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Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes

Leanne on Demand is your unfiltered backstage pass to bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and the messy magic of life beyond the boardroom. Think of it as your daily dose of scrappy creativity, served up while I’m walking, working in public, or just living out loud.Every day, I’ll bring you real-time reflections on business, leadership, and the random sparks of inspiration that pop up along the way. From behind-the-scenes peeks into my work to off-the-cuff chats with brilliant minds (or solo rants while

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🌴271. Show Up at 100%: Facilitator Energy feat....

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/27

As facilitators, our clients don’t pay for the 50% version of us—they pay for the fully-charged, present, 100% edition. In this chat with Brisbane-based facilitator, trainer, and speaker Nicholas King, we talk about how to show up at our best, design “winning” workshop moments, and make deliberate choices about what we feed our minds so we can serve the room.Why listen: You’ll steal practical facilitation moves (hello, post-lunch energy!), pick up a few killer equipment hacks, and hear the one

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00:34:00

🌴270. How We Ran an Online Fishbowl feat. Marisa...

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/26

Today’s convo is an extract from Virtually Possible 2.0 with the brilliant Marissa Agrasut (Singapore) and Joeri Schilders. Marissa walks us through an online spin on the classic Fishbowl format to sharpen listening, observation, and the craft of facilitation—then we demo it live.What’s insideWhy I left the livestream mostly unedited (and why you might, too)Fishbowl, but online: how we split “speakers” and “observers”The note-taking sheet that forces real listening (points + evidence)Five chewy

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00:07:02

🌴269. 7/21 Books I Prescribe Over and Over Again...

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/25

Every week, someone asks me: “Leanne, what book should I read next?”And my response is always: “Well…what problem are you trying to solve?”Because you don’t need another list of “top 10 business books” that just recycle the same titles. You need the right book, at the right time, for the right problem.Jenny Blake calls this a Book RX — a book prescription. Like a doctor scribbling on their pad, except instead of antibiotics, I hand out stories, strategies, and mindset shifts.So today, I’m sharing

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00:04:49

🌴268. Why ‘Why Am I Here?’ Is the Best Meeting Question

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/24

If you’ve ever thought, “This meeting could have been an email”… today’s episode is for you.I’m sharing why agendas aren’t just nice-to-haves, they’re the thing that keeps meetings short, sharp, and actually useful. I’ll take you behind the scenes of some 25-minute listening tour calls I’ve been running, and how a 10-minute pre-email with sample questions changed the whole dynamic.We’ll also talk about David Grady’s hilarious TED Talk on Meeting Acceptance Syndrome (yes, it’s a real thing) and why

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00:03:27

🌴267. Call Me Maybe?

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/23

I’m back with a short and sweet episode today—and it’s all about a new Apple feature I’ve fallen in love with. If you’ve ever been mid-flow and suddenly interrupted by a random call from a solar panel company (even though you already have solar 🙄), then you’ll get why this is such a game-changer.With iOS 26, you can now:Turn on Call Identification so your iPhone checks Apple Business Connect, carriers, and call ID apps to figure out who’s ringing you.Screen or silence unknown numbers—your iPhone

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00:08:47

🌴266. Why Hand-Drawn Beats High-Gloss feat. Jason Knight

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/22

Today, I’m handing the mic back to Jason Knight. You might remember him from last month’s episode where we jammed on branding and how to think of your positioning like a newspaper headline.This time, Jason’s diving into one of my absolute favourite topics: frameworks. Whether it’s a Venn diagram, a 2x2, or a hand-drawn sketch, frameworks have this magical way of taking complex ideas and making them unforgettable.In this conversation, Jason shares his Pain-to-Results model—a signature system he uses

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00:05:12

🌴265. What’s on My Mind: Scoring a Ticket to the Big...

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/21

Today I’m taking you behind the mic into what’s actually on my mind right now: the AFL Grand Final. My Brisbane Lions are chasing back-to-back wins, Snoop Dogg is headlining the pre-game entertainment, and I’m scheming about whether I can somehow score a last-minute ticket.This episode is less “self-development” and more about the fun of throwing out a wild idea and seeing what’s possible. From reminiscing about Meatloaf’s infamous performance to predicting Snoop’s opener (I’m calling What’s My

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00:37:57

🌴264. Run sheets, room energy, real outcomes feat....

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/20

This weekend rewind is with my friend Sally Porteous.Sally is the Managing Director of Red Lanyard, an event production company where she produces festivals, conferences and meetings. She also runs the Event Planners Workshop and the Event Managers Network, bridging the gap between theory and the real world.In this conversation, you’ll hear parallels between workshops and events—how both are about creating environments that feel safe, memorable and impactful. Sally shares practical strategies you

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00:24:34

🌴263. From Surgeon to Facilitator: Dr Liz O’Riordan’s...

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/19

In this NEW episode ofFirst Time Facilitator, I chat withDr Liz O'Riordanabout her leap from the operating theatre to the workshop room.After being diagnosed with cancer and leaving surgery, Liz turned to speaking, writing, and now — facilitation. With only days to prepare, she discovered my bookThe 2-Hour Workshop Blueprint, raided her kitchen cupboards for props, and built a session that participants called “brilliant — don’t change a thing.”We unpack how she:Transformed complex cancer science

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00:04:52

🌴262. Am I Breaking Up With Kindle?

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/18

So here’s the question I’m now wrestling with: Am I about to break up with Kindle?On today’s walk (weighted vest and all), I stumbled into an audio summit via Hello Audio and ended up learning something completely unexpected from Vanessa Poin. She shared how she uses Substack for discoverability (hello, generative engine optimization) and then dropped a perspective that stopped me in my tracks: PDFs are way more valuable than Kindle books when it comes to embedding knowledge into your business.Why

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00:06:42

🌴261. The Wizardly Walk

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/17

This one is less about “what I learned” and more about the process of an experience I just had in Melbourne — a Wizardly Walk designed by Dr. Jason Fox and Michael Bungay Stanier.Across pubs, cafés, buses, bushland, trains, and communal dinners, the whole thing unfolded like a story. What stood out to me wasn’t just the 20km walk (that got cut short thanks to wild winds and falling branches!) but the way the experience was curated to spark reflection.Jason and Michael opened with five powerful

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00:05:58

🌴260. Michael Bungay Stanier on How to Be a Goal...

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/16

Picture this: I’m in Melbourne, it’s been a day of hiking, gathering, and birthday celebrating, and I somehow manage to rope Michael Bungay Stanier (MBS) into a conversation about… netball.Now, Michael’s got the height but zero experience, so naturally I recruit him into my imaginary corporate games team as goal shooter. What follows is a hilarious and surprisingly profound chat about netball, positioning, resilience, and how it all maps beautifully onto life, branding, and leadership.We cover

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00:05:52

🌴259. Left Handers Are Awesome

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/15

Today’s episode comes to you from my hotel room in Melbourne — in my hiking gear, ready to head out on a 20km walk with friends. But before the walk, I had dinner last night with a small group (13 or 14 of us) and Michael Bungay Stanier kicked things off with a killer icebreaker: Share two essential things about yourself.What I shared surprised even me. The first thing? I’m left-handed. After 250+ podcast episodes I’ve never mentioned it, but honestly, it shapes how I see and navigate the world

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00:04:54

🌴258. Do We Really Change? Asking for a Friend at 42

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/14

I turned 42 today—and yes, I was that person who posted about it from an airport lounge. Usually, birthdays spark me into dreaming up wild projects, but this year, my big reflection is simple: nothing dramatic has changed in my world, and I’m incredibly grateful for that.In this episode, I share a birthday riff on aging, incremental growth, why stability feels like such a win, and how reunions often show us that people don’t radically change—they just become more themselves. I talk about Prosecco

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00:49:03

🌴257. Birthday Replay: Leanne’s 12 Rules for Life...

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/13

It’s my birthday! 🥳 To celebrate, I’m replaying the episode I recorded on my 40th—my 12 rules for life. These aren’t the glossy “melody” lines; they’re the bassline I keep returning to when life gets loud: from memento mori (yep, we’re all going to die—and that can be fuel), to finding a new pond when you feel like a fish out of water, meeting your heroes (sweaty palms and all), and remembering that true wealth is discretionary time. I share how I think, work, and decide—plus the one rule I won’t

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00:32:09

🌴256. Creating a community of clients feat. Alan...

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/12

Today on Talk the Walk, I grabbed my coffee (Alan Weiss had his martini 🍸) and we dived into two big C-words: clients and community. It was a global hangout—Brisbane spring for me, early fall for Alan—plus friends dialing in from Portugal, Seattle, Sydney, Italy, Montreal and Silicon Valley.We unpacked how to create a community of buyers (not just followers), the difference between tribes vs communities, and why evergreen clients are built on breadth (multiple buyers inside one org), generosity,

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00:06:06

🌴255. Seamless Segues

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/11

Today I’m diving into an underrated communication skill that barely ever gets taught in programs—but once you notice it, you’ll see it everywhere: the art of segueing.And no, I’m not talking about the two-wheeled scooter (though I’ve definitely fallen off one of those before). I mean segues: smooth transitions that connect one topic to the next without that clunky, awkward energy shift.I share:Why segueing is such a superpower for facilitators, leaders, and podcastersThe difference between obvious

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00:04:05

🌴254. From Inbox to Impact

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/10

On today’s walk (eight kilos in the vest, hello shoulders 👋), I riff on quick, practical communication moves that create instant cut-through at work. I share a client story where we kickstarted a 90-day sprint with a one-take video (record → Descript → captions → Loom link) and the responses rolled in. Then I unpack BLUF—Bottom Line Up Front—so your reader gets the “why” and “what now?” in the first sentence. Finally, I share my favourite P.S. trick that consistently wins the most clicks in my

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00:05:10

🌴253. The Email List Wake-Up Call I Wish I Took Sooner

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/09

I’m saying the quiet part out loud: the most valuable asset in your business isn’t your Instagram, it’s your email list. I share how Con Con happened because of my list, why social posts rarely convert on their own, how I use Substack weekly (and why unsubscribes are healthy), plus the big mistake I made for years—never making offers—and how I’m fixing it.In this episode, I cover:Why subscribers > followers (ownership, attention, trust).The Con Con example: proof your list is your leverage.Social

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00:03:37

🌴252. The First 10 Minutes

Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes ·

2025/09/08

Two super quick reflections today.First up: the settling in period. Whether I’m running, or just switching tasks at my desk, those first 10 minutes always feel clunky. You’re questioning yourself, wondering how you’ll keep going. But if you can just hold out, your body (and mind) adapts faster than you think. Don’t judge yourself in that early stretch—just celebrate that you started.The second thing? I’ve realised I really struggle to record or take calls when there are just one or two people

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