We are all extraordinary. Some of us just haven't figured out how yet! In this leadership podcast, you hear from people at the very forefront in their fields and also those who have overcome great challenges. I bring you powerful and probing interviews with business leaders, entrepreneurs, world-leading coaches, scientists, athletes and performers from around the world. We get under the skin of who they really are, what inspired them in developing as leaders, and their recipe for success in a world of change and uncertainty. Subscribe and you'll never miss an episode! -- My name’s Dr Gary Crotaz and I’m a coach, speaker and author of ‘The IDEA Mindset’, an award-winning book about how to figure out what you want and how to get it. The Unlock Moment is that flash of remarkable clarity when you suddenly know the right path ahead. When I’m in conversation with my coaching clients, these are the breakthroughs that are so profound that they remember vividly where they were, who they were with, what they were thinking when their Unlock Moment happened...
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 3 hours 37 minutes
episode 11: 11 Tony Walmsley: Leadership Lessons from the Touchline
In this episode, I interview performance specialist and elite football coach Tony Walmsley, whose experience with Manchester United, Sheffield United, and Central Coast Mariners shaped his thinking on how to inspire world-class leaders who influence performance. His Unlock Moment came when thrust into a live TV interview after a tough defeat - how he handled the provocative questioning helped him to understand the kind of leader he was at his best...
episode 10: 10 Lauren Parsons: Finding Confidence
In this episode, I interview New Zealand-based wellbeing specialist and TEDx speaker Lauren Parsons, whose Unlock Moment was to transform the shy, unsporty persona from school into a confident and outgoing fitness instructor, educator, and public speaker. Listen in if you want to learn how to turn your negative labels into positive ones and unlock your confident self.
episode 9: 9 Hayley Thomas: There's Not Always Time
In this episode, I interview online fashion founder Hayley Thomas, whose husband's diagnosis of Stage 3 Bowel Cancer completely changed her perspective on life and triggered her to get on and turn her entrepreneurial dream into reality. Five years on, Ben is cancer-free and her sustainable fashion brand Eleven Loves is growing from strength to strength, now with 35,000 Instagram followers...
episode 8: 8 Serena Kern-Libera (Segiri): Achieving Social Change Through Dance/Pop Music
In this episode, I interview dance / pop sensation Segiri, by day known as Serena Kern-Libera, international trade lawyer and winner of the prestigious Asian Women of Achievement award in 2020. In her Unlock Moment, deciding to launch her own record label D2D Records to support young up-and-coming talent brought together her passion for music, her sharp legal and business brain and her desire to effect social change through the power of mentorship...
episode 7: 7 Wendy Willard: 'SLATHY' - A Way To Talk About When It's Not OK
In this episode, I interview U.S. strengths coach and serial foster mom Wendy Willard about her Unlock Moment, in which a move to Nicaragua with her family led her to fundamentally re-evaluate her needs. Through foster-parenting 25 teenagers, she developed her simple but effective SLATHY (shamed, lonely, afraid, tired, hungry, yucky) framework to help people in families and in business find the words to talk about their feelings when their needs aren't met.
episode 6: 6 Dr Mark Goulston: Catching People When They Fall
In this episode, I interview best-selling author, coach, and psychiatrist Dr. Mark Goulston about his unique methodologies Surgical Empathy, and the Michaelangelo Mindset. He brings these powerful approaches to life through the stories and experiences that have led him to where he is today. A master storyteller and a master listener, Mark is someone you could listen to for hours - this is truly a powerful episode that you will remember for a long time...
episode 5: 5 Micah Lorenc: You Don't Always Have to Play Safe
In this episode, I interview Micah Lorenc, U.S.-based strengths expert, and executive coach. We talk about his journey over several years to exit the relative safety of an enjoyable and comfortable corporate role to pursue his passion for coaching and facilitation. Micah talks with great honesty and authenticity about the realities of the choices you have to face as an entrepreneur with a family to support and you will feel his warmth and energy as he brings to life his personal journey.
episode 4: 4 Mariko Cantley & Nazar Batih: The Power of a Fresh Perspective
In this episode, I interview US champion and world silver medallist professional ballroom dancers Mariko Cantley and Nazar Batih. They talk about their unusual backgrounds and how Nazar dealt with being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes as an elite athlete in his mid-20s. Their Unlock Moment was a meeting with two coaches in Italy who completely changed their outlook on dance and enabled them to break through to the highest echelons of world-level competitions...
episode 3: 3 Dana Williams: Continual Reinvention
In this episode, I interview US-based strengths guru and former senior marketing leader for Southwest Airlines, Dana Williams. Her Unlock Moment was to discover a new understanding mid-career about what she was really here to do. That realisation led to a fundamental reorientation of priorities in the pandemic, the creation of a new business and her book, 'The Strengths Journal'. She reminds us that we should always stay curious about what makes us love the work we do.
episode 2: 2 Marietta Melrose: Taking Control
In this episode, I interview Hollywood actor and producer Marietta Melrose, whose extraordinary journey from Bulgaria to London to the bright lights of LA could really have been taken from a movie. Her Unlock Moment was discovering certainty about her passion for acting, and her subsequent story of unwavering commitment against the odds is genuinely inspiring.