In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Febronia Ruocco, Strategic Insights Professional, Executive Coach and Mentor.

We delve and explore together leadership values and skills, and the importance of these in Febronia’s life, leadership, insights and mentoring work. In particular the values of:

• Integrity

• Collaboration

• Honesty

• Empathy

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Meera Craston, a highly experienced senior leader and executive coach; and co-founder of Next Brave Move. Meera is committed to supporting individuals, teams and organisations to thrive, demonstrate their impact and bring about positive change.

Together we delve into:

• How understanding and embracing your heritage can enable you to more fully connect with your passion and purpose;

• How tuning into your strengths and into what comes naturally to you can open up new possibilities for exploring your leadership;

• The beauty of the ‘reset’, and how discovering and using your ‘reset function’ can help you in re-evaluating and ‘course correcting’ your leadership as you go along.

• The importance of having a support network who act as ‘thinking partners’ to help you stay ‘on course’.

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Martin Glover, HR Director for Morton Fraser - Martin is an advocate for fairness, equity and leadership development. Together we delve into:

• What he really cares about, his values and beliefs, his passion and purpose - who, what and where have shaped him - and how he lives these through his leadership :

• Why as leaders of organisations we should be prioritising Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging;

• Why targets in Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging aren't helping us get to where we need to be in organisations

• And ask - Does improving diversity mean that inclusion and belonging will follow?

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Justin Russell, Former Chief Inspector of Probation, a role that he finished in the Autumn of 2023 on the challenges and satisfactions of leading in the public sector. Together we delve into:

• His experience of Senior leadership in the Civil Service – the challenges and satisfactions of sharing the vision setting space with politicians and other parts of government

• Operational versus Policy leadership in the Public Sector - why most top civil service jobs go to policy specialists and why intellectual leadership is prioritised over emotional leadership in Whitehall.

• Justin’s personal career challenge - as someone who loves policy detail and evidence - of getting the balance right between being ‘Hands off and hands on’, of being on the balcony versus being on the dance floor.

• The challenge of engaging colleagues in an era of hybrid working – and how does remote working make leadership more or less easy / more or less satisfying?

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Jane Mather, Make-up Artist and Personal Stylist. We delve together into:

• How truly understanding our ‘uniqueness’, and our ‘values’, can help us shape our personal style and achieve our goals

• How translating our ‘values’ and defining our non-verbal communication skills helps us hone our personal style for success

• The importance of showing compassion to and being empowering of others.

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Beto Funari. Together we delve into:

• Acting as a humanist leader: Why human leadership matters to people feeling valued, enabled and motivated to contribute and create a better future, to learn and develop their potential; and how to do this through leading with empathy, actively listening, fostering diversity and inclusion

• Balancing Profit and Purpose: How balancing purpose and profit is at the heart of building a compassionate and prosperous business whilst financial success is essential it should not come at the expense of human well-being or ethical principles.

• Adopting a Customer-Centric Approach: How adopting a Customer-Centric Approach helps in understanding and meeting customer’s needs, through building trust and loyalty and through delivering high-quality products or services.

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Steen Broust Nielsen, Senior Vice President Sales at Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. Together, we delve into:

• Trust – as a foundation for cohesive and high performing teams

• Compassion – caring is at the core of authentic leadership

• Meaning – fuels us all and gives us purpose

• Humility and resilience – knowing it is never about you - and that’s ok

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Cassandra Ogier.

Together we delve into:

• The power of presence

• Embodied leadership

• Deep listening/communicating from self-regulation

• Trusting the unfolding of life

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Ellie Norman, Chief Communications Officer, Manchester United Football Club. Together we delve into:

• How to manage your energies to be at your best, and to help others be their best through having people feel seen and validated;

• How connecting with people and building relationships is key to business success, whatever the business you are in;

• Why building a culture of belonging is so important, and what you can do to build one through hope and possibility.