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June 13, 2025

🌴165. How to get paid to be yourself feat. Alan Weiss (Weekend Rewind)

Welcome to this Weekend Rewind edition of Talk the Walk — where coffee meets conversation and martinis mix with mindset shifts. In this episode, we explore a bold (and slightly cheeky) question: Can you really get paid to be yourself? Alan Weiss — aka the Rockstar of Consulting — says…

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June 12, 2025

How to get paid to be yourself feat. Alan Weiss and Leanne Hughes

What if your most natural strengths were the secret to your next big opportunity? In this Talk the Walk session, we’re flipping the script on success—showing you how to monetise your calling, leverage your strengths, and build a career (or business) that’s wildly aligned and well-paid. This is for you…

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June 12, 2025

The risks of being authentic with Alan Weiss

Alan Weiss shares why it's important to be consistently authentic, if you decide to get paid to be yourself

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June 12, 2025

🌴164. 9 powerful ways to get buy in (Part 1)

Ever struggled with getting buy-in on your ideas at work? You're definitely not alone! I've worked with plenty of clients who need help influencing, leading without formal authority, and just generally getting their projects off the ground. I get it—I used to struggle with this too, playing strictly by the…

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June 11, 2025

🌴163 The $363 lesson I didn’t see coming

Uh oh—got one of those emails. You know the kind: subject line screams “Copyright Violation.” 😬 In this episode, I share the full story of how I got caught out using an image of Aussie cricketer David Warner on my website—without the proper license. It wasn’t intentional, and it wasn’t…

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June 10, 2025

🌴162. There’s no such thing as a boring street

This episode begins like my Monday morning: calm, crisp, uneventful... until it wasn't. After a peaceful dog walk and coffee run, I returned home to a full-blown emergency scene—ambulance, police, tow trucks, a flipped car—right outside my house. I share what that moment sparked for me: a reflection on the…

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June 9, 2025

🌴161. Act before your brain talks you out of it

Hey, thanks for pressing play today! If you’ve ever hesitated before making a bold move — whether it’s sending a message, asking a question, or sharing an idea — then today’s episode is for you. I’m riffing on a rule from my netball days: the three-second rule. It turns out,…

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June 8, 2025

🌴160. Gearsplaining

Hey, I'm Leanne—recovering gearsplainer. In today’s episode, I riff on a hilarious and all-too-real article I found tucked inside a gear package I ordered for my Nepal trek. It's called Gear Splaining by Dan Slater, and wow—did I feel personally attacked... in the best way. You know that moment when…

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June 7, 2025

🌴159. Inside the facilitator’s mind feat. Tricia Conyers and John Norcross (Weekend Rewind)

This one is a facilitator’s dream: We’re riffing behind the scenes on what it actually feels like to lead a room—mentally, emotionally, even physically—with two brilliant guests, Tricia Conyers and John Norcross from the Every Little Model podcast. Now, real talk: This episode didn’t exactly go to plan. 😅 Tech…

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June 6, 2025

🌴 158. The recognition effect feat. Sarah McVanel (Weekend Rewind)

We all know that relationships—business, personal, professional—require maintenance. It’s not set-and-forget. That’s why I’m bringing back this amazing conversation with recognition rockstar Sarah McVanel. She’s someone who deeply understands how small, thoughtful gestures can lead to massive business results. Sarah helps individuals and organizations leverage the power of recognition to…

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June 5, 2025

🌴157. Chat coming in hot

I just wrapped up a webinar for a long-time client — an organisation that delivers live, critical, and completely anonymous support via webinars. That’s right. No faces. No names. Just silence... and a flurry of comments in the chat. So how do you respond when the comments start rolling in…

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June 4, 2025

How to get paid to be yourself with Alan Weiss and Leanne Hughes

What if your most natural strengths were the secret to your next big opportunity? In this Talk the Walk session, we’re flipping the script on success—showing you how to monetise your calling, leverage your strengths, and build a career (or business) that’s wildly aligned and well-paid. This is for you…

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June 4, 2025

FTF256: Handling chat like a pro

Send Leanne a message (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1785616/open_sms) Hey, thanks for tuning in today. I just wrapped up a webinar for a long-time client — an organization that delivers live, critical, and completely anonymous support via webinars. That’s right. No faces. No names. Just silence... and a flurry of comments in the chat.…

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June 4, 2025

🌴156. Clarity isn't found, it's chosen

Today's episode is all about clarity—what it gives you, and where it can trip you up. I reflect on something powerful I heard on The Diary of a CEO with Jimmy Fallon. He shared his obsession with getting on Saturday Night Live—how he wrote it in his journal, non-negotiable, and…

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June 3, 2025

🌴155. #Rant Just because you worked hard doesn’t mean it’s worth more

You’ve probably seen this post floating around. It goes something like: “If you get the job done in 60 minutes, it’s because you spent 10 years learning how. They owe you for the years, not the minutes. Charge accordingly.” Now, I used to agree with that... But these days? It…

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June 2, 2025

🌴154. What did you obsess over at 13?

Today’s episode is a fun personal reflection—and a bit of a public declaration. I was talking to mates about the kind of work that really lights us up. For me, it’s this—talking into a microphone. Podcasting. Sharing ideas. Creating connection through voice. What’s funny is that I just made the…

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June 1, 2025

🌴153. 4 words I said that triggered her

In today’s episode, I unpack a moment I’m not super proud of—a time I said four little words that accidentally derailed a conversation and made someone defensive. I didn’t mean to. But I can see now how it landed, and I’m using this episode to reflect, recalibrate, and hopefully help…

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May 31, 2025

🌴152. Redefining team building feat. Andy Balzat (Weekend Rewind)

This week’s rewind is extra special because I just spent Wednesday night hanging out with Andy Balzat and the incredible Banana Life (https://bananalife.com.au/) team at one of their signature games nights in Brisbane. So, I thought: What better time to bring back this brilliant conversation? Picture this: Whitney Houston’s I…

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May 30, 2025

🌴151. Running a global empire without a team feat. Alan Weiss (Weekend Rewind)

In today’s episode of Talk the Walk, I bring you a spicy, spirited convo with the one and only Alan Weiss — and we go deep (and a little rogue) on a hot topic: Do you really need a virtual assistant to grow your business? Alan says no. Emphatically. And…

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May 29, 2025

🌴150. How I host a live show

Hey hey — today’s episode is timed literally to the Thermomix timer. I had 14 minutes while my eggs boiled, so that’s what I gave myself to record, edit, and publish this. (Spoiler: The beep didn’t make it in.) What I wanted to share with you is a little behind-the-scenes…

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May 28, 2025

He has a multimillion consulting business with zero employees

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May 28, 2025

🌴149. Screaming chickens

This one’s personal—and iconic. In today’s episode, I share the wild, weird, wonderful story of how my husband’s dream car—a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am—finally made its way into our lives. But it’s not just a story about the car. It’s about the look. More specifically, the Screaming Chicken decal that…

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May 27, 2025

🌴148. My $500 status run

Hey from the Brisbane Airport car park! Today’s episode is a little... rogue. I flew to Newcastle and back this morning — not for a keynote, not for a holiday, but for something frequent flyers call a status run. If you’ve never heard of it, I walk you through exactly…

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May 26, 2025

🌴147. Mash-ups

Today’s episode is inspired by a night out under the stars at Brisbane’s Riverstage, where I saw Train live (highly recommend, by the way!). It got me thinking — not just about great music, but about mashups. Remixes. Genre-bending. And how we can apply that same creativity to our work.…

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