#012 Jack started his career in 2007 with a large petrochemical company doing multi-skilled Engineering, later he streamlined into the Electrical and the Instrumentation field in England. 

A few years down the line, he met his wife and they both had a passion to travel, so decided to give it a go! After about 8/9 months of backpacking they found themselves on Australian shores ready to start work again.

It was during Jack’s time in Australia I met him whilst working in the power generation industry. Jack is a introverted guy and one thing I’m asked often is do I need to be a charismatic extrovert to be a good leader?  My answer is always absolutely NOT!  Jack and I chat about how as a introverted guy he has succeeded in stepping up to lead.

Jack headed back to the UK just over 12 months and since then he has been working as an Instrumentation and Electrical team leader for a multi-national chemical manufacturing company. During his career he has been part of and led many diverse and multicultural teams within different industries. He  also recently became a first time dad and 'influencer' to his amazing little daughter!

It was great to catch up with Jack, I hope you enjoy listening to Jack’s story of going from technical hero to stepping up to lead!

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#011 Dr. Adam Fletcher is globally recognised as a pioneer in 24-hour work safety, occupational alertness and fatigue risk management.  He has worked as a research scientist in the University sector and for the US Army in Washington, D.C., and is the CEO of Integrated Safety Support, a company he founded in 2006.  Adam is also an Honorary Professor at the University of South Australia. 

He lives in Melbourne, Australia with his daughter Elsie and having grown up in the beautiful wine district of the Barossa Valley, Australia he enjoys a glass or two of wine as a show of support for his friends.

Learn about some of the results from the banking sleep research paper Banking Sleep: Realization of Benefits During Subsequent Sleep Restriction and Recovery by Tracy L. Rupp, PhD; Nancy J. Wesensten, PhD; Paul D. Bliese, PhD; Thomas J. Balkin, PhD from the Division of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring MD.

Adam also shares with us an app called the Snore Lab which I think many of you will find interesting.

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#010 Clint Adams is a former Victorian police officer who studied psychology and later, rehabilitation counselling. His police, counselling, injury management, senior human resources roles and working with asylum seekers have made him develop insights into the psychology and social interactions of individuals in trying conditions.

Clint has developed various behavioural and leadership programs to help people deal with various issues from PTSD to bullying and harassment. He is a keynote speaker on suicide prevention and diversity and runs programs on mental health and wellbeing for corporate organisations and sporting organisations for teens.

Clint is the author of Lighting the Blue Flame. The book is written as a story of a teen who commits suicide because of being bullied, but wants his death to at least have an impact to change things so it doesn’t happen to others. Even though the book is about teenagers, it has resources that are useful to anyone regarding bullying, sucide prevention and dealing with the grieving process.

Lighting the Blue Flame, is not just any book, it has lots of QR codes throughout for the reader to research these important topics further, so it is a little more interactive than other books. It also has its own soundtrack as Clint wanted to add that extra layer of depth to the experience, as music can emphasise how people feel and experience things. 

Clint discusses the Dialogue Model from the book Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillian & Al Switzler, a great model for developing your skills in having the conversation.

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