A podcast series originally created by Clare Desira + Pro Bono Australia

Welcome to Leading Generous Teams. A podcast dedicated to making leadership easier.
We bring you insights from leaders who are having an impact where
- resources are stretched,
- resilience is constantly tested,
- and the social issues and opportunities are never ending.
Hosted by Clare Desira, CEO of the Top Five Movement. Top Five Movement are a team of award-winning coaches with a vision to support generous leaders to have a bigger impact.
Our expertise lies in the practical application of neuroscience for sustainable behaviour change in the workplace.
We’re so glad you’re here and know you’ll leave feeling hopeful and re-energised with ideas on how you can tackle these challenges and support your teams in new ways.
Originally created in partnership by:
Clare Desira, founder of Top Five Movement
An organisation that has flipped the script on change mindset, resilience + leadership training for thousands of people across 40 countries. To immediately start building your team’s resilience on a daily basis with Top Five’s free toolkit head to topfivemovement.com/tools
Pro Bono News
Australia’s leading news outlet for the social economy, keeping you up to date with what’s happening across the sector and why it matters for you.

Podcast episodes + other resources
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Why saying “it could be worse” is damaging your culture
You’re a positive force of nature. You’re a helper. A fixer. You solve problems quickly. You’re so outcome focussed. So when your workmate asks you how you’re going, you reply: “I’ve got [...]
Whitelion Youth’s Deputy CEO, Tanya Hendry, on navigating the pace, art + balance of leadership so you don’t send your team backwards
As a leader, you bring a load of experience to the role. When people are looking for answers to problems, you naturally come up with ten of them. But [...]
Award winning executive, Ann-Marie Chamberlain on how to make the most of a bad leader.
Sometimes, it’s unavoidable. You’ve landed with a leader who isn’t generous. It’s bad but not bad enough to leave. So what do you do? On the podcast with Ann-Marie [...]
The mental marathons + how they fuel or damage team resilience
We’re told we make teams stronger than they’ve ever been. We’re told by teams that they’re more honest and respectful than they’ve ever been. We’re told teams have more honest, clear + [...]
UN’s Sustainable Development Solutions Co-Chair, John Thwaites on timing those tricky and charged conversations
We’ve all heard the saying it’s all about timing, which eludes to waiting for the right time in the calendar or season. But what if it’s not about waiting. [...]
Our Watch CEO, Patty Kinnersly, on how to use your team to change your mindset on hard days
When you’re not feeling like you’re on your game, motivation’s waning, and you can’t talk yourself out of your funk, no matter how many positive affirmations you recite, it’s [...]
Bonus Episode + Invitation: How we build “unbreakable teams” at Top Five Movement
A client recently shared that we’ve made their team unbreakable. Why? As a team of award-winning mindset coaches, we deliver innovative leadership programs that disrupt unhelpful thinking + patterns, [...]
Why Hollywood motivation just doesn’t cut it…when it comes to building teams
You’re watching a movie. You’re really getting into it. The main character is on a heroic journey. Against all odds, they overcome all of the things to get the happy ending. The [...]