Leadership Decanted
Curious about leaders, leading teams, or leadership? So are Paul Garcia and Kerry "KG" Butler. In fact, they turned their periodic happy hour chats about life and leadership into the Leadership Decanted Podcast. Join Paul and KG as they discuss all things leadership. Each episode of Leadership Decanted asks fascinating questions about leadership and keeps the conversation flowing over a nice bottle of wine.
- Update frequency
- every 16 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 82
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Cheeky Half Episode (33): There's never a 'Silver Bullet'. Or is there...?
Our very first live podcast recording with Steve Hearsum (Episode 5.07) is the gift that keeps giving!
Join Paul & KG as they open the space to questions from our audience for our highly engaging gues…
(5.07) Leadership & the Myth of the Silver Bullet (LIVE!)
Join KG and Paul in Leadership Decanted's FIRST podcast recorded in front of a live audience. Exciting times indeed!
It seems that if we're doing leadership well, then chances are we will regularly ex…
(5.06) When too much conflict is never enough - Leadership & Negotiation.
How many of us feel the urge to run away, hide or simply observe the foetal position when faced with the prospect of conflict? What if we were able to reframe that experience and begin to believe - r…
(5.05) Leadership and Serious Social Play
Serious. Social. Play. WTF?!?
On this episode, KG and Paul welcomed Chris Maxwell and Marcus Crow, the duo behind the consulting firm 10,000 Hours and the digital product company Pod & Hive to discuss…
(5.04) Leadership and the Art of Deep Transformation
The word 'transformation' is thrown around in all sorts of contexts and in all manner of attempts to sell change. The outcomes are never given, despite best laid plans, and it often falls down not be…
(5.03) Artist, Academic, Activist: Leadership's Many Hats
After a welcome break over Easter (sorry we forgot to mention it!), KG and Paul get back to the podcave for an amazing conversation with Dr. Rachael Jacobs - artist, academic, activist.
You may have …
(5.02) Leadership: It's all Bollocks!
When many of us consider leadership and leadership practice, we may assume specific contexts (corporate, politics, the public domain), and specific ways to 'do' leadership. In fact, from accepted gov…
Cheeky Half Episode (30): Is Leadership in Crisis?
According to DDI's Global Leadership Forecast 2025 Report, the state of global organisational leadership is nothing short of dire. But how bad is it?
Paul & KG kick around a some of the stats, and re…
(5.01) From Diapers to Dirt: A Leadership Journey through the Circular Economy.
[Episode contains explicit language - but not too much!]
In this episode, KG and Paul kick off the year with an inspiring conversation featuring Dr. Jason Graham-Nye, an entrepreneur tackling global e…
Cheeky Half Episode (28): Looking forward.
This is it folks! Well, for this year, anyway.
Paul & KG look forward to what may be in store for 2025, and throw around some ambitious ideas in the process.
Have a listen (it's very brief), and let u…
(4.10) Our journey in 2024.
In our final main episode for this season, Paul & KG reminisce over a cracker of a wine! As they sip on a 2022 Toolangi Chardonnay they highlight moments in Leadership Decanted's many conversations o…
Cheeky Half Episode (27): When you feel the world is burning, what then?
KG has referred to this conversation topic as a little 'spicy'. Though we suspect many of our listeners will feel the heat in different ways, if at all.
Before you listen, be aware this conversation i…
(4.09) Leadership and The Wisdom of the Horse.
Being aware of how we 'show up' in our workplaces, how we interact with our colleagues and what our bodies are telling us in even the most seemingly trivial interactions (am I anxious, tense, relaxed…
Cheeky Half Episode (26): Disengaging from it all.
Do you ever feel like things are getting just a little too 'noisy' for you? Maybe you're juggling too many things at work, or change is coming at you at increasing speeds and frequency, or maybe 'doo…
(4.08) Leadership and Organisational Culture.
In some ways, the word 'Culture' is as difficult to define as one of our other favourite words, 'Leadership'. A number of competing definitions abound, but what seems common to many of our experience…
Cheeky Half Episode (25): Leading without a 'playbook'.
When leading teams or organisations, there is often an unspoken expectation that, no matter how dark the challenge, those leading us will know a way through to the light. After all, surely they have …
(4.07) How might our Leadership contribute to a more cohesive society?
Back in Cheeky Half 17, Paul & KG considered the Social Cohesion Report, researched and published by the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute. It is a veritable goldmine of insight and possibility, …