The BlunderBus

Yes folks, this is quite literally the ultimate Blunder Bus journey. After travelling thousands of kilometres around Australia, talking to some of the finest leaders in the land, the time has come to park the bus. So this episode is a bit special. I've invited Leigh Hatcher, one of Australia's most respected experienced journalists (he even has his own Wikipedia entry!) to chat to me about the whole Blunder Bus journey. Leigh asks me about why I started doing this podcast in the first ...

Kylie Butler was previously the Managing Director of Christian Coaching Institute (CCI) prior to CCI combining with Arrow in 2022. She is now the Executive Leaders Program Director and Coaching Director for Arrow Australia. And she is an Enneagram Three! For those who are unfamiliar with Enneagram, it's a tool with an ancient background that helps you understand your core motivations in life and leadership. 'Threes' make great leaders! They love achievement, loving being seen as succes...

What do Christian leaders do when the church goes wrong? Megan Powell du Toit is a pastor, editor, writer, preacher, teacher, speaker, podcaster, poet, perhaps best known for co-hosting the podcast With All Due Respect (one of the finest podcasts in the southern hemisphere not specifically about leadership failure and not recorded on a bus!) Megan reflects on how we can create Christian community in which power is safe, and how we can deal with the issues of systemic and cultural power. We a...

Peter Mayrick is Director of Partners in Ministry and the Centre for Ministry Development. Previously he was involved in the leadership of (a now very famous!) pharmaceutical company. Peter's passion is leadership development, and he is a great advocate for excellence in delegation. And yet, here he is on The Blunder Bus! Peter shares how he thought what he was doing was developing a coaching mindset, and a coaching culture in his organisation, only to find that his key report hadn't n...

Tim O'Neill is Director of Exponential Australia and also heads up A2A (the Acts 2 Alliance) network of churches. With his wife Sharon, he also leads Tailrace Community Church, a church that they planted 27 years ago. In this episode, Tim brings his 'prophetic gift of hindsight' onto The Blunder Bus, to talk about a great episode of leadership failure. Tim talks about the critical issue of developing culture (in this case, in a church planting situation). Totally without realising it, ...