The Messy Middle

Doing work that matters always has a hard part. A point when our aspirations for achievement get challenged, and we either find a way or lose our way. The Messy Middle is a podcast designed for leaders who need to deliver results in a demanding context. Subscribe below and receive insights and ideas about how to amplify your impact within your life, organisation and community.

E52 - Bonnie Wan - The Life Brief

Bonnie Wanhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bonniewan/The Life Briefhttps://thelifebrief.com/

05-05
44:38

Marc Sophoulis - Elite coach and educator

Marc Sophoulishttps://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-sophoulis-2660835b/The Tennis Menuhttps://www.thetennismenu.com/How to train fleashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlpjA-QgmQM 

03-20
45:40

E50 - Malissa Clarke - Never Not Working

Malissa Clarkehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/malissa-clark-0387991a/Never Not Workinghttps://bit.ly/3SDSMlx 

02-16
41:01

E49 - Cody Royle -

Cody Roylehttps://www.codyroyle.com/Cody’s Bookshttps://www.codyroyle.com/booksConnect with Codyhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/codyroyle/Fear Less by Pippa Grangehttps://bit.ly/3vy0824 

01-09
46:41

E48 - Cameron Schwab - Leadership Strategist

Design CEOhttps://www.designceo.com.au/ More to the Game by Cameron Schwabhttps://www.designceo.com.au/book/ Hidden Talenthttps://bit.ly/3snaO2t Atomic Habitshttps://bit.ly/3MyQ9zo Finding Mastery podcast - Dr. Michael Gervaishttps://findingmastery.com/ 

11-08
47:47

E47 - Manu Kapur - Productive Failure

Manu Kapurhttps://www.manukapur.com/Ted talkhttps://bit.ly/3tCxfRGLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/manu-kapur-947793140/ 

10-15
32:16

E46 - Jehan Casinader - Rewriting our stories

Jehan’s websitehttps://jehancasinader.co.nz/ This Is Not How It Ends by Jehan Casinaderhttps://jehancasinader.co.nz/book/ LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jehancasinader/

09-19
45:13

E45 - Digby Scott - Change makers

Digby’s websitehttps://www.digbyscott.com/ LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/digbyscott/ Network diagnostichttps://www.digbyscott.com/tools/tools-network-diagnostic Article: This is hardhttps://www.digbyscott.com/thoughts/this-is-hard The Art of Possibility by Ben and Ros Sanderhttps://bit.ly/3QwGcVM Tim Ferris: Fear settinghttps://www.ted.com/talks/tim_ferriss_why_you_should_define_your_fears_instead_of_your_goals

08-13
44:02

E44 - Lisa Alexander - High performance coach

Lisa Alexanderhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-alexander-am-a83bb378/ Any Given Team by Ray McLeanhttps://bit.ly/3rnCzHl Staying at the Top by Ric Charlesworthhttps://www.amazon.com/Staying-At-Top-Ric-Charlesworth/dp/0330363662 

07-15
42:05

E43 - Mark Hawwa - Founder - Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride

Distinguished Gentlemen’s Ridehttps://www.gentlemansride.com/Funded Programshttps://www.gentlemansride.com/about/programs-we-fundMake a donationhttps://www.gentlemansride.com/sponsorMark Hawwahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-hawwa-1b1ba172/

06-15
44:25

Nelson Dellis - Memory athlete

Nelson’s Websitehttps://www.nelsondellis.com/LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsondellis/Memory Games (Netflix)https://youtu.be/hWtqiZrTm9M

03-13
36:54

Episode 41 - Kirk Docker

Kirk Dockerhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kirk-docker/?originalSubdomain=auWebsitehttps://www.kirkdocker.com/You Can’t Ask Thathttps://www.kirkdocker.com/you-cant-ask-that-director/ 

02-15
42:48

Episode 40 - Michael Henderson - Corporate Anthropologist

Cultures at workhttps://www.culturesatwork.com/Michael Hendersonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhendersonnz/ 

12-11
46:31

Episode 39 - Jonah Oliver - Peak performance

What are you like at handling pressure? Staying calm in those moments when you feel most worried, anxious, even angry? If you feel you could benefit from more calmness and composure when things get a little chaotic, you are really going to love this conversation with Jonah Oliver.Jonah’s one of the world’s leading performance psychologists, who uses his training in both sport psychology and neuroscience, to help people fulfil their potential on the biggest stage. Over the past decade he has worked with a wide variety of clients from Olympic Athletes, professional golfers, AFL teams and performing artists, as well as entrepreneurs and surgeons.In this conversation we discuss what pressure is and the most common reasons we experience pressure. Jonah also dispels some common myths about how we’re told to handle pressure and shares a variety of practical strategies that will help you perform at your peak.  Through the metaphors and examples Jonah uses to bring psychological theory to life, this conversation was both informative and entertaining. It’s time to listen and learn from performance psychologist, Jonah Oliver.Jonah Oliverhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jonah-oliver-psychologist/Jonah’s websitehttps://jonaholiver.com/North Frameworkhttps://www.northframework.com/about

10-15
46:32

E38 - Peter Block - Find your freedom

Peter Blockhttps://www.peterblock.com/Peter’s bookshttps://www.peterblock.com/ideas/#booksPeter’s current initiativeshttps://www.peterblock.com/initiatives/The Order of the Teaspoonhttps://bit.ly/3B43NEe

09-09
38:51

E37 - Jennifer Garvey Berger - Leading in complexity

Jennifer Garvey Bergerhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-garvey-berger-7b4a264/Cultivating Leadershiphttps://www.cultivatingleadership.com/3 Brilliant bookshttp://www.cultivatingleadership.com/booksJennifer’s latest bookhttps://amzn.to/3JrvxpO

08-15
44:08

Episode 36 - Phill Nosworthy - Human performance

Phill Nosworthyhttps://phillnosworthy.com/LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/phill-nosworthy-b3499531/?originalSubdomain=auSwitch L&Dhttps://switchld.com/Programshttps://phillnosworthy.com/the-program/

07-15
43:23

E35 - Dr. Moira Junge - Sleep health

Dr. Moira Jungehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/moira-junge-b1300927/Good sleep healthhttps://www.sleepfoundation.org/sleep-hygiene/healthy-sleep-tipsSleep fact sheetshttps://www.sleephealthfoundation.org.au/fact-sheets.htmlSleep Health Foundationhttps://www.sleephealthfoundation.org.au/Make a donationhttps://www.sleephealthfoundation.org.au/donate.html 

06-14
35:28

Episode 34 - Lisa Smith - Decision making

Minds at workhttps://www.mindsatwork.com.au/Lisa Smithhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-smith-b457223/Buster Benson Codexhttps://busterbenson.com/piles/cognitive-biases/Evernotehttps://evernote.com/

05-16
36:56

Episode 33 - Andrew Horabin - Bullshift

Bullshifthttps://www.bullshift.com/Bullshift: The bookhttps://www.bullshift.com/buy-the-book/LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-horabin-976743b6/

04-11
39:47

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