From an Australian Sheep Farm to a UK Leadership Company | Cherie Concannon, RPO Global #100

Cherie Concannon, founder of RPO Global, flew in from the UK to record in Minnesota and share her story, from an Australian sheep farm to building leadership infrastructure for businesses. In this Minnesota business podcast episode, she shares how one plant went from 26th out of 27 to first.

Host Karissa Dunham sits down with Cherie Concannon, UK based founder of RPO Global, to talk about leadership infrastructure, human centered AI at work and why you should jump off the diving board.

Chapters

• 0:00 Meet Cherie Concannon of RPO Global
• 0:29 An Australian sheep farmer's daughter
• 1:33 From secretary to national sales director
• 2:34 Going bankrupt and becoming an executive coach
• 4:50 The plant ranked 26th out of 27 and how RPO began
• 6:12 Digitizing RPO with her son
• 7:20 AI and keeping work human
• 8:26 Eliciting discretionary effort
• 11:05 Why feedback matters
• 14:37 Her mojo and her mission
• 19:26 "You cast a big shadow"
• 20:48 A fully flexible team
• 23:44 What brought her to Minnesota
• 25:06 Why her family left Australia
• 29:03 Her biggest obstacle
• 31:14 Women in male dominated industries
• 33:41 Who she would invite to the table
• 38:17 Advice: jump off the diving board
• 40:05 Her biggest successes
• 42:39 What is next for RPO Global
• 44:30 Walking, yoga and a trip to Japan
• 46:19 How to find RPO Global
• 46:53 Closing thoughts