Episodes

Oct. 6, 2025

🌴280. Reunion

This weekend marks a pretty wild milestone — it’s my 25-year high school reunion. Yep, class of 2000. I can’t quite believe it’s been that long. I talk about what’s different this time around (spoiler: it’s being held at the ...

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Oct. 5, 2025

🌴279. Bots, Brains, and Booking Flights

Hey friends, happy Monday (or Sunday, depending on when you’re tuning in)! I’ve just wrapped up a three-hour hike — the first of three workouts today — part of my prep for Everest Base Camp next month. My performance coach Ky...

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Oct. 4, 2025

🌴278. Team Bonding vs Team Building vs Team Development feat. Phil Br…

This week I’m diving into team development and team dynamics with Phil Brown from High 5 Adventure. Remember those high-ropes days where the best part was the debrief? Same. Phil is the guy who designs those experiences—and, ...

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Oct. 3, 2025

🌴277. The Hidden Power of Quitting feat. Alan Weiss (Weekend Rewind)

This week on Talk the Walk, Alan and I riff on quitting—firing clients, pausing projects, and stopping things that technically “work” but don’t work for you anymore. We dig into ego, sunk-cost traps, scope creep, and how to c...

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Oct. 2, 2025

🌴276. Captains Take the Kick

It was a massive weekend of sport in Brisbane – and I couldn’t let it slip by without sharing a few reflections (even if you’re not a footy fan, there are still lessons in here about timing, trust, and big-moment leadership)....

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Oct. 1, 2025

🌴275. Give to Grow

How do you build deep, trusting relationships in business (and in life)? In today’s episode, I dive deeper into Give to Grow by Mo Bunnell—a book I recommended recently that’s already sparking action from listeners like Julia...

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Sept. 30, 2025

🌴274. Smug to Sleepless

I had my week mapped out perfectly. Color-coded Gantt chart, every project, every sub-task—even down to outfits for upcoming events. I was feeling smug, confident, and in control. Then life happened. At midnight, my sausage d...

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Sept. 29, 2025

🌴273. Part III 7/21 Books I Prescribe Over and Over Again

📚 Thanks for coming back for part three of my book prescription series! Over the last couple of episodes, I’ve been sharing the books I recommend constantly —not just because they’re great reads, but because they solve specif...

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Sept. 28, 2025

🌴272. Part II 7/21 Books I Prescribe Over and Over Again

Last week I shared my first seven Book Prescriptions —titles I recommend constantly because they solve very specific problems. Today I’m back with the next seven. These are the books I turn to (and re-read) whenever someone a...

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Sept. 27, 2025

🌴271. Show Up at 100%: Facilitator Energy feat. Nicholas King

As facilitators, our clients don’t pay for the 50% version of us—they pay for the fully-charged, present, 100% edition. In this chat with Brisbane-based facilitator, trainer, and speaker Nicholas King , we talk about how to s...

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Sept. 26, 2025

🌴270. How We Ran an Online Fishbowl feat. Marisa Agrasut and Joeri Sc…

Today’s convo is an extract from Virtually Possible 2.0 with the brilliant Marissa Agrasut (Singapore) and Joeri Schilders. Marissa walks us through an online spin on the classic Fishbowl format to sharpen listening, observat...

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Sept. 25, 2025

🌴269. 7/21 Books I Prescribe Over and Over Again (Part 1)

Every week, someone asks me: “Leanne, what book should I read next?” And my response is always: “Well…what problem are you trying to solve?” Because you don’t need another list of “top 10 business books” that just recycle the...

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Sept. 24, 2025

🌴268. Why ‘Why Am I Here?’ Is the Best Meeting Question

If you’ve ever thought, “This meeting could have been an email” … today’s episode is for you. I’m sharing why agendas aren’t just nice-to-haves, they’re the thing that keeps meetings short, sharp, and actually useful. I’ll ta...

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Sept. 23, 2025

🌴267. Call Me Maybe?

I’m back with a short and sweet episode today—and it’s all about a new Apple feature I’ve fallen in love with. If you’ve ever been mid-flow and suddenly interrupted by a random call from a solar panel company (even though you...

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Sept. 22, 2025

🌴266. Why Hand-Drawn Beats High-Gloss feat. Jason Knight

Today, I’m handing the mic back to Jason Knight. You might remember him from last month’s episode where we jammed on branding and how to think of your positioning like a newspaper headline. This time, Jason’s diving into one ...

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Sept. 21, 2025

🌴265. What’s on My Mind: Scoring a Ticket to the Big Dance

Today I’m taking you behind the mic into what’s actually on my mind right now: the AFL Grand Final. My Brisbane Lions are chasing back-to-back wins, Snoop Dogg is headlining the pre-game entertainment, and I’m scheming about ...

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Sept. 20, 2025

🌴264. Run sheets, room energy, real outcomes feat. Sally Porteous (We…

This weekend rewind is with my friend Sally Porteous. Sally is the Managing Director of Red Lanyard , an event production company where she produces festivals, conferences and meetings. She also runs the Event Planners Worksh...

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Sept. 19, 2025

🌴263. From Surgeon to Facilitator: Dr Liz O’Riordan’s First Workshop …

In this NEW episode of First Time Facilitator , I chat with Dr Liz O'Riordan about her leap from the operating theatre to the workshop room. After being diagnosed with cancer and leaving surgery, Liz turned to speaking, writi...

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Sept. 18, 2025

🌴262. Am I Breaking Up With Kindle?

So here’s the question I’m now wrestling with: Am I about to break up with Kindle? On today’s walk (weighted vest and all), I stumbled into an audio summit via Hello Audio and ended up learning something completely unexpected...

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Sept. 17, 2025

🌴261. The Wizardly Walk

This one is less about “what I learned” and more about the process of an experience I just had in Melbourne — a Wizardly Walk designed by Dr. Jason Fox and Michael Bungay Stanier. Across pubs, cafés, buses, bushland, trains, ...

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Sept. 16, 2025

🌴260. Michael Bungay Stanier on How to Be a Goal Shooter in Life

Picture this: I’m in Melbourne, it’s been a day of hiking, gathering, and birthday celebrating, and I somehow manage to rope Michael Bungay Stanier (MBS) into a conversation about… netball. Now, Michael’s got the height but z...

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Sept. 15, 2025

🌴259. Left Handers Are Awesome

Today’s episode comes to you from my hotel room in Melbourne — in my hiking gear, ready to head out on a 20km walk with friends. But before the walk, I had dinner last night with a small group (13 or 14 of us) and Michael Bun...

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Sept. 14, 2025

🌴258. Do We Really Change? Asking for a Friend at 42

I turned 42 today—and yes, I was that person who posted about it from an airport lounge. Usually, birthdays spark me into dreaming up wild projects, but this year, my big reflection is simple: nothing dramatic has changed in ...

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Sept. 13, 2025

🌴257. Birthday Replay: Leanne’s 12 Rules for Life (Weekend Rewind)

It’s my birthday! 🥳 To celebrate, I’m replaying the episode I recorded on my 40th—my 12 rules for life. These aren’t the glossy “melody” lines; they’re the bassline I keep returning to when life gets loud: from memento mori (...

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