Episode Description
Ella Zhang built her Sydney consulting practice on leadership capability development, inner operating systems, and expertise around leadership capability development using inner operating systems and micro habits drawn from neuroscience and Chinese medicine.
Ella explains how four inner operating systems—mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical—shape sustainable performance.
She covers her approach to diagnosing organisational issues using root-cause analysis rather than treating surface symptoms, why micro habits build lasting capability where one-off training programs fail, and how values alignment prevents burnout.
The conversation includes her own burnout recovery in 2007, her book Upgrade: How to Outperform Your Default Self to Gain Your Super Powers, her annual Vipassana meditation practice in the Blue Mountains, and why she has sacked only one client in 10 years because their values clashed.
Wisepreneurs explores how women over 50 monetize expertise and build sustainable solopreneur practice.
Mentions and References
Upgrade: How to Outperform Your Default Self to Gain Your Super Powers by Ella Zhang
Luc P Beaudoin — productive practice research
Vipassana meditation
Neuroscience research on burnout and recovery |
Systems thinking (Chinese medicine approach)
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Website: ellazhang.com.au | LinkedIn: Ella Zhang
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