//podcastplus.net/feed/vitalbytes-podcast~de2ce44d Welcome to the VitalBytes Podcast, brought to you by VitalSmarts Australia New Zealand. Join us for award-winning strategies that will help you increase employee satisfaction, improve accountability and transform your corporate culture. Sat, 09 May 2026 02:52:49 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP161_VB.mp3?dest-id=306989 Darren Cox is the school Principal for St Philips Christian school based in Cessnock, New South Wales In his LinkedIn profile, Darren refers to himself as a motivational speaker, educational influencer, and a strategic change manager! He was also in the top 5 for Principal of the year in 2019 Apart from his extensive experience in education, Darren has extensive experience in podcasting, video shoots and is regularly requested to speak on stage with a range of educational and other organisations.  When you meet and connect with Darren, you’ll understand why Facilitating a podcast with Darren was an absolute pleasure.  He made my job very easy Darren had started to prepare his school for ‘flexible education’ quite some time before the recent COVID incident.  So, during the recent lockdown his school was more than prepared, and his staff and students thrived in their own individual virtual environments. Right now, Darren is preparing the school for the future.  This looks like a blended ... Fri, 05 Jun 2020 00:49:38 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP161_VB.mp3?dest-id=306989 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP161_VB.mp3?dest-id=306989 Darren Cox is the school Principal for St Philips Christian school based in Cessnock, New South Wales In his LinkedIn profile, Darren refers to himself as a motivational speaker, educational influencer, and a strategic change manager! He was also in the top 5 for Principal of the year in 2019 Apart from his extensive experience in education, Darren has extensive experience in podcasting, video shoots and is regularly requested to speak on stage with a range of educational and other organisations.  When you meet and connect with Darren, you’ll understand why Facilitating a podcast with Darren was an absolute pleasure.  He made my job very easy Darren had started to prepare his school for ‘flexible education’ quite some time before the recent COVID incident.  So, during the recent lockdown his school was more than prepared, and his staff and students thrived in their own individual virtual environments. Right now, Darren is preparing the school for the future.  This looks like a blended ... Fri, 05 Jun 2020 00:49:38 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP161_VB.mp3?dest-id=306989 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP160-VB.mp3?dest-id=306989 I had recently Stephanie Bowman and Reta Clyde as guests on one of the most impactful [and timely!] podcasts in the series to date! HCA Healthcare [ www.hcahealtcare.com ] was founded in the USA in 1968. They have 280,000 staff with hospital facilities in 20 states. The organisation is committed to the care and improvement of human life. Stephanie Bowman is the Director of Organisational Development, and Reta Clyde is the National Group Senior Leadership Training Specialist. HCA Healthcare have been a VitalSmarts customer for more than 10 years. With 9500 Charge Nurses alone, the task of training and developing the organisation is massive! HCA invest well in the people. A big part of Stephanie’s and Reta’s roles is to use Crucial Conversations training to give the people a framework and a vernacular - to help humanise people as well as conversations! Their ongoing work in developing people at all levels within the organisation continues to pay real dividends. They witness their teams acros... Tue, 14 Apr 2020 08:21:27 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP160-VB.mp3?dest-id=306989 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP160-VB.mp3?dest-id=306989 I had recently Stephanie Bowman and Reta Clyde as guests on one of the most impactful [and timely!] podcasts in the series to date! HCA Healthcare [ www.hcahealtcare.com ] was founded in the USA in 1968. They have 280,000 staff with hospital facilities in 20 states. The organisation is committed to the care and improvement of human life. Stephanie Bowman is the Director of Organisational Development, and Reta Clyde is the National Group Senior Leadership Training Specialist. HCA Healthcare have been a VitalSmarts customer for more than 10 years. With 9500 Charge Nurses alone, the task of training and developing the organisation is massive! HCA invest well in the people. A big part of Stephanie’s and Reta’s roles is to use Crucial Conversations training to give the people a framework and a vernacular - to help humanise people as well as conversations! Their ongoing work in developing people at all levels within the organisation continues to pay real dividends. They witness their teams acros... Tue, 14 Apr 2020 08:21:27 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP160-VB.mp3?dest-id=306989 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP159_VB.mp3?dest-id=306989 Kate Selway is the People and Capability Director for Jade Software, based in Christchurch in South Island of New Zealand. Kate has a passion and obvious empathy for people that has been shaped by background in psychology. She has had a successful career in HR (a term she greatly detests), enjoyed various People & Culture (much better than HR) roles, and is relishing her time at Jade Software.  Kate has been delivering Crucial Conversations to the organisation over the past 18 months. Their leadership development framework uses 'The Rocket Model', based upon the work from Gordon Curphy and Robert Hogan. Kate's work in driving culture has created a significant shift to much more openness and engagement.  Combining the power of People, Data and Software to create unique customer experiences, Jade Software delivers business-critical software for a range of industries including banking, insurance, agriculture, retail, aviation security and more.  In our experience through VitalSmarts in working w... Fri, 03 Apr 2020 00:31:52 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP159_VB.mp3?dest-id=306989 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP159_VB.mp3?dest-id=306989 Kate Selway is the People and Capability Director for Jade Software, based in Christchurch in South Island of New Zealand. Kate has a passion and obvious empathy for people that has been shaped by background in psychology. She has had a successful career in HR (a term she greatly detests), enjoyed various People & Culture (much better than HR) roles, and is relishing her time at Jade Software. Kate has been delivering Crucial Conversations to the organisation over the past 18 months. Their leadership development framework uses 'The Rocket Model', based upon the work from Gordon Curphy and Robert Hogan. Kate's work in driving culture has created a significant shift to much more openness and engagement. Combining the power of People, Data and Software to create unique customer experiences, Jade Software delivers business-critical software for a range of industries including banking, insurance, agriculture, retail, aviation security and more. In our experience through VitalSmarts in working with th... Fri, 03 Apr 2020 00:31:52 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP159_VB.mp3?dest-id=306989 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP158-VB.mp3?dest-id=306989 Dr Shaun Ridley is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer for the Australian Institute of Management WA Shaun has been an integral part of AIM WA for 35 years. As a result, he is one of experienced leaders in WA in organisational professional development as well as adult learning.   Vitalsmarts ANZ partner with AIM WA as part of our training delivery platform across Australia and New Zealand. Working with Shaun and his team for us is an absolute pleasure! Of all of the AIM organisations around Australia, AIM WA is by far the most experienced and successful, thanks to Shaun and his team In the podcast Shaun shared openly about his experience in partnering with organisations in developing and nurturing their internal leadership capability. He explains that whilst learning and development frameworks contain a range of facets to help grow and maintain performance, attending to the small things makes a really big difference in developing and engaging leaders! Inside this episode you’ll learn: Why sma... Tue, 24 Mar 2020 04:00:01 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP158-VB.mp3?dest-id=306989 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP158-VB.mp3?dest-id=306989 Dr Shaun Ridley is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer for the Australian Institute of Management WA Shaun has been an integral part of AIM WA for 35 years. As a result, he is one of experienced leaders in WA in organisational professional development as well as adult learning.   Vitalsmarts ANZ partner with AIM WA as part of our training delivery platform across Australia and New Zealand. Working with Shaun and his team for us is an absolute pleasure! Of all of the AIM organisations around Australia, AIM WA is by far the most experienced and successful, thanks to Shaun and his team In the podcast Shaun shared openly about his experience in partnering with organisations in developing and nurturing their internal leadership capability. He explains that whilst learning and development frameworks contain a range of facets to help grow and maintain performance, attending to the small things makes a really big difference in developing and engaging leaders! Inside this episode you’ll learn: Why sma... Tue, 24 Mar 2020 04:00:01 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP158-VB.mp3?dest-id=306989 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP157_VB_1.mp3?dest-id=306989 It is always a pleasure to connect with Justin Hale Justin is a Master Trainer and Training Designer with VitalSmarts LLC based in Utah He is a very dynamic and upbeat speaker and host of One Productive Minute at VitalSmarts. Justin’s work in promoting the power of productivity on Linkedin is nothing short of highly engaging and very professional. This podcast is all about the power of productivity to achieve one thing – to look back at the end of a week and know that you achieved way more than you set out to! It is all about how to be ‘productive on Purpose’! Whilst the aim of using Crucial Conversations skills is to get better results faster, Justin also promotes [and practices] – how to begin your day, how to handle emails one time, and most importantly how to do/decide /take action! Inside this episode you’ll learn: Why to NOT be engaged with lots of things How to use active memory About capturing ideas – but not in your mind The skill of compartmentalising   About th... Sun, 01 Mar 2020 20:00:00 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP157_VB_1.mp3?dest-id=306989 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP157_VB_1.mp3?dest-id=306989 It is always a pleasure to connect with Justin Hale Justin is a Master Trainer and Training Designer with VitalSmarts LLC based in Utah He is a very dynamic and upbeat speaker and host of One Productive Minute at VitalSmarts. Justin’s work in promoting the power of productivity on Linkedin is nothing short of highly engaging and very professional. This podcast is all about the power of productivity to achieve one thing – to look back at the end of a week and know that you achieved way more than you set out to! It is all about how to be ‘productive on Purpose’! Whilst the aim of using Crucial Conversations skills is to get better results faster, Justin also promotes [and practices] – how to begin your day, how to handle emails one time, and most importantly how to do/decide /take action! Inside this episode you’ll learn: Why to NOT be engaged with lots of things How to use active memory About capturing ideas – but not in your mind The skill of compartmentalising   About th... Sun, 01 Mar 2020 20:00:00 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vitalbytes/EP157_VB_1.mp3?dest-id=306989