Ep 98 Future Fit Leadership: What It Really Takes to Do Your Best Work with Cherie Mylordis

Ep 98 Future Fit Leadership: What It Really Takes to Do Your Best Work with Cherie Mylordis

From For Love & Money by Carolyn Butler- Madden

April 14, 2026 · 50 min · Episode 109

About this episode

Cherie Mylordis discusses what it takes for leaders to do their best work and introduces her Work in 3D framework.

EPISODE OVERVIEW What does it really take to do your best work as a leader? Cherie Mylordis has spent her career at the leading edge of that question — from the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games to boardrooms across the globe. Her research with 200 leaders revealed a confronting truth: only one in three felt they were doing their best work. And when she dug deeper, even those who said yes were constrained in almost exactly the same ways as everyone else. In this conversation, Cherie shares the experiences that shaped her thinking — growing up as the first in her family to go to university, finding herself at the forefront of change management before anyone knew what to call it, and what the Olympics taught her about what people are truly capable of when purpose ignites them. She introduces her Work in 3D framework — Dare, Ditch, Dial — and explains why the middle D is the one most organisations keep missing. And she makes a compelling case for why, in an age of AI and uncertainty, the most urgent work leaders can do is create the conditions for their people to thrive. WHAT WE COVER Why Cherie became what she calls a "conscious curator" — and how that instinct has driven her entire career…

People in this episode

Host: Carolyn Butler- Madden

Guest: Cherie Mylordis

Topics covered

  • leadership
  • work performance
  • change management
  • AI
  • organizational culture

Keywords

  • leadership
  • best work
  • change management
  • Work in 3D
  • organizational success

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