The habits and behaviours of exceptional leaders – Mary Gourley – Google
Date : Wed, 5 Jun 2024 15:00 – 16:00 (AEST)
Join us for an insightful and practical journey into the world of modern leadership with our upcoming webinar series hosted by our amazing leadership and performance coaches, Matt Elliott and Rowdy McLean!
Together, we’ll delve into what exceptional leadership looks like in today’s ever-evolving work landscape with a particular focus on how this is being applied to improve team’s wellbeing, performance and culture.
In each episode, we’ll uncover the secrets to team success and explore practical strategies that leaders can implement to maximise their team’s potential. From communication techniques to fostering collaboration, we’ll leave no stone unturned in our quest to unlock the keys to effective leadership in this new working environment.
Each webinar will feature a special guest from business or high-performance sports environments, offering real-world insights and sharing firsthand experiences of implementing these strategies in their organisations. From startups to corporate giants, our guests will showcase diverse perspectives and practical processes that can elevate your team to new heights. 📈
Don’t miss this invaluable opportunity to sharpen your skills and learn from these amazing leaders!
In this webinar, we explore what great leadership is like within Google with our first Guest Mary Gourley. Mary has worked at Google for over 10 years and will share her insights into what authentic leadership looks like within Google and how she has applied this to get the best out of her team.
The Habits and Behaviours of Exceptional Leaders – Anjani Amriit
Date : Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:00
Join us for an insightful and practical journey into the world of modern leadership with our upcoming webinar series hosted by our amazing leadership and performance coaches, Matt Elliott and Rowdy McLean!
Together, we’ll delve into what exceptional leadership looks like in today’s ever-evolving work landscape with a particular focus on how this is being applied to improve team’s wellbeing, performance and culture.
In each episode, we’ll uncover the secrets to team success and explore practical strategies that leaders can implement to maximise their team’s potential. From communication techniques to fostering collaboration, we’ll leave no stone unturned in our quest to unlock the keys to effective leadership in this new working environment.
Each webinar will feature a special guest from business or high-performance sports environments, offering real-world insights and sharing firsthand experiences of implementing these strategies in their organisations. From startups to corporate giants, our guests will showcase diverse perspectives and practical processes that can elevate your team to new heights. 📈
Don’t miss this invaluable opportunity to sharpen your skills and learn from these amazing leaders!
In this episode, we explore techniques that enable us to embrace the changing workplace as a leader and how to create a thriving workplace environment with Anjani Amriit.
Anjani has had an amazing career that started in corporate law and has ventured into leadership and high performance. This amazing career and the insight she has gained from the incredible clients she works with have enabled her to be on stage at TED x in California.
Psychological Safety v Organisational Performance
Date: Thursday, 22nd August, 2024
Sort fact from fiction and learn from the real-world experience of genuine experts in psychological safety and organisational performance
We are excited to share with you our online expert panel session; Psychological Safety v Organisational Performance as part of season 2 of our Collision of the Minds series.
Whether you’re a leader who is already prioritising your team’s mental health and well-being, or one with only a glancing familiarity with psychological safety regulation you might be wondering:
- Am I doing enough to protect my team’s psychological safety?
- How do the updated rules affect my organisation?
- What simple, practical steps can I take to ensure compliance without impacting performance?
In this free webinar, our panel of experts will guide participants through the legislative and professional maze, making compliance with the psychological safety regulations understandable, achievable and beneficial to everyone within your organisation.
Our Expert Speakers:
John Makris: John Makris, Australia’s leading legal expert in workplace health and safety.
Susan Pearse: Master Leadership Mentor, best-selling author and expert in translating complex concepts into practical leadership strategies.
Matthew Elliott: former international NRL coach who has leveraged 20+ years experience coaching elite athletes to become a leading authority on building high-performance workplaces.
PSYCHOSOCIAL FITNESS – The New Pathway to Productivity
Date: Tuesday, 1st October, 2024
This is part of our ongoing Collision of the Minds series, where we explore the leadership practices that create high-performing and inspired workforces.
Whether you’re a leader already focused on your team’s mental health and well-being or just beginning to explore the evolving psychosocial safety landscape, you might be asking yourself what role the leadership team plays in
- Moving culture from toxic to thriving
- Addressing workloads & burnout
- Shifting attention away from adversity (ability to be a victim) to being a high performer
- The leadership practices that improve team engagement and performance
In this free webinar, our panel of experts will share their insights on integrating psychosocial safety with business performance, making it not only compliant but a driver of success in your organisation.
Our Expert Speakers:
- Rowdy McLean: International speaker, author, and leadership expert with over 25 years of experience helping leaders and organisations unlock their potential and play a bigger game.
- Susan Pearse: Master Leadership Mentor, best-selling author, and expert in translating complex leadership concepts into actionable strategies.
- Matthew Elliott: Former NRL coach turned workplace performance specialist, with over 20 years’ experience in coaching elite athletes and building high-performing teams.
How to rediscover the joy of winning – create your best year ever in 2025
Date: Wednesday, 4th December, 2024
In today’s rapidly changing world, leaders are being called upon to go beyond traditional knowledge and rediscover the energy, purpose, and passion of leading to win. But what does that look like in practice? You might be wondering:
- Why leaders are losing their ‘conditioning’ and ‘organisational fitness’ in today’s complexity.
- The power of joy in leadership, recovery, and peak performance.
- How to shift your mindset to “play to win” — no matter the odds.
Join our expert panel for a free webinar as they share actionable strategies and personal experiences to help you evolve from a knowledge-focused leader to a wisdom-driven change-maker.
This is your opportunity to gain insights that will not only enhance your leadership impact but also empower you to foster a thriving, high-performing team.
Our Expert Speakers:
- Matthew Elliott: Former NRL coach turned workplace performance specialist, with over 20 years’ experience in coaching elite athletes and building high-performing teams.
- Susan Pearse: Master Leadership Mentor, best-selling author, and expert in translating complex leadership concepts into actionable strategies.
- Rowdy McLean: International speaker, author, and leadership expert with over 25 years of experience helping leaders and organisations unlock their potential and play a bigger game.
The Change Room is an award-winning health and wellbeing program that builds physical, mental, and emotional resilience. As an extension of that The Change Room Podcast, hosted by Anthony Minichiello and Matthew Elliott will provide listeners with rare access to world champion athletes, business leaders, high performance experts, authors and health professionals who share their personal health and wellbeing stories in order to create a better way for you.
The Change Room Recovery programs provide a rare and unique opportunity for individuals on a personal injury claim to be mentored by world-class sportspeople and be supported into action by accredited Health & Wellness Coaches.
In this webinar we covered:
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A full timeline of events, inclusions, support and communication points for you and your customer from referral through to the end of the 6-week program.
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How to refer to the program; using selection criteria to refer the right person to the program at the right time, to maximise outcomes
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How The Change Room provides continuity of care for each individual through personalised coaching support.
Welcome to The Change Room Game Plan for Wellbeing.
We know that a good night’s sleep is such an important step to being your best self and sometimes there are factors such as shift work, increased workload or social outings that can impact the length or quality of our sleep.
As an intro to this program, Matt talks with Nam Baldwin about the role breathing and routines can play on our quality of sleep. Nam gets on average 6 hours of deep sleep each day… for any of you who have wearable devices, that’s about 6 – 7 times the amount of deep restorative sleep that most of us get… Just think about how you would feel and what you could achieve if you had the best nights sleep every night…
Watch the video below and let’s get going!
CHALLENGE TIME
The process of going to sleep can be improved through a routine. Let’s try these over the next few weeks and if you have some sort of wearable device that can track your sleep, take note of the changes that you experience.
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Ideally no food within 2 hours of bedtime
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Where possible, we need to dim the lights in the lead up to going to bed (2-3 hours before bedtime). For shift work this can be more challenging, so you need to simulate the sun going down, close curtains etc make the house darker where possible
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Avoid tech devices (this includes the TV) for at least an hour before bed
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Avoid coffee or caffeinated 6 – 8 hours before bed
Tip Sheet:
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It’s easy to say no tech devices for at least an hour before bed but what can you do? A hot shower, read a book, stretching, spending time with your partner etc
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Your room needs to be dark and cold to get the best quality sleep. Not so easy if you are doing shift work or trying this in the Australian summer. If you don’t have total blackout blinds, you will need to find a way of doing this. We have heard or people putting up the foil on their windows to block out all the light as a temporary solution. The ideal temperature to sleep is 18 degrees, a fan or air conditioning might be needed.
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Nam has recorded a breathing practice for you to listen to whilst going to sleep. Have a listen to it as you are going to bed listening to it here (THE SWITCH)
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Understand that good quality sleep starts in the morning – see if you can follow Nam’s wake up routine. Oxygenate, hydrate, invigorate, appreciate and anticipate
I’m grateful that we have the opportunity to provide you and your team with resources that we KNOW will elevate your wellbeing.
It’s week 8 of The Change Room Game Plan for Wellbeing.
The Change Room Founder, Matt Elliott, catches up with Anthony Minichiello who shares his insights on how you can increase your mobility, stability and fitness during the lockdown. Movement and exercise have a huge impact, not just on our physical state, but our emotional and mental health. It stimulates our lymphatic system and releases dopamine which helps us anticipate pleasure, feel motivated, and maintain hope.
Anthony encourages us to focus on the things we can do, find balance and create new habits around movement and exercise. Click on the below video to find out how.
CHALLENGE TIME
For 1-week schedule 10-15min of movement or exercise into your daily routine (ideally outside)
Tip Sheet:
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Write down a few notes on how you feel after you do your exercise or activity – you will be amazed when looking back at these notes at the end of the week at how important this is for your wellbeing
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See if you can get in a walking meeting into your schedule or if you are watching tv for an evening – stretch during the ad breaks
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Get a friend to join you on this challenge for the week – set a time to meet every day
Pump up your endorphins and kick start this week on a high!
It’s week 7 of The Change Room Game Plan for Wellbeing and we hope you are enjoying the challenges so far. The good news is that we are almost out of this current lockdown period – there is a plan in place to re-open and it will be here sooner than we think. Today our Founder, Matt Elliott, talks with Dr Ali Walker about how we can improve our self-awareness and become more intentional by using the one thing we have plenty of right now and that is the time! Prior to the current lockdown restrictions our time, for most, was dictated by our routines; getting ready for work, taking kids to school, exercising and after school activities. Routines provide structure around our physical and mental wellbeing. It’s time to break those unconscious lockdown habits and create new intentional routines to help us set some new boundaries and maintain health and wellness.
Prior to embarking on this week’s challenge, ask yourself “How do I want to feel at the end of the day?” Having good routines can mean the difference between feeling good or not so good at the end of the day.
Take advantage of the current circumstances and look at some skills or areas in your life that you want to improve – here’s how
CHALLENGE TIME
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Develop self-awareness around your routines
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Take note of what you are eating, drinking, movement, TV/Netflix/screen time and implement structure as you would in a usual pre lockdown day. Reflect on how you feel at the end of the day.
2. Where is your area of greatest discomfort?
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Identify one area that you want to improve most and spend 5 -10 mins a day practising that skill
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Reflect on how it felt and take notes on how you think you are improving. It will get easier the more you practice
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Fill your weekly calendar with work, chores to do around the home, free time, exercise, hobbies. This will help build structure and keep you motivated
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Think about a skill that you would like to improve on, whilst you have the time, maybe look at some free courses
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Think about how improving on this skill now help you in the future
Best of luck and have a great week.
