Episodes

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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Sept. 12, 2025

🌴256. Creating a community of clients feat. Alan Weiss (Weekend Rewin…

Today on Talk the Walk , I grabbed my coffee (Alan Weiss had his martini 🍸) and we dived into two big C-words: clients and community . It was a global hangout—Brisbane spring for me, early fall for Alan—plus friends dialing i...

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Sept. 11, 2025

🌴255. Seamless Segues

Today I’m diving into an underrated communication skill that barely ever gets taught in programs—but once you notice it, you’ll see it everywhere: the art of segueing. And no, I’m not talking about the two-wheeled scooter (th...

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Sept. 10, 2025

🌴254. From Inbox to Impact

On today’s walk (eight kilos in the vest, hello shoulders 👋), I riff on quick, practical communication moves that create instant cut-through at work. I share a client story where we kickstarted a 90-day sprint with a one-take...

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Sept. 9, 2025

🌴253. The Email List Wake-Up Call I Wish I Took Sooner

I’m saying the quiet part out loud: the most valuable asset in your business isn’t your Instagram, it’s your email list. I share how Con Con happened because of my list, why social posts rarely convert on their own, how I use...

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Sept. 8, 2025

🌴252. The First 10 Minutes

Two super quick reflections today. First up: the settling in period. Whether I’m running, or just switching tasks at my desk, those first 10 minutes always feel clunky. You’re questioning yourself, wondering how you’ll keep g...

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Sept. 7, 2025

🌴251. Why I’m Not Waiting 280 Days to Build Community

Big weekend for me — and my Oura Ring confirms it with my lowest recovery score ever (48 out of 100 🙈). Between a four-hour training hike (with that brutal post-lunch slog) and Riverfire fireworks with friends, sleep wasn’t r...

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Sept. 6, 2025

🌴250. Thank Goodness It’s Monday feat. Nadja Petranovskaja (Weekend R…

Today I’m joined by Germany-based facilitator and psychologist Nadia Petronov , founder of More Shiny Eyes —and yes, her mission is exactly what it sounds like: helping people light up at work (even on Mondays). We riff on vi...

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Sept. 5, 2025

🌴249. Calm Is Contagious: Crisis Comms Secrets for Facilitators feat.…

Today I riff with Brisbane dynamo Melanie “Mel” Loy —founder of Hey Mel Comms & Training, co-owner of a gym, President of IABC Queensland, and host of Less Chatter, More Matter . We bounce across crisis comms, workshop design...

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Sept. 4, 2025

🌴248. The Day She Walked Straight Into the CEO’s Office

Today’s walk-and-talk episode is all about a brilliant story that came out of a Work Fame webinar I ran this week. One of the participants shared how, in her very first week at a big multinational, she got asked to get a CEO’...

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Sept. 3, 2025

🌴247.Why I Dropped $299 on AI Glasses

So… five minutes before I hit record today, I did something I’ve never done before: I pre-ordered a piece of tech that hasn’t even been made yet. Yep, I dropped $299 USD on a pair of Halo glasses from a startup called Brillia...

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Sept. 2, 2025

🌴246. The Night I Drove Back for Hot Chips (And Why It Matters)

Tonight’s episode wasn’t meant to be this one. I was planning to reflect on my Virgin Australia workshop (and my friend Sally Prosser’s brilliant cameo on voice skills)… but then dinner happened. I’ve got this little ritual: ...

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Sept. 1, 2025

🌴245. Why 8 out of 10 Candidates Prefer AI Recruiters

Today’s episode is a wild update on something I experimented with a few weeks back: my “job interview with the enemy.” If you missed it, I shared how I jumped on a tool called Tavi.ai that lets you do job interviews with AI a...

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Aug. 31, 2025

🌴244. Why Every Meeting Needs a Min & Max

I was driving the other day, catching up on some old Alan Weiss recordings (yep, I upload them into my own private podcast feed so I actually listen to them instead of letting them die in a Dropbox folder). One simple but pow...

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Aug. 30, 2025

🌴243. From Collingwood to the Conference Room feat. Mark McKeon (Week…

I’m joined by Mark McKeon —ex-AFL player, high-performance coach with Collingwood, creator of The Go Zone and Everyday Counts . We dig into the real-world parallels between elite sport and facilitation: preparation, energy ma...

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Aug. 29, 2025

🌴242. Three Questions to Find Your Purpose feat. Dr. Fergus Connolly …

If you’ve been hanging around here a while, you’ll know I love sport. Playing it, watching it, analyzing it—I’m in awe of what athletes and high-performing teams pull off under pressure. That’s why I was so excited to chat wi...

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Aug. 28, 2025

🌴241. Results of the 12-Hour Ticket Experiment

Hey, thanks for tuning in today! Yesterday I shared my crazy little experiment with you—what would happen if I gave myself just 12 hours to see if a brand-new event idea had legs? No venue, no speakers, no fancy marketing—jus...

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Aug. 27, 2025

🌴240. The 12-Hour Ticket Experiment

Today’s episode is a first: I’m recording this while riding my exercise bike (training for Nepal waits for no one!). I wanted to share what’s happening in real time with Con Con . At this stage, it’s still a fictional event—b...

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Aug. 26, 2025

🌴239. AI Suggested These 10 Topics

Truth be told, I had no idea what I was going to talk about when I hit record. So, I did what I often do when I’m stuck: I asked ChatGPT to give me 10 episode title ideas. Instead of choosing one, I decided to read them out l...

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Aug. 25, 2025

🌴238. The Lowest Hanging Watermelon: How I Chose My First Book Topic

Today I’m answering a great question from a friend: “Do you decide to write a book and then pick the topic, or do you already have the topic and then decide to write?” For me, the answer was simple — I just wanted to be an au...

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Aug. 24, 2025

🌴237. Makeup + Money

What this one’s about: I riff on a killer Diary of a CEO roundtable (Codie Sanchez, Alex Hormozi, Daniel Priestley) and share a study on grooming, attractiveness and pay—plus my $150 Mecca “makeup school” hack I used before a...

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Aug. 23, 2025

🌴236. The L&D Detective: Proving Your Workshop Works feat. Kevin Yate…

We’re all doing great work… but is it working? Today I chat with Kevin M. Yates, the global L&D detective who measures whether learning fulfills its purpose. He shows us how to move beyond smile sheets and activity metrics to...

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