Dan Hunter is a very seasoned leader with experience in hospitality, water infrastructure, M&A asset sales, social healthcare and industry sector leadership. His first CEO role was leading Healthshare, a $7bn, 7000 people organisation that services the broader health sector in NSW, Australia through managing the catering of 60,000 meals per day into hospitals, managing the linen services, the ambulance service and the payroll for over 160,000 employees. We discuss; •How to overcome being passed over for a role, •Taking the leap between sectors and how to take advantage of unexpected opportunities, •Learning to listen intently, •What is it like working for a Government Minister compared to the private sector, •How to create a space for inclusion and psychologically safe environments, •Why leadership is not a democracy and selling ice cream is not for leaders, •What has Jeeves the butler got to do with anything! •Understanding how to work with different stakeholders, and a whole lot more, Effective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time! Hi, I am Pod O'Sullivan. For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing. This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's. I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership. What are the useful habits and thinking patterns? What are the secrets to high performing teams? How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day? In other words, what is their leadership diet? www.theleadershipdiet.com