Mar 3, 2021
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Good corporate culture comes from taking leadership responsibilities and leadership mindset seriously
Ever wonder if you’ve got the right leadership skills and leadership mindset to create a great corporate culture? Family lawyer and mum of young kids Averil Foster joined her colleague, Brooke Johnson, to become business owners of an existing firm. In this interview, she reveals how she dealt with office politics, how she harnessed and developed leadership strengths, and how she’s created a culture worth belonging to.
Why you should listen: Leadership strengths and leadership responsibilities are personal and professional
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Learn how the four leadership styles are implemented in real time to build great corporate culture
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How to develop rules to manage competing priorities at work and home
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Why you need to earn respect before introducing changes
We explore leadership skills and office politics:
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Why seeking a good culture fit is essential for good corporate culture
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Having a leadership mindset in your marriage can help prevent divorce
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Creating rewards and fun activities is critical for ongoing great corporate culture
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Leadership skills can be gained over long lunches with peers
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Shownotes: www.zoerouth.com/podcast/corporate-culture-averil-foster
About Averil Foster:
Averil grew up in country New South Wales before heading to Wollongong to study Law. She graduated from university and spent two years working for a Judge before she commenced work in private practice. Averil has been in private practice for over 10 years, working in boutique family law firms of varying sizes.
Averil went into business for herself with her business partner three years ago, after purchasing an existing family law practice from partners who sought to retire. Averil’s passion in the law is helping separating couples work together to resolve their family law issues. Averil’s passion within the business is finding new ways to grow and develop the business and its people.
Averil’s passions outside of the law include spending time with her family and friends, ocean swimming and ‘recreational reading’.
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About your podcast host, leadership expert Zoë Routh:
Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.
Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact, Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards.
Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.