The Cultivate Podcast with Cynthia Mahoney

In this episode Sue Langley, keynote speaker, global consultant and positive leadership expert, shares how leaders can challenge their own thinking and flip the way they look at adversity to respond more productively. She uses evidence-based thinking and her knowledge of neuroscience and positive psychology to provide leaders with the tools to be more effective. We chat about how viewing life as an experiment can help disrupt our t...

In this episode Cath Connell, Founder of Wholehearted Marketing, talks about her insights as a women’s business and life coach about the importance of placing value on the whole of our lives, rather than judging our success solely on what happens at work. She shares her journey as a mother where she left an executive role in a corporate organisation to start her own business, as the system did not work for her, her family or her li...

In this episode Anita Lane, co-founder of Solution Underwriting Agency, shares how her organisation emerged from the pandemic stronger than ever, with much the success coming from how they supported staff, reflecting their people-first philosophy. We discuss the culture that Solution has cultivated and Anita’s belief that if you take care of your people, success will follow. Solution’s bonus system is not about KPI’s but about the ...

In this episode Neha Samar, Founder of the Flamingo Project, shares the power of mentoring and her passion for creating pathways for women, who aren’t on the leadership track or who may not have available financial resources, to access the skills and advice of wise elders.

Neha is an Indian migrant who lives in northern Victoria and we discuss her experience of being a woman of colour in regional Australia. She talks about the prac...

In this episode Dr Paige Williams interviews The Cultivate Podcast founder Cynthia Mahoney about her Six Keys to Being a Cultivating Leader model outlined in her book and why these keys are vital for leaders to master in the current environment of disruption and change where leaders are under more pressure than ever. Cynthia explains why her theory of “Cultivate” is the antidote to overwhelm, stress and burnout in the workplace. Pa...

In this episode we chat with Christian Parsons, General Manager of Berries at Costa Group, Australia’s leading grower, packer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables. Christian trained as a psychologist and was in corporate marketing before he had a change of scene that was motivated by him connecting in with his values. He discusses his people-first leadership approach and the benefits that has to the business. He also talks ab...

In this episode author, researcher and PhD in Organisational Behaviour Dr Paige Williams provides some timely tips to help people experiencing the current flood disaster cope with the challenges confronting them. Cynthia and Paige then discuss the leader’s role in cultivating accountability in their team, the importance of experiencing natural consequences and what gets in the way of an accountability culture. Paige shares how she ...

Welcome to The Cultivate Podcast – a podcast for leaders who want to cultivate healthier, happier and more human workplaces and lives! You can join our live recording sessions as well as head on over to the Cultivate community on Facebook to get together with like-minded people, share resources, continue the conversations and find the details of each episode in our first ten-episode season.

In this first episode Maree McPherson<...