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The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care.

The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care.

Graeme Cowan

We want to provide inspiration and practical tips for leaders who believe that future success requires equal emphasis on growth and employee mental health. We want to explore how we ensure that the right culture is fostered. Ultimately we would like to grow a community of caring leaders that can show that this approach is a win win in business. Good for people and good for growth and profits.



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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care. episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care. for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care. episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care. - #50 -  Lessons from indigenous leaders - Andrew O'Keefe, Author and leadership consultant

#50 - Lessons from indigenous leaders - Andrew O'Keefe, Author and leadership consultant

The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care.

Andrew O'Keeffee has a fascinating background which has taken him from his origins in Broken Hill to studying indigenous groups in Australia, New Zealand, Africa, the Amazon and North America. This was via a career in mining, manufacturing, in industrial relations and senior HR roles.


Andrew's shares great insights for leaders into how how we structure organisations, select and appoint leaders, motivate followers, and influence culture based on his research into indigenous cultures which began when he met with Maasai elders on a trip to Kenya.



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Andrew O'Keeffee has a fascinating background which has taken him from his origins in Broken Hill to studying indigenous groups in Australia, New Zealand, Africa, the Amazon and North America. This was via a career in mining, manufacturing, in industrial relations and senior HR roles.


Andrew's shares great insights for leaders into how how we structure organisations, select and appoint leaders, motivate followers, and influence culture based on his research into indigenous cultures which began when he met with Maasai elders on a trip to Kenya.



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06/16/23 • 40 min

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The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care. - #49  Founder of The Women’s Resilience Centre - Simone Allan

#49 Founder of The Women’s Resilience Centre - Simone Allan

The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care.

Simone Allan and Graeme worked together at Morgan and Banks (now Hudson). After leaving Morgan and Banks, Simone went on to establish her own company Mondo Search.

She grew that company into one of the top 40 search firms worldwide. Having experienced the benefits of mentoring herself, she then went on to establish Mondo Mentoring.


After suffering a career crisis at the age of 43 which left her burnt out and overwhelmed, Simone took some time to undertake deep self-flection. With the covid pandemic devastating the recruitment industry so completely,Simone used her new found sense of purpose to establish the Women's Resilience Centre, a haven for women and children that were experiencing domestic violence.



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Simone Allan and Graeme worked together at Morgan and Banks (now Hudson). After leaving Morgan and Banks, Simone went on to establish her own company Mondo Search.

She grew that company into one of the top 40 search firms worldwide. Having experienced the benefits of mentoring herself, she then went on to establish Mondo Mentoring.


After suffering a career crisis at the age of 43 which left her burnt out and overwhelmed, Simone took some time to undertake deep self-flection. With the covid pandemic devastating the recruitment industry so completely,Simone used her new found sense of purpose to establish the Women's Resilience Centre, a haven for women and children that were experiencing domestic violence.



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05/19/23 • 51 min

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The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care. - #47 The Ultimate Entrepreneur - Richard Turner

#47 The Ultimate Entrepreneur - Richard Turner

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Richard Turner is the ultimate entrepreneur. He is a specialist in market disruption, having founded four successful companies in Australia across four completely different industries. He has multiple awards including EY’s South Australian Entrepreneur of the year and 4th fastest growing company by BRW magazine, and is also the entrepreneur in residence for the University of South Australia.


Today, Richard is fiercely passionate about helping people successfully start and scale companies – setting out the essential rules to give first time entrepreneurs the best chance of success. He has learnt many lessons in the last 40 years of business and shares some of them here with us. He has also recently published a book called The Essential Entrepreneur" explaining how to start, scale and ultimately sell a business. It is a book that contains all of the wisdom he wishes he had read when he was starting out.



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Richard Turner is the ultimate entrepreneur. He is a specialist in market disruption, having founded four successful companies in Australia across four completely different industries. He has multiple awards including EY’s South Australian Entrepreneur of the year and 4th fastest growing company by BRW magazine, and is also the entrepreneur in residence for the University of South Australia.


Today, Richard is fiercely passionate about helping people successfully start and scale companies – setting out the essential rules to give first time entrepreneurs the best chance of success. He has learnt many lessons in the last 40 years of business and shares some of them here with us. He has also recently published a book called The Essential Entrepreneur" explaining how to start, scale and ultimately sell a business. It is a book that contains all of the wisdom he wishes he had read when he was starting out.



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03/24/23 • 54 min

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The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care. - #46 Meeting and learning from Nelson Mandela - Bruce Watson, CEO WorkCover QLD

#46 Meeting and learning from Nelson Mandela - Bruce Watson, CEO WorkCover QLD

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Bruce Watson, CEO of WorkCover QLD, has always been inspired by the life of Nelson Mandela.


He admired his unwavering belief in a better South Africa, fierce focus and determination – coupled with huge empathy and humility – he has been a powerful guide in Bruce’s life.


One of his life’s highlights was meeting him in person whilst on a mission to help improve the safety in South African mines. Not surprisingly he describes the lasting impressions from that meeting.


For Bruce, care has been a driving force his whole life. Losing his Dad at the age of 17 taught Bruce the value in making the best of everyday, and making a positive difference, and care is an integral part of that. It became his life's purpose and his work purpose.



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Bruce Watson, CEO of WorkCover QLD, has always been inspired by the life of Nelson Mandela.


He admired his unwavering belief in a better South Africa, fierce focus and determination – coupled with huge empathy and humility – he has been a powerful guide in Bruce’s life.


One of his life’s highlights was meeting him in person whilst on a mission to help improve the safety in South African mines. Not surprisingly he describes the lasting impressions from that meeting.


For Bruce, care has been a driving force his whole life. Losing his Dad at the age of 17 taught Bruce the value in making the best of everyday, and making a positive difference, and care is an integral part of that. It became his life's purpose and his work purpose.



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03/03/23 • 47 min

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The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care. - #45 World’s top 30 'Thinkers to Watch' - Dr Kirstin Ferguson AM, Author, columnist and company director

#45 World’s top 30 'Thinkers to Watch' - Dr Kirstin Ferguson AM, Author, columnist and company director

The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care.

Dr Kirstin Ferguson AM, our first guest for 2023, is the author of the newly released book, HEAD & HEART: The Art of Modern Leadership. Pip Marlow, CEO of Salesforce Asia Pacific – said this – “HEAD & HEART will be joining my favourite leadership books on my bedside table.”


Leading with your head and your heart is a concept that is very much aligned with our belief that a caring CEO strives for a culture of care and a culture of high performance.



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Dr Kirstin Ferguson AM, our first guest for 2023, is the author of the newly released book, HEAD & HEART: The Art of Modern Leadership. Pip Marlow, CEO of Salesforce Asia Pacific – said this – “HEAD & HEART will be joining my favourite leadership books on my bedside table.”


Leading with your head and your heart is a concept that is very much aligned with our belief that a caring CEO strives for a culture of care and a culture of high performance.



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02/03/23 • 50 min

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The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care. - #44 A leadership story you won't believe - Suzanne Steele, Vice President & Managing Director United Kingdom and Ireland, Adobe

#44 A leadership story you won't believe - Suzanne Steele, Vice President & Managing Director United Kingdom and Ireland, Adobe

The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care.

Suzanne (Suz) Steele, was the VP and MD for Adobe's ANZ operations before moving back to the UK to take up the same role for the UK and Ireland operations, which is one of Adobe's largest markets globally.


She has risen to this position from humble working class beginnings in Northern Ireland, in which attending university was not an option in her family.In fact, she left school at 16.


This worked against her in her early days until she landed a role in a start-up with a manager who saw her "street fighter" and "make it happen" qualities.



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Suzanne (Suz) Steele, was the VP and MD for Adobe's ANZ operations before moving back to the UK to take up the same role for the UK and Ireland operations, which is one of Adobe's largest markets globally.


She has risen to this position from humble working class beginnings in Northern Ireland, in which attending university was not an option in her family.In fact, she left school at 16.


This worked against her in her early days until she landed a role in a start-up with a manager who saw her "street fighter" and "make it happen" qualities.



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11/11/22 • 53 min

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The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care. - #43 The Health and Beauty CEO's wing woman - Olivia Jenkins, Business & Marketing Consultant

#43 The Health and Beauty CEO's wing woman - Olivia Jenkins, Business & Marketing Consultant

The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care.

Olivia Jenkins is an absolute dynamo. She has three children under six years of age, her husband is both a farmer and a builder, and she runs her own business empowering female entrepreneurs in the health, beauty, fashion and lifestyle industries to become household names. In just 3 years, she’s served over 100+ clients, and boasts $33 million in revenue generated between them.

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Olivia Jenkins is an absolute dynamo. She has three children under six years of age, her husband is both a farmer and a builder, and she runs her own business empowering female entrepreneurs in the health, beauty, fashion and lifestyle industries to become household names. In just 3 years, she’s served over 100+ clients, and boasts $33 million in revenue generated between them.

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10/28/22 • 42 min

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The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care. - #42 Powered by human connection - Joel Ramirez, Founder, Wiise / Financials for Office 365

#42 Powered by human connection - Joel Ramirez, Founder, Wiise / Financials for Office 365

The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care.

Joel Ramirez has always been an entrepreneur. As a very young boy, he found himself needing to contribute financially to the family after they immigrated to Australia from the Philippines and couldn't find work. At the age of 21 he stated his first IT business, then went on to co-found Wiise, a tech company which he sold to KPMG in 2018. He was also awarded the Young Entrepreneur of Year Award for his region.


Joel recognises that while a business has to make money and reach goals, it also needs to look after its employees whole being, and he breaks this down into four pillars for us.



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Joel Ramirez has always been an entrepreneur. As a very young boy, he found himself needing to contribute financially to the family after they immigrated to Australia from the Philippines and couldn't find work. At the age of 21 he stated his first IT business, then went on to co-found Wiise, a tech company which he sold to KPMG in 2018. He was also awarded the Young Entrepreneur of Year Award for his region.


Joel recognises that while a business has to make money and reach goals, it also needs to look after its employees whole being, and he breaks this down into four pillars for us.



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10/07/22 • 51 min

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The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care. - #41 Helping women living with domestic violence - Annabelle Daniel OAM, CEO Women's Community Shelters

#41 Helping women living with domestic violence - Annabelle Daniel OAM, CEO Women's Community Shelters

The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care.

Women's Community Shelters, works with local communities to establish crisis accommodation shelters for women and children who are homeless or leaving domestic and family violence. As the CEO of this organisation, Annabelle Daniel OAM, faces tough challenges daily. For every vacancy they have at a shelter, there are three women in urgent need of care, and Annabelle and her team have to make a very difficult decision on which woman is accepted.

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Women's Community Shelters, works with local communities to establish crisis accommodation shelters for women and children who are homeless or leaving domestic and family violence. As the CEO of this organisation, Annabelle Daniel OAM, faces tough challenges daily. For every vacancy they have at a shelter, there are three women in urgent need of care, and Annabelle and her team have to make a very difficult decision on which woman is accepted.

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09/23/22 • 46 min

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The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care. - #48 The future of work - Olivier Dubuisson, Co-Founder & Chairman @ Rythmik

#48 The future of work - Olivier Dubuisson, Co-Founder & Chairman @ Rythmik

The Caring CEO. For leaders who want to grow teams who are more caring, fun filled and productive. For leaders who care.

Olivier Dubuisson has the intriguing title of – Head of Future of Working for the global pharmaceutical company Novartis. He is also the Chairman and Co-Founder of Rythmik, a global consulting firm, based in Switzerland, specialising in the future of working and employee experience.


Olivier stresses that when it comes to workplace flexibility, we need to spend less time worrying about when and where our employees work, and more time on how they work. He refers to this as moving from Hybrid 1.0 to Hybrid 2.0.


Our discussion also delves into the Metaverse, and using virtual reality goggles and other technology to foster collaboration and belonging in a virtual world.



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Olivier Dubuisson has the intriguing title of – Head of Future of Working for the global pharmaceutical company Novartis. He is also the Chairman and Co-Founder of Rythmik, a global consulting firm, based in Switzerland, specialising in the future of working and employee experience.


Olivier stresses that when it comes to workplace flexibility, we need to spend less time worrying about when and where our employees work, and more time on how they work. He refers to this as moving from Hybrid 1.0 to Hybrid 2.0.


Our discussion also delves into the Metaverse, and using virtual reality goggles and other technology to foster collaboration and belonging in a virtual world.



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04/21/23 • 57 min

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