Keeping It Real with Jac and Ral

Resilience, courage and the power of positive mindset…Seven-time world surfing champ Layne Beachley can teach us how to achieve all three. She’s a legend, driven by immense purpose and she keeps it real in this great part 1 interview with Ral.

Hear Layne talk openly about the multiple times she thought of giving up, and how she used the lessons she’s learned and applied these – mental fortitude, her ability to listen to her own bod...

There are eight traits of high performance Jac has identified after coaching leaders across many different industries – these traits quietly separate the rockstars from the random…

After discussing these last week, Jac & Ral went deep and both agreed it was worth doing so in order for our Keepers to get a great grasp on what can set them up for leadership performance success.

Do you display the eight raw signals of true high per...

Aftercoaching leaders across industries, Jac has seen the patterns: there are a handful of traits that quietly separate the serious players from the seat-warmers. 

They’re not buzzwords, they’re behaviours. And when you spot them, you know you’re dealing with someone operatingon a different level.

In this episode of Keeping it Real, Jac & Ral unpack what those traits look like in action, without the fluff, without the clichés. Ju...

We all see others with more… better careers, happier lives, stylish homes, perfectly behaved kids and we get envious. And we also know that to compare is crazy, because not everything is as it seems.

Jac worked in private banking and saw the complexity of lots of wealth… the grief was greater than the joy! What you see on social media and hear from others isn’t always the REAL deal.

Ral shares a great learning from James Clear on the...

Some might say Jac is a failure when it comes to cake baking, and whilst Ral is one of Australia’s leading storytellers for business, she’s also been known to not fill a public workshop… is that a failure?

In this episode we define failing as not having a go… to win, learn and evolve you need to make mistakes, because it’s how you bounce back that matters.

So how resilient are you when it comes to your ‘failings’ – there are 3 levels...

Part 2 – Interview with Founder of Enhanced Games, Dr Aron D’Souza.

Aron D’Souza says if we act with intentionality and have a good business plan, we can do anything. This is part 2 of a very inspiring conversation between Ral and Aron whose mission is dedicating his life to impacting and changing the human condition and creating the enhanced age. A new movement…

We have seen artificial intelligence go from ‘quackery’ (20 years ago)...

Five generations walk into a workplace… and no one can agree on how to send a meeting invite!

From Boomers who still love a phone call, to Gen Z who think email is for “old people,” Jac & Ral dive into the hilarious, maddening, and surprisingly brilliant world of generational blind spots when it comes to cross-generational work.

Expect a few stereotypes, a few truths, and a lot of “ohhh… that explains it!” moments. Do Jac...

This week, we flip the script on productivity. Forget your endless To Do list… what about your To Be list?

In this episode, Jac & Ral explore how shifting focus from tasks to traits can change everything. Instead of just ticking off jobs, ask: Who do I want to be while I do these things? Calm? Curious? Brave? Generous?

From leadership moments to everyday challenges, your To Be list reminds you that how you show up matters as much as ...

What if doping wasn’t banned… but embraced?

In this unfiltered Part 1 interview, Ral sits down with the audacious founder of the Enhanced Games, Aron D’Souza, who’s taking a sledgehammer to the Olympic establishment.

He says the IOC is broken, outdated, and hypocritical and he’s not here to play by their rules. Love it or loathe it, the Enhanced Games are real, rising, and ready to disrupt everything we thought we knew about elite sp...

Have you done a joy audit lately?

How much of your week involves you laughing, loving and living a joyful life? Jac declares she’s the queen of joy and Ral reveals a new thing she has started doing at home which brings her huge joy…

In this episode, we share WHY you should schedule your joy – especially if you want sustainable performance, enhanced creativity and a broader perspective. Leaders who deliberately set their teams and env...

Being a very successful leader is….

Your ability to attract, retain and develop talent.

Awesome talent multiplies impact, accelerates performance, and gives you the force multiplier effect.

Is it easy to be a great leader? No.

Is it easy to attract, retain and develop your talent? Absolutely not, but if you listen to this episode we will give you a competitive advantage and teach you our core formula which consists of 4 key things t...

We start this episode with some sage advice from Ferris Beuller…

There tends to be two types of us in the world… Those who can actively listen and give you their full attention, also known as being fully present. And then there is the rest of us… always on, doing a million things, mind racing like a r...

The biggest trap in life? Thinking your current path is the only path. 

In this episode we introduce you to the Odyssey Plan – a 20 minute personal exercise that encourages you to zoom out, ask yourself bigger questions to reveal 3 possible futures and forces you to confront what you really want.

For Ral – her plan reveals less work and move over Ellen Degeneres!

For Jac – linen and leather, Kenya and a few leopards

The Odyssey ...

Are your co-workers your mates? Do you love working with them? Have you stayed longer in a role that didn’t serve you because of your coworkers? Yep, guilty.

Have you been promoted and all of a sudden your great mate colleagues now report to you, and things feel different for them and for you? Have you left a role and promised a co-worker or direct report you will take them with you…?

This topic is one that not only applies to y...

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Do you stay “small” because of fear? Hold yourself back from doing ‘the thing’? Not meet the person. Avoid grasping the opportunity for fear of what might happen (negative) or what people might think?

You’re living a life in fear and that is a life half lived.

In this episode Jac & Ral encourage you to try living a life of courage instead – don’t wait for permission, validation or reassurance, take 1 small step and start ta...

How do you leave a job or a leader gracefully and graciously when it’s been good to you, but you want to end it not for any negative reasons but because you have had enough, or you want a change or you get offered a better opportunity? 

Well, poor Dave got told it wasn’t him, it was Ral… but as for Jac, she got told it wasn’t her, it was him… but she did end up marrying him in the end!

There are some good ways to leave the job, the ...

If you’re digging a hole in the wrong place, it doesn’t matter how deep you’ve dug… it’s still the wrong hole!

This episode is all about continuing to stay on a course of action despite it being more beneficial to quit. You might try to rationalise the situation by saying since the spent cost can't be recovered, you might as well stay the course and/or allocate additional resources to try to make things work… however is that the...

Why stop at 1 goal when you can set more? This episode inspired by Maddy Phillips and the Boston marathon.

We are talking about s-t-r-e-t-c-h goals. Ral says chin ups are her stretch goal, Jac thinks making it to Friday and a glass of wine is not just her weekly goal but a priority!

It’s all about mindset. It applies to your personal and professional life. So set yourself an A goal, a B goal and a C goal.

Goal A is the ultimate! Fle...