The George Experiment

By: George Lee Sye
  • Summary

  • The George Experiment is a collection of conversations and snippets of wisdom for high performing business leaders, line managers, supervisors and lifelong students of leadership and business. Hosted by George Lee Sye - public speaker, author, business educator and coach - this is a focus on lifestyle and turning this big experiment we call life into one long successful venture.
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Episodes
  • TGE #83 - Building Trust As A Leader
    Nov 21 2024

    BUILDING TRUST AS A LEADER

    In the absence of rapport, connection and trust, it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to get people to willingly do things for you.

    If you find yourself as a leader in that situation, you will be forced to fall back to a formal authority based structure rather than the use of influence.

    And that will clearly limit your ability as a leader.

    If you want to expand your ability to get people to do things beyond some authority model, you absolutely have to be able to build that report, connection, and especially trust.

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    GEORGE LEE SYE rose to prominence working for the government in the counter-terrorism field in the late 80s and 90s, where his deep desire to constantly improve and establish highly professional operations came to the fore. He then moved on to take up and thrive in managerial positions in the corporate world.

    He founded Soarent Vision Pty Ltd in 2000 and has continually run that company as Managing Director and in 2019 established his personal training site – the 9 Skills Factory – where he is now focusing attention on putting everything he knows about career development on the table and delivering his world renowned business improvement and leadership training.

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    MADE POSSIBLE BY:

    Remember to go and visit the 9 Skills Factory Platform - George’s education platform for professionals and career driven folk, this is the business that makes this podcast possible - https://www.9skillsfactory.com

    For more information about George Lee Sye and his work, visit his personal website here - https://georgeleesye.com/

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    AUDIO:

    To listen to this podcast in audio only, visit SPOTIFY and The George Experiment podcast, or visit the podcast website here - https://thegeorgeexperiment.com/

    The music on this podcast is used under license from Artlist - License Number 248442 .

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    14 mins
  • TGE #82 - Ron Gallo - A Fisherman’s Story
    Jan 9 2024

    George’s Big Experiment In Performance, Life and Legacy

    A FISHERMAN’S STORY - This episode’s guest is one of the best known fishermen in Australia, Mr Ron Gallo.

    Born in 1937, Ron has spent the major part of his life fishing and working in the fishing industry up in the northern parts of Australia around Cairns. 

    His passion for fishing seems to have never waned. His desire for quality equipment led him to start making his own lures years ago, in addition to other fishing equipment. He got so good at this that he is now quite famous for those hand crafted products.

    They are highly sought after by people in the know and getting much harder to come by. So much so that many now sit in collections.

    Unfortunately these types of skills, driven by passion and a desire for quality, are going by the wayside as people buy more and more cheaply manufactured items. But that’s the way it is today. 

    Given Ron’s passion and tireless dedication to his craft, George always wanted to have this chat and learn the story behind Ron and his love of fishing.

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    MADE POSSIBLE BY ..

    Remember to go and visit the 9 Skills Factory Platform - George’s education platform for professionals and career driven folk, this is the business that makes this podcast possible - https://www.9skillsfactory.com

    For more information about George Lee Sye and his work, visit his personal website here - https://georgeleesye.com/ 

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    AUDIO

    The music on this podcast is used under license from Artlist - License Number 620227.

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • TGE #81 - Wokeness: What It Is and Its Pros and Cons
    Nov 16 2023

    “WOKENESS” - WHAT IT IS AND ITS PROS AND CONS - George went down the rabbit hole to study and understand the concept of being ‘Woke’.

    In this podcast he discusses what he has learnt about the concept - its origins, the pros and cons of the ‘Woke’ concept, and how its principles can, and have been applied positively and negatively in corporations today.

    He recognises that the concept has a strong connection to the Black Lives Matter and Me Too movements, but it is more than that. Regardless of what anyone thinks of the idea of 'wokeness', it was always intended to be a positive and value adding idea.

    Why did he record this particular podcast? Ultimately the reasons were these:

    (a) To make sure we understand the concept fully,

    (b) To recognise when it is being used and applied in a negative way, and

    (c) Personally to work out how it can be used positively to add value to society.

    If you are in any leadership or HR type of role, this should be of interest to you.

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    MADE POSSIBLE BY ..

    Remember to go and visit the 9 Skills Factory Platform - George’s education platform for professionals and career driven folk, this is the business that makes this podcast possible - https://www.9skillsfactory.com

    For more information about George Lee Sye and his work, visit his personal website here - https://georgeleesye.com/ 

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    AUDIO

    The music on this podcast is used under license from Artlist - License Number 620227.

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    29 mins

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