Success Principles to Grow Your Business

Success Principles to Grow Your Business Episode 023 of the Ideas Architect Podcast. Our Topic: Success Principles This episode started out as part of my review of my business for 2013. I was looking at what worked, what didn’t and what I could do differently in 2014 to create my best year yet. As I […]

Mission and Vision Statements Versus Manifesto

Manifesto Project - How to Write a Manifesto

THE question that I’m asked the most about manifestos is: How are they different to a mission statement or a vision statement? My usual answer tends to focus on two things: Who they’re for and what they’re about. Mission and Vision Statements The big problem with Mission and Vision Statements is that they are usually […]

Graeme Cowan – Build Your Resilience

Graeme Cowan

Graeme Cowan – Build Your Resilience, Boost Your Mental Fitness Episode 015 of the Ideas Architect Podcast. Our Topic: Resilience Graeme Cowan is a former Management Executive who crashed and burned – in a big way. After suffering with depression for over 5 years he tried multiple attempts to take his own life. Ten years […]

Jon Yeo – Turn Your Passion into a Profitable Purpose

Jon Yeo

Welcome to Episode 006 of the Ideas Architect Podcast. Our Topic… In this interview, Andrew O’Brien from Partnerunning and myself, speak with Jon Yeo, curator and licensee of TEDx Melbourne. Jon is an international speaker and expert on the mindset for success and productivity. He consults with large organisations and is an advisor to a […]

Interview with Suzanne Mercier, Liberate Leadership

Suzanne Mercier

Welcome to Episode 003 of the Ideas Architect Podcast. Our Topic… Today is the first of our interviews… We’re talking with Suzanne Mercier of Liberate Leadership. She’s a speaker, coacher, trainer and expert on Career Leadership. And in particular, she’s a pioneer and probably Australia’s leading expert on the Imposter Syndrome – a leading cause […]

What’s the Key to Having Followers?

Cult Following

Authentic: The Key to Having a Following Authentic: The Key To Having a Following from Geoff McDonald The Book Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones; Why should anyone be led by you – What it takes to be an authentic leader The Big Idea Most leadership research focuses on the internal qualities and traits of the […]

How to Attract Willing Followers – Slideshow

This slideshow is derived from the Book Rapper version of James Kouzes and Barry Posner’s best selling book: The Leadership Challenge. This is the 5th Edition and 25th Anniversary edition of this super successful leadership book. It’s been translated into 20 languages and sold more than two million copies. The leadership challenge is to make extraordinary […]

Leaderslip Slideshow

The End of Leadership The End of Leadership. Now, that’s a big call. If I had said it, nobody would have listened – it would merely sound like clickbait crying for attention. But when someone like Barbara Kellerman says those words, it holds a different level of significance. Kellerman is a widely regard leadership expert […]

On Becoming a Leader – Slideshow

Becoming You : The Key to Becoming a Leader. This slideshow and Book Rapper issue is derived from the 25th Anniversary edition of Warren Bennis’ classic book: On Becoming a Leader. Becoming You – The Key to Becoming a Leader from Geoff McDonald [easyazon-link asin=”0465014089″ locale=”us”]Buy On Becoming a Leader on Amazon (affiliate)[/easyazon-link]  

Gandhi and the Spiders

A Favourite Movie I watched one of my favourite movies last night… the 1982 spectacular ‘Gandhi’. Yep, it’s now 26 years old and given it won 8 Academy Awards it might be worth a look simply because it’s a good movie. It’s presented in pseudo documentary style and I presume, given it’s a David Attenborough […]