Episode 197 | How To Harness Unreasonable Ambition | Vanessa Vershaw

Unreasonable Ambition: Renegade thinking for leaders to create impossible change

Team Guru Podcast · Episode 197 | How To Harness Unreasonable Ambition | Vanessa Vershaw

Harness ‘Unreasonable Ambition’ To Create Impossible Change

A tornado of change has descended upon the world of work. Leaders must navigate the unknown, armed only with an outdated roadmap, bad intel and obsolete operating systems. Whilst some leaders thrive on the edge of this precipice, many others fail. But what is it that makes the difference?

Vanessa Vershaw joins us to talk about her new book, Unreasonable Ambition: Renegade thinking for leaders to create impossible change

Vanessa thinks that the key to leadership success is living an ambitious and inspired life.

What does it all mean? How do we go about it?

Listen in as we discuss these big questions and much more.

Lessons Learned

Don’t wait for a crisis to tap into your genius
Get storm ready. Be the storm – don’t run away from it
Find something you care about. Why are you here? What does the world need from you?

Connect with Vanessa

Vanessa Vershaw is a transformation expert, leadership coach, culture and business strategist and facilitator. As the founder of the global strategic advisory Reinvention, Vanessa works closely executives and teams of ASX-20 and Fortune 100 companies, NFP, private equity firms and sporting organisations to build extraordinary leaders, shift culture and create great places to work. Regarded as one of Australia’s top High-Performance Coaches and a “CEO Whisperer” – Vanessa is also a leading voice in Organisational Psychology and a sought-after media commentator and speaker. She’s the winner of an Innovation Award in HR, was short-listed in 2016 for the Telstra Australian Women’s Business Award (Entrepreneurship), a 2020 Nominee for the Women in Technology Award and the winner of the Momentum Trail-blazer of the Year Award in 2022.