Pat Grier is the ex CEO of Ramsay Health Care. Pat talks about how he established a vision for Ramsay Healthcare to be recognised as the best hospital operators in Australia, and how he developed the term leading from behind. Pat reflects on his proudest achievements in his career and the lessons that he learnt from the many obstacles that he encountered.

#3 How he leads from behind - Pat Grier, CEO of Ramsay Health Care.

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.

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

Dr Kirstin Ferguson AM, our first guest for 2023, is the author of the newly released book, HEAD &amp; HEART: The Art of Modern Leadership. Pip Marlow, CEO of Salesforce Asia Pacific – said this – “HEAD &amp; 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Didier Elzinga is the Founder and CEO of Culture Amp, the world's leading workplace culture analytics platform. Culture Amp's mission is to create a better world of work, and they believe that putting culture first is crucial to that mission. Founded in 2009, they were recently valued at $2b and were named last year as one of the world's most innovative companies. They are currently monitoring 6000 workplaces and 25 million employees. So their culture driven approach is obviously working well for them. Didier embodies a caring CEO, so there's a lot to be learnt here for anyone else who believes in the value of caring.

#40 Creating a better world of work - Didier Elzinga, CEO, Culture Amp

Jo Skipper is the Managing Director of The Next Step, one of Australia's leading HR recruitment companies. Her career in recruitment spans over 20 years across the UK, Singapore and Australia. We discuss many things in this episode, including&nbsp;the benefit of identifying your team members' strengths, leading in this modern work environment and tips on the best way to reject someone.

#39 Transformed through crisis - Jo Skipper, Managing Director, The Next Step

David Shein has the amazing achievement of starting and building what is known as Australia's first tech unicorn. David started Com Tech when he first arrived in Australia from South Africa in 1987. Over the next 14 years he grew the company with offices Australia wide and 1400 employees before selling&nbsp;to Dimension Data.&nbsp;Not only&nbsp;was Com Tech profitable since its inception, but it was done without using external debt. David is now a partner at OIF Ventures, a venture capital fund and also mentors CEOs and leadership teams to build a company that is likely to succeed. David is living proof that a culture of care goes hand in hand with a culture of high performance. He believes that care should encompass employees, customers and suppliers.

#38 Building Australia's first unicorn - David Shein, Partner OIF Ventures

How to build a culture care, resilience, and growth

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&nbsp;caring&nbsp;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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