What Leaders Know

Penny Beeston

Presented by Penny Beeston, a leadership coach who pivoted from a career in leadership, this podcast takes you into the lived experience of accomplished leaders. Sit in on conversations with a diverse range of leaders who share their drivers, aspirations, challenges and insights. No matter where you are on your leadership career journey, this is the podcast for you.

  1. The Power & Intent of a Diverse Female Leader

    EPISODE 4

    The Power & Intent of a Diverse Female Leader

    Mitra Khakbaz, Deputy CEO of Host International believes we must weave diversity through the very fibre of our organisations, across all levels of form and function to meet the growing diversity of our society. Mitra asks how do we begin to hear the diverse voices of people who are refugees or who have been displaced from their countries of origin? Mitra speaks of the role of participatory leadership where all voices are heard through a process that facilitates participation and power-sharing within communities. Apart from her work with Host International, Mitra is on a personal mission to empower and support women and girls going through resettlement in Australia. In her conversation, she shares insights into her emerging conceptual framework for a support network that seeks to address the pressing issues for this cohort of women. Across our conversation, Mitra draws on a rich tapestry of her own unique journey as a young woman, seeking a secure future in Australia. Mitra shares insights about the numerous challenges and barriers women face when they find themselves displaced from their country of origin. She shares insights into participatory protection that is a feature of some of Host International's place-based initiatives across South East Asia. Mitra is generous in sharing her leadership reflections, sharing insights into her own lifelong learning journey to leadership, leaving us with much to reflect on as we move forward in our own journeys.

    32 min
  2. Leadership: Operations Commander, COVID19, QPS Part 1

    EPISODE 5

    Leadership: Operations Commander, COVID19, QPS Part 1

    Episode 5 of What Leaders Know is Part 1 of a two-part conversation with Assistant Commissioner, Queensland Police Service, Shane Chelepy. Shane is Operations Commander of the COVID-19 Command with QPS. In our two-part conversation, Shane takes us on his journey to becoming an accomplished and successful leader within the Queensland Police Service. Episode 5 is Part 1 of this conversation. Shane talks about his early journey into the adventures of policing, quickly tempered by significant early learning experiences. Shane discusses his exposure to the courageous leadership of some senior police who led the critical cultural change in the wake of the Fitzgerald Inquiry. He shares that this led him to focus on excelling as he grew a leadership career across a diverse range of the organisation’s operations and Commands. Shane shares stories, insights and leadership takeaways gained across the diverse roles including State Coordinator, Queensland Water Police and Superintendent, Counter Terrorism, Strategic Policy Unit. These became the platform for his later promotions into the executive roles as Assistant Commissioner. And finally, in his wrap up of Part 1 of our conversation, Shane speaks candidly about some of his failures, and what he learnt about leadership from these experiences. Across this Episode, Shane shares great takeaways from his own experiences that will resonate for those on their own journeys to leadership.

    33 min

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Presented by Penny Beeston, a leadership coach who pivoted from a career in leadership, this podcast takes you into the lived experience of accomplished leaders. Sit in on conversations with a diverse range of leaders who share their drivers, aspirations, challenges and insights. No matter where you are on your leadership career journey, this is the podcast for you.