LANA BOLAND : Stop Apologising for Being You

by Allan Sicard | Jun 26, 2026 | The Courage To Lead Podcast

LANA BOLAND : Author of Aftershot – From Silence in Policing to Unstoppable Beyond PTSD Sometimes the strongest leaders are the ones who never wanted to become leaders.  When I first invited Lana Boland author of Aftershot, onto The Courage to Lead, I expected...

A Life Well Lived: What Peter Cook – My Father-in-Law Taught Me About Courage

by Allan Sicard | Jun 24, 2026 | The Courage To Lead Podcast

Peter Cook – a life well lived: Over the last four years I have interviewed nearly one hundred leaders on The Courage to Lead Interview Series. CEOs. Police Commissioners. Military commanders. Olympians. Authors. Community leaders. People who have led thousands...

Scott Horwood – More Than a Sergeant: A leadership story rather than a policing story.

by Allan Sicard | Jun 14, 2026 | The Courage To Lead Podcast

This episode of The Courage to Lead Interview Series with Scott Horwood former NSW Police Force Sergeant, has a different slant but the same characteristics of some of our best episodes. Some podcast interviews are about success.  Some are about leadership.  And...

Mike Wassing and the Courage to Lead Before the Crisis Arrives

by Allan Sicard | May 29, 2026 | The Courage To Lead Podcast

Leadership Is Not About Rank – Mike Wassing There are some leaders who impress you because of their title. Then there are leaders who impress you because of how they think, how they treat people, and how they make others feel. Mike Wassing falls firmly into the...

When Leadership Becomes Protection Instead of Power: Reverend Dr Mark Layson on Moral Injury, Trust and Workplace Culture

by Allan Sicard | May 11, 2026 | The Courage To Lead Podcast

Mark Layson, what happens when the greatest wounds in the workplace are not caused by the job itself — but by the way people are treated within the organisation? That was the powerful and deeply reflective conversation on the latest episode of The Courage to Lead...