, advising on practical matters relevant to ...

Gihan Perera is the author of Disruption by Design – Leading Change in a Fast Changing World.

Gihan is a futurist, conference speaker, author and consultant who gives business leaders a glimpse into what's ahead - and how they can become fit for the future.

Since 1997, he has worked with leading thought leaders, change agents, business leaders and entrepreneurs, helping them with their strategy for thriving in a fast-changing world...

Extend your view of what risk is. Managing risk from a safety perspective is important, however, we need to look beyond safety and explore areas such as customer risk, people risk and competitor risk.

Episode highlights include:

• How we view risk
• A 4 Step framework for managing risk
• The risk of relying on one customer – a case study from Synergen Group
• How we can control risks and why we must always be thinking about risk

Julia Steel is the author of Buy-In – How to Lead Change, Build Commitment and Inspire People.

Over the last two decades Julia has worked with leaders around the world to plan and execute strategy in their business. She knows that frameworks and PowerPoint are not enough to deliver results on their own. That success depends on the buy-in of people, their ability to deliver, and lead change.

When organisations and people struggle to...

Shane Hatton is the author of Lead The Room - Communicate a Message that Counts in Moments that Matter.

Shane has spent more than a decade of his consulting and working in in-house marketing and communications gaining a deep appreciation of effective messaging that enables you to not only be heard but remembered.

He spent seven years leading, speaking, coaching and mobilising volunteers in the not for profit sector where he was res...

Troy McKinna is the author of Brand Hustle – 4 Critical Foundations to Accelerate Brand Growth.

Troy believes in the power of building brands because brands connect products and services with consumers. Brands strengthen P&Ls and drive growth. Brands attract the best talent and provide a beacon in the sea of choice.

At his business, Agents of Spring, Troy builds brands by creating disruptive, consumer led products and services, by ...

In many cases, organisations what higher levels of performance from their leaders, but they do not have the systems in place that support better performance. This is what makes leadership enablement so important.

Episode highlights include:

• What is leadership enablement?
• Why leadership enablement so important and how it is practiced
• Who owns leadership enablement?
• A framework for exploring leadership enablement through both a ...

Tony Holmwood is the author of Best Behaviour – Empowering managers and HR leaders to coach and align employee behaviours to supercharge growth.

Tony is the founder of Outperf4m Consulting who offer a unique approach to improving business profitability by partnering with HR or management teams. Tony is passionate about human behaviour and people development. He is a commercially focused chartered accountant with substantial busines...

Sandra Hills is the CEO of Benetas, a leading not-for-profit organisation with a mission to provide older Victorians, their families and carers with a full range of quality community-based services and residential homes and apartments.

Sandra joined Benetas in 2009 with career experience in health, business management and public policy. Under Sandra's leadership, Benetas has diversified its services to meet new and future demand wi...