44 min
Trail blazing -The inspiring journey of Holly Ransom The Shaun McCambridge Podcast
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- Mental Health
Intro:
Holly Ransom has been named one of Australia's 100 Most Influential Women. She has achieved so much from a young age not to mention she has interviewed the likes of Barrack Obama, Richard Branson and the Dalai Lama just to mention a few.
Holly has a consultancy business, Emergent Global, she is also a board member of Port Adelaide Football Club, she is an author, global speaker and podcaster and discusses topics like how to conquer public speaking, how to create rituals to get you to your best and how to cultivate a healthier and better mindset. She is certainly inspiring and it is an episode not to be missed.
3.00 - Where did it all start?
A summary of quotes from Holly.
“Strong sense of direction and lose hold of the reins.”
“Always know what you are passionate about.”
“When you walk past things you tell the world it's ok.”
“What I have chosen to say yes to or put energy into comes back to the fact it was not something I was willing to walk past.”
“It's about putting yourself where lightning strikes, where you are going to collide with your purpose.”
“I was very lucky and I encourage people to do this; volunteering gives you so many different opportunities to test out your thinking and meet extraordinary mentors that have taught me so many lessons.”
06.36 - Which mentors have had the biggest impact on you and why?
A variety of people moved beyond a conversation to working together ongoing, some people you have one conversation with and it's life-altering. But ultimately my grandmother is hard to go past with her powerful influence in my life.
2 things her grandmother instilled in Holly:
Incredible ability to leave anyone she interacts with feeling better. There are few gifts that you can have in life that are better than that. She would make people feel 10 ft tall and instil confidence in them.Leadership does not have to have a title. She could step into a situation where someone wasn’t being treated right and turn the situation around. If you walk past it you tell the world it's okay.We all have influence and power over our choices every day and that is leadership in action. We are all leaders, people are turning to us every day and are shaped by the attitude we are turning up with. We often overlook the power of this.
10.15 - Shaun says, "One of the coolest things about leadership is seeing it in action, not just words. It's about leading from the front."
11 - Leadership in today's time. What is your definition of what leadership should look like in 2023?
Leadership by its very nature is contextual. Leadership needs to work with or against the forces around it to be able to achieve certain goals and objectives.
What’s striking about leadership today is the way that we are putting it to work. It used to be hierarchical which would count a lot of people out.
In this day in age, it's a distributed model of leadership where we have to be involved.
A compelling vision, agenda level of trust and live true values. Where people get out of bed and want to be part of your vision.
The greater level of accountability. Closing the gap, don't say one thing and do another.
It's an exciting time to think of how we hold up different levels of leadership.
How we lead and manage younger people is totally different to what it used to be.
Diversity of influence around the boardroom is crucial.
15.42 - An important role for people to play that are influencers, advisors and in the ears of leaders in all types of all shapes and forms.
"One of the challenges for Changemakers is the way we tell the story to those we are trying to influence in a way that lines up effectively with what matters to them."
17 - "I invite people in those situations to see the need for adaptation is on us as the changemakers. We have to do the work to change the story because the systems around us won't do it."
18.15 - Tips around public speaking
It's perfectly normal to feel nervous about it
Intro:
Holly Ransom has been named one of Australia's 100 Most Influential Women. She has achieved so much from a young age not to mention she has interviewed the likes of Barrack Obama, Richard Branson and the Dalai Lama just to mention a few.
Holly has a consultancy business, Emergent Global, she is also a board member of Port Adelaide Football Club, she is an author, global speaker and podcaster and discusses topics like how to conquer public speaking, how to create rituals to get you to your best and how to cultivate a healthier and better mindset. She is certainly inspiring and it is an episode not to be missed.
3.00 - Where did it all start?
A summary of quotes from Holly.
“Strong sense of direction and lose hold of the reins.”
“Always know what you are passionate about.”
“When you walk past things you tell the world it's ok.”
“What I have chosen to say yes to or put energy into comes back to the fact it was not something I was willing to walk past.”
“It's about putting yourself where lightning strikes, where you are going to collide with your purpose.”
“I was very lucky and I encourage people to do this; volunteering gives you so many different opportunities to test out your thinking and meet extraordinary mentors that have taught me so many lessons.”
06.36 - Which mentors have had the biggest impact on you and why?
A variety of people moved beyond a conversation to working together ongoing, some people you have one conversation with and it's life-altering. But ultimately my grandmother is hard to go past with her powerful influence in my life.
2 things her grandmother instilled in Holly:
Incredible ability to leave anyone she interacts with feeling better. There are few gifts that you can have in life that are better than that. She would make people feel 10 ft tall and instil confidence in them.Leadership does not have to have a title. She could step into a situation where someone wasn’t being treated right and turn the situation around. If you walk past it you tell the world it's okay.We all have influence and power over our choices every day and that is leadership in action. We are all leaders, people are turning to us every day and are shaped by the attitude we are turning up with. We often overlook the power of this.
10.15 - Shaun says, "One of the coolest things about leadership is seeing it in action, not just words. It's about leading from the front."
11 - Leadership in today's time. What is your definition of what leadership should look like in 2023?
Leadership by its very nature is contextual. Leadership needs to work with or against the forces around it to be able to achieve certain goals and objectives.
What’s striking about leadership today is the way that we are putting it to work. It used to be hierarchical which would count a lot of people out.
In this day in age, it's a distributed model of leadership where we have to be involved.
A compelling vision, agenda level of trust and live true values. Where people get out of bed and want to be part of your vision.
The greater level of accountability. Closing the gap, don't say one thing and do another.
It's an exciting time to think of how we hold up different levels of leadership.
How we lead and manage younger people is totally different to what it used to be.
Diversity of influence around the boardroom is crucial.
15.42 - An important role for people to play that are influencers, advisors and in the ears of leaders in all types of all shapes and forms.
"One of the challenges for Changemakers is the way we tell the story to those we are trying to influence in a way that lines up effectively with what matters to them."
17 - "I invite people in those situations to see the need for adaptation is on us as the changemakers. We have to do the work to change the story because the systems around us won't do it."
18.15 - Tips around public speaking
It's perfectly normal to feel nervous about it
44 min