What can years of history teach us about leading with influence, purpose, and cultural awareness today? In this episode, Dr Serena Love, Principal Archaeologist and Director of Four Corners Heritage. Uncovers surprising leadership lessons drawn from ancient landscapes, cultural heritage, and the stories that connect us across time. If you're passionate about influence, culture, or leading with purpose, this episode will shift how you see leadership.

When crisis hits, real leadership is tested.  In this episode, David Zropf shares how one tragic event redefined his purpose and leadership approach. From loss to lasting influence, David’s story reveals how empathy, courage, and psychological safety shape the leaders who make the biggest difference.

Kala Phillip, CEO of BSI Learning reveals how learning, leadership, and lifelong curiosity shape culture, performance, and purpose. From changing a million lives through education to creating psychologically safe workplaces, this conversation is filled with actionable insights for every modern leader.

Can leaders be both strong and compassionate? Keir Paterson, CEO of Neighbourhood Houses Victoria shares how he leads with empathy, resilience, and authenticity. Discover how “tough-minded and tender-hearted” leadership transforms communities and inspires lasting change.

What is the most important skill every scientist should learn but often never gets taught?Assoc. Prof. Jen shares how courage, clarity, and kindness shaped her path, what it takes to influence change within universities, and why scientists must learn to communicate their ideas beyond academia.

What real leadership looks like when you’ve been in the trenches? Robyn shares how influence comes from trust and care, why HR has an image to fix, and how leaders who treat people like fully formed adults build cultures that last.

In this inspiring episode of The Find Your Influence Podcast, Anton Guinea sits down with Dr Marji Puotinen, marine scientist and climate communicator, to explore how science, creativity, and empathy can ignite global change. 🌿🌏

Peter Baines has witnessed human suffering at a scale few of us can comprehend, from disaster zones to mass casualty events, and yet he remains a voice of calm leadership, service, and extraordinary resilience.

In this inspiring episode of Find Your Influence, Anton sits down with Sam Fricker, Australian Olympic diver, entrepreneur and digital creator, to explore what it really means to perform, lead and influence in today’s world.Whether you’re an athlete, creator or leader striving for excellence, Sam’s story will motivate you to keep pushing and find your influence.

How do you influence 38,000 people, not just a team of 10? In this episode of Find Your Influence, Anton sits down with Glenn Butcher. This episode is packed with insight, humility, and a deep reminder that leadership starts with connection.Glenn Butcher shares how real influence isn’t built through titles or authority, it’s earned through relationships, consistency, and care for the people you serve.

In this episode of Find Your Influence Podcast, Corinne Proske shares her leadership journey. From building fairer systems to driving environmental change, Corinne reveals how influence can shape culture, empower teams, and create lasting impact.Corinne’s leadership mantra is simple yet profound: Leave the world a better place. And if it’s easy, you’re probably not doing it right.

What happens when a wrestling coach turned insurance leader uses AI to revolutionise an entire industry? In this inspiring episode of the Find Your Influence Podcast, Anton Guinea talks with Randy Thompson a cowboy, wrestling coach, top US insurance agent, and now AI innovator about how he’s transforming the insurance world with an AI brain that can train, hire, coach, and scale multi-million-dollar agencies.

What does it really take to influence people, scale businesses fast, and stay true to your purpose?In this episode of the Find Your Influence Podcast, host Anton Guinea sits down with David Abel, founder of The Digital Light Bulb, to explore how he built multi-million-dollar businesses, turned ADHD into a strength, and created his learn–change–grow leadership mantra.

Principal consultant and CPA Hacia Atherton joins us to unpack how profit is the scoreboard, and why your real game is people and process. We dig into culture signals hiding in your P&L, gender equity that actually works on site, and practical scripts leaders can use to create psychological safety for men and women. Clear, human, immediately usable.

In Part 2 of our conversation with leadership expert Pollyanna Lenkic, we dive deep into the power of accountability, systems thinking, and the courage it takes to show up as your authentic self. From tackling blame and contempt in teams to unpacking the link between gender equity and wellbeing, Pollyanna shares powerful lessons on influence, culture, and leadership.

In this episode of the Find Your Influence podcast, Anton Guinea sits down with leadership expert Pollyanna Lenkic to explore what it truly means to create positive impact through influence. Pollyanna shares her journey, the power of showing up as your authentic self, and why people skills are the foundation of effective leadership.

Former Broncos captain and Origin star Darius Boyd shares his journey from shy Gold Coast kid to 341 NRL games. He reflects on resilience, leadership under Wayne Bennett, and how his toughest battles inspired a passion for mental health and helping others.

Jason Hetherington joins Anton to share his journey from country footy to State of Origin and Australia. From lessons under Wally Lewis to coaching the inaugural Queensland women’s Origin side, he unpacks resilience, standards, and true leadership.

Former Queensland and Australian forward Gary Larson joins Anton to reflect on State of Origin intensity, 240 first-grade games, and why leadership is about resilience, respect, and doing the little things right on and off the field.

Former Broncos and Queensland Origin half Casey McGuire joins Anton to translate elite sport into business leadership: beat the odds, build culture and standards, know your people, set consistent benchmarks, and put the team first, on and off the field.