In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Emma Harris, Finance Director, M&S Food, Property and Retail. Together we delve into:

• How to bring alignment in corporate world

• The importance of amplifying your strengths

• And of staying authentic in more challenging environments

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Chris Harte, Chief Executive and Commercial Real Estate Partner at Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP, a leading Scottish law firm committed to providing straightforward advice, clarity on cost and to building strong trusting relationships with clients ensuring that their evolving needs are met with focus and care. Together we delve into:

• What it means to "Serve to Lead" and that leadership is not about you.

• The importance of Being Curious and to remember firstly that "the issue is never the issue", and secondly ‘not knowing’ all of the answers is a feature not a bug!

• How focusing our energy - not dispersing it - is key to strategy and that limitations can be useful, and helpful rather than a hindrance.

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with my two guests, Susie Ballentyne an Independent Psychologist and Bob Judson, a fellow podcaster, facilitator, leadership coach, and keynote speaker. We delve together into:

• The importance of continually developing your skills as a leader, both individually and as part of a team.

• The value of both mentors and coaches to leaders.

• The challenges of building, leading and inspiring teams in today’s complex and convoluted working environment.

• The really key requirements of a good leader.

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Carolyn Youdell, Group eCommerce & Customer Engagement Director, Group Marketing Specsavers.

I have known Carolyn for many years and am a huge fan, she is a regular speaker on the Marketing Leaders Programme, and herself a huge fan of developing marketing leadership. Together we delve into:

• Embracing challenge

• Becoming compelling

• Driving simplicity

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Akin Thomas, CEO and Founder of AKD Solutions - an international learning and development consultancy - built upon an ethos of stimulating brilliance through providing the space for people to engage in transformative and disruptive, and impactful fun learning experiences. Together we delve into:

• How do we create a learning environment that stimulates brilliance and the right to be your very best person, the very best version of yourself.

• How the quality of conversations that we have today has a direct correlation to who you will be in the next 5 - 10 years and beyond.

• The importance of disruption, and asking What happens if we do something differently, what is possible?

• Being intentional about our impact, and conscious of how the decisions we make now have a massive impact beyond what we are conscious of now.

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Karen Wilkinson, inspiring and award winning Marketing Director, we delve together into:

• The power of connecting with your Values & Purpose

• How knowing your Strengths and not sweating your weaknesses is the best way to Focus and Fly

• Why Courage & Belief and Stepping out of your comfort zone is all part of being Brave

• Adventure Seeking - On seizing the day and going for it!

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Helen Stephenson, CEO of the Charity Commission for England and Wales. We delve together into:

• How as a leader the main tool in your leadership is yourself, which means you need to understand how you work - your strengths and weaknesses

• Why getting the right team is crucial and making sure you recruit people who are different from you, and who have the right skills and personality to fit with the organisation and its needs.

• Why leadership is All about relationships

• And how there is no perfect leader, and the importance of knowing when good is good enough rather than aspiring to be everything all at once!

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Julian Roberts, Executive Business Coach, Podcast Host of Helping Organisations Thrive. Together We delve together into:

• Why the need for resilience in leadership in today’s workplace is greater than ever.

• How to create a resilient mindset to lead your team and organisation.

• And how to create resilient teams that are better equipped to navigate challenges and thrive in an ever-changing environment.

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with John Edwards, Director General, Regions Group, at the Department for Education, UK.

John and I were invited to be in conversation by and for the annual Transform Applied Leadership Summit, held virtually this year on 8th March 2024. The title of our conversation Understanding Ourselves and Understanding Others - a leadership perspective is the title of the summit.

(For listeners who don’t know about Transform Applied Leadership I share their details at the end of the podcast, along with ways in which you can connect with John.)

John and I delve together into:

• How becoming a leader is all about finding your own leadership

• The alignment between who we are, how we lead and why we lead, and what it means to be an authentic leader

• The importance of being aware of individual and collective leadership behaviour and the impact that it has on others

• 360 degree leadership and measuring our leadership achievements through the successes of others