What’s the first leadership challenge every one of us must face? It’s not leading a team, setting a strategy, or managing stakeholders. It’s leading yourself.
In this next episode of The Essentials of Leadership series on Leaders for Life Radio, I sit down with Nicole Gillard, one of our much loved and respected Consulting Partners at the human enterprise, to explore one of the most important foundations of great leadership: Leading Self.
Nicole brings a rare blend of commercial experience, coaching wisdom, and grounded humanity to this conversation. Together, we unpack how mindset shapes behaviour, why self-talk matters more than most leaders realise, how to uncover the values driving your decisions, and why purpose can become your lighthouse when things get tough.
Nicole is thoughtful, practical, and deeply real, and comfortable sharing her own insecurities at times. We also explore the role of self-awareness in big transitions, the impact of unconscious bias on how we see ourselves and others, and even what leadership can learn from dance: freedom, expression, adaptability, and working in harmony with others.
Listen as Nicole shares leadership insights on:
- Building more self-awareness and leading with greater intention
- Noticing and shifting the self-talk that may be holding you back
- Getting clearer on your values and living them more consistently
- Understanding how unconscious bias can shape your leadership
- Using purpose to stay energised and resilient through challenge
- Leading with more confidence, choice, and authenticity
Nicole shares practical, human, and immediately useful ideas for anyone wanting to lead better from the inside out. Small tweaks you can apply before your next meeting, your next decision, or your next tough moment that matters.
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Paul Mitchell
“APAC’s most respected transformational leadership performance coach”
Paul Mitchell (@Paul_S_Mitchell) is a speaker, author, transformational leadership coach and founder of the human enterprise. Through leadership coaching, leadership development programmes, keynotes and facilitation, Paul works with organisations to build cultures where everybody leads.
