Grow Your Influence

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This podcast is for thoughtful leaders who lead with their head and their heart. Leadership specialist and speaker Juliet Robinson has spent over 25 years helping leaders and teams across Australia navigate the messy reality of leadership. In each episode, Juliet aims to shift and expand your perspective on a timely leadership challenge. These are conversations to take into how you lead, and grow your influence.

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August 20, 202638 min

Leading in the construction industry with Adam Evans - Episode 1

We often talk about people who are great at what they do, so they are put in a leadership role and given a team of people, without being given any leadership training. Adam Evans’ career was on this path and over the next few episodes, Juliet is talking with Adam about how his career as an apprentice-chef-turned-electrician changed when he was sent on a leadership course. From a self-described “angry young man” to someone who found a language to talk about how he works, and understand the strengths in difference across his team, Adam has some fascinating insights into the importance of leadership in the construction industry. And there’s the challenge of his mum’s expectations… In this first episode Adam shares his career path and how building his self-awareness is enabling him to lead a team of young tradies and collaborate with teams across the industry to deliver high profile construction projects. If you have worked in the construction industry or have shared any of Adam’s experiences in a different industry, we would love to hear from you. You can share your experiences and ask questions at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/ And if you would like to connect with us, including accessing free resources on this and other leadership challenges, you can do this and contact Juliet at Big Goals . If you would like to connect with Adam or read more about his experience, you can find him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamevans1988/ .

August 6, 202632 min

The joys and challenges of leading an icon with Meredith Staib

In our last episode we talked about how we make our values real. In this episode Juliet is talking to Meredith Staib, the CEO of RFDS Queensland, where values are one of the key elements that attract new joiners. If you’ve ever lived in a regional or remote part of Australia, the RFDS will have touched your life or the lives of people around you. We took Meredith back to the start of her extensive career and some of the challenges of leading. How do you innovate in an organisation with such a strong and established role? How do you keep a large and widely distributed team connected, and how do you stay in touch with what is happening in remote regions for teams delivering a variety of health services? In our conversation, Meredith shares her experiences and insights into leading an organisation that touches so many people’s lives. Do you have a link with the RFDS? We would love to hear from you about your experiences. You can share your experiences and ask questions at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/ And if you would like to connect with us, including accessing free resources on this and other leadership challenges, you can do this and contact Juliet at Big Goals . If you would like to learn more about the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland) you can find information at https://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/qld/ and you can read more about Meredith’s experience online and on Linkedin .

July 23, 202627 min

The Commitments – a framework for bringing values to life with your team

Most organisations have values, but in so many of these, the staff are probably unable to tell you what they are and there is no tangible expression of them within their workdays. Values tell you how an organisation wants to work but they only come to life if they are translated into behaviours. In this episode, Juliet is talking with Hope Collins from Hope Collins Advisory about a structured approach to operationalising your values. Hope is a leadership, sales and culture consultant based in Melbourne, and the creator of The Commitments, a behavioural framework designed to be the missing fourth pillar alongside mission, vision and values. It is designed to help leaders and organisations close the gap between the culture they say they have and the one they actually have. She's deeply committed to the idea that clear expectations aren't a nice-to-have; they're the whole game. The Commitments framework enables any organisation to involve their people in translating their values into behaviours. As Hope says, this gives potential new joiners a chance to decide whether they are prepared to demonstrate the behaviours before they join. It also gives existing team members a chance to discuss and agree on how they want to work together. How do you translate your values into behaviours? We would love to hear from you about what has worked and what is still a work in progress with your team. You can share your experiences and ask questions here . And if you would like to connect with us, including accessing free resources on this and other leadership challenges, you can do this and contact Juliet at Big Goals . If you would like to learn more about Hope Collins and The Commitments, you can email her at hopecollinsadvisory@gmail.com or you can message her on Linkedin www.linkedin.com/in/hopercollins

July 9, 202621 min

Book Club Edition: Choosing to Lead

"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change their entire life purely by changing their perspective." Ben Crowe In this fourth and final episode of our Book Club Edition, we wrap up our discussion of Ben Crowe's Where the Light Gets In by looking at how we shift our perspectives on success and happiness and how a focus on helping and serving others almost always helps and serves us too. When we shift our perspective from a focus on “I” to a focus on “we”, we are leading. Focusing on how we show up, on happiness, and on helping others succeed creates intrinsic motivators that we can control and helps us rely less on things like status and titles that are often out of our control. Choosing the meaning we give to our past and staying anchored in the present also helps. If you haven’t read the book, don’t worry you don’t need it. But can we recommend you put it on your reading or listening list, as we think it really does have the power to change how you see yourself, how you deal with the world and how you lead. We would love to hear what you thought of this series. What has been most useful or challenging? Have you read the book? If so, what are your key takeaways? We would love to hear about your experiences. You can share your experiences and ask questions at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/ And if you would like to connect with us, including accessing free resources on this and other leadership challenges, you can do this and contact Juliet at Big Goals . If you would like to learn more about what Antoanela does and work with her, you can find her here .

June 29, 202624 min

Book Club Edition: Owning your Story

"The story of your life is not your life. It is your story." John Barth. In this third episode of our Book Club Edition, we continue our discussion of Ben Crowe's Where the Light Gets In. We discuss the value in shifting our perspective as we own our story and focus on who we are rather than the persona we create. This is linked to another shift Ben talks about when we redefine success, so we focus on being the best we can be and on creating meaning in our life rather than focusing on external motivators. If you haven’t read the book, don’t worry you don’t need it. But can we recommend you put it on your reading or listening list, as we think it really does have the power to change how you see yourself, how you deal with the world and how you lead. We would love to hear how this episode lands with you. Choosing to change how we interpret the things that have happened in our past can be confronting and difficult. Similarly, redefining success in our lives can be challenging but so rewarding. We would love to hear about your experiences. You can share your experiences and ask questions at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/ And if you would like to connect with us, including accessing free resources on this and other leadership challenges, you can do this and contact Juliet at Big Goals . If you would like to learn more about what Antoanela does and work with her, you can find her here .

June 11, 202622 min

Book Club Edition: From Fitting in to Belonging

“The single greatest predictor of happiness is the quality of our connections.” - Ben Crowe, Where The Light Gets In In this episode, we continue our discussion of the perspective shifts set out in Juliet’s favourite leadership book, Where The Light Gets In by Ben Crowe. We look at how important connection is and how difficult it can be to create and maintain. Part of this is the dual nature of trust and the need for us as leaders to be vulnerable so we enable our team members to do the same. This is an aspect of leadership we know so many people struggle with because they think they may appear as weak or unskilled, however it is fundamental to building a strong team. If you haven’t read the book, don’t worry, you don’t need it. But can we recommend you put it on your reading or listening list, as we think it really does have the power to change how you see yourself, how you deal with the world and how you lead. We would love to hear from you about how you tackle building connections with and within your team. How do you show vulnerability with your team and what happens when you do? You can share your experiences and ask questions at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/ And if you would like to connect with us, including accessing free resources on this and other leadership challenges, you can do this and contact with Juliet at Big Goals . If you would like to learn more about what Antoanela does and work with her, you can find her here .

May 25, 202644 min

Book Club Edition: From Pressure to Freedom

It’s been a while since we said farewell to Kristy-Lee, however we haven’t been standing still. We have been working out what we want the podcast to offer and how it can help people grow their skills and confidence to lead and influence. As our first project we will be digging into the wisdom within one of Juliet’s favourite leadership books over the coming weeks. Juliet and Antoanela Safca will be discussing how we can apply this wisdom in growing ourselves and leading our teams. The book? It’s Where the Light Gets In by Ben Crowe and in this first episode, Juliet and Antoanela are discussing the perspective shifts Ben explores and some of the key themes of the book. We are also exploring how expectations shape us and some of the ways we can deal with these. And we talk about the fine line between caring for people and changing ourselves to meet their expectations (hello people pleasers!) If you haven’t read the book, don’t worry, you don’t need it. But can we recommend you put it on your reading or listening list as we think it really does have the power to change how you see yourself, how you deal with the world and how you lead. We would love to hear from you about what you think about perspective shifts and how you deal with expectations, both your own and others’. You can share your experiences and ask questions at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/ And if you would like to connect with us, including accessing free resources on this and other leadership challenges, you can contact Juliet at Big Goals . If you would like to learn more about what Antoanela does and work with her, you can find her here .

February 26, 20268 min

An Exciting Update from Juliet and Kristy-Lee About The Future of Grow Your Influence

Juliet and Kristy-Lee are back from the Summer Series with an exciting announcement! After 113 episodes, four and a half years, some epic conversations and shared ideas, Kristy-Lee has decided to step away from the podcast, and hand the reins over to Juliet moving forward. From Kristy-Lee this is not goodbye, she is still hosting her People Powered Business Podcast which is celebrating 6 years and 312 episodes and counting. She also continue to cohost The Australian Small Business Show with her husband Matt where she gets to chat about all the trials and tribulations of running a small business in Australia. This year she needs to do a little less, focus on her core business and support members of her People Powered Business community. But Juliet is still here, and is excited to be taking on the show as a solo host, and continue to bring you leadership conversations, interviews with amazing guests and share her unrivalled expertise in leadership development. Continue to tune in fortnightly, Kristy-Lee may even pop back in for a chat from time to time. You can share your thoughts and experience with us at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/ And if you would like to connect with us, including accessing free resources on this and other leadership opportunities, you can do this at: Juliet Robinson Big Goals Kristy-Lee Billett People Powered Business If you enjoy our podcast, we would love a review on whichever platform you access your episodes.

February 16, 202629 min

Stepping up into a Board Role with Georgie Somerset

As we head towards the end of Summer and life gets back into a rhythm, we have the second of our two conversations with Georgie Somerset where she shares with us her take on the transition to a Board role, talks more about the role of Directors and how and why senior leaders might step into Board roles, and about the expectations directors have of their executive team. Georgie has served on a number of Boards over the years, including as a founding Director of the Red Earth Community Foundation. She runs the family cattle business with her husband and children, and is currently Deputy Chair of the ABC, Chair of Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section), and a Director of Redd Earth and the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR). If this is a path that interests you and you are thinking of stepping into a Board role Georgie has some invaluable information and insights. You can share your thoughts and experience with us at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/ And if you would like to connect with us, including accessing free resources on this and other leadership opportunities, you can do this at: Juliet Robinson Big Goals Kristy-Lee Billett People Powered Business If you enjoy our podcast, we would love a review on whichever platform you access your episodes.

January 29, 202629 min

Telling your story with Di Geddes

In this episode of Grow Your Influence Juliet is joined by Di Geddes, the founder and CEO of Exceptional Care for You and author of Courage to Be Me. Di set up a new business in her early 50s, after emerging from challenges that could have seen her give up. She specialises in disability care and is passionate about bringing her values to her work. The growth of her business is a testament to he strength and dedication. In 2025 Di wrote about her experiences and the drivers that helped her create her business. In this conversation, she talks about what inspired her, what helps guide the rapid growth over the past five years and how she found the time and support to write her book. To connect with Di: https://www.exceptionalcareforyou.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/di-geddes-166417247/ You can share your thoughts and experience with us at https://www.facebook.com/growyourinfluence/ And if you would like to connect with us, including accessing free resources on this and other leadership challenges, you can do this at: Juliet Robinson Big Goals Kristy-Lee Billett People Powered Business If you enjoy our podcast, we would love a review on whichever platform you access your episodes.