Andrew Tallents, has built an impressive career, starting with his early roles at prestigious firms like Spencer Stuart and Warren Partners, where he honed his expertise in executive search and leadership development. His journey has led him to founding The Tallents Partnership, where he now empowers leaders globally to excel and achieve transformative results.

As a trusted advisor, conscious leadership coach, and best-selling author, Andrew is dedicated to helping leaders achieve triple bottom line success while living their personal and professional dreams. It's an honour to have him on the show today!

Ross and Andrew talk about thinking as a leader, getting triggered, being in the present, intentional leadership, situational leadership, Shirzad Chamine - Positive Intelligence, saboteurs, facing emotion, controlling things, pleasing people, self coaching, self discipline, self accountability, the power of questions, reconnecting with who we are and refocusing. The pair also discuss positive mindset, reflecting, daily meditation, slowing down to speed up, being efficient, keeping people calm, accountability, blaming people, disconnections, safe environments to speak, peoples energy, judging people, out of comfort zones, role playing, MyIntent bracelets, communicating principles, taking responsibility, reflecting, why do we do things, desire, motivation, ultimate goals, laziness, naivety, skydiving and joy.

Timecodes:

• 00:15 Intro to Andrew
• 01:26 Conscious Leadership explained
• 03:13 Conscious Leadership in moments of pressure
• 08:33 Techniques to help self coach
• 12:26 Getting the work done
• 15:06 Examples of leaders doing it well
• 16:37 Examples of leaders getting it wrong
• 19:00 Vulnerability and coaching people's struggles
• 22:27 Self coaching against pushback and relationships
• 25:16 Modelling behaviour
• 29:52 Loving in relationships
• 31:28 Valuing family
• 36:17 AI coaching making leadership decisions
• 41:41 Limits to self-coaching
• 44:49 Following through
• 51:02 The last time Andrew did something for the first time
• 53:56 Andrew's podcast - Confessions of a successful leader
• 54:40 Andrew's favourite podcast episodes

Connect with Andrew:

• LinkedIn
• Website
• Self-coaching for leaders
• Book

Connect with Ross:

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Moonshot Innovation

Francis is a Master Trainer, WSJ Best Selling author and is driven to help executive coaches take their business & clients’ businesses to the next level.

He is the Founder & CEO of SQUIRCLE ACADEMY where he helps executive coaches and leaders rapidly elevate their businesses by leveraging the innovative SQUIRCLE framework. Francis also founded 'The Human Company' over 26 years ago.

With such a treasure trove of experience advising Fortune 100 executives, he is known for his ability to shatter the linear mould, driving transformation and accelerating growth in just a few months. I’m thrilled to share these insights and strategies with you all on the show today.

Ross and Francis talk about dream analysis, dreams driving life choices, connecting peoples thoughts, creativity combining with management, visualisation, logic, perception, improvisation, imagination, knowledge, development, dynamic imbalances, illusions of balance, expectations, reaching a process, decision making, controlling your mind, knowledge and deep intelligence. The pair also discuss duality, experience in the workplace, environments, nature, new principles in action, leadership, assessing, awareness of what's not working, limitless capacity of human beings, humans ability to solve things, universal principles, willingness to be curious, managing problems, faith, life, dealing with intensity, facing reality, desire, our value, relaxing over tensing up, endless possibilities, abundance, swimming with wild sharks and extraordinary experiences.

Timecodes:

• 00:16 Intro to Francis
• 01:53 Francis' dreams as a young boy
• 04:34 Technology replicating dreams
• 05:24 Subconscious training
• 06:20 Scientific models of training
• 10:28 SQUIRCLE's framework
• 15:10 Models taking people through experiences
• 21:39 Francis' coaching
• 27:51 Unlocking better performance
• 31:56 Looking forward to 12 months ahead
• 35:31 Blockers to full potential
• 42:05 Authority being transferred to value
• 45:57 The last time Francis did something for the first time

Connect with Francis:

• LinkedIn
• Website
• Publications
• email: francis@thehumancompany.com

Connect with Ross:

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Moonshot Innovation

A warm welcome to our listeners, today I'm proud to welcome Dr. Johanna Dahm, CEO of Dahm International Consulting. Johanna is a leading expert in decision-making and leadership, with over two decades of experience researching, advising, and publishing on effective decision-making strategies. She is renowned for helping leaders navigate complexity and uncertainty.

Johanna was recommended for the show by our mutual friend, Olga Troeger. Olga is a Founding member of our Decision Making Institute based in Germany.
We developed an VUCA readiness assessment focusing decision-making competencies.

Ross and Johanna talk about decision making over planning, decision delivery, committing, getting things done, adapting to environments, responsibilities, expectations, listening, pioneering, being responsible, finding solutions, customer orientation, knowing your customers, empathising with customers and understanding how people live. The pair also discuss adapting, learning, growing, fear, merging HR, company development, transparency, measuring return of investment, transformation, everybody in it together, reacting to change, constantly adapting, demarcation, knowing our boundaries, leading teams, pets, having enough and trying new things.


Timecodes:

• 00:15 Intro to Johanna
• 02:31 Communicating decisions effectively in business
• 04:51 Decision making during Johanna's early career
• 10:31 Decision making evolving
• 14:30 Organisations keeping pace and nurturing talent
• 20:25 Customers changing and adapting to it
• 24:37 Dealing with difficult shifts and bravery
• 29:41 Insights to help large scale change in companies and HR
• 35:54 Redesigning of roles and flexibility
• 38:45 Evolving in the future of work
• 42:27 Staying mentally healthy at work
• 47:35 The last time Johanna did something for the first time

Connect with Dr. Johanna:

• Website
• LinkedIn
• EMAIL - JD@Drjohannadahm.com

Connect with Ross:

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Moonshot Innovation