Just as no sport is bigger than its players, no leader is bigger than the team. Here Margot Faraci looks at leadership lessons we can learn from the Socceroos performance at the 2022 FIFA world cup.

Chief executives get paid for the judgment they bring to decision-making. But many prevaricate out of fear of getting things wrong. You might think that chief executives get paid hefty salaries because of their superior ability to make critical decisions by synthesising reams of data and facts. But that is a long way from the truth, argues leadership expert Margot Faraci.

On #worldmentalhealthday2022, it’s worth recognising that one in ten people globally live with mental health disorders. Margot Faraci discusses what is the corporate leadership responsibility on mental health.

Margot Faraci looks at what we learn from weekend coaching of junior sports that makes us better leaders during the wage-slave week.

Margot Faraci looks at and discusses a study which shows why “People who would consider using brainteaser interview questions when hiring someone are more narcissistic, more sadistic, less socially competent, and believe more strongly in the power of intuition in the hiring process.”

Before you take the leap and make the decision to change jobs, it might be wise to take a period of self-reflection to work out what it is you actually want to do. Margot Faraci speaks with three people who love their jobs – but they first had to figure out what it was that they actually loved to do.

Even the best bosses will likely feel upset when a valued employee decides to leave. Margot Faraci writes about why, when you break up with your boss, “you have to remember that the boss hasn’t moved through the change curve over the eight weeks that you’ve been talking to other employers. The boss is probably completely surprised, they’re back at day one”, and how to navigate this delicate process.

You can’t control the market and you can’t control who your boss is or what your customers are doing. But you can control your team.

When everyone’s working from home, who needs clothes for events and work? Australian fashion royalty Ginger & Smart faced a crisis this year as its reason for existence, well, ceased to exist! So what did owner Alexandra Smart do? What all great business owners know is necessary: she let go of the past and adapted accordingly, creating a new offering for working from home, doubling down on digital, and noticing that her long-running sustainability work was now being valued by customers.

Author, journalist, speaker and all-around media personality Felicity Harley barely knew how prescient she was with the release of her book, Balance Is BS. It was released in April, just as its theme of overwhelm was playing out right across the globe.

Paul Scott, transformation expert and author, has advised governments and corporates all around the world and has been frustrated by the lack of understanding of what true innovation is. Happily, he believes that a crisis drives innovation and he brings a lifetime of experience as his evidence base.

Self-disruption might be the mother of business success in times of crisis. CEO of professional women’s network Future Women, Helen McCabe is an expert in self-disruption. And thank goodness: when it turned out this year that networking was no longer a thing, she knew it could be her ruin.

What’s the secret to the continual rise of Australia’s largest independent bookseller – Berkeleow Books – against all odds? Margot Faraci speaks with Dave Berkeleow to find out in this episode of Heart & Hustle.

In this episode of Heart & Hustle, Margot Faraci talks with Irene Deutsch about her career trajectory and what makes her shine in times of a crisis.

How do you sell when you’ve got no product? CEO of GWS Giants Dave Matthews faced that question in 2020, as the whole AFL competition stopped. In this episode of Heart & Hustle, Margot Faraci talks with Dave about finding a way to thrive in a crisis.

AO, Global human rights advocate Elizabeth Broderick has a background as a successful businesswoman, and her leadership then is the same as it is now: a blend of courage, kindness and a singular ability to listen to the other side in order to drive transformation.

How can a pandemic create Da Vinci-style inspiration at work? Margot Faraci talks with Soren Trampedach about how he led his thriving business, Work Club Global, through 2020.

It was all going extremely well for Jacqueline Mooney until disaster struck in 2020: her magazine closed, and not only did she have to make her whole team redundant over Zoom, she got the same treatment! After 27 years of devotion to work, she now had none. She learned a lot about herself and shares some incredible insights with Margot Faraci in this episode of Heart & Hustle.

Can you “use a crisis well”? Dr Lloyd Vogelman thinks so. He says – wait for it – it is now easier than ever, via Zoom, not in person, to build intimate relationships with your clients, and with your team, and be a better leader. And he would know.

In business, we distance ourselves from competitors. And in a crisis, we retract, rather than expand. In the hardest ask of her already-formidable career, Jane did the opposite. And won. Find out how in this episode of Heart & Hustle.