The Deliberate Leader Podcast with Rita Cincotta

🎙 In this episode of The Deliberate Leader Podcast, we’re joined by 𝗔𝗺𝘆 𝗚𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 - Executive Director, Student Recruitment and Admissions at Monash University.Amy leads domestic and international student recruitment and admissions across Monash University Australia, Monash College, and Monash University Indonesia. Prior to her work in higher education, she spent 22 years with Victoria Police, culminating in her role as Superintendent leading an operational division.In this conversation, Amy shares her journey across sectors, the transferable leadership skills that supported her transition, and why deliberate reflection, courage, and people-focused leadership are essential in complex and evolving organisations.💡 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲:✨ How Amy transitioned from a 22-year career in policing into executive leadership in higher education - and the leadership capabilities that proved transferable.✨ Why deliberate leaders create space to reflect, reset, and re-prioritise - even in fast-paced environments.✨ How people-centred leadership helps drive sustainable change across systems, processes, and culture.✨ Why leaning into discomfort and uncertainty is often the catalyst for professional growth and confidence.✨ How engaging and empowering teams is critical to transforming organisational performance and productivity.🎧 Tune in for a thoughtful conversation about career reinvention, self-trust, and leading sustainable change with clarity, empathy, and intention.

In this episode of The Deliberate Leader Podcast, host Rita Cincotta sits down with Dr. Rebecca Sutherns, a high-energy collaborative strategist and world-class facilitator. With decades of experience advising mission-driven organisations globally, Rebecca shares her insights on how leaders and teams can reshape their goals, and articulate strategy more effectively. Episode Highlights: Reimagining Strategy: How tapping into imagination can reshape your approach to leadership. Adaptability Quotient (AQ): What your preferred pathway to adaptability says about you as a leader. Hope as a Strategic Asset : Why hope is essential for resilience and strategic success. The Power of Environment: How your team’s culture and surroundings shape your adaptability. Career Planning vs. Opportunistic Growth: Should you follow a set career path or embrace the unexpected? In this conversation, reimagine your next chapter and achieve your goals through collaborative strategy and adaptability. Explore more of Rebecca's valuable resources and insights at ⁠rebeccasutherns.com/podcast/⁠. Or more about her work at www.rebeccasoutherns.com. #RitaCincotta #DeliberateLeadership #LeadershipCoach

This week we welcome Alessandra Edwards to The Deliberate Leader Podcast. Alessandra Edwards is a leading expert in the DNA of performance and well-being, dedicated to empowering high-performing leaders to harness their genetics and biology for optimal health and vitality. With over 16 years in the field, she has guided high level leaders across Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and the US, helping them tap into their genetic blueprint to unlock boundless energy and resilience. Working closely with leading CEOs, executives, founders and business owners, Alessandra offers a distinct approach by combining her expertise as a clinical health scientist, nutritionist and epigenetic expert with her background as a UK corporate executive, all the while integrating the latest scientific advancements. When not working with clients, Alessandra pushes personal boundaries, training for triathlons and always seeking the next step in health and longevity optimisation. Alessandra Edwards is the go-to professional for leaders serious about elevating their health, performance and longevity. Show Notes https://alessandraedwards.com/

In this episode we speak to Siobhan Mulcahy, Partner at Gaden’s law firm, specialising in Employment Advisory. Siobhan discusses how she leverages her intuition to be a more deliberate leader. Siobhan also shares insights from a profound learning experience over the last two years and how this has helped to shape how she leads her team.

This week's episode is all about hybrid working three years post-pandemic. We have learned a lot about how to navigate this different way of working, and in this conversation, I had the pleasure of speaking to an expert in this area, Associate Professor John Hopkins. John Hopkins is an Associate Professor of Management from Swinburne University of Technology, and the Founder of WorkFLEX, a Melbourne-based company offering a range of online courses, coaching and training, to help workers and organisations successfully transition to new ways of working. John has been one of Australia’s leading experts in flexible and remote work practices for the past decade and has led a range of projects for both public sector and private sector clients, including: the Australian Fair Work Commission, The National Workplace Institute, Regional Development Victoria, NSW Public Service Commission, Deloitte, Transport for NSW, and the Australian Productivity Commission. In our discussion, John provides the latest research on hybrid working, productivity, a four-day working week and what people are looking for when they do come into the physical office space. John also discusses what this means for leaders and teams. John offers an online workshop on ‘Mastering the 4DW’. As a special offer for our listeners, John is offering a 30% discount for the workshop. To take advantage of this, use the code RITA30.

In this episode we speak to entrepreneur, Bill Nikolouzakis. Bill has led organisations and developed many teams throughout his career. We discuss performance, leadership capabilities, how to better manage up, Bill’s four core leadership principles and how he incorporates radical honesty and ultimate responsibility as part of his team’s culture.

Welcome to this week’s episode of the Leadership Lane. I am joined this week by Alex King. Alex King is the co-founder of LedgeHR, a rapidly growing data-driven HR technology company all about helping organisations understand their people and build high performing teams. In this podcast, Alex and I chat about how leaders can use data analytics and insights to elevate the performance of their team, along with how understanding how personality archetypes can help us develop a greater awareness of ourselves and others. We also look at trends on the horizon for leaders to be aware of, and what leaders can do to become more comfortable with the uncomfortable.

Joining me in this episode of The Leadership Lane podcast, is author and thought leader, Caelan Huntress. Caelan is an expert in marketing, productivity and communications.  In this discussion, we cover the similarities between leading a team, and influencing a community in marketing.  We look at bringing play into productivity and performance for a team, and what leaders can do to engage their teams both in a face to face and virtual capacity. https://caelanhuntress.com/ You can grab a copy of Caelan’s book here: https://marketingyourselfbook.com/?utm_source=caelanhuntress&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=hero

On this week’s podcast, Rita interviewed the wonderful Richenda Vermuelen, CEO of ntegrity. Richenda shares her insights on how her leadership style has evolved, the power in focusing on team development, her meticulous focus on goal setting and why increasing self-awareness is the absolute game changer in elevating your leadership.

Jade Lee is a Workplace Engagement expert who is passionate about employee wellbeing and sustained mental health at work.  Jade's new book, "What my Sherpa taught me about teams - A guide to engagement at work" is all about Jade's experience climbing Mt Everest, and what she learned in observing how the Sherpa (now her husband) consistently engaged and motivated the group of travelers as they made their way up the mountain.  

Special Guest, Elinor Moshe joins me this week for a conversation about leadership on the Leadership Lane.    Elinor Moshe is an ambitious and driven thought leader and dedicated mentor in the construction industry. Her passion to guide, inspire and direct future leaders and industry professionals to construct their career lead to her founding the successful platform, The Construction Coach. Elinor is also the host of the successful podcast, Constructing You. As a #1 Best Selling Author, Elinor's book Constructing Your Career is one of its kind, for people who want inspirational, practical action and unconventional career intelligence to construct their career. Her upcoming release is a world first, titled Leadership in Construction. Elinor has been featured in Yahoo! Finance, Australian National Construction Review, Property Council of Australia's Top 500 Women in Property programme 2019, Top 100 Women in Construction, and is frequently a speaker, guest lecturer and panellist.