The Inner Chief is a leadership podcast for managers and leaders who want to accelerate their career and build high performing teams. Every episode is dedicated to helping leaders rise above the pressure of work to establish a more meaningful career and life. Through a series of CEO interviews and minisodes, listeners are guided through practical leadership strategies, executive performance habits, career tips and business advice.
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Mini Chief: Building culture through trust and humour, with Linda Carroll of G8 Education
Season 1
Monday, August 4, 2025 • Duration 11:54
“It's really important to keep a sense of humour, especially if you're in a stressful environment. Show people that you're human.”
This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode.
This Mini Chief episode features Linda Carroll, Chief People Officer, G8 Education.
Her full episode is titled Driving business success through the development of your people.
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As an experienced People and Culture Leader, Linda Carroll joined G8 Education in June 2024.
With more than a decade of executive experience in the early childhood education and care sector, Linda has honed her skills in building and managing high-performing teams across diverse networks.
Her expertise lies in people and culture transformation, talent acquisition, capability development, and employee and industrial relations.
Linda’s accolades include the HR Director of the Year award at the Australian HR Awards in 2019 and she has also obtained an MBA in Human Resource Management from Griffith University.
In the full Masterclass, we talk about:
✅ The significance of developing people within an organisation through continuous learning.
✅ Hiring for attitude and creating a loyal culture through recognition and embracing humour
✅ Overcoming the crisis of confidence upon returning to work post-maternity leave, and
✅ The evolving role of HR and its strategic importance in driving business success via the power of human capital.
370. The secret life of HR professionals, having it all, and AI in the workplace, with HR Chief of Adaptalift Group, Kate Newey
Season 1 · Episode 370
Monday, July 28, 2025 • Duration 01:03:55
“HR is such a diverse role. At any given time we see people at their worst, and people at their best. We’re expected to be lawyers and are constantly making commercial decisions.”
In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to Kate Newey, HR Chief of Adaptalift Group, on The secret life of HR professionals, having it all and AI in the workplace.
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Kate is a highly experienced HR leader and has held various roles at Adaptalift Group since 2012, currently overseeing 650 staff in her role as HR Chief.
She is a champion of flexible executive roles, balancing part-time leadership and parenting, something that became almost non-negotiable during the COVID pandemic.
In this Masterclass, we talk about:
✅ The secret life of HR professionals…the real, messy and rewarding reality in the current business environment.
✅ How leading from the middle builds influence, trust and a seat at the strategic table.
✅ Navigating burnout, boundaries and part-time leadership through parenting and a modern lifestyle, and
✅ HR's growing leadership in AI strategy and how this links to company strategy and and what “buy, borrow, build, bot” means for HR.
Stay epic,
Greg
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Mini Chief: Building workplace engagement and experience with Hub Australia’s Founder & CEO, Brad Krauskopf
Season 1
Sunday, May 4, 2025 • Duration 11:09
“By the time that person's come to work, it's cost them 50 bucks for transport, lunch, coffee. So what is the experience they’re going to get going into work for a day, because they could easily just stay at home.”
This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode.
This Mini Chief episode features Brad Krauskopf, Founder & CEO of Hub Australia.
His full episode is titled Designing inspiring flexible workspaces for the future, and Building workplace engagement and experience.
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Brad is an industry pioneer and has been at the forefront of the coworking and hybrid work revolution for more than a decade, having co-founded and Co-Chaired Flexible Workspace Australia, the peak-industry body for flexible and coworking space in Australia.
dership, Hub Australia has expanded nationally, delivering human-centred, sustainable workspaces that help businesses attract the best talent and to thrive.
Hub Australia is widely considered the market-leading workspace hospitality operator in Australia, and has been ranked 6 years running by the Great Places To Work program.
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309. Mark John, Founder & CEO of frntlne, on partnering with the world’s top performers and business people, what a leader’s natural state is, and feeling lucky every day
Season 1 · Episode 309
Thursday, November 23, 2023 • Duration 54:44
“The big online course providers have got about a 5 to 9% completion rate. Attention spans are really low. No-one's got 20 minutes for a course anymore, but they've probably got 20 seconds.”
In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to Mark John, Founder & CEO of frntlne, on partnering with the world’s top performers and business people, what a leader’s natural state is, and feeling lucky every day.
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Mark is the CEO of frntlne, an edutech business he founded in 2021 that makes it easy to train frontline staff across a variety of industries, with engaging and memorable TikTok-style content.
frntlne boasts a number of high-profile global and multinational retail and consumer clients including Coles, L’Oreal, P&G, Swisse and Mumm Champagne.
In May 2023, Mark was successful in securing a consortium of strategic investors, closing a AU$4.6million seed funding round. He has also established an impressive advisory board, including professor Dr Mathew Knowles PhD, who is the architect behind the careers of his daughters Beyoncé and Solange, as well as supergroup Destiny's Child.
Mark, who was born in Singapore, has had careers in entertainment, retail and video technology and now calls country Victoria home.
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308. Minisode: Executive Health - Mindset, Protocols and Tips
Season 1 · Episode 308
Thursday, November 16, 2023 • Duration 13:51
“I used to believe that fitness wasn't part of my work day; nowadays, if I do a workout five times a week and it costs me five hours, that's work hours.”
In today’s minisode, I’m going to cover executive health, executive fitness and why you should treat it as part of your daily working life, as opposed to something additional. If anything, Chief, you should fit your working life around your health, and not the other way around.
Mini Chief: Rochelle Courtenay of Share the Dignity on directing passionate volunteers in her quest to eradicate period poverty
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 • Duration 12:39
“I started Share the Dignity because somebody bloody had to do it. And it was just something that should never have been around.”
This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode.
Our latest guest is Rochelle Courtenay, the Founder & Managing Director of Share The Dignity.
Her full episode is titled Leading volunteer armies, witnessing female trauma inside prison, and eradicating period poverty and you can find the full audio and show notes here:
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Rochelle is the Founder and Managing Director of Share the Dignity, a national charity founded in 2015 with the mission to ensure that everyone is afforded the dignity in life that so many of us take for granted.
The statistics on women who experience or are at risk of homelessness, domestic violence or poverty are quite astounding and Rochelle is passionate about advocating for change and creating long-term solutions.
The charity is powered by over 6,000 volunteers and Rochelle’s contagious spirit, and has collected and distributed over 4 million period products through multiple initiatives across Australia.
She has received accolades for her work including being a Finalist for Australian of the Year, Cosmopolitan Humanitarian of the Year and Pride of Australia.
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Mini Chief: The W-E-A-L-T-H Clock and living a life of design not by default with CEO of KnowHow Property, Bushy Martin
Thursday, November 9, 2023 • Duration 13:53
“Dream like you're gonna live forever, but live like you're gonna die tomorrow.”
This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode.
Our latest episode is from our Best of Series with CEO of KnowHow Property, Bushy Martin.
His full episode is titled Playing the long game and living a life by design not default and you can find the full audio and show notes here:
I interviewed Bushy for this podcast in September 2018.
An architect by trade, Bushy is the founder of KnowHow Property. His team helps time-poor professionals that don't know who to trust or where to start to replace their income through property.
He is also the author of The Freedom Formula, a killer book I’ve read cover to cover. His other book, Get Invested, was named Best Personal Finance and Investment Book Award at the Australian Business Book Awards in 2019.
Bushy was named a Top 10 Australian Property Investment Specialist by The Property Investor Magazine in 2017 and he’s also the host of the Property Hub Podcast.
He also has an MBA in Business, Finance & Strategic Planning along with a land agent’s licence.
In this episode we talk about:
✅ His journey from being completely broke and wrestling crocodiles in Papua New Guinea, to being independently wealthy within 15 years
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307. Sharing the dignity towards menstrual equity and eradicating period poverty, with changemaker, Rochelle Courtenay
Season 1 · Episode 307
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 • Duration 46:57
“I started Share the Dignity because somebody bloody had to do it. And it was just something that should never have been around.”
In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to the wonderful Rochelle Courtenay, the Founder & Managing Director of Share The Dignity, on leading volunteer armies, witnessing female trauma inside prison, and eradicating period poverty.
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Rochelle is the Founder and Managing Director of Share the Dignity, a national charity founded in 2015 with the mission to ensure that everyone is afforded the dignity in life that so many of us take for granted.
The statistics on women who experience or are at risk of homelessness, domestic violence or poverty are quite astounding and Rochelle is passionate about advocating for change and creating long-term solutions.
The charity is powered by over 6,000 volunteers and Rochelle’s contagious spirit, and has collected and distributed over 4 million period products through multiple initiatives across Australia.
She has received accolades for her work including Finalist Australian of the Year, Cosmopolitan Humanitarian of the Year and Pride of Australia.
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306. Best of Series: CEO of KnowHow Property, Bushy Martin, on playing the long game and living a life by design not default
Season 1 · Episode 306
Thursday, November 2, 2023 • Duration 01:02:19
“Dream like you're gonna live forever, but live like you're gonna die tomorrow.”
In this Best of Series episode of The Inner Chief podcast, we feature CEO of KnowHow Property, Bushy Martin, on playing the long game and living a life by design not default.
I interviewed Bushy for this podcast in September 2018.
An architect by trade, Bushy is the founder of KnowHow Property. His team helps time-poor professionals that don't know who to trust or where to start to replace their income through property.
He is also the author of The Freedom Formula, a killer book I’ve read cover to cover. His other Book, Get Invested, was named Best Personal Finance and Investment Book Award at the Australian Business Book Awards in 2019.
Bushy was named a Top 10 Australian Property Investment Specialist by The Property Investor Magazine in 2017 and he’s also the host of the Property Hub Podcast.
He also has an MBA in Business, Finance & Strategic Planning along with a land agent’s licence.
In this episode we talk about:
✅ His journey from being completely broke and wrestling crocodiles in Papua New Guinea, to being financially free within 15 years
✅ How he came to see a better way than his father, who had slogged away for 40 years and had resultant health battles
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Mini Chief: Geoff Bell, CEO of MicroBioGen, on why patience is a competitive advantage in the biotech industry
Thursday, November 2, 2023 • Duration 15:29
“All you have to do is make it better, do different things and the world's at your feet. The funny thing is, we're the only ones who thought of doing this and that surprised the heck out of me."
This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode.
Our latest guest is Geoff Bell, CEO of MicroBioGen.
His full episode is titled How a stockbroker became a biotech success story, using patience as a competitive advantage, and why exercise is his best thinking time and you can find the full audio and show notes here:
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Geoff is a former stockbroker turned CEO of leading Australian biotechnology company, MicroBioGen, which has delivered yeast innovation technology solutions to industry leaders globally for more than 20 years.
Upon finishing high school and while studying, Geoff founded a family-run business hosting ski trips around Europe for 10 years, before selling it.
His career in investment banking spanned 15 years, holding senior roles at leading European bank BNP Paribas and winning numerous industry awards.
After reaching a career crossroads and trying to balance family life and his professional exploits, Geoff came to the helm of MicroBioGen in 2006, and has overseen $8 million in government funding, and profitability since 2018, with revenue growing at 65% per year.
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