Let's Talk People Development with Luke & Danny
Making the complex world of learning feel simple (and fun!) With over 15 years of experience working together and 41 years combined industry experience, these two bring you fun, down-to-earth conversations about all things leadership, culture, and personal growth. Luke & Danny simplify the complex world of learning—and make it fun! Expect practical tips, lively banter, and real stories to help you lead better, grow stronger, and create a thriving culture. Tune in to learn, laugh, and leverage your leadership strengths.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 47
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Role Model Behaviours
Who are the people in your team that demonstrate ‘Role Model Behaviours’ and how are you recognising, motivating and rewarding them for being Role Models?
How are you leveraging their behaviours withi…
Lessons from our Childhood
In this episode Danny and Luke are taking a step back in time and connecting to some lessons from their childhood that they still carry with them to this day. They both share personal examples and st…
Difficult conversations can always be great conversations
Difficult conversations is a subject that Luke and Danny have briefly discussed on a number of different episodes and with the topic coming up again only a few weeks ago they both felt like it was ti…
Be aware of your unintended Leadership Legacy
During a conversation with a friend Luke was left with more questions than answers for this weeks episode. Luke’s friend was talking about making a career decision based on the behaviours of his Lead…
Great Connections (Part 3)
Here it is, part 3 of 'Great Connections' and yes they did get it all finished this time!
In the first two episodes, Danny and Luke discussed connecting to yourself, connecting to your business and c…
Great Connections (Part 2)
Danny and Luke "bit off more than they could chew" when the planned to discuss 'Great Connections' in just one episode and therefore had to plan in a second part. This episode focuses on how you as a…
Great Connections (Part 1)
After a few weeks away Danny and Luke are excited to be back recording the Podcast. In this episode they are talking about the importance of being connected to yourself, your business, your culture a…
Know what you don't know
Luke and Danny have both been reading the same book recently, 'The Ride of a Lifetime' by Robert Iger an American businessman who is executive chairman, chairman of the board, and former CEO (2005-20…
Be the greatest garbageman
For the last few months as part of the opening to his development programmes Danny has been asking any new learners "What is your greatest lesson in life?". After another week's delivery he decided i…
When good isn't good enough!
When recording their weekly episode Luke and Danny had a feeling that something wasn't right. After taking some time to reflect they made the decision not to release the episode because they didn't f…
1 Year of Ownership
A slight change to the format on this weeks episode. Danny is playing the role of "chat show host" and his guests are Luke and his business partner Kate Bowers. It's a special week for them both as t…
How will virtual technology work for Leaders in the future? (Part 2)
Luke and Danny continue their exploration of Leadership in the virtual world and as promised on part 1 of this subject, they have both taken some time to think about what they will keep, get rid of o…
How will virtual technology work for Leaders in the future? (Part 1)
As the world approaches a year of the global pandemic, Luke and Danny take time to reflect on what they have learnt about virtual leadership, the benefits they have seen, the things they would never …
Change the mindset of your team in 45 seconds
For those of you who are aware of or follow the NFL, it’s Super Bowl week. For those of you who don’t, it’s one of the biggest sporting events in the world, watched by an average of 100 million peopl…
Should you be looking for discretionary effort?
This conversation started in December and didn't get anywhere near a conclusion and at the end of the episode Danny and Luke decided they needed help!
"Part 1" of this subject focused on the Leaders…
When does a great idea become a bad idea?
We are surrounded by new ideas, tools, strategies, models, frameworks and learning every single day. The questions that Luke and Danny discuss in this episode are; if it's new does that mean it's gre…
A few simple words that created so much fear!
During a private messaging conversation with a friend this week, Luke was taken aback by how some of the words he used and his views on a situation had failed to meet the expectations of his friend. …
It's all in the name...
In this episode, Luke and Danny explain why they called their podcast ‘STOP! Your people need you’. They reveal the original name they were going to use and the important reasons why they chose the t…
Communicate with clarity
January is a great time as a Leader to communicate your objectives, targets, expectations and goals for the year. In this episode Danny and Luke play a game (which you can play too) inspired by Danny…
Should you be looking for discretionary effort?
As Leaders Luke and Danny are on a journey of self-discovery and reflecting on moments in their career where they have potentially misused the term “Discretionary Effort”. In this episode they throw …