Leadership & Life Chat – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Four years, 131 episodes, 38 guests and three presenters later, it’s time to say goodbye to the Leadership & Life Chat ‘band’ as we know it. 

In this episode, original presenter, James Lay, makes a triumphant return and, alongside Becky, questions Mark on exactly how he’s been able to pre-plan and orchestrate his retirement at only 49, and the lessons he’s learnt on the way.
Mark is, as always, open about his views on taking control of one's life, and recognising choices while always having a focus on a roadmap for the future, both in business and personal life. The team also dive deep and reflect on the importance of embracing personal purpose. 

They discuss the insights of previous guests around living to your values, stepping out of your comfort zone, overcoming fear, the power of support and encouragement, fears of public speaking, making sacrifices, challenging the perception of success, the importance of continuous learning, the power of asking questions and so much more.

In this final EVER episode, Mark reflects on his past success and failures, shares the advice he would give to his younger self, and looks back on what he’s learned throughout his career, including the importance of being brave and speaking up, avoiding black and white thinking, and developing an internal locus of control. 

*Insert profound heavy metal lyric in honour of Mark here*…. Producer Lizzie can’t think of any, she’s a Taylor Swift fan…

Show notes
Impromptu Business Chat/Leadership & Life Chat episodes:
•    Interview with Paul McVeigh - the power of beliefs in business
•    How to be an AWESOME leader and achieve a great work-life balance, with coach and author Ben Coomber
•    Selling up is hard to do. What comes next? With business strategist, Dawn Bloomer
•    Highway to the conquer zone with profit hunter Freddie Bennett
•    Interview with Dr Chris Mason on Leadership Success
•    Find meaning in your work: Meaningful May
•    Power of public speaking with Andrew Brammer
•    Special interview episode with Damian Horner: The Dark Art of Marketing

Marks Books/Podcasts

• Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
• The Way of Wyrd
• Never Finished David Goggins
• The Fifth Sacred Thing – Starhawke
• Reality Blind: Integrating the Systems Science Underpinning Our Collective Futures
• The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens podcast

In this episode, Garath Symonds, the founder of Reconnect Coaching, joins Mark and Becky to discuss his upcoming book, ‘The Anxious Leader’.

They explore how anxiety impacts decision-making and leadership, the importance of rational thinking and ego reflection, as well as strategies for tolerating anxiety as opposed to rejecting it. They delve into the role of meditation and self-reflection for leaders, along with managing trauma's impact and the importance of vulnerability and psychological safety in top level roles, and ultimately, embracing life’s lessons.

Tune in for fascinating insights into leadership and personal growth in the podcast’s penultimate episode!

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Show notes
Connect with Garath on LinkedIn
Reconnectcoaching.co.uk 
Books
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World – Ronald A Heifetz
The Bhagavad Gita – Eknath Easwaran
What Matters Most – James Hollis 

Keep your eye on Garaths channels for the release of his upcoming book 'The Anxious Leader' - due to be published in 2024 

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This week, Mark and Becky reflect on a topic which keeps coming up with their guests – the importance of emotional intelligence. They look back on their AI episodes and how the human in the loop theory will become more important in the future, extending past the technical aspects of a job, and into how to retain the people in your team; after all, people join organisations but leave managers. 

They discuss how EQ skills can be taught and learned, and why it’s so important for leaders to get hold of their own self-awareness, set the drum beat and audit their own emotions and how others perceive you. 

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You can find all of the Leadership & Life Chat episodes here

Show notes

AI Special roundtable with Alison & Alix

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Chris Voss - Never Split the Difference

George Kohlrieser - Hostage at the Table

Steven Covey - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 

Top tips timestamps:

1 – What is negotiation? Win-win: Think about reaching an agreement: 03:27

2 – Make sure you've got competitive tension: 11:17

3 - Discussion: 18:14

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Episode 26: The Art of Listening - Come on feel the noise

Predictably Irrational - Dan Ariely

The Blind Spots Between Us - Gleb Tsipursky

Cognitive Biases - Jerrell Forman

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Top tips timestamps:

1 – Looking out for confirmation bias: 04:34

2 – Sunk cost bias: 09:41

3 - Bias and aversion to losses: 15:21

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Mark and James reflect on 2020, and look ahead to 2021 and the inevitable New Year's Eve Resolutions. They impart advice on how to make change stick for the long term, referring along the way to melting icebergs, Princess Gabriele and Mark's "B" in GCSE German! 

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John Kotter - Our Iceberg is Melting 

Gabriele Oettingen - Rethinking Positive Thinking

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Top tips:
Tip 1 – The WOOP plan: skip to 04:20
Tip 2 – Accountability partner: skip to 10:32
Tip 3 - You cannot out perform your beliefs: skip to 13.:44

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Louise Newby, an experienced educator in the world of mental health and wellbeing, joins Mark and James for this highly relevant episode. Louise has seen first hand the detrimental effect that poor mental health and lack of training and support can have on business leaders and their teams. At the end Mark and James reflect on their 3 key take-away's from the valuable insights and numerous practical tips shared by Louise. 

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Mark and James discuss the often overlooked importance of good listening skills in business and in life generally. Starting with a fascinating fact which illustrates just how little time we spend on developing our listening skills, they come up with 3 top tips, and along the way they take inspiration from Jim Kwik, the 5 levels of listening and Slade's Noddy Holder!

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Top tips:
Tip 1 – Importance of listening: skip to 04:01
Tip 2 – Assess where you are on 5 levels of listening: skip to 09:38
Tip 3 - Be a better listener: skip to 14:19

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James and Mark highlight the importance of handling disappointment, which is particularly relevant in the current climate with many people and businesses facing some challenging lockdown measures. As usual, they come up with 3 top tips, and along the way they make reference to Yale University studies, George Bush Snr and Mark's mildly impressive but slightly embarrassing lawn bowls career!

Mentioned links;

Changing Minds with Own Fitzpatrick 

The Science of Wellbeing course 

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Top tips:
Tip 1 – Sharpen the lens on your internal locus: skip to 04:04
Tip 2 – Articulate accurately: skip to 12:34
Tip 3 - Treat disappointments as a gift: skip to 16:56

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