AGP Ep 29: Leigh Berrell—Maximise your impact. Get the best from others and support them to thrive
Leigh Berrell was a geek from an early age, interested in science and electronics. He has had an impressive career working his way from hands-on technical roles up to CIO roles over the past 10 years. Listen to hear how Leigh made the transition and his top leadership lessons.
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Show notes
- Leigh’s links
- Drive by Dan Pink—Motivating people through autonomy, mastery and purpose
- Take #100in100 Challenge—100 posts over 100 days while raising money for a great cause.
Credits
- Music by David Cutter
Topics/Transcript
Quotable
- “Balance is important simply because you drain yourself down without it”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Balance in life makes you a more complete person”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Welcome the freedom to make mistakes for nurture to flourish”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Change your system into something you want to achieve”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Strive to change your worldview and so with how the world views you”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Leadership is fundamentally a sales role”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Manipulation is not guidance”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Place nicely and cooperate”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Every day you come in is another challenge”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Have a love of learning”. — Andrew Ramsden
- “You can be very good at what you do and it doesn’t matter where you come from”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Reshape the way you think”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Put more weight to building teams rather than building things”. — Leigh Berrell
- “A leader intervenes to make something happen that wouldn’t have happened otherwise”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Learning about people is a compounding thing”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Growth needs autonomy, mastery, and purpose”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Everyone’s career is a climb”. — Leigh Berrell
- “To climb up the ladder, don’t hold on too long on your extra baggage, you need to put something down”. — Leigh Berrell
- “You need to make mistakes because you learn best from it”. — Leigh Berrell
- “A person who has never made a mistake has never learned anything in life”. — Leigh Berrell
- “One needs to pursue developing new success behaviors to thrive”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Know what you should be holding on and what you should be letting go”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Nothing happens without taking actions”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Always have the courage and confidence to manage yourself”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Life is a growth journey”. — Leigh Berrell
- “Always give yourself something to be growing into”. — Leigh Berrell