The Chiefs by Whiteark

Join James Ciuffetelli and James Kirkwood on this week’s episode of The Chiefs as they are talking all about The Growth Mindset and how it can be the key to unlocking your full potential.

James Kirkwood is the founder of Kirkwood Consulting. He is recognised as a highly accomplished and experienced sales leader with a record of achievement in Sales, Management and Director roles for the largest Media businesses in Canada and Australia.

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Jo Hands has the brilliant Shawn Callahan in the hot seat this week, and it's time to share stories. Shawn started as a geographer and archaeologist before working in IT with the likes of Oracle, Sybase and IBM. His story-work began in 1999 while at IBM, at the Cynefin Centre, when applying complexity theory to business issues. This is where Shawn discovered the power of small stories, anecdotes, rather than Hollywood inspired story methods.
In 2004 he founded Anecdote, with one clear aim in mind – to use story-work to bring humanity back to organisations.
In the years of pioneering international consulting since then, through Anecdote Shawn has taught leaders and sellers how to be compelling storytellers and collected powerful organisational stories that prompt employees to work out for themselves what needs to change. It is an approach that continues to break new ground.
Anecdote is now in the privileged position of being one of the most experienced and highly regarded story-based communications agency in the world. We operate in 22 countries and 11 languages.

Tune in to hear Shawn's story firsthand...

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Jo Hands has the insightful David Thodey in the hot seat this week, talking all about taking authentic leader.
David is a celebrated Australian businessman, currently serving as Chair of the Commonwealth Science, Industry & Research Organisation (the national research organisation for Australia) , Xero and Tyro Payments. He is also a Director of Ramsay Health Care, and Vodafone International Group (UK).
Previously David was CEO and Executive Director of Telstra (May 2009 - April 2015), and before that he served as CEO at IBM (Australia and New Zealand). During his 22 years at IBM, David held several senior executive positions across Asia Pacific.
If we delved into his education, honorary degrees and awards we'd hit the character limit - so we'll just say - WOW. From his impressive career to the accolades and achievements he leaves in his wake David Thodey is nothing short of exceptional.
Now, pop in your airpods and enjoy the listen.
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James Ciuffetelli has George Leith, Chief Customer Officer & SVP Sales Vendasta (... and oh so much more), in the hot seat this week, talking all things Sales & Entrepreneurship. After all, sales is the glue that keeps the engine running, and when it comes down to it - at its most basic level, sales is in fact about helping the customer.
When it comes to building successful sales teams, moreover successful businesses, George is your guy. Currently he is the Chief Customer Officer for Vendasta Technologies Inc., George leads a sales guild of more than 210 professionals dedicated to ensuring the success of a global stable of vendors, channel partners, and end-users. I have a passion for training, coaching, and mentoring an ever-growing Vendasta customer base of more than 50,000 channel partners, sales leaders, and sales professionals.
Helping sales professionals to do better is what makes George tick, that's why he hosts 'Conquer Local Podcast' to help sales leaders, frontline sales professionals, and channel partners drive success in their digital customer journey. It's been ranked among the Top 10 business podcasts on iTunes so we recommend giving it a listen!
He's been named among the Channel Partners Top Gun 51, recognized as a new generation of channel executives who build and execute programs in a way that drives partner, customer, and supplier success. From advising on boards to running workshops and speaking publically, there's not much George doesn't do. He's passionate about helping individuals and companies excel as digital sales leaders and experts and no matter the format - that's exactly what he does. Brilliantly.

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This week on The Chiefs, Jo Hands has the brilliant Edward Michelsberg in the hot seat - and they're talking all about Finding Extraordinary.

Edward is the Co-founder and Executive Search Consultant for EMU Search. Emu was created to help shape the leadership of the future.

The process for finding a new leader can be difficult, especially if you're looking for an experienced leader who has the skills to take your company to the next level, but this is where Edward Michelsberg comes in.

With over 20+ years of experience, he has seen it all and done it all - identifying new breed of leaders for Private Equity, Business Founders, and Organisations of varying size, scale, and ownership structure.

For Ed, the sense of real leadership is all about guiding and mentoring and not controlling or micro-managing people. With the right guidance and mindset, employees can find their passion and realise their full potential.

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Podcast Hosts: James Ciuffetelli & Jo Hands