Proteus Leadership

Hi Everyone,

The team here at Proteus Leadership have decided to take a rest from Facebook. Thanks for all your great feedback & comments over the years.

GOOD NEWS! - You can still catch us over on:

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/proteusleadership and

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/proteus-leadership-centres

Plus, there’s always our Proteus Leadership website filled with plenty of great information, podcasts & resources https://proteusleadership.com/

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Growing up on a dairy farm in Nar Nar Goon with eight siblings, I never knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. How I envied my friends who had a clear vision for their adult future!

I knew that farming wasn't for me. The thought of leaving school at 15 to pursue a trade (the family and community expectations) filled me with dread. Oh, I wished that I had the natural talent for fixing things with my hands. Even today I struggle with changing light bulbs, and please don’t mention assembling furniture from flat packs!...READ MORE

https://proteusleadership.com/proteus_speak/what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up/

Spaces are filling fast for this powerful workshop. Register now before sold out!

Creating Positive Cultures is about giving people the skills and permission to destroy dysfunction, kill off negative influences and the space for all your positive people to shine and thrive.

Upcoming Programs Directly Following The Proteus Leadership Breakfast:
Melbourne - 17 Oct
Adelaide - 19 Oct
Sydney - 1 Nov
Perth - 9 Nov
Brisbane - 14 Nov

https://proteusleadership.com/programs/creating-a-positive-culture/

Don't miss out on these powerful and practical workshops, they will fill quickly!

Unlock great leadership, innovative thinking and strong team cohesion within your organisation with these three amazing programs:

Presenting With Confidence - 9th August
Coaching With Confidence - 18th August
Making Decisions That Matter - 23rd August

Make sure you and your team reserve places as soon as possible so you don’t miss out. Click on the link below to find out more and to register into these programs.

https://proteusleadership.com/professional-development-schedule-full/

LET’S GO – LET’S GROW podcast with Des Penny⁠
New Episode Now Available: Exceptional Is The New Black!
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In this episode of the Let's Go Let's Grow podcast, Des Penny discusses the importance of moving from a good life to an exceptional one.

Des shares his thoughts on people and businesses and how they are struggling because their thinking is not keeping up with the rapid changes in technology and business requirements.
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Click on the link below to listen now!
https://proteusleadership.com/lets-go-lets-grow-podcast-with-des-penny/
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Make A Choice To Change Things!

Welcome to the new 2023/2024 financial year. Often significant dates like this cause you to reflect on what has been, and the past 12 months has been like no other.

Although I could focus on the bad bits, like cost of living, and the struggle for businesses and individuals to stay afloat, it would be remise of me not to celebrate the growth and achievements we have experienced during these challenging times...READ MORE

https://proteusleadership.com/proteus_speak/make-a-choice-to-change-things/

Come And Celebrate Des Penny's Final Leadership Presentation Series!

After more than 45 years presenting across the nation Des Penny will be making the Leadership Breakfast Series in Oct/Nov his final presentations. Click on the link below to book your tables now to hear him finish his speaking career on one of his most popular and important topics – Living & Leading With Insight.

The Leadership Breakfast is filling quickly so, click on the link below and register yourself and your team ASAP!

https://proteusleadership.com/programs/leadership-breakfast-with-des-penny-and-creating-a-positive-culture-workshop-combo/

Coaching For Success
Bringing Out The Best In Your Staff

Next program: 4, 11, 18 & 25 July
Last chance, register now!

It is an absolute privilege to be in a leadership role, but an even greater privilege when we have the opportunity to coach others to success.

This powerful 4 x half-day - The Leader As Coach Program, has been designed to assist leaders to become exceptional everyday workplace coaches who know how to motivate, inspire and bring out the best in their staff...READ MORE

https://proteusleadership.com/programs/the-leader-as-coach/

Des Penny – His Last Public Presentation

After more than 45 years presenting across the nation Des Penny will be making the Leadership Breakfast Series in Oct/Nov his final presentations. Click on the link below to book your tables now to hear him finish his speaking career on one of his most popular and important topics – Living & Leading With Insight.

https://proteusleadership.com/programs/leadership-breakfast2/

Korrine Jones Goes The Extra Mile For Mitochondrial Disease Research

Korrine Jones, Regional Leader QLD, accomplished an impressive feat this week by completing a 35-kilometre walk. Her purpose was to raise funds for research aimed at finding a cure for Mitochondrial Disease. Well done, Korrine!

Change Is Awesome!

Well, this newsletter is one of our most important yet as there are changes a plenty at Proteus right now, and I would like to share some of those with you.

As of 1st July 2023, I will be stepping down as Co-CEO at Proteus Leadership and Richard Dore will be taking over as sole CEO for the business...READ MORE

https://proteusleadership.com/proteus_speak/change-is-awesome/

Register yourself and/or your team now. The next program is filling fast!

28 June - SOLD OUT
Next program: 26 July

Creating Positive Cultures is about giving people the skills and permission to destroy dysfunction, kill off negative influences and the space for all your positive people to shine and thrive.

Culture is all about your behaviours, it is what to do. So great leaders and workplaces don’t allow their culture to happen by default, they design it together by agreeing to operate above the line in a positive, professional and proactive way...READ MORE

https://proteusleadership.com/programs/creating-a-positive-culture/

Think, Speak, Act, Become

Some time ago, I had to challenge myself on how I was thinking about certain things and certain people and came up with this simple Think, Speak, Act, Become, model to help me change my thinking. I hope it helps you as much as it did me...READ MORE

https://proteusleadership.com/proteus_speak/think-speak-act-become/

Stop And Reflect On Your Story. Life Is Great!

Every now and then I make a conscious effort to stop and just reflect on how good life is, even if I don’t feel like it. Sure, it is full of challenges, but even then, often challenges are only as big as we make them.

Over the past week I have had the privilege of travelling around the country working with both my team and with clients across QLD, VIC, SA and WA and I met some wonderful and interesting people. Once again, I discovered that everyone has a story to tell if we are prepared to stop and listen, and in every story, there is a lesson to be learned...READ MORE

https://proteusleadership.com/proteus_speak/stop-and-reflect-on-your-story/

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Never STOP Learning

With the added pressure we now have of our workforces spread all over the place and interaction is becoming increasingly more difficult, there has never been a more important time to keep our teams connected and growing.

Every year we have a great number of people and organisations looking to ensure they use their training budgets before 30th June. If you are looking to put some mid-year training plans in place, please contact our team at Proteus to discuss...READ MORE

https://proteusleadership.com/proteus_speak/never-stop-learning/

Don't Paint Yourself Into A Corner

Sometimes we make decisions far too quickly, or we make decisions that are not flexible and have an already established ‘single-focus’ answer.

So, what is decision-making all about? It is about arriving at the best solution you can, taking into account all of the information on the table.

But what if we approached decision-making understanding that everything we decided was just the foundation to expand and build on.

It is not until we see the possibilities around our decisions, do we grow and move forward...READ MORE

https://proteusleadership.com/proteus_speak/dont-paint-yourself-into-a-corner/

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ProteusLife Quarterly Magazine - Edition #2/2023 is now available!

https://727906f9.flowpaper.com/ProteusLife2023Ed2/

Is Leadership just one big circus? Where is it all heading? Des Penny reveals some incredible insights and home truths from his 30+ years in the leadership game.

Culture and leadership guru Richard Dore exposes The Leadership Paradox that we all face. Can we really be both things at once? Can we hold two opposed ideas together and still make the right decision?

Great articles from Dr. Alan Zimmerman on ‘Conflict & Relationships’, Suzi McAlpine highlights what our ‘Closest Friendships Teach Us’ about being a better leader, discuss ‘Avoiding Team Burnout’ with Marie-Claire Ross, while Rosalind Cardinal highlights ‘4 Key Characteristics’, Dr Jefferson You-Jen Chen & Anne Duggan explain ‘How to Leverage Strategic Selfishness’ and, ‘Are You Future Ready’ with Gihan Perera.

Plus more great articles and the latest updates on Team Proteus as they head back to Perth and WA, the Leadership Breakfast Series continues around Australia, client program and workshop feedback, the all-new Let’s Go! Let’s Grow! Podcasts with Des Penny, and our new Foodie section with amazing recipes thanks to Beerenberg in South Australia.

ProteusLife… it’s a must read for anyone interested in becoming a great leader!

How To Stay Relevant in Today’s Rapidly Changing World!

After surviving and thriving more than 30 years in the leadership & culture business, staying relevant is without doubt a key to success.

In his latest podcast ‘The Keys To Staying Relevant’, Des emphasizes the need for great leaders who understand the importance of constantly adapting and remaining relevant. He discusses the stages of rediscovering relevance, which includes moving from loss and grief, to discovering new opportunities.

“Relevance means being applicable, appropriate and connected. People who are relevant, know they are.”

Be sure to listen to the end of the podcast where Des provides his eight-step ladder to relevance, starting with living and leading with integrity.

Listen to Des’ latest podcast (and others) at https://proteusleadership.com/lets-go-lets-grow-podcast-with-des-penny/

The Difference Between Success And Frustration

There is one thing that I rate above all other leadership attributes and that is the need for leaders to lead with INSIGHT. To have the ability to see past the so-called obvious and see what is really happening.

So, join Des Penny for breakfast to learn more about how to live and lead with insight.

The Leadership Breakfast will fill quickly so, click on the link below and register yourself and your team ASAP!

https://proteusleadership.com/programs/leadership-breakfast-with-des-penny-and-creating-a-positive-culture-workshop-combo/

Reset Your Leadership

I thought this week I would take the opportunity to highlight an amazing new 1-day conference that Richard Dore and I, will be facilitating.

The conference is called - Resetting Your Leadership and looks at four main topics that are so relevant to leaders today.

Richard will speak on Embracing the Impostor Syndrome and Growing through Curiosity and Bravery while I will cover Building Leadership Resilience and Reinventing Yourself And Your Leadership...READ MORE

https://proteusleadership.com/proteus_speak/edm-26-april/

LET’S GO – LET’S GROW podcast with Des Penny
New Episode Now Available: It's All About Culture

Des Penny interviews culture "guru" and Co-CEO of Proteus Leadership Richard Dore, about all things culture.

Click on the link below to listen now!
https://proteusleadership.com/lets-go-lets-grow-podcast-with-des-penny/

Virtual workshop
CREATING A POSITIVE WORKPLACE CULTURE
How To Lead Robust, Resilient, No-whinge, Solution-Focused Workplaces

Spaces are filling fast for this powerful workshop. Register now before sold out!

Upcoming virtual programs: 3 May / 28 June / 26 July

Creating Positive Cultures is about giving people the skills and permission to destroy dysfunction, kill off negative influences and the space for all your positive people to shine and thrive...READ MORE

https://proteusleadership.com/programs/creating-a-positive-culture/

Let’s GO – Let’s GROW

I am so thrilled this week to finally launch my new Podcast – Let’s GO – Let’s GROW.

Growth has always been an important part of my life and the life of Proteus and not to grow simply means we become stagnant, or in fact go backwards.

Right now, there has never been a better time to defy the odds and to grow both personally and professionally to become a better version of ourselves...READ MORE

https://proteusleadership.com/proteus_speak/lets-go-lets-grow/

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Leading People & Culture
For Leaders Of Communication, Behaviour, Culture & People

NEXT PROGRAM: 13, 20, 27 April & 4 May

Participants will learn these powerful skills:
- The Power Of Great Communication
- Understanding & Managing Behaviour
- Building & Leading Positive Workplace Cultures
- Having Conversations That Matter

​​​​​This 4 half-day virtual program has been designed to equip leaders and teams to confidently perform all four of these essential areas of leadership.

This program is practical and deals with the ‘real issues’ occurring in the workplace on a daily basis.

Spaces are filling fast for this exclusive and powerful virtual program. Register now before sold out!

https://proteusleadership.com/programs/leading-people-and-culture/