Welcome to Future Fit Leadership a podcast for emerging and experienced leaders to learn, grow and become future fit! There has been a global shift in how we lead people. Traditional models are being challenged, and our workplaces are now dynamic. In this podcast you will hear and connect with leaders, CEO’s and change makers who will challenge the status quo and share their future ready strategies to unlock your growth. No matter where you are on your leadership journey this podcast will give you practical ideas and tools to help you think outside the square and become a change maker in your industry. Future Fit leadership is your place for bite sized learning, for time poor executives. Contact Sadhana Smiles via email: sadhanasmiles@realchange.com.au Or connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sasmiles/
What does it take to build a career that spans some of the world's biggest technology companies before launching your own AI start-up?
For Anya Cheng, it wasn't a perfectly mapped career plan. It was curiosity, resilience and an unwillingness to accept the first "no."
Born and raised in Taiwan, Anya arrived in the United States with little more than a marketing degree, limited English, and no professional network. Finding work afte...
Technology is changing faster than leadership.
As AI reshapes the way we work, many organisations are focused on becoming more efficient. But what if they're asking the wrong question?
In this episode of Future Fit Leadership, I sit down with executive coach and former Google Ventures leader Maximos Lih for a thoughtful conversation about what leadership looks like when AI does more of the thinking, and why the future belongs to le...
For years, the debate around working from home has centred on one question: where should people work? But perhaps we've been asking the wrong question all along.
As Victoria moves to legislate new work-from-home rights, the conversation has shifted beyond organisational policy and into public policy. Supporters say the changes protect flexibility and improve work-life balance. Critics argue they risk removing the very flexibility t...
Leadership today isn't just about managing people. It's about understanding people.
In this episode of Future Fit Leadership, I am joined by global leadership and intercultural expert Monika Guzek, who has worked with leaders across more than 60 countries helping organisations navigate the complexity of diverse teams, cultural intelligence and human behaviour.
Growing up in Poland during a period of extraordinary social and economi...
Are we measuring success in a way that's actually holding innovation back?
For decades, organisations have relied on goals, KPIs and OKRs to drive performance. But what if those very frameworks are encouraging short-term thinking at the expense of long-term innovation?
In this episode of Future Fit Leadership, I sit down with MIT-trained engineer, entrepreneur and Radical Product Thinking author Radhika Dutt, whose work is challeng...
Is AI making us more productive... or quietly making us worse leaders?
As artificial intelligence transforms the way we work, most of the conversation has focused on efficiency. But what if we're asking the wrong question?
In this episode of Future Fit L...
We've all experienced times in our careers when we've felt stuck. From the outside everything appears to be going well. The results are there, the goals are being achieved, but internally something has changed. The energy has faded, the excitement has disappeared, and you begin to wonder if you've lost the spark that once drove you.
In this episode of Future Fit Leadership, I'm joined by executive coach, keynote speaker and author ...
What does resilience really look like in a world that never seems to slow down?
In this episode of Future Fit Leadership, I sit down with resilience coach, speaker and facilitator Russell Harvey to explore one of the most important leadership capabilities of the decade.
As workplaces face rapid t...
At 21 years of age, Hugo Toovey discovered a small lump. Like many young men, he ignored it.
What followed was a life-changing cancer diagnosis, months of chemotherapy, major surgery, and a lesson that would ultimately shape the rest of his life: never ignore the signs when something doesn't feel right.
In this powerful Men's Health Week conversation, Hugo shares his journey through not one but two cancer diagnoses before the age o...
What happens when the workplace that is meant to support you becomes the very thing that breaks you?
In this episode of Future Fit Leadership, I sit down with Jane Phipps, author of The Heart-Centered Leader, to explore a topic that affects more people than we often realise: toxic workplace cu...
Leaders as Creators, Not Controllers
In this episode of Future Fit Leadership, I sit down with Matt Hart, founder of Better Ideas Faster, innovation strategist, and creative thinker who has worked with some of the world's most recognised brands across media, technology, education, and entertainment.
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In this episode of Future Fit Leadership, I sit down with Kirsten Taylor Martin from Grant Thornton to unpack one of the biggest leadership and economic shifts facing Australian business today.
Over the next 20 years, more than $3.5 trillion is expected to transition from one generation to the next in family businesses. But as Kirsten explains, succession is not just a financial process. It’s emotional, deeply personal, and f...
Mark Jones shares the moment his life changed in Aisle 10 at Bunnings.
What started as a routine weekend errand quickly became a frightening wake-up call. A panic attack brought on by years of pressure, stress, exhaustion, and a belief that he simply had to keep going.
But this conversation is about much more than burnout.
What does it take to lead with impact when the world won’t stop changing?
Holly Ransom (author of The Leading Edge) shares how to lead with courage and mattering while navigating constant change. Learn practical habits and decision steps for leading from the edge, building influence, and creating future-ready teams.
Key ta...
Host Sadhana Smiles talks with Robyn Djelassi about fractional leadership and what it means for businesses navigating growth, change or reset. Learn how fractional people leadership balances human-centred and commercial priorities, why fundamentals like clarity and accountability still matter, and who can benefit from fractional executives. Ideal for leaders updating people strategies during cha...
In this episode of Future Fit Leadership, I sit down with Emmy Sobieski, a former fund manager who ran the number one fund in the world and now coaches high performers on how to build real, lasting wealth.
Her career is anything but linear. It is shaped by sharp decisions, missed opportunities, sustained pressure, and a growing clarity about what actually matters...
What does leadership look like when there’s nothing left in the tank?
In this episode, I sit down with Peter Baines following one of the most physically and emotionally demanding challenges of his life - running 1,400 kilometres across Thailand over 26 days to mark twenty years since the Boxing Day tsunami.
In this episode of Future Fit Leadership, I’m joined by Christina Howard, a former Fortune 100 HR leader and founder of Intently, to explore what it really means to lead with intention.
Christina’s career spans large corporate environments, executive leadership, and coaching senior leaders through complexity and...
What happens when the career you worked so hard to build no longer fits?
In this episode, I speak with Dr Taryn Fletcher, a former school superintendent who led 18 schools and dozens of leaders before making a significant shift into entrepreneurship and leadership coaching.
From an early age, Taryn understood what it meant to ha...
What makes a message land?
In this episode, I sit down with Carmen Sederino, founder of Illuminated Story, to explore why storytelling is one of the most underused leadership skills today.
Carmen brings a rare perspective. With a background in performing arts and nearly two decades in corp...
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